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Another Sarah Palin Hit Job Profile

This time it's Vanity Fair's turn.

It looks like the biggest quote so far is an implication that Palin may have been suffering from postpartum depression* during the campaign.

All the while, Palin was coping not only with the crazed life of any national candidate on the road but also with the young children traveling with her. Some top aides worried about her mental state: was it possible that she was experiencing postpartum depression? (Palin’s youngest son was less than six months old.)

Bill Kristol thinks he knows who floated that bit of trash...none other than top John McCain adviser Steve Schmidt.

McCain aides peddling trashy gossip about Palin? Color me shocked.


Jim Gerhaghty has more
on the piece and wonders given that these profiles so often contradict each other whether or not "reporters" are simply projecting their preferred narrative on Palin. Also, be sure to read his fuller take down of the piece.

Personally, I'm pretty agnostic about her. She undoubtedly has that undefinable 'it' quality a great politician must have to succeed. As for policy, time will tell. Last year's campaign was not a fair sampling of her thinking.

First, she had to talk about a lot of issues she never had to deal with before and be up to speed on all of them in a very short period of time. Her instincts seem good but I'd prefer to see more before jumping on the bandwagon.

Second, the nature of the VP nominee's job, to support the top of the ticket, obscured the line between her views and McCain's, which she was obliged to support. I look forward to her laying out her agenda in a totally transparent way.

That said, for someone the left thinks is way to stupid to walk and chew gum at the same time, the number of profiles done on her illustrate two things...she moves sales and they are worried about her.

*Andrew Sullivan e-mails to say, "I'm sorry to see that Vanity Fair is buying into the 'Sarah is Trig's mom' myth. Of course, Palin could have been faking her postpartum symptoms to throw me off the trail. That dumb bitch is pretty clever."

Posted by: DrewM. at 11:53 AM



Comments

1 Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about Palin. Until she actually does something important or accomplishes something, can you stop mentioning her...kthxbye.

Posted by: palin steele (the only non-partisan on AoSHQ) at June 30, 2009 11:56 AM (VDj74)

2 I like Sarah. I hope she runs again at the top of the ticket. And it says a lot about McRino that his underlings are backstabbing her.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 11:56 AM (OlN4e)

3 Palinsmell. Don't go you yellow asswipe. Stay around to get your nose rubbed in the contents of your diaper.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 11:58 AM (OlN4e)

4 1 Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about Palin. Until she actually does something important or accomplishes something, can you stop mentioning her...kthxbye.

Posted by: palin steele (the only non-partisan on AoSHQ) at June 30, 2009 11:56 AM (VDj74)

Posted by: Cognitive Dissonance Alert at June 30, 2009 11:59 AM (wU8X9)

5 Oh. So Palin Steele shows up for the prologue, drops a cheap shot, then picks up his ball and preemptively goes crying to his mommy, only to come back ten minutes later for more abuse?

Isn't the act getting tired yet, PS?

Posted by: tmi3rd at June 30, 2009 11:59 AM (MLaAD)

6 I like her, thought she was a brilliant VP pick.

That said, she doesn't get a pass next election cycle.

I'm all for giving her a look in the primaries, and I'm admittedly predisposed to support her, but she's got to EARN the nomination on her own.

I hope she does. She makes the entire left and MSM (BIRM) beshat themselves.

Posted by: Oedipus at June 30, 2009 12:00 PM (KIzJt)

7 I like her, but the Palin-mania brigade is even more grating than the Fredheads were.

Posted by: that guy at June 30, 2009 12:01 PM (a4lmz)

8 After watching Sarah Palin during the campaign, I gotta say, if that's what postpartum depression looks like, then sign me up.  I thought it was like that zombie woman in Texas who drowned her kids, but apparently I was mistaken.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2009 12:02 PM (wU8X9)

9

Right, because securing a gas pipeline, defending soldiers and sailors, speaking out for life, challenging the dismantling of all our defenses, fighting the stimulus, (as much as it is possible with a RINO legislature) the auto bailout and it's consequences, those are insubstantial things. It might be better argued that McCain and his staff were suffering from some kind of depression, she was the only energy in the campaign, Brilliant insight from Schmidt, one of those that gave us Arnold Schwartzenegger.

 

Posted by: ian cormac at June 30, 2009 12:02 PM (1kwr2)

10 Like Palin Steele, I too would like to see more substance in Palin's resume. How can we even consider nominating someone who doesn't have a strong background in community organizing?

Posted by: Xander Crews at June 30, 2009 12:02 PM (Aac1T)

11 You know, Sarah Palin may or may not be a Good Thing (TM) but she sure annoys the right people. She needs to write some kind of political statement before I'll go all gaga over her, but Drew is right, she's got something.

Posted by: joncelli at June 30, 2009 12:02 PM (RD7QR)

12 Fred!

Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:04 PM (sey23)

13 The continued smears on Palin show how fearful they must be of her and her charisma. They underestimated Reagan and he ended up cornholing them with his charm. They must destroy her before her star can rise high enough for 2012.

Posted by: thegreatsatan at June 30, 2009 12:04 PM (84Z4m)

14 @7 "I like her, but the Palin-mania brigade is even more grating than the Fredheads were."

Ditto. It's nigh Obama worship-esque.

Posted by: Capt. Numbstick at June 30, 2009 12:05 PM (voIlD)

15 Sorry, I had to do that Fred! thing.

I think Palin shows a lot of promise.  She's accomplished quite a lot in a short time and entirely on her merits (unlike someone we all know and loathe who benefited from helping hands all along the way of his career).  The GOP "leadership" are making a big mistake in trying to marginalize her. 

Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:06 PM (sey23)

16

"I like her, but the Palin-mania brigade is even more grating than the Fredheads were."

Palin and Teh Fred mentioned in the same sentence.  Sorry, I just jizzed myself.

 

Posted by: MAJHAM at June 30, 2009 12:07 PM (c2P97)

17 I can see why we're still seeing reporting on Palin by lefty journalists (but I repeat myself):
Alaska governors are always subjected to such scrutiny
Former VP nominees are subjected to such scrutiny
Nothing else newsworthy is going on in the world or in our country that could possibly be worth reporting on

The continued hatred of Sarah Palin only continues to highlight how unhinged, hypocritical and biased our 'media' is.

Posted by: Bald Ninja at June 30, 2009 12:08 PM (4pdbX)

18 It's the RINOs going after her. They know that she's not one of them and that forces in the GOP they oppose are rallying around her. All the Dems have to do is let the RINOs do their dirty work and we'll get McCain part II in 2012.

Posted by: joncelli at June 30, 2009 12:08 PM (RD7QR)

19 I think every time there is a hit piece out there, all conservatives should stand up and defend her. This Vanity Fair article is exactly the thing that needs to be defended. Until this kind of crap stops, she won't get her chance to talk policy. It's almost as if they big media people take turns displaying Palin in unfavorable light without even discussing her record. Don't want to shine any light on that, I suppose. Anyway, I think it's our job as well as Kristol and Gerhaghty to step up and point out the ridiculous notions contained in these articles. This is one of many ways conservatives lose. We start to believe these lies that are reprinted over and over and then we lose out on a potential great candidate.

Posted by: Trish at June 30, 2009 12:08 PM (0U5Kd)

20

Fucking Palin Steele.  What a maroon!  Takes the pseudonym Palin Steele and tries to intimate that he's so over Palin?

Yeah right jackass.  I'm convinced.

Posted by: Barry the Bugger at June 30, 2009 12:08 PM (RkRxq)

21 Meh. The only people who read Vanity Fair are the one's who already believed the worst about Palin anyway.

This is just mental masturbation.

Posted by: I have a Jalen Rose jersey at June 30, 2009 12:09 PM (4yrb2)

22 Well, she isn't a lightworker, but she sure looks great in,,,,,,well, most anydamnthing. But especially great in pumps and a tight skirt.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:09 PM (OlN4e)

23 Agnostic on Palin speaks volumes.  Not in a good way.  I bet you think you are being thoughtful, or maybe moderate.

Posted by: Pelvis at June 30, 2009 12:09 PM (LlaBi)

24

Another example of the "projection" that you spoke about earlier can be seen here as well.

The Left often accuses the right of being hateful ("no on h8" for example). 

There is some raw, unadulterated hatred towards Sarah Palin.  Just look at lefty blog comments on any thread having to do with her.

Posted by: dan-O at June 30, 2009 12:11 PM (teb/C)

25

I look forward to her laying out her agenda in a totally transparent way.

I'll take a wild-assed-guess at what her agenda is:

Personal responsibility and opportunity as a policy foundation.

Limited powers for government (read that to mean a limited interference in daily life).

Belief in American exceptionalism.

Belief in a Higher Power.

 

In other words, Janet Napolitano would categorize her as a terrorist.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 30, 2009 12:11 PM (ZGhSv)

26 She is reviled by both the left and right.  She must be doing something right, then.

She reminds me of the line by Churchill when he was accosted by Nancy Astor for being drunk.  He told her, "Yes, Nancy, I am quite drunk, but you're quite ugly.  However, by tomorrow morning, I will be quite sober."

The MSM here is a stupid Nancy Astor.  Palin may not have the policy chops she needs to play on the national stage, but she can learn.  I doubt the same applies to the media.

Posted by: La. ex-pat at June 30, 2009 12:11 PM (2p0e3)

27

Sarah Palin continues to piss off the libtards even after the election season is over. That is why I would vote for her. 

So far, she's got all the right policy positions concerning the economy, energy, foreign relations.  I don't give a shit about what she thinks about abstinence, abortion, gays, environment.  That she puts the libtards into a Hulk-inducing rage is simply a bonus reason I need to cast a vote for her.

Posted by: EC at June 30, 2009 12:11 PM (mAhn3)

28 I think she is done as far as national politics are concerned.  I don't see her running for President again.  Unfortunately, the media's obsessive trashing of her has left its mark. 

Take for example the Letterman ordeal.  Palin was only, and RIGHTFULLY, defending her daughter and the media has spun that thing into "Palin picking a fight with Letterman" or "Palin vying for attention via Letterman" , etc. 

The woman just can't win.

The most telling part of that story was this:

The first thing McCain could have learned about Palin is what it means that she is from Alaska. More than 30 years ago, John McPhee wrote, “Alaska is a foreign country significantly populated with Americans. Its languages extend to English. Its nature is its own. Nothing seems so unexpected as the boxes marked ‘U.S. Mail.’” That description still fits. The state capital, Juneau, is 600 miles from the principal city, Anchorage, and is reachable only by air or sea. Alaskan politicians list the length of their residency in the state (if they were not born there) at the top of their biographies, and are careful to specify whether they like hunting, fishing, or both. There is little sense of government as an enduring institution: when the annual 90-day legislative session is over, the legislators pack up their offices, files, and computers, and take everything home. Alaska’s largest newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, maintains no full-time bureau in Juneau to cover the statehouse. As in any resource-rich developing country with weak institutions and woeful oversight, corruption and official misconduct go easily unchecked. Scrutiny is not welcome, and Alaskans of every age and station, of every race and political stripe, unself-consciously refer to every other place on earth with a single word: Outside.

So, of all the puzzling things that Sarah Palin told the American public last fall, perhaps the most puzzling was this: “Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.”

Believe me, it is not.

That is their problem.  They think she is from another country...some kind of foreigner. 

tink

Posted by: Tinkerbella at June 30, 2009 12:12 PM (8CGTW)

29 Do you think Ace is smoking those smokeless cigs when he posts as Palin Steele?

Posted by: momma at June 30, 2009 12:12 PM (penCf)

30

At the name of Palin and the trolls descend like a plague.  Gore may have invented the internet but Axelrod perfected it. 

Sheesh - like bacteria in a petri dish.  Who hid the Lysoltm?

Posted by: Barry the Bugger at June 30, 2009 12:13 PM (RkRxq)

31 If Steve Schmidt ever surfaces working for someones campaign I will spend time and money to try and make that campaign as unsuccesful as possible.

Posted by: robtr at June 30, 2009 12:14 PM (H60q6)

32

Agnostic on Palin speaks volumes.  Not in a good way.  I bet you think you are being thoughtful, or maybe moderate.

No, it doesn't speak volumes about anything except practicality.  The next presidential election is a ways out still.

Posted by: dan-O at June 30, 2009 12:14 PM (teb/C)

33 the only thing Palin has going for her is she pulls off the MILF look to an extraordinary degree of success

she's a poor speaker, she's uninformed on policy, she doesn't seem like the brightest bulb, etc


Posted by: palin steele (the only non-partisan on AoSHQ) at June 30, 2009 12:15 PM (VDj74)

34

A little mood lightener...

http://tinyurl.com/5b84xh

 

 

Posted by: yinzer at June 30, 2009 12:16 PM (/Mla1)

35 23 Agnostic on Palin speaks volumes.  Not in a good way.

In Drew's defense, I think it's pretty early to jump on anyone's bandwagon for 2012. 

I agree with Backwords Boy's assessment of her principles, but how that translate into specific policies on a national and international level -- and whether or not she is able to (or interested in) tackling global challenges -- remains to be seen. 

Having said that, I still consider her to be one of the people to watch for 2012.  Guys like Mitch Daniels (and Mark Sanford - ha ha!) don't impress me that much.  They've had more going for them that she has and yet she's the one who really makes an impression on people, particularly the "base."

Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:16 PM (sey23)

36 Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about Palin. Until she actually does something important or accomplishes something, can you stop mentioning her...kthxbye.

This from an Obamadrone, a fervent supporter of an undistinguished, unaccomplished, unqualified empty suit, who still went into the voting booth and gushed like a schoolgirl at the thought of voting for him.

Posted by: nickless at June 30, 2009 12:18 PM (MMC8r)

37 Hmmmm.

Personally I'm starting to wonder if one way of judging the character of a candidate is if they hire one of these rat-fuckers from the McCain operation.

Posted by: memomachine at June 30, 2009 12:18 PM (0CVkT)

38

she's a poor speaker, she's uninformed on policy, she doesn't seem like the brightest bulb, etc

Gee, are you sure your not talking about a certain lame-assed community organizer? And I'll bet you could stand a drooling imbecile like yourself up beside her and get a real comparison.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:18 PM (OlN4e)

39

The first thing McCain could have learned about Palin is what it means that she is from Alaska.

"From Alaska?" Funny, I thought she was "from" Idaho. You know, "born" there?

I'm "from Mobile", but I don't live there now.

Again, facts mean nothing to leftists. They don't have enough sense to be the least bit accurate.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 30, 2009 12:19 PM (ZGhSv)

40 Palin/Nugent 2012

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (J7/Ud)

41 maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

well, you're prob a tard regardless.

Posted by: palin steele (the only non-partisan on AoSHQ) at June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (VDj74)

42 What does her prominence say about the importance of having (or lacking) a record of achievement in public life?

Errr.... what is Obama's record of achievement again?

It would be hilarious if it weren't so downright Orwellian. (Google it, palin steele.)

Posted by: Warden at June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (KXbGD)

43 Oops, guess I was wrong. PS went and wept to mommy for 20 minutes... unless she took him for a juice box to make him feel all better.

Anyway, I think the notion of her being toast for 2012 is way premature. She's working pretty hard on rehabbing her image, and if she can keep it going, she'll be fine. There's certainly no debate that she needs to brush up on a bunch of subjects, and needs to be able to answer redirected questions better, but if she's surrounded by a bunch of folks who are actual conservatives, I think we'll all be quite pleased with how she does.

Posted by: tmi3rd at June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (MLaAD)

44

I sent this email to Michelle Malkin website on 9/4/08. She published it. I still don't know about policy substance but I am even more irritated with the non-policy attacks and the bashing the family takes from our "cultural betters".  By irritated I mean incendiary red hot ticked off.   McCain keeps sending me emails for donations. But he doesn't take the back of this Lady after she gave him a chance - that guy won't get a dime from me now - I never would have thought I would see such a limp wristed approach from a guy that has been through as much as McCain has. Sad. 

"I have never before written to express a political opinion in my life. I was skeptical but very interested in McCain's VP pick. I hoped she would turn out to be the real thing an not just knee jerk expression of gender politics.

I have two special needs children, (boys 4 and 2) and 2 month old daughter. I'm a lawyer and my wife is a doctor. 

My wife has been appalled at the depths too which the reporters have sunk and the so called women's rights advocates who have attacked Palin's choices.

I was struck by Palins Courage. I don't say that lightly. Here's what happened: the media attacked a post partum mother of a Downs Syndrome kid, who also has an unwed teen daughter who is pregnant. The attacked her at her weakest in her most vulnerable spot. They tried to humiliate, shame and intimidate her before she ever took the podium. Palin looked like they never laid a glove on her. Wow. I think the message she sends is "don't be afraid".

Don't be afraid of the media attack machine that has all but called you and your family every name in the book.

Don't be afraid to face down the challenges that life throws you: Dr. tells you that your baby has DS - don't be afraid. When you have a kid with special needs you WILL meet a better class of people - the parents of those special needs kids for one - and the people - therapists, teachers, doctors - who devote their lives/carriers to help those kids. Oh by the way - what's the bonus that comes with your special needs kid - lifelong unconditional love. So your kid isn't going to be perfect - okay whose kid is?

Don't be afraid to be a woman with kids and go to work every day.

Don't be afraid to be a soccer mom and run for mayor with ZERO support against an incumbent to try and make your town better.

Don't be afraid to succeed - don't stop at your town improve your state - run for Governor and win.

Teenage daughter gets pregnant - what to do now - erase the mistake - hide - or get out of politics - or teach your kids the toughest but most important lesson of all - that decisions have consequences. If you make a bad decision you don't run away from it you face it. You face it - not alone but with your family standing right next to you. What do you want to teach your kids - the easy way out or moral courage? You teach your kids what real courage is by example.  Between McCain and Palin these may be the two toughest people we have ever nominated.

I donated to McCain today. For the first time. "    6/30/09 - P.S.  McCain stop emailing me I will not send you a dime, unless Palin chooses you for a running mate in 2012.

Posted by: joe at June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (YwBI6)

45

Steve Schmidt!!   Cock---sucka!!!

Posted by: Mr. Wu at June 30, 2009 12:21 PM (teb/C)

46

Another Palin hit piece from MSM...yawn. I could give a crap what Vanity Fair thinks about Palin. Isn't this the same magazine that had Michelle O on the cover with the headline "The First Lady America's been waiting for?"

It's ironic that a "woman's magazine" would accuse a woman who just had a baby of having post partum and not able to fufill her duties as VP candidate. I thought they were supposed to be fighting that sort of stereotype being a woman's magazine and all.

Posted by: Adrienne at June 30, 2009 12:21 PM (/w2u8)

47 I think it's fine to be agnostic toward her or any future 2012 pick. You don't have to write love poem pieces about Palin (kinda like that Politico item about obama) but you can stick up for her or others who are continually smeared for no apparent reason.

Posted by: Trish at June 30, 2009 12:21 PM (0U5Kd)

48 I want to have Michael Jackson's babies.

Posted by: poon at June 30, 2009 12:21 PM (i31Zq)

49 I like her, and more importantly my wife likes her, and I'm glad to see that she's traveling to Kosovo and other areas to brush up on her foreign policy skills. My biggest worry is that she'll "evolve" into a moderate in the hopes of appeasing her critics. I think she needs to brush up on Reaganism. Spend a week at Heritage boning up on health care alternatives etc.  She is definitely the Happy Warrior. She needs to be on the ticket. We're gonna need aggressive positive youth on the ticket.

Posted by: Iblis at June 30, 2009 12:21 PM (9221z)

50 maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

What were President Teleprompter's college grades?

Posted by: Warden at June 30, 2009 12:22 PM (KXbGD)

51

I no longer pay the slightest attention to anything these douche-nozzles say about Palin. The fact is that without her it would have been a 49 State blowout and possible all 50 States.

 

She must really have them worried if they are STILL making up shit and harping about her 6 months after the election is over.

Posted by: Vic at June 30, 2009 12:22 PM (5ynkO)

52

Spend a week at Heritage boning ...

Bunk

Posted by: yinzer at June 30, 2009 12:22 PM (/Mla1)

53

Your right cockholster, the Zero has completely charmed me. I am awed by his overpowering intellect. Can't you tell?

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:23 PM (OlN4e)

54 Mccain's ship was sinking badly.  Then, he picked Palin.  All of the sudden, her speeches were attracting so many people and Mccain's campaign was actually winning.  He was getting money and poll votes. 

Then, the economy suddenly went south, aided by a lot of irresponsible comments by democrats and a lot of strange selling practices that will never be investigated but apparently were designed to wreck the economy.  Mccain's reaction to the crisis was retarded (though it was identical to Obama's).  The result was that the voters inspired by Palin's fresh and honest voice were disenchanted once again and no longer gave a crap about the ticket.

The loss was hung around Palin's neck by the people who ran Mccain's campaign.  they actually ran it fairly well, and given the political climate had little to be ashamed of until they tried to whine about Palin.

Palin is newsworthy because she is clear and concise about the need for reform and honesty.  Our system is broken and people know it.  Palin is not strong on policy wonkishness, and probably isn't any smarter than Bush, Kerry, Mccain et al.  In other words, she is not brilliant enough to justify her popularity.  But that's the point... it's not about her.  It's about the brilliance of limited government and speaking boldly in the face of all the corruption in Washington.

that's what these people fail to understand.  That see all this excitment about an idea, and think it's about the person.  They think politics is about celebrity, which is true for Obama but false for Palin.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 12:24 PM (z4rvy)

55 That is their problem.  They think she is from another country...some kind of foreigner.

Yeah, 'cause she grew up in Indonesia and her dad was...
oh...
wait...

Nevermind!

She still spent way too much money on shoes!!!

/s

Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:24 PM (sey23)

56 You morons will all be under her spell in due time.

Posted by: wHodat at June 30, 2009 12:25 PM (+sBB4)

57 Posted by: palin steele (the only non-partisan on AoSHQ) at June 30, 2009 12:15 PM (VDj74)

Good grief, you're a worthless twit, aren't you?

Posted by: Slublog at June 30, 2009 12:25 PM (qjKko)

58 Drew, I hope you told Sully where to stick it.  From past practice, he should know.

Posted by: GarandFan at June 30, 2009 12:25 PM (C3okI)

59 "maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

well, you're prob a tard regardless."

There are 2 valid theories on Obama: he's in way over his head and is screwing things up royally.  Or he's a hard-core socialist who's purposely trying to deform America.

But I'll give you he's really good at reading from a teleprompter.  Though his speeches are all vapid and meaningless and any stance taken in them (if you can actually spot one) will all expire within a month or 2, if not a week.

Posted by: Bald Ninja at June 30, 2009 12:25 PM (4pdbX)

60 Bald, always vote B for Marxism.  You will never be disappointed

Posted by: wHodat at June 30, 2009 12:27 PM (+sBB4)

61

she's a poor speaker, she's uninformed on policy, she doesn't seem like the brightest bulb, etc

I wonder if she knows how many states there are in our country, or if she ever gave an iPod loaded with her own speeches to a foreign head of state.

 

Posted by: EC at June 30, 2009 12:27 PM (mAhn3)

62

Posted by: joe at June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (YwBI6)

Bravo, joe!

Posted by: Adrienne at June 30, 2009 12:27 PM (/w2u8)

63 Right after I clear the red haze from in front of my eyes, I'm going over to at last send in a donation to SarahPAC.  I've been meaning to for a while.  Thanks for the motivational speech, media douche.

Posted by: eringobragh at June 30, 2009 12:28 PM (XqEBL)

64

"...if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart..."

There is absolutely no proof to back up the claim that Obama is smart.  But proof doesn't matter to the left.  And from the first time I heard him open his mouth (at the '04 DNC--yeah, I dunno why I watched) I thought his voicec sounded like nails grating a chalkboard.  His words don't convince me of anything (good), either--oh, by the way: they're someone else's words, anyhow.

Ever seen his 'prompter go out?  Deer, meet headlights.


Posted by: Nicole at June 30, 2009 12:28 PM (CH1cF)

65 maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

Must be why he can't be trusted to have a 'press conference' without pre-arranged questions, a teleprompter, and a sycophantic press.

Posted by: nickless at June 30, 2009 12:28 PM (MMC8r)

66

"...but how that translate into specific policies on a national and international level... remains to be seen."

If your personal principles are grounded and demonstrate a healthy assesment of reality, then the policies that arise from them can't be wrong.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 30, 2009 12:29 PM (ZGhSv)

67 That Jesus Juice trick works pretty good. I used it on the paperboy!

Posted by: poon at June 30, 2009 12:29 PM (i31Zq)

68 Sarah Palin's best qualification in my mind is the fact that she made lefties SCREEAAAMMM !!!!!


Since these people are absolutely wrong in every possible manner, anything that makes them upset is probably the proper direction to go.


Posted by: Diogenes at June 30, 2009 12:30 PM (EOnG1)

69

she's a poor speaker, she's uninformed on policy, she doesn't seem like the brightest bulb, etc

maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

He's not an extraordinary speaker.  He's an extraordinary teleprompter-reader.  Take away his 'prompter and he's a stuttering, stammering, clueless fucking retard who thinks there are 57 state, that there is an Austrian language, and that Arabic is spoken in Iran.  Palin is ten times the speaker he is. 

As far as his intelligence, he wrote one mediocre book and had a decent one ghostwritten for him.  He never published anything else except two pieces of really, really bad poetry. 

If he's so smart, where are his transcripts? 

Where's his thesis? 

Where's the stuff he published as Law Review editor?  Oh, that's right, he never actually wrote anything during his tenure there.

Where are the cases he argued in court?  Oh, that's right, he never even argued a case in court.

Where is the legislation he wrote?  Oh snap.  He never did that either.

I suspect he's a moron who was propped up by marxist professors sympathetic to his ideology.  Otherwise he would have found a more productive path in life than "community organizer".

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at June 30, 2009 12:32 PM (IoUF1)

70

#67

 

Can Pawlenty kill a bull w/ a flaming arrow in the middle of a guitar solo? Didn't think so...

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 30, 2009 12:33 PM (J7/Ud)

71

#40

Navin,

   I think Palin/Norris would be a better ticket, with John Bolton as Sec State and the Nuge as UN Ambassador.  I would have said Petraeus as Sec Def, but his recent comments make me a bit nervous.  Any suggestions out there?

Posted by: mokimoki at June 30, 2009 12:33 PM (Hqz0b)

72 Obama extremely smart?

That's such a dumb attempt to goad everyone.  It's fucking annoying that so many of you are responding to that.  No one believes that Obama is smart anymore.

I'm a democrat, or at least I was for a very long time.  I'm not a republican by any means.  I don't even really like Palin that much except that she appears to be honest in reforming Alaska and she seems to mean what she says.  She's also very appealing just because she's attacked by assholes.

Ask any truly non-partisan person, and they will be at least sympathetic to Palin.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 12:33 PM (z4rvy)

73

A friend sent me this when I showed her the Vanity Fair smear job, and I have to agree:

They hate her cuz they ain’t her! It’s not just the loonies on the left that attack the good Governor; it also comes from the fence-straddlers on the right. Sarah Palin epitomizes what it is to be an American Patriot. Even if we can’t all agree on whether or not she is ready to be our Commander-in-Chief (I happen to believe she was born ready), we see in her a leader with integrity, principles and conviction.  If we measure our leaders by the following standards, I think Sarah does just fine.

We like our leaders cut from the same cloth that we are. We value leaders who listen to what we have to say, and believe that it is our right to say it. We want our leaders to be bold, yet humble. We appreciate leaders who recognize that we are not obligated to follow them down the wrong path. We expect our leaders to be honest, and lead by example. We require that our leaders allow us our successes and failures. We want our leaders to understand that ‘We the People’ is not some trite, archaic maxim.

Posted by: Trish at June 30, 2009 12:33 PM (mTvHJ)

74 The only hope the Rs have of taking the White House in '12 is someone with star power. Like it or not, that's what it's going to take.

And look - I'm someone who is very distrustful of charisma. Having a lot of charisma gives a person unearned power, and I don't like that. It tends to make those people behave irresponsibly, because others will support them no matter what.

BHO has a ton of charisma. His base - the people who would vote for the Dem even if they ran a goat - positively worship him. The moderates tend to like him because they think he's "pretty cool". The only way we can fight this is to have someone who not just equals BHO's charisma, but exceeds it, because that person won't have their charisma amplified by the media.

So who on the R side has it? Romney? He's got the hair, but that's about it. Huck? Rudy? Rudy almost has it, but it's New York Italian charisma that won't play nearly as well outside the northeast.

Sarah is the only one. At least at this juncture. If we're going to write her off because she got a "dumb" rep off a couple of hatchet-job MSM interviews, and a "loose cannon" rep because the McCain camp has sour grapes, then we're writing off our best shot of holding BHO to one term. Unless someone new comes out of the woodwork Real Soon Now, I don't see too many options.

Posted by: Farmer Joe at June 30, 2009 12:33 PM (z4es9)

75

The question of whether or not Obama is "smart" or not is fucking asinine.  The question is whether he has wisdom.

If we needed "smart" people to run the country, then we would go to MIT and grab the professors who can split atoms with their minds.  But we don't, because they don't have the qualities that we look for in a president: wisdom and good judgement.

Frankly, anyone who reaches the upper echelons of politics is "smart".  Yes, Obama is smart.  And yes, Palin is smart.  And so it Bush.  And so was Clinton.  But it doesn't fucking matter.  The question is whether they show good judgment.

Posted by: dan-O at June 30, 2009 12:34 PM (teb/C)

76 Also, some people will never admit that Palin has done something important.

Look at her state.  She's made it better.  She's cleaned up the GOP in Alaska and she's led the state very well in some complicated matters.

Socially, I am far more liberal than her, but I realize she's accomplished something.  More than Sanford or Romney, for example.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 12:35 PM (z4rvy)

77 Moreover, if Obama is the vast intellect his suckling supporters insist he is, why is every policy he has just the same tired old liberal boilerplate?  Shouldn't this vast intellect have had some original, brilliant ideas?

Posted by: nickless at June 30, 2009 12:35 PM (MMC8r)

78 Wow. Two drooling trolls on the same thread. Sarah Palin scares the yellow mustard shit out of the left, and they can't help themselves whenever she is mentioned. Thats an excellent recommendation IMHO.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:35 PM (OlN4e)

79 No, Palin/Liz Cheney: Dark Lady of the Sith

Posted by: Iblis at June 30, 2009 12:35 PM (9221z)

80 maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

Um, uh, um, er,...
Obama is a terrible speaker without someone to feed him lines, and just kind of annoying with his teleprompter.  If you want to applaud him for being sufficiently literate to  follow the teleprompter, knock yourself out.
There is no reason to believe that Obama is even of average intelligence.  Due to affirmative action, he never had any bar to hop over.  Why do you think we've never seen his college transcript or any prose that was verifiably written by him?

I get your need to rationalize your part in the greatest electoral mistake in the history of representative government, but you really shouldn't kid yourself into thinking anyone hear is going to join you in the koolaid.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2009 12:36 PM (wU8X9)

81

So, of all the puzzling things that Sarah Palin told the American public last fall, perhaps the most puzzling was this: “Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.”

Believe me, it is not.



Alaska is what America was before LBJ.  Probably why it's so unrecognizable to people to aspire to turn America into Sweden.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 30, 2009 12:36 PM (NtiET)

82 Romney/Palin.

Romney has the credentials and gravitas, Palin the star power and base-energizing ability.

Slam dunk to beat the arrogant prick in 2012, especially if his admin keeps up this stellar pace.

IMHO.

Posted by: . at June 30, 2009 12:36 PM (gQLr2)

83

I added a donation to Palin's legal defense fund for good measure.

Posted by: eringobragh at June 30, 2009 12:38 PM (XqEBL)

84 Like Romney even knows 2 chords from "Stranglehold"...

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 30, 2009 12:38 PM (J7/Ud)

85 "Your right cockholster, the Zero has completely charmed me." - Maggott

I think you meant 'you're', not 'your'. PWN3d

Posted by: palin steele (the only non-partisan on AoSHQ) at June 30, 2009 12:39 PM (VDj74)

86

The Vapid One® is what we in Alabama refer to as "book smart". Sure, he can read, but if that's the only way you learn, then you're really "book stupid". Experience counts for a lot out here in the real world, Obama just doesn't have that (among other things). If he did, we'd hear it and see it in everything he does or says.

Another way to put is is, he's an "educated idiot."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 30, 2009 12:40 PM (ZGhSv)

87

Sarah Palin scares me and makes my weewee leak a little, but not in the fun way.

Posted by: puling still at June 30, 2009 12:40 PM (knHvu)

88 They hate her cuz they ain’t her!

That's why women hate her, straight up.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 30, 2009 12:40 PM (NtiET)

89 McCain is trash

Posted by: austin at June 30, 2009 12:41 PM (p6op4)

90 Palin must not be VP nominee again.  Either she's the ticket or she's not.  That's just plain fucking obvious to me. 

Romney is a loser.  He was a bad governor whose programs have failed (like Obama, some of them didn't take full effect until after Romney was out), he said really stupid things about Reagan, and he's a totally unappealing guy.

I only like Romney because Huckabee's antimormon bullshit.  Otherwise, he's a dud.  Better than Mccain and Huckabee.  Worse than Giuliani, Palin, Pawlenty, or many others.  I just don't care about these super rich republicans (Romney was born rich and is not in touch with me).

Palin may not have his background, but she's one of us.  Romney can be Palin's assistant.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 12:41 PM (z4rvy)

91 You think? I doubt it. Not in the conventional sense at least.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:41 PM (OlN4e)

92 That's why liberal women hate her, straight up.
 FTFY

Posted by: huerfano at June 30, 2009 12:42 PM (knHvu)

93 I think you meant 'you're', not 'your'. PWN3d

What are you, 12?

Just back away from the keyboard and stop typing, twit.

Posted by: Slublog at June 30, 2009 12:42 PM (qjKko)

94 Is the left absolutely terrified of Sarah, or what?   I don't see the same fevered reaction from the government-run media or the Dems (BIRM) to Romney, Pawlenty, or any of the other presumptive front runners for 2012.

Posted by: Reiver at June 30, 2009 12:43 PM (Yi1Sk)

95

Palin/Cheney (Liz or Dick) with Uncle Ted as SecDef. Now I need a cleaning up. Anyone got a moist towelette?

Posted by: Cyn at June 30, 2009 12:43 PM (cxzu3)

96

"well, you're prob a tard regardless"

palin steele's mental deficiencies have already been confirmed on here a hundred-fold, so we won't need to speculate on that score.

Posted by: A Lock of Che Guevara's Chest Hair at June 30, 2009 12:44 PM (/Pw+r)

97 You have to admit that Palin managed to piss off the right people within a week of her nomination; Lefties and RINO's. She has Q factor with the base and could probably raise funds like no one's business.

All that would be need to sell me is to see a platform that includes shrinking government at all levels and a strong foreign policy. That's it.

Posted by: Chimney Sweep #8 at June 30, 2009 12:44 PM (kIjlp)

98 Tamale Ranger makes a staggeringly awesome point- if Romney lent himself to the VP ticket, it would lend a credibility to the Palin camp that it currently lacks. The Palin camp is regarded as an outsider to the establishment, and if one of the establishment gets on board with her, specifically subordinated to her, then she becomes the de facto head and rudder of the party. That would greatly diminish the effect of the "moderates".

Posted by: tmi3rd at June 30, 2009 12:45 PM (MLaAD)

99 Posted by: . at June 30, 2009 12:36 PM (gQLr2)

Why, so Romey's flacks can blame Palin again when he loses just like they did when McCain threw the election?  Fuck that.  I would lose a lot of respect for her if she EVER plays second-fiddle to any of these beta-male RINO twats again.  Let all these arrogant, elitist, trust-fund-baby east-coast fucks see how far they'll get in a national election without her.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at June 30, 2009 12:45 PM (IoUF1)

100

If your personal principles are grounded and demonstrate a healthy assesment of reality, then the policies that arise from them can't be wrong.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 30, 2009 12:29 PM (ZGhSv)

I understand what you're saying, but I think moving up to the national and particularly the international level successfully requires having great people around you, a clear set of priorities, and a depth of understanding of the issues that allows one to be both decisive and adaptable.  I think we're seeing now what happens when someone with charisma but little experience ascends to the presidency. 

Because the party (by that I mean the power brokers and big wigs) has yet to embrace her, it's not clear to me that she has access to the set of policy wonks she'd need as POTUS.  She obviously has many things to learn about both foreign policy and domestic issues (I don't mean that as a slight, just an acknowledgment of the scope of issues she faces as governor of Alaska) and I'm not sure what her priorities would be as president. 

But, I do trust her in a way that I don't trust many politicians and I do think it's a great sign that some of our more sophisticated pols (like Giuliani and Fred) seem to have warmed up to her. 


Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:45 PM (sey23)

101 Sarah Palin is Teh Stoopid.

Dumb bitch doesn't even know you use a breathalyzer to treat asthma,

Or that there are 57 states in the U.S.,

Or that Austrian is the official language of Austria,

Or that one of the duties of the POTUS is to defend Islam.

Would Sarah Palin be willing to call the "president" of Canada to discuss free trade?

Do they even celebrate Quatro de Cinco in Alaska?

Thank God we have such an intelligent, clean and articulate president. We sure dodged a bullet.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 30, 2009 12:46 PM (xGIqT)

102 1 Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about Palin. Until she actually does something important or accomplishes something, can you stop mentioning her...kthxbye.


yeah that whole being a mom, and gubner thing, that's nothing.

fuck you sideways with a fucking pineapple.

Posted by: Unclefacts at June 30, 2009 12:47 PM (vZVv7)

103

Steve Schmidt, Partner

sschmidt@mercuryllc.com

Posted by: jeeze what's up here at June 30, 2009 12:47 PM (GkYyh)

104 I dropped a note to Todd Purdham via facebook asking why this rube who cant chew gum and walk at the same time merits a hit piece from Vanity Fair 7 months after the election.  Can it be she's smarter than Todd and Steve Schmidt want people to think??

Posted by: MAJHAM at June 30, 2009 12:47 PM (c2P97)

105 Palin Steele is proof positive that putting blacks and women in prominent places really infuriates the democratic party.  Like I said, I was a dem for a long time, and I didn't really realize this, but some democrats really think they own women and minorities.  That's why Palin Steele wants to take their names.  It's a petty little way of claiming these people.

You know it and I know it... the democrats wish they had a black man as smart and strong as Steele or a woman with the looks charm and wit of Palin.  They don't for some reason.  At the same time, any black or woman who rises on the right will be bashed and bashed and bashed.  A lot of the bashing is from the right.  Some republicans think a woman should be a leader, or that a black politician is prima facie affirmative action.  I know from talking to a lot of these folks.

If Palin were a man... a governor of Alaska with a great record and a great wit, these republicans would love her.  Steele would not be blamed for the turkey of a party he took over. 

So part of the problem is that the left thinks it's not OK to leave the plantation, but part of the problem is that the GOP still has its share of fucking idiots.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 12:47 PM (z4rvy)

106 Geez, the hits keep a coming!  Sarah Palin has more scrutiny and criticism directed at her and she was just a VP candidate for a team that didn't win.  Where is the hard hitting journalism directed against our power grabbing, unethical, law-breaking President Ogabe?  His douchetard VP, the forgotten and neglected Joe the Confabulator has all kinds of real scandal tainting his family (brother, son and daughter) as well as a real lack of judgment and absolutely no filter on his pie hole.  Why isn't the media pursuing them?  I thought the media's job was to provide checks and balances via educating the public of any malfeasance committed by the party in power.  Oh yeah, that's only when its Republicans in office. The media sucks, and Republican strategists who try to curry its favor suck even more. 

Posted by: runningrn at June 30, 2009 12:47 PM (p9lFf)

107 hope that link works, (or not) we should tell the rhino who wrecks the party from the inside how we feel, about misogyny, from OUR party

Posted by: jeeze what's up here at June 30, 2009 12:48 PM (GkYyh)

108 41 maddogg, you're a tard if you're going to deny Obama is an extraordinary speaker and extremely smart

well, you're prob a tard regardless.


LOL, are you naturally this fucking stupid?

Posted by: Unclefacts at June 30, 2009 12:49 PM (vZVv7)

109

All that would be need to sell me is to see platform SHOES that includes shrinking government HEMLINES at all levels and a strong foreign policy RECIPE FOR MOOSE SAUSAGE BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING. That's it.

Couldn't resist fixing that bit for the male morons. Hell; I'd hit that.

Posted by: Cyn at June 30, 2009 12:49 PM (cxzu3)

110 82 Romney/Palin.

I don't think Palin would go for the VP slot again.  Not after this last debacle.

Palin/Giuliani would be an interesting ticket. 

Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:49 PM (sey23)

111

Posted by: eringobragh at June 30, 2009 12:38 PM (XqEBL)

Be sure to donate to SarahPAC as well. Today is the last day of the reporting cycle and she needs to post some good numbers. Rumor has it she raised $400,000 in January alone, but I don't know how she's done since then.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at June 30, 2009 12:50 PM (IoUF1)

112 "The Vapid One® is what we in Alabama refer to as "book smart". Sure, he can read a teleprompter, but if that's the only way you learn, then you're really "book stupid".   There I fixed it for you backwoodsboy!

Posted by: runningrn at June 30, 2009 12:50 PM (p9lFf)

113 I voted for Romney in the primary. I still think he was the best of the group running for the GOP. I can see how he would lend weight to the ticket (palin/Romney), but I don't think Mitt wants to be anyones second bananna.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:50 PM (OlN4e)

114
On the personal level, I like what I've seen of Palin a lot. She is indominable. I can think of very few people who would have stood up to the shitstorm that the Democrats and the Media (BIRM) flung at her, and maintain her composure. As I've written here before, my wife and I had a late child, at a time when our oldest daughter was of childbearing age, and some evil-minded relatives assumed that she was really "knocked up" and we were covering up for her. We've had a tiny taste of what Governor Palin went through, and I just burn with anger when I think about it; so the fact that she can bear up with such poise amazes me.

And she's probably a lot of fun to go shooting with.

As for presidential material, though, let's see. Let's get through 2010 first.

Posted by: Brown Line at June 30, 2009 12:51 PM (VrNoa)

115  Obama is an extraordinary (reader) and doesn't blink when lying

Posted by: jeeze what's up here at June 30, 2009 12:51 PM (GkYyh)

116 Palin and Teh Fred mentioned in the same sentence.  Sorry, I just jizzed myself.

-------------------------------------

Vo-ting, New Hampshire primary,
Things for Repubs are lookin' kinda scary,
Way too many RINOs in the house,
Lookin' less like an elephant and more like a mouse,
Then I saw them both from across the room,
Palin and Thompson, felt like I'm gonna swoon,
Fred stepped up and he took the mike,
Sarah gave the wink that I always kinda liked, and I...
Jizzed in my pants!

Posted by: schizuki at June 30, 2009 12:51 PM (EPRmD)

117 Just for the record, I think Palin has moral authority.

Posted by: Captain America at June 30, 2009 12:51 PM (wU8X9)

118

Methos, you have better grasp on this, since you were on the campaign trail, and it wasn't for McCain, it was for the values that she exemplifies. Some one who paraphrases from the Book of Esther, "If I perish, I perish" is not someone to cotton to moderates. The only candidate I've ever contributed to through SArahPac, and the only one I'd work for. And in the palate cleansing dept: from her interview with Runner's World

http://tiny.cc/n2pVG

Posted by: ian cormac at June 30, 2009 12:53 PM (1kwr2)

119 Steve Schmidt really isn't that bad of a guy, I think.  Realize that most Americans were mad at Bush and that Obama was appealing in a way Mccain wasn't. 

Schmidt was fast and he had energy.  That kind of mind is going to butt heads and it's not a surprise that Palin, also full of energy, was one of them.

But unless you've got some kind of evidence that Steve was the source of this article, you're probably being played.  The democratic party loathes Schmidt because he really kicked them in the balls and made them earn their win instead of coast to a landslide (which they would have done without him).  The democrats would love nothing more than to see the GOP direct all its anger and momentum inward.

And really, it's no surprise to me that the GOP is so full of assholes that it is doing so.  Palin supporters and Mccain supporters bashing eachother is such a good symbol for why our nation has only one functional political party holding any real power.  The democrats are using their opportunity to ram through as much corrupt bullshit as they can while the republicans are emailing Steve Schmidt to yell about Sarah Palin.  Fucking idiots.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 12:53 PM (z4rvy)

120 Why do the second lamest sock puppets post in Palin threads?

Posted by: poon at June 30, 2009 12:54 PM (i31Zq)

121 McCain ought to be proud that he did the Country one final act of service:  He brought Gov. Palin into the national limelight.  What with the crowds that gather to hear her speak now, she is not going away.  Thanks, John, for your service.  Again.

Posted by: Pancetta at June 30, 2009 12:54 PM (Bpyo9)

122

Damned sockpuppet!

Posted by: RickZ at June 30, 2009 12:54 PM (Bpyo9)

123

Forget the VF article. Same old rehased lies. SP's interview in Runners World and the accompanying photo gallery is much nicer.

http://tinyurl.com/nvm9eb

Posted by: Donnie Baseball at June 30, 2009 12:55 PM (2R5G8)

124 118 people fear the saracuda and not mittens because romney actually seems capable of running a country, whereas Palin might get lost in the closet of the white house.

Bad example.  Keep trying, moron.

Posted by: Y-not at June 30, 2009 12:55 PM (sey23)

125 VDj74; I'm really not used to being insulting online, but you really are an Ass.

Posted by: jeeze what's up here at June 30, 2009 12:55 PM (GkYyh)

126

118 people fear the saracuda and not mittens because romney actually seems capable of running a country, whereas Palin might get lost in the closet of the white house.

Not everybody pisses in the corner because they can't find the bathroom without a night light. You should leave your personal problems out of the discussion.

Posted by: maddogg at June 30, 2009 12:55 PM (OlN4e)

127 VDj74; I'm really not used to being insulting online, but you really are an Ass.

You give it too much credit.  It's our most vapid troll (actually edged out John ryan), and now it's simply petulantly looking for attention.  You'll notice its inability to make a credible argument, and, usually, the lack of even trying to.

Posted by: nickless at June 30, 2009 12:59 PM (MMC8r)

128

Be sure to donate to SarahPAC as well. Today is the last day of the reporting cycle and she needs to post some good numbers. Rumor has it she raised $400,000 in January alone, but I don't know how she's done since then.

Oh, I did.  Yes I did.  Keep trolling, media bastards.  Every time you pull out the fangs, people like me pull out a checkbook.  Stimulus!

Posted by: eringobragh at June 30, 2009 12:59 PM (XqEBL)

129

I personally think that Palin/Gingrich would be pretty epic

Newt is beginning a bit of a charge... I bet you he is trying to build up steam for 2012.

Posted by: dan-O at June 30, 2009 01:00 PM (teb/C)

130 111

Posted by: eringobragh at June 30, 2009 12:38 PM (XqEBL)

Be sure to donate to SarahPAC as well. Today is the last day of the reporting cycle and she needs to post some good numbers. Rumor has it she raised $400,000 in January alone, but I don't know how she's done since then.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard

Remember, whether she runs for president or not, she's always going to piss off the left more than anyone alive, simply by exposing their lies and incompetence.  Name another politician who so accurately predicted exactly how Obama was going to fuck up the country.  No wonder the leftards hate her so much...because she's right.  That alone makes her deserve the contributions.

Posted by: Crusty at June 30, 2009 01:00 PM (GvSpB)

131 Palin should replace Steele and forget about running for any national office at this point. 

Unfortunately, she has been marginalized forever by the media and any attempt to get her on a national ticket will only attract more of these same childish and offensive attacks from the left and the squishy center.

However, she would be awesome as the face and voice of the RNC.  At leats we would have someone who is not afraid to speak up about the bullshit that is currently going on.

Posted by: wiserbud at June 30, 2009 01:01 PM (wWwJR)

132 Nickless, im just a typical woman  and mother, and i can't tell you how sickened i am of the continuing of bashing  of woman and innocent children by  any,,side jerks , I bought my first bottle? of valu-rite?, i hope it numbs me from it all.

Posted by: jeeze what's up here at June 30, 2009 01:02 PM (GkYyh)

133 You give it too much credit.  It's our most vapid troll (actually edged out John ryan), and now it's simply petulantly looking for attention.  You'll notice its inability to make a credible argument, and, usually, the lack of even trying to.

You are completely right.  You all need to stop responding to him.  If you keep feeding the hobo he won't ever go away.  He isn't even trying to make a point.  He is just saying things to get a rise out of people and get responses.  He has some type of pathology where getting people to respond to him on the internet gives him some kind of rise.  Ignore the sad thing and it will go away.

Posted by: dan-O at June 30, 2009 01:03 PM (teb/C)

134 There is absolutely no proof to back up the claim that Obama is smart.  But proof doesn't matter to the left.

Bingo.  On another board, I mentioned Obama's nearly nonexistent legislative record.  And I was met with an assertion that his time in the Illinois legislature was "short, but action-packed".

What?

It's like they just pluck a relevant phrase or two from the Obama website and then cite it as incontrovertible fact.

Posted by: tsj017 at June 30, 2009 01:03 PM (TBwnU)

135 132 Nickless, im just a typical woman and mother, and i can't tell you how sickened i am of the continuing of bashing of woman and innocent children by any,,side jerks , I bought my first bottle? of valu-rite?, i hope it numbs me from it all.

Don't tell them that you've been drinking in the overnight thread. They can sense when one of the gazelles is dragging a hoof.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 30, 2009 01:05 PM (xGIqT)

136 THIS DESCRIBES 100% OF POLITICIANS!

Here’s a highlight of Purdum’s reporting: “More than once in my travels in Alaska, people brought up, without prompting, the question of Palin’s extravagant self-regard. Several told me, independently of one another, that they had consulted the definition of ‘narcissistic personality disorder’ in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders--’a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy’--and thought it fit her perfectly.”

Posted by: Assman at June 30, 2009 01:06 PM (t5YAE)

137

Empire of Jeff ;

chuckling, thank you for sound advice.

Posted by: jeeze what's up here at June 30, 2009 01:07 PM (GkYyh)

138 Why do they keep bringing the conversation to Sarah Palin.   Look the elction is years away.  Sanford was thought to be a front runner and look what happened with him.   And look, the Supremes just gave Franken the election, so you never know what is going to occur. (the minnesota supreme court)

Posted by: Fort Knox at June 30, 2009 01:09 PM (zplc6)

139 Posted by: wiserbud at June 30, 2009 01:01 PM (wWwJR)

I think the only way that would happen is if they moved the RNC headquarters to Alaska or let her work remotely.  The only that could get her to move out of AK is the Presidency.  She loves Alaska more than anything, except for her family.  She has the Big Dipper and North Star design from the AK state flag on her ankle.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at June 30, 2009 01:09 PM (IoUF1)

140 We are officially fucked. Franken delcared  winner. No more recount.

Posted by: Poker player at June 30, 2009 01:09 PM (eu7/X)

141 Yes, how does Atlantic Monthly's resident Uterus stalker deal with VF not going down his Trig Truther rabbit hole?

Posted by: Topsecretk9 at June 30, 2009 01:11 PM (TOg+s)

142 What is this Vanity Fair that you speak of?

Posted by: Cincinnatus at June 30, 2009 01:12 PM (K5AMb)

143 Calling Obama an extraordinary speaker is like calling Fozzie Bear a great stand-up comedian. 
Folks, he's just a fucking puppet!

Posted by: Crusty at June 30, 2009 01:13 PM (GvSpB)

144

106  runningrn  Geez,the hits keep a coming!  Sarah Palin has more scrutiny and criticism directed at her and she was just a VP candidate for a team that didn't win.  Where is the hard hitting journalism directed against our power grabbing, unethical, law-breaking President Ogabe?  His douchetard VP, the forgotten and neglected Joe the Confabulator has all kinds of real scandal tainting his family (brother, son and daughter) as well as a real lack of judgment and absolutely no filter on his pie hole.  Why isn't the media pursuing them?  I thought the media's job was to provide checks and balances via educating the public of any malfeasance committed by the party in power.  Oh yeah, that's only when its Republicans in office. The media sucks, and Republican strategists who try to curry its favor suck even more. 

 

AMEN!!

Posted by: Lou at June 30, 2009 01:15 PM (rFWLj)

145 Isn't Todd Purdum Dee Dee Myers - Clinton spokeshole - husband?

Posted by: Topsecretk9 at June 30, 2009 01:15 PM (TOg+s)

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Posted by: Palin Steele's mom at June 30, 2009 01:18 PM (DYJjQ)

147 I meant to say he was a piece of shit.

Posted by: Palin Steele's mom at June 30, 2009 01:19 PM (DYJjQ)

148 Drudge's headline :  "Beware of Obama 'Evil Eye'" is interesting as regards Sarah Palin.   Does she somehow have immunity?   Is there a list of people who have received said treatment?

Posted by: Fort Knox at June 30, 2009 01:19 PM (zplc6)

149 President Ogabe

I'd like to propose a new derogatory name for The One:

THE KENYAN

Now, I'm not a birther.  Maybe he's legit, and maybe he's not.

But I love the idea of just referring to him as The Kenyan for the next few years.  Pass it on.

Posted by: tsj017 at June 30, 2009 01:20 PM (TBwnU)

150 wiserbud, if Palin has successfully been brought to the point where she should 'forget' about running for higher office, but not because any of the attacks on her have any merit, then we all need to forget about this country altogether.

The real test of any GOP contender will be if they can defeat Palin in the primary.  They can't because the GOP lacks a deep bench.  Palin, like it or not, is a proven leader.  She can make decisions that the other guys can't.

That the press will have nothing but venom for Palin is Palin's advantage.  She can easily dismiss anything she wants, like the clintons used Monica to dismiss other topics.

I fully expect Hillary to be the VP nominee for Obama once Palin is nominated.  Palin will have a very hard time winning, but her weakness on foreign affairs is already eclipsed by Obama's absolute failure in that area.  Her strength was economics and energy.  I hope she can put out a book or otherwise show some strength on policy to bolster her candidacy.

If the GOP has someone who can wrestle down Obama's machine in 2012, then they will be able to beat Palin in the Primary anyway.  I think passing on palin in 2012 is basically passing on the white house until 2016, which might actually be the plan for some GOP idiots.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 01:24 PM (z4rvy)

151 Todd Prudum is married to Dee Dee Myers who is part of the Democratic Party's PR/Attack machine.  Will doing this piece get his wife extra contracts with the MSM and with other Democratic Party operatives and actual parts of the Democratic Party? 

Posted by: airedale at June 30, 2009 01:25 PM (GZ9dq)

152 the evil eye only gets directed to allies and domestic politicians.  the doe eyed swoon goes to dictators, tyrants and despots.  and the court did not give Smalley the election-Norm Coleman couldn't, in his impressive moderateness, couldn't hold serve with a carpetbagger who has a bad personality.  I would add that Coleman seems a lot like Pawlenty in terms of national appeal, no matter what the Powerline folks say.

Posted by: ed at June 30, 2009 01:30 PM (Urhve)

153 But I love the idea of just referring to him as The Kenyan for the next few years.  Pass it on.

Pretty funny. But my favorite is "acting President Obama." Anytime you hear Teh One's name on the news or on the interweb, just substitute the phrase "acting President Obama."

Posted by: OregonMuse at June 30, 2009 01:31 PM (zDhnq)

154
These media attacks on Palin will continue indefinitely, as they would on any politician like her.

Why?  Because (so far) Palin has refused to sell.

Our media is a collection of huge bureaucratic businesses representing the status quo.  One foundation of the status quo is politicians that can be bought.  Hell, there is even an old saying that "an honest politician is one that stays bought."

If Palin had ever sold out, these attacks would not be necessary.  None of this is actually about abortion, or Alaska, or religion, or Katie Couric interviews, or accomplishments, or IQ, or even a politican that talks a good conservative line.  This is about control.  Any politician that won't sell out will be systematically marginalized or destroyed.

In her case, it will be a death by thousands of paper cuts inflicted by douchebags who have an army of cretins believing whatever mindless propaganda is directed their way.

Posted by: jc at June 30, 2009 01:32 PM (E9BMW)

155 I have been disappointed in McCain and how he treated Palin.  During the campaign, he never defended her when she was getting dragged through the mud.  He did, however, rush to Obama's defense. Remember when someone at his townhall meeting called Obama a Muslim or terrorist or something and McCain swept to his defense?  Or how McCain said that Michelle Obama was off limits.

He didn't defend Palin as much as he defended his opponent.  And he is the one who selected her.

I heard someone say Obama wanted to be president and McCain wanted to be nice.  Too bad his niceness doesn't extend to his own VP selection.

This article is just sour grapes from campaign operatives looking for someone to blame.  Fact - McCain would have lost by a lot more than he did had he selected Joe Liebermann.
tink

Posted by: Tinkerbella at June 30, 2009 01:36 PM (8CGTW)

156 More reasons to despise John McCain and the GOP primary voters who put his sorry ass into the nomination.

Posted by: Scipio at June 30, 2009 01:36 PM (m2RwJ)

157

149-  "The Kenyan" is not accurate.  Obama is emphatically NOT a Kenyan.  Now, if it is true that the social-cultural imprint made on us is strongest when we are about 6 to 12, you might say he is Indonesian.  But I say he is post-national.  Not an American, but not anything else either.

It's like his religion.  He's not Muslim, he's certainly not Christian, he's nothing.  Zero.

Posted by: Wise Latina Woman at June 30, 2009 01:36 PM (ads9P)

158 ian cormac @118 (and I'm a little confused, I guess ps said something that waranted deletion?)
I can't find my previous post, so I don't know if you were responding to something I said.  I agree with you that I'm not worried she'll go native in the process of running for national office.  I think she has the right mix of the humility of a servant's heart and the willingness to fight to presevrve America from the progressive agenda, and our other enemies around the world.

As for 2012, sure, I wish she had better answers in those two first interviews.  I expect her to take the time to consider national issues more thoroughly.  I'm heartened by the handful of interviewers late in the campaign who, despit preferring Obama, had to admit that she hadn't been portrayed in an accurate way.

But the further issue is if not Palin, then who?  Based on his record, I can't trust Romney.  Jindal didn't help himself with his shot at national attention this year.  None of the other names that have been thrown around impress me at all.  The last thing we need to do is let anyone campaign on 'electability.'  We're better than that.

Posted by: Methos at June 30, 2009 01:37 PM (wU8X9)

159

Franken delcared  winner. No more recount.

Good God, I wouldn't have believed they could fit any more clowns into that itty-bitty car

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 30, 2009 01:39 PM (ERJIu)

160 You know you guys could show a little sympathy for Sasha and Malia.  What with their having special needs parents and all.

Posted by: alppuccino at June 30, 2009 01:47 PM (nwXF9)

161 Unless you think they can buy earmuffs and Upholstery off the rack.

Posted by: alppuccino at June 30, 2009 01:48 PM (nwXF9)

162

Every time Mac's conservatism starts to emerge, they just get him alone and say his control word.

Palin can stay where she is. Her job is to prepare a refuge for the faithful. There will be no more free and fair elections.

However, in case I'm wrong, I'm leaning toward a Palin/ Rubio ticket.

Posted by: Jonathon E. at June 30, 2009 01:57 PM (dQdrY)

163 Sarah is a tremendous individual.  She's also tough and courageous.  This is the type of individual I'd like to see representing conservatives and Republicans.  Sarah is human and real.  What a pleasant relief.

Posted by: iowavette at June 30, 2009 02:06 PM (0JTac)

164 Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about Palin Obama. Until she actually does something important or accomplishes something, can you stop mentioning himer...kthxbye.

FIFY.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at June 30, 2009 02:11 PM (1hM1d)

165 But I love the idea of just referring to him as The Kenyan for the next few years.  Pass it on.

It's insulting to the Kenyans.

Posted by: chemjeff at June 30, 2009 02:16 PM (wy+AE)

166 Actually this idiot Vanity Fair writer just paid Sarah a compliment.  If she did have post-partum depression you wouldn't know it.  She must have managed to overcome it magnificently.  I never had it but I know women who did, and there is no way they could have handled the pressures, scrutinity, and nastiness that Sarah did, let alone handle it so well.

Posted by: Deanna at June 30, 2009 02:20 PM (bg/3n)

167 Another column which alleges that Palin is a narcissistic little madam. And yet there is no audio or video footage of said moody outbursts. *Everybody* has the capability of discretely recording these days, mainly in the form of cellphones, so this absence of concrete proof speaks volumes.

It's always: "some Republicans say" or "A close aide said." It's fabricated nonsense regurgitated as "fact."


Posted by: CO2 is not pollution at June 30, 2009 02:24 PM (YMyYj)

168

Way too soon to declare Palin as being out of serious contention for President  several years from now.

Sure the MSM will take shots at her, and the comedians, and the leftist rabble.

She has several years to prepare and she has already been through the firestorm once, unprepared.

The above scum absolutely loathe her and go into a frenzy whenever she does or says  anything - six months after the election of their own handpicked Barry the Great. Do they just hate her or is there maybe, just maybe, some fear there? The RINOs and intellectuals are scared of her. The pundits, pols, and RINOs are all telling us how crazy we would be if we let her get anywhere near a position of power. 

Reasons enough to root for her, support her, have her back, and enjoy the chaos she creates in the enemy. Still plenty of time. 

Posted by: RM at June 30, 2009 02:24 PM (GkYyh)

169 "That is their problem.  They think she is from another country...some kind of foreigner."

And yet most of them still get boners at the mere idea of President Kenya, even as the country collapses around them due to his recklessness and/or ineptitude.

I like Palin, a lot.  I don't, however, think she stands a chance in Hell of winning the nomination unless the GOP closes the primaries and perhaps even re-orders them so as to stop the Northeast frontloading that seems to cause us so much trouble.

The main criticism of Palin from the right that annoys me the most currently is the type that comes from people like Dr. Laura and that awful, awful harpy Debbie Schlussel who say that Sarah should stay home and raise her children.

Here's the thing, though:  yes, fine, but part of her responsibility for raising her kids is making sure they don't wind up enslaved to a federal government straight out of Soviet Russia.  Somebody's got to take on Obama, and if the best candidate is Palin, then her children will be better off in the long run if Momma Bear can secure some freedom for them.

Posted by: Kensington at June 30, 2009 02:34 PM (ZqTlA)

170 I think Sarah Palin needs to turn herself into Nixon (minus the criminal activity) if she wants a chance at 2012. Everyone thought Nixon's political career was done after the "you wont have good ol nixon to kick around anymore" speech including JFK and the press hated and tried to destroy him, but he rebuilt his image and won in 68'. She needs to study Nixons comeback, and get rove to secretly advise her. The only problem is that Obama already plays a better and worse Nixon.

Posted by: michelle at June 30, 2009 02:34 PM (PRy3y)

171

I'm thinking the Administration can't be as worried about her as they say, or they'd have never allowed this:

http://tinyurl.com/l3wsrv

Now I have an aircraft carrier. Ho Ho Ho.

There's a big red button on the John C Stennis, and it makes you smarter than Katie Couric. I got your postpartum depression, right here. 


 

Posted by: comatus at June 30, 2009 02:35 PM (XTm8J)

172 I'm not saying I wouldn't support her if she decided to run.  I'm also not saying I wouldn't prefer to have her on the ticket, especially at the top, considering her experience and intelligence. (despite what the un-informed, mindless little O'Sycophants regurgitate from their betters in the MSM)

I just think that she is such a lighting rod that she can't win.  And while Sarah does a great job of motivating the base, she is not going to overcome the unhinged, mindless hatred of the left anytime soon.  And if we can't govern if we don't win.

It is a shame, really.  She definately should be the face and voice of the New Republican party.  Unfortunately, we are stuck with the current set of self-protective weasels. 

It's gonna be a long, cold walk out here in the wilderness unless we finally get our shit together and start looking at getting people to run who can win without sucking up to the left and RINOs.

Posted by: wiserbud at June 30, 2009 02:36 PM (wWwJR)

173 "And while Sarah does a great job of motivating the base, she is not going to overcome the unhinged, mindless hatred of the left anytime soon."

What Republican can?  Reagan couldn't, he won two terms, and he did wonderful things for this country.

They wouldn't waste their time hating Palin if she'd stayed in Alaska last year and turned McCain down.  Similarly, they will learn to unhinge themselves over anyone who rises up for '12.  Look at how they managed to pretend that McCain turned into a fire-breathing fundie, or something.

Hating us irrationally is their job.

Posted by: Kensington at June 30, 2009 02:46 PM (ZqTlA)

174 Think about who the radical left has despised since the 60's. Nixon. Ronald Reagan. George W. Bush. Now Sarah. I think we have found a winner.

Posted by: nikkolai at June 30, 2009 02:49 PM (U0lNn)

175 174 Think about who the radical left has despised since the 60's. Nixon. Ronald Reagan. George W. Bush. Now Sarah. I think we have found a winner.

The first two were not even conservative!

Posted by: Scipio at June 30, 2009 02:51 PM (m2RwJ)

176 My mistake. I was referring to Nixon and G.W. Bush as not being conservative.

Posted by: Scipio at June 30, 2009 02:52 PM (m2RwJ)

177

Posted by: comatus at June 30, 2009 02:35 PM (XTm8J)

I noticed that button in the picture too.  You know what it is?  It's one of those novelty "EASY" buttons from Staples.  Somebody on the carrier has a good sense of humor.

Also, did you notice the guy standing behind her looks kinda like Jeb Bush?

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at June 30, 2009 02:53 PM (IoUF1)

178 Didn't matter. The commies hated them as well. Just like they hate Sarah. That is why I think she's our best chance.

Posted by: nikkolai at June 30, 2009 02:54 PM (U0lNn)

179

Well, Wiser, I don't know if she'll even run, she seems to be leaning toward it, with the Pac and her grassroot efforts, but I take her at her word she hasn't made this decision yet. It's kind of sad that she's really only the one that really has any authentic belief in what this country has been, and what it can be again. Bachmann, another lightning rod to the left has it too. Romney's minions have spent much of the last 8 months backstabbing her, while talking up his strong stand on the auto company heist, Obama's strong stand on Iran, next issue. Huckabee I loath with the force of a thousand suns, for religion baiting on Romney, for tag teaming with McCain, for being the Republican version of Jimmy Carter, Jindal might have a shot, but then they'd throw the exorcism garbage around. It's become more a matter of honor over practical politics

Posted by: ian cormac at June 30, 2009 02:55 PM (GkYyh)

180 I am not yet sold on Palin as a candidate for president but the venom directed against her is really obscene. This is by all accounts a fine woman, a mother of 5 with one son in Iraq and another one with Down syndrome. She hsa been marreid to the smae man fo rover 20 yreas and seems to be a pleasant, likable human being.

Posted by: Scipio at June 30, 2009 02:58 PM (m2RwJ)

181 Reagan couldn't, he won two terms,

There was a least a modicum of respect given to Reagan when he ran.  Not like the completely over-the-top, insanity like we see just constantly being thrown at Sarah.  This is a totally different atmosphere than it was then.

Look, I hope I'm wrong, but she has been branded as "stupid and uninformed" by the Deciders and they are not going to give her a chance to prove them wrong. 

And so many people are so afraid of her that they will not let themselves be persuaded away from their spoon-fed opinion of her anyway.

Like I said, she energizes the base better than anyone.  Let her use that as a platform to get her image rehabed, (assuming they won't ignore her completely, like they do with Steele) maybe she helps bring some congressional seats back over to our side while better defining, refining and broadcasting the conservative message, then she might be better positioned in more peoples eyes' for another  national run.

She runs next time, she gets destroyed and she is done for good.

Posted by: wiserbud at June 30, 2009 03:00 PM (wWwJR)

182 They were every bit as hideously cruel to Bush as they have been to Sarah. He did ok at the polls in 2000 and 2004, no?

Posted by: nikkolai at June 30, 2009 03:02 PM (U0lNn)

183 "Look, I hope I'm wrong, but she has been branded as "stupid and uninformed" by the Deciders and they are not going to give her a chance to prove them wrong."

Yes, but again:  who can escape this?  Reagan was given a modicum respect in '80, but as you pointed out, times are different.  Reagan would never be given that modicum now.  Look at how the jackals responded to his death.

I'm saying that any Republican who succeeds in the primary will face this gauntlet.  At least with Palin, we know she can be somewhat resilient in the face of it.

Posted by: Kensington at June 30, 2009 03:08 PM (ZqTlA)

184

"Yes, but again:  who can escape this?  Reagan was given a modicum respect in '80, but as you pointed out, times are different.  Reagan would never be given that modicum now.  Look at how the jackals responded to his death.

I'm saying that any Republican who succeeds in the primary will face this gauntlet.  At least with Palin, we know she can be somewhat resilient in the face of it."

Good point, Kensington. The media and leftist hatred for Reagan if he were running today would be equal if not greater than that faced by Bush and Palin.

They have seen that pure unadultered vitriol and hatred, coupled with repeating lies over and over again, can be a winning game plan for them. (Our side can't do this, it would not work.) Expect more of the same from these jackals and vultures in the future.

Posted by: RM at June 30, 2009 03:19 PM (GkYyh)

185 There was a least a modicum of respect given to Reagan when he ran.  Not like the completely over-the-top, insanity like we see just constantly being thrown at Sarah.  This is a totally different atmosphere than it was then.

Look, I hope I'm wrong, but she has been branded as "stupid and uninformed" by the Deciders and they are not going to give her a chance to prove them wrong.

It was a little before my time but I distinctly remember Reagan being mocked as a 'stupid actor' and a warmonger before he ran in 1980. The left was obsessed with Bedtime for Bonzo and never failed to work it into a critique of Reagan. For the most part the media considered him a joke until he won the GOP nomination.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 30, 2009 03:31 PM (bDos2)

186 Once Palin is nominated, the American people will give her a very serious look. 

And in order for her to convince the world that the media has lied about her, all she has to do is appear like a normal non retard.  If she does that, then the media loses a lot of its credibility and people start to get angry.  The flaky middle in America loves celebrity and Obama will be associated with a lot of problems.

Palin's optimism and beauty will be very hard to beat.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 03:38 PM (z4rvy)

187 I believe that what Sarah needs to do if she is interested in running in 2012 (not at all certain) is to take control of her image. I would suggest she become the moderator of a one-on-one TV interview program, one where she discusses issues of the day with "smart" and "informed" people, e.g., something like the Charlie Rose PBS show on PBS.

This would have the effect of allowing the audience to remember why they liked her in the first place and also allow her to show that she knows something about a large variety of issues and can hold her own in such a discussion. Plus preparation for such discussions would help get her up to speed on those issues she in not already familiar with.



Posted by: ManeiNeko at June 30, 2009 03:38 PM (OUW5U)

188 Deanna's right.  If Palin managed to bring the Mccain campaign so close to victory, with nonstop speeches and travle, maintain her polish, while suffering from something a lot of mothers in this country know to be tough, that just makes her a superhero.

And we do not want a woman president who doesn't get angry.  We want a woman with iron.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 03:41 PM (z4rvy)

189 The left was obsessed with Bedtime for Bonzo and never failed to work it into a critique of Reagan.

But that also before the mainstream media became as incredibly obvious about showing their bias.  Sure, there was that contingent that went to the ugly extreme, but there always is.  They just weren't anchormen and reporters for national news organizations with 24/7 platforms from which to just say the most amazingly putrid things.  At least in the past, they had some semblance of shame.  Those days are long behind us.

And I honestly think Bush got re-elected despite the personal attacks, because Kerry was such an incredibly weak opponent.  He never would have survived a stronger opponent. 

And notice how the media and the left ratcheted up the level of disgusting personal attacks in the last election cycle.  You think they didn't learn their lesson in 2004?

Posted by: wiserbud at June 30, 2009 03:42 PM (wWwJR)

190 Manei, but she's governor of Alaska.  If she gives that up just to become a TV talking head, I think she loses a lot of her reformer appeal.

And she would have to be a politician on her show.  If she can't offend large masses of people, her show will be boring and fail.

Posted by: Tamale Ranger at June 30, 2009 03:43 PM (z4rvy)

191 The Runner's World interview is the article about Palin to read today.  She is, in a word, awesome.

Posted by: eringobragh at June 30, 2009 05:34 PM (XqEBL)

192 The MSM is so far into net negative territory that I think it's unrecoverable. Whether it destroys itself by sacrificing itself to the control of a leftist fascist state or just drive themselves out of business by just going completely bugfuck insane, I don't know.

But it will be destroyed, one way or the other, it will not continue as we imagine it to exist yesterday or today.

We'll probably end up with a chaotic mix of local news websites and webcasts and news agencies fighting to balance their agendas and some vestige of credibility. Will probably fail as well.

Either way, it's the frakking j-school ignoramuses' fault. Assholes.

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at June 30, 2009 08:53 PM (or0jG)

193 Tamale Ranger: She doesn't have to give up being Governor of Alaska to be a talking head. One weekend a month in the lower 48 to shoot 4 or 6 interviews. Unless, of course, there
is a legal prohibition from her doing it. Which I doubt. She
could always donate the money to charity.

She doesn't have to be always doing political topics either. Energy is a hot topic and she's interested. Global
warming. Iran. Missile Defense. Children with Needs. If it's scheduled the way I suggest, then it can be topical enough but it won't catch the latest news. But that isn't the point. OTOH, with a really hot news topic, she could shoot from a studio in Alaska and have the guest be somewhere else.

As far as offending people, she should be an interviewer with a conservative slant. Ask the hard questions that the MSM
(or, more correctly, the Legacy Media) won't ask. Address issues indirectly by the selection of guests and the questions asked and comments made. The MSM are masters of this approach now. But, of course, from the Left.

Yes, she could give speeches on these topics. And how many would attend in person? And how much coverage do you think the MSM would give? Which takes me back to my original point. If she wants to run for national office, she
needs to take control of her image. If someone has a
different suggestion for how to do that with a 99.9% hostile MSM, I'd like to hear it. I can't think of one myself.

Posted by: ManeiNeko at June 30, 2009 08:54 PM (OUW5U)

Posted by: andycanuck at June 30, 2009 10:55 PM (xmEXV)

195

If Palin managed to bring the Mccain campaign so close to victory, with nonstop speeches and travle, maintain her polish, while suffering from something a lot of mothers in this country know to be tough,

And let's not forget all the real conservatives who stayed at home rather than vote for the RINO. Governor Palin will get them all out and voting.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 30, 2009 10:57 PM (xmEXV)

196 Palin is a very nice woman, a terrific governor, and REFRESHINGLY patriotic and plain-speaking. Which is why we like her. It's not at all like the unhinged and sickly "O-Baaa-Maaa!" worship.

Like anyone, she has limitations. But her heart is in the right place. That's what people are responding to so eagerly. We need politicians who are patriots again. People who get what America's ideals are all about. We rally behind her, not because she's some kind of idol, but because she looks like a citizen politician of the old school, with some sterling values that have been sorely lacking in the political arena in recent decades.

Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington, anyone? (You kids, check out the Jimmy Stewart movie, by another great American, Frank Capra. Mr. Smith wasn't slick either, but he knew what our precious nation is all about. And he was willing to fight the go-alongs, the cynics, and the corruptocrats to the last ounce of his strength, even when they orchestrated a fake campaign of opposition and buried him in the Senate chamber with hostile telegrams from "the People." Mr. Smith never gave up. And we loved him for it.)

Posted by: Beverly at July 01, 2009 01:18 AM (jby8M)

197 My fear is how the LSM will play on Her eldest son. There will only be two scenarios!

1.Track bites an IDE and gets a Front Row Seat at Fiddlers Green. She was the “Heartless Rethuglican Bitch who forced Her Eldest Son into Military Service!”
2.Track makes it home with out a scratch. “Palin pulled political string to keep out of Harms Way at Others Expense!”

Any Bets?

Posted by: OldDog at July 01, 2009 01:30 AM (CRC5/)

198 Why are they still writing stories about Sarah Palin?  Isn't there any real news that they can be reporting?

Is Michael Jackson still dead?  There has been 15 minutes when nobody reported a story about him.  Maybe he's not still dead.  How can I tell if they don't keep broadcasting that news continuously on every news station?

How about Obama?  Maybe he did something wonderful while this journalist was distracted with the Sarah Palin stuff.

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199 Frankly, to me her instincts seem lousy. But she is easy on the eyes...

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