How interesting. While dissecting statements made during the Republican National Convention, the Associated Press helpfully points out that vice-presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin only garnered 616 votes in her 1996 election to the Mayoral post in Wasilla, Alaska, and the 909 votes in her 1999 re-election campaign. The AP also helpfully does the math for you, a total of 1,525 votes.
In my 2004 campaign for an At-Large seat on the Floyd County Council, I drew a little over 2,100 votes. Sure, I finished seventh of seven, but still, over 2,100 votes. I guess this means I am at least qualified to serve as Vice-President, under the standards currently in play.
So I got that going for me.
Showing posts with label 2008 RNC. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
There's something in the air...(sniff)...oh, never mind, it's just the usual arrogance
An amazing irony- at the same time the GOP is planning, more or less, their love-in at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis, Senate Republicans are monkey-wrenching renewal of key tax credits for investment in and production of alternative energy sources. At the same time, however, conservative Democrats in the House are in the midst of petulant hissy-fitting, vowing to block any extension that adds to the deficit.
Are you fucking kidding me? I haven't heard much in the way of protest over the tax credits being shoveled from the back of Capitol Hill's truck onto the lawns of the oil companies, nor have I heard much in the way of argument over House Democrats throwing the checkbook and a pen to President Bush every time the phrase "Iraq," or "terrorism" pops up, so the stance on the alternative energy tax credits smacks of the usual half-cocked arrogance we have come to expect from so-called politicians like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who thinks nothing of investing in alternative energy plans, like those proposed by T. Boone Pickens, while not even understanding basic principles, such as natural gas being a fossil fuel (on Meet the Press last week, Pelosi referred to natural gas as an alternative to fossil fuel)
This arrogance is ill-afforded, with not only loss of jobs and commerce hanging in the balance, but definable, if not clear-cut solutions to our nation's dependence on over-priced oil.
Are you fucking kidding me? I haven't heard much in the way of protest over the tax credits being shoveled from the back of Capitol Hill's truck onto the lawns of the oil companies, nor have I heard much in the way of argument over House Democrats throwing the checkbook and a pen to President Bush every time the phrase "Iraq," or "terrorism" pops up, so the stance on the alternative energy tax credits smacks of the usual half-cocked arrogance we have come to expect from so-called politicians like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who thinks nothing of investing in alternative energy plans, like those proposed by T. Boone Pickens, while not even understanding basic principles, such as natural gas being a fossil fuel (on Meet the Press last week, Pelosi referred to natural gas as an alternative to fossil fuel)
This arrogance is ill-afforded, with not only loss of jobs and commerce hanging in the balance, but definable, if not clear-cut solutions to our nation's dependence on over-priced oil.
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