Scandal-Plagued Ted Stevens Endorses Palin For VP, Says He’s ‘Known And Worked’ With Her ‘For Over A Decade’
Scandal-Plagued Ted Stevens Endorses Palin For VP, Says He’s ‘Known And Worked’ With Her ‘For Over A Decade’
In a statement announcing the choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Sen. John McCain’s campaign emphasized that “in Alaska, Governor Palin challenged a corrupt system.” But that claim was undermined today when Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), who was indicted last month for not reporting gifts from an Alaskan oil company, endorsed her as McCain’s vice president. Stevens said that he had “known and worked” with Palin for “over a decade”:
Senator Stevens said: “It’s a great day for the nation and Alaskans. Governor Palin has proven herself as a bright, energetic leader for our State and will bring the same energy to the Vice Presidency. She will serve our country with distinction – the first Alaskan and first woman on the Republican ticket. I share in the pride of all Alaskans.
“I have known and worked with Sarah for over a decade – from her service as Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, in her role as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors, and most recently as our Governor. She is attentive to her job and family, brings people together, and is able to make tough decisions.
But Palin was unable to make a “tough decision” after Stevens, who had supported her run for governor, was indicted. In July, she told reporters that it “would be premature” to call for his resignation. She just wants him to give “a fuller accounting” of his relationship with VECO Corp., the oil services company that gave him unreported gifts.
Palin also has ties to VECO. When she ran for lieutenant governor in 2002, “she gathered $5,000 — or about 10 percent of her campaign fund — from Veco officials or their wives,” including $500 from CEO Bill Allen. Allen gave Stevens expensive gifts over the years, including “a new Viking gas grill and a new tool shed full of tools.”
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August 29th, 2008 at 4:07 pmScandal-Plagued Ted Stevens Endorses Palin For VP, Says He’s ‘Known And Worked’ With Her ‘For Over A Decade’»
How can one refuse such a credible and revered endorsement such as this ?
August 29th, 2008 at 4:07 pmOr would it be hook her up with…Or maybe not.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:07 pmAn endorsement from Ted Stevens for a candidate who bills herself as a “clean-government” person. No wonder Palin looks like that in the picture.
This is like a vegetarian getting an endorsement from Jeffrey Dahmer…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pmDemocrats should be dancing in the streets over McCain royal SNAFU.
It seems that the GOP has completely given up and greeted the Demcrats as liberators. Maybe they don’t want to waste their money on their convention and will just punt – they should.
McCain should have asked Hilary to be his running mate; at least they would then have one qualified candidate running on the GOP ticket; which is not just scrap paper.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pmBill Richardson
August 29th, 2008 at 4:10 pmThere is already talk of a Biden/Palin debate. Joe Biden should just state that Palin is totally unqualified to be VP and such a debate would be frivilous. If the GOP persists, then Biden should go ahead and debate McCain’s horrible choice as VP.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:11 pmWho?
I am being dead serious…
Who?
August 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pmPalin is an excellent choice for McCain.
She has more experience in Executive leadership than the democrats number one guy, Obama. She was already a mayor when Obama kicked off his political career at William Ayers house.
She represents real change, unlike Obama’s choice in Biden who has been in politics since 1972 … when Nixon was president.
She’s a governor who has run a state … unlike Obama or Biden. And 80+ percent of the population of her state have a favorable opinion of her.
She has a proven record of stamping out the good ol boy network and government corruption. Like the kind that persists in Chicago … Obama’s stomping grounds.
Hey, I can’t even remember what Obama said in his speach last night. Looks like McCain/Palin has stolen the show :-)
August 29th, 2008 at 4:18 pmThis just keeps getting better.
She has negligible political experience.
She’s a Christocrat wingnut.
She’s currently under investigation in AK.
And now she’s been endorsed by Ted Stevens, which certainly doesn’t lend much credibility to the “reformer” image the Repubs are currently spinning.
Fun, fun, fun.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pmTim43 Says:
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Boy are you going to be embarrassed when you sober up tomorrow…
I just hope someone took photos and posts them on YouTube… :-D!!
August 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pmThere seems to be some question as to how much influence Palin’s husband has on her governing. So much for her “executive leadership.”
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/127769
August 29th, 2008 at 4:23 pmOh yes. She was Mayor of Buttcrack Alaska. What executive leadership. Really McCain needs better paid shills.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:23 pmIt Won’t be on YouTube but the comment will be saved and put in to my little conservative hall of shame.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:25 pmPriceless, absolutely priceless. One of my sisters would Not vote for Obama, as he ’stole’ the election from Hillary. Well, the Palin choice just changed my sister’s mind. Thanks McWorse for saving my sister from wasting her vote.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:26 pmImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Oh, and seriously, this will helm McWorse carry Alaska, with its 3 electoral votes. Woo-Hoo, nothings gonna stop the Wheels Off Express!
August 29th, 2008 at 4:27 pmIPC&B&STC!
Tim43 Says:
Palin is an excellent choice for McCain.
She has more experience in Executive leadership than the democrats number one guy, Obama.
Haha, liars are funny sometimes…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:28 pmThis is a message to the Base! “She’s good and greased up!”
I mean, is the GOP losing their collective bearings?
This would be the last guy stepping out for my party.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:28 pmSounds like some soreness in TP land.
What is going on? I thought you folks would be happy that a woman is finally breaking through the glass roof that Hillary cracked.
Obama could have closed the deal by choosing Hillary but instead he snubbed her.
Palin even has more experience than Obama.
Do you folks have some sort of hidden hatred of women? Do you only feel comfortable letting them crack the glass roof?
Go Sarah Palin.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:32 pm>Hey, I can’t even remember what
> Obama said in his speach last night.
> Looks like McCain/Palin has stolen
> the show :-)
Funny. You REALLY think many of your troglodyte brethern are going to vote for a woman? Im sorry, part of the core idealogy involved in being a backwards, white trash bible humper (i.e. the GOP base) is beleiving that women shouldnt run things. Doesnt matter how much they agree with you. McCain, a man with 3000 pages of medical records PER DAY for the last 20 years, just picked a woman as someone who could be a heartbeat away from the presidencey should he win. Say whatever you want, for every hillary supporter this gets mccain, there will be two biblehumpers who will stay home because they will be totally unwilling to accept the concept that they’d very possibly be turning the country over to a woman, no matter how much they agree with her. this is about the equivalent of the klan letting a black guy enter their organization just because he doesnt like black people either..
when her kooky trogylytle views and connections to the indicted criminal ted stevens come out, this will be even worse.
right now, mccains only hope is a false flag attack or diebold. period. im pretty worried about the diebold one, if its close, they can cheat and get away with it..
August 29th, 2008 at 4:32 pm>Do you folks have some sort
>of hidden hatred of women?
Dunno, care to share with us your vast knowledge of
August 29th, 2008 at 4:34 pmPalin’s position on womens issues?
Hi Tim43:
August 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pmDo you have an agenda?
Tim43 Says:
Apparently the McCain camp did have an important role for Gov. Pawlenty after all…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pmKeep it up, Gov! You’ll earn that beer cozy before ya know it!
Minnesota can be proud!
Count Istvan Says:
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She was already a mayor when Obama kicked off his political career at William Ayers house.
Oh yes. She was Mayor of Buttcrack Alaska. What executive leadership. Really McCain needs better paid shills.
Well, that is very narrow minded of you. Last I checked, Alaska was a state in the United States of America just like Illinois, Texas and Nevada. What do you have against Alaska? It is a great state with great people.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:36 pmMcCain pays Timmy to post here. hey $6.25 isn’t much but it’s the highest paying job he could get in Bush/McCain’s economy.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pmAs bad as it looks to be endorsed by a corrupt, indicted politian awaiting the consequences, he did win the republican nomination. That’s another one of their double standards. They think all indicted rs are because of trumped-up charges, while ds are guilty even after being proven innocent.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pmdbadass Says:
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Hi Tim43:
Do you have an agenda?
I am just happy that a great woman is running as VP and I think that McCain made a great choice.
This is historic.
I cannot understand the hatred on this board. I thought that you folks would be happy.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:39 pmTim43 Says:
Sounds like some soreness in TP land.
Sounds like someone just does not get it – at all.
What is going on? I thought you folks would be happy that a woman is finally breaking through the glass roof that Hillary cracked.
Glass ceiling – roof – whatever. She isn’t the first woman VP candidate, and is certainly the worst. So you don’t make sense here…at all.
Obama could have closed the deal by choosing Hillary but instead he snubbed her.
Wrong.
Palin even has more experience than Obama.
Tragically wrong. Being in the state legislature for like 8 years and the last 2.5 as a US Senator completely trumps ‘Cudda’s mayoral and gubernatorial experience.
Do you folks have some sort of hidden hatred of women? Do you only feel comfortable letting them crack the glass roof?
Again with the glass roof! It is called the glass ceiling you twit. You have no concept of even the basic terms used to describe the inequality you speak of. You’re totally lame.
Go Sarah Palin.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:40 pmGo away.
Tim43 Says:
dbadass Says:
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Hi Tim43:
Do you have an agenda?
I am just happy that a great woman is running as VP and I think that McCain made a great choice.
This is historic.
I cannot understand the hatred on this board. I thought that you folks would be happy.
It isn’t historic – she isn’t the first woman to ever be a Vice Presidential candidate.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:42 pm>What do you have against Alaska?
my main gripe is that its senior senator is not yet in
a prison (even though any fool can see how guilty he is),
and his ill gotten house isnt being used as a refuge for a polar bears
> It is a great state with great people.
A country stuck in the Ice Age, run by a woman who wants to send women’s rights back to the Stone Age. Charming. I’m from Texas, so I have very little to say in my own states defense.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:42 pmTweedster —
Why are you so bitter?
August 29th, 2008 at 4:42 pmTweedster —
Yes, it is historic. She is the first Republican VP choice.
Get your history strait tweed
August 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pmDo you folks have some sort of hidden hatred of women? Do you only feel comfortable letting them crack the glass roof?
No, we want women who hold our beliefs, we don’t “let them crack the glass roof” as if they needed our permission, we support women for their positions, not because they’re a woman. Save us the “Why do you hate women?” card. It’s not working…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:44 pmTim43 Says:
Tweedster —
Why are you so bitter?
Ohh Tim, how patronizing of you!
I’m not bitter. You are simply a liar.
Please compare and contrast the experience of Palin with Obama and point out where she has “more” of it.
Thanks Timmy :-)
August 29th, 2008 at 4:45 pm>I thought that you folks would be happy.
Yes, we’re tickled.. I mean, its not like you GOP types have a history of picking out ethnic or other minorities who hate their own kind, then tout them as as example of the diversity of your party.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:46 pmYou guys sure to know how to pick the Uncle (or in this case Aunt) Tom’s. Too bad Uncle Ruckus isnt real you guys could probably use a nice colored man like that to diversify your “big tent” (these days, its more of a “closet” than a “tent”)
Tim43
August 29th, 2008 at 4:46 pmplease explain the greatness of Ms Palin.thanks
Tim43 Says:
Tweedster —
Yes, it is historic. She is the first Republican VP choice.
Get your history strait tweed
Oh yea, you got me. I thought you were rejoicing for women EVERYWHERE, not just because she is a Republican.
I’ll paddle through a strait, thanks.
Oh, and Timmy, can you please refer me to some of Palin’s amazing work as the leader of Alaska?
August 29th, 2008 at 4:48 pm> Yes, it is historic.
>She is the first Republican VP choice.
Historic only because you people are living in the Stone Age and the thought of a woman running the show is repellant to the majority of your base.
I’m feeling much better about things now.. this is a desparate gamble on mccains part for hillary’s people…his people must have some data i dont…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:48 pmIn a statement announcing the choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Sen. John McCain’s campaign emphasized that “in Alaska, Governor Palin challenged a corrupt system.”
Challenged it to what? Too see if she could make it worse? She certainly picked the right mentor.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 29th, 2008 at 4:49 pmTim43 Says:
August 29th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
This post didn’t fly on the other thread(s), stop cutting-and-pasting. Don’t you have anything new, or didn’t you get updated talking points?
August 29th, 2008 at 4:50 pmPaul W Says:
In a statement announcing the choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Sen. John McCain’s campaign emphasized that “in Alaska, Governor Palin challenged a corrupt system.”
Challenged it to what?…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
A thumb-wrestling match?
August 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pmTim43 Says:
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Tweedster —
Yes, it is historic. She is the first Republican VP choice.
Get your history strait tweed
August 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Yeah , it’s certainly “historic”…………..
It took 25 years after the Democratic party had a woman running on a presidential ticket for the garbage GOP to catch on.
Hello , ladies and gentlemen :
Can you say “S-E-X-I-S-T” ?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:06 pmTim43 Says:
Tweedster —
Yes, it is historic. She is the first Republican VP choice.
Get your history strait tweed
August 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Er, your party is a little behind, Timmy.
Palin’s selection is historically desperate. TP is weakning her down fast and you’re scared.
White trash.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:08 pmMore and more women will vote for McCain/Palin because they will identify with Palin. Not just the disenchanged Hillary supporters.
She is a mother of five children, one disabled. Can’t think of a tougher job myself. That alone is worth more than Obama’s 180 plus days in the senate.
She is going to steal more and more women voters from Obama as they come to the realization that Obama is not really for change as evidenced by his selection of Biden for VP.
Many of your wives will secretly vote for McCain/Palin in the voting booth.
Palin rocks.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pmHEY TIMMY — Ayers has no criminal record of which to speak. He is a disguished university professor in the field of Education, and you’re a talking points feeder for Limbaugh.
You have no business passing judgment on Dr. Ayers for what was an extremely tearing time for our nation.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:14 pmhe’s know her for over a decade – wow that’s almost half a slong as Obama’s known Ayres.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pmMcWars Says:
Er, your party is a little behind, Timmy.
Palin’s selection is historically desperate. TP is weakning her down fast and you’re scared.
White trash.
TP speaks to liberal democrats only. Nothing that TP says ever makes it outside the left wing.
Everytime someone with an opposing point of view comes on TP, their account gets removed.
How is TP weekening Palin? Just who actually reads TP other than the left wing Democrats?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pmMany of your wives will secretly vote for McCain/Palin in the voting booth.
I have only one wife and she’s pretty clearly in Obama’s camp but I assure you she would not have to make her selection a ’secret’
August 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pmUnlike many in the Republican camp, Democrats generally do not dictate how their wives should act and even enjoy lively debate and intellectual interaction with our partners.
That may explain why we had a woman on our ticket a full 25 years before your ‘historic’ Palin announcement.
How many wives do you have Gov. Tim43 Are you sure they’ll all vote how you told ‘em?
I think we should all visit various outlets for our news and sift through the garbage to come up with logical conclusions. I find myself flipping between MSNBC, Fox, CNN, ABC and PBs on a regular basis and I obviously come here to acquire information as well.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:20 pmTim43 Says:
Not just the disenchanged Hillary supporters.
How many of them exist?
She is a mother of five children, one disabled. Can’t think of a tougher job myself. That alone is worth more than Obama’s 180 plus days in the senate.
You are one dumb f uck. Obama has his own familial responsibilities.
She is going to steal more and more women voters from Obama as they come to the realization that Obama is not really for change as evidenced by his selection of Biden for VP.
Sorry, troll. The democratic conventions are over and Hillary has sent her effective message. Democratic women aren’t going to flock over to candidates who aren’t pro-choice. Too late.
Many of your wives will secretly vote for McCain/Palin in the voting booth.
Why, because they want to finish off the country? They would vote no differently regardless of who was on the ticket.
Palin rocks.
Problem is, McCain doesn’t even know who the hell she is. Karl Rove told him just this morning who’ll be his running mate.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:21 pmbelac Says:
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Many of your wives will secretly vote for McCain/Palin in the voting booth.
I have only one wife and she’s pretty clearly in Obama’s camp but I assure you she would not have to make her selection a ’secret’
Unlike many in the Republican camp, Democrats generally do not dictate how their wives should act and even enjoy lively debate and intellectual interaction with our partners.
That may explain why we had a woman on our ticket a full 25 years before your ‘historic’ Palin announcement.
How many wives do you have Gov. Tim43 Are you sure they’ll all vote how you told ‘em?
I really despise all of this talk about which party is more racist or sexist — yada yada yada. Let’s call the pick what it is – a very shrewd move that will capitalize and bring attention to a major mistake made by Obama (and that was not picking HRC). I like Biden, he is more qualified than HRC, but in the context of how it played out, HRC should have been the pick.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pmMcWars Says:
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HEY TIMMY — Ayers has no criminal record of which to speak. He is a disguished university professor in the field of Education, and you’re a talking points feeder for Limbaugh.
You have no business passing judgment on Dr. Ayers for what was an extremely tearing time for our nation.
You mean this William Ayers? http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/02/obamas_weatherman_connection.html
They same William Ayers that said in a New York Times interview (on September 11 2001) … although never convicted of any crime, he told the New York Times in September 2001, “I don’t regret setting bombs…I feel we didn’t do enough.”
Is that the same distinguished William Ayers that you refer too?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:24 pmTim43 Says:
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McWars Says:
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HEY TIMMY — Ayers has no criminal record of which to speak. He is a disguished university professor in the field of Education, and you’re a talking points feeder for Limbaugh.
You have no business passing judgment on Dr. Ayers for what was an extremely tearing time for our nation.
You mean this William Ayers? http://blog.washingtonpost.com/ fact-checker/ 2008/ 02/ obamas_weatherman_connection.html
They same William Ayers that said in a New York Times interview (on September 11 2001) … although never convicted of any crime, he told the New York Times in September 2001, “I don’t regret setting bombs…I feel we didn’t do enough.”
Is that the same distinguished William Ayers that you refer too?
Yes, they are one and the same.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:28 pmI really despise all of this talk about which party is more racist or sexist — yada yada yada.
Fair enough…
Let’s call the pick what it is – a very shrewd move that will capitalize and bring attention to a major mistake made by Obama (and that was not picking HRC).
Oops! So Palin’s main recomendation is that she’s a woman? She points out that Obama didn’t pick a woman? ‘Cause Palin’s policies aren’t likely to attract Clinton backers (I was one and they haven’t turned me on) but her gender is?
Awesome- let’s stop talking about sexism and racism, it makes Republican’s look bad…
August 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pmHow is TP weekening Palin? Just who actually reads TP other than the left wing Democrats?
Left-wing democrats are one segment. Tack on those of any party who hate George Bush, and you’d find through archive searches a number of them having posted here. Then, we have our jealous trolls, and that’s where you fit in.
Sarah Palin? She’s under investigation for corruption. (She said it was “cool.”) She doesn’t even understand what the veep does. She does business with Enron-affiliated Smith Barney (quite the zing from last night, huh troll?). Read the threads in full. Don’t make your ignorance my problem, troll.
Not to mention, her nomination cancels out your contention that Obama doesn’t have enough experience. They key experience: National issues, which she sorely lacks. Sorry Timmy, the ball is further in our court.
Not that we need to weaken (expose) her. The GOP is already going to shit.
What do you have to say for yourself for destroying America, Timmy?
Cut out the crying while you’re at it.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:31 pmI hope the trolls don’t hurt themselves tying themselves in logic knots. It’s amazing what happens when Republicans start spinning on the “experience” theme.
When Bill Clinton ran against Bush41 in 1992, he was roundly dissed by the GOP for being inexperienced because he was merely a governor, with no experience on the national or international stage. Never mind that several of our presidents had been governors (with no “national” experience) before being elected president, including Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and Franklin Roosevelt.
Then when Bush43 ran against Gore in 2000, all of a sudden the GOP claimed his credentials as a governor trumped Gore’s experience as a senator and a vice president. Because Bush had “executive” experience. Which, apparently, was now more important than “national” experience.
When Obama announced his candidacy, the GOP called him inexperienced because he was still in his first term as a U.S. senator, and pointed to his political experience in the Illinois legislature as irrelevant.
But now that Palin is on the stage (who’s still in her first term as governor), her experience as a city council member and mayor of a city of 5,400 people is important because it’s “executive” experience.
This takes IOKIYAR to extreme levels. Are we really supposed to swallow all this hypocrisy?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:32 pmMolly,
I totally agree! And I find timmy to be about as informed and about half as funny as our little troll Daryll.
When it talks about nobody reading TP, look who is here, trying to clutter up the thread.
Must be a sad life to make this the highlight of its day, huh?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:39 pmTim43 Says:
You mean this William Ayers? http://blog.washingtonpost.com/ fact-checker/ 2008/ 02/ obamas_weatherman_connection.html
They same William Ayers that said in a New York Times interview (on September 11 2001) … although never convicted of any crime, he told the New York Times in September 2001, “I don’t regret setting bombs…I feel we didn’t do enough.”
Excuse me, dickhead. You’re not telling me anything I don’t already know. Spitting out a factoid from 40 years back, when anarchy was the norm, doesn’t change the fact that your insights are flawed.
You only care because he’s one of the few anarchists from that era who are publicized. He went on to realize professional success in the field of Education. What do you have to your name?
Not that I’d expect you understand the field of Higher Ed, being spoon-fed your perspective by Sean Hannity while on your guilt-by-association road trip, but university professors, teaching at the same institutions or different ones close by, have an obligation to civic engagement. Obama interacted with plenty of professors while fulfilling his duties as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. Dr. Ayers taught nearby at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:42 pmTim43 Says:
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McWars Says:
Er, your party is a little behind, Timmy.
Palin’s selection is historically desperate. TP is weakning her down fast and you’re scared.
White trash.
TP speaks to liberal democrats only. Nothing that TP says ever makes it outside the left wing.
Everytime someone with an opposing point of view comes on TP, their account gets removed.
How is TP weekening Palin? Just who actually reads TP other than the left wing Democrats?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Can you enlighten us as to whom exactly Palin , an anti-science , anti-enviromental , fundamentalist religious asswipe , is going to “speak to” ?
The religious fundamentalist losers already vote garbage GOP , straight across the board ; what Independent , especially any woman with more than 2 active brain cells (which makes 2 more than you currently possess) , is going to agree with this pro-life turd ?
Get a clue ……………
August 29th, 2008 at 5:49 pmLet me fill one more void in your brain, Timmy (though I know it’s a lost cause, since there are so many more).
Hillary wasn’t cast aside for VP as a political punch. She made an unreasonable demand in asking to be vetted only if she were selected. How many people can asked to be hired for top jobs if they aren’t willing to to make the case that they’re the best candidate?
August 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pmYeah because it wasn’t that Hillary was intelligent and experienced she was successful it’s because she’s a woman. So then basically anybody that was a man was qualified to be president. Idiot.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pmStevens is under indictment – an endorsement from him is of dubious value.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm>Many of your wives will secretly
>vote for McCain/Palin in the voting booth.
Why? Care to explain where she stands on womens issues
what would give women any reason to vote for her?
McCain/Palin.. wow..the tag blended together sounds so much
like “McPain” it doesnst even need to be parodied. Your ticket sounds like a poorly packaged mcdonalds Happy Meal meant to appeal to S+M freaks. Which, actually, pretty much sums up the G.O.P these days
An “experienced” mummy whose claim to fame is not being able to dodge anti-aircraft fire, and who doesnt seem to know the difference between a sunni and shia, and a woman who thinks other women were created from a man’s rib.
Good luck with that…
August 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pmThe Republicans are shedding Crocadile Tears for poor Hillary Clinton. They are really mad that they can’t USE their Bosnia Airport Videos Now.
Hillary needs a seat on the Supreme Court…..to drive these Right Wingers Crazy for a lifetime.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:11 pm>She is a mother of five children, one disabled.
>Can’t think
>of a tougher job myself.
How about divorcing your disabled, maimed wife to marry some billionaire coke wh#re heiress?
What about being unable to dodge anti-aircraft fire and geting shot down?
John McCain has done both of those.. heckuva ticket ya got there..
August 29th, 2008 at 6:11 pmMcWars Says:
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Excuse me, dickhead. You’re not telling me anything I don’t already know. Spitting out a factoid from 40 years back, when anarchy was the norm, doesn’t change the fact that your insights are flawed.
You only care because he’s one of the few anarchists from that era who are publicized. He went on to realize professional success in the field of Education. What do you have to your name?
Not that I’d expect you understand the field of Higher Ed, being spoon-fed your perspective by Sean Hannity while on your guilt-by-association road trip, but university professors, teaching at the same institutions or different ones close by, have an obligation to civic engagement. Obama interacted with plenty of professors while fulfilling his duties as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. Dr. Ayers taught nearby at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Er’ a professor? Big deal. Anyone who claims to be a liberal democrat and protested during the 60’s can achieve that position. ESPECIALLY if they demonstrated against America during the 60’s.
For some reason, demonstrating against America in the 60s elevates liberal hippies to hero status. And, the one’s who told kids to kill there parents get an even higher status.
William Ayers quote… “Kill all the rich people. … Bring the revolution home. Kill your parents.”
William Ayers distinguished? The guy never even apologized for the stuff that he did. If he at least apologized I would consede your point that it happened 40 years ago.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:11 pm> Just who actually reads
> TP other than the left wing Democrats?
I beleive beck, limbaugh, malkin, savage, and several people involved in writing white house press releases have actually wasted their time and energy complaining about us TP’ers, actually. So while I dont pretend these guys actually READ or otherwise bother to learn about the things they complain about, we must be getting under some of thier underlings skin..
August 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm“William Ayers quote”
whose worse Ayers, or this guy your high level Bush/Reagan crony is shaking hands with?
:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDABe8AOuCQ
August 29th, 2008 at 6:17 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
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“William Ayers quote”
whose worse Ayers, or this guy your high level Bush/Reagan crony is shaking hands with?
Kill your parents??? That is an absolutely horrible thing to say. William Ayers actually told people to kill there parents. And people love him for it?
Something is seriously wrong here.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pmWell, Ted Stevens WOULD endorse her, wouldn’t he?
August 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm> Just who actually reads
> TP other than the left wing Democrats?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/beck-thinkprogress-liberal-hacks/
oh, and heres the hubbub all you guys made when TP accidentally accused mccain of plagarizing something he didnt, a mistake which they quickly retracted and apologized for:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS265US265&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=plagiarized+mccain+thinkprogress&spell=1
August 29th, 2008 at 6:23 pm> William Ayers actually told people
> to kill there parents.
wow.. he said something stupid. and that makes him worse than saddam hussien?
August 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pm>That is an absolutely horrible thing to say.
Someone Obama knew said something stupid. wow, keep the talking points rolling troll.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:30 pmIf I were the Repubs, I’d kick this story under the rug. What’s next? Exxon Mobil coming out and endorsing Palin?
August 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pmWait a minute. Wait a minute. Didn’t she kill his bridge to nowhere?
August 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pmNow he’s endorsing her?
“Update:TPM’s Greg Sargent notes that Palin’s website has now been scrubbed of Stevens’ endorsement ad.”
Please tell me some of you lovely “series of tubes” oriented folks are putting it up on youtube, right?
Anyone have a link?
August 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pmJack Abramoff would probably give her a go as well. All the GOP thugs stick together. There has always been something weird about a reichwing female to me. They turn out wingnuts like Ann Coultergiest.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:38 pmAlejandro,
The Bridge to NoWhere is the Brainchild of Alask’a only Representative, Don Young.
Funding legislation originates in the House of Representatives.
Sen. Stevens may have liked the Bridge to Nowhere, but it isn’t really fair to call it “His Bridge”.
In any case…due to a large dose of Scrutinty, this Bridge Proposal IS actually going NOWHERE.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:55 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
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>That is an absolutely horrible thing to say.
Someone Obama knew said something stupid. wow, keep the talking points rolling troll.
Need I remind you that Obama kicked off his political run at Ayers house?
Need I remind you that Ayers admitted to committing terrorist acts against his own country?
Just something stupid said by someone Obama knows?
There is a lot more to the story choco.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:38 pm>Need I remind you that Obama kicked off his political run at >Ayers house?
Need I remind you that reagan bush cronies armed and allied themselves with mass murdered saddam hussien for years?
I ask you again troll, whose worse to have dealt with, Saddam Hussien or Ayres?
August 29th, 2008 at 7:55 pm>Need I remind you that Ayers admitted to committing >terrorist acts against his own country?
Blah blah blah. The highest levels of our own government contemplated terrorists attacks against our own populace in order to advance their agenda. Its documented. Its undisputed.
Google “operation northwoods” and tell me what you discover.
You support people with more blood on their hands than can be imagined and yet you cling to these trivialities about random associates of obama and support people who are giving our taxpayer money to terrorists in iraq and asking them politely to stop killing our troops.
Always nice to see the trolls never taking the blinders off.
August 29th, 2008 at 8:01 pmI wonder if Larry Craig and Mark Foley will endorse Palin?
August 29th, 2008 at 8:41 pmTim43 Says:
Chocolate Jesus Says:
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“William Ayers quote”
whose worse Ayers, or this guy your high level Bush/Reagan crony is shaking hands with?
Kill your parents??? That is an absolutely horrible thing to say. William Ayers actually told people to kill there parents. And people love him for it?
Something is seriously wrong here.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Where does anyone here or elsewhere say that they ‘love’ William Ayres? And do you have statistics as to how many people actually killed their parents at his request?
Something is seriously wrong here, but it’s your lack of any common sense or reflective thought.
August 29th, 2008 at 9:34 pmWhy do repugs and trolls expect Obama to have never met anyone with a checkered past? They are the party of criminals, indicted and not-yet-indicted, yet are all those who shared a Senate with them, or met them at the gym, or served on a committee with them also to be condemned for even knowing the criminals?
August 30th, 2008 at 1:01 amThat would be anyone who ever visited Bush/Cheney/Rove/ Libby/ et al. Round everyone up and make them defend that they even know these criminals.
For the record, William Ayers has led an exemplary life at the University, worked for schools, charities and causes to benefit the community, and is otherwise well-regarded. Obama served on a committee with him and once met him at a house party.
An endorsement from Ted Stevens should be the kiss of death.
August 30th, 2008 at 4:47 amthe intenet is not a big truck!
its a series of tubes!
-sen. ted stevens
August 30th, 2008 at 8:42 amTim43 Says:
Tweedster —
Why are you so bitter?
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Timmeh why are you so ignorant?
August 30th, 2008 at 3:26 pmTim43 Says:
Need I remind you that Obama kicked off his political run at Ayers house?
Need I remind you that Ayers admitted to committing terrorist acts against his own country?
Just something stupid said by someone Obama knows?
There is a lot more to the story choco.
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And Obama was WHAT 10 when the Weather Underground set off bombs that killed NO ONE but themselves? No there isnt ANYTHING to this story by the time Obama even met the guy he was a respected professor. He was someone in the chicago political machine and he had a small fundraiser at his apartment. Its not like they were best friends or like Obama is touting him to be his Secretary of State. If you want to run for office you go to whichever fundraisers the political machine makes available. Why does this whole guilt by association thing apply only to Democrats? Bushs Grandfather had his assets siezed for trading with the Nazis under the trading with the enemy act. He was good friends with Kenny Lay. McCain was one of the Keating 5.
August 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm