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GOP VP-nom Gov. Sarah Palin sits down with Sean Hannity over at Fox News tonight for the first of a two-parter. Since we’re not expecting Sean to ask her anything tougher than “Hasn’t the media been hard on you?” let’s make this fun. Join us in playing the Sarah Palin Drinking Game.
Merely throw back a shot of your favorite beverage every time she says “Sean” during the interview. Keep in mind that she said “Charlie” 18 times during her interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson last week. (A tip of the cap and a promised novena to Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune for counting the “Charlies"” from the ABC transcript of the Charliefest.) Here’s a side bet for the more adventurous: Eat a large pepperoni pizza (order from Pizza Fusion at 278-0057) every time Hannity asks her something that takes her Palin off her talking points. Try not go to bed hungry.
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I’m a little confused
Let me see if I have this straight...
If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.” Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story.
If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim. Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.
Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable. Attend five different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded.
If you spend three years as a community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend eight years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend four years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience. If your total resume is: local weather girl, four years on the city council and six years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive.
If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising two beautiful daughters, all within protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian. If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian.
If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society. If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you’re very responsible.
If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s. If you're husband is nicknamed “First Dude,” with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.
OK, much clearer now.
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HTC City Council candidate forum
This month’s Hillcrest Town Council meeting was held tonight with over 70 neighbors filling Joyce Beers Community Center for a candidates’ forum featuring Stephen Whitburn and Todd Gloria.
Leo Wilson provided an update on plans for two towers (170 and 193 feet) that have been submitted to the city. The project (University Vista, LLC) is proposed for the site of the former 301 University, a 148-foot highrise that received a 7-1 thumbs up from the current city council before a rejection from the court. Developer Bruce Leidenberger is now moving this project through the city on a ministerial track with no public input or no environmental impact review. The grassroots community group Save Hillcrest has re-organized to fight the two new towers. (Both candidates are against the proposed project.)
John Taylor facilitated the candidates’ forum. Here are some answers to questions from the audience: What do the candidates think sets them apart from each other? Both said experience. Stephen Whitburn as a journalist for many years of government reporting, works at the Red Cross and feels he has a breadth of background including being on the North Park Planning Group. He also speaks Spanish. Todd Gloria has years of public service including running Congresswoman Susan Davis’ office, attending community meetings, volunteering and being on the San Diego Housing Commission.
Gloria was asked about having so many contributions from developers, answering that one needs to take contributions to run for public office, but is not beholden to anybody. He does not change his positions as a result of who has given money to his campaign. Whitburn believes that past city councils have paid too much attention to contributors and lobbyists and that have created a problem for SD. Re: the city’s financial problems, both said past city councils have been asleep at the switch. Gloria says he has audit experience, and that he will be aware when problems arise. Whitburn emphasized that it was more important to have independent oversight.
The evening concluded with acting treasurer Nick Hubbard reporting that since April 2008 the HTC has received $1,055.76 in donations and money earned from a community cleanup ($900) and has spent $96.60 for supplies. The balance is $959.07 in the treasury. The meeting adjourned at 8:15pm.
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Bite’s Lemon “Aid” supports
Hillcrest History Guild
Thanks to Ben Cartwright (HHG volunteer), Chris Walsh (owner
of Bite) and Hillcrest resident Lupe Mendes (yesterday’s first lemonade
customer) for supporting Sunday afternoon’s effort to benefit the Hillcrest
History Guild.
Bite has
been hosting the Lemon “Aid” Stand each Sunday with sales benefiting a
local charitable cause. Chris and Sam so recently added a new “Lazy
Sunday Lunch Menu” at the popular bistro and wine bar with a portion of
their sales also being
donated to the nonprofit.
