Title: First Impressions of Palin [live from Ohio... it's Friday Afternoon!!!] Source:
TV URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 29, 2008 Author:TV Post Date:2008-08-29 12:18:42 by a vast rightwing conspirator Keywords:None Views:2184 Comments:247
The introduction is about to begin.
Let's hear first impressions from everyone as this is happening.
Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988 and at the end of his first year was selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review based on his grades and a writing competition.[17] In his second year he was elected president of the Law Review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as editor-in- chief and supervising the law review's staff of 80 editors.[18]
Well I can tell you right off the bat that this wiki stuff about Obama's Law Review appointment is garbage and omits some raaaather notable details.
Historically Harvard Law Review appointments were based on grades and an essay BUT Harvard then went into Affirmative Action whole hog and established a minority quota for Law Review candidates and Obama was one of the first blacks to take advantage of this minority quota set-side Law Review appointments.
Then he got elected President based on his campaign politica skills - he was the only black in the race and as you can imagine in the early 70's when white guilt and East Coast limousine liberalism were starting to show their prominence on elite campuses, Obama made good use of the golden opportunity that presented itself.
"First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review" 02/06/1990
Some cut and paste:
...Change in Selection System
Mr. Obama was elected after a meeting of the review's 80 editors that convened Sunday and lasted until early this morning, a participant said.
Until the 1970's the editors were picked on the basis of grades, and the president of the Law Review was the student with the highest academic rank. Among these were Elliot L. Richardson, the former Attorney General, and Irwin Griswold, a dean of the Harvard Law School and Solicitor General under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon.
That system came under attack in the 1970's and was replaced by a program in which about half the editors are chosen for their grades and the other half are chosen by fellow students after a special writing competition. The new system, disputed when it began, was meant to help insure that minority students became editors of The Law Review.
Harvard, like a number of other top law schools, no longer ranks its law students for any purpose including a guide to recruiters.
Blacks at Harvard: New High
Black enrollment at Harvard Law School, after a dip in the mid-1980's, has reached a record high this year, said Joyce Curll, the director of admissions. Of the 1,620 students in the three-year school, 12.5 percent this year are blacks, she said, and 14 percent of the first-year class are black. Nationwide enrollment by blacks in undergraduate colleges has dropped in recent years.
Mr. Obama succeeds Peter Yu, a first-generation Chinese-American, as president of The Law Review. After graduation, Mr. Yu plans to serve as a clerk for Chief Judge Patricia Wald on the of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Yu said Mr. Obama's election ''was a choice on the merits, but others may read something into it.'' ...
On April 18, 2008, while in office as governor, Palin gave birth to her second son and fifth child, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who prenatal genetic testing showed would have Down syndrome. She returned to the office three days after giving birth.
Jeez, so much for the kid...let the Nanny take care of it?
That reminds me of the Monty Pythons 'the Meaning of Life".
The were showing "the Irish" - a housewife in the kitchen, cooking, washing while babies were dropping off her tummy... it was actually funny - the dozen of already born kids singing "every sperm is precious".
i was simply trying to prove my point to lod--that she's a pro war republican-- by asking buckeye if palin had said on the video or anywhere that she supports the war on terror. i think we're pretty safe in assuming such, but i'd like to see or hear it from her.
p.s. UNLESS, of course, mcCain's VP is all for show since it's a very strong possibility and probable, in my mind, that obama/biden is the predetermined winner.
If he wanted to have a chance a winning he would have picked Romney who has governor experience, business experience, international experience, all greater than Paulin's by orders of magnitude and he is as conservative, pro-Zio and imperialistic as she is or even more so. His staff surely knows this.
McCain's decision will totally undermine the message his campaign was building - of McCain side being the 'mature, experienced, patriotic and reliable'. His choice, and it's with little doubt, his decision, shows him as a gambler that would risk every 'the country' to win.
Listen to Paulin's speech. After calling McCain HER running mate, she's calling her VP picking 'an opportunity' and a 'challenge'. Quote: "Senator McCain gave me this opportunity, he had a short list of highly qualified men and women. And to have made that list at all, it was a privilege. And to have been chosen brings a great challenge."
It's pretty scary.
And, I have little doubt that McCain wants to win and that his staff want him to win - because they get the nice jobs if he wins.
what it hurts is that your vote is an endorsement of a corrupt, fraudulent system. where's your big head? ;)
the fact that Sara Palin is good looking doesn't alter the fact that she's a pro-war republican for starters.
You make good points. She is a very nice looking woman but that, in and of itself, does not qualify anyone to be president. She sounds good on some other issues too but I have to wonder why she would accept the offer from McCain.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
"Senator McCain gave me this opportunity, he had a short list of highly qualified men and women. And to have made that list at all, it was a privilege. And to have been chosen brings a great challenge."
See the answer above.
It's all about her 'growth' and her being 'challenged' to self-improve.
That of course will not be enough to sway me to vote for either of the two parties. My vote has already been cast earlier this year. However, it will be the first time in awhile where the VP (who as we all know is a "heartbeat" away from the presidency) was preferable to the president. That's something fwiw. I think McCain will likely come in 2nd in the race to the bottom. Which means he will be the next ruler. Much to most everyone's dismay.
"They should rename 'FreeRepublic.com' 'ABunchOfDumbAsses.org'" -- Scott Horton
Perhaps he picked her as his 'insurnace'....that he wouldn't be 'capped', so to speak....cause she would be an 'unknown'. Flawed thinking on his part, no doubt...but then, what does he have going for him--in the brain dept.
The ranks of "we" are getting pretty thin. Seems like half of the Ron Paul supporters on this site were sold on Obummer, the rest on Mad Mac's new postergirl.
I doubt that it's how the system works because it would be inefficient to have all these dark conspiracies behind everything.
The system works by sheer inertia. You either go with the flow or you get crushed. Carter is one example. After him, the party people changed the rules to make sure that we don't get another one but, somehow, Obama slipped through, probably BECAUSE he was black and he could not be rejected as unceremoniously and as brutally as Ron Paul was. It's not clear what he'll become once he gets the job. He may give in and play ball or, maybe his more clever that most think and maybe he faked all these 'mainstream' positions and he may show his true face after he gets the job - think of Gorby.
i can pretty safely bet my life on the fact that JT isn't voting for mcCain/palin. he just thinks she's cute.
She is "cute." In fact she is very pretty. But that doesn't mean I am going to vote for her because to vote for her would mean I would have to vote for that thing on the top of the ticket. And that ain't gonna happen.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
#165. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#160)(Edited)
Obama slipped through, probably BECAUSE he was black and he could not be rejected as unceremoniously and as brutally as Ron Paul was
The only thing Obama and Ron Paul have in common is that they're both male humans who have run for President. Other than that, Zip.
One's a party animal in the mold of Joe Biden, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, the other is old school, genuine, and principled. Obama didn't "slip through," he was groomed for it by the old party hacks.
scrapper.......try 'splaining that to all the rapt 'ears' of the sheeple == within 8 seconds, of course. Aint' gonna happen. Its a part of his CV that he was such and such, and beyond that, the eyes would glaze over. To them, it would show he has experience.
Now, if you could disprove that he was editor or president of anything, that might change the picture--but again, you only have 8 seconds to convince people.
can you imagine if months ago Paul had unveiled her as his VP? talk about a winner!
Yes. And if Ron won the nomination I could have had someone to vote for. As it is I don't have anyone to vote for. I think this is the first presidential election since I have been eligible that I am even debating about even going to the polls at all. And if I do go it won't be to vote for president because if I heard correctly the Constitution Party didn't make it on the ballot here. Maybe I can vote for someone running for the House or something but I am not sure at this point if I will even bother.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
It does seem like it. But I don't believe that any REAL Ron Paul supporter would ever vote for Obama (or McCain either for that matter). He is too much a polar opposite from them.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
She has publicly complained about fellow Republicans' unethical behavior and references Alaska's Constitution whenever she speaks. Considered a maverick in the GOP, she goes around saying things like: "Fiscally speaking, the private sector can do a better job than government can do." and "Also just trusting individuals to make wise decisions for themselves and families. I have a lot of trust in individuals. I don't trust government nearly as much." She recently signed a bill making it a crime for public servants not to report bribery they know about.
from your link.
That of course will not be enough to sway me to vote for either of the two parties. My vote has already been cast earlier this year. However, it will be the first time in awhile where the VP (who as we all know is a "heartbeat" away from the presidency) was preferable to the president. That's something fwiw.
She is "cute." In fact she is very pretty. But that doesn't mean I am going to vote for her because to vote for her would mean I would have to vote for that thing on the top of the ticket. And that ain't gonna happen.