Crowley also talks about how "negative" she was, which he "completely misjudged," which makes me wonder why he made the judgment he did. Because Sarah Palin is female? Because she's a socially conservative female?
Her lines about Obama were brutally cutting and possibly over the top in places.When a man agonizes that a woman is "brutally cutting," I reach for my Freud text.
IN THE COMMENTS: Doyle writes:
It was definitely well-executed, but I thought the speech was too sarcastic.Oh, yes, sarcastic. That reminds me. I saw Paul Begala on some morning show and he was using that word. He said that Palin was excellent when she was telling her life story, but then when she got into the criticisms of Barack Obama, she was sarcastic, and that wasn't good.
Step back, little lady. Be good. Be nice. Tell us about your children and what you like to cook for dinner and how much you love your hubby.
Grrrr... my feminist blood boils.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 215 of 215AA previously noted some comments on Obama's history in law school. He exudes an "I am different" quality, to the point that Lawrence Tribe (!) didn't ask him to do the usual dog work that law students do. He was "more like a colleague than a student."
Cool. I have a kid that's something like that. The only problem is, these folks tend to develop a sense of privilege that is undeserved. And there is a whiff of pathology.
The One! The Messiah! you just can't help yourself, can you Michael? seems like you need to be reminded that Obama is not Jesus.
that's awesome...
Oh Michael! your post was so surprisingly fresh and on point!
Maybe Sarah Palin needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a community organizer
And here I thought the whole "Obama's supporters think he's Jesus" thing was merely a humorous exaggeration.
Beth, oh, no doubt.
Neither side wants to admit when a punch is landed.
It might also raise the spectre of "WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING?" talking about crap like this when we should be talking about what, substantively, the candidates will actually do in office.
Ye gods, rhhardin is right!
You don't graduate from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude, then teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years...taking "Mickey Mouse" classes.
Actually yes you can – magna cum laude is a measurement of your GPA compared to that of your fellow students in your graduating class. Unless HLS weights it based on the types of courses you took (I’m not aware of any schools that do), then yes someone who takes easier “Mickey Mouse” classes could end up with a higher GPA than their classmates who took more difficult and more substantive coursework and end up graduating with honors.
As far as Obama’s work at the UCLS, he taught from 1996 to 2003 (eight years not twelve) during which time he did teach a constitutional law class that he shared with another professor as well two seminars – one on the Voting Rights Act and another on Racism and the Law. None of which seemed particularly intellectually rigorous IMO in that the final exam questions seemed heavily weighted towards public policy rather than legal analysis which usually means being able to BS your answer based on what you think the instructor wants you to say. The writing requirements were about half what I had to produce at my school and much of the grade was based on class participation and group presentations which is usually employed by instructors that don’t want to come up with a lesson plan for the class so they have the students “teach themselves and each other.” I’m not surprised that an instructor who gave a relatively light work load would be popular amongst GPA-conscious students and also suggests something about how he may have gotten his own higher grades.
Michael said...
“Referring to Obama as a messiah or uppity is not useful to any discussion or debate.
I know of no one who considers him as such…”
“Keep this in mind:
Maybe Sarah Palin needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.”
So if Sarah Palin is clearly the Governor here, then who would be Jesus Christ in this example?
DailyKos talking points!
The Exalted chose to deploy "telebarbie." How ignoble.
"For its 'Pledge of Allegiance video' on Tuesday night, the Republican National Convention used stock footage of a staged military funeral, along with actors dressed as soldiers and sailors.
The soldiers were actors and the funeral scene was from a one-day film shoot, produced in June. No real soldiers were used during production."
I'm certainly not a legal expert, but as far as I'm aware, active duty military are not allowed to participate in politics. So, if that's true, I don't think your scenario is very bizarre at all. In fact, it's appropriate and within the law. Do you really want the military to start taking sides in elections? That's pretty much the definition of a banana republic. I've lived in one and seen it up close and it's not pretty.
Take a look this excerpt:
"Soldiers on active duty and Army Civilians are prohibited from engaging in the following political activities:
- Participating in partisan political management, campaigns and conventions or making speeches before a partisan political gathering, including any gathering that promotes a partisan political party, candidate or cause."
Actual uniformed soldiers would be prohibited by regulation from appearing in a produced campaign video. (C.f. DODD 1344.10 and AR 600-20, paragraph 5-3. )
If the Democrats used uniformed soldiers as props in one of their commercials, then that would be wrong.
Why is that bizarre?
If Democrats used real uniformed servicemembers soldiers as props in a produced commercial, then hey would be guilty of inciting them to break regulations.
Uniformed personnel are prohibeted by DODD 1344.10 and AR 600-20, paragraph 5-3. (AR = Army Regulation. But each of the other services has a similar regulation) from participating in or appearing in a partisan campaign commercial from either party.
If the Republicans wanted to custom shoot that imagery, they HAD to use actors, and so do the Democrats.
So, not a bizarre revelation at all.
>If you actually believe Obama "cheated" his way through school, explain how he taught constitutional law for 12 years?
Badly.
Those who can do; those who can't teach.
Present company excepted, Ann.
Korla - Van Neumann taught
showing that you are a MORON
Geez,
the point is that the profession is an honored one
not that one who pratices such profession is same as the greatest practitioner.
Geez,
the point is that the profession is an honored one
not that one who pratices such profession is same as the greatest practitioner.
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