Verkiezing in de VS #43: Obama party time vanacht

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Palin Is Ready? Please.
McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, that is simply not true.

Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony? Is it too much to ask that she come to realize that she wants, in that wonderful phrase in American politics, "to spend more time with her family"? Having stayed in purdah for weeks, she finally agreed to a third interview. CBS's Katie Couric questioned her in her trademark sympathetic style. It didn't help. When asked how living in the state closest to Russia gave her foreign-policy experience, Palin responded thus:

"It's very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America. Where—where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to—to our state."

There is, of course, the sheer absurdity of the premise. Two weeks ago I flew to Tokyo, crossing over the North Pole. Does that make me an expert on Santa Claus? (Thanks, Jon Stewart.) But even beyond that, read the rest of her response. "It is from Alaska that we send out those …" What does this mean? This is not an isolated example. Palin has been given a set of talking points by campaign advisers, simple ideological mantras that she repeats and repeats as long as she can. ("We mustn't blink.") But if forced off those rehearsed lines, what she has to say is often, quite frankly, gibberish.

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Palin has been given a set of talking points by campaign advisers, simple ideological mantras that she repeats and repeats as long as she can.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 10:37 schreef Hephaistos. het volgende:

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Ik had eigenlijk hetzelfde gevoel als Perico (wellicht om andere redenen though).


Het spotje is alleen briljant als je te maken hebt met sterke anti McCain sentimenten. Dan stelt het filmpje een waar schrikbeeld voor en is de tekst op het einde erg krachtig. Maar volgens mij vinden de meeste kiezers McCain wel een sympathieke vent en is het filmpje helemaal geen schrikbeeld, maar juist reclame voor McCain.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 11:42 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:
Kerry heeft niet verloren omdat de kiezers in het midden van hem weg liepen, hij verloor omdat zijn achterban niet zo massaal naar de stembus ging als de achterban van Bush.

Wat ik wil zeggen: Obama heeft veel te winnen door zijn achterban te mobiliseren.

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In an election campaign notable for its surprises, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, may be about to spring a new one -- the wedding of her pregnant teenage daughter to her ice-hockey-playing fiancé before the November 4 election.
Inside John McCain's campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi Johnston, 18, her schoolmate and father of her baby. "It would be fantastic," said a McCain insider. "You would have every TV camera there. The entire country would be watching. It would shut down the race for a week."

http://www.timesonline.co(...)s/article4837644.ece

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Note that Fey often quotes directly from Palin's original interview -- apparently no parody was required.

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I've put together a summary of the misstatements of fact in last night's debate as tracked by FactCheck.org.

The bottom-line is that while Obama did make a few mistakes, none were outright fabrications, and even when wrong, he was fairly close to being accurate.

McCain, on the other hand, delivered several whoppers that weren't even close to the truth.

First, Obama's misstatements:

Denied voting for a budget plan that called for a tax increase on people making $42K. He did vote for a budget resolution with such a recommendation, but even if it had passed, it would have not have had the force of law. Moreover, he does not support such a tax increase in his current plan.
Claimed Iraq has a $79 billion surplus, but that figure is outdated and the actually number is now closer to $60 billion.
Claimed 95% of "the American people" would see a tax cut under his plan when he should have said "95% of American families with children."
Claimed McCain's health care plan would levy taxes against employers on health care premiums when McCain would actually be taxing individuals.

Second, McCain misstatements:

Denied Kissinger called for meetings with Iran without conditions, when Kissinger had made such a call.
Claimed Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen had criticized Obama's troop withdrawal plan when Mullen had not.
Claimed earmarks had tripled in the last five years when they have actually decreased.
Claimed U.S. pays $700 billion per year to buy oil from hostile nations when the actual figure is at most $359 billion.
Claimed Obama would hand the health care system to the federal government, which is false.
Claimed Dwight Eisenhower had penned a letter offering his resignation if Normandy had failed, but that didn't happen.

Basically, when Obama erred, he was saying 2 + 2 = 4.01. When McCain erred, he was saying 2 + 2 = 4,000,001.

http://www.huffingtonpost(...)e-miss_n_129932.html

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 13:10 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Nieuwste sketch van SNL: http://www.huffingtonpost(...)alin-k_n_129956.html
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Op zondag 28 september 2008 12:09 schreef pberends het volgende:
Waarom had McCain een week nodig om het reddingsplan van Paulson te lezen?

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 13:10 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Nieuwste sketch van SNL: http://www.huffingtonpost(...)alin-k_n_129956.html
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Basically, when Obama erred, he was saying 2 + 2 = 4.01. When McCain erred, he was saying 2 + 2 = 4,000,001.

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Comment: Please do not compare Palin to Obama or former president Clinton. It is true that former president client Clinton did not have foreign policy experience when he first ran for office in 1992, but lets face it, it was clear as hell the man was an intellect to the core. He was out campaigning and was not hiding from the press, he won the american public over and hence was nominated by this party! Fast forward to 2008 Sentor Obama sits on the foreign relations committe in congress, and he has worked on internation policy....again like former president Clinton he has campaigned all over the country, and won his party's nomination,....again he is very well educated and is an intellectual to core.... if you doubt you should have watched the debate last night! Both Clinton and Obama went to ivy league schools, and proved to have excellent leadership skills and the capability to inspire millions of people. In contrast Gov. Palin cannot articulate 2 sentences, she is confused by simple issues, I could have done way better on that Kate Couric interview and i am not qualified to be vp. Gov. Palin lacks the intellect, the broadview of the world and is completely clueless! I too am a republican but I don't just take what I am told, I research and I listen to different view points, I also used to get those ignorant hateful rightwinger emails claiming Obama is a muslim an arab, and a bunch of garbage. Just by research I was able to find out that all that was garbabe being peddled by hate mongers who fail to see that the world is changing fast and with or without them america is about to turn the page and be the leader of the world in the 21st century. Selecting Gov. Palin is an insult to americans, what is the problem for them is republicans like myself will not vote for McCain, he is not the leader this country needs at this time in history. His time has passed him and I hope he looses by a landslide. Americans must make a statement and I believe they will. Most of my republican friends are crossing over to vote for the Obama/Biden ticket. What is at stake for this country is too great for McCain to make a mockery out of the presidency. Yes, he is 72yrs, with a history of cancer and it is likely he may die in office. He made a mockery of the american people, we are not buying the spin because we are not stupid!

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 16:38 schreef Wheelgunner het volgende:
Obama is ook niet heel ervaren, maar wel ontzettend slim.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 16:40 schreef Monidique het volgende:

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Ik vind de vergelijking, wat dat betreft, met Bill Clinton dan ook wel een goeie. Wat weet Obama over Mongolië? Niets, waarschijnlijk, maar mocht er iets gebeuren, dan leest hij zich snel in en komt hij met verstandige ideeën.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 16:40 schreef Monidique het volgende:

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Ik vind de vergelijking, wat dat betreft, met Bill Clinton dan ook wel een goeie. Wat weet Obama over Mongolië? Niets, waarschijnlijk, maar mocht er iets gebeuren, dan leest hij zich snel in en komt hij met verstandige ideeën.

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Biden is niet zo slim, maar wel erg ervaren

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 17:16 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:

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Hoezo Biden niet slim?

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 17:03 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Misschien weet Palin veel over Mongolië.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 16:38 schreef Wheelgunner het volgende:
Palin was voor mij, als overwegend Republikein, ook de druppel. McCain is sowieso al niet zo'n geweldige kandidaat en met die domme trut als zijn reserve, nee dank je.

Obama is ook niet heel ervaren, maar wel ontzettend slim. Biden is niet zo slim, maar wel erg ervaren: Beter team als je het mij vraagt.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 17:03 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Misschien weet Palin veel over Mongolië.

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Op zondag 28 september 2008 16:26 schreef NJ het volgende:
Dit ziet er trouwens ook ontzettend positief uit:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/

228 - 163.

McCain moet echt verschrikkelijk veel van de swingstates winnen wil hij nog een kans maken om op 270 te komen.