McCain says Palin didn’t hurt presidential bid

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat.

“I’m so proud of her and I’m very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired people, she still does,” McCain told Jay Leno during a “Tonight Show” interview taped for broadcast Tuesday night. “I couldn’t be happier with Sarah Palin.”

In an interview that mingled flashes of humor with political analysis, McCain did little to deflect responsibility from himself. He alluded to the difficult political environment for Republicans nationwide and conceded, “I could tell you a lot of things that we may have made mistakes on.” He never listed them.

“So, that’s the way it is,” he added.

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McCain says Palin didn’t hurt presidential bid

McCain says Palin didn’t hurt presidential bid?? Palin is the reason McLame got as many votes as he did, MANY folks were voting for Palin in hopes that something would happen that incapacitated McLame allowing Palin to ascend to the presidency.

Now I have got to say, that is about the most INSANE reason for casting a vote FOR a candidate that could ever be uttered, but it WAS said, by some folks that were, I am guessing, that desperate to keep Obama out of office. Obama was not MY choice, but McLame, even WITH Palin, wasn’t either, I don’t *hedge* my bets by voting on the hopes that someone dies in office so we can get their running mate.

I have said, several times, Palin may very well become a *hot commodity* in the RNC, but she is seriously in need of some professional training, polishing and grooming. Her conservative stance is NOT in question, but her overall world knowledge IS!

Palin might have shined even more has she not been held back by her RNC handlers, they may well have known that she was quite capable of making McLame look even more the *doddering old man* if given the opportunity…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has given President-elect Barack Obama a conditional vote of confidence on handling the war in Iraq.

Palin, who has been granting a series of interviews this week, said she would feel comfortable with the Illinois Democrat as commander in chief so long as he surrounds himself with advisers who understand threats against the United States.

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Palin conditionally comfortable with Obama on Iraq

Palin only states the obvious here. How comfortable would any of us be with a president, of ANY party, doing otherwise? She really has no idea what it takes to run the USA, not yet, no one does that hasn’t been there, and frankly, even after almost 8 years, I don’t think George W. Bush has so much as a clue, to this very day. I voted twice for Bush, he was, after all, the lesser the evils, well, one thing is already a certainty, I will NEVER vote for the lesser of the evils again, and if that makes me less of a good American in your book, if me not towing the party line hurts your lemming feelings, great, it’s nice to know who the REAL fools are.

I am not going to put all my eggs in the Palin basket, not just yet. She has a great future, of that I am sure, but before I am willing to fully get behind her in a run for the Oval Office I have got to see a bit more maturity and *seasoning*. And I want to look at a few other possibilities as well, Bobby Jindal, Michael Steele, Duncan Hunter, Tom McClintock, J.C. Watts and a few others. It’s entirely too early to hold Palin up as *The One* from the Conservative side of this equation.

There are NO wasted votes

But there are MOONBATS, on ALL sides of this presidential race, ALL sides. I am probably going to piss some folks off with this post, but you know what? I really don’t give a DAMN, this blog is a HOBBY, it doesn’t pay the bills, as a matter of fact it costs ME money, and here on TexasFred’s, MY opinion is the one that counts. You like what I have to say?? Great, I truly appreciate my readers and have no problem with disagreement, reasonable, sane disagreement, not the name calling BS that the banned libbers like to engage you with. But, if ya don’t like it here, leave. I don’t want to cause anyone to feel uncomfortable. How simple can it be?

This rant was inspired by a post HERE and the quoted post below.

If you’re a Conservative and you didn’t vote for McCain/Palin and, perhaps, voted for another lesser candidate that more - ahem - aligned with your philosophy, then you’ll get your wish: Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Because a vote for a candidate other than McCain/Palin = a vote for Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

Simple as that.

You vote your “conscience”? Equals Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

You stay away from the polls because you’re making a “statement”? Equals Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

So I would throw this out for those who “voted their conscience” or wanted to “make a personal statement” by voting for anyone OTHER than the McCain/Palin ticket:

You’d best consume a large cup of “shut the hell up” when the Obamessiah Reigns Supreme come November 4th.

Because, quite frankly, you pissed away your right to complain by voting for a complete electoral LOSER such as Bob Barr or Mickey Mouse or ANYONE other than McCain/Palin.

If they lose, I don’t want to hear or read a PEEP out of you, you destroyer.

Post can be found HERE

The above quoted post is the biggest crock of BULL SHIT I have ever seen, 100% pure BULL SHIT!! If you voted, you did your duty, no matter WHO you voted for.

If you DON’T vote, then you have no right to gripe, but to make ANY attempt at forcing, by ANY means, coercing a person to vote for a candidate in this manner is wrong, on MANY levels. To denigrate a voter by using this lame BULL SHIT excuse of *A vote for anyone other than McLame* is pure propaganda. The last time I checked, we are still the land of the free, at least for now, and as such, I am free to vote for the candidate that I feel best represents me and MY beliefs.

We have freedom of choice in this nation, at least for now, and a vote for ANY viable candidate is an exercise in freedom of choice, to demand otherwise, to denigrate a person for exercising that freedom of choice, is bordering on communistic tyranny!

A vote for Mickey Mouse IS a wasted vote, on that I DO agree, a vote for any person NOT on the ballot IS a wasted vote, but this is an election, and EVERY vote counts, no matter who it’s cast for. I have worked very hard AGAINST Obama, no one can deny that, but I lost all respect for McLame when he turned the final page by voting FOR the bail out! That, for me, was the final straw.

I wasted my vote?? I gave Obama a vote because I voted for Bob Barr? I wasted my vote because I voted my conscience? Go screw yourself!! I was true to MY beliefs, not those of some asshole that would attempt to BULLY a person or scare a person into voting THEIR way. I will NOT bow to peer pressure, or any other pressure, I have a few people that I need to make happy, they are blood family, and my peers are not on the list!

On Nov 5th, when the numbers come in, IF Obama wins with better numbers than McLame and Barr put together, I am afraid I am going to be in a “You can ALL kiss my ass” mood. And to be really honest with you, I am damn near there now!!

I did NOT stay home, I did NOT vote for Obama, if you find that VULGAR, ask yourself WHY I have that “Kiss my ass” attitude. Opinions are like assholes so they say, we ALL have one, and they ALL stink… The post quoted above is a case in point!!

And if this post makes you hate me, if this post makes you NEVER want to read here again, oh well, adios, you will NOT be missed…

Ex-FBI Analyst Predicts Attack After Election

Al-Qaida or affiliated groups probably will attack the United States in the months after the election to “welcome” the new president, says Frederick Stremmel, a former top FBI counterterrorism analyst.

Stremmel, who retired from the FBI a year ago after working the major counterterrorism cases for 25 years, tells Newsmax that al-Qaida would not attack before the election.

“They know our weaknesses and in some cases how to impact public opinion,” he says. “The best example is the timing of the Madrid bombings which occurred near election day in Spain. The Madrid attacks probably impacted the Spanish elections and ultimately led to diminished Spanish government support of U.S. foreign policy.”

Al-Qaida knows that an attack before the election would help elect Republican Sen. John McCain, Stremmel says. The terrorists would prefer Democratic Sen. Barack Obama because they believe he would “swing the pendulum back” to more lenient anti-terrorism policies, Stremmel says.

“The months following the election or inauguration of the new administration is prime time for an attack,” he says. “They will want to impact the new administration and its policies. There is a history of Islamic terrorists wanting to make life miserable for successive administrations.”

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Some of you aren’t going to like this story. Some of you are going to say “It will never happen”, some are going to think I am off on the *alarmist* thing again. Just like the post yesterday, concerning the possibility that we could have race riots if Obama is NOT elected, and my belief, based on some confidential information, that we will have serious racial unrest if Obama IS elected POTUS.

Frederick Stremmel is pretty much correct in his assessment of the threats we face from al-Qaida, and I believe he is very correct when he states that there will be NO attack prior to the election, simply because it would help McCain to win and become president.

The only part of this story that I don’t full agree with is the speculation that al-Qaida would attack even if Obama does win, within a few months of that event, I honestly don’t believe they will have to attack IF Obama is the POTUS. I believe, in all my heart, that Obama will open the door and invite his radical Muslim brothers to partake of the American dream, as invaders and conquerors.

I fully believe that the only way we would see an attack in this nation under an Obama presidency would be if Obama himself brought that attack TO the American people. I have been sitting here listening to Obama speak this morning, and I am an astute student of history. What I heard from Obama this morning was reminiscent of the speeches Adolph Hitler made prior to his taking the position of Chancellor of Germany prior to WWII.

Obama went on and on and on today, it was like watching the old newsreels from the 1930’s, and I believe that this man is the terrorists best friend, and I can see him using those terrorists to enforce his brand of socialism on this nation! The passion was there, the rhetoric was there, the empty promises were there. Obama is making promises that he can’t keep, he made a promise to not raise taxes and we KNOW that’s a lie, you can’t DO all the things Obama wants to do without money, and lots of it.

The only way that al-Qaida will attack us under an Obama presidency would be if Obama himself actually grew a set and took the fight to radical Islam, and that is NOT going to happen!

14 Bishops and counting correct Sen. Biden

WASHINGTON - Catholic bishops across the nation have rebuked Senator Joe Biden for claiming, during a September 7 appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, that his support for abortion is in keeping with his Catholic faith.

To date at least 14 bishops have responded to Biden’s erroneous statement about Catholic teaching and abortion. Responding to a question from Meet the Press Moderator Tom Brokaw, Biden stated that he agreed with the Catholic Church that life begins at conception. He then continued, “I’m prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.”

Biden also later appeared to contradict himself, saying throughout Catholic Church history there has been “debate” on when life begins, implying that life may not begin at conception after all.

However, as many bishops have pointed out already - especially in light of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s similar misstatement of church teaching on the same television show several weeks prior - paragraph 2270-71 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church explicitly states that the Roman Catholic Church has always taught that life must be respected from conception and that abortion at any stage is a grave evil. Furthermore, the church has also repeatedly said that the state must protect life from conception to natural death in its laws.

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It is a rare occasion when I can agree with the Catholic Church, but their stand on abortion, and their view of life at conception is one point that I DO agree with, wholeheartedly!

I am an EX-Catholic, as many of my regular, long time readers know, I had a very bad experience with the Catholic Church when I was 17 years old and have had no real use for it ever since, simply because I do NOT believe that child molesters should be given another chance or that the child that was abused or molested should be ignored or castigated, and threatened with excommunication for coming forward and telling the truth!

I do NOT believe that simply transferring the accused Priest or Nun to a different Parish to be an appropriate action, and as such, I have avoided the Catholic Church for 37 years now, and will continue to do so. I have blogged about this in the past too. Archbishop: No Communion for Biden

But I must say, I DO admire their beliefs on abortion, and their practice of denying the Sacraments to those that are supporters OF abortion. That is, in MY opinion, a very correct stance and one that is honorable, admirable and correct!

The hypocrisy of men like Joe Biden, and his apparent attempts to justify the act of abortion only make me more firmly convinced that we can’t allow the Democrats to EVER again assume the office of the President, abortion is murder, and I can not now, nor will I ever support anyone that sanctions the MURDER of the most innocent life on earth!

I’ve Decided To Go Into Politics

After a careful review of the options for the up-coming election:

(a) A man who can’t account for his money and wants ‘change you can believe in’ (but never says what the change is).
(b) A Republican that doesn’t seem to have Republican values.

I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.

HERE IS MY PLATFORM:

(1) Press 1 for English is immediately banned. English is the official language. Speak it or wait at the border until you can.

(2) We will immediately go into a two-year isolationist posture to straighten out the country’s attitude. NO imports, no exports. We will use the ‘Wal-Mart’ policy: ‘If we ain’t got it, you don’t need it.’

(3) When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it.

(4) All retired military personnel will be required to man one of our many observation towers on the southern border. (Six month tour) They will be under strict orders not to fire on SOUTHBOUND aliens.

(4a) Northbound aliens will be considered *fair game*, fire at will.

(5) Social Security will immediately return to its original state. If you didn’t put nuttin’ in, you ain’t getting’ nuttin’ out. Neither the president nor any other politician will be able to touch it.

(6) Welfare - Checks will be handed out on Fridays at the end of the 40 hour school week, and the successful completion of urinalysis and a passing grade.

(7) Professional Athletes –Steroids - The FIRST time you check positive you will be banned for life.

(8) Crime - We will adopt the Turkish method of punishment: The first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There will be no more life sentences — if you are convicted of a Capitol Offense, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for your victim, gun, knife, strangulation, etc. Executions will be carried out poste haste!

(9) One export will be allowed - Wheat — The world needs to eat. A bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil.

(10) All foreign aid using American taxpayer money will immediately cease, and the saved money will pay off the national debt and ultimately lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we’ll ask the American people if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision whether it’s a worthy cause

(11) The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress — right after *The Lords Prayer*.

(12) The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.

Sorry if I stepped on anyone’s toes, (whoever wrote this may be sorry, I’m not, Fred) but a vote for me will get you better than what you have and better than what you’re gonna get.

Thanks for listening, and remember to write in my name on the ballot in November!

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