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Well, I bet there were more than GOP faithful at the event, but whatever. Here are a few more excerpts from the Omaha event:
Sarah Palin’s fans could give Obamaphiles a run in the devotion department if the more than 5,000 people who listened Sunday to her Omaha speech are any indication.
Palin’s supporters hailed the folksy Alaska governor as a “real person” who could be one of their neighbors.A “down-to-earth” person who has been maligned by Washington insiders and the mainstream media.
“She talks to us. She’s one of us. She doesn’t talk down to us like an Ivy League, Harvard person,” said Craig Johansen, an Omaha sales representative who was referring to Harvard graduate and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Palin thrilled her Nebraska and western Iowa fans on Sunday with a 24-minute speech at the Civic Auditorium Music Hall. She led a familiar “Drill, Baby, Drill!” chant, took a few shots at Obama and tried to portray her running mate, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, as the real candidate for change.
Palin’s visit to Nebraska comes as national polls show that McCain is struggling in the presidential race. It also comes as Obama makes a historic bid to win one of Nebraska’s electoral votes - the first time a Democrat has competed in this Republican stronghold in four decades.
Democrats and others have said Palin’s visit to Nebraska indicates that McCain can’t even count on traditional red states like Nebraska this year.
Palin denied that, saying she asked to come to the Midwest.
“The pundits were saying, ‘Check out where she’s going. She’s going to Nebraska.’ The pundits were saying, ‘The only reason she would be going there is because they’re scared. They have to shore up votes,’ ” Palin said.
“I so wanted to reach into that TV and say ‘no.’ I’m going to Nebraska because I want to go to Nebraska,” Palin said.
The short notice didn’t have a big impact on attendance. On Sunday, people began lining up outside the Civic Auditorium at about 1 p.m. State GOP officials said they would have had several thousand more if they would have had a few days to prepare, but no one was complaining.
Before Palin reached the main crowd at the packed 2,453-seat Music Hall inside the Civic, she addressed the overflow crowd in Mancuso Convention Hall. Capacity at Mancuso is listed as 2,500 on the venue’s Web site.
State Republicans had fervently hoped for a Palin visit.
Sweet. I would encourage all McCain Palin supporters to watch local papers closely for these events. It’s clear the lame stream media will not keep us informed of the love this nation has for Sarah’Cuda.
Sphere: Related ContentOh, it’s times like these that make me miss Nebraska. This should help cheer up the masses after that butt whippin’ put on us by those Missouri Tigers yesterday. 
Our best friends called us from the rally and said there’s not enough room for everyone and the energy is electrifying! This is from Omaha — the liberal part of that wonderful state.
I’m heading off to an African Children’s Choir concert tonight, but here is the link to watch it live if you have good timing.
The more criticism heaped on Sarah Palin, the more her Nebraska fans said Sunday they would rally around the Republican vice presidential candidate with the folksy demeanor.
Palin, several Republicans said, has been unfairly maligned by Democratic critics and “gotcha” journalists who don’t like the Alaska governor because she’s a political outsider with down-home roots.
“She’s one of us. She has a family and she has a job,” said Carolyn Gigstad, a Republican from Syracuse, Neb., who was a working mother until a couple of years ago.
“I think she has a lot more on the ball than a lot of people give her credit for,” Gigstad said.
She was among those who waited in line Sunday afternoon for several hours to get a good seat to listen to Palin speak at the Omaha Civic Auditorium, 18th Street and Capitol Avenue.Many had to hire babysitters and cancel family dinners to make time for Palin’s last-minute visit to Nebraska.
None complained.
“Eight hours’ notice is plenty when we’re so excited to have her,” said Rod Edwards, 42, a Republican activist from Omaha who was one of about 150 volunteers who gathered Sunday morning to make Palin signs.
The McCain-Palin campaign did not let Republicans know until Saturday afternoon that Palin planned to stop in Omaha.
It was her first visit to Nebraska and underscored the competitiveness of the presidential race here, where Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is making a bid for one of the state’s five electoral votes.
Matt Miltenberger, executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, said he did not know how many people to expect.
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson and about a dozen other prominent Nebraska Democrats held a press conference Sunday to welcome Palin to Omaha — albeit with one request.
“We hope she came to talk about the issues,” Nelson said while standing outside the City-County Building downtown.
Palin’s remarks this weekend alleging that Obama has associated with a former member of the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist group in the 1960s and 1970s, does nothing to clarify McCain’s positions, he said.
“We’ve gone from the silly season of ‘lipstick on pigs’ to the swift-boat season,” Nelson said, referring to the personal attacks on Sen. John Kerry’s war record during his presidential run in 2004.
“That is a thinly veiled strategy to try and change the subject,” Nelson said. “We want to talk about issues such as health care and not guilt by association.”
Since Palin’s surprise selection as McCain’s running mate, conservatives in the Republican Party have rallied around her as one of their own.
Rebecca Albano, 23, said McCain clinched her support with Palin’s nomination, saying she is drawn to Palin, in part, because she feels she can relate to the mother of five.
“She’s a woman, she has kids, she has a career,” said Albano. “She just seems like someone you could have a conversation with.”
Palin’s pick also gave the GOP ticket credibility with Kelly and Jim Haack of Omaha. Jim Haack said that with Palin’s anti-abortion views, he feels more comfortable that McCain would nominate conservative judges.
“I feel more excited about the country I’m handing to my children with McCain and Palin than with Obama and Biden,” said Kelly Haack, who has two boys, ages 11 and 14.
World-Herald staff writer Kevin Cole contributed to this report.
UPDATE Here is a link to a play by play for the Sarah’Cuda event in Omaha. I haven’t actually read it all, but I do know you need to start at the bottom to read in chronologically.
Different topic — If you’ve never seen the African Children’s Choir, you’re missing out. It was phenomenal. It was sweet that they came through a small town in Wyoming.
Sphere: Related ContentThis is too hilarious not to post. I found it at Iowahawk through Hotair:
Granted, it’s 4 minutes of your life you’ll never get back … but you’ll be laughing.
Sphere: Related ContentSince Wyoming is a small state population wise, it is always exciting to hear someone as brilliant as Justice Scalia was here. Here is just a sample of what he spoke of:
“What gives the Supreme Court the right to announce that the Constitution has changed?” Scalia said.
Scalia went on to predict that the Court’s trend over the last 50 years toward the living Constitution theory will have disastrous results for the nation.
“Don’t think the country has lasted two and a half centuries playing that game,” Scalia said. “We won’t last with this change.”
Supporters of the theory of a living constitution generally believe that the progress of the society should be considered when interpreting key constitutional concepts.
Scalia also took a few questions from the audience, including one about his position on the practice of government taking land through eminent domain.
Another huge event is Sarah Baracuda coming to the state. Well, the Jackson area that is. I guess they are part of the state, the part that has most of the money.
Palin, the Alaska governor who became Sen. John McCain’s surprise running-mate pick earlier this month, will meet with donors at the Teton Pines Country Club and Resort in Wilson on Sept. 24.
“It’s fair to say the response has already exceeded our expectations,” said Dick Scarlett, who along with his wife, Maggie, serves as finance co-chairman for the McCain-Palin campaign in Wyoming. “We only hope we have a place large enough to hold all the people who want to come.”
Invitations to the early-morning event will be sent out soon, and members of the public can request invitations by calling state GOP headquarters in Casper, party officials said.
Donors will have three opportunities to meet with Palin during her visit. A $2,500 donation pays for breakfast, a seat at a roundtable with Palin and a photo. A $1,000 donation pays for breakfast and a photo with Palin. A $250 donation pays for breakfast with the candidate.
The last paragraph is the reason why she’s headed to Jackson. $250 for breakfast is a little steep for our blood. Though, I’m sure worth every penny and if we had that many extra pennies just laying around, we’d go too.
Sphere: Related ContentFrom LifeNews.com. It appears Sarah’cuda and John McCain are continuing to make the pro-murder of unborn children groups tremble in fear:
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – Three pro-abortion groups are renewing their pledge to spend $30 million collectively bashing John McCain. The organizations upped their commitment to the attack ads and get-out-the-vote efforts with the addition of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to McCain’s ticket.
NARAL, Planned Parenthood and Emily’s List are the long-time heavy hitters of the pro-abortion movement and they each previously announced multi-million dollar campaigns targeting the presidential election.
They told The Hill newspaper on Friday that voters can expect to see the effort roll out over the last 60 days of the election season.
“This is the most anti-choice ticket in history of the Republican Party,” NARAL Political Director Beth Shipp told the paper. “McCain put someone as outside the mainstream as you can on his ticket, which is Sarah Palin.” Click for entire story ….
UPDATE: On the same page.
Sphere: Related ContentFrom OneNewsNow.com.
Well, I guess that would just make them blacks then, not conservatives. Did it even once cross my mind to vote for Hillary because she is a woman and I, too, am female? Nope.
My biggest disappointment? J. C. Watts. I would have never dreamed this, even in my worst nightmares that he would be this racist:
J.C. Watts, a former Oklahoma congressman who once was part of the GOP House leadership, said he’s thinking of voting for Obama. Watts said he’s still a Republican, but he criticizes his party for neglecting the black community. Black Republicans, he said, have to concede that while they might not agree with Democrats on issues, at least that party reaches out to them.
“And Obama highlights that even more,” Watts said, adding that he expects Obama to take on issues such as poverty and urban policy. “Republicans often seem indifferent to those things.”
How, exactly does the DemonRat party reach out to the black community? By preaching to them that they are not as smart or capable as whites, and the only way they can achieve anything is through affirmative action? By giving them government handouts, with the message, “Because we know you can’t make it on your own.”?
Am I to apologize for being part of a party that doesn’t make distinguishments based on the color of someone’s skin?
At least some fellow conservatives still remain true to the cause versus their skin color:
Michael Steele, the Republican former lieutenant governor of Maryland who lost a Senate race
there in 2006, said he is proud of Obama as a black man, but that “come November, I will do everything in my power to defeat him.” Electing Obama, he said, would not automatically solve the woes of the black community.
“I think people who try to put this sort of messianic mantle on Barack’s nomination are a little bit misguided,” he said.
Me too Mr. Steele.
Oh my. This would be funny if this guy didn’t stand a chance of being the next leader of the free world:
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
“That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.
What do you mean that’s not going to happen? Is he going to stop us or just attempt to make it so that no one can afford any of the luxuries listed above except for the communist dictator in office?
Sphere: Related ContentDo we need a don’t ask don’t tell policy for atheists in the military? Well, according to an AP article on OneNewsNow, Specialist 
Jeremy Hall claims harassment for being an atheist in the military:
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. - Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism.
But the short and soft-spoken specialist is at the center of a legal controversy. He has filed a lawsuit alleging he’s been harassed and his constitutional rights have been violated because he doesn’t believe in God. The suit names Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
I’m having a difficult time finding where this soldier’s Constitutional rights have been violated, but I’m no attorney.
I find this part of the story strange:
Hall, 23, was raised in a Protestant family in North Carolina and dropped out of school. It wasn’t until he joined the Army that he began questioning religion, eventually deciding that he couldn’t follow any faith.
But he feared how that would look to other soldiers.
“I was ashamed to say that I was an atheist,” Hall said.
It eventually came out in Iraq in 2007, when he was in a firefight. Hall was a gunner on a Humvee, which took several bullets in its protective shield. Afterward, his commander asked whether he believed in God, Hall said.
Strange wording. Which was it? Was he afraid to say he was an atheist or ashamed? There is a difference. Hall has turned to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation for support. Hmmm … strange group. I’m having difficulty understanding their purpose. Is it to ensure that citizens in the military are guaranteed freedom from religion? While the video on the intro page of the website does not load and play properly, I find it offensive and ignorant that it is comparing Christian soldiers with radical islamists.
I have found this video on YouTube. Um, yeah, Ed Asner is involved. That alone answers any questions I have regarding the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Basically, they want to expel Christianity from the US Military. Ugh! That would be a stupid move.
I think it’s fine if this man chooses to deny the existence of God. It doesn’t change or affect God. It just seems like this young man is borrowing trouble by suing the Defense Secretary. Of course, it’s not about the money or furthering a political agenda. I find it frustrating that our military is even having to deal with this with so many other real important matters on their plate.
What do you guys think?
Sphere: Related ContentI never done a weekly roundup before, but OneNewsNow is just full of good stories for the week.
Happy Birthday Israel! Turning 60?! Awesome. No nation has ever fit the bill as a miracle nation like the Israel does. Even more exciting — God told us in His Word that they would be a nation again. I’m getting ready to head to church or I’d leave references. Feel free to leave them in the comment section (Neil). Anyway, as frustrating as politics are right now, we are living in EXCITING times and Bible prophecy is being fulfilled each and every day.
Israeli activist, Gary Bauer, is urging the U.S. State Department to make sure former President Carter doesn’t run a muck the world meeting with and endorsing terrorists organizations:
Bauer, president of the conservative group American Values, says it is dangerous for Carter to grant legitimacy to the terrorist group. “This trip is an absolute disaster. It’s counter to the national security interest of the United States, and I want to call on the State Department to seriously consider revoking former President Carter’s visa so that this sort of trip cannot be done again. It is damaging to the interests of the United States,” Bauer contends.
I agree, but a reality check tells me this nut of an ex-President will continue in his asinine ways until he finally gets the chance to answer to God for his bone head foreign policy ideas. Ouch! I would not want to be Jimmuh on that day.
Guess what? National Right to Life is endorsing McCain! Really, what choice do they have?
National Right to Life has endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) for president. While McCain has not been considered the ideal candidate by most of the pro-life community, many consider him a much better choice than either Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) or Senator Barak Obama (D-Illinois).
And last but least, Californians had better start spanking their children while it’s still legal. I’m not saying that all children need spanked, but like it not, most do! I can pretty much guarantee you that our child would not be headed down the path of success if proper discipline had not been part of her upbringing.
The legislation is a resurrected version of Democrat Sally Lieber’s bill from last year, minus the outright spanking ban. The bill prohibits using “implements” such as wooden spoons, paddles, rolled-up newspapers, switches, belts, or brushes — essentially, allowing only the hand.
Randy Thomasson of Campaign for Children and Families warns that if the bill is approved, the penalty for their use is severe. “You’re going to be arrested, handcuffed, taken to the police station, [and be] charged,” he details. Thomasson says that once a parent is charged, then a jury will determine if it was reasonable for that parent to administer a spanking.
Not to start a parenting lesson here, but I truly believe spanking your child with your hand is wrong. Not to mention, very ineffective.
Well, I have to run to church. My apologies in advance if this post is full of typos — that’s what we get when we type with one hand and get in a hurry!
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