Palin: Does Obama Think Terrorists Are The Good Guys?

With one day to go until the election's conclusion, Sarah Palin has really ramped up her rhetoric, suggesting during a stop on Monday that Barack Obama thought terrorists were "the good guys."

"What do they think?" she declared at one point. "Do they think the terrorists have all the sudden become the good guys and changed their minds? No, the terrorists still seek to destroy America and her allies and all that it is that we stand for: freedom, tolerance, and equality. The terrorists have not changed their minds."

The comments, delivered to a crowd in Jefferson City, Missouri, are the latest in the slash-and-burn rhetoric from the Alaska Governor. Earlier in her address -- which seemed clearly non-scripted -- she accused Obama of wanting to drastically slash the defense budget during a time of war.

There is a particular poignancy to the terrorism card being played at this juncture. The country's reaction to 9/11 has defined the last three congressional elections. But it was the 2004 presidential contest in which the candidates were judged most scrupulously on their commander-in-chief mettle. Voters have moved on, clearly, from '04. But that doesn't necessarily mean that terrorism isn't a divisive electoral issue. It is just that the discussion is no longer weighed down by simplicity. Accusing Obama of coddling up to terrorists or wanting to slash the defense budget hasn't had its desired affects. In a recent ABC poll, 49 percent of voters said they trusted McCain best to handle the issue of terrorism, only two percentage points more than Obama.

Comments

[boing007]

From PatBurns

How do you get Sarah Palin's eyes to light up?
Shine a flashlight in her ear.

[boing007]

Sarah Palin: Joe McCarthy in a skirt, with lipstick. John Bircher.

[irishgawdess]

Sarah Palin looks so full of venom and hate in the picture above, spreading her lies. She's really gotten her speeches down, repeating the same nastiness on a daily basis.

[grf67]

It's time for the palins to go back to Alaska and act like parents before they have two pregnant daughters.

[mafina]

And try to educate themselves and their children. What a dumb bunch.

[mydogshakespeare]

Hey Sarah, darling. Who are you trying to fool? Bush preceded you: "Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Ya fool me, you won't get fooled again."

I know we'll hear about you again, but you'll be more thoroughly vetted by then, and your brand of bubblehead won't sell any better the next time.

[silentobsvr]

Please go home!!..... Enough of the hate filled rhetoric!!

[DaOne]

Wave bye bye b e e y o t c h

[NPA]

Here's a thought that could put an end to all the negative, divisive attacks in the future. When Obama and the Dems take both houses, pass a bill making a NATIONAL HOLIDAY when we cast our vote in the presidential races every four years! The rethugs will be the minority that they are and it would be harder to suppress votes on a national holiday.

[skwan91607]

MAVERIKS tTHE OTHER KIND:
McCain and Palin must consider that terrorists are their good friends if they get elected since terrorists are in their side to attack Obama. They are the mavericks of other kind.

[Londonboy30]

It's all good, keep on talkin'... you've only got about 24 hours leftnto say what you have to say, and then we don't have to hear you anymore. Bye Sarah - shoot a moose for me!

[JohnGrrr]

bad, bad terrorists...

[rjcrawford33]

We are witnessing the birth of the GOP's next great demagogue. Palin has shown herself both craven in her search for power and so willfully ignorant that she actually feels righteous. It is pathetic, but she will be the standard bearer for a hard right within the GOP that will alienate the center for a generation. So far as I am concerned, they GOP can have her.

[RonCanada]

What's that wonderful sound? Why, it's the sound of Sarah not talking!

[JohnGrrr]

those dirty terrorists...

[grf67]

No. but the rest of the country thinks that mccain and palin have employed fundamentalist, terrorist tactics in the campaign.