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WTF Zahzoo you're an old old guy do you not remember Dan Quayle?
He got tons of shit and he's a rocket scientist compared to Palin.
He got tons of shit and he's a rocket scientist compared to Palin.
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If she weren't a she, she more than likely wouldn't have ever been Furher of Alaska.
Now every government office up there has an 8X10 of
material!
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Now that you remind old me... I do remember Quayle. There was a time and tradition of selecting a VP that followed the old recipe for great comedy routines... straightman and a whacky side-kick in the spirit of Abbot & Costello/George & Gracey, etc... It had a good balancing/entertainment effect on the white house. Carter/Ford, Regan/Bush (they swapped roles at times), Clinton/Gore was a classic... and I see Obama/Biden shaping up nicely...
So from that perspective you're right about the target of shit and mental challenges.
I guess being a dad of 3 daughters and a grampa of a grand-daughter I've come to see some of the not so blatent sexism that gets veiled as kidding or masked criticism. If any of them amount to something in life it would piss me off to no end to hear some of the gender crap folks spew about and diminish any success they've achieved as being some token woman rather than a person who accomplished things on their own merit/work.
Given all the things surounding Palin... she couldn't have gotten to where she's at just being a pretty face with a folksy personality. She also had to have some smarts, leadership and drive/motivation to accomplish the things she has... I don't see many people extending any respect for that. Soapbox mode=off..."If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”Comment
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ROTH ARMY MILITIA
Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Sharky sometimes needs things spelled out for him in explicit, specific detail. I used to think it was a lawyer thing, but over time it became more and more evident that he's merely someone's idiot twin.Comment
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people in Alaska are better off.Comment
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When does she sign her book deal and TV show deal?Comment
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Her poll numbers re: favorability among Alaskans, which were at 80% in June of 2008, are now below 50%. If anything, her resignation headed off what would have quite possibly have been a defeat had she stuck around long enough to run for re-election, and said defeat would have killed whatever chances she had in 2012 (which, realistically, are slim-to-none regardless).
She certainly has the ability to energize a PORTION of the GOP base, but her appeal outside of that fraction (and outside of the party) is minimal at best.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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In the end, that's really what it came down to for me. The woman clearly had little to no intellectual curiousness (in fact, she seemed proud of what she didn't know) and rationalized things like the Iraq war as being part of "God's will." A combination of mental laziness, an unquestioning dogmatic approach towards ideas and a rigid religious posture that weren't high on my list of favorable characteristics for someone to be a heartbeat away.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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Sarah Palin "Doesn't Understand Cap and Trade.," yet shoots her mouth off in a Washington Post op-ed...
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Well, since Cap and Trade is part of the Global Warming hoax, what do you want her to say ??Comment
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The author of that piece, short of citing the Congressional Budget Office (who are known far and wide for their accuracy) provides no backup for his contentions that we will be so much better off with cap and trade. Ditto getting your GDP projections from the EPA. Pot and Kettle in that situation.
Speaking of not understanding it, most of the Democratic members of Congress who voted for it did not read it. They couldn't. With the 3AM additions, there were only two copies available. One John Boehner had. The one that gave Waxman fits when it was read out loud.Comment
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