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Creepy Joe: ‘Sarah Incites Hatred’

Posted on | September 20, 2011 | 46 Comments

Joe McGinniss on NBC’s Today show, June 1, 2010

“On the other side of a tall fence that Todd built to protect what remains of his family’s privacy is a rental home currently occupied by Joe McGinniss, a journalist with a contract for a book about Palin. When McGinniss moved in and the Palins complained about this bizarre intrusion, McGinniss went on NBC’s Today show to portray himself as the victim of ‘the same kind of tactic that the Nazi troopers used in Germany in the ’30s.’ As ironic as that claim may be, perhaps the greater irony is that anytime Sarah publicly mentions the media’s evident vendetta against her, her critics accuse her of ‘whining.'”
— “Meeting Mr. Palin,” The American Spectator, Sept. 3, 2010

The Creepy Joe Worldwide Lie Tour is under way, as McGinniss publicizes his book-length hit piece on Sarah Palin with the help of his friends in the liberal media. And what he reveals in interviews is the warped mentality of Palin-haters, who project their own inner evil onto the target of their hatred. Here is Creepy Joe on CNN saying, “The Palins scare people. The Palins intimidate, they threaten”:

So powerful is this perverse process of psychological projection that it causes the Palin-haters to blame Palin for their hatred of her.

She is responsible for everything, and they are responsible for nothing: The “Sarah Made Me Do It” defense provides a blanket excuse for any wrongdoing by those afflicted with Palin Derangement Syndrome.

In an interview yesterday with Leonard Lopate on New York public-radio station WNYC, McGinniss attempted to exculpate himself for his foolish decision to rent the house next door to the Palin family by making Sarah the bad guy in the drama that he inaugurated:

(4:11) “She has no sense of proportion. This was a minor annoyance. I can see – I can’t quite imagine the situation being reversed, but I can see if somebody who I thought was doing work that was not going to redound to my benefit moved in right next door to me, I’d wish that that hadn’t happened. But I think I would be an adult about it.“

McGinniss accuses Palin of getting “hysterical” and says if she hadn’t gone public with her complaints, “nobody would have even known about it.” Of course, all of the Palin-haters with whom McGinniss associated while in Alaska — including the vile Jesse Griffin — would have heard all about it from their “fan” Creepy Joe.

McGinniss says Palin “really immersed me in her ability to stir up hate by telling vicious lies about people,” when it was he who chose to immerse himself in the twisted world of Palin-haters who have been telling vicious lies about Palin for years. And then, at 6:14 in the WNYC interview:

“Even this past week, there’s a guy who has a Web site, a right-wing Web site, who linked to SarahPAC, the political action committee, and said he’s raising money to donate to Todd’s legal fund to pay Todd’s legal fees after he’s arrested for seeking me out and beating me up so badly that I have to be hospitalized.”

And who is to blame for this? “Sarah incites hatred,” says McGinniss. “and that hatred among her people can easily turn to violence, so it’s something you’re constantly aware of.”

You see how Palin serves as the all-purpose scapegoat upon which Palin-haters like McGinniss project responsibility for their own hatred. McGinniss deflects criticism of his intrusive behavior and his reckless recycling of unsubstantiated smears against Palin by projecting the blame onto Palin, knowing full well that his fellow liberals share his hatred and will therefore accept his blame-Palin explanation.

Sarah Palin deserves to be hated, McGinniss and liberals everywhere believe. Sarah Palin deserves to be stalked and maligned by her anonymous enemies, McGinniss and liberals everywhere believe.

And if you disagree with the universal opinion of liberaldom — if you think that Todd Palin would be entirely justified if he gave McGinniss the Mother Of All Ass-Whuppings — then you are the one inciting hatred that “can easily turn to violence.”

Well, it hasn’t turned to violence yet, but you never know, eh?

THE TODD PALIN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
‘It’s Something You’re Constantly Aware Of’

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Category: Books, Sarah Palin

‘How Can the Right Defend Greed?”

Posted on | September 20, 2011 | 19 Comments

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts said the title quote while discussing President Obama’s speech yesterday:

Sister Toldjah is livid:

This, of course, is how the debate on taxes, the deficit, the economy, etc will be framed from here on out – all the way up until the November 2012 elections, all in a repeat effort by our mainstream media to try to give Their Chosen Candidate four more years in office by way of shameless, unprecedented demagoguery and outright deception.

And this effort will probably fail. Despite the media’s rave reviews for Obama’s Fightin’ Liberal speech, their enthusiasm will likely prove short-lived. Most journalists are liberals, but they’re also motivated by a powerful herd instinct — natural-born bandwagon-jumpers. Their liberal bias won’t prevent them from abandoning a failure, because nobody wants to be on a loser’s bandwagon, and it is becoming increasingly clear that Obama is a loser.

What is killing Obama is not politics, but his own policies. The failure to revive the economy — and, indeed, Obama’s policies have made a bad economy worse — is the underlying cause of all Obama’s political woes, and no matter how much liberals praise his Fightin’ Liberal speech, it won’t do a damn thing to bring about economic growth. So they can attempt to “frame the debate” however they want, and the result will be the same: Obama’s unpopularity will continue to be the dominant political fact of the 2012 campaign.

So we return to Thomas Roberts’s question, “How can the right defend greed?” Here’s an answer: Herman Cain, millionaire businessman.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Category: Barack Obama, Economics, Herman Cain, MSNBC

NYT Editor: ‘We Wanted to Believe’

Posted on | September 20, 2011 | 21 Comments

Another rube self-identifies:

Just a few winters ago my wife and I took our daughters to witness the inauguration of a man who had campaigned on hope and embodied possibility. We are pretty immune to political euphoria, but, circulating among the footsore pilgrims, we could imagine our country had embraced the idea that we were all in this together. When the newly sworn-in president congratulated us all on choosing unity of purpose over recriminations and worn-out dogmas, we wanted to believe that we had done exactly that.

We already knew that New York Times editor Bill Keller was a gullible chump. We are surprised he would admit it so openly.

And speaking of chumps, David Brooks:

It recycles ideas that couldn’t get passed even when Democrats controlled Congress. . . .
This was the sort of speech that sounded better when Ted Kennedy was delivering it. The result is that we will get neither short-term stimulus nor long-term debt reduction anytime soon, and I’m a sap for thinking it was possible.
Yes, I’m a sap. I believed Obama when he said he wanted to move beyond the stale ideological debates that have paralyzed this country.

And here is why you’re a sap, Brooks: You looked at the long era of Republican ascendance (1981-2006) and decided that the cause of GOP policy failure was that Republicans were too conservative. Ergo, you reasoned, some sort of “moderate” bipartisan compromise was the solution. But the failures of the GOP are due to other reasons entirely — including the constant stream of disinformation flowing from the media — and so the bipartisan compromise approach you recommend only leads to Democrat victories.

Category: Barack Obama, Media Bias, New York Times

‘Pay Their Fair Share’

Posted on | September 20, 2011 | 18 Comments

How many times did President Obama say that phrase during yesterday during his Rose Garden speech?

  1. . . . for us to solve this problem, everybody, including the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations, have to pay their fair share.
  2. If we’re going to make spending cuts — many of which we wouldn’t make if we weren’t facing such large budget deficits — then it’s only right that we ask everyone to pay their fair share.
  3. . . . a larger plan that’s balanced –- a plan that asks the most fortunate among us to pay their fair share, just like everybody else.
  4. Either we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in taxes, or we’re going to have to ask seniors to pay more for Medicare.
  5. And I will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on Medicare but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest Americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share.

If all you knew what what Obama said, you might believe that the “the wealthiest Americans” aren’t currently paying their fair share. Heritage Foundation researcher Emily Goff explains what’s wrong with that argument:

Taxing those who Obama calls the wealthiest of Americans won’t solve our deficit problem – and it certainly won’t solve our spending problem. The top 10 percent of earners in America already pay about 70 percent of federal income taxes. And adopting the flawed deficit reduction proposal of taxing the wealthiest Americans would require mathematically unfeasible tax rates.

“Fairness” is not a valid economic argument. It’s a political argument. And the Laffer Curve suggests that Obama’s politically motivated plan to make the rich “pay their fair share” would actually result in less tax revenue, not more. The rich will engage in tax-avoidance strategies, or the drag on investment will slow the economy, or quite possibly both.

As Heritage senior fellow Patrick Louis Knudsen says, Obama’s plan “merely perpetuates a misunderstanding of the fundamental problem: deficits and debt are symptoms; the underlying illness is excessive and uncontrolled spending.”

Category: Barack Obama, Budget, Taxes

LIVE AT FIVE – 09.20.11

Posted on | September 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
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On average, rich pay a lot more taxes than the middle class, and at a higher rate

Remains Identified As Missing Nursing Student
Cell phone signals detected in area where body found

Netanyahu, Abbas To Meet On Sidelines?
Possibility of informal summit in New York



POLITICS
Repeal Of Gay Ban Causing Few Waves In Military

DADT expired at 12:01 AM this morning

Pending investigations, discharges and article 15 proceedings under old regs shelved

Appeals Court: Padilla’s Sentence Too Lenient


Head Of Mass. GOP To Step Down In October; Expecting Third Child

FBI Reports: Crime Continues To Fall

Cheneys Jab Fitzgerald Over Libby Case

Poll: Perry, Romney Drawing Support From Different Voters



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
European Stocks Seen Down On Italy Downgrade
Netflix Spins Off DVD Business Into Qwikster
Google Kicks Off Mobile Payments, Teams With Visa And Discover
Fed Expected To Announce New Bond-Buying Program To Lower Interest Rates
Appeals Court Rules Against Chevron In Ecuador Case
Us Retail Gas Prices Down To $3.60
Developers Start Flogging Samsung Windows 8 Tablet On eBay
AT&T Sued By Cellular South Over T-Mobile Merger
Nearly A Third Of Americans Prefer Texting To Talking



SPORTS
Mariano Rivera Makes History With Save #602

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera acknowledges cheers after recording his 602nd save

Passes Trevor Hoffman in career saves; also, Yankees beat Twins 6-4

Giants Punish Error-Prone Rams For First Win

Big 12’s Fate Rests With Oklahoma & Texas


Red Sox Split DH With O’s, Keep Two-Game Lead In Wild Card

Tony Stewart Ends 32-Race Losing Streak, Takes GEICO 400 In Chicago

Jays’ Romero Holds Down Angels For 9; Toronto Wins 3-2 In 10

Astros Beat Slumping Reds



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Charlie Sheen, Warner Brothers Near Settlement

Charlie Sheen at the Emmys

$25 million to settle?

Biggest Snubs At 63rd Emmys

Kevin Dillon Whines About Jane Lynch’s Lesbian Joke Re “Entourage”

Ricki Lake Loses 8.5 Inches In Two Weeks



Bob Hope’s Widow Dolores Dies, 102

Sarah Hyland “Not Sorry” For Mocking Lea Michele’s Red Carpet Pose

Reese Witherspoon Pregnant With Baby #3?

Liam Hemsworth Boards “Expendables 2”



FOREIGNERS
Himalayan Quake Rescuers Move To Epicenter
Libyan Rebels Take Airport, Most Parts Of Sabha
Germany’s Pirate Party Celebrates Historic Victory
Egypt To Start Parliamentary Voting November 21
Japan Advises Evacuation As Typhoon Roke Moves In
Turkish Foreign Minister Predicts Regional Alliance With Egypt
Six Earthquakes Rock Guatemala In Twelve Hours
Flooding, Heavy Rains Kill 14 In PRC



BLOGS & STUFF
Sister Toldjah: MSDNC Anchor Unwittingly Reminds GOP What They’re Up Against
NRO Corner: “The Problem…Is A Very Weak Executive”
Jawa Report: ThinkProgress Thinks 6% ROI = Robber Baron
Megan McArdle: The Qwikster And The Dead
Hit & Run: Connecticut Supreme Court Justice to Suzanne Kelo – “I’m Sorry”
Allahpundit: More FBI Coverups From Fast & Furious?
Ed Morrissey: Sarah Palin Is Smarter Than People Think, Says Ralph Nader
VodkaPundit: Enjoy Some Golden Oldies From The Gray Lady
Weasel Zippers: Obama Administration Trying To Ram Through $9.2 Million In “Green Energy” Funding Before September 30
Conservatives4Palin: Tucker Carlson Has Taught Us That Hate Is Unrelated To The Left, Right Or Center
Moe Lane: Hey, You Remember Miles Kristan?
Marginal Revolution: The Great Relocation Or The Great Stagnation?
Ed Driscoll: The Death Of The Cool
Don Surber: The Imbecility Of The Left
Dan Reimold: Google+ Worse Than A Ghost Town


SOTD: Morning Glory

Category: Live at Five

Afghanistan Reflection

Posted on | September 19, 2011 | 13 Comments

by Smitty

BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN
This is something I worked on for a while, and presented to my colleagues at Mazar-E-Sharif, as I was enjoying the farewell barbecue:

Afghanistan Reflection

Vanity of vanities,
and what they say about those
best laid plans of mice and men.

As improvement we’d impose,
in such far places as these,
with results nearing chagrin,

Seeking to befriend our foes
with security and COIN,
rather than forcing the knees.

That the wider world they join,
which some prosperity knows,
and lives in relative peace.

Thus, we encounter disdain,
and corrupt activities,
as sure as the hot wind blows.

But if, by chance they should seize
that old liberty monsoon,
suddenly, likelihood grows,

That our efforts are not breeze,
that over mountaintop goes,
struggling to move it, in vain.
-CLS, August 2011

As delivered by the author: Read more

Category: Uncategorized

Kate Upton in Her Underwear Says You Really Ought to Hit Ace’s Tip Jar Again

Posted on | September 19, 2011 | 35 Comments

Don’t ask me how I know what Kate Upton wants you to do. Just take my word for it. Go over to Ace of Spades HQ and hit his tip jar for $5 or $10 and then come back and we’ll talk about it. Read more

Category: Ace of Spades

GM Offers $5,000 ‘Signing Bonus’ as Part of Deal With Union That Owns GM

Posted on | September 19, 2011 | 21 Comments

The details of the $50 billion government bailout are sort of foggy in my memory, but if I recall correctly, GM’s bondholders — the people who had loaned money to the bankrupt automaker — got shafted so that Obama could hand a fat chunk of the company over to the United Auto Workers. OK, so guess what happens when the UAW’s contract comes up for negotiation?

The agreement, reached late Friday, includes a $5,000 signing bonus and the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks for GM’s 48,500 factory workers . . .
If approved, the GM contract will serve as a template for the UAW’s negotiations with the other two U.S. automakers, is the first since GM and Chrysler Group LLC received government bailouts to make it through bankruptcy protection in 2009.
GM pays around $56 per hour including wages and benefits . . .

Quick calculation: If all 48,500 workers each get $5,000 on acceptance of the contract, that’s $242.5 million up front — just cut ’em a check for nothing other than agreeing to the contract — which ought to do wonders for GM’s future financial viability, don’t you think?

And $56 an hour? At 40 hours a week for 52 weeks a year, that’s an annual compensation of $116,480.

Oh, the poor oppressed industrial proletariat!

Category: Economics
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