The man with the hair trigger shoots from the hip. Nothing new here. Palin was not on anyone's VP radar, but she definitely adds a dimension to this race. And no, that is not a reference to her Miss Alaska credentials, but a contrast to the uninspired choice of Joe Biden. Nothing says change like more of the same, and nothing say more the same like Joe Biden. He is a Senator, "entitled" to his seat, playing whatever cards Reid and company wnat "everyone" to play. He takes all of the safe Democrat positions on issues, extending himself only to lean more left than his party. IOW, he is the right age, the right color, the right longevity, the right part of the country, the right philosophy to not be a "bad" pick and lose. But those who play not to lose usually lose bad. Ask Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen, the NE Patriots, or any of the heavily favored silver medal stars of the past. Obama was about taking chances, that was his charm. His VP pick shows that he is changing course and playing it safe. And safe is not safe.
McCain, on the other hand, took a huge risk. He selected a historic candidate on several counts. She will be the second woman to run on a major party ticket. She has 1.5 year of executive experience as a small state governor, which the Dems cannot poo-poo for obvious reasons, after displaying the Clintons for two days. The other three candidates have ZERO. She is clean, and I do not be in the sense that Biden called Obama "clean". She is corruption free. Her biggest scandal is that she may have used her authority as governor to force a commissioner to fire a state trooper who had been known to get violent with his ex-wife, Palin's sister. We can't have people getting thrown off the force and losing a gun and badge, just because they are violent, now can we? She is religious, family woman and pro-life, often used against a candidate. She is only 44, but so was copresident hillary in 1992. McCain feels that this a time for pragmatism, so he pulls Palin out of a hat. Did it work? Put it this way. Obama's team immediately criticized her appointment, and Obama called them off. That's right, Obama was forced to praise the pick, feeling that criticizing her would harm him with Hillary supporters.
Sarah Palin is the anti-Hillary. She is everything Hillary supporters want to support when they support Hillary, female power, strong female leader, homey (remember the cookies in 1992), etc. and she is one more thing that none of the other three are. She is a true middle class mom. Bye-bye to Obama's argument that McCain is out of touch with the middle class. Her looks also counterbalance an overlooked Obama card. Never mind that if McCain is elected he will be almost older than the VP and the first lady together. His guts in playing to win show that he is young and vibrant and every bit typical McCain. Mr. Obama, welcome to the big leagues.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Spectre of Iran and al Qaeda
The Democrat ticket is now complete. Obama and Biden take the center stage to dangerously falling poll numbers to try and convince the US that they can lead. But the weak knee-ed ticket is not the US's at all.
While Obama, like Clinton before him, was pulled from obscurity (due to oratory skills) to stir things up, and given the keynote speech at the DNC, to be groomed as the excitement maker in the following election, his record on Middle East terror seems to be calcifying. His selection of Joe Biden seals our suspicions.
Al Qaeda and its adjuncts believe that they can subvert our elections and come to center stage with a suitable leader of the "free world". Iran is the chosen capital. These two brothers in crime, though enemies in religion, have sparked a terror spree throughout the world. In Madrid, they subverted the elections by creating a terror event shortly before the election, and the candidate that al Qaeda supported came from behind to win. Ditto in Bali, and the fate of John Howard in Australia. But that was low hanging fruit. Ditto in Britain and 7/7. In 2004, Osama bin Laden openly endorsed the Democrat candidate and openly threatened the "red states", just a day or two before the election. He lost that gamble, and was unable to make good on his threat. So they lost the credibility to try that again.
Next move would be to try and get a more friendly candidate elected. One thing the terrorists have shown is immense patience. Now, they have Obama and Biden risen to prominence. Many of Obama's friends in crime and policy are anti-American, Arab and Iranian activists, who support and / or perpetrate terror. Ayers, a convincted terrorist, Wright, supporter of anti-American terror, Rezsco, a Syrian real estate co-conspirator, have all made the news on Obama's coattails. Ringing endorsements of Obama have already been put forth from Iran and Hamas, a pro-al Qaeda and pro Iran terror satellite, and the de facto Palestinian goevernment. So what more?
Enter Joe Biden, the most pro-Iran member of the Senate, bar none. And by Iran, I do not mean the dissidents and Persian democrats that arrive at our shores, but the government of Iran. The Khomeini idolizing, mullah worshipping, terror exporting (look up Hizballah, Hamas, al Qaeda Iraq, and the Syrian government for more information), US embassy hostage taking government of Iran, currently seeking nuclear missiles to replace their old benefactor, Russia. (Russia would rather restart the cold war than allow this at the moment, but that for another day.) There is a reason that Biden-ijad did not win the nomination and has never been in serious contention for the presidency. And there is an obvious reason why he is Obama's "perfect choice" for VP. Just Google Biden and Iran if you are unfamiliar with him.
Make no mistake. Al Qaeda was thwarted at their game, trying to create the acts of terror here that so plagued Israel in 2001-2 that they had 3 weekly suicide bombings for a year and a half. They were thwarted at the August 2001 Durbin UN conference on racism, trying to turn it into a forum for anti-Jewish fervor, before the US walked out on the spectacle. And they were thwarted, though not fully defeated, in Afghanistan and Iraq, containing Iran on both sides. Iran has been headlong plunging toward gaining devastating weapons and means of terror to topple the US from its superpower perch, but has been unsuccessful in breaking Israel in 2006 from Lebanon, or in getting its materials past world sanctions. It currently has armed Hizballah back above its prewar levels and has given them technology to reach deep into the largest Israeli population centers. It has used its UN lackeys, UNIFIL to openly transport weapons between Syria and Hizballah. Now it is attempting its finale, the keystone of the plan to dampen US power in the world. Al Qaeda and Iran are attempting again to get the keys to the US presidency.
While Obama, like Clinton before him, was pulled from obscurity (due to oratory skills) to stir things up, and given the keynote speech at the DNC, to be groomed as the excitement maker in the following election, his record on Middle East terror seems to be calcifying. His selection of Joe Biden seals our suspicions.
Al Qaeda and its adjuncts believe that they can subvert our elections and come to center stage with a suitable leader of the "free world". Iran is the chosen capital. These two brothers in crime, though enemies in religion, have sparked a terror spree throughout the world. In Madrid, they subverted the elections by creating a terror event shortly before the election, and the candidate that al Qaeda supported came from behind to win. Ditto in Bali, and the fate of John Howard in Australia. But that was low hanging fruit. Ditto in Britain and 7/7. In 2004, Osama bin Laden openly endorsed the Democrat candidate and openly threatened the "red states", just a day or two before the election. He lost that gamble, and was unable to make good on his threat. So they lost the credibility to try that again.
Next move would be to try and get a more friendly candidate elected. One thing the terrorists have shown is immense patience. Now, they have Obama and Biden risen to prominence. Many of Obama's friends in crime and policy are anti-American, Arab and Iranian activists, who support and / or perpetrate terror. Ayers, a convincted terrorist, Wright, supporter of anti-American terror, Rezsco, a Syrian real estate co-conspirator, have all made the news on Obama's coattails. Ringing endorsements of Obama have already been put forth from Iran and Hamas, a pro-al Qaeda and pro Iran terror satellite, and the de facto Palestinian goevernment. So what more?
Enter Joe Biden, the most pro-Iran member of the Senate, bar none. And by Iran, I do not mean the dissidents and Persian democrats that arrive at our shores, but the government of Iran. The Khomeini idolizing, mullah worshipping, terror exporting (look up Hizballah, Hamas, al Qaeda Iraq, and the Syrian government for more information), US embassy hostage taking government of Iran, currently seeking nuclear missiles to replace their old benefactor, Russia. (Russia would rather restart the cold war than allow this at the moment, but that for another day.) There is a reason that Biden-ijad did not win the nomination and has never been in serious contention for the presidency. And there is an obvious reason why he is Obama's "perfect choice" for VP. Just Google Biden and Iran if you are unfamiliar with him.
Make no mistake. Al Qaeda was thwarted at their game, trying to create the acts of terror here that so plagued Israel in 2001-2 that they had 3 weekly suicide bombings for a year and a half. They were thwarted at the August 2001 Durbin UN conference on racism, trying to turn it into a forum for anti-Jewish fervor, before the US walked out on the spectacle. And they were thwarted, though not fully defeated, in Afghanistan and Iraq, containing Iran on both sides. Iran has been headlong plunging toward gaining devastating weapons and means of terror to topple the US from its superpower perch, but has been unsuccessful in breaking Israel in 2006 from Lebanon, or in getting its materials past world sanctions. It currently has armed Hizballah back above its prewar levels and has given them technology to reach deep into the largest Israeli population centers. It has used its UN lackeys, UNIFIL to openly transport weapons between Syria and Hizballah. Now it is attempting its finale, the keystone of the plan to dampen US power in the world. Al Qaeda and Iran are attempting again to get the keys to the US presidency.
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