Very well done, Mr. Brown. Why do I see Dick Cheney when I listen to or watch Governor Palin? I can envision closed doors, private phones and emails and a lot of glamour following her through the days. Dick Cheney was "Mr. Macho Man" and the Palin is "The Sexy Beauty Queen." It is no coincidence that both are Republicans. Nothing is ever as presented by this political party. They want their leadership image in front of the people at all times with their team of religious followers trailing as apostles everywhere they go. They simply learn how to cover each other's asses and hope nobody notices.

After watching many of Sen. McCain's audience reactions to Gov. Palin, I fear for Sen.Obama's life. These are not rational voters but riled up growling animals just waiting for a much needed win in November.

My concern is with President Bush. He cannot let Senator Obama win and I fear he could pull a terrible attack on America just before the election. I hope I'm wrong but in the last 20 years, I have learned never to underestimate the Republican Party.

Malcolm

Look for a false flag "terror" attack on an American City small enough to put under total martial law by North Com's new thug brigade. Some city of 250,000 people or so, and subsequent cancellation of the election. Tie the "terror" attack in some fashion to Barack Obama.

Think this is far fetched? How about 19 Arabs, mostly from Saudi Arabia learning to fly airliners, with more skill than a navy fighter pilot can fly an F-18, and crashing them into the world trade center and the pentagon. Now THAT is far fetched.

-- Kent Shaw

Hal, you put your finger exactly on the issue.

Palin's fans will not give one iota about the charges in Alaska. As I stated in my own blog, Palin has reduced John McCain's crowds to the bottom feeders of this society. Or, as Barack put it, "bitter people clinging to guns and religion". That IS exactly what they are, and McCain knows it.He is finally embarrassed but too thirsty for cheers to really give up the "tactic".I hold him entirely responsible.
Decent Republicans, and there are a few left, denounce McCain's entire campaign as repulsive and shoddy.He is left staring at uneducated, misinformed Americans, ones who have missed the boat for generations, and too buried in their oppressive lot in society to question how exactly they got there..angry and stupid, like the frightened losers in Germany that carried Hitler to power in the 30's.
Fortunately, as one can see even with the tight close shots by tv cameras, the crowds are smaller and smaller~ but it only takes one riled loser clinging to religion and guns to take down one of the finer political minds to come along in a generation.
Americans have seen and decided, that John McCain's campaign is a campaign of hate and division, and they've, we've, had quite enough of that.Like Barack says, John McCain, just doesn't get it.

Zuzu, neither was Doris Kearns Goodwin, she was talking about inciting crowds with hatred and demonizing a group, and giving a historic example of ultimately where that can lead.

Here's someone else who brought up Nazi history:

What makes them different, and what has pumped up the Weimar-like rage at McCain-Palin rallies, is the violent escalation in rhetoric, especially (though not exclusively) by Palin.

That's Frank Rich in today's New York Times, in an OpEd titled "The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama" (LINK)". He dares to write about the "a word". I can't remember another Frank Rich OpEd written with such intensity. I urge all to read it.

Obviously not everybody got the message from McCain that this was unacceptable. Consider what a pastor said at his rally in Davenport, Iowa yesterday delivering the invocation. He didn't mention Jews, but that isn't relevant, and besides McCain needs Jewish voters, but we know how many people think Obama worships Allah.

I would also pray Lord that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their God -- whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah -- that his [McCain’s] opponent wins for a variety of reasons.

And Lord I pray that you would guard your own reputation, because they’re going to think that their god is bigger than you, if that happens. So I pray that you would step forward and honor your own name in all that happens between now and Election Day.

Oh Lord, we just commit this time to you, move among us, make your presence very well felt as we are gathered here today in Jesus's name I pray.

Some in the crowd greeted the prayer with applause.

According to an article in the L.A. Times "Some in the crowd greeted the prayer with applause."

Is it typical for people to applaud after prayers?

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Troopergate not over -

We learn today from Newsweek the following:

Some weeks ago, the McCain team devised a plan to have Palin file an ethics complaint against herself with the State Personnel Board, arguing that it alone was capable of conducting a fair, nonpartisan inquiry into whether she fired Monegan because he refused to fire Wooten, who had been involved in a messy custody battle with her sister. Some Democrats ridiculed the move, noting that the personnel board answered to Palin. But the board ended up hiring an aggressive Anchorage trial lawyer, Timothy Petumenos, as an independent counsel. McCain aides were chagrined to discover that Petumenos was a Democrat who had contributed to Palin's 2006 opponent for governor, Tony Knowles. Palin is now scheduled to be questioned next week, and the counsel's report could be released soon after. "We took a gamble when we went to the personnel board," said a McCain aide who asked not to be identified discussing strategy. While the McCain camp still insists Palin "has nothing to hide," it acknowledges a critical finding by Petumenos would be even harder to dismiss. Read artticle.

Ouch.

I am a seventy-seven year old white male. My fathaer told me from my early youth....."Kenneth...whom the Gods would destroy..they would first make angry"

John McCain will destroy himself.

Hal, the oped in the NYT brings up something else that I saw today-sorry, I can't link to it, I tried and it seems to have disappeared-anyway, here goes. A person in the higher levels of the republician party in CA has stated that serious discussions are currently underway about dumping Palin either before during or later in the week of the next debate, and replacing her with Romney. That, I believe would be a real gamechanger and just might enable McCain to win. Sure the extreme right wing red meat republicians would be very p.o.'d, but who else they got? It would bring back the more central wing of the party and would have great appeal to the independents. What would McCain give as a reason? I can think of several. She quits because her family needs her more. She is dumped because she has gone to far and is becoming more divisive every time she speaks. She has injected racism into the campaign. Just as Obama threw the Rev Wright under the bus after he caused major problems, so should McCain throw Palin under the bus. Best reason. Because of the worldwide economic meltdown it has become necessary to have a VP who not only understands the economy, but has succeeded in several different difficult positions. Of course Palin, being way out of the loop, could find out about it while watching the debate. It could happen. McCain is a gambler who would bet everything on one throw and he really doesn't have any other gamechanger to hand. The former rumor that the wedding of Palins preggers daughter would move the entire MSM into a all Palin all the time for a couple of weeks would now appear, because of the meltdown, to be of no interest to the "people". As I see it, this would really be McCains only chance-barring a (knock on wood) major domestic terrorist attack- to actually pull out a win in Nov. BTW, I also read something very similar in TMV earlier today. Do I believe that the rumor has any substance? Very good question. I don't know. I am totally unfamiliar with the inner workings of any political campaign, but I would think that the idea has been at least brought up, unless of course the entire McCain campaign actually believes their own spin.
Note: Palin appeared at a NHL game to drop the first puck. I saw 2 different pieces of film. From fns there was very little sound as she walked out on the ice with her very young daughter, from a different news source all that is heard are very loud and long BOOOS. Interesting.fns edited the film and said that she received a "mixed" response from the crowd. This took place at a Philadelphia Flyers game. The Flyers lost.

Arab question...

Here's an interview with the woman who McCain corrected when she said Obama was an Arab.

She's hasn't changed her mind.

Hmmm...me thinks it may be time for a visit from Osama. I'd say within the next 10 days, right on cue. Just like in 2004 when he magically appeared, right before the election. Hal, my guess is that Osama is dead and has been for many years. When I play that scenario, it fits all stories too comfortably. If you don't hear from me again you can assume I was plucked off the streets on my way to breakfast, never to be seen or heard from again.
The RefgDude