Palin's Spreading the Wealth Around

Only in Alaska, they call it "unique."

TP: Today, MSNBC’s David Schuster asked McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds whether Palin’s “share the wealth” plan had socialist undertones. Bounds denied the allegation, claiming Alaska’s sharing of natural resources is “unique” and not at all socialist:

BOUNDS: No, in Alaska its a unique state because all the residents there have a unique share of the natural resources, that the oil companies come in and use, so therefore they share the revenues of the resources. … Its absurd to equate sharing the oil resources that all of these Alaskans have an ownership stake in, and trying to negotiate a deal with the oil companies that use those resources that —

What McCain Palin supporters are so opposed to tax cuts for the middle class as explained by wingnut Bill Cunningham, who earlier this year called Obama a terrorist while introducing McCain. People are poor because they're fat and flatulent (video), he said. They're poor because they lack values, morals and ethics. Talk about flatulence. They've convinced themselves that people who are working to survive lack ethics. No wonder they're so interested in tax cuts for themselves. They think they're better than everyone else. 

But McCain is A Warmonger

ed schultz, a radio show host in north dakota, said john mccain was a warmonger and the republicans went phony ballistic. hello. mccain prefers the method of war to solve problems. that would be a warmonger. he sang a song about bombing iran. i can't imagine for a second that obama-- not a warmonger-- would sing about bombing a country.

mccain still has an old-fashioned mindset, that war is a good option, that human beings will be human beings and that means war. and isn't mccain running on his war credentials. he is a veteran and knows how to fight a war. that's just about all we've heard from him.

obama, on the other hand, has never supported the war and sees more enlightened ways of dealing with iraq and other nations. that would be the opposite of a warmonger.

then the story went on to say that calling mccain a warmonger was the equivalent of talk radio show host bill cunningham using obama's middle name to evoke fears that somehow obama is a terrorist. sorry, not the same. not even close.

how silly is this story? is this the best the republicans can do?

But Mr. Schultz, a fervent supporter of Senator Barack Obama, may have gone too far late Friday when he called Senator John McCain “a warmonger.”
Mr. Schultz, whose program is syndicated nationally, made the remarks while revving up a group of Obama supporters at a $100-a-head fund raiser at the North Dakota Democratic Party’s convention in Grand Forks. As soon as the Republican National Committee got word of the attack, it issued a statement lambasting Mr. Schultz and calling on Mr. Obama to repudiate the characterization of the presumptive Republican nominee for President.
“Enough is enough,” said Robert M. Duncan, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. “Senator Obama has an obligation to speak out and publicly reject and denounce — not applaud — the shameful and contemptible remarks made by his surrogates.”

Republicans to Stop Using Obama's Middle Name

after certain radio talk show hosts and others have tried to insinuate that obama's middle name, hussein, means that he a)likes terrorists b)is related to terrorists, the republican national chairman mike duncan says something sane: "We believe this election needs to be about the critical issues confronting our nation.”

whether republicans are denouncing it for the right reason is another story.
it was a tennessee senator who said that using obama's middle name in press releases had "become a distraction." i'd argue it's more than a distraction. it's sort of despicable and shows a lack of world knowledge.

(CNN) – Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan formally denounced Thursday the Tennessee Republican Party's use of Barack Obama's full name in a recent press release questioning the Illinois senator's commitment to Israel.

“The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics," RNC Chairman Mike Duncan said in a statement. "We believe this election needs to be about the critical issues confronting our nation.”

The statement in question, which was released Monday, said the state party is joining a "growing chorus of Americans concerned about the future of the nation of Israel…if Sen. Barack Hussein Obama is elected president of the United States.” It also included a photograph of Obama from a 2006 trip to Kenya in which he is dressed in traditional attire worn by area Muslims.

The press release was sparked by recent praise for the Illinois senator from Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan, who has made several derogatory remarks about Judaism and has indicated his support for Obama. At Tuesday night's MSNBC debate, Obama said he denounced those comments and did not seek Farrakhan's support.

On Wednesday night the party removed both the photo and the reference of Hussein from the statement after Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander called to express his belief that using them had become a distraction, Tennessee GOP Communications Director Bill Hobbs told CNN. read more

Obama’s message
Obama's legislative accomplishments
Obama’s mathematical delegate lead

what are presidential qualities?
Roosevelt was called inexperienced
Historians for Obama

What is a Conservative Republican?

i really would like to know.
it seems that they are people who just spew hate.
the "conservative" talk show host bill cunningham is now mad at john mccain for throwing him under the bus.
yesterday, radio talk guy used obama's middle name several times while introducing mccain at a mccain rally in ohio. radio host guy said that the media should “peel the bark off Barack Hussein Obama.” the intention was clear. no one uses mccain's middle name.
ignorant radio guy was appealing to the small-minded people who think that because obama's middle name is hussein that somehow he must be related to sadaam, or that he must be a terrorist or that he likes terrorists.
mccain apologized like a man with values. i respect that.
but what's with "conservatives?"
i thought that conservatives were religious people. I though they had values. i thought that was what they prided themselves on but they seem to hate more than anything. the tactic that cunninham used is obviously wrong and frankly, stupid by any measure.
what do they stand for? why do folks such as rush limbaugh and this cunningham guy get so much of these conservatives' attention?

Obama’s speeches

what are presidential qualities?
Roosevelt was called inexperienced
Historians for Obama

McCain Shuts Down Radio Host

a cincinnati, ohio radio host, bill cunningham, (i have no idea who he is cause i don't like to listen to radio poison) used obama's middle name while introducing mccain at a mccain rally in ohio. radio host guy said that the media should “peel the bark off Barack Hussein Obama.”

of course, the small-minded talk show host was trying the small-minded tactic (one the clinton camp apparently used yesterday) of appealing to the small-minded people who think that because obama's middle name is hussein that somehow he must be related to sadaam, or that he must be a terrorist or that he likes terrorists.

really, we need to put on our global hats here and learn a little about the world.

anyway, senator john mccain essentially said the guy was an idiot for saying those things. thank you.

obama gets his middle name from his grandfather. his father was from kenya. obama is a christian and even if he wasn't, it doesn't make him a terrorist. now let's get out our maps.

nyt: He called Mr. Obama a “man of integrity” and said he was someone he had come to know “pretty well and I admire.”

here's an excerpt:
CINCINNATI, Ohio—A conservative radio talk show host who helped introduce Senator John McCain before a rally here used Senator Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, three times, while disparaging him, prompting Mr. McCain to apologize and repudiate the comments afterward.
Bill Cunningham, who hosts “The Big Show” with Bill Cunningham, a local program here that is also syndicated nationally, was part of a line of people lauding Mr. McCain and revving up the crowd before his appearance here before several hundred people at a theater here.
He lambasted the national media, drawing cheers from the audience, for being soft in their coverage of Mr. Obama compared to the Republican candidates, declaring they should “peel the bark off Barack Hussein Obama.”
He went on to rail, “at one point, the media will quit taking sides in this thing and start covering Barack Hussein Obama.”
After Mr. Cunningham spoke, Congressman Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, took the stage and introduced Mr. McCain, who spoke for about a half hour. Neither commented about Mr. Cunningham’s remarks.
Mr. Portman said: “Willie, you’re out of control again. So, what else is new? But we love him. But I’ve got to tell you, Bill Cunningham lending his voice to this campaign is extremely important. He did it in 2000, he did it in 2004, it was crucial to victory then and it’s even more important this year with his bigger radio audience. So bill cunningham thank you for lending your
voice.”

what are presidential qualities?