It was predictable that Harry Reid would react after Sarah Palin took a shot at him. What’s embarassing is that he doesn’t hit as hard as Gov. Palin and his spokesman is utterly clueless. Here’s what Gov. Palin first said:

Here’s the official statement from the Reid camp:

“Anyone who knows Sen. Reid knows he never backs down when he’s fighting for what’s right and that he always stands up to John McCain when he is wrong,” Manley said. “Shrill and sarcastic political attacks may fire up the Republican base, but they don’t change the fact that a McCain-Palin administration would mean four more years of failed Bush-Cheney policies.”

Sticking with the tired McCain-Palin is another term of Bush-Cheney policies line is utterly predictable and totally unimaginative. This is what happens when someone of Reid’s or Manley’s intellectual heft tries hitting back at a lipstick-wearing pit bull. It’s gonna get ugly pretty quick. I just feel sorry for Dingy Harry. I hope Sarah doesn’t beat him up too bad.

Forget that. I was just being polite. I hope she beats him bloody with her words. (I would’ve said I hope she beats him senseless with her words but it’s obvious someone’s already beaten her to that.)

Reports are that 30 million people watched Gov. Palin’s speech last night. They saw with their own two eyes that Gov. Palin is a substantive, intelligent, witty lady. I’d bet the proverbial ranch that people have noticed the difference between Gov. Palin and Dick Cheney.

I’m also betting that the Obama campaign is privately telling Harry Reid to shut up, that any day that he’s the face of the Democratic Party is a losing day for Democrats. Personally, I’m just hoping Harry stays in the spotlight. Every slip of the lips is worth a bunch of votes for Republicans.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. So is calling the link between McCain/Palin to Bush/Cheney ‘unimaginitive’ the best response conservatives have at actually discussing that claim?

   Comment by Liem — September 4, 2008 @ 12:30 pm

2. Of course, the proper response to your query is, Is “four more years of Bush-Cheney” the best the donks can come up with?

   Like every other non-sequiter in the bag of liberal talking points, what’s the basis for that? If it’s that they’re all Republicans, then any connection of Obama to fascist, nazi-like weathermen and assorted bombing proponents of the sixties and seventies seems legitimate to me.

   Comment by Carlos — September 4, 2008 @ 1:12 pm

3. I’d really like to hear how McCain is not like Bush.

   And Republicans honestly want to be rewarded for 8 years of failure? You had the presidency and took us to the place where we find ourselves today. Record deficit, 6000 american soliders dead and 40,000 seriously injured, high gas prices, economy on the verge of a recession. After all that you want to be rewarded with 4 more years?

   Comment by Liem — September 4, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

4. 1) McCain wants to win the war on terror, not play political games with it. Bush at least acknowledges that there is a problem with terror. Your fearless potential leader is clueless in that regard, and when he does comment on it his foot has to be extracted from his mouth by his spinmeisters (invading Pakistan).

   2) The prez only signs or vetoes economic legislation passed by both houses of Congress - both controlled by donks. Sadly, he didn’t veto any of any consequence. He has only OK’d out-of-control spending not of his making. Unlike Bush, McCain/Palin would actively fight pork-barrel spending. That has to scare most of the donks and some of the Republicans.

   3) Congress has had a golden opportunity to pass some reasonable energy legislation but has been stonewalled by donk “leadership” because they can’t see the need for more oil. Caving into their socialist envirowhacko lobby seems to be their favorite environmental policy. Don’t lay high fuel prices at the feet of Republicans when it’s the donks who don’t understand why those prices are so high, and couldn’t care less that they are screwing poor- and middle-income Americans. On this one no one can claim McCain/Palin are beholden to the oil lobby, unlike the meme about Bush/Cheney (false, BTW).

   4) The economy is not as healthy as it could be, but it is hardly in a recession. (Look up the definition of that. No matter how often the NYT and Nancy Pelosi say the economy is in a recession, it isn’t.) The McCain/Palin ticket has a record of fighting stupid government spending, waste and corruption. Mr. Obama was politically raised in the heart of corrupt politics, Chicago, yet no one ever heard a peep from him outside of campaign speeches on fighting corruption. If he’s so blind to local corruption how will he see it on a national level?

   And finally, Liem, it has been a few years for those 6,000 deaths to accumulate. War is hell, but deaths are one of the unfortunate side effects. Look up how many died in just one day at Pearl Harbor because of a donkey president’s incompetence, or how many died in four days at Gettysburg. Just because you and your cotravellers don’t understand war doesn’t mean all wars are unjust and unfair. My guess is (based upon the lib reaction to a stupid bombing of an aspirin factory and an “action” in Kosovo to draw attention away from pending impeachment) it’s only “Republican president” wars that are unjust.

   So, tell me, Liem, exactly how is it this will be four more years of the same?

   Comment by Carlos — September 4, 2008 @ 8:25 pm

5. Liem is like that guy Bob in the Saturn commercials that thinks “so were all working for Saturn now is that it?”

   Tis 2008 Liem, not 2006. Bush and Cheney aren’t running. Though I’d bet some Dems are starting to wish they were.

   Comment by T A Gray — September 4, 2008 @ 10:43 pm

6. Harry Reid is one of the most useless, infantile pieces of **** to have ever served in the US Senate. He should get zero coverage because every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out. I consider him so incompetent that I would not let him baby sit my grandchildren. Same goes for the old hag Nancy.

   Comment by GM Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET — September 5, 2008 @ 6:24 am

7. Yeah, theres another one a couple sandwiches shy of a picnic. Im wondering if there isn’t a link between botox and dimentia.

   Comment by T A Gray — September 5, 2008 @ 7:09 am

8. 1) So you’re saying the guys you selected to run this country in 2000 and 2004 want to lose the war on terror, and now this new guy wants to win. For real this time. It was planned all along that Bush would want to lose this war so McCain can claim victory.

   As for Obama, he’ll end this war. You can complain all you want about this concept of ‘honor’ and ‘victory’, but American troops will no longer be in the line of danger or serve multiple tours of combat for a needless cause. More than 1,000 troops have died and $2.7 trillion has been spent on this war already. You say we haven’t had a terrorist attack since 9/11 and I

   Another interesting note is that according to Bush’s words, John McCain was not tortured. He was put through enhanced interrogation techniques. And McCain agrees with Bush on American’s policy on torture.

   2)I like McCain’s stance on this issue. Both candidates encourage greater transparency, so win/win here.

   3)McCain is the same as Bush on energy policy. The price of oil is directly linked to the weakening dollar, our degrading economy, and our policies in the Middle East. Say what you will, but drilling will take years before prices are directly impacted. Speculators on the other hand, are the wild card and throw prices off regardless of what policies are in place. The best way to reign this all in is to take control. Obama will create 5 million new green collar jobs and bring America to the forefront of green technology.

   4)That’s great that you use talking points. Keep using them to figure out what’s happening with the housing crisis, credit crunch, the government’s gargantuan debt and ‘recession’ as you like to deny exists. McCain will continue Bush’s tax cuts for the richest Americans despite the economic decline. Obama will cut income taxes by $1,000 for working families to offset the payroll tax they pay. Obama will enact a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company profits to give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising energy bills. Obama will eliminate all capital gains taxes on start-up and small businesses to encourage innovation and job creation.

   And here are my highlights:

   -Obama understands technology and will use it to open up the government. McCain barely knows how to use a computer.

   -Obama will provide health care to cover uninsured Americans. McCain will wish you good luck like Bush did.

   -Obama owns the change credibility, but he chose Biden as his running mate to ensure that he surrounds himself with experience. That’s good judgment. McCain picks up an unknown Palin to distract from his policies and to show that he likes change too. He desperately wants to win this election.

   Comment by Liem — September 5, 2008 @ 9:59 am

9. Correction: We’ve already won the war, but we will not win an occupation.

   Comment by Liem — September 5, 2008 @ 12:28 pm

10. 1) No, but if that’s what you choose to believe, go ahead. Bush struck at what he perceived as a legitimate target based upon our and international intelligence. He made a logical decision, but let a political hack (Rummy) run it instead of letting those with experience and knowledge. McCain has the experience, but also is smart enough to know others can do the managing, unlike your candidate, who thinks that if we just stay isolated and talk nicely we won’t have any problems with terrorists. Good call.

    2) Thank you.

    3) Of course, terrorists blowing up wells in Nigeria would never affect the price, nor would a hurricane in the gulf. Have you seen the news lately and related it to the price of a barrel of oil? And why was it that, as soon as there was a groundswell of support for our own drilling the speculative price of oil dropped like a rock? And went back up as soon as Pelosi screwed the public with her childish display of taking her marbles home as soon as she knew she wouldn’t win the game? Instead of talking fantasy, use reality. Even if the donks say prices won’t be affected for a decade (like it was the rosary and they are in desparate need of forgiveness) a million times a day, reality has already shown that to be a baldfaced lie.

    4) Gosh, I wonder where he’s going to get all those $1,000 rebates and such to give to the average taxpayer? Unless taxing the “rich” is increasing taxes on any single taxpayer making $60,000 or couple making $120,000 (plus the marriage penalty)? Because it ain’t gonna be there for him to buy votes if he doesn’t tax most working people to death. And taxing the rich? I wonder who supplies most the jobs in the country, the “rich” (any capitalist) or the welfare queens that he wishes to continue rewarding for being in such dire straits? Eliminate capital gains on all start-ups to encourage innovation and job creation? Sorry, Liem, but you’re out of your league if you don’t know capital gains are paid on what you sell after you’ve created it, not before.

    McCain doesn’t have to understand technology. That’s specious at best. All he has to do is create a climate that encourages technological innovation, and he would encourage that with taxes incentives, unlike his opponent who would tax anyone with enough initiative to go out and make his own buck.

    The question of whether the feds have any business in the insurance business aside, I challenge you to find a health system anywhere in the world that works as well as ours. There are already safety nets in place, but that doesn’t matter, does it?

    And finally, the only change credibility Obama owns is that he’s not willing to take on corruption anywhere, anytime. He had a golden opportunity to do so with the Chicago/Illinois machine politics but blew it by golden silence and now has the gaul to say he’s an agent of change. Far as I can see the only thing he wants to change is the location of the money in my pocket.

    (Sorry for the length, Gary.)

    Comment by Carlos — September 7, 2008 @ 8:06 am

11. 1) Using Rumsfeld as an excuse doesn’t take blame off the leader.

    2) You’re welcome.

    3) Talk about drilling and alternative energy has caused speculators to change their going rates for oil. Prices have already dropped but no new drilling has actually yet happened.

    4) Obama: No tax increase if earning under $250K; tax cuts under $75K. And since when did politicians on either the left or the right get regular people to defend the rich?

    According to the World Health Organization, the US ranks 37th in health systems. Above the US are France, Italy, San Marino, Andorra, Malta, Singapore, Spain, Oman, Austria, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Monaco, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia, Sweden, Cyprus, Germany, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Morocco, Canada, Finland, Australia, Chile, Denmark, Dominica, and Costa Rica. There, I met your challenge 36 times.

    Electing a Republican into office will heal the damage caused by the current Republican in office. Oh, but let’s blame the Democratic Congress, who barely have a majority. These past 8 years has been entirely the fault of Democrats.

    Comment by Liem — September 7, 2008 @ 8:58 am