Amerikaanse Presidentsverkiezingen #48: Poopergate Palin

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 13:23 schreef Wheelgunner het volgende:
Eenzijdig en partijdig nieuws. Kom op zeg, die zijn echt geen haar beter dan Fox News...

Jij vindt het dom, omdat het niet aansluit bij jouw mening.

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They do not like America because of what we stand for: Liberty, Freedom, Equal Rights. Those who sympathize and support those terrorists who would seek to destroy all it is that we value, those are the bad guys, OK?”

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 14:45 schreef matthijst het volgende:

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Grappig dit... Dat ze misschien gewoon Amerika haten omdat Amerika over de hele wereld burgerslachtoffers maakt met hun oorlogen, dat krijg je er niet in... Pffffff

Echt veel vrijheden trouwens, als je als vrouw al niet mag beslissen over de ongeboren baby in je pens.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:05 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:
Amerika en Vrijheden ...

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McCain: "I always aspire to be a Dictator"

Bush Dictator

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 14:33 schreef laforest het volgende:
October 12th, 2008 11:09 PM Eastern
Palin: Bad Guys vs. Good Guys
by Shushannah Walshe
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO –-

Standing in front a red farmhouse surrounded by pumpkins, Sarah Palin told the crowd of thousands that a McCain-Palin administration will be able to fight terrorism because they know who the “bad guys” are, “Help me Ohio to help put John McCain in the White House. He understands. He understands you. We understand how important it is that this team be elected. For one thing, we know who the bad guys are, OK?”

Palin continued, “We know—we know that in the war, it’s terrorists, terrorists who hate America and her allies and would seek to destroy us, and the bad guys are those who would support and sympathize with the terrorists. They do not like America because of what we stand for: Liberty, Freedom, Equal Rights. Those who sympathize and support those terrorists who would seek to destroy all it is that we value, those are the bad guys, OK?”

Several supporters screamed, “Obama!” when Palin spoke about sympathizing with terrorists.

When asked to clarify the Alaska governor’s comments and if she was saying that the Democratic ticket could not adequately identify and go after terrorists a Palin spokesperson said, “She’s stating an affirmative that she and John McCain understand the threats we face.”

Palin continued with the bad guys vs. good guys explanation applying it to describe who is at fault for the current financial crisis, “Now in the economic crisis that we’re in, we know there too, who the bad guys are. In this time of economic crisis, we know it’s been those who have been greedy and corrupt and arrogant and have taken advantage of hardworking honest Americans, and just as important though, we know who the good guys are, and it is you, and we will fight for you, and we will put government on your side.”

Palin went after Barack Obama and said that he will get America “deeper” into debt comparing him to President Bush in a rare jab at the current administration, “In times like these the last thing we need is a tax increase. America just can’t afford another big spender in the White House.”

The boisterous crowd–many shaking pom poms–screamed, “I love you Sarah Palin!” and cheered the GOP Vice-Presidential nominee getting especially excited when Palin started talking about clean coal and alternative sources of energy to this coal country crowd.

Supporters erupted in chants of, “Mine Baby Mine!” like her very popular “Drill Baby Drill” chants that crowds usually greet her with, “Mine, baby, mine. Ok, I’m bringing that all across the U.S. Do you mind if I–May I plagiarize that? Thank you. That is a good one.”

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:12 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Gelukkig hebben we hier wel vrijheden. Oh wacht.

Woman arrested for DWI, beat by police off camera

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:22 schreef ub40_bboy het volgende:
McCain heeft gezegd over Obama "Ill whip his you know what". Commentatoren zeggen dat dat racistisch was maar wat bedoeld McCain eigenlijk met die uitspraak? Amerikanen schijnen het allemaal wel te begrijpen maar ik begrijp hem niet.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:25 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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"I'll whip his ass", presumably.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:26 schreef ub40_bboy het volgende:
Oja maar dan snap ik de link met racisme niet maarja.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:22 schreef ub40_bboy het volgende:
McCain heeft gezegd over Obama "Ill whip his you know what". Commentatoren zeggen dat dat racistisch was maar wat bedoeld McCain eigenlijk met die uitspraak? Amerikanen schijnen het allemaal wel te begrijpen maar ik begrijp hem niet.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:22 schreef ub40_bboy het volgende:
McCain heeft gezegd over Obama "Ill whip his you know what". Commentatoren zeggen dat dat racistisch was maar wat bedoeld McCain eigenlijk met die uitspraak? Amerikanen schijnen het allemaal wel te begrijpen maar ik begrijp hem niet.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:26 schreef ub40_bboy het volgende:
Oja maar dan snap ik de link met racisme niet maarja.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:28 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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Iets met van vroeger je slaaf zweepslagen geven als ie niet wou luisteren?

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:32 schreef BB-boy het volgende:

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Hoezo vergezocht...

Eigenlijk is de media zelf racistisch dat ze de link leggen tussen deze (in Amerika) gebruikelijke uitspraak en slavernij.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:34 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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Eigenlijk is het totaal geen gepaste opmerking voor een vooraanstaand politicus... zo kun je het ook zien.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:36 schreef popolon het volgende:
Al gepost maar toch, dat boe roepen klinkt zo mooi:

Hockey mom Sarah Palin boo'd at hockey game.

Dan voel je je wel welkom.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:37 schreef BB-boy het volgende:

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Daar ben ik het eens, maar een kat in het nauw maakt rare sprongen. "That one" was ook geen gelukkige uitspraak en vrij respectloos, maar er zat geen racistische bedoeling achter.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:42 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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McCain had het altijd nog op acute Alzheimer kunnen gooien.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:37 schreef BB-boy het volgende:

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Daar ben ik het eens, maar een kat in het nauw maakt rare sprongen. "That one" was ook geen gelukkige uitspraak en vrij respectloos, maar er zat geen racistische bedoeling achter.

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Although McCain was badly wounded, his captors refused to treat his injuries, beating and interrogating him to get information; he was given medical care only when the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was a top admiral.
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In August 1968, a program of severe torture began on McCain.[45] He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every two hours, at the same time as he was suffering from dysentery.[34][45] Further injuries led to the beginning of a suicide attempt, stopped by guards.[34] After four days, McCain made an anti-American propaganda "confession".
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He subsequently received two to three beatings weekly because of his continued refusal to sign additional statements.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:36 schreef popolon het volgende:
Al gepost maar toch, dat boe roepen klinkt zo mooi:

Hockey mom Sarah Palin boo'd at hockey game.

Dan voel je je wel welkom.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:58 schreef NJ het volgende:

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Die Obama - Biden borden op de achtergrond ook. .

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 14:36 schreef laforest het volgende:
Pro-McCain Pastor Casts Election as Religious Contest

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 16:07 schreef ethiraseth het volgende:

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Terroristen. ALs je je ergens niet druk om hoeft te maken zijn het wel terroristen. De kans dat je onder een paard-met-wagen komt is in Ohio hoger dan dat je sterft in een terroristische aanslag.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 16:10 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Gogo karma for me. Ik zou op 1 idiotplanning na precies slambam in het midden van de Londonse bommetjes zitten.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 15:49 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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Ik denk wel dat McCain enigszins racistisch is maar ik denk dat ik dat misschien ook zou zijn als ik 5 jaar lang gemarteld was in 'Nam.

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ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain today will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery at the McCain-Palin 2008 rally in Virginia Beach, VA:

Three weeks from now, you will choose a new President. Choose well. There is much at stake.

These are hard times. Our economy is in crisis. Financial markets are collapsing. Credit is drying up. Your savings are in danger. Your retirement is at risk. Jobs are disappearing. The cost of health care, your children’s college, gasoline and groceries are rising all the time with no end in sight. While your most important asset – your home – is losing value every day.

Americans are fighting in two wars. We face many enemies in this dangerous world, and they are waiting to see if our current troubles will permanently weaken us.

The next President won’t have time to get used to the office. He won’t have the luxury of studying up on the issues before he acts. He will have to act immediately. And to do that, he will need experience, courage, judgment and a bold plan of action to take this country in a new direction. We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. The hour is late; our troubles are getting worse; our enemies watch. We have to act immediately. We have to change direction now. We have to fight.

I’ve been fighting for this country since I was seventeen years old, and I have the scars to prove it. If I’m elected President, I will fight to take America in a new direction from my first day in office until my last. I’m not afraid of the fight, I’m ready for it.

I’m not going to spend $700 billion dollars of your money just bailing out the Wall Street bankers and brokers who got us into this mess. I’m going to make sure we take care of the people who were devastated by the excesses of Wall Street and Washington. I’m going to spend a lot of that money to bring relief to you, and I’m not going to wait sixty days to start doing it.

I have a plan to protect the value of your home and get it rising again by buying up bad mortgages and refinancing them so if your neighbor defaults he doesn’t bring down the value of your house with him.

I have a plan to let retirees and people nearing retirement keep their money in their retirement accounts longer so they can rebuild their savings.

I have a plan to rebuild the retirement savings of every worker.

I have a plan to hold the line on taxes and cut them to make America more competitive and create jobs here at home.

Raising taxes makes a bad economy much worse. Keeping taxes low creates jobs, keeps money in your hands and strengthens our economy.

The explosion of government spending over the last eight years has put us deeper in debt to foreign countries that don’t have our best interests at heart. It weakened the dollar and made everything you buy more expensive.

If I’m elected President, I won’t spend nearly a trillion dollars more of your money, on top of the $700 billion we just gave the Treasury Secretary, as Senator Obama proposes. Because he can’t do that without raising your taxes or digging us further into debt. I’m going to make government live on a budget just like you do.

I will freeze government spending on all but the most important programs like defense, veterans care, Social Security and health care until we scrub every single government program and get rid of the ones that aren’t working for the American people. And I will veto every single pork barrel bill Congresses passes.

If I’m elected President, I won’t fine small businesses and families with children, as Senator Obama proposes, to force them into a new huge government run health care program, while I keep the cost of the fine a secret until I hit you with it. I will bring down the skyrocketing cost of health care with competition and choice to lower your premiums, and make it more available to more Americans. I’ll make sure you can keep the same health plan if you change jobs or leave a job to stay home.

I will provide every single American family with a $5000 refundable tax credit to help them purchase insurance. Workers who already have health care insurance from their employers will keep it and have more money to cover costs. Workers who don’t have health insurance can use it to find a policy anywhere in this country to meet their basic needs.

If I’m elected President, I won’t raise taxes on small businesses, as Senator Obama proposes, and force them to cut jobs. I will keep small business taxes where they are, help them keep their costs low, and let them spend their earnings to create more jobs.

If I’m elected President, I won’t make it harder to sell our goods overseas and kill more jobs as Senator Obama proposes. I will open new markets to goods made in America and make sure our trade is free and fair. And I’ll make sure we help workers who’ve lost a job that won’t come back find a new one that won’t go away.

The last President to raise taxes and restrict trade in a bad economy as Senator Obama proposes was Herbert Hoover. That didn’t turn out too well. They say those who don’t learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Well, my friends, I know my history lessons, and I sure won’t make the mistakes Senator Obama will.

If I’m elected President, we’re going to stop sending $700 billion to countries that don’t like us very much. I won’t argue to delay drilling for more oil and gas and building new nuclear power plants in America, as Senator Obama does. We will start new drilling now. We will invest in all energy alternatives – nuclear, wind, solar, and tide. We will encourage the manufacture of hybrid, flex fuel and electric automobiles. We will invest in clean coal technology. We will lower the cost of energy within months, and we will create millions of new jobs.

Let me give you the state of the race today. We have 22 days to go. We’re 6 points down. The national media has written us off. Senator Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.

What America needs in this hour is a fighter; someone who puts all his cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people. I come from a long line of McCains who believed that to love America is to fight for her. I have fought for you most of my life. There are other ways to love this country, but I’ve never been the kind to do it from the sidelines.

I know you’re worried. America is a great country, but we are at a moment of national crisis that will determine our future. Will we continue to lead the world’s economies or will we be overtaken? Will the world become safer or more dangerous? Will our military remain the strongest in the world? Will our children and grandchildren’s future be brighter than ours?

My answer to you is yes. Yes, we will lead. Yes, we will prosper. Yes, we will be safer. Yes, we will pass on to our children a stronger, better country. But we must be prepared to act swiftly, boldly, with courage and wisdom.

I know what fear feels like. It’s a thief in the night who robs your strength.

I know what hopelessness feels like. It’s an enemy who defeats your will.

I felt those things once before. I will never let them in again. I’m an American. And I choose to fight.

Don’t give up hope. Be strong. Have courage. And fight.

Fight for a new direction for our country.

Fight for what’s right for America.

Fight to clean up the mess of corruption, infighting and selfishness in Washington.

Fight to get our economy out of the ditch and back in the lead.

Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.

Fight for our children’s future.

Fight for justice and opportunity for all.

Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.

Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. America is worth fighting for. Nothing is inevitable here. We never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.

Now, let’s go win this election and get this country moving again.

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“Less than twelve hours after his campaign announced that Senator McCain would finally have some new ideas on the economy, he decided that it was more important to give a new political speech about where he is in the polls. But the American people know that this election isn’t about who’s up or who’s down, it’s about who will change the disastrous Bush-McCain economic policies of the last eight years. Barack Obama will continue to bring his message of change to every corner of this country, which is why he’s talking today about his new plan to provide immediate relief to struggling families and homeowners, jumpstart job creation in America, and ease the credit crisis that’s hurting too many businesses.”

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 16:40 schreef Monidique het volgende:
Iemand met een zwart kind is heus niet racistisch. Hoewel hij wel wat tegen Vietnamezen heeft: "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." Zeggen dat je Obama's achterwerk de zweep gaat geven is een perfect normale uitdrukking, maar eentje zo ongelukkig in dit geval dat je 'm niet zou moeten gebruiken.

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Therefore, we see that it was primarily Cindys idea to adopt Bridget McCain. In fact John was not aware about this decision. It came as a bit of a shock to him. Cindy just returned and asked John to say hello to his new little daughter. But John is happy with the decision and a proud father.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 16:59 schreef NJ het volgende:
McCain wil zijn campagne herstarten met de volgende speech:
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Het event gaat over een paar minuten beginnen.

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The next President won’t have time to get used to the office. [..] he will need experience, courage, judgment

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 17:08 schreef NJ het volgende:

maar nu gaat hij dus weer voor ervaring.

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Best een goede speech die zou kunnen werken (of het werkt voor zes punten is een ander verhaal), maar veel gaat zitten in de uitvoering en dat is niet zijn sterkste punt.

Maar het belangrijkste is dat hij met deze speech een handvat heeft voor de komende drie weken. De afgelopen paar weken ging zijn campagne van de ene kant naar de andere en hij moet dit gewoon vasthouden. Wat er ook gebeurt. Dat is z'n enige kans nog.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 18:07 schreef Montov het volgende:

En door haar machtsmisbruik is hun mavericky corruptieaanpak ook een lachertje geworden.

Palin: McCain Will End Washington's Abuses of Power

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We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. The hour is late; our troubles are getting worse; our enemies watch. We have to act immediately. We have to change direction now.

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My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 18:57 schreef Monidique het volgende:

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CHANGEORAMABAMA!
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John McCain tien punten achter, ergens in de lage veertigers, in de verdediging in dieprode staten: I love it when a plan comes together...

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 18:40 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Palin: McCain Will End Washington's Abuses of Power

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October 11, 2008

A HISTORIC TICKET.... Now that Sarah Palin has been found to have abused her powers, violated state ethics, and lied about it, I did a little digging and found an interesting historical footnote.

The McCain/Palin ticket is the first in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election.

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Op maandag 13 oktober 2008 19:07 schreef popolon het volgende:
Ik geloof het pas als ik het zie op 5 Nov. Heb de dag ook bewust vrij genomen.