N.O.W. Endorses Obama ( Archived) (27)

oh wait!....Let me put on my surprise face!!

I do have two photos, but I am trying to embed them here, any help?

Lie 1:

Barack Obama won’t say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Lie 2:

Barack Obama won’t put his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Truth:

Watch Barack lead the Pledge of Allegiance:

SMEAR: Barack Obama Won't Say the Pledge of Allegiance & He Won't Put His Hand Over His Heart

Barack Obama's grandfather, a WWII veteran, taught him the Pledge of Allegiance and inspired his strong love of this country. There's even video of Barack honoring the flag, but people who want to tear him down claim he refuses to put his hand over his heart or say the Pledge.

Hmmm here is some lack of confidence in the McCain/Palin candidacy. Of course those who are sure that they are the Ones will discount this but for the rest of us.

In the current Weekly Standard, Steven Hayward argues that the nation's founders wanted uncertified citizens to hold the highest offices in the land. They did not believe in a separate class of professional executives. They wanted rough and rooted people like Palin.

I would have more sympathy for this view if I hadn't just lived through the last eight years. For if the Bush administration was anything, it was the anti-establishment attitude put into executive practice.

And the problem with this attitude is that, especially in his first term, it made Bush inept at governance. It turns out that governance, the creation and execution of policy, is hard. It requires acquired skills. Most of all, it requires prudence.

Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she'd be your woman. But the constructive act of governance is another matter. She has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness.

Ross Douthat agrees at the Atlantic:

Now that we've seen the entirety of the Palin-Gibson tete-a-tete, I concur with Rich Lowry and Rod Dreher. The most that can be said in her defense is that she kept her cool and avoided any brutal gaffes; other than that, she seemed about an inch deep on every issue outside her comfort zone. Yes, the questions were tougher than the ones that a Tim Kaine or Tim Pawlenty probably would have been handed, but they were all questions that a vice-presidential nominee needs to be able to answer. And there's no way to look at her performance as anything save supporting evidence for the non-hysterical critique of her candidacy - that it's just too much, too soon - and a splash of cold water for those of us with high hopes for her future on the national stage.

And in the Washington Post, Richard Cohen goes off on McCain, seizing on the Palin pick as a sign of how far gone the candidate is:

McCain has turned ugly. His dishonesty would be unacceptable in any politician, but McCain has always set his own bar higher than most. He has contempt for most of his colleagues for that very reason: They lie. He tells the truth. He internalizes the code of the McCains -- his grandfather, his father: both admirals of the shining sea. He serves his country differently, that's all -- but just as honorably. No more, though.

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His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not.

If I could figure out how to embed photos in here, I have one of McCain WITH NO Flag Pin and Obama WITH a flag pin. Soooo

Sigh, this is such a silly measure of being patriotic. I see this yammering on about flag pins or no flag pins to be ridiculous and a ploy to divert the discussion of real issues with slimy slander, by talking endlessly about nothing. Much Ado indeed.

Bring up a real issue and I'm there. Bring up pregnant daughters and flag pins and you are just balancing out slander with slander and have not one leg to stand on while you are crying foul play.

That was not aimed at you FH just my frustration of the double standard and smoke and mirrors political game being played out over and over.

Lie 1:

Barack Obama won’t say the Pledge of Allegiance.I checked it out, I was wrong, you were right.
Lie 2:

Barack Obama won’t put his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Truth:

I checked it out, I was wrong, you were right.