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As if it wasn’t bad enough with the attacks from the liberal media and the leftist lemmings, now “anonymous sources” from within the failed McCain campaign are attacking Sarah Palin.  It sounds like a bunch of middle school bullies who are bitter because they were picked last for kick ball or something.  Losing sucks, but we’re supposed to leave the classless bullshit and juvenile attacks to the Kos kids and the rest of the left.  That’s not our MO… or it shouldn’t be.

And FoxNews… FoxNews?  After patting yourself on the back for being so balanced during the election… which you actually were… now you bring this junk out?  Supposed “anonymous sources” are throwing Sarah Palin under the bus and you are reporting every sexist nonsensical claim.  Come on.

Journalism really is dead in this country, and FoxNews drove the final nail.

I don’t mind criticism of policies or differences of opinion, but anything less than that better have someone with the courage to go on the record.  Failing that, then consider this garbage what it is… garbage, not worthy of your highest rated audience.

Let me give you a clue.  At the best these are people bitter they are lost.  Maybe they are ill that their guy wasn’t chosen for VP.  I wouldn’t put it past Romney or Huckabee backers to be sandbagging Palin now to keep her stock down for the 2012 fight.  Maybe Fox is just willfully playing along, already picking sides in the 2012 fight and eating the hand that fed it so well.

At least someone at Fox got it right… Greta is ticked, as she should be.  Unlike these other so-called journalists, Greta actually went to Alaska, knocked on doors, interviewed the Governor, her supporters and detractors.  Greta has reported on both positive and negative things about Sarah Palin and left this petty schoolyard crap to the sideline… primarily because it wasn’t there but also because the motivations for such nonsense are clear.  People are either bitter they lost or are posturing for the next campaign… either way there is a vested interest for some to make these ridiculous claims, so they threw the first punch.

Want to know why the American people have left the party in droves?  This might be the perfect case study.  We are supposed to be different than the other side… but lately we look anything but.

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Governor Palin, my wife and I drove over four hours to see you speak.  When John McCain was 45 minutes away, we stayed home.  I respect John McCain’s service a great deal and we would have been remarkably better off with him in the White House.  But, John McCain is not the voice of the Republican Party or the Conservative Movement.  That mantle could very well belong to you.  Stay strong, and when necessary stand up and fight.  Republicans and Conservatives need more voices like you as we start to refocus and rebuild our party.  God Bless you and your family for all you have endured.

America is unlike any other nation in the world.  Our desire to do good is so strong that we often bend over backwards and make unparalleled sacrifices because of our righteous intentions.  Our brave men and women shed their blood so other people can be free.  Our national treasure is given freely to foreign lands to offer hope and opportunity to the hopeless.  And we forgive our transgressors even though they would never dream of turning the other cheek.

Only in America can the desire to do good be so great that we bend over backwards and elect someone whose own supporters admit they don’t even know.  Only in America would we take a chance on an unknown with seriously questionable rhetoric and ties because we have faith in the greater good.  Like our troops and our treasure, we risk it all on the mere hope of a better tomorrow.

I congratulate Barack Obama.  He is my President.  I pray that God gives him the strength and wisdom to make the right choices and the humbleness to know to ask.  But as my President, Obama is also a paradox.  He epitomizes both the best and the worst of our great nation.  His political ideology offers a stark reality that is the very antithesis of what it means to be American, yet his story could not have happened anywhere else.

America proved it is both a naive child and an unequaled leader on the world stage.  Only a child would have such blind faith and optimism when all realistic expectations point to a fairytale.  Only a brave leader could have the courage to allow that optimism to lead the way.

Make no mistake, I disagree with virtually everything that Barack Obama stands for.  But the symbolism of his achievement is something I will forever cherish.  I congratulate him and his campaign on accomplishing such a novel and monumental feat.

And now it is time to lead.  Young and old, from history through today… millions of Americans have paved the way for Barack Obama to become President-Elect.  And he is beholden to honor their every sacrifice.  He has promised a lot.  He better live up to the hype.

As for the rest of us… Conservatives… it is time to lead.  It it time to place principle and purpose above all else.  It is time for the revolution to begin.  You can choose to leave the Republican Party and go astray… or you can dig in, dig deep, and make it the party that it should be.  Voters and providence will always be on our side if we can only find our way.  For too long we have listened to pundits and moved to the center… for too long we have forgone values and principle for electoral expedience and easy compromise.  But we should never compromise when we are right.  We have to find that right path once again and never, ever give it up.

Its time for the revolution to begin.  Its time for Conservatives to unite.  America needs us.  The unborn need us.  Our troops need us.  The Constitution needs us.  Demcracy needs us.  The economy needs us.  The next generation needs us.  They don’t deserve anything less.

When even the “rednecks” and the “racists” in Pennsylvania vote for a radical socialist black man to be President, then you can officially claim that racism in American is over.

NBC and the rest of the MSM ordered it, and the electorate followed through.

Now, as a nation, we must summarily end all Affirmative Action programs and abolish all “hate crimes” legislation.  Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton need to look for new lines of work.  Spike Lee must find new topics to make movies about.  The BET channel must officially change its focus and moniker.  And “African American” must be removed as a protected class from all matters of law.

The New Black Panthers can put down their night sticks, and Michelle Obama can proudly declare America is not angry anymore.

God Bless the United States of America.  What other nation would look past a candidate’s radical socialist agenda and terrorist ties who has no experience and promises to destroy our Constitution and the very fabric of our democracy… all in an effort to make up for a racially insensitive past?  No apologies could ever be as eloquent and no reparations ever as steep as giving up the very essence of America in order to atone for past sins.

Heaven help us all.

That exit polls started trickling out about an hour ago.  There are some good signs for McCain and some bad signs.  DON’T TRUST ANY OF THEM.  They often lean heavily and inaccurately Democrat, but they also don’t include early voters or absentee ballots.  DON’T TRUST THEM OR ANY REPORTS ABOUT THEM.  This race is close, very close.

If you haven’t voted yet, get off your butt and go vote.  All of the polls are still open.  Every vote counts.

Just heard the following via Fox:

New Hampshire turnout models are not what the Obama Campaign had hoped, and they are pushing the phone calls and voter drives to get their numbers up.

Indiana is still looking good for John McCain, and the Obama Campaign is trying to get an additional push there.  Obama internals had Barry down by 5 points over night (much better than the Real Clear average).

Virginia turnout was around 50% by sometime this morning.  That’s good for the Obama campaign, but it doesn’t seem like the blowout they were hoping for.  UPDATE: Apparently Politico thinks this is exactly the blowout they were hoping for.  I guess my read on it was a bit different.  I’m still not convinced that massive turnout goes in Obama’s favor.  I wonder how many of these people are turning out to vote against him.  Time will tell.  Virginia polls close at 7pm EST.

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If you haven’t yet… VOTE!  Remember last year around this time the media was buzzing with a Kerry Landslide, and you see how that turned out.  Don’t give up hope.  As Barry said the other day.  Vote.  Vote like your life depends on it… because it does.

By the way, its still raining in North Carolina.  Has been all day.  Not sure if that matters as much considering somewhere between 40 and 50% voted early… but I tend to think its a good sign.

“Together we can protect the values this great nation was built upon.”

Its just a dreary day in North Carolina.  A damp, wet, gray day.  Should I take that as a sign of what is to come, or will this prove similar to years past where rain keeps liberal voters home?  Who knows.  But it was raining at 6:30 this morning when the first votes were cast in my precinct, and its raining now… four hours later.

McCain supporters, get out and vote.  You can’t do anything to change the outcome by staying home.  Every vote counts, every right vote is needed.  Please get out and vote.  Don’t like the rain?  I’ll drive to your precinct and hold the umbrella over your head while you stand in line… as long as you vote for McCain.

Don’t believe the spin.  Don’t believe the exit polls.  We can win this thing.

The polls in North Carolina opened at 6:30 this morning.  My wife and I arrived at 6:15.  The line was relatively long when we got there and much longer when we left.  I cast the 27th vote in my precinct.

When I walked out, a black woman was standing outside wearing a yellow shirt and holding a clipboard.  We made eye contacted and I politely smiled.  She didn’t say anything to me.  Another couple of people walked out, and she didn’t say anything to them either.  But when a man who appeared to have mixed ancestry walked out, she introduced herself as someone gathering information for the national news media and wanted to ask him a few questions.  He declined.

A few minutes later my wife walked out.  She too was asked to take the exit poll, as was another young gentleman who appeared to be of mixed decent.

Was this exit poll worker only asking people who she perceived were more likely to vote Democrat?  As a white southern male, I don’t exactly fit the profile of a likely Obama voter.

Obviously I have no way to know for sure, but I wonder.   Having never been exit polled or even noticing a pollster on election day before, I was paying very close attention.  The indication was clear.  As I waited a few minutes outside for my wife to finish her ballot, the exit poll worker had ample time to ask about my vote.  Yet she chose not to.

Don’t trust the exit polls, no matter what they say this evening.  And please, please get out and vote.

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UPDATE: I’ve heard from some that the exit pollers may ask every nth person to get their “random” sample, and that may account for the “cherry-picking” of voters by this polster.  That may be true, but based on this experience I doubt it.  She ignored me and a couple other people, and then asked three people in succession.

Here’s the press release (emphasis in bold is mine).  h/t: Newsbusters.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov 03, 2008 /PRNewswire–USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA), today issued the following statement in response to just-released remarks from Senator Barack Obama about the nation’s coal industry.

“Regardless of the timing or method of the release of these remarks, the message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America’s coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it.

“These undisputed, audio-taped remarks, which include comments from Senator Obama like ‘I haven’t been some coal booster’ and ‘if they want to build [coal plants], they can, but it will bankrupt them’ are extraordinarily misguided.

“It’s evident that this campaign has been pandering in states like Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania to attempt to generate votes from coal supporters, while keeping his true agenda hidden from the state’s voters.

“Senator Obama has revealed himself to be nothing more than a short- sighted, inexperienced politician willing to say anything to get a vote. But today, the nation’s coal industry and those who support it have a better understanding of his true mission, to ‘bankrupt’ our industry, put tens of thousands out of work and cause unprecedented increases in electricity prices.

“In addition to providing an affordable, reliable source of low-cost electricity, domestic coal holds the key to our nation’s long-term energy security - a goal that cannot be overlooked during this time of international instability and economic uncertainty.

“Few policy areas are more important to our economic future than energy issues. As voters head to the polls tomorrow, it is essential they remember that access to reliable, affordable, domestic energy supplies is essential to economic growth and stability.”

The Ohio Coal Association (OCA) is a non-profit trade association representing the interests of Ohio’s underground and surface coal mining producers. The OCA represents nearly 40 coal producing companies and more than 50 Associate Members, which include suppliers and consultants to the mining industry, coal sales agents and brokers and allied industries. The Ohio Coal Association is committed to advancing the development and utilization of Ohio coal as an abundant, economic and environmentally sound energy source.

Get out and Vote. We need you! Let’s make history.

Around 50% of our nations electricity comes from coal.  So when Barack Obama calls for bankrupting coal plants, and skyrocketing electricity rates it matters.  It will matter when your already high electric bills goes up.  It will matter when people in Ohio, Colorado, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and elsewhere are looking for jobs.  It will matter when the increase in energy costs cause the price of goods and services to go up, just like happened when oil prices rose to new highs this summer.  It will matter when your stocks in energy companies drop, taking your retirement or pension plan with it.

Coal isn’t even the only energy source in Barack Obama’s sights.

• Barack Obama called natural gas “dirty,” and said we didn’t need “dirty” energy sources.  Natural Gas is actually very clean, but Barack Obama has never really been a master of facts, has he?

• Nearly 76% of France’s power comes from Nuclear power plants, yet Barack Obama isn’t sure we should do that.

• The United States of America has billions of barrels of oil off the coast of our shores, yet Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress don’t want us to touch it.

No coal, no natural gas, no nuclear, no oil.  Corn-based ethanol is a joke.  What’s left?  Super expensive energy made by unreliable wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric?  None of the technologies are there yet, and even if they were, they are not reliable or efficient.  The cost of moving away from sources of energy that actually work will be billions and billions of taxpayer dollars, loss of jobs for people in the energy sector and “skyrocketing energy prices.”

Sounds like a good prescription for a struggling economy and rising unemployment rate to me. Yeah, right.

Pay attention folks, this is real.  Barack Obama admitted to a San Fransisco audience that he wants to use taxes to destroy companies and industries he doesn’t like.  What’s next?  If he will further destroy the American economy and energy sector in order to “bankrupt” coal companies, what will happen to our guns, fast food, bloggers, talk radio, non-union companies, small businesses?

Bankrupting coal companies is bad enough.  It will destroy our economy, our electric grid and our family budgets.  But it also points out an even greater problem with the fraud that is Barack Obama, who believes in an authoritarian governance that will destroy everything he doesn’t like.  If he gets power, we will all suffer.  Financially we will suffer.  Jobs will be lost.

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Bankrupting coal plants will be even more devastating to Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia and North Carolina.

• 90% of Ohio’s electricity comes from coal.
• 70% of Colorado’s electricity comes from coal.
• 60% of Pennsylvania’s electricity comes from coal.
• 82% of Kentucky’s electricity comes from coal.
• 95% of Indiana’s electricity comes from coal.
• 99% of electricity in West Virginia comes from coal.
• 60% of North Carolina’s electricity comes from coal.

Not only will each of these states suffering drastically if Barack Obama “bankrupts” coal plants, but hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost.  Each of these states, and many others have large economies based around coal mining and coal-based electricity.  If Barack Obama is able to “bankrupt” coal plants and cause energy prices to “skyrocket,” what will be next?

Drudge says the Zogby has McCain up by one in its latest poll (that will come out tomorrow). Its getting tight folks, and we need everyone to keep up the fight. Call your friends, talk to your neighbors, volunteer, blog, donate, write the editors of your paper… AND GET OUT TO VOTE. If you haven’t voted yet, make sure you vote. This is going to be a tight election. Don’t take anything for granted. Every vote counts.

The Obama campaign shut down a station in Florida for asking tough questions, they shut down a station in Philadelphia for the same thing.  They kicked three newspapers off the campaign plane whose editorial boards endorsed McCain.  They haven’t encouraged the LA Times to release the video of Obama at a dinner with Anti-Israel and former PLO supporter Rashid Khalidi.  They called taxes patriotic and just today said that people who don’t want to be part of a socialist tax system are “selfish”.  The truth about Barack Obama is finally coming out, and it isn’t pretty. 

We have a chance to save our nation this Tuesday.  We can not give up the fight.  Four years is a long time to regret your decision.  Get informed, get involved, and vote John McCain.

We can win this fight.

Team Sarah fights back after sexist Obama ad.
h/t: HotAir

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I wrote earlier about the long wait to see Sarah this past Sunday.  There were crazy protesters, zombies, and supporters that lined at least three blocks of downtown Asheville.  It was difficult to get in and delayed by at least an hour.  And it was worth every minute.

Gretchen Wilson played three songs, the final one being “Barracuda”.  Then the lights dropped, the spotlights scanned the crowd, and to the “We will Rock You” part of Queen’s “We Are the Champions” Sarah Palin walked on stage.  The crowd was ecstatic.  Many of them had waited since noon to see Sarah.  Eight hours later when she walked on stage they were still full of energy and excitement.

Palin said everyone had waited too long in line for just a political speech, so she asked Gretchen Wilson to play one more song.  To the roar of the crowd, Governor Palin sang along as Gretchen Wilson sang “Redneck Woman.”

After that song, Sarah continued her speech.  The attacks about Ayers were gone, but the attacks on Barack Obama’s socialist ideas of “spreading the wealth” were ratcheted up.  Governor Palin talked about the middle class, about creating jobs and encouraging growth.  She talked about energy independence and the need for an “all of the above” approach which included drilling here and now.  She talked about the benefits of John McCain’s health care plan as opposed to Obama’s government focused system, and the idea that raising taxes on anyone at this crucial time would be devastating to all Americans.

Another issue Governor Palin discussed in length was her desire to help families with children who have special needs.  We noticed one couple with two children, both in wheelchairs, who waited hours in line with everyone else to see Sarah.  After her speech, Sara apparently spoke with both of them.  I’ve never seen someone so touched or excited after meeting a politician.  But it made sense.  Someone who understood their challenges was finally talking about their needs and giving them a voice on the national stage.

And that is the epitome of Sarah Palin and what she means to the McCain/Palin campaign.  From Joe the Plumber to Small Business Owners and the children with special needs… Sarah Palin understands the needs of real Americans and the real struggles that face our country.  From losing health care, to juggling two incomes while raising a family, Sarah Palin has lived the lives that real Americans live, and gone on to fight for us.  She has run a business, worked on the PTA, brought real reform to a corrupt government and fought the big oil companies.  She understands the sacrifices of our military and the need for energy independence.  She exemplifies the idea of a citizen servant who is not so removed from real life that she can’t properly represent real Americans.  Sarah Palin is one of us who is capable and experienced enough to change Washington without being corrupted by it.

I was honored to hear her spe

Contrary to made up stories by the liberal left, no one yelled anything hateful about Barack Obama that we could hear.  The only nastiness came from the protestors outside or the the few lemmings inside who tried to interrupt Governor Palin’s speech.  The rest of us were their in support and were invigorated by her words.

Governor Palin is a rock star, and unlike Obama she is more than just words.  If she is the future of our party, then we still have hope.  Intelligence, Charisma and Conservativism.  We’ve needed that for a long time.

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Don’t let the press fool you.  If the excitement at the rally or the thousands that were turned away is any indication… Sarah Barracuda might very well be our next Vice President.  “The One” is not the only one who draws crowds or offers hope… and unlike “The One” Sarah Palin can actually back it up.