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I agree with Wirt. Here is another GOPbs news release:  note: a joke - I
think, but after seeing the Pravdaficaton of Palin - who can tell!  :-) 

Cindy McCain discovered that her husband's great great uncle, Gunther
McCain, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Tennessee in
1889.

The only existing photograph shows him standing on the gallows. On the back
of the picture is this inscription: "Gunther McCain; horse thief.
Sent to Tennessee Prison 1883, escaped 1887. Robbed the Tennessee Flyer six
times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889."

After letting the Republican Party's large staff of professional image
consultants review this discovery, they took the following actions to assist
John's campaign to become our next president. They decided to crop Gunther's
picture, scan it in as an enlarged image, and edited it with image
processing software so that all that is seen in the final picture is a head
shot. Along with this enhanced photo, the accompanying biographical sketch
was sent to the Associated Press:

"Gunther McCain was a famous cattleman in early Tennessee history. His
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets
and intimate dealings with the Tennessee railroad company.
Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a
government facility, finally taking leave to resume his business enterprise
with the railroad. In 1887 he was a key player in a vital investigation run
by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889 Gunther regrettably died
suddenly during an important civic function held in his honor when the
platform on which he was standing collapsed."

mc

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of John Saylor
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:50 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: McCain Running Mate

A few facts about SARAH PALIN'S EXPERIENCE:

 Don't dismiss the fact that Sarah Palin is Commander of the Alaska National
Guard-- consider this.

Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense
system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is
the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks.
It's on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

As governor of Alaska , Palin is briefed on highly classified military
issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism. Her exposure to classified
material may rival even Biden's and certainly by far exceeds Obama's.

She's also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF),
a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security's
counterterrorism plans.

Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the
entire country's defense. Given Alaska 's proximity to Russia , she may have
security clearances we don't even know about.

According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but
nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets.

She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is.


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Posted on Monday, September 01, 2008 1:22:41 PM by Jeff
Head<http://www.freerepublic.com/~jeffhead/>

HOW THE SARAH PALIN PICK TRUMPS OBAMA-BIDEN

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On August 29, 2008, Republican Presidential nominee, John McCain, announced
Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska as his VP running mate. That selection has
trumped and checkmated the Obama-Biden ticket.

Coming the day after Obama's historic acceptance speech at the Democratic
convention, which speech and Obama's earlier pick of Joe Biden as his own VP
running mate, were expected to be the top news item leading into the
Republican convention the following week, McCain's pick of Sarah Palin
however completely eclipsed those events.

In less than 24 hours, Obama's day in the sun had been come under a cloud of
shadow and was relegated to history being completely upstaged by the Palin
choice. The news cycles have talked about nothing else since in terms of the
presidential politics.

The choice by McCain has stunningly energized the conservative base of the
Republican party, an important segment McCain had his own problems with. But
by choosing Palin, a staunch conservative, he has revitalized his commitment
and perception in that area. Many conservatives who had relegated themselves
to simply voting against Obama, are now more than willing to for "for"
Palin.

The choice also reached out directly to independents and disaffected
Democratic voters, particularly women, who were so sorely disappointed by
Hillary Clinton's narrow loss and the way they had been treated since Obama
sealed the nomination. Particularly in overlooking Hillary Clinton, who won
18 million votes in the primaries, and actually had more votes than Obama,
those disaffected women are also excited about Palin, and indicating by the
tens of thousands on blogs and disaffected Hillary voter sites on the web
that they intend to cross over and vote for her and McCain.

The Obama campaign and DNC, curiously, have already launched all out attacks
against the choice and Palin herself, indicating that she does not have
enough executive or national experience.

Excuse me? She does not have enough executive experience?

A simple analysis of the relative experience levels of Sarah Palin compared
to either Democratic candidate puts this to rest. For over the past decade,
Sarah Palin has been involved in executive decision making at increasing
levels of elected positions of public trust. Obama has no executive
experience, Biden has no executive experience. During that time, Palin left
off running an actual private business in Alaska, a commercial fishing
business and was elected to her city council and then, in quick order to be
Mayor of her home town. She did so well there that she was ultimately
elected to be Governor of the State of Alaska, managing 17,000 personnel and
a 9 billion dollar budget. Obama and Biden have absolutely no comparable
experience at all, neither of them.
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Mayor Sarah Palin executing her duties as Mayor.

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Sarah Palin being sworn in as Governor

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Governor Sarah Palin executing her duties as Governor, signing legislation.

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Governor Sarah Palin acting in her capacity as the executive of the State.

In Alaska, as Governor, Sarah is also the Commander in Chief (CINC) for the
Alaskan National Guard. This is a critical national assignment as Alaska
sits on the border with Russia where Air National Guard aircraft intercept
Russian Bear aircraft. Sarah Palin has taken her role as the Commander
seriously, regularly visiting the units and coming to understand their
duties and capabilities.
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Governor Sarah Palin meeting in the field with Guard Units.

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Governor Sarah Palin, an avid shooter herself, learns the operation of
equipment of guard units (She's manning the gun).

As Governor, Sarah has helped devise and push through a project for the
largest natural gas line in the history of the US...taking on entrenched
politicians (on both sides of the aisle), lobby groups, and large
corporations in the process. Her involvement with, and her understanding of,
the Energy issue is unmatched by either Democratic candidate.
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Outside of her direct role as Governor and speaking more to her personal
values and commitment to them, Sarah walks the walk on the pro-life issue.
Having found out well in advance of delivery that her youngest child would
have downs syndrome, she and her husband thanked God for the blessing and
brought the baby into a loving home. (By contrast, Obama has stated
publically that he doesn't want his children "punished" with a baby).
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As Governor, Palin actually visited the wounded soldiers in Germany, while
Obama, when given the same opportunity in Europe, refused to comply with
Defense Department guidelines regarding his entourage, and skipped that part
of his schedule.
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Beyond all of this, there is also a part of Sarah Palin that most hard
working, patriotic, and committed Americans are coming to adore about her.
She is real. She is authentic. Not only has she stood up to corrupt politics
and the old networks that have produced so much waste, fraud, and "bridges
to nowhere", she is also a regular person, and authentic all-American girl,
wife, mother, and citizen.

She has actually walked the walk of reform and change instead of just
talking about it.

She does not come from privilege, did not aspire to it, or become placed in
it. She did not attend the Ivy League or prestigious schools. She has gotten
to where she is by pure honesty, integrity, and strength of charachter and
has been raising five kids and enjoying life while doing so.
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Sarah Palin loves to Four-wheel and fly with her family in Alaska.

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Sarah Palin loves to fish in Alaska.

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Sarah Palin loves to hunt in Alaska.

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..and, oh, did I mention? Sarah Palin loves to shoot.

All of this drives the leftist and anti-American crowd mad. Sarah Palin is
the real deal. Young, refreshing, committed wife, mother, American citizen.
She is the real deal when it comes to the change that is so much needed in
American politics, particularly in Washington. John McCain must be
congratulated for vetting her, seeing this, and putting her on the national
stage.

She represents in fact, and in her own actions, what so many others
(including Obama and the entrenched Biden) only talk about, and then go on
with business as usual.

Obama, in his own actions and positions as a State Senator (voted merely
present so many time in the State Senate, but voted no defending the Born
Alive Abortion Protection Act there), in his own actions and positions as a
US Senator (spent only 144 days on the job before beginning his campaign for
the President, but in those short days was recognized as the Senator with
the furthest left record), and particularly in his own willful associations
of long standing with hateful, racists individuals like Jeremiah Wright (who
preached "Not God bless American, No, No, No, God Damn America!) to Obama
and his children, and with the likes of Bill Ayers, the unrepentant,
arrogant, and militantly anti-American political connection where Obama
kicked off his own political career, who bomber the US Pentagon, the US
Capitol, and NY City Polic Headquarters and then claimed in an interview
published on 911 that his only regreet was that he had not done enough...no
with such actions and such associations (npot to mention TOni Rezco, Pleger,
and others), Obama has proven that his change is precisely the type we do
not want or need in Washington.
CHOOSING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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Echoing Obama's campaign theme "Time for Change"

You bet!

What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

 Democrat leadership.

 Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican
mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)...since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)...since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)....since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)...since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)...since 1952;
Newark, NJ(10th)...since 1907.

 Einstein once said 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again and expecting different results.'

 It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats - yet are still
disadvantaged...hmmm...



-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of John Lee
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:10 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT: McCain Running Mate



Carly was the CEO who oversaw the purchase of some Gulfstream jets, IIRC,

that previous CEOs had not seen the need for.  A million here and a few

million there and pretty soon you are talking real money.



Carly was the CEO during the acquisition phase that included, among others,

Compaq.  She was pushing it hard, fighting half the BOD on it.  HP paid an

enormous price for Compaq, and according to many, a huge premium for

technology that already existed.  She also had to go overseas to finance it

with a lender that has been scrutinized since for being involved in risky

banking transactions.  Not even Bear Stearns would finance it! (my own

opinion).



According to my quick research, Carly was the CEO as the stock price went

from over $60 in 1999 (when she came on board) to under $20, most of the

drop occuring in her first 2 years as CEO.  It remained around $20 until

mid-2005, when it began a steady march north to over $50 in mid 2007.  She

had been relieved of duty in Feb 2005.  The correlation is awfully strong.



If I were interviewing Big John, I would ask why he has Carly on his

team.  I hope she hasn't bought her way onto the team.  He has said he

won't allow that.  I hope he has other compelling reasons.



John Lee











At 09:17 PM 9/5/08 -0500, Denys Beauchemin wrote:

>That's all nice and good, but the MSM is not interested in that; they just

>want to destroy Sarah Palin.  I think they made that very clear in the last

>week or so.  This lady is beating The One like a drum and they can't have

>that, he's their Messiah.  BTW, where is Biden?  Has he been dumped yet?

>

>However, let me ask you this; exactly which "very bad decision" do you know

>for a fact that Carly made while at HP? And are you so sure that morale has

>improved since she got dumped?

>

>I do agree with you that she has a lot of pomp under these circumstances.

>

>Denys...

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf

>Of John Lee

>Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:24 PM

>To: [log in to unmask]

>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: McCain Running Mate

>

>Shawn brings up an interesting point about Carly.  She appears to be a good

>politician, smooth talker, lots of pomp.  But she also appears to have made

>some very bad decisions while in charge at Hewlett Packard.  Furthermore,

>it appeared as though morale suffered, and so did profits.  It also appears

>that replacing her with a new CEO turned the company's fortunes around

>immediately.  If I were amember of the so-called MSM, I would be grilling

>McCain about why he finds her advice so valuable.

>

>John Lee

>

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