Ohh Thanks :)

PBS has an online poll posted, asking if Sarah Palin is qualified. (ask yourself, could she be president someday? OMG)

Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes.

The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It could influence undecided voters in swing states.

Vote Now
Here’s the link:
URL: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

back up your theory with facts…..you failed to do that and so you have just offered an opinion.

I don’t think there is an equivalence between the anger Democrats are expressing and the racist hatred incited at Sarah Palin rallies, but I don’t think either one is the way to go.

To some, it’s not a big deal. And I suppose it seems a bit petty to pick apart the syntax of her speeches. But, one can’t help but worry about what would happen if she were actually called upon to negotiate with a foreign dignitary. Especially in a case where she needs to use an interpreter!

I really can’t understand why the Reichwhiners still try to defend her. She’s abrasive, offensive, and ignorant and she appears to have dealt the death blow to a campaign that defied expectations until the voting public got to know her, and Flippy McSpin, a little better.

I don’t think I was concern trolling. My emotional response to the post was that I am from Massachusetts and have spent my share of time in New Hampshire and just felt that Palin’s comment about NH being a microcosm was harmless and being blown out of proportion.

I think she is a disgrace because she chooses to appeal to people’s baser instincts, but I do not feel that was what she was doing in the example provided. And my opinion (maybe poorly expressed at first) is that if we mischaracterize a moment like this one, then it turns off people on the fence and it detracts from the truth and larger issues. That’s all.

Love the blog and feel a kindred with much of the emotion felt here. No hard feelings to Fred as well.

Johnny, Sorry if I come of that way….my defenses are up. I agree that many dems are part of the problem but I still contend that the republicans are the antithesis to any solution.

If history is an indicator then we will at least have opportunities to change things with democrats…..republicans, not so much.

good luck to us all, we need it.

Maybe Palin just meant that the population of Alaska is really tiny.

I hope the Democrats get a super majority and the White House and that things can get set on a solid foundation making life for everyone better. I also think my comments are not naive attempts to shelter Republicans from blame where it is due, but to suggest that the problem may be a little more nuanced than “All things Democrat are good and All things Republican are bad” in relation to our current financial mess. And the more people understand what happened in fair terms, the better we will be at cleaning up the mess and making the right kind of changes. Because by no means do I believe that we are yet out of the woods or that electing Democrats will be some kind of Panacea. I hope it isn’t already too late and I hope we can see a lot of political courage from both sides starting like yesterday. Because we sure as hell need it.

Alcyone
Simple solution here Fred…prove me wrong with varifiable numbers. Real simple to do if you can. True, that’s a bit harder than sitting there shooting off your mouth but you might make the effort.

speaking of shooting your mouth off(my source isn’t from stuff about states…whatever that is):

from the usda:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/stateFacts/AK.HTM

scroll down till you find:
Farm Financial Indicators

look just at 2007 and you will see there are 660 farms making a Net farm income of 11,410 dollars/year.

comes out to $7,530,600 far short of the 50 million you quote for 2004….what could have happened?

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