in an interview with a conservative radio station this morning, republican VP nominee sarah palin again insists on showing the country her lack of knowledge about one of the most fundamental rights granted by the constitution, our right to free speech. in the interview, as reported by ABC news, palin says:
“If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations,” Palin told host Chris Plante, “then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.”
clearly she has no idea what our rights are. like the right to free speech, and the right of a free press to tell people what is actually going on: that she is running a negative campaign… or my own right to blog about her comments today and remark that i think she is ignorant, completely inept in matters of constitutional law, and that i think she must be stupid to think that the press is infringing on her rights. what’s next? is she going to lead a campaign to take away americans’ right to a free press so she can say whatever she wants without being questioned?
sorry, that was mean. maybe i’m just trying to make a point about how liberties are taken, not given, and maybe i’m taking the liberty to say let’s raise the bar in washington, and vote for someone who brings experience, KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTITUTION, wisdom and discretion under attack, and hope for real, positive change both at home and abroad. let’s cast our votes this week for barack obama.
vote early, vote often.
-h (p.s. happy halloween!)
Filed under: Discourse, Links, News by stephen h @ 11:03 am on October 31, 2008
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…another batch of lies from sarah palin. today, she made the claim via a conference call with alaskan reporters that she was cleared of any legal wrongdoing and of any “unethical activity” by the report released friday even though the alaska legislation’s investigative report(led by a panel with a republican majority, no less) found that she had violated state ethics laws. oh, and just like i said, she’s blaming it on the democrats. shocker!
i guess if you lie often enough, even when the facts on paper clearly refute your case, if you’re pretty enough and talk about god enough then people won’t notice.
-h
Filed under: Discourse, Links, News, Thoughts by stephen h @ 10:57 pm on October 12, 2008
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here’s another reason i am a strong supporter of barack obama. in this interview from msnbc, he takes a strongly negative line of questioning and handles it with grace and doesn’t resort to negativity. this is what we should expect from a leader - someone who sees through the tabloid questions and handles issues with diplomacy, speaking truth and hope into a situation instead of becoming flustered and angry[as admittedly i might have done].
personally, i get really frustrated seeing the media portraying his campaign in the same light as hillary clinton’s, as in this abc report saying he’s been involved in the same “battling and bickering” [to paraphrase] that she has, when in fact he has handled these recent tabloid/scandal style questions from the media with grace and tact, only responding to attacks to clarify his stance on an issue, without name-calling or distorting facts.
also, if you read the abc article, you’ll notice as well that hillary is quoted as saying that if she becomes president, she “will attack iran… would be able to totally obliterate them.” talk about politics as usual. this is the exact same reason i’ve been opposed to the bush administration all these years - this kind of war-mongering and foolish threatening of foreign governments should be COMPLETELY unacceptable from any of our leaders. hillary once again proves she is not an advocate of peace, and does not deserve my vote. period.
-h
Filed under: Discourse, Links, Thoughts by stephen h @ 2:32 pm on April 22, 2008
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