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October 31, 2008
Obama Speechwriter Wendy Button Defects to the Good Guys
Here's something you won't see prominently featured in the liberal establishment media: an Obama speechwriter realized what she had crawled into bed with and defected to the good guys. In her own words, this is why Wendy Button made the switch:
The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked a question about higher taxes for small businesses. Instead of celebrating his aspirations, they were mocked. He wasn't "a real plumber," and "They're fighting for Joe the Hedge-Fund manager," and the patronizing, "I've got nothing but love for Joe the Plumber."
…The party I believed in wouldn't look down on working people under any circumstance. And Joe the Plumber is right. This is the absolutely worst time to raise taxes on anyone: the rich, the middle class, the poor, small businesses and corporations.
…Not only has this party belittled working people in this campaign from Joe the Plumber to the bitter comments, it has also been part of tearing down two female candidates. At first, certain Democrats and the press called Senator Clinton "dishonest." They went after her cleavage. They said her experience as First Lady consisted of having tea parties. There was no outrage over "Bros before Hoes" or "Iron My Shirt." Did Senator Clinton make mistakes? Of course. She's human.
But here we are about a week out and it's déjà vu all over again. Really, front-page news is how the Republican National Committee paid for Governor Sarah Palin's wardrobe? Where's the op-ed about how Obama tucks in his shirt when he plays basketball or how Senator Biden buttons the top button on his golf shirt?
…Governor Palin and I don't agree on a lot of things, mostly social issues. But I have grown to appreciate the Governor. I was one of those initial skeptics and would laugh at the pictures. Not anymore. When someone takes on a corrupt political machine and a sitting governor, that is not done by someone with a low I.Q. or a moral core made of tissue paper. When someone fights her way to get scholarships and work her way through college even in a jagged line, that shows determination and humility you can't learn from reading Reinhold Niebuhr. When a mother brings her son with special needs onto the national stage with love, honesty, and pride, that gives hope to families like mine as my older brother lives with a mental disability. And when someone can sit on a stage during the Sarah Palin rap on Saturday Night Live, put her hands in the air and watch someone in a moose costume get shot — that's a sign of both humor and humanity.
Has she made mistakes? Of course, she's human too. But the attention paid to her mistakes has been unprecedented compared to Senator Obama's "57 states" remarks or Senator Biden using a version of the Samuel Johnson quote, "There's nothing like a hanging in the morning to focus a man's thoughts."
…I was dead wrong about the surge and thought it would be a disaster. Senator John McCain led when many of us were ready to quit. Yet we march on as if nothing has changed, wedded to an old plan, and that too is a long way from the Democratic Party.
I can no longer justify what this party has done and can't dismiss the treatment of women and working people as just part of the new kind of politics. It's wrong and someone has to say that.
She also points out that attempts to portray McCain as identical to Bush are bogus, and that McCain is the only candidate who has "worked in a bipartisan way on big challenges."
It's contemptible for the likes of Colin Powell and Scott McClellan to switch opportunistically to what appears to be the winning team. But to switch to the underdog on the basis of principle takes character. The media isn't going to commend her for it, but Button's integrity is still appreciated.
On a tip from Debbie Lee.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 31, 2008 7:56 AM
Comments
Wendy Button = political hero :D
And more to feel good about: I heard from Tammy Bruce, Laura Ingraham's fill-in, that the refusal rate for telephone polling this year is the highest it's ever been. Those who are hanging up? Republicans, probably afraid of being Joe The Plumbered.
This is also why I'm going to cover up my McCain/Palin bumperstickers on my vehicles and fold up my McCain/Palin sign tonight. I don't want any tricks from Obamunist-programed trick-or-treaters and their whack-job Obamunist parents.
Posted by: The MaryHunter at October 31, 2008 8:53 AM
I guess we'll be hearing about "Wendy the Speechwriter" getting run through the gauntlet next. At least she'll be in good company... Joe the Plumber is one of my new heroes. Welcome to the good guys' team, Wendy!
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at October 31, 2008 9:04 AM
Oh, that can't be true. I didn't see anything about that on CNN or MSNBC, or my newspaper. Oh wait, that's right, they're all in the tank for the Chosen One.
Posted by: Chad at October 31, 2008 9:40 AM
How long do you think it will be before Wendy gets accused of racism for leaving Obama's campaign?
Posted by: Adam at October 31, 2008 10:34 AM
Won't make any difference to the nutjobs on the left. Here's how they're playing it now:
Wendy Button Ditches Dems, Thinks With Ovaries
Well, somebody’s got their fallopian tubes in a twist! What else could be the reason for Button abandoning reasoned argument and falling into a pit of visceral, rah-rah blind grrrrl power and angsty bloviation? and blah blah whatever...
The left will never learn, they have no desire to.
Posted by: NudeGayWhalesForJesus at October 31, 2008 10:58 AM
Thinks with ovaries?
Fallopian tubes in a twist?
Sheesh. For an "enlightened" liberal site, that collegeotr article sure is sexist against her.
Posted by: Adam at October 31, 2008 11:26 AM
What else could be the reason? Um, I thought she explained her, um... REASONED ARGUMENTS quite clearly. I guess it's hard to read looking through the bottom of a glass of koolaid.
Posted by: Mr Evilwrench at October 31, 2008 1:33 PM
How DARE you guys suggest that liberals could actually be sexists!!! The audacity here!!!
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at October 31, 2008 2:11 PM
Weny Button dissatisfaction is with her party choices,cool who cares. If you think it means that much on the grand scale of things get real conservatives!
Posted by: Democrat from the BIG CITY at October 31, 2008 9:07 PM
Wendy Button is obviously an intelligent woman.
I can't believe how many women feel it's fine that Obama was 1)disrespectful, if not downright hateful, towards Hillary Clinton, and 2)that he is so dismissive and contemptful towards Palin.
It's obvious that Obama is a sexist in addition to being a serious racist.
It's a shame that the MSM will do it's best to cover up and destroy Ms. Button now. Dare to question "The One" and risk total annihilation by the Obama machine.
Posted by: Cartman at October 31, 2008 10:05 PM
"Weny Button dissatisfaction is with her party choices,cool who cares. If you think it means that much on the grand scale of things get real conservatives!"
Keep telling yourself that if it lets you sleep better.
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at November 1, 2008 7:46 AM
Sarah Palin...LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's all that needs to be said, class clown, village idiot, take your pick.
Posted by: Scott Z. at November 3, 2008 12:37 PM
