The Brandon Windsor Report

I have often said in the last 7 years that today should be a day where Americans stop the petty bickering and for 24 hours remember that we are all in this thing together.

If you are a regular reader of my blog or listener to my podcast, you know that I love a good fight when it comes to politics.

But today is not the day for that fight.  Today is a day to remember and reflect and try to look past our differences and see our similarities.

I sincerely hope that the politicans, the media, and the bloggers will respect those who have died by putting aside all of the smears and hardball tactics for one day and recall that what has sustained this country over 230 years is our ability to come together.

This is Brandon’s podcast for Tuesday, September 9, 2008.

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It is Tuesday, September 09, 2008 and this is the Brandon Windsor Program Podcast.

Those of you who have been around me for a while are well aware that I do not need any more reasons to not vote for Barack Obama, but just in case there was a tiny sliver of possibility, I got another Sunday night.

Now nobody over the age of seventeen watches MTV any more, so let me set this up for you.

Apparently they hired a completely unknown British comedian named Russell Brand to host the MTV awards and to try and win over his young anti-Bush, pro-Obama audience he said this:

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Russell Brand: As a representative of the global community…a visitor from abroad…I don’t want to come across a little bit biased, but could I please ask of you, people of America, please elect Barack Obama, please…on behalf of the world. Some people… some people, I think they’re called racists, say America is not ready for a black president, but I know America to be a forward thinking country, because otherwise would you have let that retarded thinking cowboy fellow to be president for eight years? We were very impressed. It was nice of you to let him have a go, because in England George Bush would not be trusted with a pair of scissors. Very sweet of ya’

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Now this frankly pisses me off on two levels.

First, when are entertainers going to realize that they are there to…oh, I don’t know…entertain! I get so sick of these morons like Barbara Streisand, The Dixie Chicks, and Sean “Puff-Puffy-P-Diddy-Daddy” Combs using their celebrity to try and tell me how to vote.

This unknown and, in my opinion, untalented idiot Russell Brand was on MTV to entertain people—not to give his worthless opinion about our President or who he thinks should be the next President.

Which brings me to my second point: I hate it when people from other countries try to tell us who we should elect as a leader.

I mean think about it for a second. Worldwide the United States is hated. Why? Because our government is the greatest experiment in the history of the world and that pisses all the other countries off.

In a time when most countries were bowing to someone’s throne or cowering in fear to a blood-thirsty dictator, our founding fathers were creating a country where the people were allowed to choose who would lead them.

These people from other countries hate the fact that we not only threw off the shackles some of them still have, but also managed to become the most powerful country in the world.

So let’s think about this. When someone from another country makes a suggestion about who should be our leader, do you honestly think they have our best interest in mind? Do you honestly think it’s because they want us to be more successful? Right!

Speaking of my friend running for President Barry H. Obama, I nearly threw up my cereal this morning as I was checking out the news.

I was reading the Political Punch blog which is written by ABC News campaign reporter Jake Tapper who was writing about Barack Obama’s speech in Michigan yesterday.

As I was scanning down I read this quote:

Barack Obama: I gotta admit these folks are shameless because the record is indisputable. I wouldn’t do that. I mean, I’m not perfect –

Woman in the Crowd: Yes, you are!

Barack Obama: No, no, no, no. Talk to Michelle, she’ll tell you.

Now look, I have been one of those people that have cracked joke after joke about Barack Obama as the messiah. I have been one of those people who has joked that his followers have sipped the Kool-Aid from the chalice of Barry and are permanently programmed to follow their leader off the cliff of Marxism. But, I was joking.

This morning as I read the comment from the “woman in the crowd”, I realized it is all true and that reality makes me somewhere between sick and sad.

Sick because any rational human being can see that Barack Obama is nothing more than politics as usual with a mantra of change as way to excuse his lack of accomplishment.

Sad because no matter how hard we try—with free public education, scholarships and grants for college, public libraries, and inexpensive access to one of the greatest tools for learning ever called the internet—we will always have those among us that are stupid and gullible, and just plain dumb.

These people are out there and their voting in droves for Obama.

If you haven’t registered to vote yet, you need to get on it.

That’s all for today, find out more about me at brandonwindsor.com. Until tomorrow, be good but if you can’t be good be careful.

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This is Brandon’s podcast for Thursday, September 4, 2008.

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This is the Brandon Windsor Program Podcast for Thursday, September 04, 2008. It is the show where we tell you to question everything.

So did you see Governor Sarah Palin’s speech last night?

[Sound clip] Damn!

I hope somebody had an ice pack handy for Barack Obama’s chode because he took a slamming from the front and the rear with a steel-toed pair of Jimmy Choo’s last night.

Check this out.

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Gov. Sarah Palin:

Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown.

And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening.

We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.

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Wow! Sarah Palin must have a wide foot because that one split the uprights. But she’s only getting warmed up.

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Gov. Sarah Palin:

I’ve noticed a pattern with our opponent.

Maybe you have, too.

We’ve all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers.

And there is much to like and admire about our opponent.

But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate.

This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word “victory” except when he’s talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed … when the roar of the crowd fades away … when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger … take more of your money … give you more orders from Washington … and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.

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Can’t…hold…on…much…longer.

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Gov. Sarah Palin:

In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers.

And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.

They’re the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals.

Among politicians, there is the idealism of high-flown speechmaking, in which crowds are stirringly summoned to support great things.

And then there is the idealism of those leaders, like John McCain, who actually do great things.

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You know they say the truth hurts. But it’s not just Barack Obama who is hurting after last night’s speech.

It’s the entire left-wing blogosphere, the liberal media, and the Democratic party diehards.

Because when you strip them bare—out of their self-appointed role of saviors of the world—you shine the light of truth on their Hollywood style and paper mache substance.

Is Sarah Palin or John McCain perfect? Of course not.

This election is not about perfection. It’s about finding out the truth.

Last night someone finally stood before the American people and told them the truth about Barack Obama.

That’s all for today, you can find out more about me at brandonwindsor.com. Until tomorrow, be good but if you can’t be good be careful.

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I wonder who they want to win the election?

This really isn’t that shocking.

Follow the path:  US Magazine is owned and published by Wenner Media.  Wenner Media’s President is Jann Wenner.  Jann Wenner  founded Rolling Stone Magazine in San Francisco in 1967.

SAN FRANCISCO IN 1967!  I’m sure Jann Wenner is a gun-loving, pro-life, evangelical conservative.

Brandon’s podcast for Wednesday, September 3, 2008.

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It is Wednesday, September 03, 2008 and this is the Brandon Windsor Program Podcast.

I have a question for you. Are you sick and tired of all the Sarah Palin rumors and supposed fact-checking yet?

I am.

Now, it’s no secret I think Sarah Palin was a good choice for VP and I happen to think she is a hot chick. But, good God how much more do we have to endure of this crap from the left-wing bloggers and liberal networks like CNN and MSDNC.

Let’s see, first there was the rumor that she wasn’t really pregnant and her Downs Syndrome son was actually her 17 year-old daughter’s baby. Then her daughter turns out to really be pregnant and the search was on to uncover anything they could about the father. Oh and let’s not forget the National Enquirer who is claiming that there was a secret plot by Palin to get her daughter married after the convention and then let the news fly of her pregnancy.

The media is digging into the firing of Palin’s ex-brother-in-law who was a state trooper, a family owned car wash business in Alaska that seems to have failed to pay state taxes, and on and on and on.

Some of you may be asking, “If these things are not true, how come she hasn’t defended herself? Why isn’t she out there explaining all of this instead of hiding?”

That’s a great question and lucky for you I have the answer.

Sarah Palin was announced as Johnny Mac’s running mate last Friday. Now think back if you will to this past weekend. What was going on?

Well, for one thing it was a holiday weekend—you know that whole Labor Day thing.

Also, you might remember the whole media build-up to hurricane Gustav. What’s going to happen to the poor people of New Orleans? They have to get out of there. Will Bush screw this up like he did 3 years ago with Katrina? How can those evil Republicans hold a celebration when millions of people are losing their homes and businesses to the ravages of nature?

Now imagine you’re Sarah Palin or the McCain campaign. If you start releasing explanations for these things while the media and by proxy the nation is focused on Gustav what does that look like? It looks like you are trying to hide something! Not to mention, it makes you look like a self-absorbed douchebag.

“I’m Sarah Palin and I know a lot of those peons in New Orleans are having their lives destroyed right now, but I want to talk what is important—me!”

That’s not exactly a great move, you know?

So here’s what I am saying for those of you on the left who are struggling to keep up.

The McCain campaign did the proper and respectful thing. They have put politics on hold for the past 4 days while waiting to see what the impact was going to be from Gustav.

Now ask yourself this question: What did the liberal bloggers and media do?

Seems to me, they used a time when they should have been concerned for the safety and well-being of others to spread rumors and lies about someone they don’t know the first damn thing about simply because she is from a different political party.

And you thought this year was about “hope” and “change”. Sucker!

That’s all for today, find out more at brandonwindsor.com. Until tomorrow, be good but if you can’t be good be careful.

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I made a mistake by turning on MSDNC a little bit ago and the topic for the talking heads to kick around made me want to spew vomit from my nose.

You have no doubt heard that John McCain’s VP running mate Sarah Palin’s daughter is pregnant and you might have read that Barack Obama came out yesterday and said that in politics a candidate’s children are off limits.

So how did the liberal media like CNN and MSDNC respond?

They are now having discussions about whether a candidate’s children can be discussed.

So let’s see. It is not okay to discuss the daughter’s pregnancy, but it’s okay to discuss if we can discuss her pregnancy?

Makes perfect sense doesn’t it?

Here are a few other things for you to chew on.

Question: Why would the Obama campaign talk about Palin’s daughter?

Answer: To keep the issue in the public eye as they are trying to figure out what she is all about.

Question: What sort of impression does the Obama campaign want this to give about Sarah Palin?

Answer: She is so busy being a politician she isn’t being a good mother to her children.

In a rare display of genius, Obama handled this issue perfectly. He told the national press this issue was off limits. Of course, he knew that the liberal bloggers and national media outlets would pursue this ad infinitum so he can look like the good guy taking the high road while this non-issue plays out at the hands of others.

The genius in his decision was to declare the issue off limits.

Just like a teenage girl will always fall for the boy her parents forbid her to see, the media fell for the issue Obama told them they couldn’t touch.

Brandon’s podcast for Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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This is the Brandon Windsor Program Podcast for Tuesday, September 2, 2008. This is the show where we tell you to question everything.

As much as I would like to ignore politics, because political discussions make me so angry some times I just can’t see straight, I have to address something I read about this morning involving Barack Obama and experience.

Let’s go to the tape. This is Anderson Cooper of CNN interviewing Barack Obama Monday night:

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Anderson Cooper: Some Republican critics say, you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this [Hurricane Gustav]. They’ve in fact said that Governor Palin has more executive experience as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state like Alaska. What’s your response?

Barack Obama: Well, you know, my understanding is that, uh, Governor Palin’s town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, uh, we’ve got 2500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that I’ve passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.

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First of all did you notice how Obama called the town Palin used to be mayor of “Wasilly”? Don’t think that wasn’t intentional. The actual name of the town is of course Wasilla. Nobody who is such a so-called “brilliant orator” such as Barack Obama thinks that “a” on the end of the town’s name is pronounced like an “e”. That was completely intentional to drive home his point.

So what was his point? His point was obviously to try and minimize the accomplishments of Sarah Palin. “How can I possibly come to that conclusion,” the Kool-aid drinking Obamanites ask. Well, it’s pretty simple.

Obama, and I’m sure this was just his forgetfulness kicking in, neglected the fact that Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska now. Oh darn! How forgetful. I’m sure it was just an oversight.

So let’s see, Obama compares his lack of experience to that of a mayor of 9,000 residents rather than to the job that Sarah Palin actual holds which is the governor of a state.

Now, Barack doesn’t want us to do this, obviously, but instead of comparing apples to oranges let’s compare apples to apples.

Barack points out his campaign has 2500 employees and has a budget of roughly $36 million a month so he clearly is an executive in charge of a large organization. Okay. Sarah Palin, as the governor of Alaska, runs a government that employs 25,000 people. Now, I was awful at math in school, but even I know that is 10 times the amount of people of Barack’s campaign.

Hmm…if we can call Barack a pretty big executive with 2500 employees, can’t we call Sarah Palin 10 times the executive with 25,000?

Well, let’s go to the money.

Barack estimates his campaign goes through $36 million a month. Again, the horrible math student that I am figures that comes out to about $432 million a year. Wow! That’s a lot of money.

But according to government documents from the state of Alaska, Sarah Palin is the boss of a $9 Billion—that’s billion with a “b”—budget. Again, Barry comes out with the short straw.

But, you know Barack’s comparison of apples to mangos isn’t what really gets me about this whole thing.

It’s the fact that he is now pointing to running for president as experience!

Come on! If running for president is a major experience booster then we all need to just go out and vote for Ralph Nader this year.

Why Nader? Because he has run for president every four years since 1996—that’s right—Ralph Nader is running for president for the fourth time in 12 years.

By Barack’s standards, he’s more than qualified.

That’s gonna do it for today’s podcast. Check me out online at brandonwindsor.com. Until tomorrow, be good, but if you can’t be good be careful.

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I am a firm believer in freedom of speech, but then I see things like this…:

Let’s face it, some people need to leave the thinking to others and do…whatever it is they do.

Adianne Marsh spokeswoman for the Obama campaign says:

“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency”

So now experience matters to Democrats?

This is a huge mistake and Obama better back his folks off of it quick.

First, it has always been a true attack on Barry O. that he is not qualified to be president.  Picking Palin means Johnny Mac’s team is going to have to give that line a rest which would be good for Obama.  But, if Obama and his mouth-breathing minions want to go down that path they are keeping the door open for the attack to continue.

It becomes a vicious circle.