Today's Article
Neo-conservatives
freely admit
McCain's pick of
Palin is pure
'bullsh**'...when they
think no one is
listening.
freely admit
McCain's pick of
Palin is pure
'bullsh**'...when they
think no one is
listening.
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Palin Pick 'Political Bullsh**', Admit Neo-Con Pundits
By Cliff Montgomery - Sept. 4th, 2008
It's interesting what you can discover about pundits when they think the mics are off.
Two MSNBC neo-conservative pundits, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy, were caught saying what they really
think about John McCain's (R-AZ) senile--er, we mean "maverick"--decision to make Alaska Governor Sarah
Palin his running mate on the 2008 GOP presidential ticket, even though she has positively no national or
international political experience of any kind.
Feel free to check out their shocking, behind-the-scenes discussion here, with subtitles.
Here are two more acts of GOP "political bullsh**" from this week:
1.) John McCain is a maverick.
Bullsh**, sheer steaming bullsh**. McCain voted with George W. Bush 95% of the time through 2007 and a full
100 percent of the time in 2008, according to Congressional Quarterly's Presidential Support Studies, which
determines how often a lawmaker's vote matches the position of the person in the White House.
A person who agrees with everything you do and say 95-100% of the time could only be considered a
"maverick" by the current GOP leadership, which thinks that anything less than 100% compliance at all times is
proof of a 'strong independent streak'.
2.) Sarah Palin has more presidential experience than either Obama or Biden.
Here's how this bullsh** fallacy is constructed: First as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska--a small town of 6,500--then as
governor of Alaska for only 20 months, Palin has raked up more executive experience than Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) and running mate Joe Biden (D-DE) put together.
Of course, she also has far more executive experience than John McCain, though that fact isn't discussed as
much by the Republican leadership. So why didn't Republicans call for Palin to lead their ticket over the
"dangerously inexperienced" U.S. senator, John McCain? They would have, if they really believed their rhetoric.
Arguing that "executive experience" is the sole issue of presidential fitness--without worrying whether that
constitutes any actual experience in either national or international affairs--is as silly as claiming that a dentist
can conduct brain surgery because all that matters is "doctoral experience", and not the fact that our doctor
knows nothing about brain operations.
To give a concrete example: George W. Bush was governor of Texas for just over 6 years. He had even more
"executive experience" than Palin, but also suffered from a lack of national and international experience. How'd
that work out for America and the world?
And remember, since Texas is home to both Dallas and Houston--two huge cities with strong national and
international concerns--Bush still was better prepared for the presidency than Sarah Palin.
Get out your shovels kids, 'cause what you're now being shoveled by the Corporate Media on McCain's pick of
Palin is gettin' deep. Neo-con pundits themselves freely admit it...when they think no one is listening.
Like what you're reading so far? Then why not order a full year (52 issues) of the The American Spark
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By Cliff Montgomery - Sept. 4th, 2008
It's interesting what you can discover about pundits when they think the mics are off.
Two MSNBC neo-conservative pundits, Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy, were caught saying what they really
think about John McCain's (R-AZ) senile--er, we mean "maverick"--decision to make Alaska Governor Sarah
Palin his running mate on the 2008 GOP presidential ticket, even though she has positively no national or
international political experience of any kind.
Feel free to check out their shocking, behind-the-scenes discussion here, with subtitles.
Here are two more acts of GOP "political bullsh**" from this week:
1.) John McCain is a maverick.
Bullsh**, sheer steaming bullsh**. McCain voted with George W. Bush 95% of the time through 2007 and a full
100 percent of the time in 2008, according to Congressional Quarterly's Presidential Support Studies, which
determines how often a lawmaker's vote matches the position of the person in the White House.
A person who agrees with everything you do and say 95-100% of the time could only be considered a
"maverick" by the current GOP leadership, which thinks that anything less than 100% compliance at all times is
proof of a 'strong independent streak'.
2.) Sarah Palin has more presidential experience than either Obama or Biden.
Here's how this bullsh** fallacy is constructed: First as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska--a small town of 6,500--then as
governor of Alaska for only 20 months, Palin has raked up more executive experience than Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) and running mate Joe Biden (D-DE) put together.
Of course, she also has far more executive experience than John McCain, though that fact isn't discussed as
much by the Republican leadership. So why didn't Republicans call for Palin to lead their ticket over the
"dangerously inexperienced" U.S. senator, John McCain? They would have, if they really believed their rhetoric.
Arguing that "executive experience" is the sole issue of presidential fitness--without worrying whether that
constitutes any actual experience in either national or international affairs--is as silly as claiming that a dentist
can conduct brain surgery because all that matters is "doctoral experience", and not the fact that our doctor
knows nothing about brain operations.
To give a concrete example: George W. Bush was governor of Texas for just over 6 years. He had even more
"executive experience" than Palin, but also suffered from a lack of national and international experience. How'd
that work out for America and the world?
And remember, since Texas is home to both Dallas and Houston--two huge cities with strong national and
international concerns--Bush still was better prepared for the presidency than Sarah Palin.
Get out your shovels kids, 'cause what you're now being shoveled by the Corporate Media on McCain's pick of
Palin is gettin' deep. Neo-con pundits themselves freely admit it...when they think no one is listening.
Like what you're reading so far? Then why not order a full year (52 issues) of the The American Spark
e-newsletter for only $15? A major article covering an story not being told in the Corporate Press will be
delivered to your email every Monday morning for a full year, for less than 30 cents an issue. Order Now!