More Liberal Sexism

John Neffinger wrote a piece for the Huffington Post in which he is describing how the debate could end up being problematic for Biden:

What if , midway through, Palin is doing okay, or better than okay? If you’re Joe Biden, are you going to just sit there and let her play you to a draw – or beat you? On the biggest stage Biden has ever been on, is he going to let himself get shown up by someone everybody knows is an idiot? Or does Biden get agitated, and start looking for opportunities to attack, to pin Palin down, to put her in her place? If Biden stops playing it safe, all bets are off. He might be brilliant, but things might also go horribly wrong. Huffington Post [emphasis mine]

I guess the left was not clear enough when it spent the last month telling us that Palin was a disgraceful mother because she worked instead of taking care of her children and because she gave birth to a child with a genetic disorder. She is less than a woman because she believes in having children rather than murdering them and Sandra Bernhard would like to see her raped by big black men (imagine if Imus had made a remark about big black men being rapists).

So this nimrod wants Palin put in her place. And what place is that, perhaps in the kitchen fetchin’ her man a brew or gettin’ vittles ready for the younguns?

Imagine how it would have played had Hillary won the nomination and a writer said that McCain had to put her in her place. And I know without a single doubt in my military mind that if a writer, in a pre debate article about Obama and McCain, had said; “McCain needs to attack quickly and put him in his place” the cry of racism would be heard from coast to coast. This would be another code word for racism.

All of this is ground clutter but it points out the hypocrisy of the idiots on the left and their supposed party of tolerance. They are fond of telling women they can achieve anything but only so long as they remain subservient to the ideals of the far left feminazis. Any independent woman who is conservative is not worthy of all that life has to offer.

The only way that Palin could get in their good graces would be to sacrifice her newborn son and call it a very late term abortion.

Fortunately, she has more class than that and higher moral standards than the liberal baby murderers.

The debate will be fun and either of them could win. Though wouldn’t it be nice if Palin puts Biden in his place?

Big Dog

In Time For The Debate; Who Am I?

Many people had never heard of a certain Alaskan Governor until a few weeks ago and now she is preparing to participate in a debate between VP candidates. In honor of the hits she has taken over the last few weeks and the unrelenting personal and sexist attacks from the media who claim she is not ready, I present to you a Pre Debate trivia question. It is not hard so give it a try:

I am under 45 years old.

I love the outdoors.

I hunt.

I am a Republican reformer.

I have taken on the Republican Party establishment.

I have many children.

I have a spot on the national ticket as Vice President with less than two years in the governor’s office.

Have you ever heard of me before now?

I am Theodore Roosevelt.

According to the Liberals, he was not ready to be president either…

Big Dog Salute to Peter Porcupine.

Obama’s Global Test Moment

Liberals

John Kerry talked about a global test, the idea that we would run things by the rest of the world to see what they think before we do them. Who cares what the rest of the world thinks because the reality is unless what we are running by them is some way to let them have more of our hard earned money or a plan to protect them with our military, they will be unlikely to agree with us. This did not stop Barack Obama from putting out his version of the global test. According to NRO:

Second, at the very end Obama seemed to be going for a big finish. He talked about his father from Kenya “writing letter after letter” trying to come to college in the U.S., because in no other country on Earth could one make it like here—”our ideals and values inspired the world.” Powerful stuff.

But then Obama concludes by saying ” I don’t think any of us can say that our standing in the world now, the way children around the world look at the United States, is the same. ” CLANG. He then states, reminiscent of Kerry’s “Global Test”, that we need to “show the world that we will invest in education” and “things that will allow people to live their dreams”.

Let me just jump in and say that I can say that our standing in the world is one in which children can believe they have a chance like no place else on Earth. There Barry, I said it and I mean it.

The United States of America does not have a problem with people trying to get here and they want to be here because the American Dream is still alive and well. People risk their lives walking across deserts, being smuggled in in the back of trucks or the cargo hold of ships, they risk drowning to get here from Cuba and they do this because America offers them freedom. These people come here, often in violation of the law, just to taste freedom. We don’t have to build a wall to keep people in, we have to build one to keep them out (I don’t excuse their illegal behavior, just point out they are willing to break the law to get here).

Diplomats from oppressive countries love the freedoms they have while assigned to the US. They may come and go as they please, shop where they want, say what they want and they live a much better life than they could ever hope to in whatever crap hole country they come from.

Make no mistake, our standing in the world is extremely high among the citizens of other countries who long to live here where they can be safe and enjoy the blanket of freedom that opens the human spirit and allows people to live life to its fullest. We might not be held in high regard by their leaders but in the hearts of the people, those allowed to know about the world, we are the only real hope.

So Senator Obama, I beg to differ with you because my life experiences have shown me a different America than the one you describe. We are the lighthouse that people steer toward to illuminate the darkness of night. Most importantly, the people who live here have the best opportunities in the world and so long as they do the opinion of those outside our borders is of no consequence.

Senator, you are not running to be King of the World. You are running to be President of the United States and what we think here should be the most important thing in your mind.

Then again, I would not expect anyone with a soul mate who says:

“For the first time in my adult lifetime I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.”

To actually understand this.

I have always been proud of America, ALWAYS, and I don’t need a global test to tell me that I should feel that way.

Big Dog

To DC or Not To DC, That Is The Question

John McCain suspended his campaign activities in order to return to DC and do the job we are paying him to do. The nation faces a financial crisis right now and the politicians are having trouble coming up with a plan to stop the bleeding in our economy and financial markets. Harry Reid specifically requested that McCain come back to Washington though he changed his mind when he found out Barack Obama was not happy about it. There was no doubt McCain would return because he puts the country first. The question was, would Obama return.

Barack Obama answered that when he said that he had a cell phone and if he was needed they could call. I guess since votes of “present” don’t count, he was not needed. This situation calls for leadership and this is why Harry Reid called for McCain:

“We need, now, the Republicans to start producing some votes for us. We need the Republican nominee for president to let us know where he stands and what we should do.”

Harry Reid is the Leader of the Senate but he said that he needed McCain to tell them “what we should do.” As Ed Morrissey pointed out, Reid did not say that he needed Obama to tell them what they should do. When Harry Reid needed a leader he bypassed Obama and called for McCain.

The Obama campaign and its surrogates are saying that this is a political stunt by McCain. Reid called for him and he responded but after he did Reid changed his mind so the question is, who is playing politics?

I heard Obamabots throughout the day saying that a deal was nearly reached before McCain got there and then McCain messed it up. The reality is, both chambers had not agreed on a bill. The Senate had a plan but the House had not agreed to it. They were not close to a deal because there are many points of contention with the bill. One in particular is this:

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

It appears to me as if the Democrats, the majority party, don’t want to make decisions because they are potentially political disasters that could come back to haunt them in the election. They are trying to pin this on Republicans by making them take the decisions and support the bill. Republicans are refusing to give in on a bad bill.

Obama said that a president should be able to multi-task so there is no need to go to DC when they can be involved by phone. Maybe if Senator Obama spent more time doing his job he would know that a Senator has to be physically present to vote (otherwise he could not vote present). Besides, if Obama wants us to believe he can fix the economy, what better way to show us?

Obama is more interested in debating than working on a crisis in this country. I wonder if 9/11 had happened during a campaign like this, would Obama’s actions be the same as they are now? I would say that they would. Hours after McCain announced his return to DC, Obama’s campaign sent out an email that said the American people only have 40 days left to decide so it is important for the debate to go off as planned. It closes with this:

“This is an important time, and we have to keep this campaign focused on the crucial issues.”

What is a more important issue, addressing the financial problem or debating? Why must the debate go off as planned when Obama refused 10 other debates? Why is it more important to keep the campaign focused on critical issues rather than keeping the Senator focused on the critical issues like say, a financial meltdown? By making this statement Obama has shown that his campaign comes first and the country second. Maybe we would not question his commitment or patriotism if his actions were more like a committed patriot and less egocentric.

Barack Obama only cares about winning. He has spent half of his political life campaigning for another office. This is particularly true with regard to this campaign since he has spent more time on the road pandering for votes than he has working in the Senate (143 days on the job).

Is it too much to ask that he take time away from the campaign trail to do the job that we are paying him to do?

No worries Barry. The Senate leader knows who to call for real leadership and America now knows who puts the country first.

Big Dog

Bill Clinton Blames Democrats For Financial Mess

Bill Clinton was on ABC’s Good Morning America for an interview. He discussed John McCain suspending his campaign to address the financial crisis and that he believed McCain asked for the debate postponement in “good faith.” Clinton also took a swipe at Obama by stating that he knows McCain is not afraid of a debate because he has asked for more and indicated that he wanted ten or so earlier on. This was in reference to the invitation from McCain to Obama to participate in 10 Town Hall style debates throughout the Summer. Barack Obama, the candidate who claims he is ready to debate or “that is a debate I am ready to have” decided not to participate. In fact, it has been 113 days since McCain extended the invitation. It is amazing that the guy who has not accepted that offer is now very anxious to debate.

Anyway, Clinton was asked [with regard to the financial crisis] “A little surprising for you to hear the Democrats say this came out of nowhere, this is all about the Republicans, we had nothing to do with this, Nancy Pelosi saying that she signed the 99 Graham Bill, she knew what was going on with the SEC, these are all sophisticated people, is that playing politics in this situation?”

The question, in and of itself was amazing coming from a member of the media wing of the Democratic party but Clinton’s response was even more amazing:

Well, maybe everybody does that a little bit [plays politics]. I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress, or by me when I was President, to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… [emphasis mine] See the video here

He then goes on to talk about the uptick rule. I know that Clinton is using this forum to absolve himself by saying that he was trying to put standards in place but he clearly stated that the Democrats resisted efforts by Republicans to put tighter standards in place which is what I, and others, have been saying.

It looks like Bill Clinton is still not happy with the way his party treated him and his wife. It is evident that he is not happy with Obama or with the idea of campaigning for him as evidenced by his refusal to dump on McCain and Palin, his agreement with McCain of the debate issue (and the swipe at Obama for not participating in the Town Hall debates), and his decision to take off [from campaigning] for the Jewish holidays (Clinton is not Jewish).

The more people pay attention the clearer it will become that while everyone shares in the blame, the Democrats caused this mess by blocking tighter controls on their money machines.

I rarely agree with Bill Clinton and I think he was an average president but he is a smart man and has been good to his party. The fact that he even said this is an indication that he is not happy with the Democrats.

I think he and Hillary will vote for McCain.

Big Dog