Conservative Rumblings

Now good old Charlie Gibson is getting in on the act, trying to portray Palin as some sort of religious fanatic who wants holy wars.

Millions of TV viewers who watched ABC News’ interview with Sarah Palin Thursday night never saw her take issue with a key question in which she was asked if she believes that the U.S. military effort in Iraq is “a task that is from God.”

The exchange between Palin and ABC’s Charlie Gibson, in which she questioned the accuracy of the quote attributed to her, was edited out of the television broadcast but included in official, unedited transcripts posted on ABC’s Web site, as well as in video posted on the Internet.

But in the version shown on television, a video clip of her original statement was inserted in place of her objection, giving a different impression of how Palin views the Iraq war.

In the interview, Gibson asked Palin: “You said recently in your old church, ‘Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.’ Are we fighting a Holy War?”

Palin’s response, which appears in the transcript but was edited out of the televised version, was:

“You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.”

“It’s exact words,” Gibson said.

But Gibson’s quote left out what Palin said before that:

“Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God. That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan.”

The edited televised version included a partial clip of that quote, but not the whole thing.

Standard fare for the liberal media; if you can’t beat ‘em, smear ‘em.

Huh?

Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 months.

You know, Obama has said a lot of stupid things (i.e. ‘there are 57 states,’ ‘let’s not kill Bin Laden,’ ‘Ted Kennedy is a great man,’ ‘my wife is NOT a demon,’ etc), but I believe this latest bout of insanity just might take the cake.

You are qualified to be PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA because you ran your CAMPAIGN!?!?! How in any way, shape or form does that equate?

Now, obviously his whole point was to belittle Sarah Palin’s experience, but does anyone in their right mind think that running a political campaign is the same as running an entire state in the country? A political campaign involves money, speeches, ads, backdoor deals, mudslingers, press releases, smear merchants and a variety of other things, all focused on the singular goal of getting that candidate elected. It’s a one-track mindset, and it has nothing, absolutely nothing, in common with running a state. To even think that it does (much less to come out all blustery and full of yourself and assert publicly that it does) is simply beyond arrogant.

“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and its laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees,” said spokesman Tucker Bounds.

Circular logic is probably the best term to be applied to Obama…and not just in this situation.

His arrogance knows no bounds, apparently. He sounds like a little kid who is proud that he learned to tie his shoes and that makes him qualified to be the CEO of Nike.

Our nominee for president is a true profile in courage, and people like that are hard to come by. He’s a man who wore the uniform of this country for 22 years, and refused to break faith with those troops in Iraq who have now brought victory within sight.

Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities.

I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.

We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.

But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.

On Obama:

But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform, not even in the state Senate.

This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word “victory” except when he’s talking about his own campaign.

But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed, when the roar of the crowd fades away, when the stadium lights go out, and those styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent’s plan?

This world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn’t just need an organizer.

All in all, it was an amazing speech by an amazing woman…I’ve seen it said that she “hit a home run,” with this speech, but honestly, that’s not giving it enough credit.

Multiple sources are reporting and confirming that John McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.

We were looking for an out of the box pick to steal the Obamessiah’s aura. Here it is.

She supports drilling in ANWR and is pro-life. Plus, she’ll be the youngest, brightest star among the four candidates (even Obama’s junior). Anybody hear a swing in the youth vote?

More later.