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[LarryParker]

I realize that Sarah Palin is only running for Vice President, while Barack Obama is running for President. But since she stood up in front of millions and demeaned Obama and his accomplishments, except to say that he was a good speaker, I think I will write a little comparison.

Sarah Palin: Definitely good looking.
Barack Obama: Definitely good looking.

Palin: Formerly good at basketball.
Obama: Still good at basketball.

Palin: Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho, including a minor in political science.
Obama: Occidental College, Los Angeles. Columbia University, Bachelor of Science in Political Science with specialization in international relations. His thesis topic was Soviet nuclear disarmament. A Graduate of Harvard Law School, magna cum laude. President of the Harvard Law Review.

Palin: Four years as a city council member and six years as mayor of a town of 5,000 people.
Obama: Community organizer. Senior Lecturer, in Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School. A lawyer working on such cases as voting rights cases and wrongful firings. Eight years as an Illinois State Senator.

Palin: Wanted to stop people from reading certain books.
Obama: Wrote two books that became best sellers.

Palin: Appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, then got elected as the Governor of Alaska, where she has been in office for 21 months. Alaska has a population of about 670,000 people.
Obama: Won election as a United States Senator representing Illinois, where he has been in office for more than three and a half years. Illinois has a population of about 13,000,000 people. In the Senate he is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. He has introduced nearly 300 bills.

Palin: Got appointed to the position of major party Vice Presidential candidate.
Obama: Got elected to the position of major party Presidential candidate. Ran a multi hundred million dollar campaign so well as to defeat the most powerful Democratic family in the United States, while being a half black man in a primarily white country. Has been questioned in over 20 televised debates, and has been interviewed by hundreds of newspaper editorial boards and various reporters.

Palin: Policies? A few kooky ideas. Ask around Wasilla. Maybe they know.
Obama: Policies? See barackobama.com and settle down for a long read.

Palin: Overall summarization: Caribou Barbie.
Obama: Overall summarization: Brilliant leader.

[LarryParker]

One horse backwater? No way, teamster.net first dude. There are definitely three or four caribou, and one scare-the-salmon-out-of-you grizzly bear. Palin fired many times at him while smiling, but he got away unscathed, except for a bruise or two, and he's gonna come back later and bite that bitch in the ass.

[bamamike]

LarryParker, on Sep 4 2008, 11:37 PM, said:

I realize that Sarah Palin is only running for Vice President, while Barack Obama is running for President. But since she stood up in front of millions and demeaned Obama and his accomplishments, except to say that he was a good speaker, I think I will write a little comparison.



Palin: Four years as a city council member and six years as mayor of a town of 5,000 people.
Obama: Community organizer. Senior Lecturer, in Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School. A lawyer working on such cases as voting rights cases and wrongful firings. Eight years as an Illinois State Senator.

Please enlighten us, on what he did in 8 years as an Illinois State Senator.

Obama voted "present" on 130 bills. Not yes or no, but present. And many times during other controversial votes he didnt show up
During the 110th Congressional session running from Jan 2007 to now, Senator Obama ranked 12th among 100 Senators, having voted along party lines 96% of the time; an amazingly high percentage for someone who claims to be able to reach across the isle. The Obama campaign and pundits will argue that Obama's voting record during this session was driven by a need to shore up support among his base supporters. Yet, if that were true then we would expect his record during the 109th session of Congress to reflect a greater level of moderation. According to the Vote Database Project, During the 109th session Obama was ranked 5th in the Senate having voted along party lines 94.8% of the time. Ironically, during both sessions of congress, Obama voted along party lines more often the Senator Kennedy, Senator Reid, and Senator Kerry. For a candidate who talks about unity and his ability to work with the side, he certainly has not demonstrated it.

Obama is no centrist or moderate, he is a panderer willing to say anything based upon what group he is talking too, so long as it forwards his position. His voting record does not demonstrate any reasonable level of non-partisanship and has proven that he is beholden only to party leaders. His base of support has not come from moderate Democrats, it has come from the far-left power brokers intent upon control of the government.
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Palin: Wanted to stop people from reading certain books.
Obama: Wrote two books that became best sellers.

Here a just a few of his quotes from his books:

From Dreams of My Father:'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'

From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'

From Dreams of My Father:'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'

From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'

From Dreams of My Father:'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'


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Palin: Appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, then got elected as the Governor of Alaska, where she has been in office for 21 months. Alaska has a population of about 670,000 people.
Obama: Won election as a United States Senator representing Illinois, where he has been in office for more than three and a half years. Illinois has a population of about 13,000,000 people. In the Senate he is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. He has introduced nearly 300 bills.

You forgot to mention he ran unopposed, which may just be an oversight.
Of his 300 bills, please tell us 5 of any substance that actually became law.


Palin: Got appointed to the position of major party Vice Presidential candidate.
Obama: Got elected to the position of major party Presidential candidate. Ran a multi hundred million dollar campaign so well as to defeat the most powerful Democratic family in the United States, while being a half black man in a primarily white country. Has been questioned in over 20 televised debates, and has been interviewed by hundreds of newspaper editorial boards and various reporters.

And when his teleprompter quits, so does he.


Palin: Policies? A few kooky ideas. Ask around Wasilla. Maybe they know.
Obama: Policies? See barackobama.com and settle down for a long read.

Palin: Overall summarization: Caribou Barbie.
Obama: Overall summarization: Brilliant leader.

Brilliant leader? Not hardly. Con man? Without a doubt.

[dockman]

VegasJim, on Sep 14 2008, 12:36 PM, said:

"Mike,"

First, I'd be glad to clarify these questions for you, but before I do that I'd simply like to know where Teamsters Local 0612 is located. I just want to make sure I'm addressing commentary to an actual Teamster, not a McCain activist who's mission is to invade boards and post partisan claims.

Should be a simple matter to clear up, I'm sure.

damn jimmy, don't mean to butt in here ...are you an actual teamster now or are you still just pretending to be one? ....... i don't need an answer on whether you're an obama activist ...that's damn obvious

[dockman]

VegasJim, on Sep 15 2008, 10:15 AM, said:

Oh how precious. You're attempting to say I was "pretending" while I was in school, yet I had my location (on TNET) set as "Cornell U" and told anyone who'd ask what I was doing. That what you call "pretending," is it? I'd call it being directly honest; guess we have different definitions. Sadly yours isn't upheld by any dictionary, however.

well hell jimmy, answer the question are you an active member now ...your way too young to be a retiree

[dockman]

ok good you're paying dues ...now are you working for an unionized company or the local... or are you just paying dues so you can say you are a teamster ..the reason i ask , i know of people who do that for business or political reasons

[dockman]

VegasJim, on Sep 16 2008, 06:38 AM, said:

dockman,

Once I become convinced it's any of your business where I work you'll be the first to know. I answered your question as to whether or not I'm now an active member when I said "the answer is emphatically yes." As such the issue is closed.

didn't ask which company you work for jim...but continue paying your dues

[delegatexvp]

Being that Barnamike is new here to T-net (9-13) maybe he is confused and just can not figure out where local "0612" is. lol