Is Joe Biden this creepy?

This is despicable!

Campaigning in Missouri today, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared to criticize his Republican counterpart Sarah Palin. "If you care about [children with developmental disabilities], why don’t you support stem cell research?" he asked.

Calling into question Palin's dedication to children with developmental disabilities because she doesn't support embryonic stem cell research is just plain exploitative.

Obama called Gov. Palin a Pig?

Obama poked fun of McCain and Palin's new "change" mantra.

"You can put lipstick on a pig," he said as the crowd cheered. "It's still a pig."

This is not quite as bad as the "clinging to guns and religion" disaster but definitely worse that "abortion is above my pay grade" spin.

Republicans took offense, saying that was a personal attack on Palin, who during the GOP convention speech last week, asked delegates if they knew the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull. Pointing to her mouth, she exclaimed, "Lipstick."

Swift told reporters on a conference call that Obama's comment was "disgraceful" and that "he owes Governor Palin an apology."

Keeping Up with Palin hysteria

Today's hysteria was a circulating email with a list of kooky books Palin supposedly ripped off the bookshelves and banned in her local library.

Here's a website that is keeping up with the hysteria and setting the record straight.

Women canceling subscriptions to Us Magazine

From LadyBlog

Hell hath no fury like that of a bunch of insulted, pissed off women. US Magazine’s Palin smear campaign has backfired and led to thousands of subscription cancellations (between 3,000 and 10,000 depending which report you read), and they are reeling from it.

Welcome to the 21st Century, US, where print is dying a little more every day, and a gossip rag cannot afford to alienate housewives, mothers and strong women.

Hazlett is hearing that the editorial board of “Us Weekly” had thought they pegged it right that media pressure and attacks would see Palin pulled from the McCain ticket even before her debut speech. Because the media had so quickly swarmed to destroy her, they thought she was toast before she even had the chance to accept the nomination.

If this is the fruit of Obama's culture of love and unity, women are going to have a hard time swallowing the koolaid.

Oprah Winfrey is Deep Doo Doo

Oprah's exclusion of Governor Palin isn't blowing over well with Oprah fans.

After the infomercials for Obama, fans are starting to get the impression that there is bias involved in how to view the big beautiful world through Oprah.

Is this the change we can believe in?

(hat tip to Laurie)

Obama's Community Organizing Credentials

My liberal friends were aghast at Gov. Palin's response to the Obama camp's ridicule that she has no experience.

I don't get it....if you're going to get behind a Senator lacking a single accomplishment, Palin's response to that ridicule cut to the chase.

Jay Anderson has a good round up here.

Ah, that’s rich. Obama’s team derides Gov. Palin's experience as merely that of a small-town hick mayor out in the boonies and, when she responds to their elitist snobbery by pointing out that her experience is actually greater than that of a “community organizer”, suddenly they’re going to feign offense? Suddenly it's Gov. Palin who is "mocking" the common man who is served by these "community organizers"? Suddenly it's Gov. Palin who is "dismissive" of the work of people of faith?

It' puzzling why the Obama campaign would play the inexperience card, knowing his own credentials lack substance.

The spin from the Obama Camp that pro-lifers belittle "community organizing" is silly. He invited the scrutiny of experience between the two candidates and he got it.

Dems On the Road to Change: Bellywatch Proves Palin Faked Her Pregnancy

A friend alerted me to the latest scandalmongering by the Dems - Palin faked her pregnancy and her son is her grandson.

"Sarah Palin is NOT the Mother" is the title of this DailyKos blog that accuses Bristol, a completely fit-looking adolescent teen, of having a "baby bump" in a photo they allege was taken March 9th of this year."

"Sarah, I'm calling you a liar" wrote blogger ArcXIX. "And not even a good one. Trig Paxson Van Palin is not your son. He is your grandson. The sooner you come forward with this revelation to the public, the better. " Photos of Bristol with detailed commentary about her abdomen are contained in the post.

Change we can believe in.

The politics of hope.

Reaching across the aisle.

I have a dream.

This gives a whole new meaning to Obama's acceptance speech at the Convention:

"I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring," Obama said. "What the naysayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. It's about you."

What ever happened to She Can Bring Home the Bacon, Fry It Up in a Pan?

Remember that commercial?

"I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan and never, never let you forget you're a man, cuz I'm a woman.."

I'm positively fascinated by the reactions of some of my liberal friends who suddenly find it preposterous that a woman can be attractive enough to be a former beauty queen, have a husband, children and a consummate career.

"This woman has five children and attends their soccer games.", said one of my most liberal friends, "I think the old man has gone senile".

"You've got to stop reading WaPo and get out of Cambridge, and the sooner, the better", I said.

I've had multiple conversations with this same friend over the last several months about the importance of getting somebody on the ticket who frequents a grocery store because the wealthy Republican establishment is a bit out of touch with the realities of the current economic nightmare.

"Who's gonna take care of her children?", she asked.

How come nobody's ever asked this question about Al Gore?

Was Mary's vocation as the Mother of God some kind of injustice to Joseph and the institution of marriage? Christ was aware of the impact of being an Apostle upon a husband and father and He chose them anyway?

It's true, people, both men and women, mothers and fathers take positions that are cumbersome on their schedules. Entrepreneurs, doctors, deacons, lawyers, lay apostolates, politicians, single parents who have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet, etc., are not going to have the same kind of provisions of a home-schooled or stay-at-home Mom. Just the same, we can be decent parents and our children can turn out to be productive and decent human beings. When people are called to a vocation, God provides and family and friends pitch in.

With trepidation and reluctance, I would have pulled the lever for John McCain in most circumstances (?Romney or Leiberman,etc.) but I'm really enthused about the prospects of his administration since his appointment of Governor Palin.