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What is truly frightening about Sarah Palin
By Bradley Burston
Tags: Bradley Burston, Palin 

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TEL AVIV - It was in the taxicab this morning that it finally struck me about Sarah Palin.

I get it. I get that millions of Americans have a crying need for someone to stand up and say the things that Sarah Palin has been telling them.
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I get that many, many Americans are fed up with big government and shame in patriotism and energy dependence and media condescension. I recognize that there are many on the right who are galvanized by a woman addressing the nation in condemnation of gun control and abortions. It's clear that many in the heartland and even on the Blue State coasts have been waiting years to hear someone take a take-no-prisoners verbal lash to Beltway waste and liberal political correctness and, by implication, to cultural pluralism and tree hugging and the very mention of the word Washington.

But it wasn't until I got into the taxicab this morning, that I realized what the American voter truly faces this November.

The radio was playing a clip from her ABC News interview, the one in which she was asked about the Bush Doctrine.

The problem was not that she was unacquainted with the doctrine. Millions of Americans are unacquainted with it.

The problem is that Sarah Palin was also asking those millions of Americans to put her first in line for the most important position in humankind.

True, the Bush Doctrine, and the National Security Strategythat contains it, are not a one-sentence, easy to digest credo, and the doctrine is open to many interpretations. Sarah Palin had none of them.

This, despite the doctrine's contribution to the fact that America is at war, and that Governor Palin's own son is at war. This is the doctrine that underpins the policy that has had Americans fighting in Iraq two years longer than America fought World War II. And this is the doctrine which will serve as a guide if there is to be war in Iran.

The problem is that John McCain and Barack Obama and Joe Biden have spent years studying the assumptions and the foundations and the consequences of the Bush Doctrine. Governor Palin has not.

Yet Sarah Palin was proud of having had no hesitations, no reservations, no qualms about accepting John McCain's offer to share the national ticket. It was a matter of ideology with her.

"I answered him yes because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can't blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can't blink.

"So I didn't blink then even when asked to run as his running mate."

The question about the Bush Doctrine was not a trick. It was not a trivial point designed to make Sarah Palin look bad. It is the summary of a worldview that has guided American foreign and military policy for the seven years since September 11, 2001. It is America's formal explanation for sending Americans into harm's way. It is America's explanation to the world for what America has done.

Even my Israeli cab driver, a non-American through and through, knew more about the Bush Doctrine than Sarah Palin. And that is cause for serious concern.

The cabbie knew, for example, that the doctrine provided for anticipatory self-defense, and pre-emptive strikes to forestall hostile acts even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.

"This would never have happened in Israel, ever" remarked a journalist friend, referring to the choice of Governor Palin, whose credentials in the realms of foreign policy, statecraft and the military are limited in the extreme.

With irony bordering on the painful, the journalist added, "Sarah Palin has restored my faith in Israel."

Israel is far from a model of good government, wise policymaking and exemplary leaders. But here, at least, voters and the politicians they make it their business to know inside and out, relate to politics not as if it were a spectacular bowl game or a reality show.but for what politics really is, in America and Israel both: a matter of life and death.

What, at root, are Americans looking for when they see Sarah Palin? A reprieve from their disappointment over elected officials? The prospect of cleaning house and overhauling a wasteful and ineffective Federal bureaucracy? Does she have what it takes to protect and rebuild an American slipping from the First World to the Third?

Or is Sarah Palin, in the end, a diversion, a curiosity, that most pressing of contemporary American needs: an entertainer?

We have little time to make a decision. We have heard McCain and Obama on the campaign trail for what seems like forever. And Biden has been a national figure for decades. Sarah Palin has less than 50 days to prove that she has the intelligence, the humility, the learning ability, and the wisdom to assume the burdens of the commander in chief. We have less than 50 days to learn about her.

George Bush, who spoke incessantly about leadership before his election, has had more than seven years to prove himself a leader, and managed to prove conclusively only that he was not.

This is what is truly frightening about Sarah Palin. There is something in the smugness, the faith-based rigidity, the dismissiveness, that suggests that once again, we may have a national leader who knows better how to divide than to rule.

True, for millions of people, Sarah Palin has lanced a cultural boil.
They feel anger, betrayal, and a profound alienation from the basic institutions of American life. The American dream is receding from them. She has given voice to the ache in their hearts, and, as such, has lifted their spirits.

Sarah Palin has given a voice to people who, even with an ostensibly fundamentalist Republican president in the White House, feel disenfranchised. It is not their Supreme Court, not their Congress. She has done a service for people unhappy with the America that they see. But that does not qualify her to be president.

Governor Palin has suggested that the special interests and superfluous bureaucrats are scared of her and the reforms she and John McCain intend to undertake. One hopes she's right. But what is certainly scary about Sarah Palin is how little that voters know about her, and in particular, how much she herself recognizes that she needs to learn.

Asked during the interview if she had the ability and the experience to serve as president of the United States, she replied without hesitation, without reservation, without contemplation - and without knowing, on a profound level, what that would, in fact, entail. "I'm ready."

Here is the answer that is truly frightening. It lets us know that the nation may be in danger of electing another leader bearing the most profound of George Bush's shortcomings: blindness to one's own shortcomings.

Blindness, that is, to the breadth and depth and height and shape of what one does not know. Say what you will about Donald Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary knew an unknown unknown when he saw one. Sarah Palin, for whom appearance is understandably significant, has one in her mirror.


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  1.   What bothers me... 18:31  |  Another Pentecostal 15/09/08
  2.   So does Obama. 19:04  |  Kim Hartveld 15/09/08
  3.   worry about BHO 00:14  |  NOBAMA 16/09/08
  4.   What scares me is Obama-Biden appeasing Iran 01:31  |  JM 16/09/08
  5.   "Us" meaning you. Many welcome Sarah Palin. 01:32  |  Chaim 16/09/08
  6.   Dear Bradley 01:32  |  albert paul ortiz 16/09/08
  7.   I`d call this column rubbish but that insults rubbish 04:35  |  dyinglikeflies 16/09/08
  8.   On The Other Hand... 04:41  |  Yosemite 16/09/08
  9.   "Us"??? Speak for yourself!! 05:15  |  Jewish State 16/09/08
  10.   Burston`s Buffoonery 07:02  |  DJG 16/09/08
  11.   Advantage Palin 08:34  |  JW 16/09/08
  12.   DJG 08:41  |  Gesttetner rebbetzin 16/09/08
  13.   Burston`s Marseilles 08:59  |  TonyL 16/09/08
  14.   Palin will never be President. 09:08  |  Maureen Ann 16/09/08
  15.   Could be worse 09:08  |  Colin Wright 16/09/08
  16.   Palin 09:12  |  Michele 16/09/08
  17.   What`s truly frightening to Bradley Burston 09:13  |  Yaakov K. 16/09/08
  18.   Palin / Bush Doctrine 09:20  |  Jeff 16/09/08
  19.   Yes, the American voter is "gullible", but at least he/she....... 09:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/09/08
  20.   MOANING ANN AND WISHFUL THINKING 09:32  |  v.hardman 16/09/08
  21.   "the question was not a trick" 09:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/09/08
  22.   Bradley the school marm 09:39  |  MarkC 16/09/08
  23.   Does she have what it takes to protect and rebuild an American sl 09:40  |  joe 16/09/08
  24.   #14, Maureen Ann 09:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/09/08
  25.   EVEN KISSINGER IS SUPPORTING IT 09:56  |  indrajaya 16/09/08
  26.   Tony L 09:57  |  K M 16/09/08
  27.   A NATION IN WAITING 10:05  |  indrajaya 16/09/08
  28.   Chaim, the United States doesn`t need another Madade, Ceasescu 10:09  |  Zev Davis 16/09/08
  29.   A Sick Country 10:31  |  MB 16/09/08
  30.   Palin makes Bush look good 10:33  |  Danny 16/09/08
  31.   SARAH Palin Can do achiever.A sisterhood nightmare.No PC slogans 10:34  |  PETER SM 16/09/08
  32.   SHE SAID, "I`M READY". WHAT ELSE YOU NEED? 10:34  |  indrajaya 16/09/08
  33.   McCain-Palin in 2008 10:35  |  Larry54 16/09/08
  34.   On Americans, Palin and snake oil 10:36  |  Clickfool 16/09/08
  35.   INDRAJAYA NOTHING MORE EX than an ex 10:39  |  PETER SM 16/09/08
  36.   CFOOL How may years have you lived in the USA? 10:53  |  PETER SM 16/09/08
  37.   #34, clickfool 10:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/09/08
  38.   What about Palin`s extraordinary advantage of "je ne sais quoi" ? 11:15  |  S 16/09/08
  39.   Catch 22 11:21  |  Nurse 16/09/08
  40.   To Danny # 30 11:23  |  Hans 16/09/08
  41.   #Cipora Julianna Kohn. "She may tell people..." 11:24  |  Maureen Ann 16/09/08
  42.   To # 37 11:26  |  Hans 16/09/08
  43.   #5 Chaim A response 11:36  |  Mark G 16/09/08
  44.   thank heavens Europe is not like the US 11:44  |  Roo 16/09/08
  45.   Charles Krauthammer has Palin`s back 11:46  |  Audra Vaisbort 16/09/08
  46.   Palin would be a disaster even greater than Bush 11:52  |  Mike Friedman 16/09/08
  47.   #20 V Hardman. Ever heard of "Joel`s Army," and Dominionism? 12:01  |  Maureen Ann 16/09/08
  48.   #41, Maureen Ann 12:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/09/08
  49.   What is truly frightening about the Republicans 12:04  |  Janet 16/09/08
  50.   For Peter SM # 36 12:28  |  Clickfool 16/09/08
  51.   Bush doctrine - nonsense 12:30  |  Jacob 16/09/08
  52.   For Cipora # 37 12:30  |  Clickfool 16/09/08
  53.   For S # 38 12:33  |  Clickfool 16/09/08
  54.   excuse me bradley...but you`re assuming 12:34  |  eric 16/09/08
  55.   Thanks to Roo # 44 12:41  |  Clickfool 16/09/08
  56.   #43 Mark G 12:50  |  Richard 16/09/08
  57.   Monday morning quarterbacking 13:02  |  the other team 16/09/08
  58.   Brilliant, Burston expose of Palin`s lack of humility 13:03  |  Ivar 16/09/08
  59.   #48 Cipora Julianna Kohn. 13:15  |  Maureen Ann 16/09/08
  60.   #47 MAUREEN ANN IN THE JOKE OF THE CENTURY 13:31  |  v.hardman 16/09/08
  61.   I agree with Barbara Streisand 13:47  |  Edith 16/09/08
  62.   #53 Clickfool Palin`s groupies are of course aware of Troopergate 13:59  |  S 16/09/08
  63.   Scariest thing for Burston and his fans: Palin will be VP 14:14  |  x-ray 16/09/08
  64.   Cutie Burston,loving Abbas but frightened by Palin 14:24  |  Absolute Sweden 16/09/08
  65.   Clickfool # 34. 14:45  |  David Nigel Braham 16/09/08
  66.   PALIN & OBAMA---TOO MUCH LIKE BLAIR 14:54  |  Ian 16/09/08
  67.   Burston the leftie is at home with demoncats and Haafartz 14:55  |  MCaine is right 16/09/08
  68.   The Palin Doctrine 14:57  |  Realist 16/09/08
  69.   Really stupid column... Is there nothing else you can write about 14:58  |  Average Israeli 16/09/08
  70.   Burston biblical in depth of insight into Palin`s character 15:10  |  Ivar 16/09/08
  71.   afraid of what 15:21  |  shmuely 16/09/08
  72.   Sarah Palin 15:32  |  LW 16/09/08
  73.   Soros Doctrine vs Bush Doctrine 15:39  |  Dawn Johnson 16/09/08
  74.   For David Nigel Braham # 65 15:42  |  Clickfool 16/09/08
  75.   #5 Charm. You are `right on`. 16:01  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  76.   #6 Albert Ortiz, gracias! 16:06  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  77.   #14 Maureen 16:24  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  78.   VP HARRY S. TRUMAN AND THE A BOMB 16:25  |  Barry S. Roffman 16/09/08
  79.   Bush Doctrine? Which one? 16:27  |  Greg 16/09/08
  80.   #27 Indyra 16:30  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  81.   #27 Indyra 16:30  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  82.   Response to Zev 16:31  |  Greg 16/09/08
  83.   ASK HER WHAT "DOCTRINE" MEANS? 16:35  |  indrajaya 16/09/08
  84.   more than basic skill 16:39  |  basho 16/09/08
  85.   Response to Zev 16:41  |  Greg 16/09/08
  86.   Clickfool # 74. 16:44  |  David Nigel Braham 16/09/08
  87.   #49 Janet 16:46  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  88.   I love Sarah Palin! 16:54  |  Ariana 16/09/08
  89.   How many John Allens are there on here? 16:56  |  Mike Friedman 16/09/08
  90.   #34 clickfool, 16:57  |  John Allen 16/09/08
  91.   Sarah Palin 17:01  |  AJ Weberman 16/09/08
  92.   Palin vs. Obama 17:06  |  Michael Seidel 16/09/08
  93.   # 89, MIKE FRIEDMAN 17:19  |  indrajaya 16/09/08
  94.   What is the Bush Doctrine? 17:27  |  Erick 16/09/08
  95.   aWhats truly frightening are Obama, Peres, Olmert, etc 17:38  |  Jimmy Dhimmi 16/09/08
  96.   Bush doctrine-freedom and democracy in the ME 17:49  |  Anonymous 16/09/08
  97.   ABC Edited Out Key Parts of Palin Interview 17:54  |  Carol B. 16/09/08
  98.   Are you worried about Obama shifting positions on Jerusalem? 17:57  |  SDHD 16/09/08
  99.   # 96, ANONYMOUS 17:57  |  indrajaya 16/09/08
  100.   What ABC edited out of What ABC Edited out 18:00  |  Not a hockey mom 16/09/08
  101.   The Bush Doctrine-Part II 18:13  |  Anonymous 16/09/08
  102.   Media obsession with Palin is best PR for McCain 18:26  |  Teez El-Nabi 16/09/08
  103.   What is REALLY Frightening About Her 18:27  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/09/08
  104.   What is truly frightening about Sarah Palin 18:29  |  Edward Johnson 16/09/08
  105.   Burston`s Article Is Off the Mark.... 18:29  |  Gary 16/09/08
  106.   Left-wing arrogance: `Even my cab driver...` 18:37  |  Joe Smith 16/09/08
  107.   bush doctrine 18:40  |  marty 16/09/08
  108.   So many leftists spouting media lies 18:43  |  Jill 16/09/08
  109.   # 34 Clciky.....glad you aren`t an American voter 19:02  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  110.   Joe Smith #104 19:03  |  Greg 16/09/08
  111.   A brief journey from anonymity to obscurity 19:05  |  Natallie Durson 16/09/08
  112.   Marty #105 19:06  |  Greg 16/09/08
  113.   Sarah Palin is to USA like Amir Peretz to IL 19:12  |  Nora 16/09/08
  114.   Who Am I? 19:14  |  see if you can guess 16/09/08
  115.   The "Bush Doctrine" = War; & lack of common sense! 19:18  |  Tom Clark 16/09/08
  116.   Gov. Palin 19:18  |  donna sherwood 16/09/08
  117.   Oh me, oh my! That religious Palin woman is so frightening! 19:19  |  Pssd off American. 16/09/08
  118.   Dear Brablry 19:22  |  Neil Schwartz 16/09/08
  119.   #43 Mark. How about a rational response? 19:24  |  Chaim 16/09/08
  120.   stay parliamentary:the system is to blame 19:25  |  Shelley 16/09/08
  121.   Who cares that its called the Bush Doctrine 19:26  |  Kipperraes 16/09/08
  122.   Greg 19:26  |  an Israeli 16/09/08
  123.   the electoral system to blame 19:29  |  Shelley 16/09/08
  124.   Sarah Palin, dysfunction in action... 19:44  |  Haim 16/09/08
  125.   Though running for VP, Palin is more qualified than Obama. 19:44  |  Chaim 16/09/08
  126.   Neber heard of it 19:52  |  Twogunz 16/09/08
  127.   Obama is what scares me 19:53  |  nic 16/09/08
  128.   Kim Hartveld 20:03  |  Czarkazem13 16/09/08
  129.   Mr. Burston....what is really frightening 20:04  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  130.   #109 Lynn, that`s a hard nut to swallow 20:07  |  Mark B. 16/09/08
  131.   I`m happy to see that Liberals are frightened by Sarah Palin 20:09  |  Yaakov K. 16/09/08
  132.   At least we would have a leader who is the American Voice 20:11  |  Jonathan 16/09/08
  133.   Sarah Palin 20:12  |  Jim Bohn 16/09/08
  134.   What is truly frightening about Sarah Palin 20:34  |  George Sol 16/09/08
  135.   #125 Chaim With your sentiments:I Approve All The Way 20:35  |  Benny 16/09/08
  136.   she is not bad... 20:37  |  Simon 16/09/08
  137.   116 donna. A futher note. After interview, several well known 20:42  |  Pssd off American. 16/09/08
  138.   #116 donna sherwood on "foreign perspective" 20:50  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  139.   susex, 20:52  |  Jacob 16/09/08
  140.   Sussex 20:56  |  Jacob 16/09/08
  141.   Insularity in a superpower that ventures out. 20:58  |  Fortuna Benmayor 16/09/08
  142.   Palin or Obama 21:00  |  Steven 16/09/08
  143.   #111 Durson....Please explain to all your followers 21:02  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  144.   There is no Bush Doctrine 21:09  |  don johnson 16/09/08
  145.   Sarah Palin 21:09  |  Rita Kropf 16/09/08
  146.   Why we need Gov. Palin 21:11  |  Sherry 16/09/08
  147.   CFOOL.Generalsation about Americans are as illogical as any other 21:14  |  PETER SM 16/09/08
  148.   #123 Shelley 21:18  |  Tenar 16/09/08
  149.   speak for yourself 21:26  |  Wendy Souza 16/09/08
  150.   We Just Had 8 Years of This 21:27  |  Andy 16/09/08
  151.   Bush doctrine,and a poor pollster 21:30  |  greggie 16/09/08
  152.   part of the problem is dichotomization 21:30  |  Tenar 16/09/08
  153.   truly frightening about sarah palin 21:37  |  denise bird 16/09/08
  154.   Burston, Bush Doctrine & Israeli cab driver. 21:40  |  curious 16/09/08
  155.   Just the facts... 21:45  |  Linda 16/09/08
  156.   SarahPalin 21:47  |  Salty 16/09/08
  157.   Does it exist, "THE" Bush doctrine? 22:08  |  Vladimir 16/09/08
  158.   #1 22:11  |  Ray 16/09/08
  159.   David Nigel Braham #65 re: Clickfool i must have missed it 22:11  |  American in NY 16/09/08
  160.   Only the Liberals? 22:13  |  Mike 16/09/08
  161.   " 22:14  |  The Fop 16/09/08
  162.   sarah? 22:15  |  michel 16/09/08
  163.   Clickfool re: david Braham # 74 22:17  |  American in NY 16/09/08
  164.   What IS Truly Frightening? 22:19  |  C.A. Fulghum 16/09/08
  165.   #130 Mark B...New York Post 22:23  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  166.   #138 Lynn, you got it all wrong on interjections 22:25  |  Mark B. 16/09/08
  167.   #130 Mark B....it`s under the heading Election 22:27  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  168.   Sarah Palin 22:27  |  JMcD 16/09/08
  169.   For Clickfool 22:31  |  leo 16/09/08
  170.   Karl Rove tactics, Lynn 22:34  |  Mark B. 16/09/08
  171.   Sarah Palin and the Bush Doctrine 22:36  |  Baruch Maoz 16/09/08
  172.   Highly Partisan - and Unfair - Article 22:40  |  Steven 16/09/08
  173.   WRONG WRONG WRONG 22:48  |  John 16/09/08
  174.   Its a sex difference 22:49  |  Sar Khumus 16/09/08
  175.   #165 Say Cupcake Lynn, the Logan Act 23:02  |  ballistic 16/09/08
  176.   Biden the "foreign Policy Expert" 23:02  |  John Loki 16/09/08
  177.   #173, Hope Stephen Of Geneve Read This ! 23:06  |  Gary 16/09/08
  178.   This election is not about McCain 23:07  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/09/08
  179.   Scared of a strong woman?? Just like Obama,huh? 23:07  |  David 16/09/08
  180.   #170 Mark B....actually an interview 23:14  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  181.   Bush knew everthing and failed @everything, 23:19  |  sam 16/09/08
  182.   #116 donna sherwood..Gov.Palin.my response which has not out.Why? 23:24  |  Benny 16/09/08
  183.   Palin 23:24  |  American 16/09/08
  184.   #175 Wormwood....bet I didn`t :) 23:27  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  185.   Sarah is Bush in drag 23:28  |  Rick7 16/09/08
  186.   Congressional oversight has been sorely lacking 23:32  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  187.   put yourself in the position of a Palestinian 23:37  |  mehmet 16/09/08
  188.   Truly Frightening ? The Israeli Proclivity to Appease 23:40  |  Tod Zuckerman 16/09/08
  189.   NO- Bama 23:41  |  Jews againt Obama 16/09/08
  190.   Palin as McCain`s Viagra 23:43  |  Michael N 16/09/08
  191.   Sar Khumus of Georgia 23:43  |  Lynn 16/09/08
  192.   #109 Lynn on Obama tricks-that`s a cinch 23:50  |  Roo 16/09/08
  193.   Hi Ballistic ---Delightful as ever--give em hell 23:55  |  Labhras 16/09/08
  194.   #180 Lynn, no story in major papers and Fox 00:03  |  Mark B. 17/09/08
  195.   #109 Lynn on Obama tricks-that`s a cinch 00:04  |  Roo 17/09/08
  196.   Please, please, PLEASE vote McCain/Palin 00:05  |  Helle 17/09/08
  197.   ballistic #175 -that was uncalled for(Lynn) 00:05  |  Roo 17/09/08
  198.   #172 Pity you Steven in NYC 00:18  |  mike 17/09/08
  199.   # 52 to clickfool re: key words 00:33  |  eric 17/09/08
  200.   #135 An Addendum On Obama etc.. 00:37  |  Benny 17/09/08
  201.   The Problem is Obama not Palin 00:40  |  Irv 17/09/08
  202.   #108 Jill So Many Imponderables,BUT You`re On the button! 00:48  |  Benny 17/09/08
  203.   Palin 00:57  |  Brod 17/09/08
  204.   #121 Kipperraes Exactly.Who cares that its called the BushDoctrin 01:05  |  Benny 17/09/08
  205.   181..ballistic delightful?? 01:22  |  Nemesis 17/09/08
  206.   #109 Lynn on Obama tricks-that`s a cinch 01:24  |  Roo 17/09/08
  207.   Lynn, really, various posts--part 1 01:30  |  mike 17/09/08
  208.   Lynn, continued 01:35  |  mike 17/09/08
  209.   Palin... VP made to order 01:36  |  allang 17/09/08
  210.   #172 Steven Highly Partisan --and Unfair--Article?YES!,but.. 01:37  |  Benny 17/09/08
  211.   Palin makes Bush look good 01:53  |  Edith 17/09/08
  212.   #181 Hey there Labhras 01:55  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  213.   #188 You Go Roo, go get em!!! 02:02  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  214.   #190 mike ....the genius 02:04  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  215.   #191 allang....Troopergate 02:11  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  216.   #178 Right on Yaakov, right on!! 02:15  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  217.   #178 Yaakov Sullivan...."she knows nothing" 02:32  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  218.   allang-nicely summed up #195 don`t forget the Bridge 02:37  |  Yoni Allon 17/09/08
  219.   #191 Nemesis..wow aren`t they a jolly pair,and delightful too! 02:39  |  Israeli 17/09/08
  220.   #182 Mark B....read post to allang 02:40  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  221.   #185 Roo on Lynn 02:48  |  Mark B. 17/09/08
  222.   Ballistic are you just a rah-rah cheerleader on the haters side? 02:49  |  The Equalizer 17/09/08
  223.   PIGS in lipstick 03:11  |  Akiva P 17/09/08
  224.   # 199 Lynn 03:13  |  allang 17/09/08
  225.   #199 Say Cupcake Lynn 03:15  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  226.   McCain vs Obama 03:19  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  227.   #190 Brod..Palin..Quite right... 03:35  |  Israeli 17/09/08
  228.   mike re: Lynn 03:43  |  TonyL 17/09/08
  229.   #185 Roo....as I have said on more then one occasion 03:49  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  230.   Vladimir 03:51  |  TonyL 17/09/08
  231.   Edith 04:19  |  I will vote PALIN 17/09/08
  232.   #77 John Allen. Is Sarah Palin standing up to Big Oil? 04:24  |  Maureen Ann 17/09/08
  233.   #12`s Baffoonery 04:37  |  DJG 17/09/08
  234.   ignorant or just avoiding 04:58  |  don muntean 17/09/08
  235.   Mr. Burston`s citizenship 05:11  |  Alan Solomon 17/09/08
  236.   RESOND MaUREEN ANN 05:20  |  TOBIA 17/09/08
  237.   # 199 Lynn 05:20  |  allang 17/09/08
  238.   A Gun-Toting Valkyrie From The Frozen North 06:00  |  Jeff Northridge 17/09/08
  239.   Sarah Palin 06:13  |  Laura A. Peterson 17/09/08
  240.   The Fallacy of the Bush Doctrine 06:21  |  Karina 17/09/08
  241.   Ignorance is Bliss 06:27  |  garyandyvonne 17/09/08
  242.   Democracy 06:40  |  Batya 17/09/08
  243.   Sarah Palin 06:49  |  George Y. Krikorian 17/09/08
  244.   TO Linda #155 07:00  |  Steve Beikirch 17/09/08
  245.   Sarah Palin 07:09  |  Steve Beikirch 17/09/08
  246.   #191 Nemesis: Ballistic delightful? take it from whence it comes 07:22  |  x-ray 17/09/08
  247.   #190 Say Brod 07:40  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  248.   #204 Yes, Ben Jabo 07:48  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  249.   obama`s in a panic over palin...and guess what? 07:51  |  eric 17/09/08
  250.   clickfool 07:53  |  Connie 17/09/08
  251.   #129 Cupcake Lynn 08:18  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  252.   #229 No Eric, Obama won`t drop Biden 08:21  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  253.   #219 Gee, Jeff 08:23  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  254.   #212 Tobia. I am qualified. I am a woman. 08:24  |  Maureen Ann 17/09/08
  255.   #230 Gee Connie, there is no conceit 08:26  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  256.   Israeli & American electoral proclivities 08:44  |  davidk 17/09/08
  257.   Maureen Ann all you need now is some brains 08:54  |  x-ray 17/09/08
  258.   # 247 to ballistic re: palin, mccain, and things 08:55  |  eric 17/09/08
  259.   #219 Gee Israeli 08:58  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  260.   For Peter SM # 147 09:21  |  Clickfool 17/09/08
  261.   For Leo # 169 09:26  |  Clickfool 17/09/08
  262.   For Connie # 250 09:32  |  Clickfool 17/09/08
  263.   Why Palin is popular 09:36  |  Clickfool 17/09/08
  264.   I believe I heard Palin say,Ahmadinejad has to go,implying he is 09:36  |  Susanna/shoshanna 17/09/08
  265.   #34 Clickfool 09:44  |  JIm 17/09/08
  266.   #32 Indrajaya 09:57  |  Jim 17/09/08
  267.   #165 Geez, Lynn, the NY Post 10:04  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  268.   Lynn, about Obama and McCain 10:10  |  Mark B. 17/09/08
  269.   #258 Say there Eric 10:11  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  270.   #34clickfool-dumb as the American people are,as you say -we are t 10:12  |  Susann/Shoshanna 17/09/08
  271.   McCain/Palin The Best Choice 10:12  |  Nite Owl 17/09/08
  272.   #257 X-Ray. Qualified to comment. 10:17  |  Maureen Ann 17/09/08
  273.   #258 BTW Eric 10:17  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  274.   # 266, JIM 10:20  |  indrajaya 17/09/08
  275.   # 248 to ballistic re: ummm...things 10:24  |  eric 17/09/08
  276.   #49janet-obviously you haven`t blogged with the left-they hate 10:42  |  Susanna/shoshanna 17/09/08
  277.   #147 Peter SM 10:54  |  Jim 17/09/08
  278.   Clickfool #261 About American Jewish voting... 11:31  |  S 17/09/08
  279.   Sarah Palin 11:35  |  Ephraim Ben-Zeev 17/09/08
  280.   Judgement calls: JIM wants c`fool, Indrajaya to run the world 11:59  |  Iz Ray Leigh 17/09/08
  281.   Maureen 12:31  |  Rab Burns 17/09/08
  282.   #96 Anonymous 14:27  |  Mahdi 17/09/08
  283.   #221 Mark B....why would I say anything of 14:40  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  284.   Lynn, I did not say that you said that 15:07  |  Mark B. 17/09/08
  285.   Palin frightens Israeli`s 15:14  |  Mark B. 17/09/08
  286.   Lynn Forester de Rothschild, head of the Dem Committee 15:44  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  287.   The Bush Doctrine 16:18  |  Mike 17/09/08
  288.   #259 Wormwood....such happiness you evoke 17:09  |  Lynn 17/09/08
  289.   Maureen Ann - Ilse Koch was also a woman 17:15  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  290.   Hillary is ticked off & Pouting 17:22  |  * BEN JABO 17/09/08
  291.   #244 To Steve Beikirch.news for you.Muslims,Blacks andJews.. 17:58  |  Israeli 17/09/08
  292.   sarah! 18:05  |  jonathan 17/09/08
  293.   #235 Alan Solomon Mr. Burston`s citizenship? 18:11  |  Israeli 17/09/08
  294.   #229 Lynn.re:Roo.A short one.Roo is an Australian.But ballistic?? 18:19  |  Israeli 17/09/08
  295.   #274 Yes Cupcake Lynn and while Obama 18:19  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  296.   #276 No BJ, there you are in La-La land 18:23  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  297.   Hey there Eric, my man! 18:52  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  298.   # 278 Steve Beikirch.An Addendum.Interesting to read. 18:58  |  Benny 17/09/08
  299.   Sarah Palin 19:09  |  Novy Carr 17/09/08
  300.   #275 Eric, no problem with our lovefest 20:47  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  301.   sarahs crazy religion 20:49  |  jeannine powers 17/09/08
  302.   #286 Say Cupcake Lynn re Ms. Rothschild 20:59  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  303.   #284 Lynn and prosperity (continued) 21:33  |  Mark B. 17/09/08
  304.   You should read Melanie Philips article 21:41  |  Jo 17/09/08
  305.   Thanks... 22:19  |  S 17/09/08
  306.   Eric, here we go! 22:36  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  307.   #304 Jo..Here is An Excerpt for whoever would like to read it. 22:38  |  KATHY 17/09/08
  308.   Eric continued part 2 22:42  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  309.   Eric continued pt 3 22:47  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  310.   article regarding Palin 22:54  |  Dr. Ginge Brien 17/09/08
  311.   #229 Israeli 23:01  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  312.   #302 BTW Lynn 23:04  |  ballistic 17/09/08
  313.   Sara and Tzipi may become friends? 23:11  |  Jeff 17/09/08
  314.   #281 Rab Burns. The gang culture in Glasgow. 00:09  |  Maureen Ann 18/09/08
  315.   Hi there Eric 01:24  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  316.   #Ben Jabo."Former POW says McCain is not cut out to be President" 02:23  |  Maureen Ann 18/09/08
  317.   #315 ballistic 02:30  |  Mark B. 18/09/08
  318.   Clickfool 03:49  |  Connie 18/09/08
  319.   Oboma is not the far left... 04:50  |  Janet 18/09/08
  320.   #301 Jeannine 04:52  |  mike 18/09/08
  321.   #87Sorry 07:57  |  Janet 18/09/08
  322.   Bush Doctrine is not worth knowing 08:11  |  miamidot 18/09/08
  323.   Another S #305... 08:25  |  S 18/09/08
  324.   # 273 to ballistic re: claims 09:54  |  eric 18/09/08
  325.   # 273 to ballistic re: issues, dinners, and things 11:36  |  eric 18/09/08
  326.   # 300 to ballistic re: cliffs 11:58  |  eric 18/09/08
  327.   # 306 to ballistic re: links 12:13  |  eric 18/09/08
  328.   # 308 to ballistic re: where on earth? 12:50  |  eric 18/09/08
  329.   # 309 to ballistic re: ahmadinjead 13:12  |  eric 18/09/08
  330.   # 309 to ballistic re: ahmadinjead 13:12  |  eric 18/09/08
  331.   # 315 to ballistic re: $20 million 13:44  |  eric 18/09/08
  332.   #5 - Chaim 15:15  |  Deborah 18/09/08
  333.   #321 Eric 16:03  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  334.   #322 Eric 16:09  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  335.   #323 Eric 16:11  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  336.   # 321 eric to all your posts to ballistic. Well Done. 16:14  |  Israeli 18/09/08
  337.   #324 Hey there Eric 16:17  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  338.   #325 Eric, yes, Ms Rothschild 16:24  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  339.   #327 Eric 16:30  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  340.   #332 Hey eric.went to the link on polls.Most are RED! which means 16:33  |  Israeli 18/09/08
  341.   Israeli 16:34  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  342.   #339 Hey there ballistic.What`s that got to do with the price of 17:13  |  Israeli 18/09/08
  343.   Words of Wisdom 17:33  |  George Washington 18/09/08
  344.   #1 Hey voter in Michigan..we don`t except 17:47  |  Pastor Joseph 18/09/08
  345.   Ballistic & Eric TWO BLOWHARDS 17:48  |  * BEN JABO 18/09/08
  346.   #343 The Wisdom of George Washington.. 17:57  |  Israeli 18/09/08
  347.   Hey Eric 18:01  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  348.   Israeli, thanks for writing... 18:43  |  George Washington 18/09/08
  349.   #344 Say Pastor Joseph, you don`t "except" 19:10  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  350.   Yes, and those same pollsters will fail 19:15  |  ballistic 18/09/08
  351.   #349 ballistic .so the Pastor made a small blunder.What About you 20:16  |  Israeli 18/09/08