Conspicuous silence
September 2, 2008 at 11:38 am by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsWhen Sen. John McCain tapped Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday, several contributors to the local conservative blog Peach Pundit shared a group orgasm.
“I heart John McCain.” “Brilliant.” “Absolutely BRILLIANT!” “outstanding choice”
And my personal favorite: “John McCain has saved the GOP today.”
As it turns-out, the Palin pick is quickly turning into a disaster for the Republican Party.
In addition to some personal issues about which I don’t especially care (yet), it turns out:
a) Palin misled the public about her involvement in the so-called Troopergate scandal.
b) Palin was for the infamous Bridge To Nowhere pork project before she was against it.
c) Palin and herhusband belonged to a secessionist political group.
What do Peach Pundit’s bloggers have to say about this?
As of 11:25 this morning, almost nothing.
Maybe they’re just stunned, as am I, that McCain would pick a one-time secessionist for the number-two spot in a campaign whose slogan is “Country First.”
I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t be so quiet if Obama or Biden were the pork-loving, lying, secessionists in question.
UPDATE & CORRECTION: On Monday, the chairperson of the secessionist Alaskan Independence Party claimed Sarah Palin was a member during the 1990s. On Tuesday, she said she was mistaken. She was registered Republican during this period.
She did, however, send the secessionists a videotaped message in 2006 telling them “keep up the good work.” I’d like to know what she meant by that.
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
When I was a POW, I wasn’t thinking about running for President. But when you are a POW, like I was for four years, you get a sense of how things can be. And I have to say, I was a POW, so I know how bad things can be. And compared to my time as POW, this isn’t that bad.
You have to realize, Barack Obama fundamentally misunderstands the threat Iraq and the, Shiites, or Sunnis, I can’t remember which one, face to America.
And I was a soldier who spent time as a POW so I know the threat we face.
But I don’t want to talk about being a POW and what happened to me.
*Editor’s note to libel attorneys: This comment was not written by John McCain the presidential candidate. Well, we hope not.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
at least McCain is willing to talk about his past and the key figures in it…. perhaps he shold refer to his NVA torturer as “a guy I know from my nighborhood…”
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
So to support the “seccessionit” claim you link to an article where the group says they are nto seccessionist…. let the grasping at straws begin