Limbaugh baseless smear: "Obama thugs" responsible for Palin email hacking
SUMMARY: Rush Limbaugh baselessly asserted that "Sarah Palin's emails, personal emails, have been hacked, no doubt by Obama thugs." Limbaugh also repeated the claim that Sen. Barack Obama's campaign "dropped 30 people up there in Alaska trying to dig up dirt on" Palin, a claim Obama and Democratic officials have reportedly denied.
On the September 18 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh baselessly claimed that "Obama thugs" hacked into Gov. Sarah Palin's private email account. Limbaugh said: "Obama, folks, is showing who he really is. A community organizer, the street agitator, the Chicago thug, clear the playing field, is finally being -- it's on display for everybody to see. Sarah Palin's emails, personal emails, have been hacked, no doubt by Obama thugs. They dropped 30 people up there in Alaska trying to dig up dirt on her. Now they got some thugs that found her personal email address."
Limbaugh offered no evidence for his claim that "Obama thugs" hacked into the email account. The Washington Post reported on September 18 that a "group of computer hackers said yesterday that they had accessed a Yahoo e-mail account of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin" and "posted what they said were personal photos, the contents of several messages, the subject lines of dozens of e-mails and Palin's e-mail contact list on a site called Wikileaks.org. That site said it received the electronic files from a group identifying itself only as 'Anonymous.' "
Additionally, the Obama campaign has reportedly denied that it "dropped 30 people up there in Alaska" to investigate Palin. As Media Matters for America documented, in his September 9 column, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund wrote that "Democrats have airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers into Anchorage, the state capital Juneau and Mrs. Palin's hometown of Wasilla to dig into her record and background." But, as Media Matters noted, the Democratic National Committee has reportedly called Fund's assertion a "flat-out absolute fabrication" and Fund's claim has also reportedly been "flatly denied by Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor, and unconfirmed elsewhere."
From the September 18 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: And then of course, Obama, folks, is showing who he really is. A community organizer, the street agitator, the Chicago thug, clear the playing field, is finally being -- it's on display for everybody to see. Sarah Palin's emails, personal emails, have been hacked, no doubt by Obama thugs. They dropped 30 people up there in Alaska trying to dig up dirt on her. Now they got some thugs that found her personal email address. And the reaction to this is stunning. The drive-bys are not upset about this at all. In fact, ABC -- get this headline: "Palin's email habits echo worst practices of Bush administration, expert says." So we have the vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket's personal email is hacked. They post screenshots on the Internet of her personal emails. She's now being criticized for using a personal account to conduct state business. This is why, by the way, presidents and vice presidents do not use email, be it personal or business. And now we've got people coming around saying that "Oh, she just -- she's irresponsible here in the way she" -- as though the hackers have uncovered some fraud on her part. Do we live in a sick era or what?
The only thing he can hear now is...
the little noises inside his own head.
I see Flush is back on the Hillbilly heroin.
Maybe; but it would be the Obama "hacker-thugs" that are responsible for his addiction to:
4, 5-epoxy-14-hydroxy-3- methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one
and. of course BLSHT.
That looks like a chemical compound lush limpbahahaha's liver manufactures as a precursor to the production of neurotransmitters which allow this pigs brain to dream up the total BS reguritating from his pie hole.
Normally I would agree, however when a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid was examined in connection with his prescription drug abuse it was found to be high in:
The regurgitation from his pie hole may not be simply the end product of his dreams and delusions. In Rush's case it may be true copremesis and a demonstration of how his central nervous system and lower G-I tract are interconnected. Evolution does not always proceed in the anticipated direction.
Don't you just love it when the Big Turdball gets into a hissy fit...
We don't need 30 lawyers in Alaska, Rush. The information for the "Real Palin" was much easier to acquire.
Who else but supporters of Obama would do something like this? Of course supporters of Obama were behind the hackings! Isn't that obvious? The hackers may not be officially with the campaign, but they certainly are behind his cause. Limbaugh was correct.
The vast majority of hackers do so for the pure pleasure of it. Once Palin's Yahoo address became known it was pretty much inevitable that someone would try.
Your assertion is based on ignorance.
Your assertion is based on ignorance.
Everything Shoes posts here is based on ignorance. Hers.
So, did tpaine change his screen name from Sue&Diane?
Yea, she did. Pretty much didn't want to keep SportsGuyDave all worked up thinking about Lesbians everytime I blogged. Diane's my dog. Good call Dave. Go figure some jock-jerk would wallow in anything but intellectual thought. Lady Di sends her best however.
Your name engendered jokes because your post was so moronic there wasn't any substance to discuss. All there was was a new fool with a stupid-sounding screen name.
Hey for ignorance's sake let the hackers tap ole' Obama's e-mails to Ayers or Rev. Wright. - S-A-D
I doubt there'd be much to see in emails with Wright. Probably friendly banter and possibly some coordination of efforts for addressing community problems.
I doubt he and Ayers even know each others' email addresses. Their relationship is nearly nonexistent.
Tails you loose with your logic! - S-A-D
I let my logic loose on this site when I have the chance. Some are too ignorant to appreciate it.
Now who's being foolish? Let's try it again.. hackers go for it, hack in and see. That's what this is all about. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Opps .. using logic again. Can you keep up dude?
You might want to research the Ayers - Obama relationship a bit more before shooting off your mouth. Recent communications between the two are a known fact.
With re: to Rev. Wright, maybe some of the hackers could get a hold of his community-out-reach propaganda that is practiced by Obama Hussein. Especially the part about loving the G__ D__ country that let's them speak so freely. I certainly would love to read those e-mails. So let's do it! I'm all about seeing both sides. Are you? Hackers up up and away! Check Biden's too. Now, relax and let your logic loose Bill. We're waiting so we can appreciate its full impact. :o)
LOL ...
Anonymous is no one's personal army. Anonymous does as Anonymous wilt. No one leads Anonymous, especially not any established figure. It's moved primarily for the LULZ.
Hey Diane:
When did you go lesbo and dump Jack?
how can I find those emails? Seriously, I googled palins emails and have not found the site. Help me out here folks.
That's the sad part...
Shoes is not a bad person, and he sometimes makes a decent post. Quite original. But sadly, he seems to lack the critical skills needed when his gasbag "heroes" lie to him.
I hate to see people just bamboozled.
OOohhhhhh....this makes me SOOOooooo mad!!!!
If there's one thing I hate more than a secretive government, it's people who expose it!!!!
Dang them!!! Dang them all to Heck!!!!
Dang those Deputy Dogs!
Are you sure you weren't thinking about Droopy Dog?
And no, that's not a picture of Joe Lieberman.
What the hell do I know, I didn't even spell dawg right :-0)
OOohhhhhh....this makes me SOOOooooo mad!!!!
Which reminded me of this guy:
You listen to some troublemaker on the radio and then you assume:
'Who else'
'Of course'
'Isn’t that obvious'
'Certainly'
'Limbaugh was correct."
So I just read how her e-mail was hacked. The person had Palin's address and zip and accurately guessed the answer to yahoo's "secret" question that palin posted if she ever forgot her password. The secret question? "Where did you meet your husband"? Answer? "In wasilla high school".
And republicans wonder why using private accounts to conduct government business is a problem?
Shoes I would tend to agree with you. Unless McCain supporters did it and want you to think Obama supporters did it.
Either way it was wrong.
Shoes stated "Of course supporters of Obama were behind the hackings! Isn't that obvious?" "Limbaugh was correct."
Is that what you're agreeing to?
Or did you mean to say that you understand his suspicion but it could have been anyone?
No one has said it was 'right' for anyone to hack into her email account. So you are beating a strawman argument saying that it's wrong for anyone to have done it.
The issue, moron, is there is no reason to suggest that it was an Obama thug who did it at Obama's behest or for his benefit in his behalf. There's no evidence of that. But it was said that it was an Obama thug. It was said that Obama himself was a thug.
That's what's wrong here. And you haven't addressed that issue at all. Whether or not it's wrong is not an issue - everyone knows it's wrong to do, and can't be justified.
Actually, I did address everything you said in your post. And everyone knows that it's you who is the dishonest punk. There's a difference between saying it was likely done by someone who supports Obama and saying that it was an Obama thug, which is what Limbaugh did.
Shoes said that had to be Obama supporters. You agreed. But the issue isn't if it was an Obama supporter, or someone from McCain's side trying to make Obama supporters look bad.
It's too bad for this site that you're allowed to pollute with your moronic posts.
What a surprise - Bobthep doesn't have a good 'thinker', so when he does think, it's often flawed thinking.
There's a difference between an Obama thug and someone who supports Obama but doesn't take direction from Obama.
That's the misleading commentary from Rush here.
LIMBAUGH: And then of course, Obama, folks, is showing who he really is. A community organizer, the street agitator, the Chicago thug, clear the playing field, is finally being -- it's on display for everybody to see. Sarah Palin's emails, personal emails, have been hacked, no doubt by Obama thugs. They dropped 30 people up there in Alaska trying to dig up dirt on her. Now they got some thugs that found her personal email address.
Limbaugh wasn't saying it was done by people who support Obama.
He was saying that it was people being directed by Obama. Obama's thugs. "They got some thugs". Who's "they"? Obama's campaign. Who's the "Chicago thug"? Obama himself. Obama thugs? Following the direction of Obama.
"Shoes I would tend to agree with you. Unless McCain supporters did it and want you to think Obama supporters did it...Either way it was wrong."
Something really weird happened yesterday. I met someone who didn't support Obama...and didn't support McCain either. What the...? I didn't know that was possible. I think the term was "independent" or "undecided", something like that. Up until then I thought everyone was either one or the other, just like you.
Hey Shoes
You do realize that there's an ocean of difference between "Obama thugs" and people who would support Obama and not support Palin, right?
This is conservative misinformation at its finest, aimed at misleading people into thinking less of Obama than he deserves based upon the evidence. An Obama thug is someone who is doing the bidding of Obama, in his employ, under his direction.
There's a difference between an Obama thug and a thug who might support Obama and recognize that hacking someone's email is not the way to support Obama.
If Obama should be held accountable because a few stupid hackers who might vote for him (and who might not vote at all, maybe they just wanted to stick it to Palin) then Rush and many other talk show hosts should be in prision ro executed for the hate crimes that they inspired.
So don't be an idiot. People are responsible for there own actions, and arguably those in there employ (or under their command, if we're talking military) no one else's. And Republican crimes are so egregious that they defy logical explanation and rational understanding.
If Soviet style secretive, non-transparent government is cool with you and Rush, by all means vote for Palin.
Whatever, shoes. You do realize that Rove is neck deep in McCain's campaign, right? Do you remember when he bugged his own office and tried to say it was some liberal conspiracy?
Do you really think that scumbag is above a trick like this?
Anyway, Palin was just letting her non-transparent Cheney side out by conducting pulblic matters in private. Remember his energy task force gathering? Neither does anybody but the energy tycoons who were in the rom that day.
Grow a pair and denounce these authoritarian punks already.
It is probably the same group that hacked Joe Liebermans web site in 2006 when he was running against Ned Lamont. Of course that was investigtated and proved it was not related ot Ned Lamont.
Where does Rush get the nerve to spew this lie? Have proof Rush?
I bet not.
Limbaugh doesn't need any proof, he just needs a microphone...
And the corporations are glad to give it to him.
Believe it or not, he sent him to Staples to get staples.
Hey, leave them out of this.
Reminds me of Ross Perot and his Republican Dirty Tricksters comment
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977015,00.html
I disagree, I do not think anyone "hacked" Sarah Palins email, i think it is a GOP made up story.
As for Liebermans web site, I never even suggested it was done by anyone, i am sure it was a crappy web site.
Yes, actually you did suggest exactly that.
It is probably the same group that hacked Joe Liebermans web site in 2006...
And it's undeniable that someone hacked her Yahoo! email account. Why would you say that you don't think that someone did that?
The issue is not whether or not her account was hacked. The issue is whether or not it was done at Obama's behest or on his behalf! It was said that it was done by Obama thugs.
Here's a link to undeniable proof that her email account was hacked.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9115099
URLs in screenshots of Palin's e-mail -- photos were posted online yesterday on 4chan.org and other sites -- suggested that whoever accessed her Yahoo Mail account..
Screen captures of pages of emails were posted. Is there a deep conspiracy that caused all kinds of people to say that they saw the screenshots? Or are they all delusional, including the FBI that is investigating it and putting all kinds of pressure on the proxy server whose URL is in the screenshots!
But BB according to your own sources:
"reader of Malkin's blog apparently snagged a copy of it and sent it along to Malkin. Rubico's claims could not be verified, and security analysts have been skeptical of the claims." -By Jaikumar Vijayan (CW)
""The whole password reset sounds dubious," said Paul Ferguson, a network architect at antivirus vendor Trend Micro Inc. "Yahoo sends a password reset to a secondary e-mail account, so it sounds far-fetched to me that it would be that easy." -By Gregg Keizer (Security researchers ponder possible Palin hacks)
So there is doubt that this even happened. In fact, my first question when I read about the hack was, "but how did the hacker get the new password? Yahoo sends it to the user selected source, it dosn't post it on the screen when you reset it."
No, there actually isn't any doubt that it happened, but thanks for playing. One guy said that he wasn't convinced it was done exactly how it was described to have happened. The Secret Service and the FBI believe it happened - why don't you?
Multiple people saw the screen captures, and can and have described them as holding images of her emails, and her header info, etc. There's no doubt, yet some new poster defends Jlyon? Is this the new sockpuppet?
Wow! That was nasty. This is just my opinion, but you may need some intense therapy....and I mean NOW. And sockpuppet? Really? I mean really?
BTW BB you know me.....used to be aDifferentMcCain
1+1=2
I was just saying that there is doubt. The FBI and Secret Service would have to investigate no matter what. Any claim is investigated, they have not released a statement about the incident. Also knowing about computers a little....I could make up fake screen prints (or don't you know about tools like photoshop? If not there are some great books about it at your local bookstore.)
Or let me put it this way, BottleB. The story could be true, it could be false. But just because I had some questions about the account does not mean I 100% believe it is false....but unlike you I am not ready to jump to conclusions until more info is made availible.
Sue/Ellie/nomobush/notthatgeorge , I was being sarcastic, you do know what that means?
And I do not believe anyone hacked it I believe it is a GOP made up story again to avoid issues like the economy.
Obama had NOTHING to do with it, if you can not see that do not post.
You can't very well blame her on that one.
"It is probably the same group that hacked Joe Liebermans web site in 2006 when he was running against Ned Lamont. Of course that was investigtated and proved it was not related ot Ned Lamont."
If you wanted to make yourself clear, you should have said that the site wasn't hacked at all, not that it wasn't related to Lamont. The way you wrote it certainly suggested that Lieberman's site was hacked.
I should have said (Sarcasm) however my point was that was made up by Liebrmans staff because the site was horrible. Just like this is being used so that McCains staff can avoid issues and Rush can make wild assumptions
Sue/Ellie however will say and do anything to disrupt the board and make false attacks. Based on what Sue/Ellie was saying, she was giving the impression I thought there was validity to Liebrmans web site being "hacked". My rule from now on after I make a sarcastic comment i will put in Being sarcastic for Sue/ellie
I bet Obama personally hacked Sarah Palins email. (Being sarcastic for Sue/ellie)
"Based on what Sue/Ellie was saying, she was giving the impression I thought there was validity to Liebrmans web site being "hacked"."
That's the impression you created, though. There's nothing to indicate the meaning you're talking about now. This is why you can't blame her for a "false attack" here. If someone said something that led you to a justifiable conclusion, you wouldn't accept criticism for reaching that conclusion.
Your just as bad as Sue/Ellie, do me a favor, no longer address me because you are another one who smears on this site. I have had enough of this petty crap with you. No where have I defended Rush the druggie and from my statement that
Of course that was investigtated and proved it was not related ot Ned Lamont.
Where does Rush get the nerve to spew this lie? Have proof Rush?
I bet not.
Should indicate that I was being sarcastic. If I say it was investigated and proved not to be Ned Lamont, how could I be insisting it was ? And if I said Rush was lying where would any reasonable person say that I thought the web site was hacked?
Here is an idea? Why do you and Sue/Ellie take a short walk off a long pier? You seem made for eachother.
Military Husband_ I do not know you and I apologize if I was nasty in my response to you. You seem reasonable from your posts. Sue/Ellie and Bra that is another case.
"It is probably the same group that hacked Joe Liebermans web site in 2006 when he was running against Ned Lamont. Of course that was investigtated and proved it was not related ot Ned Lamont."
If you wanted to make yourself clear, you should have said that the site wasn't hacked at all, not that it wasn't related to Lamont. The way you wrote it certainly suggested that Lieberman's site was hacked.
You can choose to ignore our names, and concentrate on addressing the message in posts. You don't get to tell us that we have to ignore your posts! When you attack another poster in a dishonest way, I am not going to be restrained from pointing out your misdeeds. You attacked Military Husband when it was your post that was easy to misunderstand, and then even after that was pointed out to you, you failed to acknowledge your role in the misunderstanding!
It'd be great if you would stop with the personal attacks. Stop dealing with our posts, if you like, based upon our names. Concentrate on the content. That's what we do. It's you who makes the personal attacks.
"If I say it was investigated and proved not to be Ned Lamont, how could I be insisting it was ? And if I said Rush was lying where would any reasonable person say that I thought the web site was hacked?"
You wouldn't be insisting it was Lamont, but you still leave the impression that Lieberman's site was hacked by someone. And Rush could be lying because Palin's email could have been hacked by someone who wasn't an "Obama thug". There are other possibilities you're ignoring.
I don't see how I'm being rude here, I'm just pointing out that your sarcasm wasn't very clear at all. There's no need for a "reasonable person" to get hostile over that.
No, you're just being a petty, vindictive person, which is very typical of you.
There was no indication that you were being sarcastic. If someone missed that sarcasm, the flaw was yours, not the person who missed the sarcasm.
Instead of accepting responsibility for your own failings, you attempt to place the blame on someone else. Just like with Tommy, when you can't refute the facts, you make personal attacks.
It's not my fault you didn't mention that you were being sarcastic. I saw your post, and wasn't going to say anything about it. Then, after someone else called you on what you said, and you attacked them (and never mentioned in the reply to them that you were being sarcastic) is when I posted!
Poster Military Husband said
If by "the same group that hacked Joe Liebermans web site in 2006" you mean nobody, then I would disagree. Clearly someone hacked Sara Palin's email account, but no one hacked Lieberman's web site. It was a lie. His site crashed becuase it was a lousy site that could not handle the amount of traffic. Your reply? As for Liebermans web site, I never even suggested it was done by anyone. You said nothing about being sarcastic. You denied doing what was undeniable. If you were being sarcastic, that was the time to apologize for not noting in your initial post that you were being sarcastic, and saying something like 'sometimes sarcasm gets missed on sites like this'. You didn't do what you needed to do, and then you attacked the poster Military Husband unfairly. It was ONLY because you made that unfair attack that I posted at all!!!!!Oh, and you're being a dishonest punk here too.
Sue/Ellie however will say and do anything to disrupt the board and make false attacks. Based on what Sue/Ellie was saying, she was giving the impression I thought there was validity to Liebrmans web site being "hacked". My rule from now on after I make a sarcastic comment i will put in Being sarcastic for Sue/ellie
In fact I didn't say anything until you scolded another poster!!!!! I didn't make a false attack - you said something, and didn't tell anyone that it was sarcasm. Military Husband didn't read it as sarcasm, and Brabantio has documented how your sentence doesn't even read as sarcasm. It's not our fault that you didn't post in a good way.
You, on the other hand, have made a false attack on me. It would be you making a vile and baseless allegation against me. I didn't disrupt the board with it. Military Husband made a valid point and you attacked him unfairly! That was the disruption!
Your misleading post was called out by someone else, not me. Instead of acknowledging that error, you attacked the other poster. It's all on you.
Sue/Ellie you are the vile person and you are draging others into your petty hateful arguments. I do love how you have come up this new slogan, everyone is a "dishonest punk" Brabantio and you are basically the same, petty people so you can throw out his name all you want. There are many on here who know who you are , you are Ellie717. You can fool some people but you can not fool me.
Your misleading posts have been called out for months now. Your exposed.
Your off-topic posts full of vile and baseless personal attacks have been deleted from this site for months.
I am not dragging anyone into a petty hateful argument. That would be you pushing your hateful agenda onto other readers. You are the one who made what you now claim was a sarcastic post, yet didn't make that clear, and it wasn't clear to the poster named Military Husband. So, that poster then called you on the post, thinking it was a serious post. Instead of telling that poster that you were being sarcastic in what you said, you attacked them.
You're the one doing the attacking of me simply because I am me. I only posted what I did because of the attack on another poster!!! I am attacking your message of hate. You are attacking me personally for no good reason.
There are lots of people who think I post well-thought out and valuable posts on a regular basis. You have no support here except from the likes of Bobthep and Sueeld and Doris, and that's not a thing to be especially proud of.
There's no fooling being done here. Everyone can see that you're the petty, vindictive one who unfairly attacked Military Husband when your post was not clear. Everyone can see that you then refused to admit your misleading post repeatedly, and then began to make personal attacks. I attacked the content of your posts, and you attacked me. There's no fooling here, you're right.
" I get kick reading the other people comment and..."
Far be it from me to argue with Tarzan...
It's about time I got you back. When they outlawed the 6th grade butt jokes, I was left without any ammo.
This is the kinda stuff the Democrats are know for. - mstewart
Really? Do you have examples or is it something that's only known in your fevered imagination?
... this is typical Democrat strategy - destroy your opponent with no mercy. ... Liberals are the most unhappy people I have ever meet and are downright mean and hateful. - mstewart
I think you're a little confused. That's an apt description of republican strategy and conservative attitude.
I get kick reading the other people comment and see how clueless they are and how angry they are. - mstewart
It's kind of funny seeing you say that when yours is the most angry and clueless post yet on this article.
You know, I was with my grandfather when I heard this, and I asked him how Jeff knew that it was Obama's campaign who was responsible for it.
His answer? "There must be evidence of it for him to be reporting that..."
I quit right there...
That's a big part of the problem. Many people out there think that Jeff Christie, Sean Insanity, M. Rotten Levin, and the other right-wing talkers are REPORTERS.
They don't report the news - they make things up about people in the news.
I think more accurate would be "reporters with commentary and opinion".
Another slight gripe I have with Jeff at the moment is his "I'm being taken out of context!" cry about what he said about Mexicans and the issue of illegal immigration. They say something, and then when they're called out on it, do a medley of denying what they said and noting the context what they denied they said was taken in.
When this story started breaking last night I had two immediate thoughts:
1) How odd that this would happen at about the moment that Palin's numbers are dropping. Didn't Rove pioneer this sort of self-sabotage pity play quite a while ago?
2) Now these people care about email privacy?
what proof do you have that it is baseless? we are in the middle of yet another presidential season, it's the same every time. It's the same thing from both groups... every time... the same... so why say something as stupid as baseless and you have nothing to base that on... baseless goes 2 ways.
we live in the greatest nation in the world. I get tired of Americans tearing down Americans. and before you get righteous on me, Democrats... how dare you talk about yoru fellow American Republicans the way you do. Republicans... how dare you talk about your fellow American Democrats the way you do.
We are all in this together. There is not one innocent person in the entire group of media, politcians, and most of all parties. WHEN WILL WE WORK TOGETHER.
I will say one thing, when it comes to partisanship, McCain does win that one.
I'm an independent, still deciding, I'm tired of it all.
"what proof do you have that it is baseless? we are in the middle of yet another presidential season, it's the same every time. It's the same thing from both groups... every time... the same... so why say something as stupid as baseless and you have nothing to base that on... baseless goes 2 ways."
The proof is that Rush didn't provide any evidence. That makes it baseless by definition.
And it's not equal on both sides. The Republicans, in quantity and in quality, are much more offensive, much more partisan, much more dishonest, much more treacherous, and much more involved in pushing misinformation to further the conservative agenda.
And, you need to know.... we actually give you less credibility when you try to claim added credibility by saying you're an independent. It doesn't help your case by trying to claim that extra credibility a true independent would deserve.
C'mon - the ONLY real news here is proof that Palin uses private email for state business in order to avoid scrutiny - and forbids state employees to discuss it. Poor old Lush Rumball trickles on his own shoes with this one - and once again comic buffoonry prevails.
It's idiotic to assert that the hacker was an Obama supporter just because it was Palin. I guarantee that if you published the personal email address of any of the candidates there would be a bunch of hackers trying to break in to the account just for the fun of it.
You're basing your accusation on nothing other than who the victim is. When you're talking about hackers, that is truly idiotic.
It's Shocking!!!!!!!!
The Fat Boy didn't blame this on the Clintons!!!!!!!
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 brilliant 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 more than 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 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 6 years as the mayor of a town with fewer 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 your 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.
I got that in an email. Did you write it, or are you copying and pasting?
Lifted...I got the form letter also.
Just admit it, Rush. Palin was monumentally stupid, not to mention antithetical to the American principles of transparent government, to use her private email to conduct the people's business.
Great breakdown rdirkse !!! I think once the debates are over, everyone will see what frauds McSame and Failin are.
Well it wasn't Obama but it was a democrat:
http://bumpshack.com/2008/09/18/david-kernell-pegged-as-hacker-into-sarah-palins-email/
Limbaugh said it was an Obama thug - someone sponsored by or encouraged by or directed by or under the control of Obama. He said "Now they (the Obama campaign) got some thugs that found her personal email address."
And it wasn't an Obama thug. This isn't that difficult to figure out, but it seems beyond your capabilities. No one said that it wasn't a Democrat. It was a hacker who happens to be the son of a Democratic politician who was curious to see if he could hack into someone's Yahoo! email account.