No One Is Above The Truth (Conservative Pubbie Can't Swallow Palin KoolAid)

[smb]

No One Is Above The Truth, Even Palin:

You really can't experience the full effect of Monday's news conference featuring Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton unless you hear it for yourself. Stapleton passionately attacked former Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan. Her rhetoric was plain, desperate, and obvious. Her tone, pure shrill.

With intensity, urgency, and alarm in her voice, Stapleton described Monegan's behavior as commissioner as egregious insubordination, full of obstructionist conduct and a brazen refusal to follow instructions.

Did Walt Monegan, former Marine, and lifetime crime fighter deserve this? Of course not....

But too many in my party are interested in the facts. They want Palin to win -- at all cost.

I want McCain and Palin to win too. But with Palin's refusal to cooperate with the independent investigator and her transparent delay tactics, Americans deserve to know what Palin is trying to hide before we vote her a heartbeat away from the leader of the free world.

My fellow conservatives, remember how frustrating it was when Bill Clinton committed perjury and liberals looked the other way.

As conservatives, we are no better unless we demand full disclosure from our governor when it comes to Troopergate....

[Vanje]

1. The short article cited is well worth reading in its entireity.

Thanks, smb.

[moc]

2. Wow! Look at this from a Republican in the comments! :-O

:applause: Way to go Greg King! :applause:

MorrisonRepublican wrote on 09/17/2008 08:41:52 AM:
I love your state and have visited a few times - I believe it to be the most beautiful state in the Union, even above my home state of Colorado.

Now to the point...

I am an American, a veteran of the 82nd Division, 505th Airborne Infantry, a member of the Republican Party and I am outraged at the irresponsibility of my Party's reprehensible and shameful use of misinformation to divide our country and pit American against American. I am not part of the "angry left"; I am part of the growing "angry right" who are becoming more and more disenfranchised with our own Party. We are rapidly growing tired of our Party wrapping themselves in the flag for the purpose of engaging the public in a disingenuous oratory about uniting the country, while at the same time vilifying other Americans with cruel, divisive and childish taunts that have no basis in fact.

You see: my party could not field a Presidential candidate that has the substance, integrity and leadership to match that of Senator Obama. Our candidate is a compromise from a field of pathetic choices that half of us don't believe in, a candidate that can't match wits with his opponent or inspire and uplift the people as Senator Obama can. So, when faced with the prospects of running with a candidate that is outclassed and overwhelmed, our party resorts to that old maxim attributed to P.T. Barnum: a sucker is born every minute. And you, America, are that sucker!

Rather than inspire the people, my party berates and belittles our opponents to the point that the American people are completely bamboozled into thinking the opposing candidate is somehow less of an American. Although I know the staunchest of my fellow Republicans will dismiss my outrage as traitorous rhetoric or simply the ranting of a misguided soul, I say to my fellow Republicans: it is we that are causing the deep divides in this country. It is we who are polarizing America in our attempt to vilify and turn public opinion against other good Americans who are just as patriotic, just as religious, just as family-oriented and just as concerned for their country as ourselves.

However, the blame for the sad state of American politics cannot be placed entirely on the Republican Party. Most of the blame for the negative campaign ads and dirty politics falls squarely on the shoulders of a clueless voting public that does not demand fact, issues or well-reasoned argument. It is we the people that perpetuate the very style of nasty political rhetoric that all of us revile and despise. Because of a fatal flaw in the human psyche, the average American is highly skeptical of the plain truth, instead embracing lies, fabrications and twisted logic with a relish that is utterly disquieting.

Rather than research issues from independent sources and make intelligent decisions on our own, we absorb the self-serving language of such people as that lying, adulterous former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, or the twisted foul words of sleazy political hacks like Rudy Giuliani and Rush Limbaugh whose only shared talent is repackaging schoolyard taunts into a political argument. So, I am not sure if supporters of Senator Obama understand this point yet, but my party is about to run over your candidate with a large bus full of flag waving, misinformed American idiots armed with a significant amount of propaganda gleamed from obviously biased news stories, emails and clueless television entertainment disguised as news.

This is unfortunate because Senator Obama is a dynamic leader, with the people and vision to achieve real fiscal responsibility, develop intelligent foreign policy, re-build our military and restore an executive branch that supports and defends our badly battered Constitution of the United States. Unfortunately, the "Campaign for Change" is about to be steamrolled by my party's skillful use of emotional misinformation honed to a level unmatched since the Nazi propaganda machine of 1930's. So, if you want your candidate to win, quit sitting on the sidelines, stop talking about issues amongst yourselves and stand up and fight for what you know is right!

Our country cannot take another four minutes, let alone another four years of the same old failed model of leadership and fiscal irresponsibility. Take America back! Contact your local Campaign for Change office and get involved now!

Greg King
A Morrison Republican

[WillyT]

3. Double Wow !!!

"I am not sure if supporters of Senator Obama understand this point yet, but my party is about to run over your candidate with a large bus full of flag waving, misinformed American idiots armed with a significant amount of propaganda gleamed from obviously biased news stories, emails and clueless television entertainment disguised as news."

:wow:

[Waiting For Everyman]

5. Another double Wow!

I wish this guy could be found, and be heard from by a wider audience, but thank goodness he at least posted in the comments. And thanks for finding it, moc. This is more hope than I expected today, almost missed seeing it.

[intheflow]

6. Compares the Repuke propaganda machine to Nazis!

Wish I could rec this post by itself! This is a prime example of why I don't think Colorado will vote red.

[Shiver]

7. And this guy ain't the only one

As the campaign goes on, I've been meeting more and more Republicans and right-leaning Independents who are growing increasingly furious with what used to be their party.

If you meet any, don't push Obama on them. Most of them are on the way already, and just need a little direction. Engage them in friendly dialogue... results may vary. :P

[BR_Parkway]

8. Now that was the kind of Republican I remember my grandpop being.

Disagreed with him, but never a reason to disrespect him or others. And yes, a true patriot who puts country before party, not the other way around

[sce56]

9. K&R and this needs to be posted on it's own it merits lots of votes!

Palush

[Waiting For Everyman]

4. Good to see someone speak up for the truth, and make the news.

At least we're not so far gone as that (yet). Thanks for finding the article, and an encouraging one. :)

Troopergate will sink her, and they know it.

[Demeter]

10. Comparing Sarah Palin's Abuse of Power to Clinton's Sexual Indiscretions Is Ridiculous

That's why these people are losers. They have no sense of proportion, irony, or sense.

[smb]

12. The Point Is...

...that he's rejecting the "one rule for us, another rule for everybody else" BS of the Pubbies who went after Clinton for stonewalling but think it's fine and dandy for one of their own.

[colonel odis]

11. oh, ok. so truth was irrelevant in '00 and '04. but now that they're about to get

their asses handed to them, republicans want to start backing away from the party of lies.

bush, karl rove, dick cheney, and the whole lot of them have spent the last 8 years lying like a cheap rug. now all of a sudden, they're sick of their own lies? are there good lies and bad lies? limits to lying?

gee. hate that for them.