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Bradley Burston / When Sarah Palin runs for president
By Bradley Burston
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TEL AVIV - I may live in the Middle East, but Sarah Palin speaks my language.
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Like the Republican candidate, I am a native of the American West who lives outside the continental 48. I drop my G's. I can see my enemy from my front porch. I love the United States of America. I have a familiarity with and, I confess, a fondness for firearms. I believe in God.

So when Sarah Palin runs for president, as many pundits and, for that matter, plumbers, believe she someday will, I want to ask her a favor.

Speak to me.

I promise to listen.

Speak to me, though I don't live in what may be defined as a small town. Speak to me, even if I believe that taxes are a necessary expression of patriotic sacrifice, not a form of profanity.

Speak to me even if I believe that government has a responsibility and a moral obligation to provide the best public schools it can, even if that means taking a bit more money from people who have a great deal, in order to help children who should not be punished if their families have none.

Begin to speak to me, and people like me - in fact, allow me to come out and use the expletive, liberals, and the swear word, leftists - as if we were real Americans, too. Because we are.

Out there in Alaska, just like over here in Israel, there is a remarkable freedom in isolation. There is the sense of the frontier, in practice, a form of secessionism based on the luxuries of geography and distance, and, no less, on selective blindness.

Correct me if I'm wrong. But from this distance, it is difficult to tell if this is the 2008 race for the presidency, or the opening phase of the 2012 Republican primary campaign.

John McCain, who is a comeback battler without equal, may yet pull this one out. But if he does not, you're all the Republican Party has. That means that if the Democrats win in November, your hard work, your preparation for office, has only just begun.

The problem is not how you talk. I sense it's honest. It is, in fact, the way you really talk. The you-betchas and doggonits feel like home. And if you suddenly affected some sort of high language to assuage Peggy Noonan and others in your party who recoil, silently or not, at what may grate on them as faux populism, that is certainly their problem, not yours.

Neither do I have a problem with your political views, which you present with honesty. I agree with nearly none of them, but that is why in a democracy the majority, in the end, decides.

What I do have a problem with, however, is the reeling down of all political debate to the intellectual equivalent of fast food. As Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan's aide and wordsmith, wrote last week in the Wall Street Journal about the shabby state of campaign discourse: "You cannot speak like an adult in politics now, that's too austere and detached, snobby."

The majestic office you seek makes cruel demands of those who hold it. You have four years. You're going to need them.

You have assets. But you must look at them honestly. You speak the language of the frontier, and that is why it has worked. It is language at the core of the American personality, the language on which large swaths of America were built, language which, because it is electrifying and inspiring and visionary, is, at the same time, blinding. There is a tendency to see the path and the goals to the exclusion of what - and especially who - may be standing alongside, or left behind.

Living out here on the side of a hill, where we can see Gaza from out our living room window, and the West Bank from the master bedroom, I've learned something about the frontier.

The periphery, the frontier, teaches self-reliance, personal initiative, and independence of thought and action.

But the isolation of the frontier also teaches a kind of secessionism that we have come to conflate with the idea of freedom.

In theory, it teaches neighborliness and helping those less fortunate. In practice, it does not teach how to get along with others. Not with those next door, and not with those half a world away.

This month, you spoke of the world view you share with John McCain. "That world view that says that America is a nation of exceptionalism. And we are to be that shining city on a hill, as President Reagan so beautifully said, that we are a beacon of hope and that we are unapologetic here. We are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights."

In invoking Puritan leader John Winthrop's 1630 sermon envisioning New England as a "shining city on a hill," Reagan concluded his farewell speech with a vision of America that is worth revisiting.

"In my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here."

Living in a tiny village in the shadow of the original, biblical shining city on the hill, I've also learned something about history.

We are a bright people with a dark past, we Americans. The Puritan heritage has spurred us and scarred us. We were swift to grant freedom to white males with property, and all others had to wait. There are those among us who still believe that success is a sign of God's grace, and distress, financial, emotional, medical, political, a sign that the sufferer deserved it.

Listen, if to no one else, then to Reagan. Tend to the country's walls, yes, but work as hard as you can, as well, to open its doors.

See the world. See the other half of your native land.

Listen to your neighbors, the ones with whom you directly disagree.

If you would lead them, grant them their humanity, and their full citizenship in the American dream.

They love America no less than you. Not one heartbeat less.


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Previous blogs:

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For the journalist, on Yom Kippur
Obama-hate, and Sarah Palin's War on Terror
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Erasing Ahmadinejad from the map
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  1.   I respectfully disagree 18:17  |  Helen Jones 23/10/08
  2.   A homespun, plain talking hockey mom... 19:11  |  Aphemia 23/10/08
  3.   #1 19:42  |  Friend of Israel 23/10/08
  4.   I agree with #1 20:04  |  Mike 23/10/08
  5.   We love Sarah here 00:31  |  Devout republican 24/10/08
  6.   To Friend of Israel 00:35  |  Helen Jones 24/10/08
  7.   Palin...and special code-word eloquence 01:36  |  allang 24/10/08
  8.   Bradley, you must be joking!!!! 05:11  |  marc 24/10/08
  9.   oh please 08:03  |  david 24/10/08
  10.   oops 08:06  |  david 24/10/08
  11.   "That Sarah Palin is no Alaskan." 09:00  |  Maureen Ann 24/10/08
  12.   Burston, don`t count McCain out just yet! 09:59  |  Yaakov K. 24/10/08
  13.   A bit player gets a few lines on the big stage 10:01  |  Natallie Durson 24/10/08
  14.   #1: "The plethora of stories that have emerged about this woman" 10:04  |  Yaakov K. 24/10/08
  15.   Thank you, #5! 10:06  |  Yaakov K. 24/10/08
  16.   REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN 2012 10:26  |  indrajaya 24/10/08
  17.   Palin still haunted by the Katie Couric interview..... 10:31  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/10/08
  18.   GO LOOK AT THE MIRROR, YOU`LL SEE PALIN INSIDE 12:14  |  indrajaya 24/10/08
  19.   Dianne Keller for Vice President! 12:36  |  Clickfool 24/10/08
  20.   I was wrong 12:44  |  Edith 24/10/08
  21.   The republican party has nothing left 12:53  |  Mark Lincoln 24/10/08
  22.   Palin Comparision 13:03  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/10/08
  23.   To Yaakov K 13:16  |  Helen Jones 24/10/08
  24.   #1 Helen....my goodness! 14:09  |  Lynn 24/10/08
  25.   #7 allang...what "code words"? 14:17  |  Lynn 24/10/08
  26.   #`s 5, 14 & 15 14:19  |  Deborah 24/10/08
  27.   #14 Yaakov...one good thing has come out 14:40  |  Lynn 24/10/08
  28.   Less Than Two Weeks! Let`s Pray... 14:47  |  Yosemite 24/10/08
  29.   "...you`re all the Republican party has." 15:02  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 24/10/08
  30.   She is a total nutcase 15:06  |  Marilyn 24/10/08
  31.   What`s wrong with spending $150,000 on clothes? 15:38  |  utagawa 24/10/08
  32.   Friend of Israel=Dual Loyalty 16:29  |  Palin is an Idiot 24/10/08
  33.   Yaacov is Wacky 16:31  |  XA 24/10/08
  34.   It`s the legs, stupid! (Nuff said) 16:51  |  JW 24/10/08
  35.   To Lynn 17:09  |  Helen Jones 24/10/08
  36.   #5 Devout Republican 17:35  |  Rudy 24/10/08
  37.   #13 Natallie Durson 17:39  |  Rudy 24/10/08
  38.   For #26 Deborah 18:04  |  Mike 24/10/08
  39.   Palin 18:09  |  American 24/10/08
  40.   #21 - Mark Lincoln 18:39  |  DeboraH 24/10/08
  41.   LYNN, You are dreaming... 18:51  |  Sarah 24/10/08
  42.   Burston burstin` with propaganda ! 19:04  |  Gary 24/10/08
  43.   Swiss Dino, Why Are You Involved in USA`s 19:11  |  Gary 24/10/08
  44.   #30 - Utagawa 19:15  |  Deborah 24/10/08
  45.   #13 Bimbo 19:40  |  Bruni 24/10/08
  46.   the left is terrified of this woman 1 19:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/10/08
  47.   the left is terrified of this woman 2 20:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/10/08
  48.   Conservative Republicans are voting for Obama 20:10  |  Nathan 24/10/08
  49.   Helen Jones 20:57  |  TonyL 24/10/08
  50.   The "disagreement" of #1 and many others is worth nothing 21:17  |  S 24/10/08
  51.   #35, Rudy, What propaganda ! 21:23  |  gary 24/10/08
  52.   Is that all there is, my friends? 21:24  |  Morris Valentine 24/10/08
  53.   #35, rudy, Obama is not even from Illinois 21:25  |  gary 24/10/08
  54.   Lynn re Helen Jones #34 21:29  |  TonyL 24/10/08
  55.   DeboraH re: Mark Lincoln 21:50  |  TonyL 24/10/08
  56.   $150,00 For Clothes/$22,800 For Hair 22:04  |  Yonah 24/10/08
  57.   Mark Lincoln 22:13  |  TonyL 24/10/08
  58.   #43 Gary ??? 22:19  |  Rudy 24/10/08
  59.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTXJSyTjo 22:19  |  Call me JJ 24/10/08
  60.   Sarah Palin is all the Republicans have left? Surely you jest 22:19  |  Benjamin 24/10/08
  61.   DeboraH - no 22:45  |  Mark Lincoln 24/10/08
  62.   Polling shows that 22:48  |  Mark Lincoln 24/10/08
  63.   McFailin Campaign 22:50  |  Jasper 24/10/08
  64.   News of Obama link to communist party may spoil his chances! 23:04  |  redmike 24/10/08
  65.   Helen Jones......Thanks for the response 23:18  |  Lynn 24/10/08
  66.   #49 Yonah et al....if someone gave you the opportunity 23:23  |  Lynn 24/10/08
  67.   To TonyL 23:26  |  Helen Jones 24/10/08
  68.   1 Helen Jones Liverpool 23:32  |  Ibn Musa 24/10/08
  69.   #31 Friend of Israel 23:35  |  Ibn Musa 24/10/08
  70.   I disagree, but with somewhat less respect 23:37  |  Another Friend 24/10/08
  71.   Imelda`s shoes were given to her 23:46  |  Maria 24/10/08
  72.   Nathan #41 23:48  |  Bonnie 24/10/08
  73.   Why she didn`t say, Thanks,but no thanks 23:52  |  Maria 24/10/08
  74.   In my country,they will call her a 23:55  |  Maria 24/10/08
  75.   49 Yonah NY 23:55  |  Ibn Musa 24/10/08
  76.   The latest sign 23:59  |  Colin Wright 24/10/08
  77.   Mark Lincoln 00:03  |  TonyL 25/10/08
  78.   Palin didn`t blink when she was selected. 00:05  |  Maria 25/10/08
  79.   Sarah Palin 00:14  |  The Teacher/Instruct 25/10/08
  80.   Excuse me - but are you an Israeli, Bradley? 00:21  |  Stuart D. 25/10/08
  81.   TonyL - what it really takes to win 01:03  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  82.   The Teacher/Instructor - a great republican woman 01:12  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  83.   She can? 01:25  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  84.   #43, Rudy, Because ... 01:31  |  Gary 25/10/08
  85.   #60 - Marky 01:35  |  Deborah 25/10/08
  86.   She Can? 01:46  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  87.   The US Needs an Earth-shaking Change NOW 01:48  |  Jane 25/10/08
  88.   Aquotation from a former McCain 01:59  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  89.   Palin calls Bush a major obstacle for campaign.... 02:15  |  Maria 25/10/08
  90.   sara palin 02:29  |  dave markun 25/10/08
  91.   Sarah and John and Joe and Barack 02:39  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 25/10/08
  92.   Helen Jones Well Said 02:44  |  Baz Mann 25/10/08
  93.   YOU MUST BE NUTS ! 03:47  |  Arik Silverman 25/10/08
  94.   palin 04:00  |  grant kennedy 25/10/08
  95.   America`s Marie Antoinette 04:05  |  utagawa 25/10/08
  96.   #61 Mark Lincoln 04:11  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  97.   #91 nicely done and a lot of fun 04:14  |  human 25/10/08
  98.   Alaska expert 04:30  |  human 25/10/08
  99.   TonyL - when predictions come true 05:27  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  100.   $150,000 on clothes, $600 million on a coup... 05:27  |  Dave from Chicago 25/10/08
  101.   You comprehend nothing TonyL 05:36  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  102.   DeboraH (sic) 05:48  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  103.   Sarah Palin 06:10  |  Tony Price 25/10/08
  104.   Jane - similar responses 06:19  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  105.   A talent show... Palin/Obama are the best - 06:52  |  17 25/10/08
  106.   #100, Dave from Chicago 07:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  107.   #104, Mark Lincoln 07:22  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  108.   #52, Morris Valentine 07:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  109.   Palin is good at making babies 07:38  |  Astasheiks 25/10/08
  110.   Human from BC Canada 08:52  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/10/08
  111.   You like Palin? 09:18  |  Colin 25/10/08
  112.   CJK #47 10:29  |  Guido 25/10/08
  113.   On target, but Reagan was a fraud 10:41  |  chelemer 25/10/08
  114.   Clues to the psyche of Cipora # 46 10:44  |  Clickfool 25/10/08
  115.   Both VP running mates are disasters 11:19  |  chelemer 25/10/08
  116.   Response to L.C.Coleman...in verse 11:58  |  Klaudia 25/10/08
  117.   #112, Guido 12:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  118.   Palins record ignored... 12:10  |  pelsar 25/10/08
  119.   #22 Ronnie Wolman It was WAY over their heads 13:06  |  Ari ben Yisrael 25/10/08
  120.   absolutely palin power! 13:20  |  jonathan 25/10/08
  121.   Reminds me of a story 13:35  |  FOX 25/10/08
  122.   Pelsar 118, the problem is that her record is NOT being ignored. 14:24  |  Shlomo 25/10/08
  123.   The Stifffening of John McCain 14:53  |  Clickfool 25/10/08
  124.   Palin 14:53  |  Shmuelshachor 25/10/08
  125.   DINO: THE MORE YOU BLEAT, THE MORE.... 15:02  |  Brant 25/10/08
  126.   I`m such a maverick 15:10  |  joe sixpack 25/10/08
  127.   What about Ted Stevens Cipora? 15:26  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  128.   #118 pelsar...yes, exactly right 15:30  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  129.   #103 tony Price....you forgot one thing 15:34  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  130.   #112 Guido...your post is mediocre 15:41  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  131.   #109 Astsheiks..."used like a punching bag" 15:44  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  132.   McCain`s latest cross to bear 16:42  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  133.   #116 Klaudia An Apt Rendintion:A Testament of Things To Come 16:44  |  Kathy 25/10/08
  134.   Mark Lincoln 17:11  |  The Teacher/Instruct 25/10/08
  135.   #123, Mark Lincoln`s latest cross to bear... 17:17  |  Gary 25/10/08
  136.   #109 Astasheiks..Palin is good at making babies.So,is NancyPelosi 17:45  |  Kathy 25/10/08
  137.   To Helen 17:52  |  Ralph Levy 25/10/08
  138.   Clickfool Doc.of psyche re.Cipora # 46 18:10  |  The Teacher/Instruct 25/10/08
  139.   The Teacher/Instructor 18:26  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  140.   No question Gary 18:28  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  141.   MONSTER ON RISE 18:29  |  Moshe Beracha 25/10/08
  142.   What record? 18:32  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  143.   When Sarah Palin runs for president 19:07  |  Sidney 25/10/08
  144.   Got it backwards there , Bradley 19:23  |  TimothyL 25/10/08
  145.   #120 Lynn-Alaska 20:17  |  W. Kleinman 25/10/08
  146.   #129 Kleinman.....citizens of the US 21:02  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  147.   Palin is the stupidest woman. 21:12  |  Katrina 25/10/08
  148.   #136, teacher/instruct 21:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  149.   #116, Klaudia 21:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  150.   shlomo 122..palins record compare? 21:52  |  pelsar 25/10/08
  151.   When Sarah Palin Runs for President 21:58  |  Hugh Sansom 25/10/08
  152.   Lynn 146 you got me all wrong 22:13  |  W. Kleinman 25/10/08
  153.   Meanwhile, back at the food fight 22:17  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  154.   For the Teacher # 138 22:22  |  Clickfool 25/10/08
  155.   For Katrina # 147 22:27  |  Clickfool 25/10/08
  156.   #149 Mark Lincoln...my dream has come true 22:38  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  157.   #120 jonathan absolutely palin power.Short and to the point! 22:47  |  Kathy 25/10/08
  158.   #138, teacher/instruct 22:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  159.   On that, I have to Agree .... 22:52  |  Gary 25/10/08
  160.   #148 Kleinman...no I don`t 22:54  |  Lynn 25/10/08
  161.   Mark Lincoln 23:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/10/08
  162.   #137 Ralph Levy Glad you are back.Am going to visit your blogs 23:32  |  Kathy 25/10/08
  163.   138 teacher.....Re Cipora & Clickfool 23:36  |  Shlomo 25/10/08
  164.   He was 23:43  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  165.   #127 Mark Lincoln..The Corruption for thepast 8 year you say.BUT! 23:46  |  Kathy 25/10/08
  166.   He was 23:48  |  Mark Lincoln 25/10/08
  167.   Kathy - you`re an absolute disgrace # 153 23:57  |  Clickfool 25/10/08
  168.   The greatest, most enduring effect of an Obama victory 23:59  |  Clickfool 25/10/08
  169.   #126 joe sixpack..I don`tthink Pres` Bush was given to rah,rah! 00:27  |  K 26/10/08
  170.   Exceptional writing makes Haatetz a must read 00:28  |  David Erlichman 26/10/08
  171.   #119 No Meitav Ari,the cretins did not miss it. 00:34  |  Kathy 26/10/08
  172.   Palin Prez 00:47  |  Howard 26/10/08
  173.   Kathy in the real world 01:19  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
  174.   Kathy in the real world there were 01:26  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
  175.   154 Kathy - Corruption & Deficits 01:29  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/10/08
  176.   outside the continental 48 01:47  |  ayboday 26/10/08
  177.   #174 M.L & 175 Mark of Lewiston..I Also mentioned.. 01:56  |  Kathy 26/10/08
  178.   #167 Clickfool..Shame on me? I`ll produce the list if you so wish 01:58  |  Kathy 26/10/08
  179.   Dear Lynn #56 When You Spend.,.. 02:08  |  Yonah 26/10/08
  180.   #163, Shlomo, dear man 02:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/10/08
  181.   #1 Helen Jones in England 02:35  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  182.   Great 02:37  |  Don 26/10/08
  183.   #6 Helen in Liverpool 02:43  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  184.   The Truly Honorable Senator McCain 02:51  |  Yonah 26/10/08
  185.   #30 Marlyn down under 02:52  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  186.   Clickie: another insightful post (#168) 02:52  |  Morris Valentine 26/10/08
  187.   #31 Mrs. Palins $150.000 wardrobe. 02:56  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  188.   #30 Marlyn down under 03:01  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  189.   #32 You should be ashamed of yourself. 03:05  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  190.   #186, Morris Valentine 03:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/10/08
  191.   #83 Mark Lincoln, what have you accomplished? 03:10  |  John Allen 26/10/08
  192.   Mark of Lewiston - modern corruption 03:55  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
  193.   Yonah - yes 04:00  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
  194.   IF The McCain/Palin ticket... 04:05  |  Yonah 26/10/08
  195.   #187 John Allen. The designer thrift store... 04:08  |  Maureen Ann 26/10/08
  196.   What have I accomplished? - John Allen 04:08  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
  197.   Palin and Ho Hum 04:16  |  Jasper 26/10/08
  198.   Let`s not forget the 5.3 million 04:53  |  Lynn 26/10/08
  199.   Lynn, what did 05:20  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
  200.   Palin Running for 2012 06:35  |  Curmudgeon 26/10/08
  201.   shlomo 122- palin has no record? 06:44  |  pelsar 26/10/08
  202.   177 Kathy - Unemployment and Job Growth 06:48  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/10/08
  203.   Mark Lincoln - More on Corruption 07:02  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/10/08
  204.   # 180 Cipora: "I have been for the left my whole life" (LOL) 07:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/10/08
  205.   #190 Cipora You are very smart! Bravo Cipora! 08:48  |  S 26/10/08
  206.   Clickfool #168 and Morris Valentine # 186 09:50  |  S 26/10/08
  207.   #205, S 09:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/10/08
  208.   This is the great fear, Cipora # 207 10:00  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
  209.   Hold your head in your hands and weep for your fall, America 10:12  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
  210.   #208, clickfool, simplifying 10:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/10/08
  211.   No, they`re not, Cipora # 210 10:35  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
  212.   Palin Also `Borrowed` The $28,000 Hairdresser and Will Return It 13:07  |  Yonah 26/10/08
  213.   #190 - Cipora 14:33  |  Deborah 26/10/08
  214.   #209 - Clickfool "...weep for your fall, America" 14:48  |  Deborah 26/10/08
  215.   #157 - Kathy 15:15  |  Deborah 26/10/08
  216.   212 Yonah - Do you really expect 17:20  |  Ibn Musa 26/10/08
  217.   #190 Yes Cipora You Are right.. 17:56  |  Kathy 26/10/08
  218.   Finally!!! I have found out 17:59  |  Lynn 26/10/08
  219.   #213 Deborah....welcome to the club 18:15  |  Lynn 26/10/08
  220.   McCain`s mother was right and Noonan can stick it... 20:49  |  JM 26/10/08
  221.   Sarah Palin 21:26  |  Alice - Emeryville 26/10/08
  222.   For Deborah # 214 22:38  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
  223.   216...IF She Spends $2,600 On Her Hairdresser, Imagine Our Budget 00:11  |  Yonah 27/10/08
  224.   Diva Palin..... home-spun funny bone 00:28  |  allang 27/10/08
  225.   #222 - Clickfool 00:36  |  Deborah 27/10/08
  226.   Lynn 00:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
  227.   #213, Deborah 01:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
  228.   To CJK, S - brilliant at denial, perhaps. 03:09  |  Morris Valentine 27/10/08
  229.   To Deborah (#213): Time to move on and move out 03:13  |  Morris Valentine 27/10/08
  230.   #228, Morris Valentine 07:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
  231.   sarah palin 08:09  |  moris kushelevitch 27/10/08
  232.   #230, MV, post script 09:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
  233.   For Deborah # 225 10:08  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
  234.   Sarah Palin admits she`s as fake as a $3 bill 10:12  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
  235.   #227 - Cipora 12:44  |  Deborah 27/10/08
  236.   #229 - Morris 12:52  |  Deborah 27/10/08
  237.   misken :( 13:14  |  tom 27/10/08
  238.   The Fairness Doctrine, for Deborah # 235 13:37  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
  239.   Morris Valentine #228 15:12  |  S 27/10/08
  240.   PALIN can hold SECURITY CLEARANCE, BUT CAN OBAMA 18:22  |  Barry S. Roffman 27/10/08
  241.   #218 Lynn, my Cupcake 22:36  |  ballistic 27/10/08
  242.   #240 Say Barry, don`t you think the zealots 22:41  |  ballistic 27/10/08
  243.   #220 Say JM, I think you are confused! 22:48  |  ballistic 27/10/08
  244.   Ballistic, my fruitcake 01:52  |  Ibn Musa 28/10/08
  245.   Palin for president 03:50  |  H Rosan 28/10/08
  246.   CCN and Palin 04:35  |  Mary 28/10/08
  247.   Jelousy 04:43  |  Miriam 28/10/08
  248.   To CJK (#230), with regards from the old egg 05:08  |  Morris Valentine 28/10/08
  249.   To CJK (#232) 05:12  |  Morris Valentine 28/10/08
  250.   To Deborah (#236): Then mind your own business, not others` 05:22  |  Morris Valentine 28/10/08
  251.   To S (#239) 05:31  |  Morris Valentine 28/10/08
  252.   #248, MV, my "old egg" 08:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/10/08
  253.   Morris Valentine #251 about my chums: they are 08:27  |  S 28/10/08
  254.   #250 - Morris 13:19  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  255.   #238 - Clickfool 13:54  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  256.   #238 - Clickfool (continued) 14:11  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  257.   You have no right 14:14  |  andy 28/10/08
  258.   #250 - Morris - Taxes LOL 14:35  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  259.   Ballistic - OBAMA WILL END OUR FREEDOM 16:04  |  Barry S. Roffman 28/10/08
  260.   #244 Ibn 17:08  |  ballistic 28/10/08
  261.   Morris Valentine #250 20:02  |  Mike 28/10/08
  262.   Golly Barry, has desperation set in down in FL? 20:06  |  ballistic 28/10/08
  263.   #5 20:09  |  Imbar 28/10/08
  264.   Morris Valentine again 20:11  |  Mike 28/10/08
  265.   #26 20:17  |  Imbar 28/10/08
  266.   #240 20:24  |  Imbar 28/10/08
  267.   #209 20:26  |  Imbar 28/10/08
  268.   #244 Poor Ibn 20:45  |  ballistic 28/10/08
  269.   #259 20:52  |  Imbar 28/10/08
  270.   #264 - Imbar 21:19  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  271.   #263 - Mike 21:31  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  272.   #258 Deborah 21:49  |  ballistic 28/10/08
  273.   Imbar #264 22:22  |  Mike 28/10/08
  274.   #271 - Ballistic 22:58  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  275.   #271 - Ballistic, again 23:14  |  Deborah 28/10/08
  276.   #177 - Kathy 23:40  |  Imbar 28/10/08
  277.   #269 - Deborah 02:04  |  Imbar 29/10/08
  278.   Imbar & Ballistic 03:42  |  Mike 29/10/08
  279.   #271 Ballistic (& Imbar) - part dieux 04:04  |  Mike 29/10/08
  280.   To luftmenSch (#253) 06:29  |  Morris Valentine 29/10/08
  281.   To Deborah (#254) 06:41  |  Morris Valentine 29/10/08
  282.   To Mike (#261, etc) 06:51  |  Morris Valentine 29/10/08
  283.   Mike #279 - Indeed America is great to contain you too! 09:10  |  S 29/10/08
  284.   About Mike #279 again - About overuse of sarcasm 10:07  |  S 29/10/08
  285.   #280, Morris Valentine 12:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/10/08
  286.   #262: YOU ARE NAIVE, OBAMA NO MESSIAH 14:08  |  Barry S. Roffman 29/10/08
  287.   Morris Valentine #280 - from luftmenSch 14:20  |  S 29/10/08
  288.   Morris Valentine addendum 14:50  |  S 29/10/08
  289.   #284 S (unless the numbers change again) 15:18  |  Mike 29/10/08
  290.   #279 15:37  |  Imbar 29/10/08
  291.   #260 Ballistic 15:42  |  Ibn Musa 29/10/08
  292.   Mike 15:45  |  Imbar 29/10/08
  293.   Ballistic - Just for the moment, let`s assume 15:51  |  Ibn Musa 29/10/08
  294.   Clickfool: PALIN, & OBAMA STAGE PROPS 15:53  |  Barry S. Roffman 29/10/08
  295.   Ballistic, my fruitcake 16:06  |  Ibn Musa 29/10/08
  296.   Imbar #289 (unless the number changes again) 16:36  |  Mike 29/10/08
  297.   #274 Deborah, no, I did not read your 16:56  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  298.   #275 Deborah 16:59  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  299.   #278 Mike 17:03  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  300.   #279 Mike 17:21  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  301.   Mike con`t 17:26  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  302.   #286 Barry, off the chain still yet! 17:33  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  303.   Mike #289 numbers don`t count; I can`t miss Mike. 18:33  |  S 29/10/08
  304.   #302 - BALLISTIC MISSILE OFF COURSE 19:10  |  Barry S. Roffman 29/10/08
  305.   #281 - Morris 19:58  |  Deborah 29/10/08
  306.   #286 Barry, be careful, Ballistic will quote the Talmud 21:11  |  Ibn Musa 29/10/08
  307.   Say Barry 22:17  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  308.   BTW Barry 22:25  |  ballistic 29/10/08
  309.   POLITICAL ANSWERS for BALLISTIC (Part 1) 23:45  |  Barry S. Roffman 29/10/08
  310.   Ballistic - ON THE MESSIAH IN JUDAISM 23:53  |  Barry S. Roffman 29/10/08
  311.   Ballistic: Pt 3 - MESSIANIC DISQUALIFIERS 04:08  |  Barry S. Roffman 30/10/08
  312.   Ballistic Pt. 4 - WHO ARE REAL JEWS? 04:27  |  Barry S. Roffman 30/10/08
  313.   Ballistic Pt. - Miracles, PHILLIES, and PALIN 04:35  |  PHILLY FANATIC 30/10/08
  314.   To S, with apologies 04:58  |  Morris Valentine 30/10/08
  315.   Questions for Deborah 05:08  |  Morris Valentine 30/10/08
  316.   Bradley, lovely prose BUT... 06:10  |  Shtarka 30/10/08
  317.   To Deborah (#271): Suspicious? 06:41  |  Morris Valentine 30/10/08
  318.   #315 - Morris 13:01  |  Deborah 30/10/08
  319.   #315 - Morris (continued) 13:16  |  Deborah 30/10/08
  320.   #317 - Morris 13:34  |  Deborah 30/10/08
  321.   To Deborah (#318) 14:23  |  Morris Valentine 30/10/08
  322.   Morris #317 15:52  |  Mike 30/10/08
  323.   Ballistic Pt. - Miracles, PHILLIES, and PALIN 17:48  |  Rick Linsk 30/10/08
  324.   #321 - Morris 19:17  |  Deborah 30/10/08
  325.   #323(Rick): PHILLIES, SPORTS, & TORAH CODE 19:43  |  Barry S. Roffman 30/10/08
  326.   To Deborah (#317): On difficult decisions 04:58  |  Morris Valentine 31/10/08
  327.   To Deborah (#324) 05:07  |  Morris Valentine 31/10/08
  328.   To Mike (#322) 05:19  |  Morris Valentine 31/10/08
  329.   #315, Morris Valentine 10:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 31/10/08
  330.   #329 - Cipora 13:13  |  Deborah 31/10/08
  331.   #326 - Morris 13:39  |  Deborah 31/10/08
  332.   #326 - Morris (continued) 13:56  |  Deborah 31/10/08
  333.   To Deborah (#331, 332) 16:33  |  Morris Valentine 31/10/08
  334.   To CJK (#315) 16:37  |  Morris Valentine 31/10/08
  335.   Morris Valentine #314 16:42  |  S 31/10/08
  336.   To S 19:21  |  Morris Valentine 31/10/08
  337.   #333 - Morris 19:52  |  Deborah 31/10/08
  338.   Joe Biden, You Will Kill US 20:54  |  Dav Lev 31/10/08
  339.   Why I`m Voting For McCain/Palin 21:02  |  Dav Lev 31/10/08
  340.   For Barry, spamming his Arkcode book # 294 00:13  |  Clickfool 01/11/08
  341.   #330, Debora 01:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/08
  342.   #334, Morris Valentine 01:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/08
  343.   #336, Morris Valentine 02:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/08
  344.   To CJK (#342) 03:41  |  Morris Valentine 01/11/08
  345.   #3434, MV 04:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/08
  346.   DavLev 06:28  |  marc 01/11/08
  347.   To CJK (#345) 06:31  |  Morris Valentine 01/11/08
  348.   #347, MV 08:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/08
  349.   To Bradley Burston - with thanks 08:56  |  S 01/11/08
  350.   Palin, an unlikely future 00:38  |  a wandering Jew 02/11/08
  351.   Some people don`t 07:57  |  David 02/11/08
  352.   #1 I respectfully disagree 08:02  |  John 02/11/08
  353.   New Apostolic Reformation 15:36  |  Chris 02/11/08