The State of the Race
October 3rd, 2008 at 08:43pm Mark Noonan
Sorry I’ve been out of the loop, but its been rather busy ’round the Noonan household and, also, I didn’t get to see the debate live but had to watch it in rebroadcast late last night. So, anyways - Sarah Palin beat the living poop out of Biden last night. I mean, it was as if an adult were engaged in a debate with a six year old. I’ve never seen so many lies from one man in one night - and the real absurdity of it was the childishness of the lies. When Biden whipped out his assertions about the US and France kicking Hezbollah out of Lebanon I was confronted with the fact that Biden is an idiot - he was just making things up as he went along, much as a six year old will do when cornered on the question of who broke the living room lamp. If Obama does manage to win then I will pray daily for his good health, because Biden’s intellectual capacity places in doubt his ability to so much as tie his own shoes. How does that dunce manage to get re-elected? For crying out loud, doesn’t anyone in Delaware realize that he’s an ill-informed gasbag?
So, anyways, the debate went well for Governor Palin and, therefor, for the McCain campaign - and I note that Team McCain already has an ad out taking Biden to task for his whoppers, and by extension hitting Obama with the dual club of Obama’s own past statements and his irresponsibility in picking someone as manifestly unqualified as Biden. Expect more and more along these lines as we head to the home stretch. The GOP base has been wondering when McCain was going to come out swinging against the lies of Team Obama, and we now have that answer - it started last night.
I noted last night that the RNC announced it had raised $66 million in September - a new record far outpacing the RNC’s previous best month from 8 years ago. Now, some of this can be attributed to the fact that GOPers can’t donate to McCain, but the mere fact of this much money flowing into GOP coffers gives lie to the concept that the GOP base is dispirited - which lie is being relentlessly hammered home by the MSM in hopes of turning wish into reality. The key to understanding this race is to understand that almost the entire elite establishment has set itself to the task of electing Obama President - and in service of this goal, all the stops are being pulled out.
Team Obama is lying all the time and every day about McCain and Palin - one radio ad out here in Nevada has it that McCain is opposed to all stem cell research, a complete lie, as can be seen at McCain’s website. Ad after ad, statement after statement is filled with lies about McCain, Palin and the GOP…and far from the MSM investigating such lies, the MSM is applauding them and throwing a few of its own into the mix, for good measure.
The MSM is entirely in the tank for Obama - and not just in the normal sense of being liberal reporters and editors who just naturally report things with a liberal slant. Its gone far beyond that. The MSM is cheerleading for Obama - hiding anything which threatens his candidacy, being an attack dog for Obama against his opponents, downplaying any good news which might redound to GOP credit and thus help McCain…given that Obama wants to bring back the Orwellian “fairness doctrine”, what we’re getting here is a taste of what all media will be like if Obama wins. Goebbels and Stalin wished they had this sort of propaganda machine - not just control of the media, but the enthusiastic support of the media for whatever evil or absurdities the government plans to do.
The bosses are plunking down for Obama; corporate, union and media - knowing they’ve already bought him, Joe Biden and the entire Democratic party, while the election of McCain/Palin would bring to the fore people who have no truck with such and no aversion to calling malefactors of great wealth to account. For Obama and Biden (and Dodd, Frank, Pelosi and Reid) to pose as defenders of Main Street against the depredations of Wall Street is to step through the looking glass and enter the world of pure fantasy. Democrats only talk about hammering the rich - thing is, they are the rich. While Biden claims that Obama won’t tax anyone making under $250,000 a year (itself an absurd assertion - if you believe this, then I’ve got some swampland in Florida to sell you), the fact of the matter is that Obama won’t tax the real rich…not a penny of taxation will be levied against Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, etc, etc, etc who have vast wealth, but don’t have high annual income in the sense of earning a salary or running a small farm, ranch or business.
Confronting all of this power and wealth is John McCain, Sarah Palin and Joe and Jane Average - the people who make this country work, who are viewed as an endless source of swag by the elite, and who are hated for what they are - regular folks. Things will rise to a fever pitch over the next 30 days - the elites will use every means at their disposal to win…all we can do is say our prayers, and then fear God and dread naught.
Remember, things are not as they appear - the MSM is trying very hard to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes and if you expect either Obama or Biden to tell the truth then you just haven’t been paying attention. Do not tremble for the future, for we have already won. And so, have at the battle - and battle with joy in your hearts, love for your country and pity for the misguided who oppose us. Do not fight with the cynicism and hatred Obama urged his minions to display. They will not have the day - we will triumph in the end, because right makes might, and we are right and they are wrong.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Democrats, Republicans
16 Comments
1. CanadianObserver | October 4th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Mark….”Things will rise to a fever pitch over the next 30 days - the elites will use every means at their disposal to win…all we can do is say our prayers, and then fear God and dread naught.”
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Those Americans (the majority) who had the wool pulled over their eyes by the Republican Bush machine are now clear-eyed, Mark.
Have they become the new ‘elites’?
Seems as if anyone who has the intellect and sound judgement to make reasoned choices is an elitist in your mind, Mark. Why is that?
2. Now What? | October 4th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Mark,
Maybe you should have looked at fact check before posting your editorial. It is clear that both sides stretched the true and Palin told out right lies.
I would not expect any less from you or your little gang.
3. Moosetracks | October 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am
State of the Race
We all owe Palin a sincere debt of gratitude. She may have just saved this country from four more years of failed conservativism policies. For the past two weeks, while McCain’s top advisors were distracted in their efforts to prepare her for a mere 90 minute debate, McCain flipped flopped on the economic bail out like a salmon out of water. In addition with the Palin distraction a not so long ago toss up state, Michigan was pulled from the conservative’s column. And now Indiana is in serious play.
Palin, I am sure unknowingly may have put a crucial nail in the neocon’s coffins. I am certain with Romney as a VP candidate, Michigan is still in play. I believe Limbaugh said it best on his Friday show. Conservatism is the new “gay.” But there is hope for you wingnuts. Unlike Palin’s view that being gay is simply a choice, choosing to follow the failed trickle down conservative economic principles is a choice you can undo
4. Casper | October 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
“Confronting all of this power and wealth is John McCain, Sarah Palin and Joe and Jane Average - the people who make this country work, who are viewed as an endless source of swag by the elite, and who are hated for what they are - regular folks.”
John McCain relates to Joe Average? A man with 7 houses, 13 cars, who wears $500 Italian shoes relates Joe Average? A man who earned his money the old fashioned way (he married into it), relates to Joe Average? Wow. As for the rest of your tirade, you are correct in that Obama is telling some whoppers, just not as many as McCain at this point.
5. FactCheck | October 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Have they become the new ‘elites’?
Seems as if anyone who has the intellect and sound judgement to make reasoned choices is an elitist in your mind, Mark. Why is that?
“Elites” has become a catch-all put-down for wingnuts. It doesn’t really mean anything other than “somebody wingnuts hate.” Now, given wingnuts’ ever-growing distaste for education and facts and the like (see this site–hell, see the blog post above–for a demonstration of this dynamic in action), that’s part of it for sure. But really, it goes beyond being educated and simply means “people not voting for McCain.”
All wingnut attack terms get defined down like this. Remember: Mark Noonan is the same guy who defined “treason” down to mean “criticizing Bush” so that he could call everybody who opposed–or even voiced any negative notion at all about–the Iraq invasion as “treasonous.” This is the level they operate on. Sad, isn’t it?
Anyway, Mark, you seem to be trying really, really hard to convince yourself of many things (Palin won the debate–or even was the non-childish one in it, projecting Palin’s well-known severe shortcomings onto Biden, the media is like Goebbels, everything is a pro-Obama conspiracy, etc.) and not doing a very good job.
I did enjoy that last paragraph, though. That is a classic example of Loser Talk. “We’ve already won anyway. And we’re right, even when we’re wrong!”
6. Ricorun | October 4th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
How, exactly, is elite meant? According to the Encarta dictionary, the definition of “elite” is “a small group of people within a larger group who have more power, social standing, wealth, or talent than the rest of the group.” So which is the referent — power, social standing, wealth or talent?
If it’s talent, then I have no problem being governed by elitists. It it’s not, then not so much. The problem is, as FactCheck said, “elitist” has become a catch-all phrase which has indeed become dangerously close to meaning, “somebody wingnuts hate” no matter how ludicrous the evidence. And that’s not good.
7. Ricorun | October 4th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
By the way, kudos to Mark for jumping the shark on Godwin’s Law right there in the topic. When that happens the whole enterprise blinks propaganda. It’s not a surprise of course, but it is disappointing whenever it happens.
8. Mark Noonan | October 4th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
CO,
Save your assertions about what the American majority thinks until November 5th. We get a full assessment of what the American majority feels only once every four years - midterms are only a partial assessment. The last time we checked, a majority favored the GOP side - we’ll find out in a month what the majority wants, but you should keep in mind that a majority has not chosen the Democratic side since 1976.
Now What?
Only in the minds of the elite media and those who are foolish enough to believe them is there a comparison between Biden’s very large number of laughably stupid lies and Palin’s one or two instances of being slightly off on the exact facts.
Moose,
70 million people watched, and they didn’t tune in because Biden was on…they tuned in to watch Palin and see if there is a good reason to vote McCain/Palin…we’ll find out in a month how this all plays out, but my bet is that a very large number of people liked what they saw.
Casper,
He sure does - because he’s been down at the bottom, while Obama and Biden have had a smooth, upwards ride which has only required of them that they ditch any sense of decency they once possessed. I’ve got Obama on my TV telling me he wants to bring us all together while he also puts out ad after ad of the most nasty, bald-faced lies about McCain and the GOP…once again, we’ll see how this plays out in a month, but my bet is that people are getting turned off by Obama’s nastiness.
Fact,
Elites - Senators, Representatives, corporate and union bosses, media types…a small group of people who control the minds of America’s liberals…
Ricorun,
Nonsense.
9. Casper | October 4th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
“He sure does - because he’s been down at the bottom, while Obama and Biden have had a smooth, upwards ride which has only required of them that they ditch any sense of decency they once possessed.”
Let’s see: Obama is raised by a single mother and has attained everything he has through hard work and study. Biden loses his wife and daughter in a car wreck and raises two sons as a single parent. Yep, they’ve both a real smooth ride.
10. bongoman | October 4th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Un-freakin-believable! The GOP - confronting power and wealth. Yeah, right.
11. Mark Noonan | October 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Casper,
Yep - not talking about personal difficulties and family tragedies…that is part of life; I’m talking about being at the bottom…McCain was once upon a time in a stinking, communist cell…you can’t get further down than that.
One thing I do realize about Obama and it actually makes me sympathetic to him: he’s me. He’s what I would have been had I not had the school of hard knocks as an adult…I’d be just that self-centered and arrogant. Heck, it took quite a lot to just get some of that self-centeredness knocked of me. There is a lot to the concept of praising God for what goes wrong in one’s life - especially since the rise of Obama, I’ve had more understanding of just how lucky I was when, just about the time Obama went to college, I was joining the United States Navy.
One thing to keep in mind - we’ve already won because we’ve got people like John McCain, Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal…you’ve got Obama…a complete zero of a man who lacks any understanding of what he’s doing. I’m sorry for him, and sorry for you that you can’t see through him…it means there’s a lot of things you just don’t understand and not in the sense of not having figured it out, but in the sense that you don’t even know what is at stake.
12. Mark Noonan | October 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
bongo,
Odd, but true - it is your side, the left side, which is tight with the corporate and union bosses, not ours….with a few honorable exceptions (vis those lefties who voted against the bailout package on principle), all you’ve got are corrupt hacks who use leftist lingo as their hustle…
13. Ricorun | October 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Noonan (in italics)…
CO, Save your assertions about what the American majority thinks until November 5th.
Any chance you will allow that pact to be reciprocal?
Now What? Only in the minds of the elite media and those who are foolish enough to believe them is there a comparison between Biden’s very large number of laughably stupid lies and Palin’s one or two instances of being slightly off on the exact facts.
Nice fold-in. Maybe you should get fitted for one of those “bark collars” Spook referred to in a previous thread.
Moose, 70 million people watched, and they didn’t tune in because Biden was on…they tuned in to watch Palin and see if there is a good reason to vote McCain/Palin…we’ll find out in a month how this all plays out, but my bet is that a very large number of people liked what they saw.
I pretty much agree with this. And indeed we will find out in a month or so whether people liked what they see — both then and subsequently. After all, the race didn’t end with the VP debate.
Casper, He sure does…
Pardon me for saying so, but… what a load.
Fact, Elites - Senators, Representatives, corporate and union bosses, media types…a small group of people who control the minds of America’s liberals…
In that case, reread what FactCheck said.
Ricorun, Nonsense.
On a specific level, you are the one that invoked the name of Goebbels in your topic. On a more general level though, I agree — it was largely nonsense.
14. FactCheck | October 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
One thing to keep in mind - we’ve already won because we’ve got people like John McCain, Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal
Let’s see, a man even Karl freaking Rove says is a liar, a national joke, and an exorcist = “we’ve already won.” I take it you’re attempting to define down the word “win” now, too.
How sad, the life of the true believer. This is what you end up doing: Attempting to redefine basic terms to protect your crumbling world view.
15. Casper | October 4th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
“McCain was once upon a time in a stinking, communist cell…you can’t get further down than that.”
Thank God you have never lost a child or wife like Biden did.
“you’ve got Obama…a complete zero of a man who lacks any understanding of what he’s doing.”
Sad that you are so blinded by your hate. I don’t agree with everything Obama stands for, nor do I agree with everything he has done, but I admire him for where he came from and what he has accomplished. Growing up in a single parent family with a mixed race heritage. Going on to get a law degree, committing himself to his wife and children, being a committed Christian, these are not the actions of a complete zero of a man. It’s sad that you and others on this blog feel you have to tear him down to build up McCain. As far as what kind of president he would be, I would hope a good one, but I had the same hope for Bush.
One thing I can promise. If Obama becomes President I won’t do what you and others did with Bush. I won’t be a constant cheerleader, and I won’t be afraid to criticize him when he does something I disagree with.
16. yekepyt | October 4th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Here’s Mark, who can’t put together a logical argument to save his life, who specializes in distortion and lies, calling Obama a “zero.”
Mark, Obama has become president of the Harvard Law Review, taught constitutional law at the university level, sat on the Foreign Relations Committee in the US Senate, spearheaded bipartisan legislation through the US Senate, broken the “glass ceiling” for African Americans in American politics, raised more money for his campaign than any other candidate, written two best selling books, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University.
Do you even have a clue how jealous and pathetic you appear when you call a man like this a “zero?”
Agree or disagree with his politics, but he is one thousand times the man that you will ever be.