Sarah Palin Breaks the Mold - Resigns - Outsmarting Her Tormentors Once Again

well bouncing off would require her going all the way, she only went half way to the glass ceiling and then quit :)

imagine the audacity of the Pinata to not allow any more blind revelers to take cheap shots at her

Her quitting doesn't mean that the issues she has vanish.

No one respects or elects a quitter. And that's what Sarah has proven to be.

A quitter and a moron.

Do I understand you support her beginning a run for the presidency in 2012 while serving as Alaska's goveror?

No, not at all. Why would I want someone to run for president if they can't even hack it as governor?

Why would I want someone to run for president if they can't even hack it as governor?

Paraphrasing:

Why would I want someone to run for president if they can't even hack it as US Senators?

Why would I want someone to run for president if they can't even hack it as US Senators?

Who quit their job as a US Senator 3 1/2 years before taking a run at the presidency? BTW, please don't paraphrase my comments in the future. Speak for yourself or respond to my comments directly, but don't put words in my mouth.

She never got anywhere near a glass ceiling. She was appointed Vice Presidential candidate without having run in a primary. Nobody had ever heard of her a year ago. Please! I pray to god you run her against Obama. The world will piss itself laughing at her.

Odd prayer, indeed. Why not pray Barack admits he subscribes to Wright's separatist filth? A bit of honesty would do that fellow good.

allanwillingham said:

"It is good to see a politician with integrity for a change"

"Most of them would stay in office drawing paychecks and taking travel junkets to Paris on the taxpayer's"

"Obama keep cashing his senator's checks while he was gone all over the country looking for another job."

#2.9 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 10:39 PM EDT

You mean integrity like the kind referenced in these e-mails below from Sarah Palin herself where she attempts to rewrite history and lies her ass off every step of the way? That's your idea of integrity,is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fadq5xhkwTw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstoryonly%2F2009%2F7%2F4%2F749827%2F-MSNBC-David-Shusters-reporting-exposes-fraud-investigation-as-a-reason-for-Pa&feature=player_embedded

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/politics/main5128672.shtml

http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/news/the-book-of-sarah/5

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/03/palin-hockey-arena-scandal/

Alan,

Now we are the laugh of the world. I read the reviews from the Arab News Press and today's in Russia and our President Obama had and has been called that he is not prepared for the job.

All this is not counting France and Germany.

So much noises about Mrs. Palin and where are we now?

Hitting the bottom

I know, the world is very "pleased".

Now we are in the 6 months of our President's administration and his polls are falling down, down and down.

The poor President has to operate with the Clintons' loyals.

His numbers were phenomenally high for so long, now they are realistic considering all the slander from the RIGHTIES,, but still I think his numbers will rebound.

He's still way, way, way, above the Republicans, or anyone in that debunked party, who are a joke to the majority and have fallen below even the Libertarians..

And like with everything else, the GOP are the only ones who don't have a clue.

That was not even coherent.

Dan you must take a course in GOPanese, here let me "cypher" for you.

the next leader with actual leadership experience

won't be

the GOP

You just have to read it backasswards. I know it's tuff but there are a few GOPers in my family.

Nah, her burundongo is not as large as Jen Lopez, a supporter and big money donator for the Dems.

Does she know what a door is?

It is the punchline of this joke.

RMM, are you nervous? The woman spoke from her heart and without teleprompter.

RMM, are you nervous? The woman spoke from her heart and without teleprompter.

ALL politicians speak from teleprompters, which makes her stupidity all that much more hilarious to watch. I was nervous; but only that Palin might actually become the second most powerful person in the country. Wheeeewww!!!

Keep thinking that way....

I plan on it; being right is a gratifying feeling.

The woman spoke from her heart and without teleprompter.

The woman spoke nonsense.

And isn't it amazing that a woman most liberals agree doesn't have either a clue or a snowball's chance in hell, gets them so antsy and paranoid they can't help obsessing about her?

People get obsessed with Paris Hilton, or Ashton Kutcher, or those chicks from the Hills. It's called celebrity worship, Palin's famous: thus people are going to obsess over her. That doesn't mean she's clever, or suited for public office, it just means she's famous. Popularity doesn't mean anything in this country other than people know your name, it's your actions that speak volumes. So far Palin's actions have been those of a witless soccer mom trying to play a game that's waaaaay over her head. She's the William Hung of politics.

The woman spoke from her heart and without teleprompter.

She used note cards. Republicans hadn't yet discovered telepromters. This is something to brag about?

Please WE BEG YOU GOP!!!! RUN Sarah Palin in 2012 !!!

Again with the teleprompter...why is using a teleprompter a bad thing? it's just a high-tech stack of note card.

When you have to use a teleprompter to announce the name of the new Cabinet head, you have sunk to a new low. The reason it's a bad thing - it means you don't have any original thoughts on a subject and you have "to stay on message" so you don't get slammed by your own hypocrisy. Maybe that's why Palin didn't use one, and Obama does - ALL THE TIME!

I'll set aside the fact that you're a Vol fan, but you have got to be kidding right? Everyone uses a teleprompter all the time when addressing a crowd. That's why they invented them . . . so you don't have to look at your notes; like by the way, everyone used to do before teleprompters. It's not Obama's fault that Bush still found some way to fork up his speech delivery despite his ever present teleprompter.

This BS is so tirsome at this point. It's like saying, "but he's always wearing a suit; lets see how he can do in a T-shirt." Teleprompters are ubiquitous and have been for some time now; get over it.

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But what about teleprompters that don't have a US birth certificate? Huh, answer me that one.

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Did you watch Sarah Palin's speech, she did look down at her notes, but I didn't notice her eyes following a teleprompter. She spoke like she is speaking to every person, OBAMA, however gets on stage and just looks over a crowd and reads his speech. The same tone every time. When he speaks it is like listening to someone sing different lyrics to the same music.....Ya know what I mean?

Palin and the teleprompter

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/Palin%20teleprompter%2011-1-08.jpg

http://media.photobucket.com/image/palin%20teleprompter/barbara76/prompter.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00CF5kUchl0WT/610x.jpg

So Palin doesn't use one uh? BS

Alan, the McCain people are out in front of this one because Sarah is about to burn. They want no association with her right now. There's something brewing and bubbling around the Palin camp, and no one wants to get hit when it blows up.

Deep down Alan, you know how this is going to end and it isn't going to be pretty. Every time someone voluntarily gives up power, it is either preceded by or followed by a major eruption. All of the signs are there, media blamestorm, your own team running away, and the unexpected awkward resignation.

By most accounts, Palin is a crooked self-serving politician. She might not "make sense" or "act intelligent" or "know anything about foreign policy" but she's a classic example of politics as usual.

If she thinks the media is out to get her now, wait until Fox News turns on her if she tries to run as a third party candidate.

How about a mental exercise in fact, a candidate chosen exclusively because she was a woman, so helplessly naive, unprepared, and DUMB that even her own party found her appalling, leading to the election of the opposition.

How about Palin considering the American people are so sick and tired of crooked, self serving politicians and the Business as Usual Pork Groveling?

Somehow SHE'S the one who's going to change all that? Gimme a freaking break!! The fact that the right still keeps singing this woman's praises, when she hasn't done @!$%#, tells me that Republican voters will vote for literally anyone the GOP puts out in front. I was amazed that she was even a governor, I wouldn't trust Palin to run a toll booth let alone an entire state!!!

However, Mrs. Governor sat down with the shark lawyers of the oil companies.

If Sarah Palin was good enough to run with a lame duck candidate like John McCain (my respects for being a war hero and vet), they have to accept her now for what she is and without pre-conditions with the humilliation of having to wear clothes that she did not pick.

And all this is what disgusted me in the past about the male politicians, only Romney is different from the pack that ran the last year.

If Sarah Palin was good enough to run with a lame duck candidate like John McCain (my respects for being a war hero and vet), they have to accept her now for what she is and without pre-conditions with the humilliation of having to wear clothes that she did not pick.

John McCain, isn't that the guy that won his (your) primaries? Freshly elected lame duck? A lame duck governor with 1/3 of her term left? Is that what your party has become; lame ducks?

That term used to mean something; apparently now the term "lame duck" only applies to the front runners of the Republican party. That's a bad place for Republican's to be.

It's a great place for American's to be. Hip Hip . . . Horray

As a result he election was lost from days one because McCain was not onl a lame decision, but an insulting and in-your-face statement to the conservatives who could carry thew election

I'm not sure I agree entirely. The popularity of the previous Republican president was certainly a factor.

In any case McCain was certainly a compromise for the Republican party in terms of conservatism. And while the election of Obama was a solid win, it really wasn't what one could call a landslide.

Isn't a Lame Duck one with a foot injury swimming in circles?

Well it wasn't what I was getting at, but thanks for the info.

Hey we are here to get smarter, Right? :)

I actually think that one of these ethics investigations turned up some dirt on her, and she was given the choice to either resign or have it be released to the public. There's really no other good explanation for her resigning before the end of her term. If she needed the money she could have just waited and then not make a bid for re-election in 2010. and if she needed to spend more time with her family she could stop holding daily press conferences.

"I actually think that one of these ethics investigations turned up some dirt on her"

If true, then it would be unethical for the investigators NOT to reveal the findings to the public, because there is no reason to believe that she would not engage in the same inappropriate conduct should she attain national office.

Of course, without further revelations forthcoming, it's all highly speculative.

Oh, please. See Illinois for reference.........

I just love the bad wishes for the Governor of Alaska.

Ex-governor Big-Hair IS being investigated further, and he was never a serious contender for national office. So what's your point?

Of course, without further revelations forthcoming, it's all highly speculative.

And that is the problem ... that void of information invites speculation.

Pailin is up to something, no doubt. While many have reservations about her cognitive abilities, her level of political astuteness brought her all the way to the office of Governor. That fact demands some respect.

A US Senate seat for Alaska is up for grabs in 2010, as it the Representives seat. At age 45, she has plenty of time and opportunity to hone her chops in Congress before a run for the Presidency. After all, Hillary Clinton was a viable candidate at 61.

If her objective was a 2012 run for POTUS, she would have been better off finishing her term as governor and simply announcing that she would not re-run for office.

To quit after 2 1/2 years in her first term as governor suggests a person who cannot multitask, handle the pressures that come with the job (working with the legislature, dealing with the press, etc), and someone who is more interesting in being in the spotlight and waving to the crowds than she is in being a serious political force.

No time for today's politics. Sarah Palin doesn't have the big money behind her like the Chicago machine.

At age 45, she has plenty of time and opportunity to hone her chops in Congress before a run for the Presidency.

But she's now a quitter. I don't think most people like quitters or trust them.

But she's now a quitter. I don't think most people like quitters or trust them.

Normally I agree. But consider:

"I leave you gentleman now and you will write it. You will interpret it. That's your right. But as I leave you I want you to know — just think how much you're going to be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference and it will be one in which I have welcomed the opportunity to test wits with you." --Richard Nixon, November 1962

Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968.

Don't overestimate the memory of the American Public. And we are dealing with the Republican party, hungry and desperate for someone to hang on to.

obama left his senate job after 2 yrs to run for president and basically left the people of Ill unrepresented..he didn't have enough scuples then to come out and say it so he continued to bilk the taxpayers out of a salary while they got nothing for it...that's much worse than to just quit a job when you know you can't give your all to it...

that's much worse than to just quit a job when you know you can't give your all to it...

At least we understood his reason. We don't yet understand Palin's.

Sarah explained in the form of a game. A better and another way to play ball and not of the one one that the men had been doing from the better to the worse..

Why you in the left wants that Sarah does like you want her to do?

She wanted to quit now and raise money, well, Ob ama wrote two books to throw himself and from organizer to President..

Mrs. Palin is Mrs. Palin and not a Hillary or the rest of the women in our Congress: Boring.

Palin couldn't hack being governor and running for higher office.

And no, she's not like other women in Congress (save for Bachmann). Those other women have brains and abilities to do more than wink and lie.

U-betcha they do. LOL

Sure, like Milkuski and Boxer ? Femininity at their best.

They are both intelligent, accomplished women, det. Palin's unintelligent and a quitter.

A quitter to write in twitter.

Kaitlin said: "obama left his senate job after 2 yrs to run for president"

Did Palin announce her candidacy for a specific office at the national level? I must have missed that part of her meandering speech.

Palin claims that she left office before finishing her first term because she desires to "serve a higher calling" (what ever that might be). Basically, this is Palin-spin for "my current job has become a ball-and-chain holding me back from pursuing my personal ambitions and my desires to attain greater wealth and political clout in the lower 48".

Old Dem Talking Points: She's running around making speeches and not taking care of the people of Alaska and probably at the taxpayers expense. How dare she do this to the people of her state". (to me that sounds like John McCain, John Edward, Hillary, Biden and Obama)

New Dem Talking Points: Courtesy of Jones Girl. People are never satisfied!

But she's now a quitter. I don't think most people like quitters or trust them.

Vol, please explain how Palin isn't a quitter. Did she not just quit?

the difference is obama in all intents and purposes did quit being a senator of Ill after just 2 yrs but continued to draw a paycheck and bilk the people of Ill out of proper representation and he had no reservations about it. remember all the absent votes? the highest # in their history. He also does not care how much tax money is used to fight the many lawsuits I'm sure that are coming his way.

Palin on the other hand had the foresight and honesty to quit and therfore quit drawing a paycheck for a job she could not give her all to. now all we have is her word for it that she quit to protect her family and for a higher calling. I do not know what she means by higher calling and neither does anyone else outside of her family...

I do not hold her being a quitter against her as Jones would imply. I do however hold it against someone like obama who would hold onto a job and draw a paycheck under false pretenses...

Sorry, But I live here in Illinois. Good try.

Not voting on bills by our state legislators doesn't mean that they where not there. It only means they have not made a decision or need to do more research.

Read the text of her speech about "quitting".

Pointless. This is so old. A "non" vote is not a "no" vote or a "yes" vote in this state.

How A Bill Becomes Law in Illinois

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

In other words...do nothing, which he did and all the while getting a salary to do nothing. Thanks for pointing that out.

In no other words.. In those words.

It means to take carefully consideration before you make decisions and act on them. Or disregard it as nonsense. Don't make hasty judgments.. i.e. like invade the wrong country.

Do you guys think everything is in code? LOL, it just english. The liberal code book is top secret.. it's called a dictionary. there is nothing between the lines.

I have no clue what you are talking about, other than to make it clear that there are still many proud racists in the GOP.

Democrates hate Republicans, Hilary is (D) and nobody has bashed her the way they have tried to destroy Palin (R).

The same way that most Libeeral newspapers and mags have treated the first lady like a goddess. Whats up with that?

I guess that someday the people will open their eyes and see the truth about Obama.

Since he has been in office my eyes are now opened much more and I voted for the man. I really hate to say that.

Democrates hate Republicans, Hilary is (D) and nobody has bashed her the way they have tried to destroy Palin (R).

Really? You just called her a pitbull.

There's been plenty of criticism towards Hilary, but most of it was based on her looks or demeanor. She's a bit of a prickly person. People have criticized Palin for what they feel is a lack of substance and thought behind her words. Criticism for both has been pretty harsh; it sounds like you're just upset that Hilary's didn't stick. Because, quite frankly, "pitbull" looks and a prickly demeanor don't compromise your ability to be an effective politician. Lack of substance in words and research does.

I am no politician but thanks anyway, I could never be like them nor would I want to be. By the way have you seen her side profile, you know the one with the hugh underbite? I said she LOOKS LIKE one, I would never say she was one.

By the way people DID make up lies about Palin and were exposed for them, and they also found that she did nothing wrong from the investagations. Until they do I will hold my tounge to myself about it, I was raised to repect women, even the first lady.

Huh?! See #1.27

I voted for Obama, and don't alway agree with him. I was a Republican, but couldn't agree with Palin on anything. Her lack of diplomacy, and knowledge of current events in this country and abroad was frightening for VP choice.

I will never understand why we as a country would not be apprehensive about having someone without proper communication skills talking with leaders of foreign governments. She couldn't answer simple questions about what she read, and completely ignored questions in the debate. It didn't play well in this country, and I shudder to think what she would have said to leaders of other countries.

Mo,

Palin torn apart Joe Biden in the debate.

About meeting personalities she went to the United Nations and she dazzled many there.

Do you think that a Governor is an educated politician?

Her critics will attack her no matter what she does, so why worry about them? They would never voe for her anyway

I think you may have missed my point. I'm not talking about her critics. The hardcore conservatives will support her pretty much no matter what, and the hardcore liberals will oppose her pretty much no matter what. The group that matters is in the middle: independents. She doesn't have their loyalty, and she's not going to gain it by looking like she can't take some political heat.

That has nothing to do with political debate or a comparison of policies and ideas, those are intended to torment

You could probably find isolated incidents of some of those, but let's go for intellectual honesty here. The vast majority of the left wasn't doing any of those things. If she can't handle a few fringe members saying ridiculous things, she should never be POTUS. That is the definition of thin-skinned.

Palin torn apart Joe Biden in the debate.

LOL!

Revisionism. Palin wouldn't answer the questions put to her and looked like a moron winking and acting like a 20 year old sorority girl.

Gee, alan, maybe it is because Michelle Obama never:

• Waved her children around at rallies, even though noise and lights can be detrimental to special needs infants?
• Threatened to hide behind a child if boo'ed at a hockey game (as Palin did with whatever the youngest girl's name is)
• Carried on about abstinence only sex-ed being great while knowing that her own daughter is preggers out of marriage and it occurred under her roof?
• Picked a fight with the father of her grandson when he dared to offer his side of the story?

Palin can't have it both ways---if she wants to campaign with the kiddies, then she opens up her family to comment. She isn't special or holy or anything.

yes alan the left and the democrats certainly showed their true persona of hatred and calling children names....something they should be proud of and it certainly hasn't been lost on a great many americans that obama was a big part of this by his silence........... never before in the history of politics has a family esp children been so attacked and villified...what is ever more disturbing is that these same hypocrites are the ones to cry the loudest when anything is said about that amazon in the WH or her 2 nappy headed brats...:)

Palin torn apart Joe Biden in the debate.

What debate did you watch? She never answered any questions, did not engage in the debate at all and Biden was laughing at her. She was a joke! Say it ain't so Joe, wink, wink, you betcha! ROFLMAO

Compared to that, Palin's family and children have been mercilessly attacked day in and day out in National News

But they weren't. That's what I'm saying. Provide some evidence for these claims if you insist on continuing to make them.

Palin torn apart Joe Biden.

We can see him now how he can't keep a straight thought together. He is unglued.

Compared to that, Palin's family and children have been mercilessly attacked day in and day out in National News

But they weren't. That's what I'm saying. Provide some evidence for these claims if you insist on continuing to make them.

Good Lord, Steve, do you NOT watch TV or read the internet, magazines or papers??

Good Lord, Steve, do you NOT watch TV or read the internet, magazines or papers??

If the evidence is so readily apparent that you feel justified in talking down to me, it should be pretty easy to find it instead of just feigning incredulity.

Sophistry comes from the right.

okay, sorry there steve. Ok, How about David Letterman recently, how about CBS< NBC< SNL <ABC< Keith Oberface, MSNBC <any number of magazines, Fox (minus Greta who seems to like her and keeps interviewing her),I mean they sent up a squad of "investigative reporters" to find anything they could on her... the incredulity on my part was due to the idea that you tried to float - that it isn't out there.

Vol Fan

You are totally right the media has from the night she gave her (SARAH PALIN) brilliant speech at the RNC, they have done nothing but harassed her and her family....with unproven lies and everything that she said was cut down by all NBC<>CBS<>SNL<> ABC<> MSNBC and bloggers every where.... no she hasn't been treated fairly.

Dan Hallo, aka, Zoilus - Sophistry comes from the right.

Are you on record now as being against sophistication?.

Might I suggest a dictionary? It helps you understand what words mean.

I Know the word 'Sophistry" I used and what it means, apparently you don't.

It is not a derivative of "sophisticate," or "sophistication".. you need to look it up yourself genius.

Oh here... you might not know how...

Sophisty: subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation.

Gives you a nice little sound bite to pronounce it for you as well.

Have a nice day Roy.

Sophistry

Fixed corrupted link.

I didn't need to look it up, (read the context of my post, it is used a correctly} I provided the link for the ingrate. But thanks.

You quoted us both, so I don't know which you are admonishing

You. You are the one making the comparison, so that should have been obvious.

Congratulations on your knowledge of Etymology. As a student of that discipline, you must know that just because words can share the same root origin, that does not mean they have similar modern day meanings.

Roy, Have you ever heard the axiom that others might just suspect that you;re dumb, until you open your mouth and prove it. I'm as ignorant as anyone, but at least I'm smart enough to admit it and learn from it. Not ramble on and foolishly paint myself in a corner.

Sophistry and sophisticate, are not in anyway similar in meaning or origin, except they both come from Lain origins they could not be any more different in meaning without being antonymous.

What?

Did you google Etymology and think you found a way out of the shame of your public display of Ignorance? Are you going to entertain us with some more misinformation?

The wise thing to do would have been to be humble about it, or at least to have shut-up, rather then to continue to demean yourself..

Roy, Have you ever heard the axiom that others might just suspect that you;re dumb, until you open your mouth and prove it. I'm as ignorant as anyone, but at least I'm smart enough to admit it and learn from it. Not ramble on and foolishly paint myself in a corner.

Sophistry and sophisticate, are not in anyway similar in meaning or origin, except they both come from Lain origins they could not be any more different in meaning without being antonymous.

I agree with you 100%!!! Did you really mean address to me ... or alanwillingham?

You... are pathetic.

Did you actually go back and read the posts? Who wrote what? WTF?

WTF!

alanwillingham has nothing to do with this!

No real man could read these post and not step up and take his responsibility for them? He would be a worthless coward! That's absurd!

Just to dispel all the BS.

Sophistry; Latin sophisticatus ‘tampered with,’ past participle of the verb sophisticare, from sophisticus ‘sophistic.’

sophisticate; Latin from Greek sophistēs, from sophizesthai ‘devise, become wise,’ from sophos ‘wise.’

No real man could read these post and not step up and take his responsibility for them? He would be a worthless coward! That's absurd!

What posts? I still don't know who you are talking about! ME? What have I written I "have not takes responsibility for? Please be clearer.

Maybe she'll (accentally) be labeled as a Democrat on Fox News.

EI, Hell they already are. 21% and dropping like flies. Sad really.

Not voting on bills by our state legislators doesn't mean that they where not there. It only means they have not made a decision or need to do more research.

Oh, so voting PRESENT everytime as OBAMA did means "He can't make a decision".....well he shows that by the way he flip flops even with, where in the heck is the insurance plan going.....not the way he campaigned that is for sure......the lady that was interviewed that night at the DNC thinking her mortgage payment and gas for her car and whatever else she was hoping that OBAMA is going to pay, is probably very disappointed right now......

I guess playing dumb is method acting.

I guess playing dumb is method acting.

So that is what OBAMA is doing, Playing Dumb?

So very clever.. Just keep on twisting what I say, it reflects on your lack of integrity, and that of the GOP's that you defend. Not on me or anyone else.

Dan

Really, I think that is what is going on, well with an exception Obama is not playing...I don't know if he really knows what he believes he has so many people telling him what to do.....I blame them all, and especially Obama for not caring about America....his heart is somewhere else.....On Youtube where he is wishing everyone a happy 4th, he can't do it without reading a script.....Now that is sad....

When has being able to read a speech you've written been a failing? name a president who did not read a speech that they wrote? Reagan? Bush? Name one.

It would by funny if it not so Pathetic.. the arguments from the right just make them less and LESS. credible. Your cutting your own throat with this nonsense.

Yep, that is our Sarah, Standard Bearer for the new right, sheets and all.

Wow,

That is one of the things I LOVE about you guys. You get the talking points memo and you just run with the nonsense either unwilling or unable to think it through. Those democrats for the most part became Republicans, it was part of the "Southern Strategy".

From wikipedia:

Although the phrase "Southern strategy" is often attributed to Richard Nixon strategist Kevin Phillips, he did not originate it,^[1] but merely popularized it.^[2] In an interview included in a 1970 New York Times article, he touched on its essence:

From now on, the Republicans are never going to get more than 10 to 20 percent of the Negro vote and they don't need any more than that... but Republicans would be shortsighted if they weakened enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. The more Negroes who register as Democrats in the South, the sooner the Negrophobe whites will quit the Democrats and become Republicans. That's where the votes are. Without that prodding from the blacks, the whites will backslide into their old comfortable arrangement with the local Democrats.^[3]

The folks wearing sheets these days are standing in YOUR ranks, in fact, it's about all ya'll got left after morons like Rush and Sad Little Sarah have led your party off-stage right.

The Dems/Left/males in the Republican Party wish to have the popularity of Sarah Palin.

My friends attended the rallies and they got a bad cold but for Sarah they did not mind.

My friends attended the rallies and they got a bad cold but for Sarah they did not mind.

I'm willing to bet they also have Sarah Palin posters on their ceilings and a bottles of KY on their side tables.

I see Sarah substituting Greta van Susteren in Fox once a month. Greta is a great investigator

Determined. Stop replying to anything I say......You've been ignored since before the election.

Nothing has changed. You're still ignored :)

Do you get to decide who says what?

The Sushi lady keeps repeating that I am in her ignore list. I don't give a half of a peanut for the opinions of the left.

Yet you keep responding, det.

Now a response is an attack?

You conservatives are so very thin-skinned.

By your thinking #13.4 is an attack. Please reprimand det--oh, wait, you guys never hold your own to account.

The right has gotten REALLY kinda whiney-victim since the election. Oh poor them, America rejected them by a LARGE margin and they aren't in charge any more and the rest of us are pretty much ignoring their loony toon right tantrum.

Oh well, fun to watch.

You can't be provoked unless you want to be provoked.

Does he honestly think that by continually posting replies to what I say that I'm miraculously going to un-ignore him?

Let's just say the South will rise again and win the Civil War before I click "unignore"

As a matter of fact Backroads.................I can decide who can say what to me, who I choose to respond to............and who I add or accept as friends on here as well as who I ignore............

We all have that ability.

I don't know -- you can't even determine determined's gender. Perhaps you make many wrong choices.

You started it

LOL, LOL how third grade.

Point, click, ignore.

Done.

Dave in Ma.

Seriously......LOL!

Did not! :)

:) Dave in Ma.

Did Too! :)

Sanford's?

Was wondering what all the hub-bub was about. Thought someone had died. Just a career dying, I guess.

Thought someone had died. Just a career dying, I guess.

Maybe not.........

Yes, Mrs Palin has to get the money for all the 15 charges against her - She paid back $10,000 for tickets of her children, now if she left the kids behind then the song was going to be that she is a bad mother. It's curious that she did not use the corporate jet that the Governor had at her disposal and the Chef.

Expected.

deter.... what she should have done is paid her own money for her kids ticket okay. That way she wouldn't have been a thief and a good mother

maybe she should have flown in a pizza chef from st. louis on the taxpayer dime like "the one" did...or flown her and her family around the country every week on big military jets like pelosi again on the taxpayer....perhaps she could have gotten a free mortgage like dodd or have a prostitution ring run out of their house like franks......THEN would she have appealed to the libdems...probably...then she would have been just like any other democrat..

maybe she should have flown in a pizza chef from st. louis on the taxpayer dime like "the one" did...

Um, the pizza guy paid his own way.

.or flown her and her family around the country every week on big military jets like pelosi again on the taxpayer

Pelosi was told by her security detail that she had to commute this way. It's people like you that her security detail are worried about, I'd guess.

Palin used state money illegally to fly her kids around where they were not supposed to be. She screwed up. Deal with it.

well at least Obama didn't use air force 1 to take his kids around, although he himself joked it was his kids on a joyride to NYC. Nope, instead it was a third of a million dollars for a picture of the plane flying low over Manhattan - yes, good call, Mr. "the buck stops here" President.

a. yes photoshop would have been advisable! Classic gov stupidity.

b. Can a leader really be branded as having poor judgement for every stupid decision made by an employee way down the chain of command? Really? We could say... this is a failure in the administrations ability to not hire idiots... or to manage spending in this department, etc but I doubt this one came across Obama's desk.

Palin used state money illegally to fly her kids around where they were not supposed to be. She screwed up. Deal with it.

she did and she paid the state back over $10,000 for it that's how she dealt with it. now has obama bothered to pay back the money that the AF 1 photo shoot cost the taxpayers?

has pelosi bothered to adjust her income for all the field trips she uses our military planes for? NO to both questions . I thought so.

she did and she paid the state back over $10,000 for it that's how she dealt with it.

If a bank robber is caught and returns all he stole, is he now free and clear of wrongdoing?

Good question, Roy, might want to ask that to Pelosi, Reid, John Conyer, Chris Dodd, Bawney Fwank, Barbara Boxer, Charlie Rangel, etc. But wait...have they even repaid the money?? I don't think so, guess that still makes them Congresspeople and ROBBERS.

alanwillingham

This is a petty non-issue.

Obama was going to Russia, the plane was going to Russia, why not bring his Kids?... wasted space?...

I just watched the speeches at the end of the Meeting Obama had with the Russian President. He will meet with Putian in the Morning. He has negotiated for permission to establish vital transportation lines of supply to Afghanistan over Russian territory, and other important agreements that will save American lives and MillIONS of dollars, and you complain about a plane ticket?

Good question, Roy, might want to ask that to Pelosi, Reid, John Conyer, Chris Dodd, Bawney Fwank, Barbara Boxer, Charlie Rangel, etc. But wait...have they even repaid the money?? I don't think so, guess that still makes them Congresspeople and ROBBERS.

So I guess what you are saying is that Palin has no more morals than those evil people you mentioned? That she need not set a better example?

Do you suppose ater all the fuss about Palin, that Obama is not smart enoug to buy them tickets or at least have their travel expenses deducted from his taxpayer funded paycheck?

At least it was a business trip for Obama, unlike Bush's frequent flights to his ranch in Texas for vacations. With his wife. And his dog.

Dan

So Dan you don't think it cost the tax payers for Michelle Obama and the girls to travel with OBAMA, It doesn't take extra security for them, what about her makeup person and hair dresser? I wouldn't be surprised if they go with them as well.

Who ever made an issue about the Palin children going with her on trips wasn't the cost, it was the way they were displayed as campaign props. One of the reasons McCian chose her was she had fairly cute kids.

And Again, this is a point of contention with the Palin children was aggravated and blown out of proportion by the Right. A None issue. One of many pointless distractions.

One of the reasons McCian chose her was she had fairly cute kids.

And you know this how?

You don't think it could have been not only Palin's experience, but also her family values?

just more hypocrisy from the left..it is ok for every other politican in the USA to travel with their families at taxpayer expense EXCPT palin...ok I got that. the hypocrisy of the left that she put her kids on display while campaigning...but it is ok for other politicans kids to get up on stage [look at the DNC] tapes. I'm sure the libs remember the obama kids and their obnoxious behavior there and they said "aint' they cute". can't say a word about obama children but it is ok to portray a down syndrome child as a monster and it is funny for a grown man to allude to child rape. like I said the hypocrisy is blatent and at this point laughable..LIBS have NO credibility at this point...

Nope, Hate to tell ya but she is H I S T O R Y . Quit your biatchin'. End of nightmare period.

Palin: Politically speaking, 'If I die, I die.'

Well, not according with AP.

I doubt that Sarah is a quitter.

Hang on I don't think anyone here is getting the point right on the family travel issue.

In Alaska state law does not allow for travel expenses for the governor's family except under certain circumstances. Palin violated Alaskan law and thus had to pay back expenses. Period.

Alaska has rules that are unique to Alaska. The office of the POTUS has rules that are unique to the office. Other states may have more relaxed rules regarding travel expenses for the governor's family. The point isn't that money was spent. The point is that money was spent in violation of the rules of her state. That's it. What prompted someone to go looking for ethics violations isn't the issue here.

There is truth to the point that these ethics probes likely would not have been initiated had Palin not been under the microscope of the presidential election, but regardless of what prompted them they are part of Alaskan law and Palin has a responsibility to abide by it.

Mr. Hunter,

If the windows, etc., are due to what the Kos is dumping to us, the lady had to go and write a book to have the money to fight in court. Lawyers are expensive.

I apologize - this is in reply to determined.

So what?

All politicians rather to get free attention than to pay for it.

How much cost the message of healthcare from the administration on ABC?

determined, your response is a bit perplexing. Are you saying that quitting your job and shirking responsibility to the citizens of Alaska is ok, as long as it is done for free media exposure?

Sarah Palin household is not rich.

Sarah Palin has to pay the bills for the lawyers because her paid opponents brought lawsuits.

Sarah Palin has to be converted in an Accountant and she is not serving the people of Alaska because she has to dedicate her time to all the poop brought and poured into her.

This is what she meant.

From her hours as Governor, she has to dedicate time to personal stuff caused by her to be the only one that accepted the V.P. candidacy because the others did not want to be associated with McCain.

Is this more clear for you?

Your far reaching assumptions are perfectly clear to me. I'll give you a few assumptions too.

This is not the end of her life in the news cycle. The @!$%# is about to hit the fan for Sarah Palin.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Frederick Douglass

I'm sure in the near futue you will begin to see the why, what and how

No arguments here; I bet the whole sordid story gets out shortly.

fade

I am ready for the sordid story and I am ready to forgive Sarah Palin.

Like moi are many. We heard all, from the sordid to the latest love story in SC.

Happy now?

We'll have to wait and see what's causing her odd behavior. It will be harder for me to forgive her given the extent and frequency that she has traveled the low road in the past year while claiming moral high ground. A period of schadenfreude will be in order.

We like the way that Palin is and not scripted and submitting questions before hand.

and Sarah Palin is George Washington in that analogy? Your the one drinking the koolaid.

I suppose then Rush Limbaugh is Ben Franklin, and Joe the Plumber is Paul Rivere. I can't believe anyone would compare Sarah Palin or anyone in the GOP to George Washington and the founding fathers, it's beyond absurd.

Paul Rivere is not the same than Paul Revere.

Who is behind your curtain?

I'm willing to stipulate that Washington was a fine President.

Aside from not having very much experience, what other qualities does soon to be former governor Palin possess that you look for in a leader?

Paul Rivere is not the same than Paul Revere.

No @!$%# Sherlock, it was a misspelling.

The point is that George Washington was not and had not been a government leader in any capacity when he was elected president

Washington was the supreme commander of the Continental Army during the Revolution! My ass he didn't have leadership experience! That, and comparing him to Sarah Palin is incredibly insulting no matter how you put it.

My ass he didn't have leadership experience!

Absolutely right RMM82...Washington had to make some incredibly difficult decisions during the Revolutionary War. He had enemies within the rebel leadership plotting against him, lack of resources, inexperienced army, Congressional dithering, and that's not even counting the British! And as for him not having any "presidential" experience...neither did anyone else. I will always be grateful to Washington for refusing to be "crowned" king of America and for establishing the tradition of only serving two four-year terms as president.

Since Palin'snumber one problem as a vice presidential candidate was being woefully inexperience

Yeah... and George Washington was a complete failure for the same reason

You're distorting the point. The point is quitting without completing her term is probably going to hurt her if she does run for office again. It does not gurantee she would be "a complete failure," if elected but it has a lot of potential to be used against her in any campaign. I think the argument would go something like...

You enjoyed governing over a prosperous period for Alaska (high oil tax revenue, etc) but quit when the economy got tough. How can we count on you to take your responsibility as president seriously if you didn't take your responsbility as governer seriously?

That doesn't mean she can't counter such an argument and win another election, but it raises a very tough set of questions that she will have to combat in a campaign. That's the point and I think it's valid.

alanwillingham: none of the Palins, or McCains, or any political figure of the last 50 years is even remotely on the same level of George Washington, period. Your comparisons are silly.

alan

An unbiased observer might observe you were getting your butt kicked on your own thread.

If one could find an unbiased observer.

Gosh Alan....that was a very good response...

I believe Alan is kicking their tails and they don't even know it!

Oh Palin said it... Tina just moked her on it. She does not have a prayer. Shoot might as well have Cheney run again. LOL

A clarification....

In her Sept. 11 interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin had this to say about Russia: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."

Source.

Better.

Your clarification was the right answer to Gibson.

Watching again the tape of Sarah Palin, her red coat looks big on her.

I hope that isn't a very serious illness.

In her Sept. 11 interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin had this to say about Russia: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."

and you know for a fact that this is not true ? you have been there? slate , sept 15th 2008..unable to post links.

and you know for a fact that this is not true ?

I believe it is true. That's why I posted the link. She can't see it from her house, but you can see Russia from an Aleutian island.

What makes you think I was taking exception to that?

How long were Obama and Hillary in their first and second term for their Senatorial seats?

Did you notice, back?

Happy 4th of July.

We did not BBQ but made Arroz con Pollo a la Chorrera.

Back at you, determined. Actually, the lefty haters should be surprised at themselves. Such malice. It was especially on display during the past campaign season.

We're heading for a cookout and some Texas hold-em.

Say hello to George.