Talking about God, Character and Judgement

Back in April of this year Barack Obama was "outed" for saying "And it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

In comment after comment he raises questions in the minds of many regarding his stated commitment to the Christian faith. I have no idea what is in his heart or whether he is a Christian as he claims, or a closet Muslim as some contend.

Recently the question of "using" the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's nasty version of religion has again come up. I for one think it's valid to bring up the subject. Obama chose to go to that church for twenty years. Whether he did it for political reasons as some assert or whether he simply liked what he heard Sunday after Sunday matters not to me. Either way he made a bad choice and it speaks to his judgement.

Add up all the questionable characters he's chosen to pal around with and I have huge doubts about his judgement and his foundation. How do you judge the people you meet? Often it's based on who they choose for friends along with many other factors.

You won't let your children hang out with kids who act out, who get into trouble, who have certain tendencies or problems. Life is all about choices and judgements. If Obama was blind to Rev. Wright's nature after hanging out with him, being mentored by him for that length of time, how easy will it be for the wrong element to pull the wool over his eyes?

It says a lot about a person's character if they're willing to overlook the elephant in the room along with the person who owns the elephant. Barack Obama has a herd of elephants hanging out in his room and half the nation is willing to ignore them. I suppose using an elephant in the room analogy isn't the best given what it symbolizes politically! Pretend it's a room full of donkeys. Hard to ignore either animal yet there are a lot of people who are doing just that, and doing it happily.

Worse than disgraceful!

I heard about this in passing but so far it hasn't been anything the media is willing to mention (surprise, surprise). It is disgraceful and shows Barack Obama's true nature. Unfortunately, this is just one more thing that most will not hear about given the media code of silence when it comes to Barack Obama's many, many flaws.

It just keeps getting better!

Tomorrow a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter (a member of the Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee!) is going to endorse McCain-Palin! I haven't a clue who it is, but this is a trend that I hope to see continue.

The polls are awesome right now.

Barack Obama is struggling and it shows. Take away his tele-prompter, unplug the thing, see if he can do what Sarah Palin did on her first big night at the Republican Convention! I was awed at her performance, especially knowing the prompter messed up. I can't imagine standing in front of all those people and managing to string a coherent sentence together with a tele-prompter.

Barack Obama's claim to fame is being able to give a great speech (so they say) when reading from a tele-prompter.

Did any of you see the bit where he said everyone in the United States would get a tax cut? Not just the 95% he's been saying would get a tax cut? What is the percentage of people who don't pay any tax at all? Something like 40% if I remember correctly. Does that mean people who don't pay taxes are going to get a check, too? It's not a tax cut from what I've heard discussed, it's a rebate check. Which to my way of thinking is simply another welfare program, except it goes to everyone regardless of need (unless you're in the "wealthy" 5% and you have to pay the tab for the rest of the country!).

Remember Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged? It's a must-read.

Can't wait to see who's jumping aboard from the Dems tomorrow! You know they wouldn't let the Democrat woman who made the commercial for McCain into the Democratic Convention even though she was an official delegate? I had mixed feelings about that one. I imagine the Republicans would do the same thing if the situation were reversed. I'm sure glad she's supporting John McCain though. I wonder if she has a blog?

The economy problems were caused by George Bush... and John McCain

Sure.

I can't believe anyone is dumb enough to believe that.

But they are.

I was just listening to a reporter who's embedded with Barack Obama's campaign share that PRIVATELY the Obama people admit that George Bush and the Republicans didn't cause the problem, that it is a non-political issue, non-party issue. But still they play the blame game so they can dupe the dummies who haven't got a clue how things work and who're looking for a Messiah to save their bacon.

I get so tired of politics sometimes. I'd say it would be really refreshing to have someone just tell it like it is, but they'd never get past first base so we'd never know they were doing so. I know in local politics around my county a politician who speaks straight doesn't last long! People want to have someone to blame and they want someone to tell them it's going to be OK.

Sarah Palin and John McCain are about the two best I've seen yet when it comes to 'straight talk' as McCain tags his way of shooting from the hip. Sarah Palin has gotten where she is partially because she is a straight shooter (in more ways than one!). However, I'm noticing that the handlers are starting to have an affect on her. I hope she'll continue to stick to her guns and not let those guys ruin her. What is SO refreshing about Palin is her lack of Washington, her freshness and honesty. Well, there's a lot of things that are refreshing about Sarah!

Heard today Obama is going to stop trashing so much and start offering solutions. Bet they'll involved MORE government, MORE big brother. I think one of the reasons we have this problem is the government stuck their hands into business and the free market a bit more than they should. From what I understand, those crappy mortgages happened in large part due to the government breathing down their necks about not giving enough low-income loans. I said 'partially' because that's not the only reason. Human nature abhors the potential to ignore easy money, thus greed factored into the equation, too.

Who knows what the right balance between government regulations and free market should be? To me it's clear Obama goes way over the top and if he had his way he'd turn this country into a Socialist one if possible. The Libertarians may have the right idea, but they go a bit too far in a different direction. Not saying the Republicans are always right, but I can live with self-responsibility and less government a whole lot easier than the Democratic version of government and censorship.

What a strange day in the world of politics...

First I hear that Bob Barr, Libertarian candidate, has asked Ron Paul to be his Vice President and his current VP pick is willing to step aside if Paul will say yes. Bob Barr does this publicly but hasn't yet talked to Ron Paul??? Is the man losing it? Yes, he's from Georgia I'm sorry to say. Until he went off on this wild ego kick he seems to be on at the moment a lot of us had some degree of respect for him, whether we agreed 100% or not. But this verges on weirdness (or maybe it does more than verge).

At the same time Bob Barr is on Fox talking about this, Ron Paul and Ralph Nader are on CNN giving an interview. I didn't see it, my husband was watching it while I watched the other. Yes, we are a multi-tv family unfortunately (I strongly dislike television).

So what's with that? That would be a hoot to see Paul and Nader on the same ticket. Not that I want it to happen, there's already enough wackiness in this race with Georgia producing two of the wacky candidates (Cynthia McKinney is also running on the Green ticket... she's originally from Georgia but has moved to California thank goodness...).

While all that is going on some dingbat woman in South Carolina's Democrat Party Chairman Carol Fowler is saying Sarah Palin's only qualification is that she didn't have an abortion??? What kind of people are running the Democratic Party?

First you have the lipstick smear, then this woman shows her true colors?

Are there any nice people left in the Democratic Party?

I went out again on the Internet just wandering around for a minute or two looking to see what was out there on Sarah Palin (research for the blog) and it is not a kind world out there. It is showing the rest of the United States just how crazy the Left is becoming though.

Even the comments we Barracuda Babes are getting on this blog are nasty when they come from the Left.

What a strange day in election land. I have a feeling it's just going to get weirder and weirder.

Nightly update... not sure if I've shared this before

Monday, 9/8/08
57 Days to the Election of John McCain
McCain Nightly Memo
From: SE Regional Offices, Tallahassee
To: McCain Team Member
Topic: Barack Obama Talks Change; John McCain Delivers Change

Obama's Claims of Bipartisanship Ring False

On Fox News Sunday this week, host Chris Wallace interviewed Barack Obama's chief political strategist David Axelrod. At one point, Chris Wallace asked Axelrod to list Barack Obama's biparistan achievements during his time in the Senate. Axelrod, providing his standard response, told Chris Wallace that Obama had been a leader in crafting Senate ethics legislation and passing a nuclear non-proliferation deal.

Watch the segment here: Debunking The Obama Bipartisan Myth

Wallace astutely pointed out, however, both of those "achievements" were passed by unananimous consent in the Senate. The truth is that Barack Obama has never challenged his own party or worked across the aisle on a contentious issue. His lack of bipartisan credentials is reflected by his 2007 voting record, in which he voted with his fellow Democrats 97% of the time.

John McCain has a 25 year record of reaching across the aisle in the United States Senate. John McCain has worked with Demcorats to hold tobacco companies accountable and to reform the campaign finance system. John McCain is also not afraid to buck his own party when necessary. In 2005, John McCain voted against the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill because it did not do enough to confront America's energy crisis. In 2006, he challenged Republican leaders to adopt a new strategy for Iraq, even while his advocacy for the Surge was not popular among Republicans or the public at large. Today, it is clear that the troop surge has been an enormous success.

John McCain will always put his "Country First" in tackling the most important issues of the day. John McCain does not work for special interest groups or the Republican Party, he works for the American people.

Countdown to Victory Rally

Please join Senator Saxby Chambliss and Julianne Chambliss, along with Governor Sonny Perdue, Senator Johnny Isakson, Secretary of State Karen Handel, School Superintendent Kathy Cox, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, Congressman Tom Price, Congressman Phil Gingrey, GA GOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart and Special Guest U.S. Senator Richard Burr, and other elected officials to kick off and begin the countdown to Victory in November!

Saturday, September 13 at 11:00 AM
Renaissance Waverly Hotel
Habersham Ballroom
2450 Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339

RSVP: georgia@johnmccain.com

* There will be McCain-Palin yard signs and bumper stickers available

Must Clicks

Senator John McCain's presidential campaign released a new advertisement today entitled "Original Mavericks"

John McCain sat down on Sunday morning with "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer to discuss his VP choice and his reformist agenda, among other things.

Click here to watch the interview: Part 1, Part 2

In Case You Didn't Know

For too long, our nation's leaders have talked about reforming health care. Now it is time to act. John McCain believes we can and must provide access to better health care, at lower cost, for every American. The key to achieving this health care reform is to return more control to the patients themselves.

John McCain will reform the tax code to offer more health care choices by providing refundable tax credits ($2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families) to offset the cost of insurance. John McCain will encourage and expand the benefits of Health Savings Accounts for families. In this era of increasing global economic integration, Senator McCain understands that American workers are switching jobs more and more frequently. As president, John McCain will ease the burden on American workers by making insurance more portable so that their insurance follows them from one job to the next.

John McCain has a comprehensive health care plan that will reduce costs, make health care more accessible, and improve the quality of medical care. Senator Barack Obama's plan to socialize the American health care system will have disastrous consequences on the timeliness and quality of health care services. Barack Obama's plan will also force American families to pay drastically higher taxes to pay for health care. At a time when there needs to be more competition in the health care sector, Senator Obama is pushing for less.

Must Reads

Poll: Convention Lifts McCain Over ObamaBy Susan PageUSA TodaySeptember 8, 2008

Washington The Republican National Convention has giv en John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an "enthusiasm gap" that has dogged the GOP all year.

To read more, click here: Poll: Convention Lifts McCain Over Obama

Post Endorses John McCain
The New York Post
September 8, 2008

The Post today enthusiastically urges the election of Sen. John S. McCain as the 44th president of the United States.

McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakeable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing the nation stand in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin resume of his Democratic opponent, freshman Sen. Barack Obama.

To read more, click here: Post Endorses John McCain

Ms. Palin's Pipeline
The Washington Post
September 8, 2008

People are still buzzing about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech. But while her style has been minutely analyzed, very little commentary has focused on one of the few substantive claims she made about her brief tenure as governor of Alaska: that she "fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history . . . a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy
independence." Is Ms. Palin right about the importance of the pipeline and her role in moving it forward?

To read more, click here: Ms. Palin's Pipeline

Finally This Evening...

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Writing a Letter to the Editor on behalf of John McCain is a great way to make an important contribution to our grassroots campaign. A consistent stream of Letters to the Edtior across Georgia that are supportive of John McCain will demonstrate to your neighbors and undecided voters that momentum and enthusiasm are building for our campaign.

This is a small, but crucial effort that you can undertake for the campaign. It will only require an hour of your time each week to write a Letter to the Editor, but it will make a difference in your community.

We strongly encourage you to write a Letter to the Editor. Click her e to find the Email Address for Your Local Newspaper.

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