Sarah's Favorite Drink Recipe: This One'll Get You Hammered
You will need:
1 - One part bitterness and anger
2 - Three parts freefall economy
3 - A pinch of xenophobia and racism
4 - A smattering of key allies in the press
5 - Add peculiarly compelling personality to taste
6 - For the active ingredient, add the word "Terrorist"
Drink this and I promise you will get drunker 'n Todd on the Fourth of Joo-ly!
The right ingredients, at the right time, mixed together by a ravenously ambitious leader without any moral compass, can and will produce something extremely toxic and dangerous.
For weeks we've watched an empty-headed poser try to compete on the national stage and fail miserably. But now that this future she hasn't earned is slipping from her talons we are witnessing something far more troubling, far more lethal. Sarah Palin is summoning the ghosts of a very dark past when she throws around words like "terrorist" to a frustrated crowd of mostly white supporters, fueled by fear and desperation, terrified that the life they've always known could be disappearing into vapor before their children's eyes.
One wonders, if their opponent was a white man, if she and her partner would be choosing this particular line of attack. Barack Obama, an African-American man (emphasis on "African") with the Arab sounding name (emphasis on "Hussein") presents a perfect target for a perfect audience and their imperfect leaders. You see, the word "terrorist" isn't heard discreetly in America. It's heard as part of a cacophony of sounds: planes flying into buildings, roadside bombs, Arabic threats, and the cries of innocents.
Sarah Palin and John McCain know that they can't do anything to assuage your fear of the faltering economy so they replace it with a different fear. They call up images of bombings and "those who would seek to destroy us," and put a face in front of you to hate. With charm and a smile ("the heels are on, the gloves are off") they stand silently as you spit blood ("Treason!" and "Kill Him!"), counting on the fact that your fever will spread. And if that virus needs a further contagion, they have people like Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly to make it airborne.
Leadership requires an understanding of those one wishes to lead. It also requires an understanding of the difference between a crowd and a mob. Most importantly, it requires the heart and mind to transform one into the other. One leader might move his countrymen and women to accept, assist, or engage in unfathomable horror, while another might move the same nation to greatness.
The McCain campaign wants to talk about character, so let's talk about it. Character is illuminated by decisions made in a crisis. We're watching the candidates make their decisions in the midst of the worst crisis in a generation. Those decisions define their character. The choice we make in response will define ours.
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.....And now here's the recipe for the "Obama-tini" :
1) 1 ACORN (the indicted ones are best)
2) 3 parts lofty rhetoric
3) A big pinch of empty promises
4) A taste of Narcissism for interest
5) A Trillion Dollars worth of "Freebies"
...and the magic ingredient, a double shot of inexperience
Drink this fast, and you'll never know it's Marxism when it hits you.
You know, right now, I think people might be willing to try just about anything. Anything but McBushCo & PA_IN.
It seems like even Cindy McCain has been nipping on this drink. She's got this new technique when speaking to large crowds that resembles Sarah Palin's nasty style. It almost feels like there's an inside competition between these two women now. Cindy McCain is smiling and winking and shouting it out, and even dropping some consonants. Ms. McCain has loosened up immensely in the last five weeks of observing Sarah Palin's blind ambitious beauty pageant tactics, and going for the toxic and dangerous approach of using her son's military service to spread lies about Obama's position on the war. It's scary to think in a mere five weeks Sarah Palin's influence can rub off on this buttoned up, tight lipped, reserved woman.
And let's get the facts about funding for the troops straight. McCain voted against funding because of there being a time table in it. Obama voted against it because there wasn't a time table in it. Obama voted for the next one with benefits for education for vets, while MCcain voted against it because he was afraid that vets would be less likely to re-enlist. What is wrong with this picture?
Sarah Palin, a good reason to vote Obama-Biden.
Safe the world, and America if possible.
Folks that have more than an elementary education will see beyond this ignorance that the Palin-McCain(oops did I say that) McCain needs to be watching Lil MS Hockeymom and the witchdoctors.
Palin appears to be a sociopath. She seems to have only concern for her own ambition to the disregard of the rest of the country. She has grandiose perceptions of her own limited abilities and had aspirations to be President when she was and is little more than a hockey mom.
Her inability to have a moral compass with regards to putting Obama and his family at danger by her inciting the hate of her followers coupled with the total disregard for the care of her special needs newborn. This woman is a horrific example for women everywhere.
I disagree! Her disregard is for the rest of HUMANITY!
You forgot two key ingredients: The Blood of Innocents and The Grapes of Wrath
Both McCain and Palin are on a slippery slope with their rally comments this past week. There is a difference, though. When someone yelled, 'terrorist", McCain appeared to flinch for a moment before he continued. We saw none of this from Palin, who seems to relish all of this.
I think McCain is somehow conflicted with his latest approach, but is powerless to do anything about it.
At some point, it no longer matters whether McCain is conflicted or not - and we have passed that point. He is not shutting this line of attack down and it could get dangerous. Whether or not he is conflicted doesn't matter if he continues to fan the flames of hate and potentially, violence.
And if he is powerless to do anything about it, then what would he govern like?
McCain and Palin believe in spending their time passing local gossip. They are the meddling town gossipers in this election. McCain and Palin have nothing important to talk about so they gossip and make up stories about other people. McCain spends so much time in the gutter with gossip that he cannot come up with a good economic plan.
Don't underestimate the danger of what the Republican party has become. The statements of Palin that seem so absurd now will seem tame when compared to the level of discourse when they are in office. There is a distant parallel to this kind of politics in times of crisis.
The election of Hitler in Germany was the result of a fair and democratic election process. The Nazi party had only 44% of the vote but this was sufficient to make him Chancellor. He had run for office repeatedly before with lackluster results until that election. The difference was the economy. It had collapsed and unemployment was 50% and he promised full employment and a balanced budget by 1939. The people who voted for him were afraid and wanted a strong hand to cure their financial ills.
When people are gripped by fear they can be manipulated and there will be fear in the air this Nov 4th.
Perfectly articulated! Let's hope calmer heads prevail. This has gotten to the point of disgusting. Aren't we suppose to be a beckon of hope? What do you think the rest of the world thinks of this? I'll betch ya by goodness that the rest of the thinking world is just as frightened as most of us. I would also like to take issue with the MSM in regard to them (Joe Scarbourgh) Morning Joe -that the "heartland" loves Sara Palin. This is a falsehood that I for one that would like to dispute.
JOE IS A REPUBLICAN...WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
THEY'RE ALL RUNNING SCARED, THUS, FORGET THE ISSUES THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS CONSUMED BY (AND RIGHTFULLY SO).
INSTEAD, REPUBLICANS WANT TO TALK ABOUT: HOW CUTE SARAH IS, HOW "UNKNOWN" BARACK IS (HELL, WE KNOW LOTS MORE ABOUT HIM THAN SARAH...BUT SHE'S NUMBER 2 ON A TICKET). WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS TO TRY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NO. 1 SLOT ON REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOR INSTANCE, HIS VOOLENT TEMPER, THE LIES ABOUT HIS MILITARY HEROICS (?), HIS GAMBLING, AND OF COURSE SOME SHADY CHARACTERS MCCAIN HAS AS FRIENDS/ASSOCIATES AND HIS HEAVY INVOLVEMENT IN THE KEATING FIVE SCANDAL.
SO, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WALLOW IN THE GUTTER UNTIL ELECTION DAY. IT WORKED FOUR YEARS AGO, AND COULD, UNFORTUNATELY, WORK AGAIN THIS ELECTION.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HELP FIGHT AGAINST THESE LIES AND GUTTER TACTICS. WE CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO OUR DEMOCRACY AGAIN!!! WE WILL NOT SURVIVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS!!!!!
It's almost as if urban America has to just sit back as a culture war is waged against it's value system... or something.
The best thing about this drink is it only costs $2 trillion. Don't forget to tip your waiter!
Republican party is ready to split into moderate fiscally responsible conservatives and fascist-like religious extremists. I'm not sure where McCain will be (probably nowhere), but this she-Bush from Alaska is sure ready to be a champion of the extremists.
Obama/Biden 2008
I'm agree and I'm one of the first type of Republicans. Jon Stewart was right, and I was saying it before I heard him, Palin sounds like the last days of the Weimar Republic.
GOP - "Chug, chug, chug.....!!!"
overhaul time... like financial meltdown
"The chant is 'chug, baby, chug.'"
Fear of "the other" is the classic Republican tactic. It has worked before, but not this time.
The Democrats have a better fear tactic this time. "McCain is more of the same." Now that is truly scary!
This is truly scary. As a white child of the South in the 50s, I remember the hate, distrust, and discrimination of "crackers" on the blacks. They spent 24/7 in adject fear of what might happen to them for any reason or no reason. I hate that this is happening again. John McCain and Sarah Palin need to be run out of town in disgrace. They should not be allowed to spew their vileness any longer. Fox News needs to be boycotted by thinking and intelligent people who truly love their country and their God. These people love neither.
Or we could ask they be arrested for hate speech or inciting hate speech or conspiracy to commit hate speech. A noose hanging from the back of a pick up is the same that Palin is doing.
They've both most likely violated several sections of the Patriot Act.
I really hope someone does check into this and files the appropriate charges now!
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