John McCain's choice for Vice President has inspired some very interesting comments from the left-wing blogosphere:i'm outraged that mclame piked a chearleeder
Well... actually... she was point guard for her high school basketball team and hit the winning free throw that clinched Alaska Small School State Championship.
another big oil stooge
Well... actually... she raised state royalties on oil drillers and gave every Alaskan a $1,200 energy credit from the proceeds. I understand that to the current crop of Neo-Socialists, tax credits that provide direct cash are anathema. After all, it's the responsibility of the state to confiscate earnings and profits then provide "services" designed to dictate behavior and promote a utopian society--while providing huge monetary gains for state-supported cronies. This is the culture of corruption in Alaska politics that Governor Palin was elected to combat, and did. Any comments from Mr. Obama--an extortionist for ACORN as well as willing accomplice to the Chicago corruption cartel--would be greatly appreciated.
once again an attractive woman gets picked ahaed of qualified women
This one is especially amusing. First, because it suggests that a woman with nearly a decade of executive experience is less qualified for Veep than a man with barely three years in the Senate and not a single legislative achievement on his resume is for President.
And second, because this feminist tactic confirms Rush Limbaugh's contention that:
"Feminism was created to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream media."
Okay, here we are. Many comments, very few surprises--until this little gem after it was made known that Governor Palin has a four-month-old child with Down's Syndrome.she should have had an abortion and gone on with her life.
An isolated kook, right. Wait, there's more.
any woman who would give birth to a down sindrome baby isn't smart enough to hol office
she should quit her job, stay home and take care of her family; what's she doing having five kids anyway
Yes, I do agree with population control, and would want it guaranteed by
mandatory sterilization after one-half a live birth per person. Both people involved get the knife. And any guy who gets more than one woman pregnant at a time loses his nuts.
These vitriolic blatherings should not have come as a surprise. As I was reading these thoughtful postings my "Horrid Comment" memory chip kicked into gear. Years ago when an acquaintance from work gave birth to a Down's Syndrome child a highly-evolved colleague suggested that she should: "Leave the kid at the hospital."
Some turned away while others nodded.
And in fairness, even on the Leftoid message boards there were expressions of disgust from many posters. But that didn't keep the whackos from posting on.
I think it is dumb to have a kid that you know will be born all messed up. Period.
Actually, Trig's biggest problem isn't that he has Down's Syndrome it's that he has a repuke for a Mom.
Granted, as an adoptive father I'm biased. When our son was born, the inseminator (referred to euphemistically as the birth father) believed that his responsibility ended with an offer to pay for an abortion. Our daughter was born three years later and our legal liaison relayed the same story.
But then, when I proudly showed her picture to a group of professional associates at an Upper West Side cocktail party I was left speechless (not easy) by a comment from a complete stranger who proclaimed with an unassailable aura of authority that:
"Foreign adoptions are a conspiracy to depopulate the Third World."
As I said, none of this should surprise me.
