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Macquack said:
Shoot the messenger.
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When the messenger is primarily a dissolute pseudo-intelligentsia then in the words of Sarah Barracuda Palin.



“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment,”

And I’ve learned quickly these past few days that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion,”

I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”


gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
.... in the words of Sarah Barracuda Palin.

“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment,”

And I’ve learned quickly these past few days that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion,”

I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”
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yep
shame she didn't think of those words herself ;)

being locked away from the press Sunday through Thursday whatever was a good tactic no question.

(Why is it I keep thinking of that movie "The Making of a President" Robert Redford whatever?) :eek:

"And I’ve learned quickly these past few days " - ;)
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2020hindsight said:
yep
shame she didn't think of those words herself ;)

being locked away from the press Sunday through Thursday whatever was a good tactic no question.
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She co-wrote the speech mate, all of the politicians speeches are ghosted to an extent.

What it conveys would be drowned in a repost like this.

gg
 
"The Heat is On" introduction (Robert Redford)


Two weeks ago, all candidates (McCain and Obama) were for action against global warming.

But then Sarah Palin turned up... :(

Then there's the "hard sell" going on in the background .. :2twocents

Robert Redford　『The Candidate』
 
Oprah Winfrey's own words about Obama Barack who she has interviewed 2 or 3 times already.

"What I saw with Barack Obama was something that was transcendent and I felt transformational for me as a human being and for this country. And I only pray in the deepest part of my being that America will rise to this moment. And I feel that what he was able to offer us as individual citizens and as a united country was something that we have never seen before. I really, I think it's the most powerful thing I've ever experienced." Oprah Winfrey



So being the fair minded left wing super rich commentator that she is, she bans Sarah Palin.

Sarah's reply would be



“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment,”

And I’ve learned quickly these past few days that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion,”

I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”


gg
 
Oh GG stop crying 'foul' about Oprah and open your eyes. It is well accepted that the majority of the media is conservative based, and your example can be given back to you many times with poor treatment of a lefty person by right wing media. Look at Fox/News Corp with its massive global reach and stupendous right wing bent as a prime example.

In Australia it can be argued that the ABC is a left leaning channel despite Johnnies effort to stamp it out and kill the only alternative (some would say independent) view in Australian TV. Despite the fact the ABC only outrates SBS and that the other TV outlets are predominantly right leaning, although I would say channel 10 (and SBS obviously) is fairly centrist. The important thing to note is that the mass viewing channels are the conservative ones - so you can feel safe at night.

Then we have newspapers. We 'lefties' might have the Age and the SMH to read but it doesn't stop them from printing deluded nobs like Miranda Devine as one of their headline opinion writers. You righties are left (no pun intended) with basically every other newspaper to read, unfettered by alternative views- it doesn't matter that most of them, such as the Daily Telegraph and the Courier Mail are the ass end of journalism (kind of like ACA or Today/Tonight in print), cause at the end of the day you people must not care (high readership and all).

Why do you lap up everything you read positive about Sarah Palin, even right from the start, when at the end of the day, like the rest of us, you knew f**k all about her. Other then that she is attractive. Something you keep mentioning as though it is important.
 
Nashezz said:
Oh GG stop crying 'foul' about Oprah and open your eyes. It is well accepted that the majority of the media is conservative based, and your example can be given back to you many times with poor treatment of a lefty person by right wing media. Look at Fox/News Corp with its massive global reach and stupendous right wing bent as a prime example.

In Australia it can be argued that the ABC is a left leaning channel despite Johnnies effort to stamp it out and kill the only alternative (some would say independent) view in Australian TV. Despite the fact the ABC only outrates SBS and that the other TV outlets are predominantly right leaning, although I would say channel 10 (and SBS obviously) is fairly centrist. The important thing to note is that the mass viewing channels are the conservative ones - so you can feel safe at night.

Then we have newspapers. We 'lefties' might have the Age and the SMH to read but it doesn't stop them from printing deluded nobs like Miranda Devine as one of their headline opinion writers. You righties are left (no pun intended) with basically every other newspaper to read, unfettered by alternative views- it doesn't matter that most of them, such as the Daily Telegraph and the Courier Mail are the ass end of journalism (kind of like ACA or Today/Tonight in print), cause at the end of the day you people must not care (high readership and all).

Why do you lap up everything you read positive about Sarah Palin, even right from the start, when at the end of the day, like the rest of us, you knew f**k all about her. Other then that she is attractive. Something you keep mentioning as though it is important.
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For many people not living in cities the ABC is the main source of news and current affairs.

The fact it is so blatantly biased is an outrage.

Obama is frequently described as being more attractive than McCain, whats wrong with that. Women tell me he is. I'm not going to argue with that.

I find neither of them attractive but I don't go on about it because I don't like to be negative.

I even once went out with a girl who worked for the ABC, but we didn't discuss politics.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
The fact it is so blatantly biased is an outrage.
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Of course you don't have the same outrage that Fox, 9 or 7 are also patently conservative biased and access far far more people then the ABC does. While some country areas may only receive the ABC I dont see them complaining - nor do I see it leading to vast droves of lefties in the bush. As I stated, the right wing media is dominant and has the highest viewing and readership so your outrage is a little misplaced. I mean, how dare they foist all that right wing crap on us when more then half of us vote for a different side.:)

Here are the latest ratings for you
http://www.oztam.com.au/documents/2008/A1_20080817.pdf
 
Nashezz said:
Of course you don't have the same outrage that Fox, 9 or 7 are also patently conservative biased and access far far more people then the ABC does. While some country areas may only receive the ABC I dont see them complaining - nor do I see it leading to vast droves of lefties in the bush. As I stated, the right wing media is dominant and has the highest viewing and readership so your outrage is a little misplaced. I mean, how dare they foist all that right wing crap on us when more then half of us vote for a different side.:)

Here are the latest ratings for you
http://www.oztam.com.au/documents/2008/A1_20080817.pdf
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Nash,

Well as I don't live in the big metropolitan cities, and you do I think, why don't you do something about it. Start off a TV outlet, radio station or newspaper.

I will continue to complain about my ABC being run by women and men of the left persuasion, as is my right.

It is a national broadcaster. I pay my taxes.

The kind of local government with which Palin was involved in Alaska can lead to greater things.

Why don't you go for public office as she did?

gg
 
Nashezz said:
Ever lived in the US, GG? I have. Do you really want people on every second corner begging or homeless people and slums everywhere? Do you really want to wait 48 hrs at an emergency dept as a mate of mine did despite being really ill as the resources weren't there? Do you want to pay $150 for a 5 min consultation at a GP surgery with no answer to my problem because that is the going rate? I mean, you obviously don't want to pay for it but I can guarantee Australia looks like twice the place the US is after having lived there for 4 years.
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Don't know where you lived in the U.S., but in my 51 years of living here, I'll say HOGWASH. Where were you living? Wait 48 hours in an emergency room? You are talking about a different U.S.A. or, like the typical lefty is prone to do, grossly exaggerating. If the U.S. were so bad, hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't be desperate to move here whether legally or illegally every year.

If you are able bodied, willing to work and responsible, you will succeed in America. If you are not responsible and willing to work, then you pay the consequences - as it should be.
 
One thing about McCain - him and GWB don't get along at all, in fact, they really hate each other. The fact is, McCain, if he wins, will clean house in Washington. There will be mass firings of Bush aides and holdovers. There will be a totally different foreign and domestic policy. That is what McCain brings to the table, a fresh start, but with experience.

My advice to John McCain though is for him to watch his back. Sarah Palin is a real corruption fighter. She will, like in Alaska, go against her party if she sees wrongdoing. I could even see her resigning the Vice Presidency, like she did the Alaska Oil and gas commission (or whatever it is called), and run against McCain in 2012 if she sees corruption. She did that to the former governor of Alaska - Frank Murkowski - the very person that appointed her to the commission, because he wanted to keep the corruption quiet. She then ran against Murkowski in the next election cycle, and defeated him soundly. She is truly a tough lady - and America will benefit because of it.

Obama will just bring in a socialist government. He is no different than the rest of the Democrat far left. Their aim, whether slowly of quickly, is to make America into a European style socialist state. Some try to hide it, some are quite open about it.
 
ZzzzDad said:
Don't know where you lived in the U.S., but in my 51 years of living here, I'll say HOGWASH. Where were you living? Wait 48 hours in an emergency room? You are talking about a different U.S.A. or, like the typical lefty is prone to do, grossly exaggerating. If the U.S. were so bad, hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't be desperate to move here whether legally or illegally every year.

If you are able bodied, willing to work and responsible, you will succeed in America. If you are not responsible and willing to work, then you pay the consequences - as it should be.
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I lived in Orange County (Garden Grove), California and Richmond in San Francisco, California.

or, like the typical lefty is prone to do, grossly exaggerating.
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lol, unlike the right which doesn't exaggerate children being thrown overboard or weapons of mass destruction or whatever else takes it political fancy. Why would you even try and take some high moral ground there - it is laughable.

Anyway, I wasn't exaggerating for the most part. To say there is a homeless person on every second corner was an exaggeration but having come from Australia the amount of homelessness is vastly more than here - at least it definitely was in California (I visited other places but can only really talk about California as that is where I lived for four years). The rest of what I said was 100% true (including my mate waiting 48hrs in the hospital emergency room) and I do not care if you believe me. Maybe you live in a wealthy area - not near one of those slums you guys have built to keep the undesirables in.

Now let me fix you on a few things you obviously don't understand.

US has a huge economy so there is a lot of potential there, and many multinational companies have offices there. The USD is typically very strong and when people send the USD back to their own country suddenly the $4/hr they have been getting to keep your economy pumping is good money. I worked with many hispanic people while in the US and the vast majority hated America and Americans. They worked for the pittance you pay them because it is good money when it is sent back to their families in their home countries. Not because America has great healthcare or that it is a great country. People want to move there for job opportunities and money and that as far as my experience, is it. I also worked with a lot of Irish people after my work visa ran out in the US (doing carpentry). They detested the US and Americans but again they stayed and even raised families there because a) there were plenty of Irish men to talk to that they didn't need to associate/socialise with americans really (and they didn't) and b) the US economy and in particular construction provided these guys with far more stable and lucrative income then they could have achieved at home. They did not stay cause it has great public healthcare, nor good education (in fact many did leave at some point to take their kids back so they could be schooled/raised in Ireland), nor a society that they appreciated outside of using it to make their fortunes.


If you are able bodied, willing to work and responsible, you will succeed in America. If you are not responsible and willing to work, then you pay the consequences - as it should be.
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I actually agree with this sentiment to some degree. Unfortunately though it misses the point of choice. In a world of pure economic rationalism a poor kid from a poor area will not have access to the resources (good schools/libraries/home life etc) to give him much of a chance to make it as a doctor (for example). Sure the poor kid can still make it, but not necessarily in their profession of choice as it just too difficult for most to achieve well without the benefit of some of these resources. In a world where there is some socialist mentality, this poor kid will actually have a lot more of these required resources on hand so as to allow for a real choice.
 
Nashezz said:
... To say there is a homeless person on every second corner was an exaggeration but having come from Australia the amount of homelessness is vastly more than here - at least it definitely was in California ...
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:topic Treat this as an anecdote. I can't really accurately comment, nash, but I travelled across the States on a series of Greyhounds, (Chicago - Boston, and back to San Francisco) and there were certainly a lot of "nomads" on board. People leaving this or that situation, looking for a new start etc.... Mother and kid who I got to know and felt sorry for etc..

In fact, lol, there was a hooker with the maddest idea of applying makeup - goo all over her face - (speaking of a pitbull with lipstick lol) - weighed in at about 20 stone (280lb)- who, when we arrived in New York, wanted me to accompany her to negotiate a rental agreement as if we were a couple - any reward I wanted would be granted :eek: - "and you could catch the next greyhound yes?" "sorry" I said, "the woods are lovely etc , but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep etc". :cool:
 
2020hindsight said:
:topic Treat this as an anecdote. I can't really accurately comment, nash, but I travelled across the States on a series of Greyhounds, (Chicago - Boston, and back to San Francisco) and there were certainly a lot of "nomads" on board. People leaving this or that situation, looking for a new start etc.... Mother and kid who I got to know and felt sorry for etc..

In fact, lol, there was a hooker with the maddest idea of applying makeup - goo all over her face - (speaking of a pitbull with lipstick lol) - weighed in at about 20 stone (280lb)- who, when we arrived in New York, wanted me to accompany her to negotiate a rental agreement as if we were a couple - any reward I wanted would be granted :eek: - "and you could catch the next greyhound yes?" "sorry" I said, "the woods are lovely etc , but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep etc". :cool:
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Her name wasn't Oprah by any chance?

gg
 
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