Thought I'd Pass this on... The facts can be found.. if you wish to search them out.
What I've Learned in the Past Few Weeks
Listening to the mainstream media these last few days I've learned a few
things about the GOP's VP nominee but also had to learn a few things on
my own. To wit:
*1. From the media I learned Sarah Palin's husband has a DUI conviction
from 22 years ago. ** *
On my own I learned that Ted Kennedy (hero of last week's tribute at
the DNC) was drunk while driving a car off a bridge in Chappaquiddick. T
hat same crash killed a young campaign volunteer with whom he was having
an affair. Oh, and that woman was pregnant with his child.
Mr. Palin's (who is not running for office) DUI came a mere 4 years
after Barack Obama (who is running for president) stopped using cocaine
and marijuana (by his own admission in his autobiography).
Shocking - it's OK for the presidential candidate to use drugs or the
party patriarch to kill someone while driving drunk yet the husband of a
VP candidate should be demonized for something done 22 years ago.
*2. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant. *
On my own I learned the Obama's mother was a unmarried street hippy in
Honolulu, Hawaii, when she conceived Obama.
On my own I learned that Joe Biden's (the other VP candidate) son was
paid a large amount of money as a consultant to credit card company
MBNA. That same company had business before Senator Joe Biden
concerning regulation of consumer credit practices. After the company
paid a hefty sum to Mr. Biden's son, he voted in favor of legislation to
help that company.
That same son, Hunter, is also engaged in a legal investigation and
suit for defrauding a former business partner
Shocking - it's a crime for the republican VP candidate to have a child
who's pregnant even though it's irrelev ant to how she performs her
job. It's ok if the democrat Presidential
candidate's unwed mother conceived him out of wedlock.
It's ok, however, for the democrat VP candidate while a senator to vote
in favor of a company who paid his son over a quarter of a million dollars.
*3. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin should be considered
'selfish' for agreeing to run for VP knowing about her daughter's
condition. Knowing that at her public role would bring extra scrutiny on
the family is selfish and she should have declined to protect her child
(actually heard this on ABC this weekend).
Strange - the same people who said Sarah is selfish for running for VP
did n ot seem to care about any impact on Chelsea when Bill Clinton had
his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. That was a private, personal matter
you see.
*4. From the media I have learned to be 'concerned' that Sarah Palin
probably won't be able to manage her family and do an effective job of
being VP at the same time.
Funny - I never heard anything about Hillary's ability to support
Chelsea while re-doing healthcare or any of the other feminist icons who
say you can balance work and family. They also never mention that Barack
will have to balance time with his children while meeting with heads of
rogue nations or how Joe Biden's kids don't even have a mom and will be
fighting for his time while he hosts white house coffee fundraisers and
sells nights in the Lincoln bedroom.
*5. From the media I have learned that Sarah Palin is 'too
inexperienced' to be a heartbeat-away from the presidency.
Apparently taking on corruption in your own party and running a state that's the
same size people-wise as Delaware (hint hint: that's where Joe Biden is
from) is not really experience.
However, time spent as a 'community organizer' and less than 180 days
in the senate where you've authored no significant legislation is just
the type of 'change' we're looking for from the top of the ticket.
Funny - inexperience at the top of the ticket is a mantra for 'change'
and 'hope' while strong practical everyday experience as the #2 is cause
for concern.
*6. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin's husband once got a
ticket for fishing without a license. * I haven't heard much about the
fact that if he were still a practicing attorney, the VP candidate Joe
Biden would be disbarred for plagiarism not once but multiple times.
It's ok to break the rules if you're a democrat candidate but not Ok if
you are the spouse of a republican candidate.
*7. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin doesn't know much about
Iraq; in fact we wonder if she even knows where it is.*
Sarah's son volunteered into the US military and is now deployed in
Iraq. I guess that doesn't count.
Sarah has spent more time with troops in Iraq (as commander of the
Alaska National Guard she visited Iraq last year) than Obama has even
while running for president. In fact, when Sarah went to Iraq she spent
time with the troops. When Obama went there, he skipped a base visit to
instead go work out at the Ritz Carlton.
*8. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin is a 'lightweight' and she
better be a 'quick study' to keep up with this team.
Funny, nobody is talking about how, after Barack Obama had 'visited 57
states' according to him he only had '5 more to go' or endless other
stupid gaffes that expose who he really is.
*9. From the media I have learned that (gasp!), Sarah Palin's husband
was once a registered member of a 3rd party that favored states' rights
(man, this is really bad stuff).
That same media has been silent to the story that when Barack Obama
announced his first senate run, he did so in the home of William Ayers.
Mr. Ayers is an un-repentant terrorist convicted for bombing the
pentagon. This same Mr. Ayers said on 9/11 that he and his group did not
do enough to harm to our military and he wished he had done more. During
the same time as that comment, he was serving on a board with Barack
Obama. All notes and information about their serving together is now
locked up by the corrupt Chicago machine and reporter access to those
records are being blocked by the Obama campaign.
If we've had any doubts about the bias of the media, it's pretty clear
now where they stand. Pass this on to some who are on
the fence and who get all their information from Katie Couric, Wolf
Blitzer, Tom Brokaw and the gang. This is egregious and corrupt. The
only way to stop it is to read information using other outlets and
make these guys irrelevant.
