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The Fish Rots From The Head…

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1. Guy Fox Says:
   September 11th, 2008 at 10:46 am

   All I know is for the love of god stay away from “Let’s call a spade a spade.” That would equal politcal death from anyone who utters it even if there is no racial intent. That is unless Obama were to say it.

   Oh and what’s with the kook from SC? http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/SC_Dem_chair_Palin_primary_qualification_is_she_hasnt_had_an_abortion_.html?showall

   Does she think she’s helping Obama with that one?

   Or Joe Biden yesterday in NH?

   http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/biden-hillary-a.html

   Does he think that’s helping his cause? If I’m advising McCain I’d run an ad saying something like- If he doesn’t think he’s qualified enough to be VP…why should you?

2. Guy Fox Says:
   September 11th, 2008 at 11:02 am

   Oh and don’t forget this one- Randi Rhodes on CNN saying McCain (you know the guy who can’t comb his own hair because he can’t lift his arms abouve his head) was well treated while being a POW.

   http://beltwayblips.com/video/randi_rhodes_says_mccain_was_well_treated_in_vietnam/

   Obama needs to tell all of his supporters to shut their mouths. They are making this all to easy for McCain/Palin right now.

3. Lynne Says:
   September 11th, 2008 at 11:35 am

   Guy, you sort of strike me as a sort of concern troll. In the guise of “giving advice” or seeming concern for the reputation of someone, you’re pulling up every link you can think of that discredits them.

   In context (hell, just the sentence in question itself), that SC Dem Chair seems like she was trying to say “this person seemingly was only chosen for her severe pro-life views.” Now, it was a sort of mean way to say it, but it’s true. It’s hardly a smear or a lie.

   In context, Biden was being awfully humble, and counterdicting a comment by a potentially divisive supporter. Here’s the relevant passages:

   At a rally in Nashua, N.H., a man in the audience told Biden how glad he was that Obama picked him over Hillary, “not because she’s a woman, but because, look at the things she did in the past.”

   “Make no mistake about this,” Biden responded. “Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of the United States of America, she’s easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. But she’s first rate, I mean that sincerely, she’s first rate, so let’s get that straight.”

   As to Randi’s comments, we DO know that McCain did the propaganda videos. Now, I’m not judging him with regards to caving in - lord knows at the first sign of pain I would be giving up my grandmother, nevermind my country. I’m a wuss. I’ve never heard of the exchange for “being treated well” but to be honest, she’s getting that somewhere. I’ve known Randi to be a gung-ho liberal but I’ve never known her to speak an untruth. Perhaps an exaggeration, but what DID McCain get from agreeing to propaganize for the North Vietnamese government? It had to have been something.

   It’s likely she got that from McCain’s own book on his experience. It wouldn’t surprise me.

   Anyway, knock off the concern trolling. You’re not fooling anyone.

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