Headline on Hotair:
What can you add to that irony? I saw the exchanges on twitter, it was amazing.
Memeorandum thread here.
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Liz Carter provides the Irony
Posted: August 2, 2010 by datechguy in elections, oddities, opinion/newsTags: 2010 elections, atlanta, dav, election 2010, ga-4, irony, liz carter, obama
Today in This Post I wrote about the president Atlanta trip and democrats running away from him.
This morning I got the following e-mail from Republican Liz Carter’s campaign:
Carter Commends President Obama for Addressing Wounded Veterans
President Obama First President to Address
Organization Since 1996
(Atlanta) – The Annual Disabled American Veterans National Convention is being held in Atlanta July 31 – Aug 3. The organization, now in its 90th year of service representing America’s disabled veterans, will host President Obama on Monday, August 2nd.“I applaud President Obama for coming to speak to this organization that does so much good on behalf of our disabled vets and their families,” stated Carter, the Republican nominee for Georgia’s 4th district House of Representatives. “Our wounded warriors are very deserving of our appreciation and gratitude.”
Carter, whose father was a WWII veteran, sits on the advisory board of Operation Homefront and is a member of the Women’s VFW Auxiliary. “Our veterans have made enormous sacrifices and our troops continue to do so around the world. I’m pleased that the President is attending the convention to honor their service.”
Carter also expressed her hope that, “…this visit will help remind those in Congress of the importance of addressing the needs of our veterans and treating our military with the utmost respect.”
While in Georgia, President Obama will also be fundraising for the Democrat National Committee. When asked about the president’s fundraising appearance Carter commented, “I’m sure President Obama is very aware of how vulnerable certain Georgia seats are in this November’s election.”
About Liz Carter, Republican Nominee GA-4 US House of Representatives
Liz Carter (http://lizcarterforcongress.com) is not waiting until she’s elected to serve the people of Georgia District 4, she is fighting for her constituents daily. As the owner of a small business consulting firm, Liz has put her career on the back burner in order to meet with her fellow citizens and understand the needs and challenges of her community. Among Liz’s many professional accomplishments is the successful management of a multi-million dollar business unit and a track record of increasing revenues and effective cost cutting – all skills that will be employed to the benefit of her District once she is elected. Liz is focused on sustainable job growth in the private sector, strong national security, and improving education.About DAV
The 1.2 million-member Disabled American Veterans, a non-profit organization founded in 1920 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1932, represents this nation’s wartime disabled veterans. It is dedicated to a single purpose: building better lives for our nation’s disabled veterans and their families. For more information, visit the organization’s Web site http://www.dav.org.
How bad are things for this President? He has to rely on republican candidates for congress to give him credit when credit is due.
Memeorandum thread on the President’s remarks here.
Double Speech standard
Posted: July 30, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speechTags: double standards, irony, obama, phyllis Schlafly, still angry left
it’s not news that our liberal friends are in an uproar because of Phyllis Schlafly, she has been giving them fits since I was 1 year old. I just want to know if anyone see the irony in this screen short from Memeorandum.
Note that at Memeorandum we can see the president’s actual remarks but we don’t know from the look what Schlafly actually said, so lets go to the tape:
Certainly nothing factually wrong there, Stacy McCain not only put it best:
This is what we in the journalism business call a “fact”
after including the numbers to back her up pointed out this:
Those numbers are from an exit poll conducted by a notorious right-wing extremist group — CNN — and Schlafly’s explanation of why single women vote overwhelmingly for Democrats is neither new nor “extreme” nor uniquely hers
Then again that’s nonsense what makes anyone think people are becoming dependent on the government:
I can’t see where anyone would get that idea
On the president’s remarks, can you imagine the uproar if George W. Bush said that? The coverage would be non stop 24/7 every station. I’m sure it’s unfair to suggest our liberal friends will not complain about the president calling Africian Americans “Mongrel People” on national TV and they will get around to denouncing it as soon as Shirley Sherrod (our national arbiter on racism) does.
As for Mrs. Schlafly; the only time our liberal friends will not be calling on us to denounce her will be on the day she is burred, and I’m not so sure about they will hold back then. Any candidate stupid enough to go along with this deserves to lose.
Anyway the Schlafly memeorandum thread is here.
Update: Bazinga!
Compare and contrast: Throwing things
Posted: July 28, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: irony, liberalism, morning joe
On Morning Joe today, the crew correctly argued that raising the troop levels will not cause the war to be won.
One quick question for our liberals friends.
Throwing troops at war doesn’t solve the problem
BUT
Throwing money at problems will.
Explain.
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