Gov. Sarah Palin Not Sold On Whether Abortion Building Bombers Are Domestic Terrorists

What is it with Gov. Sarah Palin? Now, we know she is in the midst of a political campaign and she and her running mate Sen. John McCain are going to attack Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden on everything and blame them for everything. We knows this. But, how about a little fundamental fairness? Apparently, when any Republican does an interview with NBC or MSNBC (when they are asked tough questions rather than those soft toss softballs phony “journalists” like Sean Hannity throw) they seem to put their foot squarely in their mouth (ask Congresswoman Michele Bachmann). In an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, Gov. Palin was asked about her definition of what constitutes a “domestic terrorist” in light of continued Republican attacks of Sen. Barack Obama using Bill Ayers. Abortion clinic bombers have engaged in some horrific acts of domestic terrorism. But, Gov. Palin was not quite ready to label this kind of extremism “domestic terrorism.” Here is a portion of the transcript from Think Progress:

Q: Is an abortion clinic bomber a terrorist, under this definition, governor?

PALIN: (Sigh). There’s no question that Bill Ayers via his own admittance was one who sought to destroy our U.S. Capitol and our Pentagon. That is a domestic terrorist. There’s no question there. Now, others who would want to engage in harming innocent Americans or facilities that uh, it would be unacceptable. I don’t know if you’re going to use the word terrorist there.

So, apparently it is only domestic terrorism when it can be used as an attack weapon against Sen. Barack Obama. Sure, it’s “unacceptable,” but why, Gov. Palin, is it not domestic terrorism? Could it be she feels some since of sympathy for the cause of these anti-abortion extremists who engage in these detestable acts all across the United States of America? Gov. Palin spends a lot of time talking about real Americans and what real Americans are like and what their values are like. How then can she turn around and be so apparently sympathetic to those who engage in acts of domestic terrorism? We can’t minimize these despicable attacks on women exercising their constitutional rights with personal choices. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are the first to talk about the federal government being too involved in our everyday lives, but they are the first ones to step into a women’s bedroom, bathroom and clinic to tell her what to do about what should be a personal and private decision.

Think Progress:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/23/palin-abortion-clinic-bombers/

Hank Williams Jr. Should Call His Next Song, “Are You Ready For Some Goofball?”

As a fan of Monday Night Football, I had long been a fan of the opening “Are You Ready For Some Football” song of Hank Williams Jr. But, while I may still appreciate the song, I will always think Williams should replace the “football” with the word “goofball” to title his autobiography. Williams was on the Fox News “business” show with Neil Cavuto. Here is the passage from News Hounds that caught my attention, “Cavuto opened by playing a new radio ad Williams made for the McCain camp: ‘Hello. This is Hank Williams, Jr. When Barack Obama said folks like you and me were bitter, and clinging to guns and religion, I knew he just doesn’t understand small town America. We love our God, and we love our guns, specially handed down from our grandfathers. And we resent it when liberals like Obama question our way of life. Don’t be bitter. Vote McCain.’” When we start taking advice from the not-exactly-scholarly Sarah Palin fan <gag> Hank Williams Jr., regardless of how good of a musician he may be, I have to think that’s a sign that something just isn’t right. Apparently he didn’t hear right-winger Karl Rove say the same thing about people clinging to guns and religion only to be called out on it by Alan Colmes and then try to lie his way out of it by saying he was quoting Sen. Barack Obama.

News Hounds:

http://www.newshounds.us/2008/10/23/hank_williams_jr_a_big_palin_fan_proves_hes_one_of_those_low_information_voters.php#more

Apparently Bill O’Reilly Is Not Going To Vote For Barack Obama … HOLD THE PRESSES!

In a stunning development, it appears conservative right-wing nut Bill O’Reilly (a man who possesses delusions of impartiality) seems to finally be conceding that he is not going to vote for Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential election. Boy, we’re all shocked there. Not sure what gave that away, but less consider a few items that might serve as clues: (1) Playing tapes and hosting segments on Jeremiah Wright like every single day, (2) playing tapes and hosting countless segments on Fr. Michael Pfleger like every single day, (3) continuing to play up the Bill Ayers story like every single day, (4) talking about going on a lynching party against Michelle Obama, (5) devoting a segment like every night to the people bashing poor Gov. Sarah Palin, (6) his nightly segment giving advice to Sen. John McCain on how to turn around his campaign, (7) devoting like 20 something segments to an orchestrated attack on Sen. Obama called the “Obama Chronicles” while doing nothing similar on the Republicans, (8) calling Sen. Obama a socialist, (9) calling Sen. Obama a communist and … well, you get the picture. Bill O’Reilly is a right-wing hack who poses as some kind of an objective journalist.

News Hounds:

http://www.newshounds.us/2008/10/23/fox_host_offers_mccain_free_airtime_since_hes_so_far_behind_obama_money_and_elsewise.php#more