Twitternalysis of the Veep Debate

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The Twitterers were hard at it again last night tweeting through the debate. Here are some selected highlights:

stevehoff: 2) Palin blaming crisis on “Predatory Lenders”. banks=bad/borrowers=good What happened to GOP mantra of personal responsibility?

kerryank: Crap - hard to tell who the biggest bimbo is in this debate!

bitterpurl: how do people think Palin “exceeded expectations” when she didn’t answer any questions? must’ve been the winking

verybigjen: I saw a powerful and intelligent woman during the #vpdebate last night - unfortunately it was the moderator.

yoga_mama: My.02: Palin did better than I thought she would, but Biden was stellar! He holds a balance between accessibility and countenance

lunarboy: Is Sarah Palin George W. Bush 2.0? She’s trying to charm her way through

mugwump2: If Palin were a river, she’d be the Platte: Wide sparkling surface, but an inch deep.

smith1022: so if mccain is maverick, is palin goose? is obama iceman? that’s cool, iceman rocks.

joshbuckner: Most important Biden/Palin distinction: the VP powers question. Palin endorses unchecked executive power. That’s not democracy.

orbitaldiamonds: She’s a “maverick.” That means she can change her mind as many times as she wants (apparently).

fusedlogic: Biden talked about his family situation with real emotion, then stomped on the Maverick BS…won him the debate

JSto: Sarah Palin reminds me of Dolores Umbridge

freeplay: sarah palin is very good at answering the questions she feels like answering, which are not the ones she’s asked

erinely: Think Palin did well? She charmed you. Read the debate transcript. She spoke gibberish. http://twurl.nl/ryuu8u

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McCain Picks Miss Congeniality as Veep Choice

Friday, August 29th, 2008

John McCain picked a former Alaska beauty pageant’s Miss Congeniality (source) as his running mate. Sarah Palin, who less than two years ago got elected Governor of Alaska, will join McCain as his running mate.

Her political experience is less than zero, and since McCain, if elected would be the oldest man ever to take the Oath of Office, Palin’s novice status is highly relevant.

Better watch out Cindy, she’s young and a former beauty queen like yourself. She’s a lot like you were when John was cheating on his disabled first wife with you. (source)

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5 Worst VP’s of All Time - And the Winner Is…

Friday, August 8th, 2008

1 - Dick Cheney

History is still being written about Dick Cheney, but here’s some of the things we know so far.

• Shot Friend in the Face
• Exposed Name of CIA Agent to get revenge on her husband
• Lied about Iraq’s WMD’s
• Lied about Iraq’s connection to 911 (there was none)
• Planned to dress US Marines as Iranians and fake an attack on US Navy
• Shady sweetheart (no-bid) deals with former company Haliburtan
• Abu Ghraib and the use of torture on prisoners of war
• Gitmo
• Fourth Branch of Government argument

Seriously I don’t have time or expect you do either for me to go into all of these reasons why Dick is #1 with a bullet on our list of 5 Worst US Vice Presidents of all time. Let’s just take a look at the great “Fourth Branch of Government argument” scandal.

Back in the summer of 2007 a little known arm of the government, the Information Security Oversight Office, ISOO, requested some information from Dick Cheney. Dick, being a dick, didn’t respond to their request, claiming he was “exempt.”

Here’s what Time Magazine wrote in June of 2007:

Cheney’s office, according to a story first reported by the Chicago Tribune, has resisted attempts by a tiny federal agency to compile information — in accordance with an executive order signed by George Bush himself — on the classified documents being held by the Vice President’s operation. Cheney’s office argued that the Vice President’s office, because it has both executive and legislative branch duties, is exempt from the order.

Essential Cheney claimed he was above the law, and outside of it, a fourth branch of government, not Executive, not Legislative nor Judicial; just evil.

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5 Worst VP’s of All Time (part 2)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

“One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is ‘to be prepared.’” - Vice President Dan Quayle

Part 2 of our 3 part series on the Worst US Vice Presidents of All Time!

3 - John C. Calhoun

America’s 7th Vice President served under two different administrations. He was first the Vice President under John Quincy Adams, but then he jumped ship when Adams ran for re-election in 1828, Calhoun ran as the Vice Presidential candidate of his opponent Andrew Jackson. Imagine Dick Cheney running as John Kerry’s VP in 2004, to give you an idea of the flip flop.

Why is Calhoun on the list? Primarily for his “nullification” theory, which eventually lead to the Civil War, which is still the war that killed more Americans than any other. Nullification basically said that the States could simply “nullify” any Federal Law that they didn’t like.

Calhoun was secretly working on his “Nullifier” party in South Carolina when a tariff bill passed that the South Carolina legislator tried to nullify. Andrew Jackson, not known for his sense of humor, sent war ships to Charleston harbor. Eventually cooler heads prevailed, and Calhoun resigned from office becoming the first ever VP to do so.

The confederacy so loved Calhoun’s nullification theory they honored him on a 1 cent stamp.

2 - Spiro T. Agnew

Vice President under Richard M. Nixon… need I say more? Ok, fine. Agnew’s political career took off like a rocket, and if he hadn’t been a crook, he probably could have been the first Greek-American to be elected president.

He rose from a County Executive in Maryland to become Governor, then Vice President of the United States within a 6 year period. Amazingly as that is it pales in comparison to the graft associated with the man during the same 6 years.

Agnew was accused of taking bribes in every office he had held, including the Vice Presidency he eventually came under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office in the State of Maryland where he was charged with extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy.

As if Nixon didn’t have enough troubles with the Viet Nam war raging, protests at home and his own raging paranoia, to have his VP under criminal indictment was the last straw. Agnew struck a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s office, pleading guilty to one charge of tax evasion in exchange for resigning the office of the Vice President of America, thereby becoming the first VP ever to resign due to criminal charges.

Come back tomorrow when we conclude the series!
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