Political Republican Opinion

Political Republican Opinion:

Lawrence O’Donnell, one of the idiots who writes for the Liberal rag, The Huffington Compost, posted an article today with a headline that trumpeted, “Colin Powell Is Ready To Endorse.” He asserts in the first paragraph of the article, “It now seems beyond doubt that Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama and thereby hammer the final nail in the coffin of the Republican campaign to hold onto the White House.”

What does this genius writer use as a basis for his proclamation? He believes that Powell will have heard all he needs to hear after the third debate and that he “has made it clear that he has been thinking about an endorsement for a long time but wanted to hear more from the candidates before making his choice.” No source was cited for this nor have I been able to locate anything even close to that statement while searching the Internet. We’ll pretend that O’Donnell is right and that Colin Powell has made it so clear, that it’s invisible.

Next, Lawrence O’Donnell shows his brilliance by laying out his reasons why Colin Powell will choose Obama:

• “The recent ugliness of the McCain-Palin rally audiences cannot be lost on Colin Powell,” says O’Donnell. Really? Colin Powell is apparently already so biased toward Obama that he will choose to ignore the outlandish remarks that have been made by Obama supporters and, instead, choose only to focus on the handful of extremists amongst thousands at Republican rallies, according to the all-knowing writer.

• According to O’Donnell, “Powell is not one to ignore a 14 point lead in a New York Times poll.” So, what is the “journalist” trying to say here? Is he saying that Colin Powell is not smart enough to make up his own mind and that he prefers to ride on a bandwagon? I don’t think the former Secretary of State would like that insinuation.

• The Einstein writer saves his most (ahem) compelling argument for last, stating, “… most important for Powell and the press will be his explicit rejection of the Bush-McCain approach to Iraq, Iran and the rest of the world.” First of all, what does the press have to do with how Colin Powell thinks (unless he is implying that the second wing of the Obama campaign – the Liberal mainstream media – is so influential and pervasive, that Powell can’t possibly think for himself)? Secondly, which Colin Powell are you talking about? Is it the one who said in 2003, “The worst thing that can happen is to push this process too quickly before the capacity for government is there and the basis for legitimacy is there and see it fail.”? Or, is the Colin Powell who said in 2006 that he was not persuaded that an increase in US troops would reverse the situation in Iraq? Again, Lawrence O’Donnell doesn’t cite any supportive documentation for his claims on the “explicit rejection” of the “Bush-McCain” approach to the Middle East and the rest of the world, nor will you. Colin Powell would never be as simple-minded as those who lump McCain and Bush together as suggested by O’Donnell.

Once again, the Huffington Compost has outdone itself by over-promising in a headline and under-delivering in the content. One of these days, they may find a writer who actually can back up what he claims.

Political Republican Opinion Quote of the Day: “Glass, china and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Political Republican Opinion:

It must be so easy to write a Liberal blog. Authors of these exercises in idiocy know that their audience is not industrious (a kind word) enough to check facts. Readers of the Leftist blogs follow blindly along, believing everything that is written.

I tripped over a post today that purported to have proof that Sarah Palin endorsed a budgetary cut in rape test kits while she was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. It used The Huffington Post as it’s “source” of information. Because the blog is obviously written by a lazy fool, I feel it would be beneath The Political Republican Opinion blog to provide a link and, therefore, any credibility to the post.

I will, however, provide a link to the ridiculous Huffington Post article. In it, the author, Jacob Alperin-Sheriff, does a cut and paste job with Sarah Palin’s signature and makes libelous claims that her signature appears on a document that proves that she had knowledge of the rape kit budget cuts. The article is titled, “New Evidence: Palin Had Direct Role In Charging Rape Victims For Exams.”

For those who don’t know, the Huffington Post is the Liberal blog version of a magazine tabloid. The “facts” in their articles are frequently fabricated with the sole purpose of promoting the Far-Left, Socialist Liberal agenda. As the damning proof of Sarah Palin’s knowledge of the rape kit budget cuts, Alperin-Sheriff offers a scanned copy of the June 1999 Wasilla Annual Financial Report. He claims that Mayor Palin’s signature appears at the bottom of the document following the words “respectfully submitted” and that this offers proof that Palin not only knew about the rape kit budget cuts, but that she actually endorsed the cuts.

As usual, the Huffington Post’s article does not live up to its headline. I read the entire annual report and there is absolutely nothing in there that even references rape victims or rape kits. The author tries to imply that, because Sarah Palin signed a budget where the police department had a lower budget request than it had the year before, it means that the Mayor knew that the reason for the lower budget request was because of reductions in rape test kits. I can’t imagine rape test kits being a significant enough portion of the Wasilla Police Department’s budget to even make a dent, however. There is, of course, no line item in the budget for rape test kits and, therefore, no proof of Palin’s alleged knowledge.

As far as the statement goes, that the document is signed at the bottom by Sarah Palin preceded by the words “respectfully submitted,” it is a bold faced lie. The signature at the end of the document is the company signature of the auditor, Mikunda, Cottrell & Co.

Sarah Palin’s signature does appears twice on the 146 page report, however - once on the “Employee Organizational Chart” and another time on the “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” given to the city of Wasilla from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). Only on this certificate, will you find the words “respectfully submitted” with Sarah Palin’s signature affixed. In this regard, I must admit that she may be guilty of signing one of the most boring award certificates ever conceived of.

This post belongs right up there with Trig really being the child of Sarah Palin’s daughter. Panic has set in at the DNC. Keep throwing mud, Democrats; every attack just results in a few more votes for the McCain-Palin ticket. If the left-wing bloggers of the world and the ultra-Liberal network media would just shut up and leave this woman alone, the Democratic Party might be able to stop the bleeding.

Watch the blogs over the next couple of days. You’ll see the statement “Palin lied about the rape test kits” repeated as “fact” time and again. If the recent past is any indication, some television network will pick up on the story and broadcast it as well (probably CNBC).

I will try to ferret out these untruths as I come across them in the blogosphere. The Democrats’ lame attempts to “dig up dirt” on Sarah Palin are getting more desperate every day. The Political Republican Opinion blog will never invent stories and facts to support its positions. To the Huffington Post, we would like to say: “Not even a nice try, Huffington Post; not even close!”

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