"poo-poo at the po-po"

This line alone is proof that Kash is the best talent left on the site.

Judge Halverson's best friend is the Burger King.

Kash is on target this morning. Seconding 2 and the Joe Biden quip wasn't bad either.

Wow. This site has taken a sharp turn to the left. I can get salary and bonus news elsewhere. Thanks for the good times ATL.

So long.

The Biden quip wasn't bad but lets actually do some reading and checking before we put up stories.

Volokh had a great piece up earlier this morning putting the Palin story into perspective and showing how the WaPo was blowing this whole thing out of proportion.

But I guess this is the liberal sort of stuff we have to expect from ATL now that David is gone.

http://volokh.com/posts/1220936107.shtml

"You have to read the article carefully to figure this out, but what the story ultimately reveals is that Palin (a) billed the state for most expenses allowed by law, including per diem when she stayed in her own home (her "duty station" was the state capitol of Juneau) in Wasilla; (b) didn't bill the state for other expenses, when she could have done so lawfully, such as per diems for her children; and (c) spent a lot less money on expenses than did her predecessor, especially on travel and by ridding herself of the state's personal chef. [FWIW, she apparently maintained two residences, the governor's mansion in Juneau, which by state law is her official work "base" and where assumedly she didn't get a per diem (but where her predecessor had a personal chef whom she let go), and Wasilla, from where she commuted to Anchorage for work when the legislature wasn't in session. Saintly to take the per diem she was legally entitled to when in the second residence? No. Worthy of the lead headline on Washingtonpost.com? Please! Not illegal, not unethical, and not a scandal.]"

6: try reading the whole article. She charged the state for a whole lot of things that she shouldn't have. Just because she says it's state business doesn't make it so. And just because she charged less than her corrupt republican predecessor doesn't change the fact that she is unethical too. Conservatives can try to paint this woman as a "reformer," but try as you might, you can't polish a turd. What this woman has actually done (as opposed to what she now SAYS she's done) shows that she's just as corrupt and unethical as the rest of the republican party.

#7, stop posting during high school Spanish--I'm sure your grades could use the help.

#8 resorts to childish attacks when smacked in the face with the truth, and simultaneously demonstrates that he is a true republican and concedes that Palin is a corrupt politician.

RE: FALSE MEDIA ATTACKS ON PALIN

I see false, over-the-top, sexist attacks on Governor Palin continue.

Add the posted charge to the many other allegations against Palin by the media, including the assertion of CNN’s Soledad O’Brien (and many posters and bloggers) last week that far from championing “special needs” families, Palin “slashed” special needs funding by 62% finding.

(The left leaning Daily Kos—no Palin friend—debunked that false report. See here http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/4/144547/5612/206/586621 . Indeed, Palin more than doubled special needs finding to $73,000 per child, up from the current $26,000.)

I saw Anderson Cooper on CNN last night doing what he and Joel Kline ridiculed Clinton spokesman Lanny Davis for doing on Cooper’s 360 show in early April, 2008: Raise questions about Barack Obama based on things his lifetime pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright has said.

Why aren’t these attacks succeeding?

For the same reason that nothing could touch Barack Obama once upon a time (NOTHING could stick to Obama in the early days, no Jeremiah Wright, no nothing), these attacks are only going to increase Palin’s wild popularity.

The mantle of hope-change has been transferred to Palin after Obama abandoned his original message to knife fight with Hillary, and then appointed has been Joe Biden as his running mate.

10 - please explain how those attacks are "sexist."

Some of the media attacks would not have been made against a man, e.g., "Palin cannot be an effective VP AND take care of 5 children': Palin is "shrill"; Palin is a "dominatrix" (See Salon magazine yesterday at http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/09/09/mistress_palin/index.html )
; her tone is too “harsh”; See The photoshopped sexist photo of Palin on the Salon site, including this one here http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/05/top-7-myths-lies-and-untruths-about-sarah-palin/

Again, a male candidate would not be subjected to this.

Why am I not surprised DOJ is ratcheting up ATR enforcement against one of the few large left-leaning companies? Seriously, is this the first prosecution brought by the Bushies?

Listen up America, according to # 10 the "mantle of hope-change" has transferred to the ultra-conservative hockey mom of five, who wants to teach creationism in public schools, does not favor abortion even in case of rape or incest, wants to ban books in public libraries and does not believe global warming is man made. I can see how she is wildly popular in the party of GW Bush, James Dobson and Rush Limbaugh, but I don't understand how this is change from the policies of the past 8 years?

Can't wait to see the carnage once she is allowed to stand in front of reporters to give unscripted answers. It is time to let the mad moose out of the bag...

If she says the "thanks but no thanks" line one more time, I'm going to b__tch-slap her across the face. That's not sexist -- either gender may be b___tch-slapped, and it is equally degrading.

For more info on this argumentative technique, please see the following (YouTube login required):

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=indian+reality&search_type=&aq=f

14, she already told reporters that she thinks that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were funded with taxpayer dollars. Granted, the buyout will be, but those two companies are private companies that have government guarantees (but no government money). She also thought that the founding fathers recited the pledge of allegiance.

Should be high comedy once Palin has to talk about issues without a teleprompter.

PALIN DOES NOT WANT CREATIONISM TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

Even the left-leaning (some would say lefty) Newsweek debunks this smear, see

http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

This site sucks. It's become just another liberal rag. Now I'm going to post this about 10 times so that nobody has an excuse for continuing to spread this lie.
PALIN DOES NOT SUPPORT TEACHING CREATIONISM - STOP LYING

PALIN DOES NOT WANT CREATIONISM TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

Even the left-leaning (some would say lefty) Newsweek debunks this smear, see

http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

This site sucks. It's become just another liberal rag. Now I'm going to post this about 10 times so that nobody has an excuse for continuing to spread this lie.
PALIN DOES NOT SUPPORT TEACHING CREATIONISM - STOP LYING

PALIN DOES NOT WANT CREATIONISM TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

Even the left-leaning (some would say lefty) Newsweek debunks this smear, see

http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

This site sucks. It's become just another liberal rag. Now I'm going to post this about 10 times so that nobody has an excuse for continuing to spread this lie.
PALIN DOES NOT SUPPORT TEACHING CREATIONISM - STOP LYING

"Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both."

-Sarah Palin at the 2006 gubernatorial debate on whether or not to teach creationism

There is no "healthy debate" on creationism. Evolution is a scientific theory. Creationism is a fairy tale. There is only one acceptable answer to the question of whether or not creationism should ever be taught in schools: absolutely not. Save it for Sunday School.

18, the very same story that you cite from "lefty" Newsweek says, "She has said that students should be allowed to 'debate both sides' of the evolution question"

This implies that she thinks there is "an evolution question" and a "debate" with respect to which there is "another side" which can, or could, be taught in schools.

She believes in creationism, QED.

We don't need to look much further for evidence that she wants it taught in schools. As she said in a 2006 debate while running for governor of Alaska:

"Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both."

There we go. DON'T BE AFRAID OF EDUCATION. (I guess "education" is now meant to include presenting supernatural teachings, mythology, fairy stories, etc., as if they were physically or demonstrably factual, or perhaps even an "alternative" to science.)

"I AM A PROPONENT OF TEACHING BOTH."

Thus, 18, you are utterly wrong. But that's ok: God made you that way for a reason!

Don't be afraid of education unless it's sex education. Then it's abstinence only. I say Teach the Debate.

So Sarah Palin is either a flip-flopper or she hasn't really thought through the issue in the least (but somehow she's qualified to lead this country). Of course if she is a flip flopper, that would make her just like McCain.

Clearly, 20 and 21 are sexist.

22, that is a SEXIST comment. You liberals have no shame. NONE!

How, exactly, is domestic abuse funny? (re the Halverson story). Reading the arrest report is pretty chilling, sounds as though her husband was going to kill her.
Yeah, she's immensely huge, she married an ex-con, haha.

Oh, and Palin is an Assembly of God member. That is enough to send shivers down my Christian spine.

Here is what is going on.

Every 25 years or so the American electorate wants to throw the bastards out.

This year the voters are hungry for "hope and change" A/K/A throw the bastards out.

Obama initially swept to an insurmountable Dem delegate lead on that platform alone. No substance, just hope + change. He saw the yearning, others did not.

Then Obama messed up and started listening to the professionals in his campaign. Instead of sticking to that unbeatable, resonating message, Obama got talked into incrementally abandoning that message in favor of a knife fight in the mud with Hillary Clinton—even thought the delegate math was inevitable. Obama panicked even though Clinton COULD NOT HAVE overcome "the math".

Obama’s complete abandonment of the hope +change message came when Obama panicked and put Joe Biden on the ticket.

Now Obama is perceived as just another politician.

Enter fresh faced newcomer Sarah Palin. Palin does not just talk change, she has had such an unconventional rise to power in Alaska her hope/change message has plausibility. And by most accounts, she is the real deal.

Palin has now picked up the mantle of hope/change.

That is what the people want, Obama intuitively tapped into this and rode it to an insurmountable victory in the primary, but allowed Clinton to draw him off message.

Sarah Palin came out of nowhere and snatched up the hope/change mantle and Obama is now toast.

Reverend Wright like scandal? Won't matter.

Several gaffs? Won't matter.

Assembly of God member? Won't matter.

Dances with snakes in church? Won't matter.

Standing around awkwardly in a hunting jacket to pander to NRA votes? Hell no, she LIVES IT.

Pretending to by sympathetic to unions? Hell no, her husband is a union member FOR REAL.

GAME, SET, MATCH.

Dancing with snakes, maintaining NRA cred, and cozying to unions will be the principal challenges facing the next VPOTUS/POTUS.

If she finds the media too sexist and harsh, how will she be able to deal with Islamic terrorism? Putin?

If Palin becomes VP I wanna be a rapist because my victims will be forced to have my babies.

So... someone explain: why do lefties want to kill the child conceived of rape, but they won't use capital punishment on the bastard that raped her?

I agree. This is crazy- http://justmarvy.blogspot.com/2008/09/parsing-palin-at-rnc_05.html

No abortion in case of rape or incest is an absolutely inhuman stance to take. I don't see how anyone could presume to force a victim to endure a pregnancy and childbirth as an additional shameful insult.. making the impact of the attack even more traumatic and lifechanging. Why not force the victim to wear a scarlet "A" as well?

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