What has happened to the GOP?

Recently there have been many reports regarding the hateful displays of McCain/Palin supporters.

1. Racial epithets at black member of the media at a Palin Rally
2. Someone calling Obama a terrorist at a rally:

3. Supporters believe that Obama is a terrorist:

4. McCain booed when he characterized Obama as a decent man

What ever happen to being Christian-like. Is not the GOP the party that wraps itself in religion?

Palin expresses herself

Willow Palin shows what she thinks of the "liberal" media to her friend.

Moran?

If you are going to attack "liberals", at least use a spell checker!

Palin's Experience = Reagan's or Clinton's Experience?

What? Palin's experience is the same as Ronald Reagan's or Bill Clinton's. Is he crazy? Lets compare:

Palin - Member of Wasilla City Council 1992 - 1996, Mayor 1996 - 2002, Chairperson, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2003 - 2004, Governor Alaska 2006 to present

Ronald Reagan - President, Screen Actor's Guild 1947 - 1952, 1959, Governor California 1967 - 1975

Bill Clinton - Attorney General Arkansas 1977 - 1979, Governor Arkansas 1979 - 1981, 1983-1992

I'm sorry, how can McCain claim that Palin has the same experience as Reagan or Clinton, both who were governors for at least 8 years! Sure, she may have been a mayor for 6 years, but how big is Wasilla? (2002 - 5,469, estimate 9,780). Clinton was both the AG and the Governor for almost 15 years when he took office. Reagan had been Governor of the largest state in the nation, California for two full terms, 8 years. So the idea that Palin is somehow in the same league of qualification as either Clinton or Reagan is laughable. I guess, McCain made his pick, and will have to defend it at any cost. Just sad, what happened to the "Straight Talk Express"?

Judge for Yourself.....

McCain's Health Care Plan

(Amanda) Here is Obama's Plan for health care: Click Here

I for one have been asking GOP'ers to articulate McCain's plan to fix the pressing health care issue, my most important issue.

As your are aware, we had a little baby girl three weeks ago. We have been insuring the kids through a state program called Healthy Families, which provides low cost premiums ($13 a month for both Lucia and Marco). We had assumed that Nikki's insurance (through my work) would cover Sylvie for at least 30 days, as previous insurance we had. But Kaiser informed us that they only cover 30 days in the month of birth! That is if a child is born on the 1st, she is covered for 30 days, but if she is born on the last day of the month, that child gets only 1 day of coverage. Since Sylvia was born the 29th, she only had 3 days of coverage. Sylvia's return to the hospital on the 1st was not covered at all. That is so unfair. Consequently I had to sign Sylvie up through work, which will cost almost $200 a month!

Here, the NY Times reports on McCain's health care initiative:

OK, a correspondent directs me to John McCain’s article, Better Health Care at Lower Cost for Every American, in the Sept./Oct. issue of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries. You might want to be seated before reading this.
Here’s what McCain has to say about the wonders of market-based health reform:
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.
So McCain, who now poses as the scourge of Wall Street, was praising financial deregulation like 10 seconds ago — and promising that if we marketize health care, it will perform as well as the financial industry!

Pink Floyd Keyboardist Dies - Richard Wright

"The Great Gig in the Sky" - Pink Floyd, written by Richard Wright

Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time. On Monday, Richard Wright, instrumental to the Pink Floyd "sound" past away from cancer at the age of 65. This is very sad news. His music, and that of Pink Floyd, has been a constant companion since my early-teens (only about 5 years ago!). He will be sorely missed.