October 27, 2008
Sarah Palin in North Carolina:
“We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans. Those who are running our factories and teaching our kids and growing our food and are fighting our wars for us. Those who are protecting us in uniform. Those who are protecting the virtues of freedom.”
[Yes, I know she issued a standard "non-apology" apology for this remark.]
“There are no real or fake parts of this country,” he said, a reference to a Sarah Palin speech in North Carolina in which she said she was happy to be in “the real America” and praised “the pro-America areas of this great nation.” Obama continued: “We are not separated by the pro-America and anti-America parts of this nation—we all love this country, no matter where we live or where we come from. There are patriots who supported this war in Iraq and patriots who opposed it, patriots who believe in Democratic policies and those who believe in Republican policies. The men and women from Indiana and all across America who serve on our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a red America or a blue America—they have served the United States of America.”
October 27th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I am sick unto death of Republicans painting anyone who disagrees with them as Un-American or Anti-American. Nixon did it constantly. Reagan perfected it. Bush I and II have spewed that BS for a combined 12 damned years.
I’m from a small town working class background, and I know those people to be good salt-of-the-earth folks. I also know that there are people of various other classes all over America who are just as patriotic, hard-working, and who love their country just as much. A lot of them are going to visit the polls soon (if they haven’t already done so).
Until a couple of weeks ago, I assumed McCain would win. When my mother told me she was voting for Obama, I started to wonder if the election might not end up being close. When I went to the polls on Friday and saw the young, the black, the poor and the disabled standing in line to vote, I started to feel some vague stirrings of a feeling I think may be hope.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
::: cocks ears towards a tiny flutter from Florida :::
October 28th, 2008 at 10:13 am
One thing for sure, Obama can speak and speak intelligently. The only time Sarah Palin speaks a coherent sentence is when she has a teleprompter. Which is really funny when you think about it. After her speech at the RNC, there were many who claimed that her teleprompter was faulty and that she gave that speech unassisted.
I am thinking of writing in Scooby Doo for president. I like Obama on everything but FOCA and I liked McCain until he put Sarah Palin on the ticket. And, honestly, I think Scooby could do the job.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Personally? If I’m going to take a fictional character and put them in the presidency, I’ll go with Luke Skywalker… naive and idealistic, hopeful and dedicated. Scooby-Doo, on the other hand, is led far too easily by his stomach
October 31st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Okay. Now if we are going to go with fictional characters that are people, not cartoon dogs, then I would have to go with Wolverine. He can slice the budget up fast and get everything under control quite deftly I would think.
October 31st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Something Fun…
Since Rick and I have turned Satchel’s post on the speaking abilities of Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama into a comment fest of which fictional character we would vote for president, I figured I would make it it’s own blog……