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This has reached a new low.  Now, according to some schmuck writing editorials for the Kansas City Star, the word “socialist” is racist.

I don’t care whether it was a code word for “black” in the twenties… I think we could probably even debate that fact… but its certainly not a code word for “black” now, and never once did John McCain or Sarah Palin use it as such.  A journalist with integrity would be required to point that out… but who thinks any liberals in the media have integrity anymore.  Writing on the editorial page does not give one cover for hateful and inaccruate slander.

Redistribution of wealth or “spread[ing] the wealth around” is socialist.  Calling a socialist a socialist IS NOT RACIST.  It’s free speech, and accurate speech at that.

If Obama is elected President, what world will you wake up to on November 5th?  If Obama and his surrogates don’t counter every criticism of him as racist, pathetic losers like Lewis Diuguid of the Kansas City Star and the rest of the liberal media will.  The damaging and dangerous aspects of this election is not speaking truth to power and calling Obama’s socialist policies what they are… the damanging and dangerous aspects of this election are the fevered heights, hateful retorts, and downright lies waged by Obama’s campaign and the media running his defense.

Enough is enough.  Obama is a socialist.  And if Mr. Diuguid or anyone else thinks that makes me a racist… to paraphrase your buddy Obama… I want to see you say it to my face.

Barack Obama continued with the lie that has spread like wildfire through the press.  But according to the Secret Service, it just isn’t true.

The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.

The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Oabama’s name a man in the audience shouted “kill him.”

News organizations including ABC, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann reported the claim, with most attributing the allegations to the Times-Tribune story.

Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.

“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.

He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.

Slavoski said more than 20 non-security agents were interviewed Wednesday, from news media to ordinary citizens in attendance at the rally for the Republican vice presidential candidate held at the Riverfront Sports Complex. He said Singleton was the only one to say he heard someone yell “kill him.”

“We have yet to find someone to back up the story,” Slavoski said. “We had people all over and we have yet to find anyone who said they heard it.”

It was yelled by one audience member at an earlier rally about unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, and clearly not directed to Barack Obama.

“And, according to the New York Times, he [referring to Ayers -- P] was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, ‘launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol,’” [Palin] continued.

“Boooo!” the crowd repeated.

“Kill him!” proposed one man in the audience.

The Mainstream Media and Barack Obama’s campaign continue to perpetuate this ridiculous lie.  Don’t you think the Secret Service would be rounding people up if they were calling for Barack Obama to be killed publicly?  This claim is ludicrous and after last night’s debate, Barack Obama personally owes a public apology to the McCain Campaign and his supporters.

Much more from Patterico, hat tip Michelle Malkin.

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Is it right to yell “kill him” about the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers?  No, but that’s a far cry from saying it about a Presidential candidate.  Ayers is a vile, evil man who rightfully should have faced the death penalty for his actions with Weather Underground.  But he got off on a technicality.  We don’t exercise vigilanty justice in this country.  But that doesn’t mean we should allow our President to associate with such evil people.

The fact is that Barack Obama would likely not pass the background check to be a TSA screener much less have the nuclear codes thanks to his lengthy relationship with William Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Reverend Wright, Rashid Khalidi, and others.

Via Glen Reynolds:

A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: “Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working.” I asked permission to reprint without attribution and it was granted.

Anyone have Charlie Gibson’s e-mail address?  I’d sure like to send him a copy of this.  After framing Sarah Palin as a relgious zealot and misquoting her in his interview, it would be nice to set the record straight and frame Governor Palin’s response AND prayer in the proper context.

Excellent video.  H/T: Instapundit

Are we fighting a Holy War?  Against the media?  Maybe So.

Great video via Copious Dissent (h/t: Instapundit).

As the media wanted to remind us during the lipstick debacle… context matters (of course they still got the context wrong).  So maybe the American people should be privelaged enough to read the entire transcript of Charlie Gibson’s interview with Governor Palin and not just garbled, edited mess that ABC wanted you to see.  Thankfully we have Mark Levin to highlight the stuff that ABC didn’t want you to see.

Context matters as do complete and ACCURATE quotes.  I guess that doesn’t really matter when you are more concerned with pushing and agenda instead of reporting the news.

>>Transcript here.

Tonight Governor Palin sat down with Charlie Gibson for her first serious interview since being named the Vice Presidential Nominee for the Republican Party.

Charlie Gibson was extremely patronizing. He was both literally and figuratively looking down at Governor Palin. The editing was horrible and all of the questions were attempts at a “gotcha” moment, crafted for “yes” or “no” answers when neither “yes” or “no” would suffice. I’m still wondering if we will ever see Barack Obama interviewed like this, or for that matter Joe Biden.

But that’s fine.

You want to play games and hold us to a higher standard? That’s fine… we can take it. We expect the media to be tough on the other side and they don’t, but rather than whine about it exclusively we should step up and take it. Lead by example and show the American people what real character looks like.

So if Charlie Gibson wants to try and distort Palin quotes (which he did) or try to get her locked into a war with Russia before election day… that’s fine. But remember this, Barack Obama and Joe Biden both support Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO, so Governor Palin was not only right when she said that might lead us into a defensive war of our treaty partners, but she’s also not alone (unless Obama and Biden don’t understand what a defensive treaty is). And to my knowledge, President George W. Bush never defined the “Bush Doctrine,” the media did. Supporting this is not simply a “yes” or “no” answer as 1) it’s not formally defined and 2) its not a simple “yes” or “no” proposition and 3) of course she isn’t going to commit herself to a hypothetical preemptive war. But Governor Palin handled it well and answered it forthright, not in a “blizzard of words” but with honesty. She could have danced around with nuance not saying anything, but we’ll leave that to Obama.

I also found the Israel questioning suspect. And while I wouldn’t change the answer I would add something to it. A President or Vice President shouldn’t answer hypothetical questions or limit their options. But clearly Governor Palin is right, Israel has the right to defend itself and it should never be the policy of the United States of America to infringe upon that right.

UPDATE: I stayed up to watch Nightline last night.  The editting was certainly better and I think Governor Palin came across much better with less edits than she did during the Nightly News.  I still think some of the questions were a crock and shame on Charlie Gibson for misquoting her regarding the war in Iraq (which the AP and other outlets are STILL carrying wrong).  Funny how they give Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt on his “lipstick” context, but don’t pay attention to the ACTUAL QUOTE and UNQUESTIONABLE CONTEXT of Governor Palin’s quote/prayer.  But what do you expect from the liberal media?

At least the LA Times got the prayer quote right… too bad they blew it with their wrongful criticism of her Cold War nod to President Reagan.

Charlie Martin is keeping a running list of all the Sarah Palin rumors and putting them to rest once and for all. Check it out if you are interested. There’s currently 69 rumors listed, I bet it tops 100 this week.

I’m still wondering when a major news outlet will do the same thing (not holding my breath).  Seems they all jumped at the chance to discredit any little rumor about Barack Obama yet they don’t even bother to correct themselves when they are caught spreading the lies about Governor Palin.

H/T: Right Wing News

After Sarah Barracuda Palin knocked her speech out of the park, the media had nothing to do than remind everyone that she had a speech writer.  Really?  So does your guy.  So did Bill Clinton.  So did Hillary.  So did Reagan, et all.  Newsflash: Politicians have speech writers.  Dunce.

If that’s all they got, then you know she hit the grand slam.  I was thoroughly impressed and so was the wife.  The test will be if Americans as a whole liked it, and how quickly the liberal press will try to convince them otherwise.

I’m about sick of it.  OK, I’m actually well past being sick of it.  And you should be too.

The AP wire now has an “analysis” from Ron Fournier titled “Analysis: McCain camp plays sexism card for Palin“.  Unfortunately for the readers, Mr. Fournier just regurgitates Leftist, Daily Kos like talking points that have already been rebutted by others.  Of course Mr. Fournier doesn’t mention those rebuttals, and just spits out his lies and attacks against McCain and Sarah Palin as if they are true.

So-called news organizations and media outlets pay for this drivel from the “Associated Press” don’t they?  I’d suggest they ask for their money back, except we know they are all playing the same game.  Lying, Smearing, Distorting and Attacking all to get their “Chosen One” elected President.  And Mr Fournier, suggests all of us who are pissed off about this treatment of Sarah Palin and the media smears and Mr. Fournier’s lies are just being used by the McCain campaign and we’re too stupid to realize it

Read this garbage for yourself if you want, but here are some of the lies or smears that have already been refuted time and time again, yet Mr. Fournier presents as if they were the gospel truth.

1. “Palin waited until last week to tell the McCain team that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant.”
    
   Not True says the McCain Campaign, even though Mr. Fournier doesn’t bother to mention that here.
    
2. “Palin didn’t submit to a face-to-face interview with the head of McCain’s search team until a few days before her announcement.”
    
   That comment seems to presume that Mrs. Palin was asked for a personal interview and denied it.  But that’s not the case.  John McCain met her in February 2008 and had personal conversations with her then.  Then the vetting process took 4-5 months.  She was on a short list that started with 21 people and got widdled down.  At all points, Governor Palin remained on the list.  She submitted everything the McCain campaign asked her for, including financial documents with completed, hand-prepared tax returns.
    
3. “[S]he’s accused of improperly ordering the firing of the former public safety commissioner.”
   
    
   This is true, she is “accused” of improperly ordering the firing of a public safety commissioner… but nowhere, NOWHERE is there an answer to this charge even though Palin has said she was an openbook on it and welcomed an investigation.  There is a wealth of information about what really happened, about how the deadbeat tropper had tasered an 11 year-old, drank in his patrol car, etc… but Fournier doesn’t want to tell you that because he’s too busy carrying Barack Obama’s water.  Mr. Fournier could have at least mentioned this affidavit in his “analysis” and offer “fairness” to the other side.  But that wouldn’t fit his agenda.
    
4. “[S]he supported the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” and other pork-barrel projects before telling the nation on Saturday that she was against them.”
   
    
   Apparently only liberals like John Kerry and Barack Obama are allowed to change their position on an issue.  First, I would submit that changing your position on a pork-barrell project is not the same as changing your position on a war or funding troops.  But even if you assume this line from Mr. Fournier is true… so what?  She TURNED DOWN federal money (read your tax dollars and my tax dollars) because she didn’t feel the project was necessary or responsible.  Sounds like the kind of judgment we want from our elected officials who spend our money.  But its not exactly a flip-flop anyway.  During the campaign she said she was open to alternatives to the bridge project, and when the cost estimates rose to $400 million and above, she decided it was only responsible to look to more fiscally responsible options.
    

Of course I can’t rebut Mr. Fournier, Katie Couric, Campbell Brown or all the rest of the ridiculous liberal media taking shots at Sarah Palin as good as Peggy Noonan can… always elevating the debate… always showing class.

The mainstream media, which has been holding endless symposia here on the future of media in the 21st century, is in danger of missing a central fact of that future: If they appear, once again, as they have in the past, to be people not reporting the battle but engaged in the battle, if they allow themselves to be tagged by that old tag, which so tarnished them in the past, they will do more to imperil their own future than the Internet has.

This is true: fact is king. Information is king. Great reporting is what every honest person wants now, it’s the one ironic thing we have less of in journalism than we need. But reporting that carries an agenda, that carries Bubblehead assumptions and puts them forth as obvious truths? Well, some people want that. But if I were doing a business model for broadsheets and broadcast networks I’d say: Fact and data are our product, we’re putting everything into reporting, that’s what we’re selling, interpretation is the reader’s job, and think pieces are for the edit page where we put the hardy, blabby hacks.

That was a long way of saying: Dig deep into Sarah Palin, get all you can, talk to everybody, get every vote, every quote, tell us of her career and life, she may be the next vice president. But don’t play games. And leave her kid alone, bitch.

Maybe if the media talked to more women like Suann Therese Maier, they would realize how ridiculous their coverage of Sarah Palin has been since Friday.  I do feel sorry for Governor Palin and her family for the treatment they are receiving by the media, but I suppose it shouldn’t be a huge surprise.  Let the media, the DNC, and the so-called feminists on the left continue keeping their heads in the sand… they’ll understand soon enough that real Americans see them for what they really are.  November isn’t that far away.

…As a woman, mother, wife, and lifetime professional educator, I will vote, enthusiastically, for Sarah Palin as vice president this November. Even if the media pressure forces her from the ticket, I will vote against the Democratic party—partly because I respect John McCain and believe him to be the better candidate, but equally because I’m tired of the intransigence and condescension of the Democratic leadership on the abortion issue.

I will vote for Sarah Palin because I don’t need the Democratic platform’s belated affirmation of motherhood. Thanks, but I already know that motherhood is good, several times over. Moreover, the party’s rediscovery of motherhood seems rather cynical in the current news cycle, while Democratic-friendly bloggers and media types bash Palin about her daughter’s pregnancy and her own busy schedule while bringing up children. How can a real sympathy for motherhood come from the same people who wrote a platform that hardens the party’s addiction to a phony right to kill the unborn?

I will vote for Sarah Palin because she has guts. We’ve never met, but I suspect I know something about her life, and so do a great many other women. I know what it means to have a son with Down syndrome. I know what it means to talk a good line about religious faith and then be asked to prove it. I know what it means to have a daughter pregnant and unmarried.

In fact, while we’re on the subject, I also know what it means to have two grandchildren born out of wedlock, a son struggling with alcohol, two grandchildren with serious disabilities, putting myself through graduate school while simultaneously caring for a husband and children and teaching full time—and a whole lot more. This is the stuff of real human love; this is the raw material of family life. And those who think that Palin’s beliefs and family struggles are funny or worth jeering at, simply reveal the venality of their own hearts.

I will vote for Sarah Palin because she is intelligent, tenacious and talented. Nobody made her rise easy, and no one is making it easy now. And—is it only moms who notice this?—unlike Senator Biden, she does seem to act consistently on her beliefs about the sanctity of life, at considerable personal cost.

Read More Here.  (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin)

Keeping your tires inflated is certainly a good thing, very few people will disagree. John McCain doesn’t disagree, neither do I. So when John McCain said “I agree with the American Automobile Association. We should all inflate our tires,” Barack Obama jumped on this as if it was some sort of flip flop. Of course its not a flip flop or reversal at all.

John McCain (and the Republican Party) have rightly attacked Barack Obama for saying:

We could save all the oil that their talking about getting off drilling if everybody was just inflating their tires… and… and… and getting regular tune-ups… you could actually save just as much.

Barack Obama didn’t say that keeping your tires inflated was a good idea. He didn’t even say that it would save a bit of gas. Both of those things McCain, the RNC, and countless others would agree with. But anyone with a brain won’t agree with what Obama actually said. Its preposterous to state that we can solve our energy problems by inflating our tires.

As I’ve mentioned before, keeping your car tuned-up and your tires properly inflated won’t solve the supply problems or make us energy independent. And it certainly won’t amount to the billions of gallons of oil available on the coastal shelf or in ANWR. Is it a good idea? Sure. Anything to make your car more efficient is a good idea, but its not nearly enough. Save what you can by keeping our tires inflated and start drilling at home so we can increase our energy independence and lower the prices on the world market.

Barack Obama is once again trying to change what he said or misrepresent the facts about someone else. And no surprise, the media gives him a free pass on it. So much for a candidate of change.

…for quotes like this from David Gergen:

David Gergen, former White House advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, strongly rebuked the candidate for releasing a statement outlining his discussions with the Prime Minister of Iraq. “We have a long tradition in this country that we only have one president at a time. [President Bush] is the commander in chief and the negotiator in chief. I cannot remember a campaign in which a rival seeking the presidency has been in a position of negotiating a war that’s under way with another party outside the country. I think he leaves himself open to the charge that he’s meddling, that this is not his role, that he can be the critic but he’s not the negotiator. We have a president who does that.”

…and much more about Barack Obama’s arrogance, the media’s bias, and more.

available here: Patriot Post

Thanks to Newsbusters for this clip: Congresswoman Heather Wilson takes on Hardball.

Heather Wilson (R - NM) wiped the floor with Chris Matthews and Robert Wexler about the egomaniacal socialist Barack Obama and his hand-holding European World Tour. If you believe Matthews and Wexler, the only thing important to our Trans-Atlantic relationships is how popular Bush is with Europeans.

I don’t care how popular President Bush is with Europeans. He works for us, not them. And honestly, I don’t even care how popular he is with Americans as long as I believe he’s making the right decision for the country. If doing the right thing were always the popular choice then there would never be a road less traveled.

If your success was based on how popular you are… then Robert Wexler and the rest of Congress are failing worse than President Bush. Funny, Chris Matthews isn’t all that popular either. Apply the “popularity” standard and Chris Matthews is everyone’s bitch… Shepard Smith, Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Greta Van Susteren and Bill O’Reily (including the repeat) all get considerably more love.

Thankfully for Chris his success is (obviously) not based on his popularity. I don’t know, maybe they like him in France.

The media’s love affair with Barack Obama just won’t end. And while the liberal media is all hot-and-bothered, the rest of us see the Chosen One for what he really is… an unaccomplished egomaniacal socialist.

The best way to fight the ridiculous devotion the media has for their buddy Barack is to point out just how pathetic it is. So here’s a parody design sure to make your legs start to tingle. I’d send one to Chris Matthews, but I’m not sure anyone at NBC is sophisticated enough to get the joke.

**See this and more Anti-Obama T-Shirts Here**

And here’s the B-Side.

Vote for your favorite here.