Today on Doing Time - Thursday September 4th, 2008
FROM THE RNC
Did Sarah Palin rock your world? She sure had a nice speech written for
her. We’ll play plenty of excerpts and fact check all the innuendo, vague
allusions and misleading
statements.
We’ll also run through the
former Presidential aspirants who blathered at the podium last night. You won’t
believe the gall of Rudy Giuliani …
or maybe you will.
IT’S STILL THE ECONOMY
STUPID
Yesterday we had on Tim Kane, Economic Advisor to John
McCain. So today, Kuby’s going to speak with Jason Furman, Director of Economic Policy for Barack Obama. We’ll
leave you to make the comparison and see which candidate scores better for your
pocketbook.
SEX SELLS
Bristol Palin’s pregnancy
doesn’t count as a sex scandal –
though to Republicans Jamie
Lynn Spears’ did – but Win McCormack will tell us why there do seem to be
so many Republican Sex Scandals. His book is You
Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values.
Plus a recap of all the
OTHER news including what Cheney is doing to antagonize
Sarah Palin
I agree with you about Sarah Palin and her speech. I want to believe that people in general are smart enough to see through that kind of stuff, but experience has led me to believe that this simply isn't the case. It's pretty remarkable to realize that it has been 7 years since 9-11, Osama Bin Laden is still at large, Iraq is now a breeding ground for terrorists and Republicans have still somehow managed to fool people into believing that they are the ones who are tough on terrorism.
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By DandesignSeptember 4, 2008 - 3:06pmIt could get more serious than that what it seems
Okay, she has problems telling the truth about the pregnancies in her family, but that's the tip of the iceberg. This business of goin' to the town librarian and telling her tp pitch the books that she doesn't like, or, wanting to fire her brother-in-law and eventually firing the the Director of State Security because he didn't fire him.
She doesn't believe in Law and Order.
I realize that some people insist on having their way, but as long as they aren't in positions of authority, its not a problem. However, a Vice President of the United States who tells her staff, or a cabinet minister to do something that would break a law is another matter. Rove did it, Bush did it, and it seems its a trait common to a strain of Republicans that has developed these days. I have no idea where it all began, but even Harding, Coolidge, Taft and Stassen, even Hoover regarded the constitution as basic document that had to followed as it was. There was no messing with the Law.
They had integrrity, but today's Republicans don't, and Ms Palin, if she is true for form is capable not only of lieing, but may just do an imitation of Madame Nu, or Ismelda Marcos, or Madame Ceausescu, or any other of the female versions of leaders who talk about how much they love their country, and maybe they do, but they also like to have their way, in spite of the way things are supposed to be work.
That leads to chaos, and . . .
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By d2343@012.net.ilSeptember 5, 2008 - 7:16amCommunity Organizer bashing
I think Ron was a little rough on some of his callers yesterday, re. this question of community organizer bashing.
You gotta watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert responding to Palin's and Guiliani's disparaging comments about all those vicious and vile community organizers out there.
BTW, I am a social workers, and all social workers know what community organizers do (progressive and otherwise). At Yeshiva University, where I got my degree you can major in CO.
Just the other day my sister (also a social worker, but not a co) mentioned that one of Obama's heroes is Saul Alinsky, famous community organizer.
I was impressed. I asked her if she read his bio (Obama's). She said no, but that she had read an article somewhere that mentioned Obama's admiration for Alinsky's style of working for and with the people (and for change; there's the kicker----Repubs don't like change, accept if it is the kind of change that brings us closer to the middle ages).
Americans may be a bit slow on the uptake (I should know, I teach grads and undergrads) but isn't "community organizer" kind of self explanatory?
Wouldn't their dissing of co's be kind of like saying, "OMG that man was a VOLUNTEER! A VOLUNEER!!! Give me a break! He did things for the good of other people. Can you believe that? Where is the liberal media when it comes to breaking news of this magnitude? Make sure all your friends and neighbors know that B.Obama was a volunteer in a community that needed assistance! Let people know this. Shocking. Shameful. Must be exposed.
Was he even vetted? Oh, yeah, what's vetting?"
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By stephaniefrombr...September 5, 2008 - 12:56pm