{"id":12937,"date":"2008-09-04T13:18:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/09\/04\/palin-potpourri-for-a-conventional-thursday.html"},"modified":"2008-09-04T13:18:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T20:18:42","slug":"palin_potpourri_for_a_con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/04\/palin_potpourri_for_a_con.html","title":{"rendered":"Palin Potpourri for a Conventional Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, I know, obsessive a bit. But …<\/p>\n

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  1. Factchecking Palin<\/a> and The Reality-Based Community: Palin v. Reality<\/a> – Palin’s Big Speech and the, um, misrepresentations therein.<\/li>\n
  2. Putting Words in Palin’s Mouth – PostPartisan – Quick…<\/a> – Yeah, Palin put on a pretty speech for the party faithful. But how much of that speech was hers? Hint — they already had the speech pretty much drafted before McCain’s pick, and had to revise it because it was too “masculine” (hey … isn’t that <\/em>a sexist evaluation?).<\/li>\n
  3. McCain criticized Palin for earmarks<\/a> – Yes, back when he was a maverick reformer, among McCain’s targets regarding earmarks was … Mayor Palin. But, remember, she’s a tough foe of (other people’s) earmarks, too!<\/li>\n
  4. Palin: Iraq is a task \u2018from God.\u2019<\/a> – and George is His Prophet? Yikes.<\/li>\n
  5. Despite Saying Working Moms Likely To \u2018Go Over The Edge…<\/a> – Hey, look, it’s the “working moms are the bane of society” meme, now completely reversed now that social conservatives have a working mom they like<\/em>. But I thought all we had to worry about was John McCain’s short-fuse temper; if being a working mom might make Gov. Palin “go over the edge,” is that a risk we are prepared to take?<\/li>\n
  6. Palin\u2019s Pastor Problems<\/a> – Doubtless this will get faaaaar less play than the whole Rev. Wright thing. Pity, that.<\/li>\n
  7. McCain’s Capitulation to the Religious Right Now Complete<\/a> – Speaking of pastors, “And you shall know them by their most enthusiastic supporters.”<\/li>\n
  8. Small Towns and Big Time Politics<\/a> – I think it’s possible to question whether Palin’s experience as governor (for less than two years) and as mayor of a small Anchorage suburb is adequate to the national stage while not getting into “big city dwellers look down on just plain country-folk” prejudice. But there has been some of that, and it’s a big pouch of ammo for Palin and McCain to use. Indeed, it ties into that East vs West thing, too.<\/li>\n
  9. Peggy Noonan\u2019s \u201cGabbo Moment\u201d and Reversal<\/a> – Though the Republican nabobs don’t seem too thrilled about her, either … at least when they think the mic is off.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And, for something a bit lighter and entertaining: YouTube – GOP Vetting Emporium<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Yeah, I know, obsessive a bit. But … Factchecking Palin and The Reality-Based Community: Palin v. Reality – Palin’s Big Speech and the, um, misrepresentations therein. 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