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- gwaggy12, on 09/09/2008, -31/+318Wow, this is actually pretty bad. It looks like the McCain/Palin ticket is sending a message to all potential cronies.
This seems to be pretty well researched and documented, so I hope it gets out in spite of all the untrue crap that's floating around about Palin.- rozers, on 09/10/2008, -22/+3speaking of fox news........they say palin is a very good person.
should I believe that biased source, or this one?.- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -1/+31Ignore the source in both instances. Look at the facts.
One says she's a "good" person.
The other shows that after being interviewed, someone who previously was critical of her, and who later gave glowing reviews, was promoted, no doubt raising his pay scale and many other things.
Again. Sources aside, you compare. YOU decide. - scubaman5000, on 09/10/2008, -5/+20Is Sarah Palin a liar? Let's see what she has to say...
(yes i realize this is huffpo, ignore the source and focus on what Palin is saying)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/sarah-pal ...
Now watch the following video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieuA7nAOBXQ
Conclusion: Sarah Palin is a liar. - cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -2/+16I'll get dugg down for posting the truth, but what the *****:
"no doubt raising his pay scale"
Not true: http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=25hb210-199
"An increase in rank will not impact the state budget and will not increase the adjutant general's salary as a state employee." - bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -0/+10Thanks for that info, cliffzdude.
More info is always better. :) - t0emas, on 09/10/2008, -3/+3You Do realize that a mayor or governor can not force the National guard to promote someone? There is so much more to it then just hey promote him/her now.
- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -0/+6Well, apparently it was only a state appointment. On a federal level, he's still viewed as a 2 star. But in his mind, and in state matters, he's got 3.
Making it a pretty much meaningless promotion.
- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -1/+31Ignore the source in both instances. Look at the facts.
- insomniac8400, on 09/10/2008, -5/+5What was untrue? Keep in mind the book list was so blatantly fake that it was never associated with Sarah Palin.
- chr0nic21, on 09/10/2008, -12/+2Blah....were loosing on the polls..who cares bout all these crap
- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -11/+33Ummm, does anybody even care this is inaccurate? Alaska passed a little bill making this so back in spring of 2007.
http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=25hb210-199
"The National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. is considering an increase in rank for the bureau chief, from three-star to four-star. Increasing the rank from major general to lieutenant general will give the Alaska National Guard a jump start on this initiative and make our adjutant general more qualified and better received when working with issues back in Washington, D.C. An increase in rank will not impact the state budget and will not increase the adjutant general's salary as a state employee."- h3lx, on 09/10/2008, -0/+11From what I know, it takes a bit more than a single acting individual to promote a General. Palin can make a recommendation to an advisory board who in turn can pass it along to the promoting body, but she does not have the authority to up and promote a General on a whim. There is a procedure to the process and to suggest this kind of thing is just silly. There are bigger fish than this.
- gwaggy12, on 09/10/2008, -0/+6Don't digg Cliffzdude down! If he's found evidence refuting this, then it should be read.
- mithrasinvictus, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1Ok, so she can't make it happen. Can she make it not happen?
- yangYaiMan, on 09/10/2008, -12/+5Call this the 'McPalin factor'; she's as corrupt as fuchk!
- 808ethan, on 09/10/2008, -6/+7Didn't we have this type of corruption so bad in the 20's that they made a term for it? (cant remember) It became the reason we have some public officers that work on a different term than their boss, so they won't just be replaced if they don't submit.
Well as I recall, that gave birth to investigative journalism, so hopefully we can look forward to that invention too!- a2fan, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3It won't happen because this is another false smear campaign.
- a2fan, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3It won't happen because this is another false smear campaign.
- jabberwolff, on 09/11/2008, -0/+0Add this to the list of things that are untrue!
Article completely inaccurate ! - ironpirate, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1well researched by the liberal rawstory. please
- rozers, on 09/10/2008, -22/+3speaking of fox news........they say palin is a very good person.
- BuckQJohnson, on 09/09/2008, -30/+195Spot on gwaggy12, spot on. This is very scary, it shows that she isn't above using her office as a tool for revenge and renumeration at a whim.
- gnocchi1442, on 09/10/2008, -3/+25And, for some reason, she feels immune to criticism, even when under the national spotlight.
- twiztidsinz, on 09/10/2008, -4/+26Because she's got the Republican Spin Machine (MSM) on her side.
- Jessimo, on 09/10/2008, -9/+6well, i'd call that politics
- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -1/+10We've already seen what that kind of "experience" get us.
- Laminarcissus, on 09/10/2008, -10/+11What's even scarier is that she's apparently been planning this since April of 2007, since that's when HB210, the bill that authorized the promotion was passed.
To think, a year ago she already knew she would be a Vice Presidential candidate, be criticized on her foreign policy experience, not supported by the national guard, and need promotions to buy their support.
She *is* scary. - cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -9/+10The story is not accurate, actually its taking two facts and inferring foul play. The realty is this has been in the works since spring of 2007. Also on a national scale.
http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=25hb210-199
"The National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. is considering an increase in rank for the bureau chief, from three-star to four-star. Increasing the rank from major general to lieutenant general will give the Alaska National Guard a jump start on this initiative and make our adjutant general more qualified and better received when working with issues back in Washington, D.C. An increase in rank will not impact the state budget and will not increase the adjutant general's salary as a state employee."- anubis2night, on 09/13/2008, -0/+1If you read the entire article along with the referenced link you would have seen that while this bill was put forth in spring of 07 it was in the spring of 08 that a memo went out that held back any new promotions in the guard too retain further growth. It was only now that Palin has used this new power. The timeline is suspect. As is everything about Palin, but then you would probably believe that she is a reformer and that she is against earmarks for states.
- gnocchi1442, on 09/10/2008, -3/+25And, for some reason, she feels immune to criticism, even when under the national spotlight.
- cattletracks, on 09/09/2008, -30/+186Palin continues on her path of rewarding and punishing. This woman scares me!
- popophobia, on 09/10/2008, -6/+19May be she'll use that for foreign policy. I mean, let's bomb any country that disagree with our stand.
Digg me down, conservatives on digg.- lamiaconfitor, on 09/10/2008, -6/+4Conservatives know how to use computers?
- Zedian, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2Yep and fiscal conservatives are really good at number crunching too.
- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -13/+11Again, not accurate. Phony story - another lie/smear/mud-slinger.
http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=25hb210-199
"The National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. is considering an increase in rank for the bureau chief, from three-star to four-star. Increasing the rank from major general to lieutenant general will give the Alaska National Guard a jump start on this initiative and make our adjutant general more qualified and better received when working with issues back in Washington, D.C. An increase in rank will not impact the state budget and will not increase the adjutant general's salary as a state employee." - yangYaiMan, on 09/10/2008, -7/+6America SHOULD be scared if McPalin duo get into office! She is a bone fide WACK-JOB! Can you imagine someone running for public office who has publicly stated that 'praying for homeoexuals will convert them back to being hetros'! I mean, come on, please! She's a gun-totting, red-necked WACKO!!
- lamiaconfitor, on 09/10/2008, -3/+3Yeah, everyone knows you have to legislate the gay away! (jk)
- DiggDuggDunn, on 09/10/2008, -9/+3Maybe your mommy or Oprey can protect you from the big bad lady! Oh......can't. Oprey's afraid of the white lady too.
Nobama bin Biden '08- cyberprunes, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3I'm sorry but you can't deflect legitimate criticism of Palin over to Obama. Her ideology should be disconcerting to the American public. Her policy positions SHOULD be vigorously debated. Her background SHOULD be meticulously vetted.
Is "Nobama bin Biden" the best you got? It's very easy to regurgitate ***** derogatory slogans. - DiggDuggDunn, on 09/10/2008, -2/+2You mean like "McSame"?
You can't deflect legitimate criticism of Obama over to Palin. His ideology should be very disconcerting to the American public. His policy positions SHOULD be vigorously debated. His background (including associations since he has no record to speak of....PRESENT doesn't count) SHOULD be meticuliously vetted.
But deflecting it is what the dems and libs have done. And it's backfiring.
- cyberprunes, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3I'm sorry but you can't deflect legitimate criticism of Palin over to Obama. Her ideology should be disconcerting to the American public. Her policy positions SHOULD be vigorously debated. Her background SHOULD be meticulously vetted.
- prophet5, on 09/10/2008, -5/+4*cough* John Edwards *cough*
- Rad4444nunez, on 09/10/2008, -5/+1Cattletracks she scares me too, OMG! I pray that McCain and Palin don't get into office! I might have to move to Europe, lol. Oh, Yang; McPalin, love the nickname!
- DiggDuggDunn, on 09/10/2008, -0/+7I'm sure if we start a fund for a one-way ticket, you'll be able to fly 1st class. Not ONE liberal who PROMISED to move IF GWB got a 1st, then 2nd term of office has done so, and I'm a bit ticked! You can't trust anybody anymore.
- jusgreat, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Of course, anyone who would take a biased position without doing at least a trivial amount of research would also probably not take the time to purchase a plane ticket.
- Wryly, on 09/10/2008, -2/+2I studied narcissism for a year. There's a good reason why they group it together with Borderline Personality Disorder in the DSM.
- thatPenguin, on 09/10/2008, -3/+1Palin = Dolores Umbridge FTW
- jeffvvisoft, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2She scares animals too!
YEAH!
McCain / MILF 2008 - ironpirate, on 09/11/2008, -1/+1your a pussy liberal
- popophobia, on 09/10/2008, -6/+19May be she'll use that for foreign policy. I mean, let's bomb any country that disagree with our stand.
- berryessence, on 09/10/2008, -44/+27i can't have a vice president with a beehive....
i'm sorry....she has no fashion sense, foreign policy sense, domestic issues sense, and her voice is annoying- goalieman392, on 09/10/2008, -20/+3yeah her voice is annoying.. but thats what the mute button was made for.
it might be our only chance in the next few elections to elect a hot VP... lord knows hilary doesnt qualify
and for the record, hilary's voice is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more annoying than palin, just hilarys face makes me cringe
oh and obama stutters all the time... and mccain does that weird thing with his arms and calls you his friend..
the last part was just to show im non biased, ya know
Oh and palins beehive screams hot naughty librarian, so im cool with it - JDoorjam, on 09/10/2008, -3/+14Yyyeah, see, those are the ***** non-issues we're trying to move away from in figuring out exactly who Sarah Palin is. Let's please try to focus on substance (as this article appears to be doing)
- prophet5, on 09/10/2008, -2/+4Yes, let's criticize the woman for how she looks, because that's not sexist....
- WallyAnti, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2I hate the McCain/Palin ticket, but lets stop focusing on fashion. The fact that they talk about what they wear at all on the news is really embarrassing. That you parrot it merely perpetuates that sort of coverage.
McCain will forget all of the things he's promising you conservatives. Just watch. Obama is as big of an effing liar. This whole thing is a sham.
Nothing will change one way or the other.
- goalieman392, on 09/10/2008, -20/+3yeah her voice is annoying.. but thats what the mute button was made for.
- jadex, on 09/10/2008, -33/+13Was anyone shot in the face?
- chase001, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2Just the moose.
- Troy64, on 09/10/2008, -84/+24Just keep making this ***** up. It helped you guys so much against GW in 2004. Maybe you can find some kind of letter from the 60's written on a computer.
- SuperIntendent, on 09/10/2008, -15/+31The fact that you support the McCain/Palin ticket is reason enough for us to dismiss you as having an intelligent thought, much less an opinion.
- UNCsucks, on 09/10/2008, -6/+11"...dismiss you as having an intelligent thought..."
You just called him smart. Might want to work on your insults. - TheLoneHoot, on 09/10/2008, -2/+8I disagree (and this is about to become one of those ridiculously stupid arguments) - he's saying we can dismiss Troy64 as having an intelligent thought, meaning we can consider him to be someone not to have an intelligent thought. That is, Troy64, in the scope of those to be considered as having intelligent thoughts, can be dismissed.
Perhaps awkwardly worded, but technically correct.
Plus Troy64 seems to be a douche. - SuperIntendent, on 09/10/2008, -1/+4What he said.
- UNCsucks, on 09/10/2008, -6/+11"...dismiss you as having an intelligent thought..."
- deadprezident, on 09/10/2008, -11/+6pwned.
- aookay, on 09/10/2008, -4/+8also, remember that it helped bush win in 2000 against, you know, that McCain guy.
- bowens44, on 09/10/2008, -9/+5 29 percenters like you wouldn't know truth if it bit you in the ass and even if you recognized it, you would ignore it.
- crugg, on 09/10/2008, -2/+4Um digg was not really that prevalent back then. Since digg went live after the election (December 4, 2004). These look like the same lies coming from the party you seem to support right now. Get your facts straight and stop lying.
- SuperIntendent, on 09/10/2008, -15/+31The fact that you support the McCain/Palin ticket is reason enough for us to dismiss you as having an intelligent thought, much less an opinion.
- JimmyTheClam, on 09/10/2008, -76/+148Please do at least a tiny bit of fact checking before repeating this garbage.
Google Alaska Bill HB 210, passed by the legislature last year. This is an automatic promotion caused by a structural change in the guard - the Bureau Head in Washington was promoted to 4-star, so the Major Generals in the states go from 2-star to 3-star.
Digg becomes more pathetic and irrelevant by the day.- goalieman392, on 09/10/2008, -18/+45Dugg for truth, non sensationalism and common sense. You sir, are awesome.
- SwedishNinja, on 09/10/2008, -22/+18Not sure why you're being dugg down. The media is rrreeeaallllyyyy reaching for smear stories against Palin. People just assume "If Y, then X" but then again, that is kinda the liberal mentality.
- MisteryMeat, on 09/10/2008, -10/+22Like if someones middle name is Hussein how people will assume you are a Muslim. Good thing conservatives are above this childish behavior.
- rthakidn, on 09/10/2008, -3/+5@mistery, Is Hussein, Obama's middle name? It is factual. If Barry thought the name would be a burden, he could have legally changed it. If on the other hand, he didn't change it in order to relate to American Muslims, it's a calculated risk HE'S taken.
- spoons10, on 09/10/2008, -4/+1@Swedish / @rthakidn
Conservatives don't smear???? Two Words...Fox News
All politicians smear and jockey for position; however, it is typical of GOP to use it instead of issues to get elected. - MisteryMeat, on 09/10/2008, -3/+1@rthakidn - It's a ***** middle name his parents gave him. Get over it.
The simple fact that conservatives need to resort to petty arguments like yours makes me like Obama all the better. - fuse13, on 09/11/2008, -0/+0@SwedishNinja. Why should Palin be immune from the same kind of harsh public review that other politicians face? She has come from nowhere, there is bound to be a rush of information and claims. Most longer serving politicians or those who rose more slowly have had to deal with skeletons, why shouldnt she?
The fact that she is getting hammered right now is the price that is paid for plucking her from obscurity.
- barktwiggs, on 09/10/2008, -15/+18So you're saying regardless of what the General's opinion is of Governor Palin that he would have been promoted either way? Sounds like a scandal to me!
- Laminarcissus, on 09/10/2008, -23/+40PALIN CRONY CALLS DIGG PATHETIC AND IRRELEVANT!!!
- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -12/+22Given Digg has taken to accepting any false rumor as fact it has indeed made the Digg community look like a magnet for the village idiota.
Fact Check: The story is a lie. Alaska passed a little bill making this so back in spring of 2007.
http://housemajority.org/spon.php?id=25hb210-199
"The National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. is considering an increase in rank for the bureau chief, from three-star to four-star. Increasing the rank from major general to lieutenant general will give the Alaska National Guard a jump start on this initiative and make our adjutant general more qualified and better received when working with issues back in Washington, D.C. An increase in rank will not impact the state budget and will not increase the adjutant general's salary as a state employee." - icsbase, on 09/10/2008, -4/+1Promotion is NOT an automation. It MAY happen if the person is qualified to receive one and will not happen if there isnt even more high ranking positions available.
- MtnXfreerider1, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2@icsbase, The general was qualified, a slot opened, sounds reasonable for him to get the job.
- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -12/+22Given Digg has taken to accepting any false rumor as fact it has indeed made the Digg community look like a magnet for the village idiota.
- TheTardis, on 09/10/2008, -10/+17Maybe you should read the bill:
"It is important to note this legislation does not limit the power of the Governor to appoint a viable candidate as Adjutant General/Commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. This legislation is supported by the Administration and I ask for your favorable consideration." - geobak9, on 09/10/2008, -7/+38HB 210 States as ammended Section 1. AS 26.05.160(a) is amended to read:
04 (a) The adjutant general of the state is appointed by the governor. In
05 appointing the adjutant general, the governor may give preference to a person
06 who has served at least five years in the Alaska Army National Guard or the
07 Alaska Air National Guard. The governor shall prescribe the grade of the adjutant
08 general, which may not exceed lieutenant [MAJOR] general. To be eligible for
09 appointment as adjutant general, a person must be a citizen of the state and must be a
10 federally recognized general-grade officer in the Alaska National Guard or an
11 officer who has the qualifications to gain federal recognition as a general-grade
12 officer either in active status or in retirement status eligible for reappointment as
13 a general-grade officer. The adjutant general shall make returns and reports to the
14 Chief, National Guard Bureau, and to the governor or to the officers designated by the
15 Chief, National Guard Bureau, and the governor, at the times and in the form
01 prescribed.
there is no need for promotion as he was already a general grade officer - the requisite qualification. It clearly states that the rank is not to exceed lieutenant [major] general, not that either was a prerequisite.- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -5/+6Alaska is just getting in line with what DC is doing:
"The National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. is considering an increase in rank for the bureau chief, from three-star to four-star. *** Increasing the rank from major general to lieutenant general *** will give the Alaska National Guard a jump start on this initiative and make our adjutant general more qualified and better received when working with issues back in Washington, D.C. An increase in rank will not impact the state budget and will not increase the adjutant general's salary as a state employee." - roryk27, on 09/10/2008, -0/+4ever heard the phrase be my little general?
its an easy way to remember the rank of generals.
1 star brigadier
2 star major
3 star lieutenant
4 star general
as you can see going from a three star to a four would not be the same as going from a major general to a lieutenant general - elhaf, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2Alaska created the choice to promote the head of their national guard to 3 stars. That doesn't mean they had to do it, and I'm positive this was held over his head. You get no promotion unless... It's just too convenient timing otherwise. No No, Yes, Promotion, in the space of a week.
- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -5/+6Alaska is just getting in line with what DC is doing:
- DRFU, on 09/10/2008, -6/+5I love and hate Digg for this comment. Hate Digg for the story's obviously absurd Obama-ism but love the story for this comment alone. Thank you Jimmy.
- zoeific, on 09/10/2008, -1/+8„This is an automatic promotion“
No. Read the actual text of HB 210 :
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.a ...
Nowhere does it state that the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard had to be promoted automatically to lieutenant general. It merely says Alaska’s governor is free to do so.
“the Bureau Head in Washington was promoted to 4-star”
According to the National Guard homepage, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, H Steven Blum, is still a lieutenant general (3-star):
http://www.ngb.army.mil/leaders/default.aspx
So why did Palin promote Craig Campbell to lieutenant general NOW rather than waiting for the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to be actually promoted from lieutenant general to 4-star general? At least her unusual haste warrants further investigation, doesn’t it?
“Digg becomes more pathetic and irrelevant by the day.”
If so, then you are part of the problem. Googling does not support your assertions.- AlvarHanso, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3I think the reason he was saying DIGG becomes more pathetic was because of the obvious one sidedness of all the stories that are posted on this site. I can clearly see that this is a left leaning site, but I still view it to get information that I do my own fact checking on. I personally think it's pathetic how people are struggling to dig up crap on Palin because she represents a true threat to Obama/Biden and it has them scared.
It's a bit ridiculous that people think they have to dig up dirt on them in the first place- you can find bad things about absolutely everyone, I guarantee it. No matter how much of a saint someone has been- it is far too easy to smear them by taking some specific item (such as this) and massaging it's context to give the desired appearance. Let me prove my point- out of all the posters/readers here, how many of you were privy to the actual decision making process used to determine whether or not the promotion would be given? ahh- none of you is my bet. So- before you rush to assume that he was promoted based on some implied reward for conforming behavior, don't assume you know that much.
Geez- I'm amazed at how many of you are acting like cattle being herded in one direction. Cmon- do some individual thinking and quit over-analyzing every bit of information to support some sort of idea or notion you have about a person. - fuse13, on 09/10/2008, -1/+0@AlvarHanso. Hi! I am from Earth. Here, all politicians pretty much try to dig up some dirt on each other and the press is all to happy to roll around in the mud as well. Palin is not particularly special. Look at what they did to John Kerry. McCain was getting it from his own team not so long ago.Obama vs Clinton.
Stop whining because Palin must run the same gauntlet everyone else has. She is getting hit hard not because she is a woman, but because she has seemingly come from nowhere, and the dirt diggers have some catching up to do.
I am not saying its right, I am just saying that this meme that she is being persecuted is stupid.
- AlvarHanso, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3I think the reason he was saying DIGG becomes more pathetic was because of the obvious one sidedness of all the stories that are posted on this site. I can clearly see that this is a left leaning site, but I still view it to get information that I do my own fact checking on. I personally think it's pathetic how people are struggling to dig up crap on Palin because she represents a true threat to Obama/Biden and it has them scared.
- radiofrequency, on 09/10/2008, -6/+4Democrats become more pathetic and irrelevant by the day.
Fixt for precision.
- peheimbach, on 09/10/2008, -19/+22I've heard the expression "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" -- this must be the Sarah Palin corollary: "If you can't FIRE 'EM, PROMOTE 'EM -- and if you can't do EITHER OF THOSE, get enough dirt so you can do something NEXT ROUND."
- unitedforchange, on 09/10/2008, -54/+127
- PurpleDragon2, on 09/10/2008, -25/+3This guy's a sock puppet. All his comments are a copy and paste of this same thing!
- deadprezident, on 09/10/2008, -3/+17made sense to me.
- slingr, on 09/10/2008, -10/+5i'll be completely honest.
i didn't read your post, but i dugg it cause it was long
sue me - roryk27, on 09/10/2008, -7/+7sorry i stopped reading after the twenty-first paragraph.
keep your replies short if you want people to keep interest - inajeep, on 09/10/2008, -5/+5What is 1968 -2008? I seem to remember some Dems getting into office between then. I seem to have an issue with copy and pasted posts because the glance the topic and really don't enhance the discussion.
- badnewshotel, on 09/10/2008, -7/+5Dude - you are off your meds. Please get help.
- t0emas, on 09/10/2008, -6/+4Dude we get it you post this same crap in every thread you come across once is plenty!!
- CourtesyFlush, on 09/10/2008, -5/+6Blocked for post spamming.
- solid12345, on 09/10/2008, -6/+4Oh boohoo, you are just mad you're hippy revolution failed and the Soviets lost, get over it.
- stormkrow, on 09/10/2008, -5/+8I'll tell you this there are NO republicans in the republican party and a vote or support for McCain/Palin is tantamount to accepting everything over the last 8 years. In my mind if you support this party that means you have to OWN everything that goes along with it you don't get to pick and choose if you whole heartedly support the GOP then you OWN all of it's failings too and that diggers is the cold hard reality of it all and I'm sorry to say it but it makes you a hypocrite of the highest magnitude.
Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Katrina, FISA, the Patriot Act, Stevens, DeLay, Abramoff, Enron, Worldcomm, 9-11, Gonzalez, Rove, CEO bail outs, Plamegate, loss of Habeus Corpus, Shredding of the Constitution, $4 gas, Voter caging in Ohio and Florida, racism against illegal immigrants, LGBT hate crimes, "Mission Accomplished", 1 Million+ Iraqi civilian causalities, 1 Million+ Casualties and refugees in Sudan/Darfur, 10,000 fold increase in heroin production, the worst "Dollar" in American history, 6.1% unemployment (conservative), tent cities, 40 Million+ uninsured, Walter Reed, Drill our way out, from the most respected to the most hated citizens on Earth, Coalition of the Billing, multi-billion dollar profits for Big Oil, mulit-billion dollar contracts for Halliburton, the most secretive gvt in modern history, commuting of sentences for convicted traitors, Supreme court standing by big business, Gulf War Syndrome vets class action lawsuit quashed, Abstinence Only education, public schools failing our children, bridges collapsing in Minnesota, our highway and infrastructure in complete disarray, the fight for Net Neutrality, 8,000 dead Americans, ........
OWN IT GOP Supporters. OWN IT. Lock, Stock and Barrel.
When you post up your support of McCain/Palin then you by default agree with and standby the short list noted above. NO you don't get to pick and choose, this is YOUR party, OWN IT.- insertcleverid, on 09/10/2008, -1/+3***** yeah :)
- badnewshotel, on 09/10/2008, -2/+1A. What a list. But you forgot Jesus being crucified, red M&Ms, Van Halen 3, Britney Spears divorce, and the driver who hit my car last month. You know, since you're blaming everything in the world on Republicans, I think you should be complete.
B. Please learn how to use punctuation. A few commas would really help. Or, did the republicans force you to be stupid too?
C. With a post like that, I can honestly say you own stupidity. You OWN IT. IT'S YOURS, OWN IT BITCH! - snotrokit, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3I love you man. That was a beautiful rant. DUGG.
- stormkrow, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2@badneshotel
Ass-monkey I have 2 degrees, have been to over 41 countries and make over 6 figures a year you want to go head to head with me?
I relish in crushing little asshats like you still living at yer parents house. I was designing multi-million dollar global control systems while were still trying to find porn on yer mamas AOL dial up account.
You know the problem with people like you is you can't ***** hack the TRUTH so you resort to petty little insults. Fine. Insult away but it still doesn't change the TRUTH. I've been called much worse by real men who have the balls to say it to my face.
You stand by and support POW-MAN and Eskimo Barbie? Then be a ***** MAN and OWN everything that goes along with it. Own it or quit calling yourself a man.
Bitch.
No go fix me chicken pot pie. - badnewshotel, on 09/10/2008, -0/+1Wow - 2 degrees, worldwide travel, and 6 figures... and you still come off like a little bitch. Are you off your meds? Why are you so angry? What happened to you to make you such a jackoff?
You know, except world wide travel, I've got you matched or beat your important categories (degrees, salary) but I don't come off looking like an 8 year old crybaby who can't control their emotions. Do you talk to your mom like that? Does she like it?
Your problem is that you are wrong, and you can't take it that someone called you on it.
- jeffvvisoft, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3Fukc the RNC... Write in RON PAUL!
- Aphelion27, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3Republic... Not Democratic....
The US Does NOT have a Democracy, despite what the public schools taught and the media reports. It is a REPUBLIC. That is why there is an electoral college..
Each state may be a democracy, but the Federal Government is a Constitutional Republic. - youliveinfear, on 09/10/2008, -0/+0stop the cut and paste spam on digg..DUGG DOWN.
- AvonBeWeak, on 09/10/2008, -14/+71I don't think the guy above me likes republicans.
- vibrate, on 09/10/2008, -18/+19To be fair, most of them come across like juvenile ***** on here.
- badnewshotel, on 09/10/2008, -6/+6That's one of the most ironic statements I've ever read.
- zacharytelschow, on 09/10/2008, -3/+5I resent that, particularly given the level of "intellectual" discourse from the liberals on digg.
- AlvarHanso, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1ROFL!!
- vibrate, on 09/10/2008, -18/+19To be fair, most of them come across like juvenile ***** on here.
- nastronomical, on 09/10/2008, -33/+14REpost
Please do at least a tiny bit of fact checking before repeating this garbage.
Google Alaska Bill HB 210, passed by the legislature last year. This is an automatic promotion caused by a structural change in the guard - the Bureau Head in Washington was promoted to 4-star, so the Major Generals in the states go from 2-star to 3-star.
Digg becomes more pathetic and irrelevant by the day. - aznhomig, on 09/10/2008, -20/+11I swear, Digg needs a new "Sarah Palin" section.
- kremer333, on 09/10/2008, -3/+5No need, she'll be irrelevant soon enough.
- nixfu, on 09/10/2008, -0/+4Digg already has a PALIN SECTION....its called "the front page".
- kyyv, on 09/10/2008, -15/+24This is the type of dealing, unhindered by any but relative (read, of the moment) morality, that will come from a Palin Administration. (Which is where we are headed.)
Leaders can lead a country to greatness.
Frauds must lie, cheat and steal to reach their personal objectives.
Palin is no leader, she is a fraud. - SpyDerMann, on 09/10/2008, -17/+59I hate that forced smile of hers.
- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -1/+19Beauty queen training. She's a pro.
- MunkMunk, on 09/10/2008, -1/+9My instinctual reaction is to try and punch it in the face.
I barely catch myself in time before I punch my monitor.
- belfastbiker, on 09/10/2008, -8/+8Nothing much comes up Nastro, would you have a link at all?
- Spijker, on 09/10/2008, -11/+19Is any one else concerned that even if she controlled the actions of every soldier in the Alaskan national guard, that that is still not foreign policy experience?
We need to get away from the idea that telling the soldiers which people to kill has anything to do with dealing with the world outside America as human beings.- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -1/+4And most of the training focused on protecting pipelines.
Preparing for something?
bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran. Don't worry, we can protect those oil lines! Our VP can lead the divisions herself!
- bjornski, on 09/10/2008, -1/+4And most of the training focused on protecting pipelines.
- hangingchad, on 09/10/2008, -13/+63Palin has done nothing to deserve the VP post other then fulfill a demographic.
- emeralddragon, on 09/10/2008, -11/+7And Obama is different how again? Oh, wait, he was a community organizer. AND 2 whole years in the senate. Whoop-de-doo
- hangingchad, on 09/10/2008, -3/+6Obama fulfills the demographic of representing all the disillusioned people in America who have been disgusted by the last administration and demand change.
I laughed at the RNC when Guiliani, Palin, Romney, and McCain blamed the liberals for the last 8 years. Typical Rove politics as usual. I got angry when McCain showed the towers falling on 9/11 as a ploy to begin another round of fear politics. I was furious when he tried to link Iran to 9/11 through the video. (The first attack was held in Iran with the American hostages...). The repubs still don't know who is our enemy or who we should attack. Finally, I tuned out when I realized that the message of the repubs was not this is what we will do to help you, but Obama this and Obama that. This isn't Bill O'Reilly, run on your own merits and your own positions and let the people decide who's the right choice. I don't need some stuffed shirt telling me who I should vote for, I'm smart enough to make my own decision. I don't fall for childish insults.
Obama may not have a lot of experience, but that makes him a true outsider, unlike McCain. The old boy network fears Obama not only because he's an outsider, but because he's an idealist. He believes he can make a difference. That scares the establishment.
McCain is a known quantity. They know how to deal with him and to manipulate him. They have already corrupted him as the McCain of 2000 is not the McCain of 2008.
Finally ask yourself this, was your life better before or after Bush took office? - toph2223, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3yeah disallusioned wealthy person with power. we need to do something for these people!
- hangingchad, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3What kind of retarded response is that. Look at Obama's constituency. The democrats do not attract the rich. Democrats have traditional fought for social programs...welfare, social security, healthcare. The republicans are the ones who attract the rich with their tax cuts for the wealthiest. The republicans talk a good game pretending to support the small town man with their support of guns and religion, but when it comes to your economics and the ability to prosper, they make fools of you. They disdain the poor and middle class and increase your taxes. Special interest groups/big business is all that matters to them. Your job shifted overseas, too bad for you. The republicans are the real elitists. Get a clue before you open your mouth. Idiot.
- insertcleverid, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2I love that you guys decided to attack 'community organizers' in this election. That's a real winning strategy from the party of local government. Please say that every chance you get.
- hangingchad, on 09/10/2008, -3/+6Obama fulfills the demographic of representing all the disillusioned people in America who have been disgusted by the last administration and demand change.
- seantubridy, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2than
- pcTw3aker, on 09/10/2008, -2/+1Who is to say that ANY of these retarded candidates deserve ANYTHING???? It seems like we all forgot the digg article from last night about how a majority of the stories posted about Palin are in fact false. And it appears this one has been reported for being inaccurate as well.
If you ask me though, there isn't a single god damn politician out there that really deserves to be VP, let alone President. McCain sucks, and Barack sucks. It should be pretty ***** obvious by now, that these idiots are trained to tell you all what you want to hear so you'll vote for them. Once they're in office, they'll probably end up flip flopping on everything they promised.
For once, I'd like to here a presidential candidate say that they cant promise anything, but guarantee that they'll do their best. But these days, it's exactly like that episode of family guy where lois ran for mayor of her town, and all she had to do for people's votes was shout out "9/11!!!!" and "Terrorism!!!!!" - kyle2006, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1Why is this becoming a common grammatical error?
Examples:
McCain is older 'than' dirt.
If Obama wins, 'then' we will have change.
- emeralddragon, on 09/10/2008, -11/+7And Obama is different how again? Oh, wait, he was a community organizer. AND 2 whole years in the senate. Whoop-de-doo
- Mustard911, on 09/10/2008, -19/+4Obama Camp and McCain camp are both staged and corrupt. Both groups are pampering to Israel and Jewish -Americans. Good bye America, would be the song to sing.
- jwalt1776, on 09/10/2008, -15/+10Kook's in this room for the most part...
- COINTELPROAgent, on 09/10/2008, -22/+16Buried - inaccurate. Submittard failed to do his homework on this one. Keep trying!
- vladin, on 09/10/2008, -2/+1Then please give up the facts.
- robwooldridge, on 09/10/2008, -15/+17His promotion was scheduled way before his comments last week. Folks are really reaching on this one.
- cliffzdude, on 09/10/2008, -4/+6Yes they are, but note the truth is being dugg down left and right. Who cares if its untrue, let us use our Digg buttons to manufacture the truth we want!
- roryk27, on 09/10/2008, -1/+4i digg it
- person425, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1When refuting statements in articles, it is customary to link to your sources.
- robwooldridge, on 09/15/2008, -0/+1my source: first-hand report from an Alaska national guard staff member at the state headquarters in late July.
- hsunav, on 09/10/2008, -12/+7McInasne 08
- sebchabal, on 09/10/2008, -14/+4 Digg can keep up the attacks on Palin, but diggers should be aware of the fate of über-blogger Andrew Sullivan. His crazed attacks on her have not affected Palin -- she's more popular than ever -- but Sullivan has lost all credibility and may soon lose his blog at The Atlantic. See?
- mark925, on 09/10/2008, -13/+19This should be a red flag for EVERYONE. If she's this way now, who knows what she'll be like in the White House. I can see a lot of questionable promotions if she even gets near Washington.
- TSK05, on 09/10/2008, -5/+6Read the comments - a bill passed through legislature over a year ago which modified the structure, the general was automatically promoted.
- BuryBrigade08, on 09/10/2008, -4/+5Hey! Get your logic and reason off my digg. Your supposed to mindlessly bash Sarah Palin and act hysterical over her every action!
- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -5/+1BuryBrigade08
With this name and your join date Sept08 2008 , you essentially told me what your purpose on Digg is. It is not the purpose of why Digg exists. You will be reported firstly, just out of principle and also because issues such as abuse of the site by a minority of users vs long term users continued interest in the site are being discussed.
I've een coming here for way longer than my actual join date and this interest will also extend past november. And as such a user I really despise it when people, regardless of their affiliations, mess with something that I like. There are a lot of other users that also feel that way.
Do you feel US friend-o ?
- TSK05, on 09/10/2008, -5/+6Read the comments - a bill passed through legislature over a year ago which modified the structure, the general was automatically promoted.
- Elderon, on 09/10/2008, -8/+1read the article so removing my comment.
- Barackalypse, on 09/10/2008, -20/+7So what, lots of you liberals want to promote Senator Obama based on things he has said on tv too.
- ozel01, on 09/10/2008, -16/+7Where is the story? The General never changed anything he had said, never appoligized for any mischaracterizations or statements and really never changed anything he had said. All he did do was change the tone and a few words of what he had said. I don't see a reversal of anything as the title of this article suggests. In the first statement he said Sarah Palin was very engaged with the National Guard. In the second he expounded more on what her commander-in-chief duties entailed. This is certainly nothing more than an author injecting bogus information into a couple different statements to make a sordid attempt to build some form of bridge to make these two stories look contradictory. I don't see any contradiction. The difference in the two statements is about as different as me telling one person I bought a dozen apples and then telling the next person I bought a dozen very ripe red delicious apples that are absolutely delicious. No contradiction just more descriptive elements in the second.
- barktwiggs, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3How 'bout them apples!
- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2And the more descriptive elements change nothing of course.
"A man was killed last night" and " Last nightin a quiet suburb, a man minding his business was accosted by a stranger then stabbed repeatedly over a 100 times.The assailant chanted satanic ritual incantantions, then decapitated his victim and fled into the night. Sources have reported that the victim's family received a video cassette of the slaying and had to be treated for severe shock and trauma ensuing the viewing."
Indeed I can see how your carefully created theory holds together as well when applied to something less mundane than your perusing of your grocery's produce section. I'm also sure that my fictional assailant, if of course he hasn't committed suicide already upon emerging from of his peyote induced stupor, would and should be sentenced just the same. All of these useless adjectives and details are just padding or lies. My, my what things we can explain away using this line of thought- ozel01, on 09/10/2008, -0/+0And ultimately, the outcome is the same, a person was killed. Such is the case with the news article. The first stated hse was "very engaged" with the National Guard. Evidently the General falsely assumed people understand what those duties entail. When he realized many people really couldn't identify, he injected more descriptive terms, to give people like you a little clearer picture of exactly what those duties are. Unfortunately, people like you can't see the forest for the trees. Therefore, showing anything about things you refuse to see is useless.
- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2This is certainly nothing more than an author injecting bogus information into a couple different statements to make a sordid attempt to build some form of bridge to make these two stories look contradictory
(I also see what you did there with your injection of pure unbacked conjecture smack in the middle of your theory.Almost didn't catch that, but I did.You're essentially using the same method you're calling out.
Just so you know that some people notice and are not as stupid as you seem to assume.)
- gnocchi1442, on 09/10/2008, -11/+26At this point, we need to start asking "what part of this woman's life ISN'T plagued by scandal?"
I bet her fake glasses are made by Bangladeshi toddlers she keeps chained in her basement.- FallenTurtles, on 09/10/2008, -0/+4Need source. You can't prove they're chained.
- homercles337, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3Need source. You can't prove they're toddlers.
- mrmagos, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3Need source. You can't prove they're Bangladeshi.
- LinuxGalore, on 09/10/2008, -11/+1www.ass_kissers.com
- benbfree, on 09/10/2008, -0/+6fail. You can't put an underscore in a domain name.
- roryk27, on 09/10/2008, -0/+1sure you can.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/- benbfree, on 09/13/2008, -0/+1Wrong. That is a URL, not a domain name. Read this to freshen up on legal domain name syntax: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1034
- emeralddragon, on 09/10/2008, -9/+3I cannot believe after all this bad Palin press McCain/Palin is still ahead of Obama/Biden even after all the crap we've been through the past 8 years. Apparently America isn't as enamoured with Obama as the Obamabots think they are.
Obama should be ahead by 10 points right now. How embarassing to have such little credibility. He is so going to lose.- Wartyboskfapped, on 09/10/2008, -3/+1Sadly, Obama leads in Electoral College votes by about 100 pts. The US Presidential Election is decided by Electoral College votes, not the popular vote. If the election were held today, even with the (ahem) couple of polls showing McCain ahead, Obama would still win. In a landslide.
- PhilLesh69, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1Really?
I don't watch Fox News, so I didn't see that poll.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/09/ ...
"Another poll shows same result: Obama, McCain tied
By Jimmy Orr | 09.09.08"
"Obama does have a one point lead (47 percent to 46 percent) but with the 3.3 percent margin of error, the race is a toss-up."
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics ...
I'm sure Fox News is reporting McCain has already been inaugurated, but only true ideologues and moronic rednecks will buy that *****.
Notice I quoted CSM? It is really hard for a fundamentalist right wing retard to argue against one of their favorite news sources.
- 90Beater, on 09/10/2008, -12/+5Obama made sure he was there to vote present.
- PhilLesh69, on 09/10/2008, -4/+2log off the internet and just keep watching fox news.
dee dee dee. - frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -4/+3And you make sure to keep having no bearing whatsoever on the topic at hand.
- PhilLesh69, on 09/10/2008, -4/+2log off the internet and just keep watching fox news.
- BossKey, on 09/10/2008, -6/+10General Campbell has accepted his promotion.
However, what happened to Admiral Ozzel is still fresh in his mind.- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -3/+2Very tasty !
Well done indeed,the Empire shall reward your dedication and remember...no disintegrations !- amoirae, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1If Palin is Vader(more like Evader) then McCain is Jar Jar Binks.
- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2Yeah but Sidious regardless of who he is still runs the show and that's no source of comfort.
- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -3/+2Very tasty !
- PhilLesh69, on 09/10/2008, -9/+4This only proves her experience as a governor of a state that is so close to Russia.
She has foreign policy experience and Military experience now.
Plus, she's got the experience neocons and corporate lobbyists love the most, the experience of rewarding blind loyalty to a party or an ideology over loyalty to country. - SiL3ncer, on 09/10/2008, -8/+5Scandals after scandals surrounding McCain palin ticket, I have already lost count.
- jeffvvisoft, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1NO WAY! W00T!!! FTW!
MCCAIN / MILF 20008!!!!
WTF!! - basicben, on 09/12/2008, -0/+1Don't worry. They'll make up even more scandals soon. It's become like the newest liberal sport.
It dovetails especially well with the whole being deluded thing and it's very amusing to observe.
- jeffvvisoft, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1NO WAY! W00T!!! FTW!
- Volkriot, on 09/10/2008, -12/+11As much as most of Digg exposes this woman and highlights her inexperience.
I think there is a sense of us operating in vacuum here.
I say this because even here in the Sf/Bay Area of California I have met many men and women who described her in very endearing term. Frankly, they love her. And the phenomenon is not negligible as national polls demonstrate.
Regardless of what we bring up on her politically we must realize elections are not decided on political issues for the majority of voters who are not on Digg, or do not even watch the news, for anything more than emotional stimulation (entertainment) and validation of their personal insular beliefs. Even if those beliefs are founded in lies handed down by a political party, such as the Republicans, who lie by omission of critical facts. One example of this being how they proclaim Palin being against the bridge to nowhere, but omit the fact that she was first for it. They manipulate the system and play all possible cards to defend themselves from criticism and make it very difficult to debunk their claims to the audience of first impressions. Meanwhile Obama keeps telling us "they think the American people are stupid." No Obama, they know the American people are stupid, they have a hand in making them that way.
The thing is the Republicans are doing what it takes to win. Whatever it takes to win. And though i must admit i feel an ambivalence towards thinking that Obama can win this. The Democrats take the political high road and their candidate refuses to address the cult of personality that the Republicans market like breakfast serial, to appeal to the majority of voting American who simply do not vote with their intellect. Like when Obama proclaimed that he would not comment on Palin's family because it was a private matter.
Now see the Republicans would find an outside organization to produce criticism of the nature of someone like Palin as a competent parent. Addressing her character as it relates to her leading the country. CHARACTER ASSASSINATION DEMOCRATS!
Republicans wage a political war on many fronts. Marketing their candidates and burying the opposition in character assassination, alienating them and making them seem alien to the average American (like comparing Obama to Paris Hilton). They scramble all their resources running both a campaign and a counter intelligence strategy to minimize the oppositions effect on the outcome. It is exactly like the tactics of warfare. And as we know, in war you must do all it takes to win.
The Republicans simply know how to win. They play all cards. Deploy insiders on all political battlefront and even form escape strategies when something goes sour. The Democrats just sit there telling us the other side is a big bully. Well no *****! Grow a pair and fight for us! Sling the *****, light the torches. Alienate them. and most importantly do it quietly, quickly, and brutally. In the words of Jon Stewart "***** on them!!"- Jude007, on 09/10/2008, -1/+3Very true, The repubs are very skilled at Politics, the demos not so, they think being nice is the answer, where as we all know nice guys finish last.
- representDLV, on 09/10/2008, -2/+2Democrats play the exact same games and use the exact same tactics as Republicans. Have you seen all the character assassination of Gov. Palin? Democrats have made Pres. Bush out to be worst than Hitler. C'mon. Neither party takes the high road. Both parties are in it to win it and will do whatever it takes to win. The reality is that this country is ideologically split down the middle, but the Republican base is a little more reliable on election day. The Democrats have to depend on the youth, minorities, and poor. None of which have proven to be dependable at the polls. Republicans have the religious, wealthy and rural. They are much more likely to actually go and vote.
- CourtesyFlush, on 09/10/2008, -1/+4Yes, the rampant ***** slinging seems to be working well for the Dems these days, wouldn't you say?
- Volkriot, on 09/10/2008, -2/+0Examples oh the Democrats playing it as hard as the Republicans?
Anybody?
Did Obama mention anything about how Palin's household would reflect her value judgment in the White House? No.
Democrats play the high road. Go on Youtube the worse attack they have is comparing Mccain to Bush.
- Volkriot, on 09/10/2008, -2/+0Examples oh the Democrats playing it as hard as the Republicans?
- bigbangbuddha, on 09/10/2008, -8/+3I wonder if they realize this is the sort of behavior that got a bunch of leaders beheaded in the 18th century. Ah the good ol days.
- Rad4444nunez, on 09/10/2008, -0/+0LOL, OMG, that is too funny, but it's true!
- dildoolielly, on 09/10/2008, -13/+7Palin = Chocolate covered turd
- 223Sniper, on 09/10/2008, -11/+5that bitch.
- jeffvvisoft, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1McSame 2008
Lobbyists First
- jeffvvisoft, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1McSame 2008
- Hillsfar, on 09/10/2008, -8/+9Well, Adj. Gen. Craig Campbell said Sarah Palin never issued a single order to the Alaska National Guard.
Now by order of Sarah Palin, Lt. Gen. Craig Campbell can say, "Au contraire, mon frère! She HAS! Sarah Palin's orders have made me the man I am today!"- Hillsfar, on 09/10/2008, -0/+1Wow, from +4 diggs to -1. The Republican Digg-bots have hit!
- x713, on 09/10/2008, -12/+7This seems to me more worrisome than anything I have read about her so far. She is just promoting cronyism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronyism ) which will completely hurt our country. We have been through this for 8 years and we don't need more of this *****. I am actually more worried about her and John McCain. I wouldn't doubt if she will just be waiting for John to die if they get into the white house. :(
- darkciti2, on 09/10/2008, -15/+13She's not news. She's the only card the republicans have to play. McCain is a dud, and they're trying to cash in on the Hillary/Obama infighting by playing to Hillary's audience.
Nothing says "I'm a follower" more than being a Republican[women should stay barefoot and pregnant] and picking a woman as a running-mate.
Republican McCain says he's pro-America, but he picked an unexperienced and neglectful mom to take over the US in the event that he dies (which is quite likely when you're 76).
Ignore her like we did mAnn Coultier and she'll go away. When she's out of the public conscious, the republicans will cry, "liberal media filtered her and didn't give her a chance to speak". However, they've been crying 'left media' since they started Fox tabloid-news channel, so it will fall on deaf ears.
Here's the Rove/repuglican strategy:
Listen to intelligent people (democrats), swap democrat for republican, and preach that to the masses via radical right wing radio and churches.
Republicans are shameless liars, thieves and failures.
They are re-applying for their job in November.
It's up to We The People to remind the "Republicans: We're sending your lies, hypocrisy, and failed leadership to a better facility - OFF OF US SOIL."- phoenixshard, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2"Politicians are shameless liars, thieves and failures."
There, corrected it for you. - Itsmechuck, on 09/10/2008, -1/+0***** Palin, and ***** greedy, dirty ass republicans.
- phoenixshard, on 09/10/2008, -0/+2"Politicians are shameless liars, thieves and failures."
- frankb00th, on 09/10/2008, -6/+6The following is from thread. I felt it should also be on the main.
This is essentially for anyone that uses Digg beyond personal agendas and purpose and whether we agree in views or not. Since the Olympics,I have been increasingly aware of the phenomenon of groupd of new users appearing out of nowhere and either thread spamming their views with cut and pasted meaninglessness or so called "burybrigades"
the clown mentioned below is actually dumb enough to advertise it. As far as I am concerned, such individuals by their actions, assure us that they are here for one purpose which is furthering their agenda. I don't know how I will react in advance to something I may read here. He does.
He will systematically bury anything that is against his way of thinking and his ass will be gone by november.
I am against such practices dem or lib no or pro choice etc.They are spam for opinions.Leaflets dropped from airplanes.
comment :
"BuryBrigade08
With this name and your join date Sept08 2008 , you essentially told me what your purpose on Digg is. It is not the purpose of why Digg exists. You will be reported firstly, just out of principle and also because issues such as abuse of the site by a minority of users vs long term users continued interest in the site are being discussed.
I've een coming here for way longer than my actual join date and this interest will also extend past november. And as such a user I really despise it when people, regardless of their affiliations, mess with something that I like. There are a lot of other users that also feel that way.
Do you feel US friend-o ?"- Itsmechuck, on 09/10/2008, -0/+0You think those who run digg will knock people off because of their "Join" date? This isn't a club, it's a business. They want as many users as possible. Get over it. It's tha intarwebz.
- frankb00th, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1I don't have such hopes but one can try.
As for expressing my opinion, I won't "get over it".
But do feel free to take comfort in apathy if it works for you.
- frankb00th, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1I don't have such hopes but one can try.
- Itsmechuck, on 09/10/2008, -0/+0You think those who run digg will knock people off because of their "Join" date? This isn't a club, it's a business. They want as many users as possible. Get over it. It's tha intarwebz.
- organik, on 09/10/2008, -13/+8She's evil, nasty, and sarcastic.
Is there anything republicans won't do to get "elected"?- Egoist, on 09/10/2008, -2/+3You just described yourself.
- SailingAlien, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2Be able to argue with someone like yourself who basis his argument in ignorance?
- Itsmechuck, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1Nope, we all know the republican ticket is full of bias, censorship, ignorance and propaganda. Look at history, hell look at the recent history (these 8 years). If the ***** doesn't stick out to you, then you might need to go and see your optometrist.
- frankb00th, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1Hehehe yeah and whenever I make a point to a rep,they just come running to stupefy me with their debating skills.
It's gotten disapointing.
- lopla, on 09/10/2008, -8/+7I'd say that's a pretty big gaffe.
- mikolupi, on 09/10/2008, -10/+5Please, No one cares. No matter what bad stories come out about Palin my grandma and her friends will vote for, making her the next VP. I don't need to remind everyone, my granma and her friends don't use or care about the computers.
- JSDigger, on 09/10/2008, -11/+14Sarah Palin is not the type of person who will make a good Vice President. She values her Christian ideology over the Constitution.
- ajayzav, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2
- Dimensio, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2No.
- SailingAlien, on 09/10/2008, -1/+1His mind is made up. Don't mess it up with facts.
- ajayzav, on 09/10/2008, -1/+2
- browntiger, on 09/10/2008, -15/+13Sarah Palin is female, christian Taliban. Plain and simple.
- pjpark, on 09/10/2008, -2/+2I am a male, lesbian Arianna Huffington.
- youliveinfear, on 09/10/2008, -0/+1dugg up for confusing.
- pjpark, on 09/10/2008, -2/+2I am a male, lesbian Arianna Huffington.
- h3lx, on 09/10/2008, -18/+13Buried as inaccurate.
Get your heads back in the game and quit taking bait BS like this. -
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