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Yes, another example of Obama’s surrogates showing their ass. This time Jay Rockefeller drops his drawers in one of the better examples of how the Democratic Elite support our military both serving and veteran.
In the Charleston Gazette Sunday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, who has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said that Sen. John McCain “has a temper” and, according to the story, “believes McCain has become insensitive to many human issues.
“McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues.”
McCain’s Campaign surrogate Marine Lt Col Swindle (Ret) had this to say:
Senator Rockefeller’s statement is an insult to all the men and women who are serving or have served in America’s military. Had Senator Rockefeller served himself, he would appreciate and understand that most who have been to war emerge with a much deeper concern for humanity than they otherwise might. If he knew what he was talking about, he would know that John McCain wasn’t dropping laser-guided missiles at 35,000 feet in 1967. via: Political Punch
Apparently there is some controversy around the comment toward the in with regard to Tiger Woods. Supposedly it was racial, who the hell knows. The point made by Allah at Hot Air was James Hoffa jr seemed to sort of take the wind out of the argument by comparing Barry O to Tiger in the first place.
Me, I say the comparison was sort of timely and had nothing to do with Barry O. Hello, people.. the Masters started this week. Maybe his point was some people have Tiger Woods as a hero, he would take John McCain instead. But that couldn’t possibly be the answer. Heros differing from person to person.
One of the comments on this article which is a source for the Hot Air piece was made by a guy who was at the rally:
What a complete hack job this is. I was standing right behind david to his left. he was referring to heros, and included Tiger as an example of one. And was saying that while some kids want to be Tiger, his kids would learn to emulate a military hero, Senator McCain.
Way to slam a medal of honor nominee. You could have atleast called him or reviewed the video tape and seen. I just had lunch with him, and SHOCK! His phone did not ring from you guys.
Hacks. All of you hacks.
Mark Seavey
Judge for yourself… I am failing to see the issue.
By the way, David Bellavia, the man introducing McCain and speaking about the real Audacity of Hope, is a Medal of Honor Nominee.
My lovely wife called me this morning and let me know that she had been late getting the kids to the bus and so she had to drive them to school. Turns out that she wasn’t late; the buses didn’t run this morning. Wanna know why? Some douche bags (and that is a nicer term than what I really think of them) broke into the bus parking lot and slashed all the tires. My kids go to a Christian school. I find it hard to believe that someone would go out of their way to commit this cowardly act. They must be equal oppportunity asshats.
My husband and I are getting ready to do what many couples in these brink-of-recessionary times would consider unthinkable. No, we’re not buying a Martha’s Vineyard retreat or planning a month in St. Bart’s or eco-decorating our house.
We’re planning to have a third child.
What shocks people, when we tell them, isn’t the thought of hauling three kids onto a place for a vacation, or even the idea of coming home every night to a houseful of runny noses and homework assignments. What gets them is the sheer financial audacity. Raising kids today costs a fortune. Last month, the Department of Agriculture estimated that each American child costs an average of $204,060 to house, clothe, educate and entertain until the age of 18.
But to me, a family with just two kids seems minimalist, and even a bit sad. Back in the 1970s, when my husband and I were born, sprawling families were more common. My husband had two sisters and, following a Brady-Bunchy set of remarriages in my family, I wound up with seven brothers, real and step. I’ve always fantasized about creating a “Meet Me in St. Louis”-style household of my own, with children constantly underfoot and enough relatives around to skip to my lou en masse.
And yet nowadays, people seem aghast if a couple wants more than two children. When Elana Sigall, a 43-year-old attorney in Brooklyn, was pregnant with her third, people came up to her constantly, she said, to admonish her: “You’ve got a boy and a girl already. Why don’t you just leave it alone?”
Amateurs I say! Three kids? Try four… Unless you had all three at one time (gives momotrips her earned acknowledgment) , I am not impressed. j/k
I only have four children and still I am usually a source of surprise for people when they ask about my family. I am not sure if they are more surprised I have four children or that they are all girls. I always piss off the folks out there with single children when I say you have no idea what parenting is really about. Bear with me before you start freaking out, parents of only children.
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Mondays suck, but they usually are not bloody. Daughter number 3, the dramaqueen and injury magnent lost a fight with the four year old’s head. The four year old has a hell of a coconut, obviously. Somehow they collided and Daughter No. 3 basically bit damn near through her tongue.
I hear “that scream” the one that says, someone is bleeding, and then Daughter No. 2 is running in saying D#4 smacked D#3 with her head and she is bleeding everywhere! Sure enough when the injured party stopped screaming long enough to move her feet toward my location she had blood dripping out of her mouth like a vampire.
We did the wash the mouth out routine and administered the greatest cure known to mankind; an ice cube. There isn’t much an ice cube doesn’t make feel better. Burns, bites, bumps, and bruises… all golden with a cube of ice and a dose of motrin.
Will blog some more later…. chicken chalupas for dinner! woo woo…
Excellent indeed. We have always known he is The Shit. Hell he is the reason I began blogging in the first place and I would venture to say there are many of you who began your little blogging adventures because of this Alpha Moron.
Time says:
We had our say about the best blogs in the world, and asked you to vote on what you think of our selections. Here’s how they rate so far on a scale of 1 (abysmal) to 10 (indispensable.)
So go vote for our fearless quasi-leader. I say quasi-leader because most of us do not have the attention span to actually follow anyone’s lead to begin with.
What Time has to say about AoSHQ:
The conservative/ libertarian answer to the Daily Kos, the Ace of Spades HQ, (AoS) has been going strong since 2003, and recently recorded its 10 millionth hit. Like most political blogs, the anonymous Ace comments on the day’s political news and provides links. But the anonymous Ace who writes the blog isn’t afraid to mix it up; AoS is full of snarling, flat-out funny commentary, videos, cartoons, pictures, and gratuitous insults. And while reliably conservative, AoS is no shill; last summer, the blog called President Bush “incompetent” and “embarrassingly dimwitted” and urged him to retire. The quote from H.L. Mencken in the AoS banner pretty much sums up Ace’s mission: ”’Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats.”
Sample Ace of Spades HQ Post: So long as Obama’s having that “open, candid” discussion about race we’ve all so long wanted to have, perhaps we can finally begin to address the virulent anti-Semitism infecting large segments of the black population while we’re at it, huh? Or wait—are we not having that “open, candid” a discussion?
It has been on all weekend. Return of the King just started and it is the part where Pippin touches the giant marble eyeball thingie. It reminded me that Hobbits are not only gay, but stupid. It just goes to show they should have pushed him down the well in Moria in the first installment.
I must now to re-read The Very Secret Diaries which are utterly brilliant if you have never read them.
