Palin On Democrats: "Do They Think The Terrorists ... Are The Good Guys?"
In a speech just now in Missouri, Sarah Palin unleashed some of the most ostentatious POW-POW-POWing of the campaign, and strongly implied that Dems think the "terrorists" are the "good guys."
After saying that some Dems want to cut defense spending by a quarter, she said:
"What do they think? Do they think that the terrorists have all of a sudden become the good guys, and changed their minds? No! The terrorists still seek to destroy America and her allies and all that it is that is that we stand for: Freedom, tolerance, equality."
A bit later in the speech came the POW-POW-POWing:
"And for a season a man may inspire with his words, but it's been for his lifetime that John McCain has inspired with his trustworthy and heroic deeds. On the decks of aircraft carriers and in the lonely cell of a prison camp -- and in the halls of the US capital -- John McCain has always proudly put his country first, he has always fought for America!"John served our nation in uniform for twenty two years. He spent five and a half years as a POW. He has met great adversity in his life and in the service to this country. He knows how tough challenges are overcome, he will not wave the white flag of surrender to the terrorists, he will not -- as our opponent did -- he will not support cutting off funding for our troops over in the war zone."
And so Palin's final appeal on the eve of almost certain defeat puts it right out in the open: It's war hero versus ally of terrorists who want to destroy America and kill your children.
Which gives rise to a question: What American presidential campaign has been more crassly militaristic and jingoistic than this one? Bush in 2004 pales in comparison. TPM's resident trivia fanatic, Eric Kleefeld, suggests James Polk's 1844 campaign, based on an appeal to expand America's borders by force, or George Wallace's 1968 campaign, in which he chose as his running mate someone who helped pioneer carpet-bombing. Thoughts, anyone?
Should Obama win this thing, the depths McCain-Palin have sunk to will only make Obama's victory that much more rewarding and momentous.
Oh Jesus, give it up already, lady!!!
November 3, 2008 1:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
and this woman is a christian?
plus, i'd like to see some evidence of her promoting "freedom, equality and tolerance". i certainly haven't seen any such thing in her campaign for the white house.
November 3, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama in 1 day!
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Obama 2008
“Mad McCain” videos: http://tv1.com/playlists/show/11
November 3, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
I went out to a regional burger chain for lunch this afternoon. Inside they were playing "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow." Seemed hugely appropriate to me!
November 3, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
This woman (?) makes Ann Coulter seem sane. She will have aspirations after Tuesday: appointing herself to the U.S. Senate after KleptoStevens slinks off. Let's do our daily best to destroy this woman's chances by posting every day for a year on stories with her name attached or just spontaneously snarking.
November 3, 2008 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
How many people were at the rally?
November 3, 2008 1:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
According to our right-wing newspaper the crowd at the Jeff City was 15,000 up to 18,000. I saw about a dozen chartered buses that came up from Branson & Springfield and then a bunch of school buses. These are probably double-dippers who can't get enough of Sarah since she was down there just last week. Why would anyone want to endure that twice? (Please step away from the idiot)
Do you think that her name is really Paling but she dropped the 'g'?
November 3, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wed night we can call them "Dirty Losers."
November 3, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I mean Tuesday night. But Wed night too.
November 3, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Thursday night for good measure.
November 3, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
And for the next 2,000 nights.
November 3, 2008 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm up for it!
November 3, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's put them there for Eternity and be done with it once and for all !
November 3, 2008 2:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Karma, I believe, has done it for us.
November 3, 2008 2:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
How much did you think about John Kerry two days after the 2004 election? I think he said something last year and I was surprised to hear he still existed, much less that he was still in the Senate.
November 3, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
He continues to be a very effective Senator, and has been busy on the campaign trail helping Obama as well as other tickets. I saw him at a NH rally last Saturday, speaking on behalf of the Democratic slate of candidates. He's a very good speaker. I thought, while I was waiting to get in, that it must really burn his Massachusetts opponent that the race is so lopsided that Kerry can go to other states and help in those other races.
November 3, 2008 3:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
This coming from a lady that thinks foreign policy experience is being able to see Russia from her house?
Goes to show you the way she'll campaign next time around.
November 3, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I will make a bet right here and right now with anyone who wants that there will be no "next time" for Sarah "Why Helloooooo" Palin.
She's over as of tomorrow - at least live and in person. We'll hear about her as long as the Repugs tear her up and set fire to the pieces.
And then she will sink forever into the long night of utter obscurity.
November 3, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
I believe you. I will never in my life understand how an entire party could lift her from complete obscurity to a presidential candidate--just like that.
Fifteen minutes of fame usually is for something minor in the scheme of things, but never have I seen someone go from being a mayor of a minuscule town to being a presidential candidate in two years. Somehow she reminds me of those bands that are created by the record companies, not because of talent, but because they represent an image. What the hell kind of image were the Republicans going for here? It boggles the mind.
November 3, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I will never in my life understand how an entire party could lift her from complete obscurity to a presidential candidate--just like that."
Helllo Pot, this is the Kettle, it doesn't get any blacker!
November 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It isn't just going to be one party that lifts Obama up, it will be the nation.
Have you stocked up on Xanax and kleenex for tomorrow?
November 3, 2008 2:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks Supa. That is true, this isn't about one party.
November 3, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, if we lose tomorrow, I'm better prepared than I was in 92...I didn't see that coming at all and watched state after state go for Clinton in amazement. I'm feeling more confident now than I was a week ago. I'm watching VA and PA, we need one of the 2 or it's over and as close as VA is it'll be awhile before it gets called for either candidate.
November 3, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, McCain needs both VA and PA or it's over. Even if he wins both he can still lose if he doesn't keep FL.
If you want a shoulder to cry on tomorrow, I am totally here for you.
November 3, 2008 3:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seriously Dude. I'm not worried about FL, NC, OH, MO, IN...my only fear is winning VA and losing it all because of NV (I think CO and NM are already gone) that's why I'm really hoping for PA, maybe enough of those coal miners heard that interview excerpt from the SF Chronicle.
November 3, 2008 3:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hah! You should be.
November 3, 2008 3:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
against my better judgment, I guess I have to smile at that snark, just a little bit.
November 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nope. Obama burst onto the national scene four years ago, SFC. He had been a state senator for what, 9 years, at that point?
You can argue about the types of experience each has had, but it's difficult to argue that Sarah Palin was a virtual unknown entity outside of her state as recent as three months ago. Not so for Obama.
November 3, 2008 2:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
He did give a speech at the convention 4 years ago...and has written 2 books about himself, but that's it. The rest was limited to Cook County IL.
November 3, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Right, representing a district several times the size of Wasilla. Your point being? Also.
November 3, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's been a national figure since his speech at the DNC in 2004. That's more than two years before she became Gov of Alaska with Ted Stevens' help. Stick it jackass.
November 3, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's been a national figure since his speech at the DNC in 2004. That's more than two years before she became Gov of Alaska with Ted Stevens' help. Stick it jackass.
November 3, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm really starting to agree with that! Last week, I thought'd she'd have a chance, but the more I'm reading and hearing what a joke she is, and especially after the whole "Sarkozy Chat", the chances of her running are waning.
Who would donate to her??? Besides, with the likes of Mittens, Lieberman and perhaps several far more experienced female candidates out there, she has about as much chance of being #45 as Joe The Plumber has of growing hair on top of his head...naturally!
November 3, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mittens has already started the grease and banana peel road treatment with her. His operatives are the authors of "diva" and "whack job." If Caribou Barbie thinks the corporate media is tough, wait'll Smilin' Mitt starts to yank her chain. He may not come across as vicious, but he's got enough money to buy it when he needs it.
November 3, 2008 2:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agree. She will become one of the scapegoats for why McCain lost. Surely not the only one (can't wait for that tell all book to come out...) but it can probably be reasonably argued that whatever she may have done to fire up his base, it was more than offset by the precipitous drop among independent and moderate Republican voters. She is so not going to be the GOP nominee in 2012.
That New Yorker article by Jane Mayer on how Palin was picked was priceless. I really recommend it. The thread that ran through all the GOP male operatives' reactions? They all had the hots for her. I absolutely adore that Bill Kristol's libido is one reason Obama will win on Tuesday...
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_mayer?printable=true
November 3, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
The "Why He-l-l-l-l-l-l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-" should sink her, if nothing else will.
November 3, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't believe Palin was so dumb as to think the President of France would speak like that, with such a hokey French accent.
(I know the guys pulling the prank were Quebecois... still it was a pretty hokey-sounding French accent to me and I don't speak French!)
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Except perhaps for a tasteful layout in Playboy....(which I only read for the articles)
November 3, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I couldn't agree more!
November 3, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hope you're right, but consider Krugman's analysis that starting Wednesday the rethug party will consist almost entirely of nothing but Palin fanatics.
They're going to purge the party of everyone who expressed even the slightest doubt about Bible Spice. Even Larry Eagleburger's public recantation won't save him.
Palin's rethugs will consist of every racist, mouth-breathing, Timothy-McVeigh-wannabe in the country, but no one else. The more they lose, the more doubters they'll purge, and the smaller they'll get.
They'll probably disappear up their own assholes in a decade, unfortunately - far better if they failed slowly over the next century or so.
November 3, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
From what I've seen on message boards where these types hang out, I think Krugman is exactly right, unfortunately. Dog in the manger.
November 3, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you mean that you think that she will not run, or simply that her campaign will not gain much traction? If the latter, then I agree with you, but I really do expect her at least to form an exploratory committee in 2011.
November 3, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
IF and that is a big IF she does try to go for POTUS in 2012 we need to plan on using the "Fred Tuttle; A Man With A Plan" card in the primaries. We surely defeated a GOP carpetbagger here in VT in a primary vote.
November 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I couldn't possibly agree more Tena. Everytime some pundit states she will be the shining light of their party for years to come, I smile. If they want her to keep the fanatics happy that's good news for us. They can have wacky Sarah, The fiscals can have another candidate & whoever is left over will have someone else. Who cares if they divide themselves for years? Not us!
Hopefully tomorrow is only the beginning.
November 3, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think her political life will be over, but she's loving the attention way too much to fade from the public eye, and there's a certain contingent of low-information voters who just love the heck outta her.
I'm thinking punditry. On TV if she can swing it (and she probably can). In any event the threshold's low enough for her to enter the talk radio circuit.
Maybe she could form a comedy duo with Anne Coulter...
November 3, 2008 3:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I was for the campaign to nowhere before I was against it."
November 3, 2008 4:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
There's always Fox News.
November 3, 2008 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
She must not have been on friendly terms with them, cause she never said she waved to them. So I suspect our relations would be adversarial if she were to be elected....good reason not to vote for McCain then
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lady, you aren't even smart enough to be a decent Mussolini.
You're going to wind up living in a trailer in some armed compound out in the bogs of Alaska.
November 3, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
"And for a season a man may inspire with his words[..]
Please, can someone who understands Palin speak, explain to me what in the fuck this means?
November 3, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Um, words will inspire you, but just for a little while?
November 3, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
That has a biblical ring to it. I bet it has catch phrases for fundies.
Think: "To everything there is a season...." etc.
I recall a certain Jesus Christ, however, who inspired with his words. And also his deeds matched them. So far we see both with Barack. (and the opposite from the repub ticket)
November 3, 2008 1:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, my mind went straight to that song: There is a season turn turn turn. A time to live a time to die...." which was a take on the bible verse Ecclesiastes 3:5.
November 3, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she's trying to say that Obama is temporary but McCain is forever. :)
November 3, 2008 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well in that case, just remember that a diamond is nothing but an old lump of coal!
November 3, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's either speaking in tongues or speaking in code.
November 3, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
speaking in forked tongues! (Palintology, Inc.)
November 3, 2008 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
"We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun...."
That's what I thought of, unfortunately, because now I can't get that insipid song out of my head.
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's the World Famous Palin Word Salad Dressing you just heard! You don't need to understand it. You just absorb it. If there's any meaning to it, it will eventually come to you. No thinking required.
November 3, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've always hated that word: tolerance.
November 3, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
It has that sense of grudging about it - ya know? You can open the door just a crack and call that being tolerant.
November 3, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
You mean, also, for instance, the way the tolerant GOP opened Pandora's box a crack and out popped..........Palin?
November 3, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin using 'we' when describing those who stand for tolerance is particularly rich.
November 3, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, it has a certain arrogant condescension about it. Republicans are tolerant; the rest of us are open minded.
November 3, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha! Yeah, I guess you can drink from this fountain. I'm being nice, don't you forget it.
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Perhaps. But it's a mile better than intolerance.
November 3, 2008 2:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Another reminder of why she is neither the present nor the future of the republican party.
November 3, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Remember those sexy robots in the Austin Powers movie--who shoot bullets from their bras and whose heads spin and smoke and screech before exploding? I just watched 2 minutes of Palin speaking and that was the image that came to mind.
November 3, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Kate, that is so good!
Yesterday, I didn't answer two phone calls. The second one was Palin's voice, telling me I'd just been called by a "volunteer" for them (paid flak, no doubt!) and that she was following up to ask for my support. Just hearing her voice, I was so glad to push # and forget about the rest of it.
Ugh, I hope it's last we hear of her.
I keep wondering when exactly the right will dump her. She's facing a ton of muck back in Alaska. Are they gonna pay for all the lawyering she'll need?
November 3, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Her voice is like fingers on a chalkboard. I predict that within a month we will hear no more from her until she decides to run for Congress. And that stirs images of Katherine Harris who came to DC from Florida and was an immediate buffoon. There is no rehabilitating an empty vessel. She's just not smart enough. She makes W look competent. And the Rs who lost their seats and the White House are going to rip her to shreds.
November 3, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
like fingers on a chalkboard
How right you are about her voice! Maybe her whole persona!
November 3, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has an ignorant fool, who clearly hasn't given any substantive thought to foreign policy, ever been given such an enormous platform to toss out increasingly shrill lies? She makes Nixon seem honest and Bush appear thoughtful. It's astounding.
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November 3, 2008 1:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Dan Quayle looks genius by comparison.
November 3, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
He certainly looks presidential by comparison. Quayle may have been an empty suit, but he wasn't a proudly anti-intellectual, hate-filled demagogue like Palin.
Tomorrow, let's consign her to the dustheap of history forever.
November 3, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
One dark night in July, a gloomy Dick Cheney was pondering how to redeem the reputation of his puppet presidency. While stroking his beloved puff adder, a plot ever-so-dank oozed out of his labyrinthine mind.
"I know, Nagini! We'll summon Karl and tell him to persuade McCretin to select that dimmest of the neocon stooges as his runningmate. Once she gets warmed up, her invincible ignorance will make Ol' Dubya look like Einstein by comparison. As long as the spotlight is shining on her stultifying mendacity, even Tricky Dick would look respectable!"
November 3, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
!
That is some excellent snark.
November 3, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Opps! Did I say that? Well, hush my mouth!
Thanks!
November 3, 2008 2:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's fascinating in terms of metaphors for the mcShame campaign is that we're turning increasingly to fantasy villians from CS Lewis, Tolkien, and the Harry Potter books, and Darth Vader type movie characters.
November 3, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't wait until SnowJob SquareGlasses goes home to Alaska, to face multiple investigations and all the home-folks who have been pissed off by the McCain campaign's takeover of their state government.
John McCain on November 5th: "Ladies and germs, I spent a week in Wasilla one night! Take my running mate, please!"
November 3, 2008 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Snowjob SquareGlasses! Heh. Good one.
November 3, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brilliant! Hadn't heard that before.
November 3, 2008 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't claim credit - I stole it from someone else (can't remember who)! Anyway, truly a great name for the scurvy wench. And remember, also, nobody doesn't like Sarah Pee, you betcha!
November 3, 2008 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
scurvy wench!
That's good too!
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shades of Pirate Peet!
November 3, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's a great nickname. Kudos to whoever came up with it.
But let's hope that in a few months' time, the only nickname for her that we hear is "What's her name, you know, that awful woman from Alaska." I'd like to begin the process of forgetting about her as of, say, tomorrow.
November 3, 2008 2:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was "nobody doesn't spite Sarah P."
November 3, 2008 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, it doesn't surprise me they're ending the campaign on the same note they started with - POW 24/7! However, doesn't have the same impact it did two years ago.
Regards to the terror card she's whipping out - big talk from the one who thought she was really talking to Sarkozy for six minutes...does that mean if "Bin Laden" calls her next, she'll get all mavericky on his ass???
November 3, 2008 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wallace's running mate, Curtis LeMay, actually gave a (priceless) campaign speech saying we shouldn't be reluctant to use nukes. Palin's not quite in LeMay territory.
November 3, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wallace's running mate, Curtis LeMay, actually gave a (priceless) campaign speech saying we shouldn't be reluctant to use nukes. Palin's not quite in LeMay territory.
November 3, 2008 1:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's not as smart as LeMay.
But if given the chance, I think she'd probably say something similar. You betcha!
November 3, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Depends how you look at it. LeMay would have been far more dangerous because he probably would have started World War III. On the other hand, I don't recall (yes, I was alive and paying attention back then) LeMay charging that Humphrey and Muskie had decided the Communists were the good guys.
So from the perspective of batshit craziness, LeMay wins. From the perspective of dirty campaigning, Palin wins. The only point of comparison for her is Joe McCarthy, but he was never a nominee for president or veep.
November 3, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
You forgot McArthur.
November 3, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Patton.
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bombs-Away-LeMay! That brings back memories. Fortunately I have an appointment with my therapist later in the week.
November 4, 2008 4:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
They have nothing to lose and figure they'll get away with it either way. Either t works and they get enough votes and win and then the ends justified the means, or they still lose, poisoned the well for an Obama Presidency, and their blatant lies and desperation smears will be all but forgotten by the MSM in the days ahead.
It's called nothing to lose...
Tucker Eskew is feeding Palin talking points that he would have had to push poll in years past because his candidate didn't want to have to be forever linked or have to answer for them. Palin doesn't seem t realize that this campaign will stick to her in future elections.
November 3, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
There are not going to be any future elections with Sarah Palin on the ticket. At least not in the lower 48, and I think her future in Alaska is hanging by a thread.
November 3, 2008 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Second that.
November 3, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
While I think she is though, I cannot imagine more of a cakewalk in 2012 for Obama than having Palin as an opponent.
November 3, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
My great objection to Palin is that she is so ugly and divisive, but this is one point on which she really is a unifier. There is a large mass of Republicans who really want for her to run in 2012, and there is a large mass of democrats (myself included) who really want her to run in 2012. Mind you, the reasons which each group has for that conviction are quite different, but that does not change the fact that we really look forward to her running in 2012.
;-)
November 3, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Carefull...we wanted Obama to win the primary because he was "unelectable"...
November 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hm, that is not how I remember it. RedState has changed their blog layout, so I cannot find it again, but I remember linking to a post over there showing how disappointed folks were that Clinton was not winning, because she would be so much easier to beat. The "Obama should be easy to beat" narrative only emerged once it became clear that he would win, and had more to do (in my opinion) with whistling past the graveyard than with an object lesson about not underestimating your opponents.
November 3, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, you're absolutely right. Clinton was the Republicans' wet dream. Remember Rush Bimbo's Operation Chaos (and what a ringing success it was)?
November 3, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually Rush was cheering Clinton on to drag the primary out...he'd have done the same thing for Obama if she were winning.
November 3, 2008 3:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
So the Republicans would have deployed the same effective negative campaign against Obama back then that's been working so well for them now? Yeah, that would have worked....
Face it, McCain's lucky that Hillary lost. She would have ripped his spleen out in the first month. Obama's been too nice to your guy by letting him screw himself up.
November 3, 2008 4:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm sure there were some from both camps. I personally only knew Republicans from the we-want-Hillary-to-win-because-she's-unelectable camp, but I have no doubt there were some rooting for Obama for the same reason. Funny thing is, there were a few were mixed, as in they thought Hillary would be unelectable, but somewhat concerned they might be wrong.
SFCWallace has a point here. We should be careful what we wish for.
November 3, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin is a god dam ass...21 hrs left and this election is over.
November 3, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
She'll be back to that big house her jackass redneck secessionist first dude husband built "with his buddies", until it gets discovered that the house was built with ill-gotten gains..."Barnraise-gate"..."Dudegate".
November 3, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
The 'and for a season,,,' is from the Book of Proverbs,,,, which by the bye, is Egyptian in origin. The same literary illusion also occurs in the Song of Songs. It's a common illusion in ANE culture. Now what Palin is trying to do with it is quite another matter.
My favourite scriptural botch verse, which very much applies to Palin and her ilk, "Judas went and hanged himself. Go and do thou likewise."
November 3, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin WILL be back. She's the exact type the right wingers LOVE -- not afraid to attack dirty.
November 3, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
I"ll meet you right here in 4 years so we can see who was right - cause she is gone as of tomorrow, except as I said, for all the effigies the Repugs are going to torch.
November 3, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tena is right. She is done. Game show host maybe. She and Elisabeth Hasselbeck and start their own world VIEW.
November 3, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Game show host? I doubt it.
Game show answer? More likely.
"I'll take 'Failed Politicians' for $400, Alex."
November 3, 2008 8:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
It could be decided by the Personnel Board. They haven't been heard from yet, but they could come down on her like a ton of bricks for using her office to settle personal scores and illegally accessing personnel records. It's pretty tough to run for national office when you've got something like that in your past. Sure, the 30-percenters won't care, but that's a long way from being enough to get elected.
Second, I think there could be an uncivil war within the Republican party after this election. This will make two straight they've gotten their asses handed to them, and the circular firing squad is already forming. The Republican party is a coalition of the Wall St. Republicans, the neo-cons and the religious nuts. When Bush got elected, the Wall St. Republicans got their tax cuts, the neo-cons got their war, but what did the religious nuts get? Abortion is still legal, teachers aren't leading their classes in prayer, gays haven't been lynched. Save for a few token gestures, nothing of the religious right's agenda has gone anywhere, and don't think they haven't noticed.
November 3, 2008 3:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
What galls me worse than anything is her pretense of being a Christian.
"Love your enemies." She's likely never really pondered that line. That is the bottom line, to me, for a Christian. The hardest to live up to. But definitely the water mark.
I honestly don't see how anyone can be a person of faith and lie with such impunity. It really bothers me. Gives a bad name to other christians.
November 3, 2008 2:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Amen, TheraP. Given their fondness for placing the Ten Commandments in every public square you'd think they might also be fond of following them.
November 3, 2008 2:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, we won't let her.
November 3, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
If she somehow does manage to get the nomination in 2012 -- which is possible considering that her competition might include Mittens, Bobby the Exorcist Jindal, and Newt Fullofshit Gingrich -- my guess is we could well be looking at a reelection landslide comparable to 1964, 1972 and 1984.
I don't underestimate her ambition or the way she connects with the wingnuts, which would well be enough to get the nomination of a party as out of touch as the GOP, but I think the electorate as a whole is done with culture warrior candidates for the foreseeable future.
November 3, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're right. She'll be back, cause she hasn't been smacked down hard yet - she's hiding behind McCain. Once she gets her just deserts, we'll all have peace of mind.
November 3, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, herself will be just the ticket to lead the Neodixiecrats, which if they don't watch out, that's all that will be left of the GOP,,,, the grand olde poopies.
November 3, 2008 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shes getting some speech help from Zell Miller...
After it's all over but the shooting Sarah gets a big thank you. Without her foolish statements, her uber weak resume, her wacky political past, her unethical dalliances, her creepy snake handling church, without all that it would have been closer race.
November 3, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
And $150,000 worth of clothes and accessories.
In some ways she is stupid like a fox.
November 3, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
No those clothes will go to Goodwill because you never know how many working poor females might desperately need a slightly used 2,000 dollar outfit.
November 3, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin is a creature politician who deserves to be exposed and sent back to her dumb ass farm! She hasn't released her medical records, speaks with a foreign tongue(who the hell can understand her), shows no intellect, no morals and faces multiple investigations! I want her and McShame to face the reality of a crushing defeat! No more insults from this boastful piece of shit! Let the stupid GOP men fantastize about fucking her because she has so fucked the GOP for many election cycles to come in the future!
November 3, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's up with the refusal to release med records?
The only thing I can think she is holding back is that she has an abortion - but surely that wouldn't be released anyway -
November 3, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Anti-depressants, IMO.
November 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ahhhh - that should have occurred to me and obviously didn't.
That sounds exactly right, as a matter of fact.
November 3, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
There are more psychiatric beds per capita in Alaska than anywhere else in the country.
And you thought it was only the rape capital of the nation!
November 3, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
STDs. She's a ho.
November 3, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Veneral disease.
November 3, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Plastic surgery?
November 3, 2008 3:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your wish is slowly working its way to the surface. The Alaska Legislature is asking the State Atty Gen to investigate the McCain campaign for witness tampering concerning those state employees of Palin's refusing to answer the subpoenas.
November 3, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Uh, is this what Palin and her supporters meant when they criticized McCain's handlers for not letting her be herself - to let her cut loose?
If she tries this in 2012 if some some unknown reason, the wingnuts win the day and nominate her to be the Presidential candidate, Obama would win like 60 - 40 I think.
November 3, 2008 2:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it bad for her that I just don't care what she says any more? I don't respect or acknowledge her enough to think that she matters.
Sure 25-30% of the U.S. population loves her but that group is not only self limiting, but diminishing. They simply don't mix well with others. Changing demographics, along with politics being the new "cool" thing, sees their relative influence circling the drain.
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
No - that's the reason I think she's gone - she's a one-trick pony and we all have seen the trick now.
This is all there is to her. It's fucking boring - the minute she doesn't have a reason to compel anyone's attention she is so outta here.
November 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
How does McCain and Palin expect to lead given their language? They've smeared Obama and Biden, Pelosi, and Reid and now the whole Democratic Party who will hav huge majorities? Not to mention if they win, it's going to be a >280EV win and the'd probably lose the popular vote, meaning over half the country voted against them and saw the gutter campaign they ran.
Hey guys, that was just politics, let's be friends and work together now...
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tell you one thing, if the Dems get 60 in the senate then Republicans will be quite shut out. It's their own fault, really. I do bet some of the moderates will still be able to talk to the Democrats, but the wingers? Forget it.
November 3, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
The GOP might learn the wrong lesson from 08 and decide that they lost because they were not stupid/jingoistic/ugly enough, and will go after the knuckle draggers by nominating this half-wit. Let them.
November 3, 2008 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
WHERE ARE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a sham!
i mean, what is she hiding? why can she get away with this?
She talks about transparency and then is as transparent as a brick wall
November 3, 2008 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
what is she hiding?
Maybe she had her tubes tied? Or a hysterectomy? (before Trig's birth?)
November 3, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
My guess is that there must be something, otherwise, they would have released them.
And, in the bizarro chance that McCain prevails, she'll have to release them. Might be ugly, quickly, for the McCain administration.
November 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, it could be that her medical records correctly identify her as a specimen of p. erectus
November 3, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know, I guess few people took her seriously when she said she would disclose her medical records. We can now easily picture her saying with a straight face she didn't promise to do so, even confronted with the video.
November 3, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
You mean like when she said that she'd let Fox interview her yesterday and then stood them up? As Sarkozy would say, "Incroyable!"
November 3, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
It takes time to purge records that may not be appropriate for public display until they can be re-evaluated and re-written to indicate the true nature of the cause and cure.
In other words, they're busy re-writing her records to remove any and all smoking guns and any stray notes or memos that may unexpectedly pop up at the most inconvenient time.
November 3, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
This issue of the medical records may be one reason why she won't be back on the national political scene. There'd be too much pressure on her to come clean with those records right up front.
November 3, 2008 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
November 3, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
What I don't get is McCain's line, which I just heard him repeat again, about victory rather than defeat in Iraq. Seems to me that the Iraqis think the war is over and want us out of there as soon as possible. Is McCain even on the same planet anymore?
November 3, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry. I can't think of any good snark for her right now.
F**k off, Barbie.
November 3, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
What are the republicans going to do when the military led by President Obama captures or kills Osama Bin Laden?
November 3, 2008 2:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
What are the republicans going to do when the military led by President Obama captures or kills Osama Bin Laden?
November 3, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Struggle mightily for multiple cycles to regain their electoral edge on foreign policy.
November 3, 2008 2:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Struggle mightily for multiple cycles to regain their electoral edge on foreign policy.
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
(Wasn't being snarky with the double-comment to the double-post. Got the "unprecedented traffic" error for the first time and it threw off my normal workaround.)
November 3, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, it just nailed me too. Can't wait to see the response to tomorrow's traffic. :-(
November 3, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am so fed up with politics in America being dominated by a bunch of stupid, ignorant rednecks from the fringes. These cretins have hijacked our political process and made us the laughing stock of the civilized world. I know the election could have almost any outcome, but it is my fervent wish that Obama buries McCain in an electoral landslide, buries him and his moronic sidekick so deep we won't ever have to hear from either of them again. Full stop.
November 3, 2008 2:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am sure you have seen or heard this, but WTF is he smoking????
Fred Barnes
Winner: McCain
Electoral College: Obama 252 McCain 286
Senate Seats: 55 Democrats 43 Republicans
House Seats: 255 Democrats 180 Republicans
November 3, 2008 2:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fred Barnes does crack!
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fred doesn't need to smoke dope - he is a dope.
November 3, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
His constant bootlicking for Bush has been one of the most appalling spectacles in journalism for years now. Fred is either the ultimate fanboy lackey suckup, or a grade-A ninny, or both.
November 3, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly. Skymodem says "Hanging chads."
November 3, 2008 2:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Orrin Hatch:
I particularly liked the "most of these polls ...Obama is less than 50 percent".
He also said that if Obama is elected, the US is going to "lose a lot of stature in the world".
FWIW.
November 3, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Orrin Hatch is another one who could leave the scene without causing me any discomfort. Another inconsequential intellect.
November 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain is honorable and a hero? That ship sailed 40 years ago. The appalling and vile way in which McCain choose and embraced the way his horrid campaign was run erases any and all positive accolades in reference to McCain. McCain has no honor, character, courage or soul. He chooses to run his campaign based the dirty regions below the common most dominator.
We don’t need a lecture from Palin on anything. This brilliant moron and her warmonger running mate embrace and encourage still spending $10 billion a month to fight a war in Iraq a country that never attacked us 911. I doubt Palin can point to Iraq on map let alone name who actually attacked us on 911
November 3, 2008 2:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Kay Hagan now leads by seven in NC.
I bet liddy Dole watches the results tomorrow night and says OH MY GOD!!
November 3, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Big news item. Washington D.C. free of Dole and Bush names, yea:)
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tomorrow's headline:
Doles and Bush leave Washington, America Returns
November 3, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
--LESS AMERICANS!!
November 3, 2008 2:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's too late to ask for God's help now
November 3, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
No matter who wins Tuesday, campaign 2012 starts first thing Wednesday morning...
November 3, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
That would be an exercise in jerking off - it wouldn't serve a useful purpose.
November 3, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wouldn't be caught dead agreeing with SFCCrossdresser but I have to take issue with the notion that jerking off serves no useful purpose ;-)
November 3, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can see the sense of what you are saying, but I would qualify your assertion with the modifier, "if you are lucky." If your side is really on its game, the race for 2012 will begin on November 5. If not (and from where I am standing it isn't) then the race for 2012 will not start until well after the midterms. In the meantime, your side will be far to busy pointing fingers at each other to begin to mount a response to our victory.
November 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Assuming we lose...you don't think Hillary and Richardson start things back up on Wednesday if McCain pulls it out?
November 3, 2008 3:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Statements like this is why McCain/Palin will lose. When you trash more than half the country in a desperate last gasp for power you lose much more than half the Country, you lose the respect of any non hard-core Conservative person. You may retain a few of those votes, but you lose their respect.
November 3, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I hope we get some liberal Supreme Court Justices and they address the gay marriage issue. It is ridiculous, this state by state deal when the courts legalize it and the residents amend the constitution. Florida tomorrow will vote to ban even civil unions with a state amendment, and it will pass. The only saving grace is that 60% of votes are needed to meet the threshold, and looks like it won't happen. I know I am off topic, but I am sick of this issue, and abortion, guns is pretty much dead at this point (no pun intended), and I also would like to ban the death penalty. These are three items that might get us up to speed in this stupid god mongering nation.
November 3, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good thing for us the first 2 in line for retiring are hard core lefties then...I would like the chance to pick Ginsberg's replacement though...I still have my fingers crossed.
November 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe, you assume too much. And there will be more.
November 3, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
god mongering!
Has a nice ring to it!
November 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
:-)
November 3, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
The best we can hope for his to replace the more progressive outgoing SC folks with same. Bush's nominees aren't as old. It's going to take a long progressive run to mold the court.
November 3, 2008 4:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
she is _pathetic_ !
- Jeniece Primus
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
The best contrast between shallow Palin (is that whom she means when she says "Palin' around with terrorists?) and Obama's depth was in speeches each gave yesterday. When Palin's crowd booed, no comment was made; no effort to deflect that attitude was attempted. When Obama's crowd booed, he broke the line of his speech and told the crowd they didn't need to boo, they needed to vote. The second time it happened in the Obama crowd, Obama did the same thing. The THIRD time, he didn't admonish about the booing. He simply said, "What do you have to do?" The crowd replied, en masse, "Vote!" Rather than an instigator abetting ugliness, Obama was a teacher teaching democracy.
November 3, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's spositioning himself to be a guide, not a leader. That means he's going to give the people the power to shape the world their way, not his.
November 3, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since the Republicans have made patriotism one of the central beliefs of their party they should be held accountable for those beliefs once Obama is elected. Pledge their support for the duly elected Pesident and be the patriots they profess to be or get the f#uck out of our country.
November 3, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good point. Very good!
November 3, 2008 2:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Loyalty oaths? Haven't we seen that movie before?
November 3, 2008 2:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm an Army vet, Navy family member, and DOD contractor. One of the elements of the right wing echo chamber was encroachment on a very sacred code in the military, that partisan politics doesn't have a place in the military. During the Clinton years clowns like Limbaugh got to play make believe warrior and it became very common for soldiers to openly and viciously bad mouth Clinton. The irony there is that Clinton was accused of destroying the military through down sizing, but the down sizing was based a 20 year force structure plan put in place by SecDef Dick Cheney. In an Obama administration, on day one, the Joint Chiefs should be called on the carpet. I'd have Zinni and Wesley Clark in the room for good measure. Obama should lay down the law from day one. There are rules in the UCMJ that cover political activity and criticisms of the CinC. There's no place for partisan activity in the military and we need to break the right wing illusion that the Army is their personal play toy.
November 3, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Could she possibly be any more desperate?
I'd say she was a joke, but she's not even clever enough for that. She's just the punchline.
November 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Do They Think The Terrorists ... Are The Good Guys?"
Why else would Obama be palling around with them?
November 3, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry. Too excited to be serious; too nervous not to be snarky.
November 3, 2008 2:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Whatever you think of Polk's expansionist policies, the comparison is a grave disservice to Polk. JKP was an extremely competent executive and implemented sound, populist economic reforms.
And as far as I can tell, the election of 1844 mostly involved Polk and Clay calling each other crooks and moral degenerates, not traitors.
McCain's quasi-fascist "Country First" line is, as far as I can tell, unprecedented in American presidential politics.
November 3, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fuck this. We will do it live tomorrow and day after.
November 3, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's one of the most hilarious moments to come out of this campaign.
November 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Would love to see the heads of Bill O'/Hannity/Limbaugh/Dobbs explode on 5th.
November 3, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Country First" always sounds to me like a cleaned up version of the "America First" movement of demigogs of the 30s and 40s in this country.
November 3, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
It reminds me of "My country, love it or leave it."
November 3, 2008 3:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, that was it. America First basically was MY country, NOT YOUR country. I forget who was the guy behind it: Father Coughlin? GLK Smith? One of those two.
November 3, 2008 3:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why do I have this vision of Sarah Palin, and Elizabeth Hassleback, hosting their own show on Fox?
November 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who coddles terrorists? In 1995 a right winger, Timothy McVeigh, with help from a few other militia types blew up the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 men women and children, in retaliation for the FBI’s taking down the Branch Davidian compound at Mount Carmel Texas. What happened? The Republicans in Congress held hearings venting every right wing defense of these murderous right wing nuts. There was no examination of the right wing terrorists at all. They were simply treated as the victims of the big bad Democratic controlled government.
November 3, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love the way her nose gets all crinkly when she says "terrorist".
Tomorrow night she'll be cute as all get out when she syas "Heck. I'd like to congratulate those terrorists on their victory and for runnin' a swell campaign. Come on Toddy, looks like we got some extra huntin' time this season. Oh Yeah. Every season is huntin' season in Alaska."
I can't wait.
November 3, 2008 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I got a serious problem. I've got a report due by COB today but I can't step away from the Internet for a second...I MIGHT MISS SOMETHING IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
November 3, 2008 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I feel your pain.
November 3, 2008 2:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have a project due Thursday afternoon. I keep convincing myself more and more of how much I can complete on Wednesday.
November 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm mired in the same mindset. "On Wednesday, I'll be able to clear away all those tasks I've been neglecting because of the election--I'll be able to concentrate, because this long national nightmare will start to be over...." Right.
Right.
Hello, my name is CT Voter and I'm delusional.
November 3, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Me too - I am sitting here glued to the computer and I really need to be getting this house ready to close down. If Mr. Tena gets here on the 11th and I'm not any further along than this - which is not at all- I'm going to get killed.
But I just keep telling myself I have time after tomorrow and Wednesday.
November 3, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you can't get it out today, will it be any easier doing it tomorrow?
Not trying to tell you what to do, but I would focus on what I need to accomplish today so I can have tomorrow free to surf. Last thing I would want is a disciplinary action in my personal file for not getting my work done in a timely manner.
November 3, 2008 3:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, I'm working on a very important project for university and yet can't stop getting distracted by the election-fired interwebs.
November 4, 2008 4:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, I'm working on a very important project for university and yet can't stop getting distracted by the election-fired interwebs.
November 4, 2008 4:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
Can't believe it double posted. I didn't even click it twice.
November 4, 2008 5:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Can't believe it double posted. I didn't even click it twice.
November 4, 2008 5:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Who coddles terrorists? In 1995 a right winger, Timothy McVeigh, with help from a few other militia types blew up the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 men women and children, in retaliation for the FBI’s taking down the Branch Davidian compound at Mount Carmel Texas. What happened? The Republicans in Congress held hearings venting every right wing defense of these murderous right wing nuts. There was no examination of the right wing terrorists at all. They were simply treated as the victims of the big bad Democratic controlled government.
November 3, 2008 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
She had better think twice about accepting hunting invitations from anyone close to the campaign. She might turn around to see the guns pointing in her direction. She certainly better not go hunting with ole "dead eye" Cheney!
Goodbye Sarah!
November 3, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin 2012! Putting lipstick on White Nationalism.
What's your voting reason?
http://www.djheavyd.com/scratch/2008/11/repost-voting-reason/
November 3, 2008 2:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I got a serious problem. I've got a report due by COB today but I can't step away from the Internet for a second...I MIGHT MISS SOMETHING IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
November 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear God,
If you exist, please come and pick up all the trash you left behind. The sooner the better. The stench coming from it is overwhelming.
Thanks in advance,
The Loyal Opposition
November 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am charmed by your prayer. I bet God is too.
November 3, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
eek..sorry for the double. I got the TPM is really busy screen of death.
November 3, 2008 2:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Talk is cheap. Let's win.
November 3, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have to agree with Slaney Black. Polk had a lot more going on between his temples than Palin does. He was a lawyer, to start with, not a hockey mom. Quite an interesting historical figure, and as always in history, judgments about him should be made in the historical context of that day. There is a school of thought that Polk was one of the most successful American presidents, in that he accomplished in office just what he set out to accomplish, and that was a lot.
Although it's pleasant to suppose that Palin will disappear into obscurity and legal problems, there's also the possibility that she will make a hard grab for power in the (rump of) the Republican Party, pushing McCain aside. She has a history in Alaska of doing things like that successfully. She's power-hungry and ambitious, and narcissistic - she may not go away. All the more trouble for the Republicans.
November 3, 2008 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain quit putting country first when he sold his soul and his manhood to the far right. He no longer knows what he's for or what he's against.
Each morning, when he wakes up and look himself in the mirror, I bet the first thing he asks himself is "who the hell are you?"
November 3, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
WARNING: Harsh language!
Palin can eat a bowl of fuck, garnished with dick, and glazed with a light spray of shit.
November 3, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
So, what are you trying to say? ;-)
Hey, I heard on CNN Radio that they busted the guys in Virginia who put the fake "Dems vote on November 5th" flyers out - haven't heard anything other than they were arrested.
November 3, 2008 3:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is that an authentic Alaskan Home cooked meal?
November 3, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love the smell of Republican desperation in the morning. Smells like...victory.
November 3, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who's up for a trip to Alaska in two years to work for her opponent? Nothing would be better than to bounce her out of politics altogether.
November 3, 2008 3:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't wait to see the closing of McCain's campaign. Very tired of this POW garbage. If anything, being a POW should disqualify a candidate due to the distinct possibility of mental instability. I'm tired of the same old crap about him "staying with his fellow POW's." If he had come home without them, his career would have been over. So to be POTUS, you crash several planes, get captured, spend time in the Hanoi Hilton, then return home and leave your disfigured wife. After all of this, you cite HONOR, DIGNITY and of course "The Maverick!" POS!
November 3, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain keeps saying "I've been tested." If so he should release his medical records so we can see what he's been tested for.
November 3, 2008 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
And why haven't Palin's medical records been released?
November 3, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
If Obama wins Republicans will shrug and go back to their lives.
If McCain wins there will be riots.
November 3, 2008 3:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Regarding Sarah's medical records... remember she just had a baby and typically there is reason for Postpartum depression. Then again, rumor has its not her child. I am sooooooooo nervous! I hope and pray that the folks make the right decision to vote.
November 3, 2008 3:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Freedom, tolerance, equality"
Really? Tolerance? Equality? Is she f-ing serious?
November 3, 2008 3:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO sick of this stupid bit**. I'd rather listen to George's malapropisms for four more years than this evil cu**s droning blather for 2 seconds.
November 3, 2008 3:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Off topic, but it seems a little odd for there to be a YES on 8 advertisement on this page. No one here (from CA) would vote YES on 8.
November 3, 2008 3:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Anyone who says the Democrats think "the terrorists are the good guys" is nothing but ignorant. Her opinion is simply silly and doesn't count for anything. Send her home.
November 3, 2008 3:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I kid you not ---- Cnn's iReport has a video of a black reporter asking Palin why there aren't more minorities at her rallies. Palin's response: Todd is a native Alaskan, so he's a minority.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-132425
November 3, 2008 3:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
She is quick.
BOOM!
November 3, 2008 3:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
the sooner this election is over and obama wins and I dont have to see hear that woman every day on tv the better
November 3, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Say, whatever happened to the Palin affair scandal? It just disappeared. I know it's trivial and irrelevant, but I was looking forward to it!
November 3, 2008 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
The illustrious National Enquirer ran with the story for a couple of issues, even identifying the man-in-question, but no other news outlet seems to have picked up on it.
November 3, 2008 4:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
The MSM ran with John Edwards affair even though he was out of the race. Palin's affair was covered up by the MSM. Shameful.
November 3, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is a classic technique in politics and persuasive debate. It has been shown that by phrasing an accusation in the form of a question is more likely to result in people believing the charge than if it is phrased as a direct accusation.
The fact is that she is a classic feminine manipulator. She instinctively knows the persuasion techniques that are most effective in getting what she wants as evidenced by how she has managed to get this far in life without having an ounce of real intellect.
As a traditional conservative, I find her views ignorant, repulsive and often times -- frightening. Yet, you at least have to give her credit for playing Idiot Nation for all it's worth.
November 3, 2008 4:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
For those who thought Hillary was polarizing and divisive how would you rank this glossy, crass, empty head? Just listen to her talking with the impersonators from Canada. The woman can't even believe herself. She think she 's "already" made it on the world stage as a world figure...she has been daydreaming for 3 months now but she will get a dose of reality tomorrow evening.
Pls. remember it was a gang of Zionist necons who literally try to shove her down our throat.
One thing for sure...she proved the "fake it till you "almost" make it mantra"" is live & well.
November 3, 2008 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink