Cheri on Politics & Healthcare

A bit of Political Humor at Sarah Palin's Expense

2008-10-16T23:24:00.003-05:00

I found a website that it absolutely hilarious. It's called Palin as President, and you can find it at www.PalinAsPresident.com. Click around on the page to explore it. They continuously update the site with new goodies, so check back often. Enjoy!

Cheri

Where to find the rest of my political commentary

2008-10-10T23:36:00.010-05:00

Since politics has taken center stage with the election coming up in a few weeks, I have been posting heavily on political topics on my main blog. Please feel free to stop by and get your daily fill of my political commentary.

I think you will especially like today's commentary entitled, My advice to McCain supporters: Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.

"Can I Git back to ya on that?"

2008-10-09T05:02:00.004-05:00

A little political humor at Palin and McCain's expense:

Source: Guardian UK

I knew these two sounded an awful lot alike

2008-10-04T23:18:00.002-05:00

Michelle Goldberg on Palin's debate performance: "It was an apalling display..."

2008-10-03T20:17:00.008-05:00

I'm not the only one who thinks that Sarah Palin's performance at last night's debate was not only lack-luster, but a complete mockery of the office of VP (with all those winks and phony nods). I actually made a blog post and podcast episode about this here on my main blog. However, I wanted to share part of an article written by Michelle Goldberg of The Guardian UK:

And so she preceded, with an almost surreal disregard for the subjects she was supposed to be discussing, to unleash fusillades of scripted attack lines, platitudes, lies, gibberish and grating references to her own pseudo-folksy authenticity.
It was an appalling display. The only reason it was not widely described as much is that too many American pundits don't even try to judge the truth, wisdom or reasonableness of the political rhetoric they are paid to pronounce upon. Instead, they imagine themselves as interpreters of a mythical mass of "average Americans" who they both venerate and despise.
Source: Flirting her way to victory

This has to be one of the most spot on descriptions of Palin's performance that I've read today. The world is watching, and the last thing I want the world to think about the US is that our citizens are so apathetic and asleep at the wheel that we have sunk so low as to elect a clearly unqualified person to one of the highest offices in the nation. This simply cannot be allowed.

Making a political statement: the Art & Politics connection

2008-10-03T12:53:00.008-05:00

While surfing today, I found Zina Saunders, a political artist with some very compelling paintings. If you wanna check out her site you can find it here.

The painting of the women of The View hunting down John McCain like it's a witch hunt is hilarious! I guess this artist won't be voting for the McCain-Palin ticket. Take a look (lol):

Hear the VP nominees' views on the separation of church and state

2008-10-02T18:47:00.002-05:00

I actually thought Sarah Palin's response to this question was pretty good. She' just got to learn to stop rambling on. Just state it and state it plain please. The other issue is that I don't believe that for one moment she will actually respect the separation of church and state. Unfortuantely, if elected, I believe that she will do all that she can to attempt to impose her personal views on the rest of us.

Biden did a pretty good job of answering this question as well. His answer was quite practical and came across as genuine and believable. He's an old pro though, so this didn't surprise me a bit.

Fox News, "fair and balanced" my @ss

2008-10-02T06:55:00.000-05:00

You know, for a network that claims to be "fair and balanced" we all know that Fox News is everything but. Watch this reporter ask a diner full of people who they plan to vote for. Unanimously they choose Obama,yet the reporter calls the votes "split."

See for yourself:

Palin's Couric interview: Can you say backpeddling?

2008-10-01T18:16:00.002-05:00

You know it didn't even bother me that Palin called herself making a joke about Biden's age, but if you're gonna make a dig on someone, stick to it for goodness sake. How disingenuous to throw a rock and then try to hide your hand.

I won't even go into how stupid it is that she brought up an age issue when she's running with a man who if he won,would be the oldest President to take the White House in history. Seriously, he would be... that's no joke.

See for yourself:

Podcast Episode #5 - Election 2008 Hot Topics

2008-09-30T03:22:00.000-05:00

This episode covers a variety of topics related to Election 2008. We discussed everything from the real reason why we think McCain tried to delay the presidential debate to the economic bail-out and whether Palin is a viable substitute for Hillary Clinton voters.

This episode is about 55 minutes and has something for everyone, so tune in:

Podcast Episode #4 - Obama's Misrepresentations

2008-09-29T02:07:00.000-05:00

Alright, as promised I've delivered a discussion on Obama's misrepresentations. As I've said before, both candidates have shoveled out their fair share of fertilizer ingredients. However, it's still my position that McCain's campis guilty of the worst acts of purposeful misinformation. McCain is so full of lies that it's rediculous!

But that's not what this particular episode is about, so take a listen and feel free to share your thoughts with me. I want to send a special thanks to Antoinette,whojoined me on this episode. As always, she's at the top of her game providing her insights on the subject. Enjoy:

Want to know what a candidate said about a particular topic?

2008-09-28T14:48:00.005-05:00

It's important to know what your candidate says about a particular topic, and now there's an easy way to find out. This cool tool from Google, called In Quotes, allows you to enter a term in the search box and the tool will display all cataloged quotes by the candidate that include the term searched.

Here's the link to In Quotes: http://labs.google.com/inquotes/

Podcast Episode #3 - Is Palin really ready to lead?

2008-09-28T09:00:00.010-05:00

CNN's Jack Cafferty doesn't think Palin's ready to lead, and neither do I. Oh, and Jack Cafferty's not the only one who feels this way. Judith Warner of the New York Times said the following:

"Frankly, I’ve come to think, post-Kissinger, post-Katie-Couric, that Palin’s nomination isn’t just an insult to the women (and men) of America. It’s an act of cruelty toward her as well."

I brought Antoinette in to hash out the issue of Palin's "job readiness," and you won't want to miss this one:

You can see Sarah Palin get OWNED by CNN's Jack Cafferty and read about it in my article here, and in the following video:

Podcast Episode #2 - Will the presidential debate go on as planned?

2008-09-26T17:45:00.014-05:00

I invited my cousin Antoinette to take part in a discussion about the latest issues related to Election 2008. McCain has declared that he is suspending his campaign due to the nation's economic crisis. He's requested that the debate for tonight be rescheduled, but Obama says the debates will happen!

What's the real reason McCain wants to postpone the debate? Listen as we share our theories and get to the bottom of it:

Want to view an Obama or McCain speech or commercial?

2008-09-25T19:16:00.007-05:00

Have you ever missed a speech or commerical by one of the candidates and wished you could see it? Now you can. Each of the candidates has their own YouTube channel where you can find their latest videos. The content ranges from speeches and commercials to endorsements and anything campaign-related.

Barack Obama's YouTube Channel

John McCain's YouTube Channel

Podcast Episode #1: The "Bridge to Somewhere"

2008-09-24T14:12:00.028-05:00

How many times have we heard both Palin and McCain make reference to the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" that Sarah Palin claims to have stopped? Of course we all know that was a thinly veiled deception considering that she was for the bridge up untilthe point when it was obvious that it wasn't going to happen.

What we really need to be concerned about is that McCain and Palin are trying to build a bridge to "somewhere"...

Take a listen to my podcast on the subject:

Links to sites and articles mentioned on the podcast:

The 12 Lies of Sarah Palin (article by Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Dish)
FactCheck.org (where you can get the truth about political misrepresentations)

Reinactment of Palin's Charlie Gibson Interview

2008-09-23T22:56:00.011-05:00

I really wanted my first post on politics & healthcare to be a serious one, but after viewing the following video I knew that it must be shared with you. I, like millions of Americans watched Palin's first interview with Charlie Gibson a week or two ago. Up until this point we knew very little about Palin's ability to presented herself unscripted. While her RNC speech was excellently delivered it left me wondering about who Sarah Palin really was; beyond the fashionable Kawaski glasses and stylish updo.

After watching the interview, I came to the conclusion that not only did Palin come off as incapable of original thought, but she didn't make very much sense on the points that matter to me. I am so sick of hearing the "terrorists are hellbent on destroying us" and "they hate us because we're free" fodder. Her "programmers" really need to diversify their messages because she sounded like such a robot in this interview.

Although the following video is a reinactment, it's not really far from what went down in the actual interview. In the words of the interiewer, "I feel stupider after having listened to [her]." Take a look:

An for those of you who actually want to see the original train wreck, here's Palin's real interview with Charlie Gibson: