Andrew Sullivan lies through his keyboard.

Oh, Andy! I shall now go to bed dreaming of carressing your wonderfully soft face. You send tingles up my leg the way that thinking up new and vicious ways to smear Sarah Palin sends tingles up yours.

Anyway, let's have some fun with my loving Andy.

Round 1:

"In Joe Biden, Obama revealed his core temperamental conservatism. It was a safe choice of someone deeply versed in foreign policy, and with roots that connected to the working class white ethnics he needed. It wasn't flashy; and was even a little underwhelming; but it was highly professional.

What we have learned about John McCain from his selection of Sarah Palin is that he is as impulsive and reckless a decision-maker as George W. Bush."

Highly Professional would have been for Obama to reach out to Hillary Clinton to create the "dream ticket" pundits went on about since, oh, MARCH. It would have cemented the base and never given Palin an opportunity.

Obama's recklessness is what allowed for Sarah Palin to rise to prominence. And now? America loves Sarah Palin -- as do I. I consider that less professional, and more reckless.

As far as McCain? I consider his selection the best electoral strategy I've seen from a political candidate in my lifetime.

Round 2:

"We know this not because of what we have learned about this Pentecostalist populist since she exploded on the scene last Friday morning (and God knows we have learned more than we ever wanted)."

And that's a bold-faced lie. You would love to gossip on-and-on endlessly about Sarah Palin's tragically Republican lady-bits. Because it's juicy, and you're a filthy sensationalist.

You learned more than you ever wanted to? Is that why you basically wanted to violate HIPPA and have Palin's OBGYN refute your outlandish charges that her youngest child is not her own?

Homegirl, please.

Round 3:

"The recklessness was much more fatal in the new media world than in the old one. [...] Palin's reality show family life, her vendetta against her ex brother-in-law, her endorsement of a mayoral candidate who ran against her own mother-in-law, her attempt to ban books in her local library, her friendship with one of her husband's former business partners, and on and on: this was the first major campaign event that was covered by the underground media before it reached the mainstream."

He smears away, repeating his goofy half-truths, but more to the point:

That strategy has backfired, and backfired dramatically. What's that, Andy? McCain is up amongst white women quite handily? Huh? McCain's ahead in the polls?

Fatal indeed.

And in that, we have a winner. Spin, spin, spin goes the Obama-Left carousel. As Obama dashes to the center, trying to distance himself from the Obama-Leftroots' character smears that fed him for so long, people like Andrew Sullivan will disregard it and continue on drum-beating, spinning, and lying.

What was originally just feeding the Obama goose campaign is now becoming a force-feeding. Obama owns his surrogates that propelled him to Primary "victory." And these surrogates will continue feeding him "great talking points on Sarah/McCain!" until the Obama goose explodes.

Just wait for that foie gras.

DailyKos Wreck List: People like Palin because they're RACIST!

Or, conversely, people dislike Obama because they're racist (this includes you, Hillaryites!).



And it is at the top of "Recommended Diaries." Make no mistake, the Obama-Left will smear Sarah Palin and her supporters any way they can. While the DKos front-pagers and even people like my fantasy-man John Aravosis have calmed down (probably per marching orders from Camp Obama), the "Obama Base" can't help but reach for any -- any! -- reason why people just won't vote Barack Obama. Self-inflicted delusion.

After all, Alaska was a swing state, right Markos? Even when Alaska was the only State Obama has never visited. Heh.

Anyway, here's one fun part of this mess:

"So if your anecdotal experience is that some people you know are moving to McCain who you though were available to Obama, don't be alarmed because they were never available to Obama they just didn't want to tell you why. Palin has given them cover for their decision, but please know that the decision was made already. Palin is a good excuse because she is a woman, but when they got into the voting both, alone with their racism, they were not going to vote for Obama. Ever."

Everybody understand? Palin being a female candidate is a "good excuse," but if you know someone who won't vote Obama, it's obviously because they're racist. So if you say you're voting for a female on the ticket, you're being dishonest -- it's really about being a racist! Even if it's about being pro-Palin, it's really about being anti-Obama's skin color.

And the Obama-Left scoffs at criticisms that they don't take issues of gender seriously.

The comments are a fun exercise in delusion, by the by.

I think it's a "good excuse" to say that if Barack Obama loses the general election it will be because of -- shock! -- racism.

After all, it was always a great Netroots excuse every time he lost a primary election.

Sarah Palin: Not a Book Banner

Oy.

Again, to be a Republican means you are an unhinged, crazy, "religion clinging" redneck who obviously hates Harry Potter.

Michelle Malkin has been working overtime to fight the Palin smears. I hate to parrot her, but so much has been flung about the past few days that it deserves a good link:

The bogus Sarah Palin Banned Books List.

It's bull, plain and simple. Much like -- as riverdaughter (go PUMA!) -- fights against bogus "personal letters" that campaigns love to try and have go viral. Read it here: "Sometimes they write fake letters."

The more you try and frame Sarah Palin as some deranged crazy "nutjob" clinging to her guns and religion, the more we fight back.

You are transforming Michelle Malkin into a feminist even if she would never -- ever -- probably describe her as such.

The Democrats sure are winners at trying to lose.

LOL @ Kos. Again.

Hat tip HotAir. I glazed over this entry when I was doing my last Kos-centric post.

Markos can't stop with the Palin Derangement Syndrome. Why, no! He prophetically understands that "THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT!!!" love Sarah Palin, so dips into his smear-machine of commentors to find what he calls a "pithy" observation:

"Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor."

Barack Obama is Jesus.
And Sarah Palin? An evil, authoritarian woman.

This is probably the silliest metaphor I've ever heard in, well, ever. Although their metaphor of Hillary Clinton/Fatal Attraction was pretty stellar on the scale.

I think Gov. Palin should give that Bridge to Nowhere to the DailyKos. After all, that's where their commentary is going.

Nowhere.


UPDATE:

They even have a logo.



As if that's going to go over real well. Obama = Jesus. Why don't you post some more heavenly Obama-Halo-Glow photos while you're at it?

Jesus also included the strong women around him in his mission. Can you say the same for Obama?

Markos Moulitsas and Sabre Rattling

Oh, DailyKos. Founder Markos Moulitsas said the following to Salon on Governor Palin:

"Not just on choice, but she's a book burner. We just found out today, she was banning books at the Wasilla Public Library. She's virulently anti-choice. Go down the list, it's pretty crazy stuff."

"The issue is, of course, that Sarah Palin is a strong supporter of abstinence-only education."

"They saw that she was attractive and very popular in Alaska -- remember, Alaska is actually a swing state."

"The Christian right loves her. They've decided she is practically the second coming."

"To take somebody who's been so warmly embraced by the Christian right and then to dump her for somebody who's more palatable to the center?"

"And let's not forget another important point that I almost forgot because it's so obvious, is that they've completely negated the experience argument. That was probably the only argument against Obama that had any salience."

"Well, we're talking John McCain who's, you know, 200 years old, and suddenly his age has become even more of a factor than it was already. It's pretty amazing because this pick single-handedly makes his age a factor and eliminates the experience argument. It absolutely matters; it's not like there's on-the-job training as V.P. for the president's slot. We're not talking shift manager at Burger King."

More nuanced, but more. of. the. same. from the Obama-Left. My Hillary sisters out there -- you know what I'm talking about, right?

The sabre-rattling is a sign of fear. "She's abstinence only!" Except Governor Palin isn't abstinence-only. After all, my mother -- a pro-choice feminist -- told me that "abstinence is 100% effective against STDs and pregnancy!" Well, that was before the gay thing. But it's still 100% effective. Palin wants sex education to include abstinence. And you know what? I think any responsible human being would encourage abstinence, too.

Saying "explicit sex-ed programs" will not find her support is not "radical" or anti proper sexual education. It's not "abstience or bust!" as Markos would have you believe.

More, the sabre-rattling on "The Christian Right loves her!" And? Rapper Ludacris loves Obama:

"Hillary hated on you so that bitch is irrelevant."

Do we really want to go down this road, Markos? Sabre rattling, sabre rattling, sabre rattling. Of course the Christian Right loves her -- Sarah Palin is the strong, working supermom. Pro-life, five children, and is strong in her personal faith.

Because the Christian Right loves Gov. Palin does not mean that Governor Palin will do whatever the Christian Right says. Well, perhaps unless you keep trying to push her into becoming the radical you desperately want her to be.

Experience? See my below post. Really, now. You may fantasize that this is "off the table" but it's not.

Alaska was a swing state? Okay. NedLamontNedLamontNedLamont delusion alert.

And, while more nuanced, McCain's Age is just another "She's a heartbeat away!" argument.

However, Sarah Palin will still be that one heartbeat away.
Should Obama be elected, he will be that heartbeat.

Again, a tip: focus on McCain. Smearing Sarah Palin will only serve as a reminder of your vicious thuggery.

Go back to the echo chamber. Once you leave it to do interviews like this, you expose how laughable and transparent you are. I feel bad, though. Markos clearly wants to be right for once regarding an electoral victory, and will stoop to any depth to do it. Even smear Gov. Palin.

Just remind little Kos: NedLamont.

This "vetting" line is getting ridiculous.

Do we really want this argument, Aravosis?

I hate John Aravosis. Let me make that clear. The day he started defending Obama after his earlier criticism of Obama using anti-gay pastor Donnie McClurkin in a campaign rally speaks volumes about his moral compass. CDS = PDS! You go, boy. Or should I say you "go-go?" Gotta keep it in the "family."

It's also akin to Kos saying Biden's comments about Obama should be the end of Biden's political career. But now, who's train is he on? Oh. Yeah. More hypocricy.

I couldn't sleep, because I can't resist fighting back on these silly Sarah Palin smears.

To the point: Aravosis digs and digs against McCain-Palin but isn't quite striking gold.

"John McCain caved to the anti-abortion theocrats running the Republican party, made a hasty pick for his v.p., and is now suffering the consequences."

First off: I again challenge anyone from the Netroots to prove to me that Palin has ever -- EVER! -- in her political career wanted to change abortion laws. Once. Gimme one. And I don't care what she thinks. Stop sabre-rattling.

Secondly -- he really wants to argue about "vetting"? Really? That's the road we want to go down?

Check it, Johnny:

Did Camp Obama vet Hillary Clinton for a VP spot? Oh? They didn't? Funny, that. They vetted people like an unknown, sleep-inducing Kansan Governor that the Netroots was Nuts for, the Governor of Virginia, a Hillary advocate (sorry for the long-shot, Bayh!), and then one of the most insiders of insiders in Washington politics.

But again, the more salient point is:
Do you really want to talk "vetting" when the Democrats didn't even bother to attempt to vet Hillary Clinton for the position? That's the response you're going to get. Your ilk didn't even look at the most qualified person in the Democratic field. Instead you picked ol' HairPlugs.

The sooner you get off this attack line, the quicker you can return to whatever self-hating, women-hating gays do. I'd have a snappy response inserted here on what they do, but then again -- I'm not self-hating nor women-hating.

Calm down. Stop smearing Sarah Palin.

Class in a Basket. John Aravosis!

John Aravosis again betrays us gays. Does he subscribe to the sardonic wit that made Will & Grace an American phenomenon?

Hell no:

(I've been sitting on this post, postponing it because of Hurricane Palin. So I'm posting this now, lest it never get up - JOHN.)

So flippin' classy it hurts. There's a hurricane that is about to ravage our Southern Coast and ruin multiple lives and businesses -- but let's be oh so clever and name it after Sarah Palin!

Stay classy, John. America needs you! You showed that pathetic woman a thing or two!

UPDATE:

Oh, and for an extra-double shot of classy, look at this little bit of fun.

"HOLY SHIT SHE'S WEARING EARRINGS! THE SCANDAL!!!"

I thought we were beyond the whole "what is she wearing?!" meme and ascribing it as some personal qualifier. Apparently, good ol' Johnny is stuck in a 1990's mindset. The Year of the Woman never happened for politics.

Yet, thankfully, John has now found another outlet for his mommy issues. Sarah Palin wears hoop earrings! BURN HER AT THE STAKE! Those earrings do not exemplify the appropriate sadness for a national ticket candidate.

John Aravosis makes me ashamed to be gay. And a Democrat. And I hope he makes you ashamed of being a Democrat, too. Well, I'm more ashamed about the gay thing. Hoop earrings are fabulous. So sit down, Aravois, you gay turncoat.

DailyKos Rec List: Sarah Palin is OMG SO DUMB!

LOLOLOLOL!

Sarah Palin didn't know that "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 50's! KILL HER! OFF WITH HER HEAD! She's a Jesus-lovin', Bible-totin' redneck from Wasilla!

I'm sure she could tell you that there are not 57 States in the Union. (Ironic DKos is using Miss South Carolina to attack Palin now -- perhaps a tie to their comparable levels of experience?)

And I'm sure she also could pinpoint that the DNC rules did not require Obama take his name off of the Michigan Primary Ballot (this incorrect answer was voted BEST!).

But hey. The Netroots want Sarah Palin to have Foreign Policy Experience, and they also want her to be an historian.

Let me help you out Sarah:

1. The most remote island in the world is Bouvet Island. It's a territory of Norway.
2. The four dwarf planets are Ceres, Pluto, Eris, and Makemake.
3. The last King of France was Louis XVI.

Maybe that'll help you out with "Netroots Jeopardy."

But, perhaps the Netroots "Youth Vote!" should learn about "Dihydroganted Monoxide" before they start throwing stones at glass houses.

1 Speech, kids. Sarah Palin has given one. stump. speech.

It came from the moronic mass known as "comments."

"If Sarah Palin is the mother [of Trig Palin], it begs the question as to why she kept herself so thin during her pregnancy. Is it possible that an extreme fitness routine may have caused her to have the baby prematurely? What does that say about her judgement?"

Source.

At least some sanity came from Huff-Po (the article; not the above comment) regarding this salacious lie that attacks Sarah Palin. It attacks her not because she's conservative. Not because there's a disagreement on policy. Not because she's "Wrong for America." But because she's an evil, calculating woman!

I won't even bother linking to the source B.S. on little Trig and the rest of the Palin family. It's the worst of the worst, and one of the reasons I, a liberal of good conscience, started this blog.

But this comment is officially one of the Netroots' finest. I selected it because it's at the top.

Now Sarah Palin is bad news because she wasn't fat enough when she was pregnant. If homegirl isn't wolfing down ten cheeseburgers and gaining a sexy sixty to her waistline, then she's irresponsible.

Goooootcha. I would love to admit that I searched far and wide for a comment such as this to try and take the Netroots out of context, but -- sadly -- this is commonplace. I won't even bother to link to the myriad of comment-crap along these lines.

Stop the character assassination on Sarah Palin, and don't dare bring her family into it.

The Obama-Dems have learned nothing.

John Aravosis has Mommy Issues

I can't get away from my computer! The smears! They just keep rolling in, and I just have to shake my heads at such a so-called "progressive" community.

John Aravosis of AmericaBlog (DON'T CLICK IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY!) takes PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome, hat tip Michelle Malkin) to a brand new low:

SARAH PALIN WAS A SPORTSCASTER IN THE 80's! Holy crap.

Again! STOP THE PRESSES! No way!

Well, hey: Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan originally moved to L.A. because she wanted to be an actress. And she won a beauty pageant. Hate her too, there, John?

One gay man to another, John: you have some issues with women. And don't think I forgot about when you tried to smear Hillary with your "Is Laura Bush Qualified to be President?" meme. And in the "Sportscaster" link above, you now have the audacity to claim that you always thought Hillary would be a great CiC. Girlfriend, please.

Oops. Popped your own silly little balloon there. Sexist double standard. No wonder you're out to attack Gov. Palin. She's a filthy woman in the way of Obama's divine destiny.

So Sarah Palin had a real job. She went for an early dream to be a star in journalism. Are you, and the Netroots, going to now go out and mock all political bloggers who think they can run for office because of their "faux-journalism" cred the way you're smearing Sarah Palin just because she was a sportscaster -- in the 80's?

Bullet. Meet. Foot.

Oh, TalkLeft. OR "WITSBR?"

Jeralyn over at TalkLeft has gone off the rails, much like Taylor Marsh did long ago.

She's getting a little wacked. Sarah Palin struck a deep nerve in her; from what had originally been a fervent reaction against the "WWTSBQ?" ("Why Won't the Stupid Bitch Quit?") phenomenon in the media, "liberal" bloggers seem more than content to hoist a "WITSBR?" ("Why Is the Stupid Bitch Running?") canard all their own.

Observe:

Aside from a handful of [Clinton supporters] who don't know how to let go, Palin is not going to sell.

She goes on to quote John Kerry of all people, saying that no Hillary supporter would ever support Sarah Palin.

You're right. Sarah Palin isn't meant for Hillary Clinton supporters. Check out Anglachel's musings for more on this.

Governor Palin is not some "token" beauty queen/mom bimbo to appeal to Democrats. She's there to appeal to Republicans and Independents.

"WITSBR?" is rampant all over the Netroots. "She was just a beauty queen! And a small town mayor! How dare they!" As HotAir puts it: Democrats are running scared. And it shows.

Mocking Palin with "WITSBR?!" isn't an effective strategy. You're right: Sarah Palin is not Hillary Clinton. She's not running for you, so there's no point in screaming at her own political career as if she's running for the Democratic Party.

Trying to attack her as if she were will only garner her sympathy among her base, not their derision.