Now about those tax increases promised by Obama

"Now our opponents tell you not to worry about their tax increases.

They tell you they are not going to tax your family.

No, they’re just going to tax “businesses!” So unless you buy something from a “business,” like groceries or clothes or gasoline … or unless you get a paycheck from a big or a small “business,” don’t worry … it’s not going to affect you.

They say they are not going to take any water out of your side of the bucket, just the “other” side of the bucket! That’s their idea of tax reform." Fred Thompson at the Republican Convention

And then that experience issue

MSNBC's Ron Allen asks Gingrich about the speeches and then makes the mistake of asking him about the experience of Sarah Palin. Newt Gingrich clobbers him with a comparison of the experience of Sarah Palin and Barack Obama. [Paraphrase] A terrific rallying symbol for women, for young people. Her resume is stronger than Obama's--she's been a real mayor, he wasn't; a real governor; he wasn't; she's fought corruption; he hasn't; she took on her own party. What has Obama done, tell me one thing? (reporter didn't answer). From USA Today blog: Gingrich said that if Gov. Sarah Palin's two years of experience as a governor and a decade of experience before that as a local politician are issues, "then Obama ought to resign from the (Democratic) ticket." The Democrat's experience, in his view, isn't as deep as Palin's because Obama has never been in an executive position.

How the media spin family problems--when it's not their own candidate

"The MSNBC panel is piling on Pat Buchanan for saying that Sarah Palin is a dynamite choice by McCain. The entire panel including Chris Matthews is clearly going to do anything they can to keep alive the vetting process, the baby situations, and the “inexperience” of Palin. They implicitly understand that the pick is good but they know that it is their job to see the McCain ticket fail. Meanwhile they continue to say nothing of Obama’s close friendship to terrorist William Ayers or Tony Rezko. We also hear nothing of Joe Biden’s son and brother being named as defendants in a hedge fund scam. Nothing."

How liberal and feminists journalists are squealing "no fair" because they didn't know See today's Wall Street Journal

Here is a sampler of media comment on Governor Palin this week:

- Eleanor Clift, the McLaughlin Group: "If the media reaction is anything, it's been literally laughter in many places across newsrooms."

- Sally Quinn, Newsweek: "It is a political gimmick . . . I find it insulting to women, to the Republican party, and to the country."

- E.J. Dionne, Washington Post: "Palin is, if anything, less qualified for the vice presidency (and the presidency) than [Harriet] Miers was for the court. But there is one big difference: Palin passes all the right-wing litmus tests."

- Maureen Dowd, New York Times: "They have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West."

- Ruth Marcus, Washington Post: "But as a parent in the media, I also know that the Palins assumed this risk. Anyone who watched coverage of the Bush twins' barroom exploits knew that the avert-your-eyes stance toward candidates' children has its limits."

- Charlie Cook, Beltway pundit, on PBS's "Charlie Rose": "I had a friend that had a young person tell them that they had three interviews to get a job as a server at Ruby Tuesday! So this is like putting a whole -- for someone that hasn't played on a national -- Geraldine Ferraro had more -- Dan Quayle had undergone more scrutiny, had played on a bigger stage than this. This is putting an enormous risk on someone he didn't know. And he has to just pray that it works!"

How former Clintonites and Obama supporters see her

"US Weekly magazine, the tabloid published by Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner. That cover shows a smiling Sarah Palin, holding her youngest son Trig. The screaming headline: "Babies, Lies and Scandal: John McCain's Vice President."

Wenner has contributed $5300 to Obama's campaign since 2007." Weekly Standard

And the NYT and WSJ, who couldn't find a thing to say about John Edward's affair until he confessed, have managed multiple stories about Palin's children. I think NYT had 3 on the front page yesterday, and today WSJ has 3 negative and 1 neutral spread from A1 to A5.

These people are so pathetic, I just may donate to the McCain Palin campaign. I grew up in a small town, and I can assure you everyone in their home town knew about Bristol, but because they didn't know in New Yawk City, she wasn't vetted.