"The polls even in the Republican Party do not correctly speak to the power that Palin brings to the campaign trail, a mix of feverish Reagan myth and pop Fox iconoclasm."
Palin's Going Rogue book tour launch is a one-upsmanship imitation of The Audacity of Hope book tour that launched Mr. Obama in the fall of 2006. At the time, Mr. Obama was a very junior senator from Illinois on few lists for the presidency; even his publisher admitted expectations for the book were modest given the immediate non-fiction competition from John Grisham, Bill O'Reilly and Bob Woodward. Nonetheless, beginning nearly three years ago, on October 19, 2006, Obama's tour used flattering TV appearances on the Today Show and Oprah, combined with worshipful reviews--"that rare politician who can write"--and choice independent bookstore appearances in McCain territory such as Tempe, Arizona, to rocket to Number 1 on the New York Times list. By Christmastime, the senator was deep in conference with David Axelrod, planning how to jump in front of the all-world favorite Mrs. Clinton by opening an exploratory committee in January 2007--a move that sold even more books.... (more)
We've got to break the cycle, John! This is not breaking the cycle. It all started with Bill Clinton who disgraced himself, and the Democrat Party that decided to defend the indefensible. After Bill, George W. absolutely had to be destroyed in order to save Bill's legacy and his party's viability. They succeeded with smoke, mirrors, and lies oft repeated in classic propaganda style. The Dems could have put Daffy Duck on the ballot - and they practically did.
The American people had no clue as to how bad it could actually get until Obama came along. Now they know. They also know it can still get much worse. At this point too, the Republicans could put Daffy Duck on the ballot and he would win overwhelmingly. The Dems are done. They will not be effective in the next go-round. Never has a political party been so obtuse to the wishes of the voters. It seems, quite like Kamikaze pilots, they are absolutely determined to go down in flames.
Don't get me wrong, I think Sarah Palin is a fine person. Under normal circumstances, she'd make a fine chief executive. But these are not normal times. We are all collectively in intensive care. We need our wounds to heal from the accumulated damage of three successive administrations. We cannot afford a fourth fatally wounded administration to continue our drift.
At this time, I see no one out there who can withstand the slings and arrows of a vicious Left. I see no one who can resist being seduced by the gossamer illusions of Hollywood. We've got ourselves a situation here, much like exists on the Palestinian side of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. How long would you think an honest Palestinian bloke would last getting up on a soap box in the market square, saying what the majority of Palestinians must be feeling in their hearts?
http://peterkoelliker.blogspot.com/
First, I think JB is a little snooty with the comment "Tea Party base of the unsmart, unwashed, unemployed, and unforgettable...". Life must be good in your neck of the woods, eh JB? I guess I won't be invited for tea and crumpets.
And Peter, as I responded on your blog, we have a president with no P/L experience and who didn't even finish his first term as a senator. He makes Jack Kennedy look like Ike in comparison. Talk about on the job training. The thing is Peter, I don't see anyone out there that has the whole package or at least is authentic. Palin comes close on the latter, but neither party has the real deal. I think in today's world, mot leaders, and I mean good ones go into the private sector. Before Obama, could you blame them? I think Rudy would do well in the job, but in some ways he is damaged goods and made some rather freshman mistakes last year that could have been avoided if he didn't have so many yes men.
Mr. Batchelor, do you actually *know* any Tea Party people? It doesn't appear that you do. You know them only as the MSM imagines them.
Palin as Joan of Arc? I hope not. That didn't end well.
Frankly, I think Palin will be better as a cheerleader for the party than as a candidate. Unfortunately, at the moment there is little in the GOP she can lead a cheer for. As they say, nature abhors a vacuum. And therefore we have the prospect of Palin 2012. Actually, my preferred ticket is Sarah Palin / John Galt.
;)
Why not have Sarah on the show and interview her, John? You can do it now and get away with it while she's not a political candidate yet officially.
Your political roundtable couldn't predict a buried turd in a catbox these days....time to try something different.
This is JB's audition to become a full fledged card carrying member of the lamestream media.
You are right about one thing ;As they try to diminish Palin they accomplish exactly the opposite. Their ploy is self defeating. She gets stronger with every gratuitous attack.
May be JB has been hanging out with David Brooks and William Kristol too much lately. May be he's pitching for a job at The Times? I love to listen to JB as he offers a point of view I don't hear anywhere else, but he's turning into the loyal opposition...which means none at all. Only John Calvin Batchelor can answer as to why.
Elmer Gantry in a skirt. She is both pathetic and horrifying at the same time.
Re: Sarah Palin - Nobody kicks a dead dog. (Well, I did once, but it wasn't much fun and I stopped doing it after that.)
A word to the wise (and you're welcome to try to learn from it as well, GT) - the more the lefties attack Sarah, the more they reveal their fears. People who reveal their fears are easily subjugated.
Fear? Moi?
gee, let me ponder that one...
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
—Sinclair Lewis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/3067733328/
Don't be so hard on John. He's only trying to avoid getting mowed down in the looming purge. John's still young. I expect he's still got a family to support. Which is stronger, obligation or principle? Sometimes they're not the same. Sometimes they're at loggerheads.
If Sinclair Lewis said it, it must be so. (Who was he again? Did he write Through The Looking Glass? Or was he the one who had sex with Oscar Wilde?)
We're not being hard on John. Speaking for myself I'm using the utmost restraint. To tell you the truth, I just enjoy the radio show, the blog posts I can take or leave. Now if we can just limit Afghanistan segments to 2 hours per show I won't have a complaint in the world.
I've been hammering it out with the enemy over on Politico the last few days, and let me tell you, GT would be considered a monster intellect over there (just to give you some idea.)
Palin will be like the cue ball in pool, she will shake up the otherwise nicely huddled status quo of the conservative side. Personally I hope she is not the candidate, to say nothing of the POTUS. We'll see. But she is very effective at baiting the lib's and the Manhattan conservatives (aka Bachelor, Brooks etc.).
It is obvious JB has not been to or seen up close the teaparty gang. They are not unwashed, uninformed, or even better taken in by the smooth-writing and talking elitist snobs. But WE are on the warpath and will have our way with the establishment.
These people have deep moral authority and they are educating themselves. Make fun all you want of Glenn Beck but he is a superstar among these people. You may say that is silly but that alone (even if true) will not stop the middle of the country from taking it back. Incumbents will have hell to pay in '10 and '12.
YOu have to get off the island, John B. There are actually people out there who are different from you. I am always amazed when one of my NJ friends goes on safari to say, Indiana, and are taken back that are people out there, they give a crap about the niceties of the BoWash corridor. We are going into political war between big-town and small-town denizens. In the long run I'll bet on those who know how to feed themselves and their families rather than on the pantywaists that generally inhabit the big cities.
IAWJJNJ. In fact, if anything, I personally am to the right of the Tea Party movement. If I went out and marched with them I'd be in favor of turning over a liberal garbage can here and there. I know violence is bad, mmmmkay, but OTOH, George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant and George Patton and Douglass MacArthur all did violence in the name of preserving our union. And if it's good enough for them bawhs, well, who is Lou Filliger to sit in judgement.
Understand I don't advocate actually hurting any liberals, just turning over a dumpster here or there.
"like the pantywaists that generally inhabit the big cities...."
"Hoy, hoy, I'm the Real McCoy!
Ain't no pantywaist like-a Leonard Nimoy
Well, I do anything I please
And I'm proud to tell you that I .. am... The King of Sleaze
Oh, I'm the King of Sleaze"
LF for Beat Farmers (Country Dick Montana and One Mister Mojo Nixon)
I cannot understand why even JB (a usually "very careful" commentator) cannot seem to muster even a bit of fairness for Sarah Palin. The degree of unmasked disgust is really over the top.
First off: Actually read her book.
Second: Actually identify HER policy positions.
Third: Actually refute any position that is inconsistent with conservative principles.
Fourth: When ready, debate her on air.
I agree that a GOP/Conservative "messiah" is not the answer anymore than the current "messiah" is. Every interview I've heard with Gov Palin indicates she is more interested in getting a solid, principle-based platform to combat Liberal excesses. I don't see her as wanting to be elevated as the savior of either the GOP or the US.
In other words: Principles, Not Personalities.
But, JB: your snobbish and boorish derision of the Tea Party movement and other population-focused checks on the Government are really and truly out of line and quite ignorant.
From the Beast:
MotherofThree
You guys are hilarious. Sarah hasn't even said she's running for president, and you can't stop talking about her. Hint: If she's so irrelevant, why do you care?
Oh, and you did see the sheep-like following for Obama? I'll bet you half of them didn't even know the first thing about his record of non-accomplishment. He is doing as president exactly what he did as a state senator and a U.S. senator ... voting "present," posing for photo-ops and making speeches.
Study Palin's governing record. That's all you need to know.
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4:21 pm, Nov 21, 2009
AlanD2
MotherofThree: We care because we want Sarah to run in 2012. The Democratic dream!
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8:06 pm, Nov 21, 2009
AlanD2
Good luck, GoingRogue.
It's going to take a lot of work if Palin wants to make up for quitting as governor of Alaska.
| 12:14 am, Nov 22, 2009
GoingRogue
Conservatives are hoping for the something too.
Let's see what Sarah Palin had to learn and do in one month or less before the debate.
1. McCain's 35 year record
2. Biden's 35 year record
3 Obama's no record - that was pretty easy
4 Obama's goals for the country
5. McCain's goals for the country
6 Campaigning
7. Zillion of fund raisers, she was a gold mine.
So she made a couple of mistakes. The first step is to own up to those mistakes and she has. The American people like that in a person. Biden made a zillion mistakes but the lamestream media just laughed it off as Good Old Joe. Good Old Joe that wants to divide Iraq in to three parts.
In 2012 Palin will be running against Obama's record as POTUS. So far there is no record. Palin just started her campaign. Her tour bus has her FB and Pac addresses. She will be collecting names everywhere she goes. She is putting together her ground work as we speak. Do you think three years is a lot better than just 2 months? I do.
Yes! Conservatives are hoping for the same.
| 8:35 pm, Nov 21, 2009
idicula1979
I guess is she qulifies or not to be president is a highly subjective question, and all the attension she has generater in the national spotlight only prooves she is America's biggest roershack test. But it is undisbutable proof that her only REAL qulification among her supporters in the REPUBLICAN party is that she is a christian woman which only goes to show you THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FASCIST also see: Mike Hukabee, and why Mitt Romney will never be the G.O.P nominee.
| | 3:50 pm, Nov 21, 2009
Heloise
When does a tattle-tale book become fodder for a run? When it has Sarah Palin's face on the cover. I think people are hungry for a woman presiden and for a REAL conservative. The likes we have not seen ever, IMO.
That is not to be confused with wanting or being "Stuck On Sarah" as I call it. Mitt missed it by a hair, excuse the pun. He is the one the party will prop up next time.
I told them they were messing up by not putting Mitt on the ticket but they gave it to McCain because he narrowly lost to W in the cycle before.
Sarah is a stealer. But this won't add up to much politically. If Obama does not run in 2012 as he hints, and if Palin runs and wins nomination Dems would have to look for a woman. There is only one woman who has the name recognition to pull it off--Hillary,
Heloise
The Trough
| | 11:42 am, Nov 21, 2009
opedanderson
Wow........
Such insecurity being expressed by the Palin-haters!
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10:18 am, Nov 21, 2009
AlanD2
Palin-haters, opedanderson? We liberals love Sarah, as her 2012 run will ensure Obama's reelection.
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12:30 pm, Nov 21, 2009
GoingRogue
Conservatives are hoping for the something too.
Let's see what Sarah Palin had to learn and do in one month or less before the debate.
1. McCain's 35 year record
2. Biden's 35 year record
3 Obama's no record - that was pretty easy
4 Obama's goals for the country
5. McCain's goals for the country
6 Campaigning
7. Zillion of fund raisers, she was a gold mine.
So she made a couple of mistakes. The first step is to own up to those mistakes and she has. The American people like that in a person. Biden made a zillion mistakes but the lamestream media just laughed it off as Good Old Joe. Good Old Joe that wants to divide Iraq in to three parts.
In 2012 Palin will be running against Obama's record as POTUS. So far there is no record. Palin just started her campaign. Her tour bus has her FB and Pac addresses. She will be collecting names everywhere she goes. She is putting together her ground work as we speak. Do you think three years is a lot better than just 2 months? I do.
Yes! Conservatives are hoping for the same.
| 8:35 pm, Nov 21, 2009
Sajwert
opedanderson, I don't agree that the "Palin haters" are any more insecure than the "Palin lovers". If you were not insecure, you would not feel the desperate need to constantly defend and justify all that Sarah Palin says and does. Look at how so many of you have justified her quitting her governorship in midterm. WHO in hell does that and can appear reasonable?
And how can you all justify the fact that she is always talking about how her children haven't been treated right, when every time you see her almost she is lugging that Trip around, making him the object of her blatant "see how wonderful I am as a mother to an special child" showing. And discussing her daughter, Bristol's life in public should be embarrassing to her daughter, but does that matter to her or to any of you defenders? Not that I can see.
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11:14 am, Nov 21, 2009
GoingRogue
What has she said about her daughter? She said her daughter is working, in college, and taking care of her son 24/7.
| 8:10 pm, Nov 21, 2009
Alaturk777
Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned with. She will be very instrumental in re-shaping the politics of our land. Sarah will be working to put the real conservatives at the head of the political fight to take back our government from those incumbents who are ceding our national sovereignty to those nations who seek to destroy us, not to mention the illegal aliens who sneak across our borders daily. I believe this because I can see the fire in her belly and the love of our country in her heart.
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10:17 am, Nov 21, 2009
AlanD2
I agree, Alaturk777. What you apparently don't see is that her actions (along with those of tea party activists) will destroy the Republican Party as an effective part of American politics. Too bad...
| | 12:32 pm, Nov 21, 2009
mfkpadrefan
Sarah for POTUS....great, go for it, I'll play along...She has a chance in these dreary months ending 2009...the real POTUS has a big plate in front of him....the economy (he inherited a mess), ongoing war (he inherited 2 of those messes) and the health care effort that congress turns into a mess because they're a mess...so this shallow and wacky woman can promote her totally ghost written book and shoot from the lip. What a country!
She might even have a chance in 2010...that is, for the Republican nomination. Just a bunch of wingnuts anyway, they swoon over her...wink, wink. Hell, gimme an address, I'll contribute. That'll guarantee a win for Obama-Opra 2012. Just had to throw that in.
A final aside...Batchelor (the author of this piece, if anybody cares) refers to "Vietnam veteran losers"...he left 1 out, Gore is a Vietvet. Amazing that the Repubs back chickenhawks over service from that era....Cheney, Quale, Limbaugh, Bill Bennett, Gingrich...oh, I could on. Don't forget GWB, he should have been flying that jet over Hanoi instead of along the Mexican border, but Daddys friends helped out. Guys who wear the flag in their lapel, but never on their arm. Pathetic.
So go ahead Diamondgirl and the rest of you reflexive retards, repeat after me...We want Sarah!...We want Sarah!
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8:56 am, Nov 21, 2009
Sajwert
mfkpadrefan, don't underestimate the number of people who think she is the best thing since sliced bread. She has a HUGE following of people that, IMO, should know better but don't see the full scope of the damage this woman could do if she were to both be the Republican choice in 2012 and, GOD FORBID! should win.
As long as we talk about her, articles are written about her in a negative way, those fans and believers in her superiority and in all about her will dig their heels in and be more strengthened by it. Nothing makes a believer more stubborn in their belief than to have the object of their cause spit upon.
| | 11:09 am, Nov 21, 2009
Desertpenguin
This is too good to be true.
Look who's the front-runner for the right-wing.
How the mighty have fallen.
| | 12:06 am, Nov 21, 2009
arkixuan
the book is talking herself and lots of her life. maybe she is a public figure, everyone has already set up a level to look at her.
| | 11:13 pm, Nov 20, 2009
FreddySez
Okay, this Reagan comparison stops now.
Like him or hate him, Ronald Reagan spent almost two decades putting pen to paper on policy issues before he got to the White House. No one had to quiz him on what newspapers he read.
Mouthing a bunch of boilerplate about "low taxes" and "values" makes you a cream-puff cardboard cutout of Ronald Reagan, not nearly the real thing.
Go away, Sarah. Get a talk show.
(For having baited the Reagan haters who will answer the bell in posts below this one, with a bunch of moaning we've all heard before, I apologize in advance.)
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11:12 pm, Nov 20, 2009
Sajwert
I'm a Democrat born and bred. But any comparison between this woman, Sarah Palin and Ronald Reagan is far from the mark. Reagan was a political animal from the time he was in the early movie period. He was not the worst governor that CA has ever had, and he was not a total idiot about world affairs.
I did not vote for nor did I approve of most of Reagan's political actions. I also believe that his Alzeheimer's began during or even before his becoming president. Even so, he still functioned in a way that Sarah Palin can't with what could be considered an unclouded brain. Unclouded by Alzeheimer's, I mean.
| | 11:05 am, Nov 21, 2009
OffenbachStutz
Batchelor turns satirist. Thanks for the comedy relief!
| | 9:13 pm, Nov 20, 2009
nortonclybourn
I guess Batchelor was in a hurry to dispose of any remaining shreds of credibility he might once have had.
| | 7:39 pm, Nov 20, 2009
mzkitti
Click here: Newsmax Magazine: Get Sarah Palin's New Book First and Early! $4.97 November16, 2009
| | 7:27 pm, Nov 20, 2009
diamondgrl
This is the difference between God Fearing, America Loving Republicans and Commu-Liberal-ists. Republicans understand historical determinism. Unlike Communists, we conservatives know that there are certain forces in history that can't be stopped, can't be controlled.
Sarah Palin is one of those forces. I mean, just look. We elected a guy who was supposed to be 'smart' and things have just gotten worse! It's obviously time to try a different approach!
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6:13 pm, Nov 20, 2009
unsuiatlarge
Ooooops. I thought diamondgirls comment was sarcasm. Never mind....
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6:48 pm, Nov 21, 2009
unsuiatlarge
Oh, it was diamondgrl and it WAS sarcasm so...Well done diamondgrl, very funny.
| 6:53 pm, Nov 21, 2009
Pierretrudeau
Diamondgirl "...certain forces of history that can't be stopped..." Like Nazism or swine flu. "We elected a guy who was supposed to be 'smart' and things have gotten worse. It's obviously time to try a different approach" Like what? Elect someone who is dumb?
| | 5:14 pm, Nov 21, 2009
judgeinmillvalley
If you call enough names, that proves your point? That Democrats don't love their country? Even historically, your arguments are silly--Communists didn't know about "forces of history" in 1917? I don't know what makes Sarah Palin a force except for a lot of energy and a pretty face used to winning beauty contests. It certainly isn't the force of being informed. But try arguing instead of name calling--so familiar to Republicans during the Mcarthy era.
| | 1:20 pm, Nov 21, 2009
AlanD2
I hope you run you're "unstoppable force" Sarah Palin in 2012, diamondgrl.
I look forward to reading your rants here after Obama is reelected.
By the way, why are you pretending to be "Diamondgirl"? Is this post a liberal parody of her?
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12:00 am, Nov 21, 2009
diamondgrl
Sorry Monk66 :(.
I was sure declaring that Red is anti-communist would tip people off :(
| 12:48 am, Nov 22, 2009
cbeenthere
Yes, but the mystery is, where IS the poster diamondgirl? She posts enough on each thread,never stopping at one or two, that she should have been here too.
| 10:22 am, Nov 21, 2009
piktor
This "diamond" is not the real diamondgirl.
The "i" in "girl" is missing.
| 9:15 am, Nov 21, 2009
Monk66
I guess I should have known it wasnt the true DG by the way you actually spelled words correctly.
| 4:36 am, Nov 21, 2009
Monk66
damn it.
i feel like a 747 just flew over my head
| 4:35 am, Nov 21, 2009
diamondgrl
You know, I tried really hard to be Alan.
I ran into a problem. There's literally no way to be more extreme or stupid than the real Diamondgirl. I post insane, self-contradictory statements that fly in the face of common sense and people honestly don't see any difference.
| 12:14 am, Nov 21, 2009
xsm941f
Diamondgirl: You are obviously in dire need of more fiber in your doet.
| | 8:42 pm, Nov 20, 2009
cbeenthere
For someone who doesn't understand that the state of AK owns their resources and gives every man, woman a child a share of the profits from those resources which is socialism, not a tax rebate, you are one seriously mixed up poster, as so many, many commenters have told you repeatedly.
| | 7:37 pm, Nov 20, 2009
piktor
Sarah Palin is a little more than rogue.
She's an Uncontrollable, Unstoppable, Mavericky Force of History!
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6:50 pm, Nov 20, 2009
judgeinmillvalley
Someone should tell people that Bush had 14 "Czars" during his administration. Honey, it ain't nothin' knew and it has nothing to do with Russia. A name, pure and simple. Would a "Czar" by any other name--"Head" for example--make you feel better?
| 1:21 pm, Nov 21, 2009
Oenolicious
Diamondgirl. Do you even know the definition of historical determinism? Sort of a very integral part of Marx's philosophy. But thanks for playing.
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6:32 pm, Nov 20, 2009
Monk66
bahahahahahahaha
red is the color of the communist party
wow you really are a retard aren't you?
| 4:33 am, Nov 21, 2009
diamondgrl
Letting Marxism define how you speak Oenolicious? Typical. You should apply for a job at the White House as a Czar, you'd fit right in.
That's why we Republicans chose the color red for our party, because it's a STRONG color that shows we're not going to take ANYTHING communist related. Let the wimpy blue Democrats bow down and start adopting Marxist symbols and speech, we'll stand strong for the American way!
| 10:06 pm, Nov 20, 2009
MPL343
"How does Mrs. Palin match up againt Mitt Romney?"
I think you need to fix your spell-check, Mr. Batchelor. Also, remember to take your meds.
| | 5:32 pm, Nov 20, 2009
BasPos
"What a maroon." Bugs Bunny
And I thought that Repugs had no imagination. This guy is really a Libertarian who wants to legalize pot.
;-)
| | 5:18 pm, Nov 20, 2009
loebster1
So the "operatic" scenario for Sarah Palin consists of slight GOP gains in 2010, followed by two more years of paralysis.
I'm left shaking my head and trying to stave off despair. The Republican orthodoxy of tax cuts, cold shoulders, and paralytic government promises a country with crappier health care, crappier education, and a Rand-like ethos of every man for himself. But hey -- it's our team's plan, and the other guys suck. So: Yay!
What would the founding fathers think if they could see us now? How incredibly petty and small they'd find us. Politicians like Sarah Palin, and her dittoheads, treat the gift of liberty like it's World Wrestling. Cheer the white hats, boo the black hats, and scream for your money back if any of the players try to work with the other team.
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3:33 pm, Nov 20, 2009
section9
This is actually the preferred scenario for us. No smart Republican, at least one with a brain, wants control of the House or Senate in 2010. If we get control, the Obama White House and their Paid Shills in the lickspittle partisan media will start to blame us for everything Obama did wrong. Nope; Batchelor is absolutely right-we want to fall just short of control in both chambers, but want to be able to block the work of Obama's Alinskyite minions.
| | 11:21 pm, Nov 21, 2009
piktor
Batchelor in a few words:
" Sarah Palin's secret weapons of Todd "First Dude" Palin, and their creative kids: Bristol (a one-woman melodrama), relentless Piper, and the center of gravity, Trig."
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3:26 pm, Nov 20, 2009
idicula1979
Sarah Palin is much more then a cultural phenomenon then she is a political heavyweight, and just like the Carie Prejean soap opera is begining to fade hers will soon.
| | 3:56 pm, Nov 21, 2009
boredwell
Palin took a family vote and they all agreed she should resign the hopes of presidency for the good of America.
| | 3:23 pm, Nov 20, 2009
eroteme
Yes please, bring her on. The idea of a "Palin/Bachmann 2012" GOP ticket has me all excited, and I'm a Dem.
| | 3:13 pm, Nov 20, 2009
cbeenthere
Sarah Palin booed, called quitter after leaving 300 people with their books unsigned out in the cold rain. People returning books.
Doesn't appear to be going well.
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3:08 pm, Nov 20, 2009
JoshPainter
"Doesn't appear to be going well."
Riiiight. Her publisher just order up a milion-copy second printing. Not going well at all.
LOL!
- JP
| | 1:09 pm, Nov 21, 2009
dooreen
I bet you anything, this is just a work up to sell the book, and once people get all worked up she will walk away without an explanation, like she did from the Governor of Alaska post.
The laissez-fair attitude leads to almost winning, like the hockey team on our of the world. There is never enough momentum built up to win the Stanley Cup. Oh once in a while one of the bigger players may gain an advantage by pushing a smaller and pro-active player over, and he might be taken away on a stretcher with supporters clapping wildly.
I asked a clerk why does she think it is like that here. She answered that it was because we are so laid back, and not high strung.
People gain power by being stupid, and it appears to be part and parcel of the laissez-faire mentality.
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3:03 pm, Nov 20, 2009
GoingRogue
You're so right. Look no further than the WH.
| | 8:37 pm, Nov 21, 2009
Looks like some illegal immigrants have come to visit the Shining City on the Hill.
I think the amazing thing about Palin is the attention she attracts. No such thing as bad publicity (well, I suppose there are exceptions, like the publicity Ted Kennedy got from Chappaquiddick... heh, heh.)
"Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my health insurance."
Once a long time ago I remember Sydney J. Harris, the father of a friend in my high school class at Francis Parker, writing a column about the famous "Neither a borrower nor a lender be..." speech by Polonius to Laertes in Hamlet.
Harris pointed out that while the Polonius speech is quoted as being immutable wisdom by later generations, it is questionable whether Shakespeare considered it to be wisdom or the blitherings of a fool. Why put words of wisdom in the mouth of Polonius, who was grasping, insecure, foolish, and more or less scorned by the other characters? Did Shakespeare mean to say that Polonius' advice was wise and that even fools can impart wisdom on occasion, or that Polonius' advice was just more self-important spew?
I raise this question because I believe that El Soltero plays Shakespeare to our Polonius sometimes. He posts caca from places like the Daily Beast to see how we and others respond to it. Doesn't mean he agrees with any of it. Any more than Shakespeare necessarily thought it was bad to be a lender or a borrower.
"The show's the thing, it's naturlar,
In which we'll catch the conscience of the Batchelor..."
"I've been hammering it out with the enemy over on Politico the last few days, and let me tell you, GT would be considered a monster intellect over there (just to give you some idea.)"
Being that 52% of GOP voters (and lord knows how many conservatives) believe, sans evidence, that ACORN stole the presidential election, I will take your comment and wear it as a badge of honor.
http://www.frumforum.com/we-wuz-robbed-by-acorn
In the name of fiscal conservatism, let me throw this question out to JB and other readers: perhaps the most common complaint against Obama and the Congress is the deficit spending and the national debt.
In tandem with other discretionary spending --- which defense spending item(s) would you be willing to also reduce from the budget?
I'm not Republican, I'm Libertarian. And even if I were a Republican, I'd be in the 48% that know what's going on. In fact, I'd be in the 0.10% that really knows what's going on. For example, the fact that liberals constantly resort to non-sequiturs that have very little to do with the matter at hand: that is a sure sign that they have little if any substance to back up their farfetched claims. 80% of Americans believe in a Supreme Being; I still have to deal with them. They are my clients, family and friends. I do believe that Acorn is a really big embarrassment to Obama, thugh. Isn't it? You give yourself away by attacking what you feel most insecure about.
Evidence of the existence of God: Mama's Meringue Chocolate Pie (and the ingredients therein that make it possible)