this is starting to piss me off...

well... not THIS... it's actually quite funny. =] but during my regular stroll around the block that is the internet, i came across some articles on cnn that have my panties in quite a bunch. and it actually has nothing to do with the opinions of the writers. it's these mccain-palin supporters... a quick sidebar for you... my dad is REALLY into parlament and p-funk and all that and when i was little i was afraid of sir nose d'void of funk. i don't really know why since i had never seen him and listening to the songs he doesn't really say anything bad... he just sounded weird. and i just imagined a big nose walking around. and there was this one song where it sounded like they were trying to drown him--he's scared of water =] anyway... every time i think of mccain-palin supporters, my brain says "sir nose d'void of common sense" and i get scared. (you didn't think my reference would make sense did you? lol)

anywho... look: this first article, Panel: Palin abused power in trooper case, is about the findings of an investigation against gov. palin and her husband. basically, she fired a dude because he wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law, which is an obviously abuse of power and more proof that she's shady and would make a horrible vp.

"Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda," the report states.

but... that's not what pisses me off about this article... first... the palins (both she and her husband are defendants in the investigation) are trying to flip and be hypertechnical about the law they broke...

The lawyers representing both Sarah and Todd Palin issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."

"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the Governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.

Any abuse of power, they said, was on the part of the Legislative Council members, not the Palins.

"Sen. French and Sen. Green may have abused their government power by using public money to pursue a personal vendetta against the Governor, and then agreeing to pursue the PSEA attack against an administration that would not cave in to outrageous union demands."

"Put bluntly, Branchflower completely misapplied the Ethics Act and has instead sought to create a headline to smear the Governor," the lawyers wrote.

first they say the law is only about money, then they shift the blame and then they put icing on the cake and make this about a personal vendetta against palin, which is exactly what she's being accused of doing (using her power to carry out a personal vendetta). they go a step further and smear the guy she fired for not firing the other dude:

Palin and her husband, Todd, have consistently denied wrongdoing, describing Wooten as a "rogue trooper" who had threatened their family -- allegations Branchflower discounted.

"I conclude that such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins' real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family reasons," Branchflower wrote.

obviously somebody in alaska has common sense. palin was starting to make them look bad... the article pointed out that a bipartisan council adopted the branchflower report unanimously, i.e. that bitch is not right and everybody knows it. now for the big part... the spokesperson for the mccain-palin campaign (meg stapleton) flips this and blames partison politics and barack obama.

Stapleton called the investigation "a partisan-led inquiry" run by supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, but hailed its finding that Monegan's firing broke no law.

"Gov. Palin was cleared of the allegation of an improper firing, which is what this investigation was approved to look into," she said.

did she not hear the part about it being a bipartisan council? and is it just me, or is everybody trying to mitigate what palin did by saying either a) that law doesn't cover that, or b) the weren't authorized to inverstigate that part? why are they giving her the benefit of the doubt? as far as barack obama being involved, the article points out:

Palin originally agreed to cooperate with the Legislative Council inquiry, and disclosed in August that her advisers had contacted Department of Public Safety officials nearly two dozen times regarding her ex-brother-in-law.

But once she became Sen. John McCain's running mate, her advisers began painting the investigation as a weapon of Democratic partisans.

we didn't know who this chick was prior to august 29. this investigation was going on long before that. however these mccain-palin supporters are obviously idiots. if anyone is blinded by partisan politics, it would be them. they are ignoring facts to make this palin chick better than what she is. they're making complete fools of themselves:

Ahead of Friday's hearing, Palin supporters wearing clown costumes and carrying balloons denounced the probe as a "kangaroo court" and a "three-ring circus" led by supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

this other article that upset me, Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail, is about mccain supporters being mad at him for not "going after" obama.

look at this stupidity:

At a rally in Minnesota on Friday, a woman told McCain: "I don't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's an Arab."

he's an arab? this dude's mother was a white woman from kansas. his daddy was nigerian. he was born in hawaii. but he's arab?

McCain shook his head and said, "No ma'am, no ma'am. He's a decent family man...[a] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That's what this campaign is all about."

One man at the rally said he was "scared of an Obama presidency." McCain later told the man he should not fear Obama.

"I want to be president of the United States, and I don't want Obama to be," he said. "But I have to tell you, I have to tell you, he is a decent person, and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States."

McCain's response was met with boos from the crowd.

i don't agree with mccain a whole lot about anything at all. but i find it remarkable that his supporters boo him when he's acting with some decency but they fail to see the harm in his shady tactics. what the hell does that say about half of this country? but wait... it gets worse...

"When you have an Obama, [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and the rest of the hooligans up there going to run this country, we have got to have our head examined. It's time that you two are representing us, and we are mad. So, go get them," one man told McCain at a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Another man was more pointed.

"And we're all wondering why that Obama is where he's at, how he got here. I mean, everybody in this room is stunned that we're in this position," another man said at Thursday's rally.

"I'm mad. I'm really mad. And what's going to surprise you, it's not the economy. It's the socialists taking over our country," one said.

these people aren't just conservative republicans; they are racists. why is obama where he's at? how did he get there? go get them? these mofos sound like they're getting ready for a lynching. surprisingly, mccain answers decently.

"We want to fight and I will fight. But we will be respectful," he said. "I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments. I will respect him and I want everyone to be respectful, and let's make sure we are."

i haven't gone soft on mccain, though... we wouldn't be in this position in this position if it weren't for his smear tactics. mccain's ads put these thoughts in the heads of these lemmings. this article discusses the bill ayers thing, which i think is another perfect example of mccain people saying something that makes no sense and then having his supporters take it and run in a ridiculous direction.

The McCain campaign calls Obama "too risky for America" in a new Web ad that focuses on his political relationship with Bill Ayers, a founding member of the radical Weather Underground.

"Barack Obama and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Friends. They've worked together for years. But Obama tries to hide it," the announcer said in the 90-second ad.

The now-defunct Weather Underground was involved in bombings in the early 1970s, including attacks on the Pentagon and the Capitol. Obama was a young child at the time of the bombings.

Obama and Ayers, now a university professor, met in 1995, when both worked with a nonprofit group trying to raise funds for a school improvement project and a charitable foundation. CNN's review of project records found nothing to suggest anything inappropriate in the volunteer projects in which the two men were involved.

Obama, in an April debate during the primaries, called Ayers "somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8."

they have taken his relationship with dude completely out of context. obama was EIGHT. he met dude while working to raise funds for a school improvement project. wow. what a terrorist. enter sarah palin:

At a rally Tuesday in Clearwater, Florida, Sarah Palin said Obama was being "less than truthful" about his ties to Ayers. "His own top adviser said they were 'certainly friendly.' ... I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America -- as the greatest source for good in this world," she said.

again... sarah palin is the last person in the world who should be talking about anybody being "less than truthful." mccain is pressing obama to tell the "full truth" about his relationship with ayers after obama said ayers was just a guy in the neighborhood. if obama was 8 when ayers was engaging in all that junk, and he didn't meet ayers until 1995, how "in cahoots" can they be?

this lack of critical thinking skills is starting to irritate me big time. the mccain-palin ticket has to be the most harmful and irresponsible thing i've seen a politician do in my entire lifetime. and i've seen a president impeached and lived through both of bush w's terms. when are americans going to realize that at the end of the day, none of this partisan shit matters? it doesn't matter if you're pro life, pro choice, libertarian, liberal, socialist, conservative, black, white, young, old, etc. we're all american. we all have to live in this country and make it work. right now we're going through the biggest financial crisis since the great depression. that effects everyone. when the dollar is worthless, we'll all be in trouble. the rest of this shit simply does not matter.