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Sarah Palin as the Next Ted Kennedy…

Posted: September 1, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…is the thesis of this American Spectator article:

…it is crystal clear that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has this “head of the table” gene in spades. She is, in a remarkable way, the real heir — make that heiress — to Senator Kennedy. She is charismatic, she has a decided point of view and she is a lightning rod for controversy. Just as Kennedy managed to sink a once sure-thing Supreme Court nomination with his famous Bork speech, Governor Palin has managed to explode Section 1233 of the ObamaCare House bill with her vivid description of “death panels,” severely damaging the President’s entire legislative priority in the process.

He talks about the invisible quality that makes a person THE person no matter where or what they are:

This is what really drives Sarah Palin’s critics nuts. She sits up there in Alaska with Todd and the kids, taps out a few words on her Facebook page — and presto! ObamaCare has a torpedo amidships! Without doubt this causes Palin’s rivals, just as it once did with Churchill’s and Teddy Kennedy’s, to fret and fume if not foam.

I think the left actually understands this in spades. They also know there are no bodies in the Gulf of Alaska to derail her election. That’s why Sullivan’s Syndrome is rampant among them. They know what’s coming, and they know that since she is 45 and in excellent shape that it will be there for the next 20-25 years.

They know that they have to stop her not only in 2012, but in 2016, 2020, 2024 and 2028. In 2028 she will be one year older than Hillary will be in 2012. She will remain a threat in being for decades. They need to sink her now.

Update: David Frum thinks she is a problem. I know 1000 people who think otherwise but what do 120 candidates for office know vs big Dave?

Update 2: BTW Frum is a smart guy and on fiscal matters is pretty conservative, he just happens to be dead wrong about Sarah Palin.

Update 3: The greenroom sees it.

Sarah Palin WILL be top ten on Amazon and these guys know it…

Posted: August 31, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…or at least 1000+ of them do:

More than 950 requests for speeches have poured in for Palin, and over 120 candidates for office have asked her to appear, including folks running for Senate, House and state Legislature, aides said.

And that is months before her book comes out.

But I shouldn’t make anything out of it since all of these really smart people think Sarah Palin is stupid. Her supporters don’t read books they’re just fringe idiots.

We’ll see who is laughing come spring.

Joe was flabbergasted today

Posted: August 25, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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When a republican congresswoman didn’t buckle under on his insistence that there are no “death panels” in the healthcare bill. The whole group around the table almost didn’t know what to say.

They seem to be obsessed with the fact that the words “Death Panels and “Euthanasia” are not listed in the bill. After all Sarah Palin said it, it MUST be false. If I may be so bold to suggest to these experienced pols and reporters there is precedent for something being misnamed to wit:

Sir Humphrey: East Yemen isn’t that a democracy?

Dick from the Foreign Office: It’s full name is the People’s Democratic Republic of East Yemen.

Sir Humphrey: Oh I see so it’s a Communist Dictatorship.

The actual clip comes at about 2:53 in this bit:

I think Yes Prime Minister should be required watching for anyone who follows politics.

My e-mail to Vietnam Vets against the War

Posted: August 24, 2009 by datechguy in Blame Bush, opinion/news
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I mentioned this in passing but thought i’d put the full letter out there for you to see:

From: Da-Tech-Guy [mailto:datechguy@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:30 AM
To: ‘yb.knot2b@gmail.com’; ‘vvaw@vvaw.org’; ‘auspex4@gmail.com’; ‘Pzastro@aol.com’; ‘zhuxiu@earthlink.net’; ‘dave_curry@mmsl.edu’; ‘mw770@cinci.rr.com’; ‘john@zutz.org’; ‘kettdp@sbcglobal.net’; ‘kurt.hilgendorf@comcast.net’; ‘Hf52@aol.com’; ‘hylandbm@mymdu.com’; ‘nailbny@ix.netcom.com’; ‘mysol1@yahoo.com’; ‘jmachota@shout.net’
Subject: Current activities of Vietnam Vets Against the War

Hello:

I was writing a blog post concerning attitudes about Iraq and Afghanistan since the election. To this end I checked out your web site and noted that it had been over a year (June 2008) since you had a press release.

Considering the attention or lack thereof by the media over Cindy Sheehan’s activates on Martha’s Vineyard I was curious what you guys thought so I have the following questions:

Do you still oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? If not why not?

Presuming you still oppose one or both wars what public events have you had over the last 6 months to publicize this opposition?

If the number of activities is significantly smaller then during previous years why is that?

Why have you had no press releases over the last year?

Does VVAW have a position concerning Ms. Sheehan’s current activities?

Does VVAW agree with Charlie Gibson who when asked about Ms. Sheehan’s current activates said “Enough Already”

Any information on these questions would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Datechguy
Datechguy.wordpress.com

P.S. a FYI when I clicked on Robert Gronko on the e-mail list my anti-virus went nuts so he might want to check his yahoo account and run a good anti-virus.

All of those e-mail addresses are publicly listed on the VVAW site. I’m figuring it will be at least 24 hours before I hear anything and I have important personal business tomorrow so unless I happen to catch something today I likely won’t have a full follow up post on it till Wednesday.

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