Values Voters Gone Wild

MSNBC's Brian Mooar, invited to cover the 2009 "Values Voter Summit" was harassed by several attendees while broadcasting live. Apparently other reporters were similarly threatened.
The head organizer later apologized to the press and asked the crowd of values voters not to be disrespectful, intolerant, presumptuous and rude.

Change

Well, it's 9/12 and that makes it official . . .

Dignified, diplomatic President Obama has now kept America safe longer than George W. Bush and the chest-thumping chicken hawks from the previous administration.


Despite dire predictions from Dick Cheney and his daughter, Dickless Cheney, terrorists have not "tested" our new President. On the contrary, there's now proof that we're winning the war on terror -- which was always acknowleged as a battle for hearts and minds. The world's opinion of America has substantially improved.

The organization, World Public Opinion, has released some astounding statistics. Their polling data regularly showed that Bush was one of the least trusted leaders in the world. In a total reversal, WorldPublicOpinion.org polls now reveal that President Obama inspires far more confidence than any other political leader on the planet.

And in another global vote of confidence in America, Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

That's real change.

Inappropriate and Regrettable

Apparently overcome with anger at President Obama's plans to offer every American affordable health care, Rep. Joe Wilson simply couldn't help himself.

During the President's September 9 speech to congress, the congressman from South Carolina openly heckled the Commander-in-Chief. As Obama was clarifying that his health care proposals do not include illegal immigrants, Wilson loudly yelled, "You lie!"


Democratic leaders immediately called on Wilson to apologize. Even Republicans were reportedly mortified and offended. John McCain said it was "totally disrespectful," that there was "no place for it in that setting or any other" and that Wilson "should apologize for it immediately."

Wilson issued a brief statement explaining that his emotions got the better of him.

"While I disagree with the president’s statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable," Wilson wrote. "I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility."
Emotions were obviously getting the better of a lot of folks. In place of Wilson's website was a blank page with a note declaring the site has been shut down due to maintenance.

Sarah's Little Secret

Excerpt of 10/09 Vanity Fair article by Levi Johnston:

• Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, "So, are you gonna let me adopt him?" We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.

• Sarah was sad for a while. She walked around the house pouting. I had assumed she was going to go back to her job as governor, but a week or two after she got back she started talking about how nice it would be to quit and write a book or do a show and make "triple the money." It was, to her, "not as hard." She would blatantly say, "I want to just take this money and quit being governor." She started to say it frequently, but she didn’t know how to do it. When she came home from work, it seemed like she was more and more stressed out.