Nov-07-2009Sarah Palin's speeches were ready but never seen -- until now
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CONTENTS:- This so-called commentary is just silly. (More...)
- Coincidently, John McCain will be on Dr. Oz getting a colonoscopy. (More...)
- In the months after the poll McCain aides poured anonymous scorn on Mrs Palin's refusal to toe the line and ignorance of policy. (More...)
- That was not just a media portrayal. (More...)
- Obama delivered probity, thoughtfulness, insight. (More...)
- History is littered with people who made it good but shouldn't have. (More...)
- Unlike the pro-abortion Kirk, Hughes is firmly pro-life, anti-gay marriage, and pro-gun'''sounds like your type of Republican. (More...)
- The unkindest cut came from the Republicans who abandoned her. (More...)
- All these liberal Sarah books are typical of liberals trying to cash in on someone else. (More...)
- Mr McCain deemed it inappropriate and the media were told on the night it was unprecedented for a vice-presidential nominee to speak on election night, ABC News said. (More...)
- What a brilliant woman! Still the media chase and harass poor Sarah. (More...)
- At first blush, the book, the brainchild of graphic artists Michael Stinson and Julie Sigwart, seems like something for the kiddies, but it'''s actually a book of anti-Palin editorial cartoons. (More...)
- Why should anything change? Right? Full Moon Fortunate Son Bad Chihuahua. and the rest. (More...)
- If you love your country you might want someone trained in policy and the nuances of international diplomacy. (More...)
SOURCESFIND OUT MORE ON THIS SUBJECTThis so-called commentary is just silly. Jackson shows us nothing but the most superficial interpretation of history and it's lessons for today's political events. It is absurd to conflate Sarah Palin with people like Nixon, Reagan or even Joe Biden. All of them thought and worked long and hard to develop their ideas about America and the world, and learned how government and politics worked (or didn't) so they could play effective roles that advanced their philosophies. Sarah Palin is simply a celebrity who is famous for being thrust into the limelight by a desperate John McCain, who was willing to throw the country under his campaign bus in a long-shot bid to shake things up and win the election. Sarah Palin couldn't even finish a term as governor of Alaska - as soon as the thrill of novelty wore off, and as soon as the state budget couldn't rely on royalties from skyrocketing oil prices, she "cut and run." Now she's trying to cash in with her ghost-written book and speaking fees. Even Britney Spears seems to have done more to work through her problems and stage a legitimate comeback. If this is the Washington Post's idea of a "great pundit," I might as well read the National Enquirer for "news."
[1] "Everything is there." Though Palin failed to make history as the first female vice president, the election turned her into a favorite among conservatives, an object of tabloid gossip and a national celebrity -- one who refuses to leave the spotlight despite resigning as governor earlier this year. In the book released Tuesday, Conroy and Walshe cover Palin's rise to stardom and how it poisoned her alliance with state Democrats when she returned to Alaska, effectively leading to her resignation. The book also reveals behind-the-scene stories of the presidential campaign, including the war between camps of McCain and Palin -- culminating with Palin's failed attempt to deliver the concession speech on Election Day -- and new details about her much-reported shopping spree for clothes. To tell their story, Conroy and Walshe drew on their experiences as campaign reporters and conducted interviews with key sources, including Palin's parents, Republican aides and strategists and former McCain campaign staff. The authors said they faced intimidation tactics from Palin aimed as driving them out of the state as they worked on the book. Walshe said she and Conroy decided to author the book on Election Day when they learned how strained the relations between the McCain and Palin camps were. Another factor, Walshe said, was a desire to write a "fair book" that portrays her as a "three-dimensional figure." Palin isn't an "idiot" as some of her opponents labeled her and she's not a saint as some of her supporters believe, Walshe said. "She's a complicated person like we all are. This book illuminates that."
[2] A year ago Wednesday, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stood by while her Republican running mate, Sen. John McCain, delivered his concession speech outside the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Turns out Palin would have liked to give a little speech too, thanking some folks, graciously wishing the best to the Barack Obama winning ticket and introducing with effusive praise the man who plucked her from the political obscurity of Anchorage and thrust her, unprepared but eager, onto the national stage. Turns out, we now may be hearing more about her in coming years than the military hero who picked her. In their new book, "Sarah From Alaska," two journalists -- Shushannah Walshe and Scott Conroy -- publish, among other interesting information, the two speeches the first female on a Republican national ticket was prepared to give, one a victory speech and one a concession. The
Beast has published a story about the book, and The Ticket has independently confirmed that the speeches from the book are, indeed, the ones written for her but never delivered because the McCain campaign staff decided the evening of surrender should belong to the old man and the old man alone.
[3] Despite her image as a polarizing figure and her penchant to provoke fervent support or intense hatred, the real Sarah Palin is a "complicated person" who isn't as dumb as her opponents say or as transcendent as her supporters believe, according to a new book. "Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar" was authored by CBS News reporter Scott Conroy and former Fox News producer Shushannah Walshe, who covered Palin on the vice presidential campaign trail last year. The book was released Tuesday -- almost one year after Barack Obama and Joe Biden defeated John McCain and Palin, and weeks before the former Alaska governor releases her autobiography, "Going Rogue: An American Life." "It's the good, the bad and the ugly," Walshe told FoxNews.com.
[2] The former Alaska governor's victory and concession speeches are made public. A McCain speechwriter had suggested days before that the former vice-presidential candidate prepare two speeches just in case they were needed that night. One was a concession speech that praised Barack Obama and one a victory speech in which she planned to say her husband "will now be the first guy ever to become the 'Second Dude.'" The contents of those never-heard speeches, and the controversy surrounding Palin's last planned public appearance on election night, are featured in a new book entitled "Sarah From Alaska" by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe.
[4] Leaked copies of an election victory speech written for Sarah Palin reveal she planned to greet her husband as the country's 'first ever Second Dude' if the Republicans won. In her concession speech, which she was blocked from giving by running mate Senator John McCain, the vice-presidential candidate wanted to tell her husband he could 'get ready for championship title number five in the Iron Dog snow machine race'. A new book about the former governor, Sarah from Alaska, recounts how her team clashed with that of Senator McCain on stage in his home town of Phoenix, Arizona, over making the speech - with McCain aides resorting to switching off the lights to prevent her from speaking.
[5] A new Palin book hits shelves today, with lots of juicy details on the Alaska governor's accelerated ride to the top of the GOP. In Sarah From Alaska, Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, reporters from CBS and Fox, respectively, who covered her campaign, document Palin's roller-coaster rise and uncover more than a few interesting nuggets along the way. Perhaps their best score was getting their hands on a copy of the speech that Palin would have given on election night had McCain's campaign managers
not barred her from doing so. Her desire to introduce McCain at the nationally televised event rankled the McCain campaign, who worried that she was trying to steal his moment or, worse, that she would go off script as she had done before and undermine the gracious tone they hoped to set. The speech that was written for her was actually quite respectful and complaisant.
[6] The infamous Alaska "Bridges to Nowhere" - championed by Republicans in the 49th State's congressional delegation - became a big applause line for Palin on the stump in 2008. The governor claimed, repeatedly, that she said "Thanks but no thanks" to the Gravina Island bridge, which would have linked Ketchikan to its island airport (a six-minute ferry ride away). Notes "Sarah from Alaska," she supported the boondoggle before the New York Times blew the whistle on it and, after it was killed, used federal money to construct what Conroy and Walshe characterize as "A Road to Nowhere" that leads to where the bridge would have taken off. Palin is much in the news these days. The ex-governor's voice was heard on robo-calls in the Virginia election campaign, and she endorsed a Conservative Party nominee in the New York 23rd district special election. She will kick off a book tour for "Going Rogue" by appearing on "Oprah."
[7] I would never fight over Sarah Palin or most ideologues. It seems silly to have someone who can't answer a question of where she gets her news from. "I believe Mark Kirk, who has consistently supported President Obama's legislative agenda, including cap and trade legislation, is quickly realizing that Republican Primary voters do not share his extreme views," Hughes said in a statement released by his campaign. "In a desperate attempt to prove otherwise, he is seeking the endorsement of Sarah Palin, a true Reagan conservative, to help disguise his liberal voting record." Hughes, an attorney and Chicago-area developer, is also the chairman of the recently created PAC Sensible Taxpayers Opposed to Increased Taxes, or STOP-IT. It was created, according to the STOP-IT Web site, "in the aftermath of Taxpayer 'Tea Party' protests. to oppose Governor Patrick Quinn'''s proposals to increase corporate and individual tax rates by 50%." Governer Quinn had to propose that because our former jail bird governer ryan and Blago, have our state 12 billion in the hole. state agencys had to lay-off workers because they could not pay them. as a illinos tax payer, i have no problem to raise the state income tax rate, governer Quinn wanted to raise it temporarly to get out state right. Mark Kirk had trouble winning his congressional seat last election.
[8] Democrats took the seat on Tuesday. News of Kirk'''s request sparked criticism from Democrats, who have been trying to paint the Republican congressman as a faux moderate, as well as by some Republicans who contend he is a faux conservative. '''Palin has made no secret that she'''s willing to help out conservatives in their quest to damage the president,''' Giannoulias campaign manager Tom Bowen said in the money solicitation. '''If Mark Kirk thinks bringing Sarah Palin to town will help distract from his record of consistently voting for big business and against Illinois families, he's wrong.''' Embattled Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is not seeking election to the Obama seat that he was appointed to last year by indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
[9] As one might expect, a conservative Republican running for that Illinois Senate seat has already complained. His name is Patrick Hughes, and he says Kirk is unworthy of Palin'''s approval. '''I believe Mark Kirk, who has consistently supported President Obama'''s legislative agenda is quickly realizing that Republican primary voters do not share his extreme views,''' said Mr. Hughes in a statement released by his campaign. Who will Sarah choose? Mark or Patrick? It'''s like the storyline in Archie comics ''' will he pick Betty, or Veronica? ''' with the genders reversed. Democrats are aware of how a spat like this can help them. They won that race in New York'''s 23rd, after all, when Palin'''s endorsement split the Republican Party.
[10] From NBC's Mark Murray The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is trying its best to squeeze every ounce out of the Mark Kirk - Sarah Palin story. A quick recap: First, the
Washington Post's Cillizza got his hands on Kirk's letter to Palin friend Fred Malek, inquiring if Palin might endorse the Illinois congressman in his Senate primary. as we reported earlier today, one of Kirk's conservative primary opponents blasted this appeal to Palin, noting Kirk's vote for the cap-and-trade bill. Following the purge of a moderate Republican in upstate New York and the devastating special election in NY-23, it was revealed that Congressman Mark Kirk is actively seeking your endorsement of his candidacy in the U.S. Senate race in Illinois.
[11] "The fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy was drill baby drill," Biden said Monday at a fundraiser here for Hoffman's Democratic opponent, Bill Owens, referring to Palin's own campaign slogan last year. "No, it's a lot more complicated, Sarah, than drill baby drill." The former vice presidential candidate did not sit back quietly, responding to Biden on her Facebook page. "There's one way to tell Vice President Biden that we're tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation's progress: Hoffman, baby, Hoffman!" she wrote. For Palin, the endorsement comes as she tries to position herself politically, while, some experts say, a win for Hoffman today could signal that she's bringing back elections for the GOP. "Sarah Palin is gaining a lot from this because she is maintaining a sense that there is still a political race going on between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden," said David Gergen, former presidential adviser and a professor of public service at Harvard University. "And, by the way, she has a big book coming out. I think Sarah Palin gives one of the faces to this movement we've seen, the tea party folks and the town hall folks and this sort of populist resentment that is bubbling up in one place after another."
[12] Sarah Palin shocked many after being plucked from obscurity after being selected as the Republic vice-presidential candidate in August 2008. She set the Republic election campaign alight with a barnstorming 'pitbull-with-lipstick' attack on the Democrats. Victory: Barack Obama smiles during his acceptance speech. The self-confessed 'gun-toting hockey mom' resigned from her position as Governor of Alaska in July, fuelling speculation she may stand for the presidency in 2012. Critics pointed to her lack of experience, especially with foreign affairs, and she was the subject of several pranks including hackers breaking into her email account and a spoof radio interview inviting her to take French President Nicolas Sarkozy seal hunting. Her early campaign was hit by rumours about her daughter Bristol's pregnancy with her 'Redneck' lover Levi Johnson and claims she tried to have her ex brother-in-law fired from the police force. At the time it was announced that the pair would get married after the birth of their child in December, although the wedding was later dropped. Mr Johnson, who has since split from Bristol, has published a series of embarrassing claims about Mrs Palin claiming she paid little attention to her children. He claims he has been stopped from seeing his child and is due to pose nude for Playgirl magazine. She has five children, Track, 20, Bristol, 18, Willow, 14, Piper, eight and one-year-old Trig, who was born with down syndrome.
[5] I've been working in Alaska for 30 years and Sarah Palin is the least educated and least interested in being educated governor yet. How can radical republicans such as Mr. Jackson defend this choice between ignorance and interest? By comparing her to the daring of the radical right, Ronald Reagan Mr. Jackson tries to align her with a winner of elections. Just look at the election polls: 25% of people will never change their mind from radical republican and 25% likewise for liberal democrat. 45% of Americans voted for McCain/Palin.
[1] Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin planned to salute her husband, Todd, as America's "first ever Second Dude" in a victory speech, had the Republican ticket won last year's U.S. election, a leaked copy of her speech shows.
[13] Had the Republican duo won, Mrs Palin intended to hail the victory as a triumph of "principles and political independence" over "the party line". She also would have said: "And I said to my husband Todd that it's not a step down when he's no longer Alaska's 'First Dude'. He will now be the first guy ever to become the 'Second Dude'." In defeat, similar humour was planned: "I told my husband Todd to look at the upside: Now, at least, he can clear his schedule, and get ready for championship title number five in the Iron Dog snow machine race." There were also equal parts of graciousness and, perhaps, bitterness in her concession. Of Mr Obama, Mrs Palin would have said: "If he governs America with the skill and grace we have often seen in him, and the greatness of which he is capable, we're gonna be just fine." There was also this: "It would be a happier night if elections were a test of valour and merit alone, but that is not for us to question now." Perhaps the most interesting part of the book was its portrayal of tension and drama on election night, as Mrs Palin sought to give a concession speech while Mr McCain reportedly tried to stop her. Mrs Palin reportedly wished to speak first and then introduce her running mate.
[13] "Sarah from Alaska" depicts how Sen. John McCain's handlers made absolutely sure that Alaska Gov. Palin did not give a concession speech on election night a year ago. "McCain's aides literally turned the lights out on Palin when she retook the stage later that night to take pictures with her family, fearing that she would give the concession speech after all." The Republicans' 2008 ticket could not seem to connect even after election night speeches were done, according to authors Scott Conroy of CBS News and Shushannah Walshe, formerly of Fox News.
[7] Over on our books blog, Texas Pages, Joy Tipping
has the scoop : Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and a possible 2012 presidential contender, will bring her book tour to Plano on Dec. 4. It's friendly turf: Palin and running mate John McCain won Collin County with more than 62 percent of the vote in last year's election.
[14] ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is promising to visit more cities than a conventional book tour when her memoir "Going Rogue" is published later this month. Palin says the locations of her book tour will be announced later this week by her publisher, HarperCollins. In a Facebook posting Tuesday, the former Alaska governor says she's decided to travel to cities outside of the typical book tour venues. Her book hits stores Nov. 17.
[15] Barbara Walters will sit down with former Vice Presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for a five-part series of ABC News interviews to begin airing on
"Good Morning America" ]]
"Good Morning America" Nov. 17, the morning her highly anticipated book "Going Rogue: An American Life" is released.
[16] NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is only the beginning for Sarah Palin's book tour. Starting Nov. 18, the day after Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" is released and two days after she is interviewed by Winfrey, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate will make appearances around the country, from a Barnes & Noble store in Grand Rapids, Mich., to the Army post in Fort Bragg, N.C.
[17] WASHINGTON, Pa. - Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's book tour is coming to southwestern Pennsylvania on Nov. 21.
[18] The first book hits stores Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of the 2008 presidential election that transformed Palin from an obscure first-term governor to a sketch on "Saturday Night Live." "Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar," was written by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, television reporters who followed Palin on the presidential campaign trail last fall.
[19] "Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar" was authored by CBS News reporter Scott Conroy and former Fox News producer Shushannah Walshe, who covered Sarah Palin on the vice presidential campaign trail last year.
[2] Julie Sigwart and Micheal Stinson's version of "Going Rouge," which will be sold at bookstores, is unrelated to the book of the same name by The Nation editors. It also will be available on Amazon.com. In the pipeline, but not this year: a close look at Palin by journalist Joe McGinniss, who chronicled Alaska's oil boom years in 1980s, "Going to Extremes." "It would seem to me that the book that's going to sell the best is the real Sarah Palin, not all the knockoff Sarah Palin," said Mary Matalin, a former adviser to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and the editor-in-chief of Threshold Editions, whose authors include high-profile conservatives such as Mary Cheney, a daughter of the former vice president. "I'm predicting it's going to be a whopping publishing success, a whopping publishing success," Matalin said. For the first book out, "Sarah from Alaska," the timing of its release was coincidental, said Lisa Kaufman, marketing director and senior editor of PublicAffairs, the books' publisher. The publisher had already established a release date when Palin's publishers announced her book would be coming out this fall, and not in the spring. Initially, they worried about it, Kaufman said. "There was some, 'Is this a good thing or a bad thing?' " Kaufman said.
[19] In his first column Mr. Jackson echoed Krauthammer from just the previous day by suggesting that that President Obama should stop making excuses. In his second column Mr. Jackson has stolen a page (actually several pages) from Kristol by offering nothing but excuses for Sarah Palin. Mr. Jackson needs to have more respect for the intelligence of the American public and the discernment of both the public and the press when it rightly ridiculed -- laughed at really -- the idea of Sarah Palin as President. It was a Conservative Movement, to which Mr. Jackson is quite obviously a card-carrying member, that destroyed John McCain's chances when they insinuated this neophyte on the campaign and then forced John McCain to dishonor himself by seriously suggesting that Palin belonged a heart-beat away from the presidency.
[1] I for one feel that the status of "victim" is impossible for a politician to obtain. except in cases of rape or incest. Mrs. Palin is an unabashed publicity hog, and just when the publicity begins to wane, she morphs into a cash chaser. When the scrutinizing eyes of the media and the political opposition question her intentions or the wisdom of the group paying her speaking fee, suddenly there is a schedule conflict for which a staffer takes blame. Blaming the McCain campaign or he GOP for Palin's failings is just absurd. tell me Mr. Jackson, just how should the McCain campaing have spun Palin's inability to name a national newspaper. like the one you hope to write for? I guess you are in the camp that bemoans that mean Katie Couric for asking such a probing and loaded question. You also mention Palin's ability to deliver a great speech. take a moment and review the written transcripts of some of her speeches. I challenge you to return to this forum and defend her quotes and your assessment of them. If you need a place to begin, try her resignation speech. Lately, Sarah Palin is adding to her baggage. now she is in an all too public spat with the father (he's going to strip naked for Playgirl) of her grandson. McCain again??? GOP again??? Abandonment by political machinery again??? Her phalanx of so-called supporters must be so proud. Spare me your wistful thinking Mr. Jackson. it's as annoying as Sarah Palin. Or perhaps you are just as smitten with Sarah Palin as was John McCain.
[1] America badly needs some new leadership in our administration and congress and on the state levels too. If we do not find and elect better people than Clintons, Pelosi's, and Palin'''s, this country will definitely go down the toilet. Umm doesn't Bill Kristol already serve as the WaPo's resident Sarah Palin cheerleader? If Mr. Jackson was looking to distinguish himself with this column (which seriously reads like a compilation of Kristol's "insightful" writings), he failed. Is this a contest for who writes the best puff piece for Ms. Palin? If so, I'd say Mr. Jackson has excelled at the task, and has inadvertently brought attention to our current dilemma in the media: there need not be any attention to the facts.
[1] Most thoughtful people realize politicians don't rise to national prominence without some talent, and Sarah Palin is no exception. She certainly knows how to energize the republican base and remains an attractive candidate to many. It would have been more interesting if Mr. Jackson speculated on what Ms. Palin could do to become a better candidate. In my opinion, she needs to spend some time learning about and reflecting on national and international issues. If she did so, she'd be a very strong candidate in 2012. Fortuneately, she doesn't seem to have the temperment, patience, or intellectual curiousity to do so. He's just playing the long shot: a shameless job application for a post in a Palin administration; or, failing that, a post in whatever right wing figurehead the Republicans may succeed in lubricating into the body politic. Then Mr. Jackson can flaunt screeds like this and say, "Look how loyal I was." Make no mistake about it, he will get tapped as some sort of Kool Aid dispenser if they get back in.
[1] Mr. Jackson props up a ludicrous proposition -- that Sarah Palin's political trajectory parallels that of the anointed Ronald Reagan -- using the stale, trite Neocon tool of the Straw Man argument, i.e., some criticized Ronald Reagan and were wrong, so critics of Sarah Palin are wrong too. This presents very weak thinking and mediocre writing. I'm surprised this candidate made it to the finals. I could barely read this drivel. What do we need another political hack columnist when we have plenty like George Will, whose column I at least can finish! Will has already insulted his intelligence and writing ability by defending Sarah Palin--Mr. Jackson has no such intellgence or writing ability to insult.
[1] Reagen overrated. Palin has a long way to go before she proves she has the gravitas to be president. I know her grovelling supporters want desperately to validate her, but so far, she has failed to impress. Please don't blame the Obama camp, the media, et. al for Palin's image problem -- she has no one to blame but herself. Putting aside Sarah Palin's qualifications as GOP standard bearer, I find this article by Jackson to be flacid, uninspiring, an unimaginative. It does not walk a new path, and reads like "tabloid" fiction.
[1] Regular Palin endorsements ''' like for Doug Hoffman in New York'''s congressional race ''' could be a good way to build the Sarah Palin brand and help the Republican party.
[20] There was a time when conservatives concerned themselves with questions of social peace and harmony, domestic tranquility and unity. It was the evils of "class war" and the "chaos" in the streets in the 1960s, after all, that first gave conservatism a second lease on life. As Jackson's column today makes plain, conservatism now embraces figures like Sarah Palin whose sense of geography is no better for this country than it is for the rest of the world, since she thinks there actually is place called "Real America." For a party with such a view, group loyalty and solidarity outweigh everything else.
[1] RR is not a good example. He was one of our most destructive and divisive presidents. Only myopic conservatives think he was a great president. RR, in bed with mega-corporate interests, presided over the opening of the floodgates to American corporations relocating overseas so they could take advantage of slave-like labor in "third world" countries. This was being done at the same time conservatives were touting the "buy American" campaign. Billions in government largesse were granted these corporations to facilitate relocations. This is only one of the lasting destructive legacies of RR. His ostensible heir apparent George W. Bush to this to extremes where today most American consumer goods are made in China and other overseas locations. Anyone old enough to remember knows that RR was asleep at the switch, leaving the real governing to his advisors. Similarily Sarah Palin is asleep at the switch in her own mind. She is only competent to gain media attention and thrive in the "media makes stars" environment like Kate Gosselin or Jerry Springer show guests.
[1] As a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, I am continuously frustrated by the GOP's inability to find a candidate that not only believes in the party's platform, but can actually articulate conservative ideas in an intelligible manner. Sarah Palin was the wrong choice, not because of her ardent support of the company line, but because she comes off as a high school dropout. Of course, Obama had about as much real world experience as a high school dropout - I don't think the position of "community activist" requires a degree, of any kind - and, now we get to live with his bumbling/fumbling every important issue since he took office.
[1] CHICAGO - GOP Senate candidate Mark Kirk has sought a few kind words from Sarah Palin to help quiet the sharp criticism he faces from more conservative Republicans in Illinois. A memo from Kirk to a Palin friend and adviser asks the former vice presidential nominee to say something "quick and decisive" about him when she's in Chicago later this month. It even offers a suggestion: "Voters in Illinois have a key opportunity to take Barack Obama's Senate seat.
[21] Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk dodged questions on whether he would want controversial former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to help him raise campaign cash.
[22] Republican Rep. Mark Kirk created a stir by asking for help from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in his bid for the party's U.S. Senate nomination on Feb. 2.
[9] Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) confirmed Wednesday that he reached out to influential Republican insider Fred Malek and sought his counsel on how to court former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's endorsement for his Senate bid.
[23] WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mark Kirk, who casts himself as a moderate, on Monday dodged questions about whether he wanted help from conservative former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in his race for Senate -- only to have the truth surface Wednesday. He is indeed soliciting her support -- when she hits Chicago later this month to appear on the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
[24] Congressman Kirk is the lead candidate to do that." Palin will be in Chicago Nov. 16 to talk about her new book on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Kirk's memo says the media will focus on whether she opposes his bid for the president's former seat. Palin's clout within the GOP was proven when she backed a little-known conservative in a New York congressional race, helping to drive the Republican establishment's preferred candidate out of the race.
[21] Kirk's campaign manager, Eric Elk, said in a statement that Kirk sent Palin a briefing memo "including talking points" on Kirk and the race and "only requested supportive comments." That Kirk is courting Palin takes on more significance, however, after Tuesday's balloting for an open House seat in New York yielded a Democratic win after the moderate Republican was driven out of the race by Palin and others who supported the third party conservative candidate.
[24] Updated 1:42 p.m ET. Palin's help comes despite the fact that McDonnell's campaign earlier said it didn't want it, according to a Palin spokeswoman
speaking to the Washington Post last month. McDonnell had repeatedly asked Palin to get involved, according to the item, but then later backed away as he sought to appeal to independent voters. Palin, on the other hand, was one of the first national Republicans to weigh into New York's 23rd Congressional District race, where she used her Facebook page last month to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava, who left the race over the weekend.
[25] The first act was bad enough so the second act should be horrifying. The GOP let Palin divide their Party in New York? Wow! Well I guess that just shows how bright the GOP really is these days. Here is the agenda for them: as if we did not notice? They are going for the local and state races. They decided to chop at the root since they cannot get the whole tree. Ya know how it is: "knibble and bits much like their hanging chads". They are sending out vibes of if the Democrats lose in Va; NJ and NY it is a sign of rejection for President Obama-bull crap! So, hopefully it is a sign people are just damn sick of the GOP and hopefully they will get some common sense people if they do win-but, hopefully they won't.
[1] For instance, one card noted that the current prime minister of the United Kingdom was Gordon Brown." In an email, she referred to the "VP campaign," which Walshe and Conroy write "seemed at odds with the unified team that theoretically made up the McCain/Palin ticket." Academics aside: Don't look to this book for insight on Palin's college days at four schools. The authors offer lots of details on her basketball skills and husband Todd Palin's Iron Dog racing, as well as some observations on her 2006 gubernatorial campaign. Want to know just how small Alaska is? Palin's high school team in her senior year got to the eight-team state tournament and beat the favorites in the first round, because Stephanie Begich, sister of the state's new Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, missed a critical free throw.
[26] Choosing Michigan as the first state fits the book's title, which refers to reports from last year that the then-Alaska governor was defying McCain's staff and instead had gone "rogue." Palin openly expressed her unhappiness with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan and effectively concede the state to Democrat Barack Obama. "It was a mutual decision between Harper and Palin," Andreadis said of choosing Grand Rapids.
[27] We found enough in it to sustain a week of cocktail conversations. Getting the news from Fox: Sarah Palin learned from Fox News that she and John McCain wouldn't win last year's presidential election. When she heard anchor Brit Hume announce that Barack Obama had won Ohio, "Palin swallowed a mouthful of air. 'Oh, well, that's it,' she said."
[26] The piece would have been improved by better transitions between some of the paragraphs. Does Sarah Palin have a chance to build a distinguished political career? I agree that she does. I don't think she has the inner resources to take advantage of her opportunities. When he was nominated for Vice-President in 1920, Franklin Roosevelt was regarded as a lightweight (though for reasons very different to those which affect Sarah Palin's standing). Twelve years, a bout of polio, and two terms as New York's governor later, he was the savior of his country in it hour of need.
[1] Likewise Sarah Palin. The label under dog applied to Sarah Palin, to me, seems macabre in that if the liberal half of this country were as smart as they think they are, they would know that it was people of her caliber, and mind set, who settled this country and made it the success it was up until the last year. Under dog? I feel, with regard to any canine connotation, she is more of a Super Friends Wonder Dog than any kind of dog at all.
[1] One chain, Books-a-Million, is offering a coupon for a combo purchase of "Sarah from Alaska" and "Going Rogue," Kaufman said. PublicAffairs thinks it will benefit their authors, who get two weeks to promote their own book, and then will likely be sought on cable television to comment and interpret Palin's own book - a chance to plug their own work, too. Continetti's editor has a similar hope for his book, "The Persecution of Sarah Palin." He'll be one of the few right-wing voices out there when people are looking for people to talk about Palin's book, said Will Weisser, associate publisher of Sentinel books.
[19] The envy of nearly every other first-time author, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's good fortune includes an advance upward of $1.25 million, an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's talk show the day before publication, and a print run of 1.5 million books for a memoir that already sits on bestseller lists. It's no surprise that in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 17 release date of "Going Rogue: An American Life," there are plenty of other authors hoping that they, too, can sell a few books in Palin's slipstream.
[19] WASHINGTON The envy of nearly every other first-time author, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's good fortune includes an advance upward of $1.25 million, an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's talk show the day before publication, and a print run of 1.5 million books for a memoir that already sits on bestseller lists. The book, with its parody title and strikingly similar cover art, was put together by two senior editors at The Nation magazine and will be available only on the Web site of its publisher, OR Books.
[19] The Daily Beast was given copies of the speeches Palin could not deliver, concession as well as victory. The victory speech included this line: "And I said to my husband Todd that it's not a step down when he's no longer Alaska's 'First Dude.' He will now be the first guy ever to become the 'Second Dude.'" The second book, "The Persecution of Sarah Palin," is written by Matthew Continetti, a writer with the right-wing Weekly Standard." It depicts the then-governor as victim of a vast left-wing conspiracy. Politicians of all stripes commit malaprops - Vice President Joe Biden has more than his share - but Continetti paints with a broad brush of class and educational prejudice at every turn.
[7] Sarah Palin, the former candidate for vice president and ex-governor of Alaska, is scheduled to return to Fort Wayne as part of the promotional tour for her book, "Going Rogue."
[28] Former Alaskangovernor Sarah Palin might be stopping in a town near you. The onetime Republican vice presidential candidate said on her Facebook page thatpublisher HarperCollins was about to release her book tour schedule. She warned it would not be a typical book tour. '''I'''ve decided to travel to cities outside of the typical book tour venues, and I hope to cover as much of the country as I can,''' she said.
[29] Former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin will stop in Albuquerque to promote her new book.
[30] Sarah Palin may fit that bill. Palin's activities indicate that she intends to remain in public life. There are signs that her viability remains strong. That her new book is ranked among Amazon's bestsellers, even before its publication later this month, reflects that Palin still commands interest. To strengthen her viability, Palin must seize this momentum and mobilize her supporters. Developing and espousing a small set of conservative values that become her "brand" -- as did Reagan -- will be critical. She has time.
[1] I think we have a winner in the Next Great Idiot contest. Seriously, Sarah Palin makes Bush look smart; she is that ignorant. The fact that her book is a bestseller just proves that conservative groups will buy anything en masse to present the illusion of popularity. Quitting her only high profile job does not exactly help against those attacks that she lacks experience. Wasn't Reagan really just an empty suit who cowtowed to moneyed interests? The fact that he's popular doesn't disprove that hypothesis.
[1] Sarah Palin had a great speech writer. Her training as a beauty queen provided the poise necessary to deliver whatever message was put in front of her, but it did not give her the depth of knowledge necessary for the job of VP, let alone POTUS (if her fans are delusional enough to think she can run). Her disdain for Washington makes her an entertaining distraction, but the shine would wear thin in a real crisis. She is a laughing stock in the international community, especially given her views on evolution and global climate change. Her loyalists, including this pundit, have conveniently forgotten this fact. Darryl Jackson writes of ex-Gov. Palin, "There are signs that her viability remains strong." He then offers only one piece of evidence to substantiate that dubious claim: "her new book is ranked among Amazon's bestsellers, even before its publication later this month".
[1] Conroy works for CBS News while Walshe worked for Fox News. The pair were both "embedded" reporters with Mrs Palin's vice-presidential campaign. The book also documents the mad scramble by Mr McCain to stop her from giving her concession speech, using techniques that included his staff turning the lights off as Mrs Palin approached the stage. "I think it's pretty clear she wanted one last chance to be in the spotlight," Conroy told ABC's Good Morning America. "She really wanted to say McCain was a hero and proud to run a great campaign with him, but she also wanted to get out there and get a few more words in." ABC News and the Los Angeles Times said they had verified the authenticity of the leaked speeches, which appear in full on The Daily Beast website.
[13] Authors Scott Conroy of CBS News and Shushannah Walshe, formerly of Fox News, revealed that the McCain aides 'literally turned the lights out on Palin when she retook the stage later that night to take pictures with her family, fearing that she would give the concession speech after all'. Mr Conroy told ABC's Good Morning America: 'I think it's pretty clear she wanted one last chance to be in the spotlight. Ms Ashe added: 'McCain staffers were so worried she was going to give this speech, they turned the lights off on her.
[5] 
Coincidently, John McCain will be on Dr. Oz getting a colonoscopy. Sarah Palin is promoting her new book Going Rogue. Because she really was out there.
[31] '''We'''re really sensitive to the position Sarah Palin finds herself in as an attractive woman in Republican politics,''' Reed explained. Confusing for readers? What'''s garnered the most attention about the book is the similarity of its cover to Palin'''s memoir. Both covers show a smiling Palin dressed in red.
[32] Former Republican vice-presidential candidate
Sarah Palin will do a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at in Plano, according to Kyle Hall, the store's director of marketing and events.
[33] I would very safe if Sarah Palin were the Republican candidate in the next election for president.
[1] Sarah Palin has started endorsing candidates, by boosting conservative Doug Hoffman for an upstate New York congressional seat in tomorrow's elections. Maybe she should make that a regular practice.
[20] Sarah Palin, by supporting a more conservative independent, gave NY-23 to the Dems. This is a district that rarely (if ever) goes Democratic. This is a district that seems tailor made for Palin and her candidate still lost.
[34] WEST ALLIS (WKOW) -- Former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin was in the Milwaukee area, speaking at a program presented by Wisconsin Right to Life. No word on what she spoke about because organizers did not allow the media to cover the speech at State Fair Park in West Allis.
[35] WisPolitics: Palin touts pro-life beliefs, rips health care bill 11/7/2009 WEST ALLIS -- Former vice-presidential candidate and Alaska gov. Sarah Palin discussed her pro-life views and expressed her displeasure with Democratic leadership and pending health care reform legislation, according to an individual attending a Wisconsin Right to Life fundraiser Friday.
[36] Sarah Palin may not really be able to see Russia from her house, even though Tina Fey pretended she could when she famously impersonated the then-governor of Alaska on '''Saturday Night Live''' last year. They should be pretty easy to spot: When Palin'''s memoir, '''Going Rogue: An American Life,''' hits bookstores on Nov. 17, it will face competition from OR Books''' '''Going Rouge: An American Nightmare,''' being released the same day.
[32] One year ago Sarah Palin stood back stage on election night, clutching pages in her hand and preparing to hit the stage once the election results were announced, despite Sen. John McCain's staffers repeatedly telling her she would not be allowed to speak.
[4] Senator John McCain addresses the crowd on election night on November 4 last year as Sarah Palin looks on.
[13] Leaked copies of two speeches Sarah Palin prepared for last year's U.S. election night have revealed she planned to salute her husband Todd as the nation's "first ever Second Dude" in the event of victory.
[37] Sure, Sarah Palin lost in last year'''s election, but she might be on track to win the title of GOP endorser-in-chief.
[10] There is nothing like the smiling, successful--gloating even, image of SARAH PALIN to drive the left into a feeding frenzy of hateful rhethoric. Now if Darryl can add incisive analysis on her third party bid to become president; then I want him as America's next pundit. Maybe his next column will compare Biden's supposed expertise on Foreign affairs with the Obama White House's distancing from him, and contrasted with Palin's current views.
[1] When I see a ignorant comment like the one Pat Obama Beaux made its makes me want to support Sarah Palin even more! We may not know if Pat is a woman or a man but we certainly know what political party he belongs to.
[34] Continetti'' is an associate editor at The Weekly Standard magazine. The book's subtitle probably tells you all you need to know about the book's political orientation but in case you're interested, Karl Rove calls it "a tough, revealing look at how the bias or habits of liberals in the media led them to assault a political figure who shared neither their values nor background." Rove also suggests that, "Whether you like Sarah Palin or not, this well-researched and meticulous volume strips the bark off influential players in journalism."
[34] Mr. Jackson: Thank you for a clear and circumspect analysis of Sarah Palin's political past and future. It seems like many comments to your post were made by people whose opinions were more like fans at hockey game.
[1] Sarah Palin relied on one liners rather than substantive dialogue. She and her handlers(handlers make her out to be a circus act) mismanaged the obvious truth on many statement like "death panels" when all even her people know the real story. She becomes an easy target when truth becomes lost in the goal of a political prize. Being next door to Russia is not foreign policy experience and to hint at such is to belittle the intelligence of the voter.
[1] I'm not one of those people who worships Ronald Reagan, but to compare his political experience to Sarah Palin's is an exercise in futility.
[1] Decoder can see one now: "Hi, I'm Sarah Palin, Brander of Mavericks TM. I've taken time from my busy schedule here in Alaska because it's important you know that is a maverick, just like me and Ronald Reagan.
[20] None has offered help YET, "but would graciously accept the support of a true Reagan Conservative like Sarah Palin," Grock said.
[8] Anyone who believes Ronald Reagan to be among our greatest presidents will also believe Sarah Palin is the voice of conservatives. It is obvious in politics, as it is in every religion, that the end justifies the means.
[1] Sarah Palin is a true Reagan conservative? Really, I thought that Reagan actually though about policy and thought about it before senility set in.
[8] There have already been several articles challenging the theory that I was taught as immutable fact in the miltiary, that Reagan single-handedly brought down the Berlin Wall. Sarah Palin can be whomever she choses to be. As a voter, I can only judge her by what comes out of her mouth and so far, I am horrified. It seems to me Mrs. Palin is joining the far, radical, angry right. In that case, I have to root for her abject failure. We do not need extremists in this country.
[1] Sarah Palin and her followers as well as Reagans are quite possibly why our country is on the brink of bankruptcy and has barbarians at the gate. It is the dark ages mentality of Palin(witch doctor exorcism) Reagan(astrological advisors) and those who chose a fantsy world of wealthy elite white people and everyome else behind a great wall of subservience. We deserve tobe overun by Huns if we follow their lead. "She was portrayed as vapid by commentators and comedians, who pounced upon her lackluster performances in interviews." You forget to mention all they had to do was use her own words.
[1] Next time, find the facts that will prove your thesis. I have yet to hear Sarah Palin speak in several related and complete sentences as opposed to her usual long run-on sentences ~ there's never a pause. She's an attractive woman but not a very thoughtful woman. not a very intelligent woman. She thrives on being divisive yet she doesn't understand that she's also being hypocritical. She was afforded the opportunity to be able to make a personal decision for herself and her family regarding the the addition of children and grandchildren but yet she doesn't want to grant that same consideration to other families. In the campaign, she talked about real Americans yet she seems to have joined the ranks of the secluded and privileged few. speaking out of the country or through FaceBook postings.
[1] The nation had the good fortune of losing Sarah Palin as VP & I hope would have the good fortune of NOT having you as a regular columnist in WP. We have enough crap from Kristol, Krauthammer & Gerson. Sarah Palin unabashedly exhibited her ignorance during the campaign. I don't know what ever possessed Mr. McCain to select her as running mate.
[1] Palin was thrust from the governorship of Alaska onto the national stage as the first female Republican vice presidential candidate. She energized the McCain campaign, creating a surge in the polls for her ticket. The ever-astute Obama campaign, sensing that Palin's charisma rivaled that of its candidate, quickly attacked her qualifications. Her "hockey mom" credentials were also challenged when it became public that the GOP purchased a campaign wardrobe for her costing about $150,000. She was portrayed as vapid by commentators and comedians, who pounced upon her lackluster performances in interviews.
[1] In defeat, which she suffered with Senator John McCain at the hands of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the Republican vice-presidential candidate wanted to tell Todd to "get ready for the Iron Dog snow machine race!". A new book, Sarah from Alaska, details how the then state governor fought tooth and nail to introduce Sen McCain on stage in his home town of Phoenix, Arizona, in the early hours of the morning.
[37] Your voices have been heard." Kirk, a moderate, may also face a third-party challenge from the right, after fellow Republican Eric Wallace made clear in dropping out of contention for the GOP nomination that he may mount a Hoffman-like run. Kirk is also facing opposition on his right flank from several Republican candidates, including Andy Martin, who is best known in state political circles for having filed a lawsuit in Hawaii calling for the release of President Barack Obama's birth certificate. "Too much is at stake for the citizens of Illinois in this race, and I have decided to put my personal ambitions aside to prevent the splitting of 'true' conservative and Christian votes in the primary," Wallace said in leaving the race, according to the Associated Press. "Defeating Kirk has to take first priority because he is neither an economic nor a social conservative." Jonathan Allen contributed to this report.
[23] Kirk, a five-term socially moderate North Shore congressman, is the money leader among a lengthy field of Republicans seeking the GOP primary nod for the seat formerly held by Obama. Kirk has come under fire from some elements of the conservative wing of the state'''s GOP for his votes in Congress, including voting for the cap-and-trade bill on carbon emissions that some Republicans contend would amount to a hidden tax on businesses and consumers. Kirk has since said he would not support a final vote on the measure. The Tribune
reported that Kirk had penned a memo to a Republican power broker and supporter of Palin, seeking her supportduring her visit to Chicago on Nov. 16 to appear on Oprah Winfrey'''s talk show.
[9] "The Chicago media will focus on one key issue: Does Gov. Palin oppose Congressman Mark Kirk's bid to take the Obama Senate seat for the Republicans," states the memo to GOP power broker Fred Malek.
[22] Senate Democrats latched on to the memo as a sign Kirk had shifted to the right after long representing a congressional district that leaned socially moderate to Democratic. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee noted that Kirk initially praised Palin when she was tapped by unsuccessful GOP presidential contender John McCain to be his running mate. Later, Kirk distanced himself from Palin, telling the Tribune editorial board in October 2008 that he didn't know if she was qualified to be president and that he "would have picked someone different." "At the very best, this is shameless political pandering.
[22] Now that quest for help has become fundraising fodder for one of the Democrats seeking the seat. In an e-mail to supporters sent out today, the campaign manager for Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias said Kirk'''s request for Palin'''s help was an example of how '''Republicans will do anything to get their hands on President Obama'''s former seat in the U.S. Senate.'''
[9] Reagan was governor of the most populous state in the country for two terms. He had a record of working with Democrats in Sacramento to enact bipartisan legislation. He had a strong television presence, probably as a result of his days in Hollywood. Palin did not complete her term as governor and does not come across well on television. She will not be able to overcome the negative impressions most people developed of her during the vice-presidential campaign.
[1] Reagan was a dumb mouthpiece who is the godfather of the privatization movement that got us into our current mess. Yes we should fear Palin because she fits the mold of Repug candidates, empty headed but easy to market. The power players in the party can pull the strings and she can smile and wink this country into a fascist abyss. She is dumb and her accomplishments are limited. To say Palin quitting her job as Governor of AK was acting like a maverick is naive. Her biggest accomplishment yet may be splitting the Republican party like she did in NY to the delight of Democrats. This is the kind of drivel I would expect from a former member of the Bush Admn.
[1] Matching words into a stupid claim equals an argument. The repukes like empty suits for their candidates so Palin is perfect. The Post likes republican operatives for its columnists, so Mister Jackson is perfect. If the WaPo readers are looking for more platitudes from the likes of Gerson and Kristol they're in luck. Palin once energized the McCain campaign, but she eventually brought it down by revealing McCain as a desperate fool for choosing her. Is winning really so important that we'll ignore the fact that this is a "leader" who can't name a newspaper or a Supreme Court decision? Is Palin's weakness really her lack of training to avoid gaffes? No, her weakness is that she doesn't tell the truth.
[1] The attempts at ridiculing Palin could have been used with more accuracy in describing Obama before the election and even more obviously since. Her enemies sound like scared schoolyard rivals shouting names at the objects of their envy, elevating their opposition in the process. Darryl Jackson would be a refreshing addition to these pages. I can't believe that an editorial board would seriously cosider either of these as candidates for a nationally read column! Mara Gay is longwinded and makes some absurd statements.
[1] There are just better fights for conservatives to pick. Kirk does not need to chase Palin to inoculate himself against a challenge from the right; her embrace could well be an issue in the general election. The three front-running Illinois Senate Democratic hopefuls -- Cheryle Jackson, David Hoffman and Alexi Giannoulias -- pounced on Kirk's soliciting Palin in their statements. They say it proves that Kirk -- whose suburban North Shore 10th District is heavily Democratic -- is lurching to and pandering to the right for the Republican primary.
[24] A five-term congressman from Chicago's northern suburbs, Kirk has sometimes found himself at odds with the right. Kirk angered conservatives this summer when he was one of only a handful of House Republicans to support "cap-and-trade" legislation meant to limit pollution. He has several little-known challengers in the Republican primary. One of them, real estate developer Patrick Hughes, said Wednesday the outreach to Palin shows Kirk "is quickly realizing that Republican Primary voters do not share his extreme views." Democratic candidates jumped in, too, accusing Kirk of pandering to the right wing and showing that he values votes ahead of policy. Kirk campaign spokesman Eric Elk said they gave Palin talking points about Kirk, as they do regularly for other high-profile visitors.
[21] On Wednesday, the memo Kirk crafted asking a national Republican power broker to get the conservative Palin to "say something quick and decisive" in support surfaced. Critics cited it as proof the moderate Kirk is turning to the right to offset complaints from conservatives unhappy with his moderation in Congress ahead of the Feb. 2 primary.
[22] Congressman Kirk is the lead candidate to do that." Sun-Times political writer Abdon Pallasch, at Kirk's Monday news conference in Chicago, said Kirk refused to answer when asked if he wanted Palin -- controversial but popular among the party's right -- to do an event for him.
[24] Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton did not return a request for comment. The endorsement of Palin might serve to insulate the Illinois moderate from criticism on the right that he is not conservative enough. Palin attracted attention recently for offering her imprimatur to Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the Nov. 3 New York special election.
[23] What Kirk appears to be trying to do in Illinois is head off a New York-like situation in which Palin backed a conservative, ultimately forcing the official GOP nominee, state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, out of the race.
[10] First of all, Decoder is aware that in that New York congressional race, Palin picked a third-party conservative, not the official GOP candidate.
[20] Palin was a major endorser of a conservative New York congressional candidate against a moderate party-backed Republican who eventually dropped from the race.
[9] Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will visit Kansas in February to address the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.
[38] WEST ALLIS, WIS. -- Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told about 5,000 supporters to continue to press lawmakers on abortion issues.
[39] Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is headed to Fort Wayne for a book signing.
[40] "Going Rogue: An American Life" doesn't hit bookstores for another two weeks, but two other books of revelation are picking apart the 2008 vice presidential candidacy of Sarah Palin.
[7] '''There are going to be people who read Palin'''s book and people who read anti-Palin books,''' Sigwart said. '''How effective are they? The coloring book has simple pictures in essence, but they are editorial cartoons that are making a statement about the policies and beliefs of Sarah Palin.'''
[32] '''Lorenzo Benet, an assistant editor at People magazine, tries to capitalize on Palin'''s star power in his latest book, Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin. Even with all of his focus on Palin'''s values, Benet practically glosses over what was apparently a shotgun wedding. The Palins eloped on Aug. 29, 1988, to the surprise of their parents and friends. Their firstborn, Track, was delivered almost exactly eight months later, on April 20, 1989.
[23] Sarah Palin quit when things got too tough in a barely populated state. She did barely wait for the ink to be dry on her book deal. To give her a shot at running a whole complex country (and foreign affairs when she couldn't make it in "foreign" Hawaii during college). and more.
[1] Sarah Palin may be the best chance to begin to get America back. She has actual work experience in her background and not from the eletist lawyer gene pool. That in itself is refreshing. Look at BO and his wife,John Kerry and his wife, Nancy Pelosi,Harry Reid, Bill and Hillary Clinton, all of them are lawyers. One of the main problems with health care is lawyers, but the lawyers are running the show, so do you think we'll get meaningful tort reform in health care? That is what has gone so wrong with this country's direction. More power to her, and I hope we see her again in the political arena.
[34] Never mind. How did this entry even accepted by the pundit contest? It has 752 words, when the rules of the competition clearly specified a max of 400 words. Did he plagiarize this column from Bill Kristol? This is the kind of knee-jerk GOP spin we expect from him. I know Sarah Palin is gorgeous, but I can't understand how anyone thinks she is qualified to lead anything. Her interviews (and VP debate) were gut-wrenchingly painful to watch. She is viscerally ignorant about nearly anything of substance; worst of all, including her own ignorance.
[1] Palin is a reprehensible political shark and nothing more. Like the Bush boys and Cheney, she's out for herself regardless of how much she blathers on about the moronic GOP platitudes. Joe Biden with his plagerism and misquotes and mistakes was never subjected to the scrutiny that Sarah Palin was.
[1] I have to fail the so called Pundit. Like so many others he failed to grasp the simple fact that Sarah Palin is not interested in higher office, she is interested in higher income. For her it is just a game to stay in the news.
[1] The larger problem is why our political system isn't developing better leaders than the resume builders we've had for the last generation or so. I am more and more disappointed in the Washington Post, especially with their opinion content. Sarah Palin is not news unless you and other media outlets make her so. Sarah Palin is not dog-catcher material, but she is Penthouse appealing. Get a grip on this newspaper before it floats into the Potomac.
[1] Get a grip Darryl, Sarah Palin is an airhead. The frenzied moon bats regurgitating their hate filled commentary at someone who dares to seriously discuss the amazing political success of SARAH PALIN is a delightful affirmation of Pavlof's theories. She's now 'after the money', 'neglecting her family', blah, blah, pure supermarket tabloid impressions; revealing how shallow and coarse these comments are. Mr.Jackson, could blunt these attacks with facts and probably should. Smearing her as a 'publicity hound' is easily met with the facts that several dozen 'agents' are competing to represent her; or that she's received over a 1,000 invitations to speak at events with honorariums that lib/Dems would die for. they sought her, not the other way around.
[1] Sarah Palin lacks substance. She doesn't work. She's bad for the country. Fine, let her whip up the far right extremists, but to suggest she's in any way presidential material, give it a rest.
[1] There is no place within the conservative movement, in short, for empathy of any kind that might weaken or detract from the group cohesion and solidarity of the right wing community of true-believers that Palin and her supporters are trying to build. All who buried Sarah Palin hope that she remains so.
[1] Any point of view from Palin is a rear end one full of dung and confusion. For the sake of some more fun, let's reverse roles to imagine how the Republican Campaign Machine would rip Sarah Palin to shreds if she were a Democrat running for high national office.
[1] The election campaign introduced us to Sarah Palin and Joe Biden and started the final days of George W Bush's presidency.
[41] "Going Rogue" by Sarah Palin has some competition: "Going Rouge," an anti-Palin book compiled by editors of The Nation magazine, will be released the same day.
[32] The only saving grace is that if Mr. Jackson's comparison with the trajectory Ronald Reagan traced to the presidency holds for Palin, we won't have to worry about having Sarah Palin to kick around for another 30 years.
[1] Moron being the operative syllable. I hope all the crazy netroots realize that by taking the time to point out how much you hate Mr. Jackson (and Ronald Reagan and Sarah Palin and whatever else it is that you hate today), you are actually helping him in this contest.
[1] All you do is remind everyone of your true colors, which we all know are not pleasant to behold. I have no idea how Darryl Jackson advanced to finalist in this contest. In this piece on Sarah Palin, Jackson's writing is weak and his argument about Palin's viability is even weaker. His comparison of her and Ronald Reagan is hollow and superficial.
[1] Is Jackson serious? What can he possibly mean when he says that "Sarah can't play the victim." What else is this column about other than the many ways that Palin (and Jackson's hero, Ronald Reagan) was victimized by what Jackson thinks is a vengeful, hateful liberal establishment. Jackson certainly knows his audience and their voracious appetite for resentment and self-pity.
[1] I agree Mr. Jackson that Palin's journey, towards whatever destination, needs to be carved out by her. Women politicians have always been packaged using a male model, often with other women dragging her back and carping about her along the way. I hope Palin, whether she runs for president or not, will trust her instincts and choose as models the people who inspire her. She needs to pick up the skills to deal with snakes-in-the-grass with humor, much as Reagan did. She already has her own point of view. I'm looking forward to her next act, whatever that is.
[1] The last thing we need is a coo coo for President. This definition would fit the Palin ticket the best. It would also show just how stupid Harvard and the American people have become. I will never understand how anyone could support the independents of Alaska from the union of states and then be nominated by the republican party to run for Vice President of the U.S. Unless of course they are part of the commie party I suspect them to be.
[1] As I remember it, Alaska was purchased by the union of states from the Russians. That would make it owned by the U.S. of America. This would make independents of Alaska the biggest heist in history. I hope the republican party uses Palin for their nominee.
[1] An e-mail from HarperCollins on Thursday night confirmed Palin will be in Fort Wayne on Nov. 19 at the Meijer store on Maysville Road. CNN reported Thursday that Fort Wayne is on the list of stops for Palin's book tour for her memoir, titled Going Rogue, starting Nov. 18. Allen County Republican Party Chairman Steve Shine earlier said he knew of nothing definitive. He did say that coming to Fort Wayne a stop during the 2008 presidential campaign would make sense. This market would be a treasure trove for her, he said. It was one of the most successful stops during the campaign. It was overwhelming. Palin likely will stop at a Borders in Noblesville another city she visited during the campaign.
[40] Palin's SECOND act was to resign her job as governor, then write and publish a book. Hard to argue with those who see this as quitting, since she only had 18 months left to serve. That would have left her 2 years to campaign for 2012, if indeed that is her desire. I don't think she's interested in the Presidency. I think she wanted to take advantage the publicity generated in 2008 and do the book. Perhaps (to be more generous) she wanted to focus more on her family. Maybe she needed a break after the grind of a Presidential campaign. Perhaps it was a bit of all these things. As for her THIRD act, I see her as a broadcast pundit. Speaking of punditry, this piece is well written, though I disagree with many of it's points.
[1] A self-made politician - unlike wealthy Pelosi or First Lady by marriage Clinton, a PTA Mom, a former small-town Mayor, a former popular Governor etc. Palin was treated unfairly? Perhaps we should have pretended she was not woefully uninformed and wholly unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Her interview performances were appalling, even when served softball questions like "what newspapers do you read?" Now she quits her job as governor so she can make big bucks from a book deal.
[1] Sure know how to push buttons. Sarah Palin - God help us!!! Never mind all of the other inanity that this woman represents - she's simply downright dangerous. Lost in the shuffle here is the report regarding how she - and her doofus husband who apparently didn't realize who was Governor and who didn't care, in any case, occupying her office and acting like some vindictive enforcer - used the office of Governor, despite all the warning from her staffers, to pursue a personal vendetta. God, please spare us from this and what it portends. Please, please, read the report; then tell me that you agree that this woman shoudn't be dog-catcher - especially that - the dogs can't defend themselves. Look at her record - read the report, for cryin' out loud.
[1] Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has jumped into the Virginia gubernatorial race today with a robocall that asks voters to "vote for Sarah's principles."
[25] FIlE- This July 26, 2009, file photos shows former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waiving goodbye to supporters after giving her resignation speech during a ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.
[15] For the sake of argument, let's accept your premise that Sarah Palin was treated unfairly by the Obama campaign and the media during the 2008 campaign.
[1] One could raise the same questions about Obama as were raised about Sarah Palin -- as one should raise about any candidate.
[1] The unspoken truth is that Sarah Palin has now becoming a power broker within the GOP. What a strange thing that candidates have to go to Sarah for a blessing. That is scary.
[11] Decoder thinks Sarah Palin should become a serial endorser, branding candidates for everything from Congress to city council.
[20] Sarah Palin is not as dumb as some people think. She is lazy, and opportunistic. She will milk her fame for easy dollars, and never run for another public office.
[1] Winners aren't quitters and quitters aren't winners. I can't help but think that Mrs. Palin is a very self-centered woman with little to no regard for her family. Americans who love Sarah Palin actually love the values she demonstrates. This was not mentioned in your article.
[1] Sarah Palin will once again, be the laughing stock of American politics. and refurbished red meat for Saturday Night Live.
[1] "She waited until 10:37 on the night before the election, but Sarah Palin has released a medical summary."
[23] WEll. at least it isn't all venom and lies. That having been said, this piece casts a a radiant warm light, someimes in almost sepia tones, on a figure, whom under the harsh light of reality IS as vapid as she came off in those interviews. She has a litany of documented statements that point to the intellectual vacume, and superficial analysis that Sarah Palin bases those statements on. She was abandoned by Republicans whom intially were radiant in there appreciation of her, after she was given second and third chances to change their minds on how deficient, and devoid of national leadership ablity she really was.
[1] Like $arah has got a track record of Conservatism?! Hellooo. It's interesting that the extreme far-right people have no clue as to who sarah REALLY IS. Or, if they know who she REALLY IS and yet are still fawning over this charlatan opportunist, then they are hypocrites to the max. It looks like Bristol was not the only palin gal to get knocked up before marriage! And what is it that sarah is hiding from her base that makes her unwilling to be honest and transparent by releasing her medical records as she told NBC's Brian Williams she would? $arah calls for Obama to be transparent yet I guess that rule didn't apply to her when she was running for VP? There is also drug use in sarah's past.
[23] Palin flunked out of governor school and took up inspirational speaking. She should be living in a trailer down by the river. It took her six years to get through three colleges. and she gets her information by reading the popular media. you know. all of them. (OK It may be possible that Reagan couldn't really read at all, but he facked it better than Sarah does.)
[1] Had it not been for George W. Bush, Ron Reagan would be thought of as the dumbest person ever to run for President,(let alone win two terms). I have to come to his defense when I see him compared to Sarah Palin. Reagan at least had the patina of qualification when he took office.he had actively governed (how well is an open question) a major state.
[1] Sarah Palin v Ronald Reagan? I am no Reagan fan but the man was conversant; educated; poised.
[1] A former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, a fellow at the CFR, the CEO of Teach For America, and a Nobel Prize winner. This is clearly not an "everyman's" contest, as advertised. I'm sure it's mere coincidence that those with the heavy CVs just happened to make it through as finalists. Looking for those arrogant in their ignorance? Look no further than Mr. Jackson, and Sarah Palin. Who needs thought-provoking when you can have mindnumbing? They're both marching lockstep.
[1] I vote conservatively and live my life in a prudent fashion. That being said, I can't disagree more with Mr. Jackson. With her limited education and experience, Sarah Palin was fortunate to rise to the ranks of Governor. She resigned from that job. She quit.
[1] I'd be happy to see Darryl Jackson as the next pundit. He clearly knows more about Sarah Palin than all the critics who are still confusing her with a comedian's portrayal.
[1] Namely,that Reagan was a great President. Without listing all the hideous things he did, remember this Repubs. He unraveled all the consumer protections put in place to protect Americans after the stock market crash of 1929. The result was the rathole we're in now that started last fall.He loved the rich and despised the poor and middle class! Thanks Ronnie. Parkbench, that episode about Palin not knowing that Africa was a continent did not come from her sad Couric interviews. It was leaked from the McCain campaign itself - it came up during their frantic attempts to coach her into someone worldly knowledgeable for the debates. Your attempt to make my pointing this out into a "racial insult" to Mr. Jackson also underscores the right's pathetic failure to understand what racism is (a mere century or so into the public's discussion of the word - incredible).
[1] McCain and his staff were adamantly opposed, though the authors offer no real explanation beyond the general friction between the McCain and Palin camps by the end of the campaign. The awkward goodbye with McCain: McCain and Palin parted ways that night after she saw him getting into a Chevy Suburban outside the Arizona hotel where the campaign had gathered on election night. The conversation went like this: ''John? Is that you?' Palin asked. Cindy was already in the car, and the senator had just given a final hug to his press secretary and personal aide, Brooke Buchanan. He spun around.
[26] Palin has shown grit by refusing to fade away. Her resignation as governor now looks more like a maverick's move than a quitter's. Her earlier anticorruption efforts in Alaska, and more recently her fierce protection of her children, also show toughness. In the latter, she was like a lioness protecting her cubs, and rightly so. Palin has done better at this flying solo than when kept under wraps by McCain's campaign staff, which helped land her in a ditch by not rebutting the attacks she suffered.
[1] "Didn't it demonstrate that Palin was, indeed, a "hockey mom" because the campaign had to clothe her? Moreover, merely contrasting that attack with Obama's double-cross on an issue at the heart of our electoral system -- campaign financing -- would have won the day." "Indeed, her resignation as governor now looks more like a maverick's move than a quitter's."
[1] Palin likes small towns, as we know from the campaign. During a campaign stop in North Carolina, Palin said she enjoys spending time in smaller towns because they represent '''real America.''' She later sort of
apologized. Her book,
Going Rogue, will hit store shelvesNov. 17. Palin reported that she received
at least $1.25 million for her book, which has already topped several best-seller lists. Palin will
debut her book on a Nov. 16 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
[29] At a time when the book industry is struggling to maintain, much less increase, sales, publishers and authors say an appearance on Glenn Beck'''s television or radio programs helps attract new readers. After James Rollins, the author of '''The Doomsday Key,''' a thriller about a group of Defense Department scientists trying to solve an ancient mystery, appeared this past summer on Mr. Beck'''s radio program and then his television show ''' on which Mr. Beck promised viewers '''it will keep you on the edge of your seat ''' Mr. Rollins met several people at a book signing who told him they had bought the book based on that recommendation, he said. First Palin has a best seller that hasn't even been released and now this.
[8] The Chihuahua Gang (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:45 PM) Uh. NO. By Obama standards those jobs are "half SAVED." Wow, one guy talks to Palin about maybe getting an endorsement, and it's HUGE news. This goes on every single day in Washington and in politics from people asking Al Gore, to Bill Clinton, to John McCain, for their endorsements, and no one even notices.
[8] In contrast to the poetic cadences in President Barack Obama's Chicago victory speech, Mrs Palin's victory address included light-hearted quips, but was equally gracious to opponents and supporters. The former vice-presidential nominee also had her own concession speech - which she was reportedly prevented from delivering by presidential candidate John McCain - in which she described Mr Obama's victory as "a shining moment in our history that can be lost on no one".
[13] Smith said a decision will be made Monday. Palin came to Fort Wayne in October 2008, while she was on the GOP ticket with Arizona Sen. John McCain. That race was ultimately won by Barack Obama, who is the nation's 44th president.
[28] The Washington Post was the first to obtain a memo Kirk sent to Palin through an intermediary, GOP activist Fred Malek. Kirk requested something "quick and decisive" from Palin about the race, suggesting she say: "Voters in Illinois have a key opportunity to take Barack Obama's Senate seat.
[24] The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is already out with a letter trying to fan the flames,
as MSNBC???s First Read reports. Framed as a letter to Palin herself, the DSCC missive points out that while Kirk may not be seeking her endorsement, he has had less-than-kind things to say about her in the past. '''Faced with a difficult reelection race in 2008, Kirk told reporters he '''would have picked someone else''' for Vice-President and that frankly he '''didn'''t know whether you are qualified to be President,''' ''' the DSCC pointed out to Palin.
[10] A Palin spokeswoman did not immediately return an e-mail for comment on the memo, which was first reported by The Washington Post. Kirk was less than effusive about Palin when she was on the national ticket last year. He said then that he didn't know if she was qualified to be president and that he would have picked someone different.
[21] As first reported by the
Washington Post, Kirk sent a memo to Malek seeking advice on how to acquire a "quick and decisive" endorsement from Palin urging Republicans to embrace Kirk as the "lead candidate" in Illinois.
[23] What FR fails to mention is that neither Hughes nor Kirk is a really viable candidate among those who are officially or unofficially running for either the Senate or Governor seats in Illinois. While I truly believe that it is imperative that the Republicans run strong candidates for these important offices (and I say this as a moderate independent), Palin can endorse whomever she chooses and it will have nothing but a negative outcome for the General Election.
[8] If the Republican duo had won, Mrs Palin intended to hail the victory as a triumph of 'principles and political independence' over 'the party line'. Her concession speech also paid tribute to Barack Obama. She would also have described his election victory as 'a shining moment in our history that can be lost on no one'. Split: Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston, with whom she had a baby.
[5] In the never-delivered concession speech, Palin planned to say that if Obama governs with "the skill and grace we have often seen. we're going to be just fine." The prepared concession speech also contained this dig on Obama: "It would be a happier night if elections were a test of valor and merit alone, but that is not for us to question now," Palin would've said. She wanted to make a joke. Palin was happy with how the speeches were written and thought it would be appropriate for her to take the stage to praise both McCain and Obama and then introduce her running mate.
[4] The authors also write that Palin's determination to deliver a concession speech on Election Night in Arizona turned into a heated clash between the Palin and McCain camps. They write that McCain aides "literally turned the lights out on Palin when she retook the stage later that night to take pictures with her family, fearing that she would give the concession speech after all."
[42] 'Okay, well, good night.' 'Yes, good night. The really awkward part: After the McCains had left, Palin wanted to take pictures with her family on the hotel ballroom stage, though a lot of TV crews were still filming. McCain staffers got wind of it and freaked out, thinking Palin was going to give her concession speech after all.
[26] No concession on the concession: Palin wanted to give a concession speech, but that was nixed by McCain and his aides. It had been written by former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully, and would have had her say, 'when a black citizen prepares to fill the office of Washington and Lincoln, that is a shining moment in our history that can be lost on no one.' And Palin would have offered her own lavish praise for Obama and his 'beautiful family,' McCain and the 'honor of a lifetime' that he had given her, and a shout-out to a boy with Down syndrome who she had met on the campaign trail.
[26] Liberals may have missed Palin's Op-ed NYT Jan. 08 on polar bears and Alaska's protection efforts. Liberals may have missed her July 14/09 Op-Ed "Cap and Tax Dead End" where she argues for creating jobs and developing ALL energy sources in America (including Green tech). A handful likely missed her debut speech to 70 million Americans where she lambasted Obama's politics and background despite two hecklers at the beginning, and despite a brief Teleprompter failure that would have paralyzed President Obama. Liberals probably missed the huge enthusiastic and well-behaved crowds she attracted across America.
[1] Sarah thought alaska was tough. This would be political suicide for her. Although running for Obama's old seat would get her more attention than she ever dreamed. Greg P. NW Indiana (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:08 PM) Greg, What article did YOU read? Palin running for Obama's old seat? Where was the said? That's the problem on this site. too many poor readers with low comprehension mouthing off. Hey "Same ol' Buzz, buzzin' off s'more". you can than your democratic buddy Slick-Willie Clinton for those jobs moving south.
[8] The curtain is rising on Sarah Palin's second act. What she will make of it is up to her. Read
all the columns from this challenge round.
[1] Palin's speach would have been gracious indead. Answer me this: Precisely WHAT has Sarah Palin ever done wrong? (And you can't use made up quotes from SNL, made up stories from liberal rags like this one, nor can you use any of the phony ethics charges that were filed against her.)
[5] I'd like to see Sarah Palin come to an inner city and answer the uncensored questions of some "real Americans."
[1] Mark Kirk sent a memo to Fred Malek seeking advice on how to acquire a 'quick and decisive' endorsement from Sarah Palin.
[23] Sarah Palin is the kiss of death for any candidate she endorses, just ask Doug Hoffman.
[23] In reality basketball was Palin's true love, but it is to ghettoized in the America she lives in that she had to use a white bread sport to appeal to the base. If WaPo judges a contestant on how many responses the writer will get regardless of how many of them are negative this is your guy. Otherwise he's just a clone of Gerson and Krauthammer. If Hoffman wins in Upstate NY, Sarah Palin the Quitter will use her poison darts even more and the elephant will die from a 1000 puffs from her tiny little blow gun.
[1] Calling Sarah Palin ignorant is itself demonstrably ignorant. Those who are saying this ignore her accomplishments (and the fact they themselves have done nothing outstanding) and condemn her for having an illegitimate grandchild and an unwed mother daughter? Is this for real, when half of America's minority urban population fits that description? And, that baby is not illegitimate--no child ever is.
[1] At the front of a full-scale sparring match leading up to today's voting: Vice President Joe Biden and his former opponent,
Sarah Palin.
[12] While I think the effort to give substance and hope to a Sarah Palin rennaisance is futile, the argument could have been crafted far more intelligently. It didn't work.
[1] When liberals cannot debate or make a statement with substance,they only ATTACK. Why are they so determined to trash everyone they disagree with? I didn't vote for Obama,but I was willing to see where he was taking our country.And now Sarah Palin will enlighten us with the real hope and change we need.
[34] Sad that almost nobody seems to understand that simple fact. This columnist-to-be missed the opportunity to be the first to note how much Sarah Palin resembles Barbie.
[1] NY 23 didn't seem much of an endorsement for Sarah Palin. Only someone on the extreme right might find her a positive backer. A moderate should run from her. although a moderate would not meet her requirements.
[8] Sarah Palin is an insult to Americans. She is an insult to me. She is not only duplicitous, she is dumb. She has no idea that she knows nothing.
[1] You can tell whom liberals fear by considering whom they pay attention to, and whom they try to belittle. Sarah Palin is their greatest fear, for good reason.
[34] An "easy catch." GOING ROGUE Sarah Palin is the best thing to happen to this country, conservative-wise. -Chihuahau gang.
[8] Reagan was basically a moderate to moderate conservative. He was not a partisan as most politicians, especially Republicans, have been since the 1990's. He was especially moderate on social issues and only paid rhetorical lip service to those who opposed abortion. Palin seems to be a right-winger in a party dominated by people who are very conservative and out of touch with most independents, as well as moderates, in this country.
[1] Ronald Reagan was a two-term governor of California - a state far more complicated and populated than Alaska. Mrs. Palin didn't even complete one term as Alaska's governor, and with public sentiment running against her, I doubt she'll hold any high Alaskan office anytime soon. Before Reagan's terms as governor, he was president of the SAG - while not, perhaps the same as federal level politics, that is a position of rather hefty managerial authority and public presence. She was on the city council and the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska - a city with a population anywhere between 5,000 - 10,000 people.
[1] Reagan was the two-term governor of America's most-populous state; Palin was the less-than-one-term governor of backwater Alaska.
[1] In the months after the poll McCain aides poured anonymous scorn on Mrs Palin's refusal to toe the line and ignorance of policy. The book disclosed that shortly after Sen McCain's shock appointment of the virtually unknown conservative governor, his aides had to prepare dozens of flash cards to get the candidate "up to speed on foreign affairs and major national issues".
[37] The tour starts Nov. 18 at a Barnes & Noble in Grand Rapids, Mich., where Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, and running mate Sen. John McCain made a campaign appearance last fall.
[27] Oh, that's rich. This could prove to be another example of how not to run a campaign, run from the moderate to the far right and hope moderates and blue state liberals forget at election time. Morning Joe and Mika were stuck on "real, honest" this morning when it came to democrats--how real and honest is it for the republican to try covering up his liberal record by courting Palin.
[8] Palin has no ablitiy to attract followers other the extreme right wing of the Republican Party. She turned of moderates in the last election that helped lead to McCain's defeat.
[1] Forget about'sausage making' for a moment. An update on LOBOTOMYPALOOZA. FR you were being too kind with your 'guess' of a crowd of 4,000! HP is reporting 'Hundreds'! Can we get a better idea of just how many of these zealots are actually there? The GEENOPEE is certainly doing EVERYTHING it can to whip these mental midgets up into a FRENZY! Given their penchant for guns. Why should these signs be ignored? As you stated, "most vitriol" - no, America needs to see the level of hatred the wing nuts, that have hi-jacked the Republican Party, have for anything democratic!! If they don't want the signs photographed and/or reported on, they should think before they proudly walk around holding them!! America will not tolerate this; America is not a radical right country!! And as much as Beck, Hannity, RushBo and their ilk want it to be, it's not!! And Obama is no far left liberal, either!! He's a centrist, period!! The attempts from the far right radical fringe of the Republican Party to paint Obama a radical lefty will get them about as far as attempting to paint Bill Clinton a murderer!! It won't work; in fact, like with Bill Clinton, these antics will only help President Obama!! The repubs didn't learn a darn thing from their attacks on Clinton; the more bizarre they got, the more popular Clinton got!! And to it will be for President Obama and the democrats, so do keep acting up now!! ____________ Terrific post Pam. They even have photos of a WWII concentration camp.
[11] Now i am a Republican but just in name only i vote for the person that i hope that will stand for the American people that is trying to do right and there is not a Democrat in office that i put my life on the line In Vietnam even tho i did not have to fight like a lot of other American that died for there country and went threw battle. but any time in a war zone you put your self on the line.
[1] Do not make that ignorant comment. I don't like Palin,and believe she is cashing in on the VP run she did. She is using it as she did everything else. If she thinks she is a victum that is nuts the woman knows what she is doing and her husband is helping her. Now he isn't working and yes he used her office and staff, while she was Gov.She fought the big oil companys for money not work to be done on the Alaska Pipe line go to their sight and see the damage because of no repairs in years.She got money gave some to some people up there and kept some. She wants to drill for more oil up there, that is plane silly.But the thing that made me the angryist was her going to china and saying she was representing the American women, and told what we think. Wrong, she didn't say one thing I agreed with.Right here now what I would like to say what to do with her or to her but can't.I looked her up in Alaska, in the Alaska papers, family extended where some told some pritty bad thing she had done. also the Alaska Pipe line. Then gave up her job as Govenor, she hadn't done anything for Alaska so guess even though it cost them money for her to do it they were better off. Now she is staying in the news because of the media printing everything for her or what she is doing.She needs to be dropped., and fast this lady is dangerous.She for sure doesn't speak for me or a lot of women in this country, but now going around and telling other countries she does. also how bad things are with our government, and what she thinks should be done. She isn't a good Christian as they don't lie.
[1] Pete - Albany, NY Pete, another closet Limbaugh listener! Too Funny Friend! Don't blame you though with what the Dem's are doing. All I can say is that I truly feel sorry for the good people of Illinois!! While "anything Palin" does help the democrats, for the good of the sate, I hope she stays out of this; however, I doubt she will!! Pam, San Pedro, California (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:28 PM) ____________ You SURE got that right Pam! On my way into the office this morning I was wondering what that stench was. From another post: In New Jersey, 90% said they are worried, and Christie leads with these folks by three points, 48%-45%.
[11] ABC News announced that Barbara Walters would interview Palin, to air in five parts over three ABC News broadcasts — "Good Morning America," "Nightline" and "20/20," starting the morning of publication day. On her Facebook site, Palin says she's hoping to schedule interviews with others, including Rush Limbaugh and four Fox News Channel personalities: Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Greta Van Susteren. All but Van Susteren have their own radio programs.
[27] The authors are reporters (Conroy is a digital journalist for CBS News and Walshe was a reporter and producer at Fox News) who were "embedded" on the Palin vice-presidential campaign trail. They cover Palin up through her resignation from Alaska's governorship and claim that their book portrays her as neither "a heroic everywoman or ridiculous dolt."
[34] In between election returns, we read 'Sarah From Alaska' by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, two reporters who covered last year's presidential race. It's out now from PublicAffairs Books (with the teasing subtitle, "The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar").
[26] Palin's biggest opponent isn't the dems, it is the Cheney wing of the repub party. Palin proved that she has no base to draw on for the next election, she was paired with and carries the stain of a failed Presidential ticket loss, is viewed as a quitter by most of the nation for jumping ship on Alaska, skips out on appearances that she committed to without explanation or notice.
[1] The whole point for discussions is for the electorate at the margins; I know it, pollsters know it, and elected politicians know it. I truly marvel at the tone of the comments directed at Darryl Jackson on his piece. His thesis -- Palin may exeed expectations and don't count her out for 2012 -- is quite benign, yet the mean-spirited response to even this mere suggestion seems to have warranted some insults congruent with the tone of the entire presidential campaign. Why the visceral reaction to Palin? The answer is simple: people could not have come to such conclusions about her without the help of the mainstream media, who were running a campaign of their own in 2008. If I were competing in this contest, I would have pointed out that the media actually won the 2008 election. Their anointed one was brought into office with the most one-sided coverage we have seen in at least several generations. I sure hope this column isn't indicative of the quality of the other top 10 pundit candidates; there's no point in reading them if it is.
[1] Ultimately, Ronald Reagan knew how to work a room. Not just his base support, but everyone in the room. He also had a sense of humor and enough social skill that he became that "Teflon" president. Mrs. Palin can claim no such skills - she is happy to be adored by her fanatical core. If you criticize her, she simply becomes shrill and defensive. There really is no comparing these two politicians, based on their political background and cults of personality. They are actually different people and came to their Presidential ambitions from completely different points of the compass.
[1] Oh my God! How can people so willingly give Palin this kind of power???? Why don't you try rubbing the fat Buddah's belly? I hear that's good luck!!! Consult a psychic like Nancy Reagan did.
[23] Mr. Jackson's argument that Palin compares to Reagan is in fact very good. He falis to take his argument far enough. Both are popular amoung a certain population and both were without substance. Reagan never practiced what he preached. The Democrat controlled Congress had to cut his spending requests in six of eight budgets. Palin soes not practice what she preaches either. Her big empahsis is on anti corruption but she managed to build a million dollar plus house on less than $100,000 income.
[1] Reagan sold arms to mideast oil producers for more production (oil went to $10/bbl), with trade barriers, dinking the bear's economy further. It's quite obvious to me that this column, with the combination buzzwords of "Reagan" and "Palin" are merely Mr. Jackson's weak and transparant attempt to highlight his conservative bonafides in hopes of landing a permanent job at WaPo as it's token black conservative, and the vapidity of this column is meaningful only as a employment application.
[1] The empty feeling of finding out your always wrong makes you want to destroy someone like Palin, True intelligence is when you can make a really complicated problem sound simple, let me see, oh like energy is equal to mass squared by the speed of light. Simple right? True genius in simple! She just scares the pants off the left with simple conservative solutions to problems the left over intellectualizes to make themselves look smart. Larry the Cable guy would do a better job than their leader and that's not to insult Larry's intelligence. The world is getting smaller and getting soft on our problems is not the answer to them.
[1] Problem is, Representative Kirk is something of moderate. He is not at all an ideological fellow traveler of conservative Doug Hoffman, the candidate in New York'''s 23rd Congressional District whom Ms. Palin backed in Tuesday'''s vote.
[10] Palin's endorsement was followed by a flood of other Republican endorsements for Hoffman. Despite Hoffman's loss, Palin applauded the conservative third-party candidate Wednesday on her Facebook page for having the "courage" to run.
[23] "And Barnes & Noble has a great store there." Other parts of the tour will mirror the 2008 race. On Dec. 7, Palin is booked for the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., not far from last year's Republican National Convention, where Palin's speech — in which she likened herself to a pit bull — made her a national sensation.
[27] "Palin gives a great speech. (Her) Achilles' heel lies in the give-and-take of news interviews." Great; that's a wonderful reason to make her president. Hilary Clinton is twice the woman Palin will ever be, and your party Darryl, cheated us out of her leadership as it has Gore and Carters. They are also responsible for the deaths of millions of men woman and children across the world.
[1] On the 17th, just as Palin's own book hits bookstores, readers will also be able to pick up "
Going Rouge: An American Nightmare," a collection of essays pulled together by two senior editors at Nation magazine. Again, the subtitle probably tells you all you need to know about the book's angle on Palin, but if you need another clue, consider the fact that its publisher, OR Books, has a self-described '''distinctive progressive edge.''' To make this all more confusing, however, is the fact that another "Going Rouge" is being published on the same day. That "Going Rouge" is a satirical coloring book by Julie Sigwart and Micheal Stinson who identify themselves as "longtime liberal activists." Longer range, journalist Joe McGinniss ("The Selling of the President," "Fatal Vision") is currently researching his own unauthorized Palin biography.
[34] On the same day Palin's own book publishes, comes a book of left-leaning essays, "Going Rouge: An American Nightmare." The book, with its parody title and strikingly similar cover art, was put together by two senior editors at The Nation magazine and will be available only on the Web site of its publisher, OR Books. There's also a satirical coloring book of the same name, from a husband-and-wife team hoping they're funny enough for an appearance on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report."
[19] A deluge of '''Rouge''' '''Going Rouge: An American Nightmare''' isn'''t the only book on the block trying to make Palin'''s face red.
[32] MS. PALIN. is clearly everything that the ultra left is not. That's why millions of people, including some libs, find her fascinating. They will read her book and want to throw it into the firepalce at the same time.
[11] I for one would find it uncomfortable knowing I was smarter than the person chosen to lead my country. God help us if she ever gets in office. I've posted here many times that while I do not share her political leanings, and would never vote for her or her party, that she is a compelling figure and there are a lot of people who feel energized by her. It would be easy to dismiss her for the winking, the gaffes, and a host of other mistakes. She really does capture the enthusiasm of a broad segment of conservatives who have had a hard time reconciling themselves with the previous administration. She can, and does, serve as a galvanizing force for these people, and that capability should not be underestimated. I have no doubt that her book and facebook page are ghost-written or at least heavily edited, but it really doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that she probably can't accomplish what she talks about. What does matter is that she seems to be able to inspire people to vote in a way that lets them feel they can accomplish some kind of conservative resurgence.
[1] Feisty, don't let the English language get in the way of your rants. The lefties here keep saying that Palin is not a threat, yet they have a meltdown at the mere mention of her name. They are the very ones keeping her name in the news. Just ignore her, if she's not a threat. They insist on attacking - the Chicago-thug, Obie way. Another thing about Caribou Barbie'''. Have you done your time in the Obama Government Swine Line? Have you done your time in the Obama Government Swine Line? It appears someone is talking to themself again today.
[8] The lefties here keep saying that Palin is not a threat, yet they have a meltdown at the mere mention of her name. They are the very ones keeping her name in the news. Just ignore her, if she's not a threat. They insist on attacking - the Chicago-thug, Obie way. Too Funny (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:51 PM) The more we keep her in the news, the more it helps the liberals.
[8] The essays come from various publications, including The Nation, The Wall Street Journal and The Anchorage Daily News, as well as from bloggers. The result is a scathing take on Palin'''s verbal missteps, her political views and her role as an American celebrity.
[32] If you want our country to survive, and become better and respected, and even feared, we have to think clearly, vote wisely, and forget about political alliances. Surely, as an african american, and an intelligent individual, you can't possibly think Ms. Palin as anything to offer this society except divisiveness, meanspiritedness, and an overwhelming propensity for lies.
[1] Whether the amount of attention being focused on Palin is a good thing for the American political process is, of course, a matter for debate. What seems unarguable, however, is that it's going to be very good for a handful of publishers.
[34] Particularly, Palin's willingness to hate on gay Americans for cheap political gain means I as a moderate American will never support her.
[1] Fresh new ideas? Palin and Nixon? Yikes. In any event, it is hardly possible for Palin to make a comeback since she never actually did anyone the favor of leaving the political arena. She simply pulled out of her real job and real responsibilities in Alaska to go galivanting in Iowa.
[1] "The governor decided not to deliver the life-changing news herself. She asked Steve Schmidt to tell her children that their worlds were about to be turned upside down." There's no explanation for why this happened ' but Conroy and Walshe do point out that the timeline means the children weren't asked for their permission, as Palin suggested during the campaign.
[26] The Hughes campaign tells First Read they have lobbied Palin and other conservative PACs to get behind them.
[8] Mrs Palin reportedly wanted to speak first to introduce running mate Senator McCain. He decided it was inappropriate and the media were told on the night that it was unprecedented for a vice-presidential nominee to speak on an election night.
[5] Vice-presidential nominees did in fact give introductory speeches in 2004 and 1992, ABC said. Later in the night, as Mrs Palin approached the stage with her family to take some souvenir photos, the McCain camp was petrified she might still deliver her speech to the lingering crowd. "McCain staffers were so worried she was going to give this speech, they turned the lights off on her," Walshe told ABC. "They were worried and thought she would try to embarrass John McCain." Another McCain aide who had earlier left phoned a colleague and yelled, "Get control of her! Get her ass off the stage," ABC said.
[13] The authors portray election night as deeply unsatisfying for Palin'''not only was she denied the opportunity to speak, but there was also no real postcampaign celebration with the McCains. Palin and her entourage accidentally ran into McCain in the parking lot as they were making a quiet exit.
[6] Palin stayed posing on the stage anyway, prompting senior McCain staffer Carla Eudy to tell Palin aide Jason Recher : 'You never had control of her. A polar picture: A McCain aide emailed colleagues a photo of a stuffed polar bear -' a coded message to let the McCain camp know he had arrived in Anchorage to pick up the governor and bring her to Arizona to meet McCain at his ranch. Telling the kids: Palin couldn't bring herself to tell her children she had accepted McCain's offer to be his running mate.
[26] The now former running mates exchanged final pat-on-the-back hugs and a muffled thank-you or two. There was no discussion about the shared experience they had just completed and no photograph to memorialize the gloomy occasion, as there had been on that buoyant day in Arizona nine weeks earlier when he had asked her to be his running mate. As some of Palin's staffers gazed at the scene, they marveled at its awkwardness. McCain was never one for overwrought sappiness, but this was a strikingly anticlimactic way to end his partnership with Palin. Later back in their hotel suite, Todd cracked open the champagne, while Palin wondered aloud to the group that had gathered, "What just happened?" Soon she was off on her second renegade mission that evening'''gathering her staff and family for an unapproved photo shoot onstage.
[6] The move infuriated McCain's senior advisers, who thought that, with all the television cameras still set up, it was Palin's last-ditch attempt to steal the spotlight from the senator. The authors imply that Palin simply viewed it as closure, a way to mark the end of a memorable experience for her, her family, and her staff.
[6] The candidates' lack of rapport was demonstrated by the absence of any post-campaign celebration or wake of any kind. "Instead, Palin and her entourage accidentally ran into McCain in the parking lot as they were making a quiet exit. McCain's wife Cindy was already in the Chevy suburban when Palin halted them by calling out, 'John, is that you?'" the authors wrote.
[37] '''Palin is writing a biography furthering herself as a brand, a celebrity and a candidate. It'''s a one-sided take on the government, her views and her candidacy. What we'''re doing is the other side, enlisting people who know her record, know what she did on the campaign trail.'''
[32] You already have enough of the same type in your newspaper already. This is nothing more than a campaign document. Palin is a talented demagogue, but her petulant and impulsive resignation from the governorship will doom her chances of winning the presidency. She might get the GOP nomination, since the right wing is now in complete control of that party.
[1] Maybe 1-2 dozen overall seat losses (as is historically expected) but nothing horrible, especially if the GOP continue to have Palin and Beck as the face of the party and still have no new ideas.
[11] Palin is nothing more than a side show. She will remain in public life but I don't see her seeking elected office again. She is of great value to the party as a fund raiser and she can make a lot of money on the speaking circuit. Biden's sarcastic, demeaning remarks about her are exactly what is firing up the republicans. Her reply that conservatives are tired of the left mischaracterizing their positions hits the nail square on the head.
[1] My my how much BS can one level on another. I suppose they had to be cordial to get sinister Sister Sarah to even think of fulfilling their request. It should be interesting to see how she responds. I wonder if she even has a clue what the letter is about. She'll probably pick the wrong one just for spite and he'll lose. come to think of it any uber conservative will probably lose anyway. Unless the Republican party moves more toward the center they will lose major races like they did with NY-23. Something fishy about this letter. I know parties play games but this sounds more like something Hughes would send to get her support.
[11] The Republican party as constituted should just shrink and disappear like a debilitating cancer that it really is. Without their obstructionist tactics, that should then lead to solving our problems. Republicans, get out of the way and let the real problem solvers do their work. Once a Bushie, always a Bushie, weak arguement on behalf of a weak and ineffective candidate who again proved her flaws in upstate NY congressional race. RR as a Great American Pres? get real this piece is revisionist history mascarading as journalism.
[1] Gotta love Mrs. Palin's business sense though: giving up a cheap governorship in order to cash in. I'm sure there's no one upset she wants to charge the Iowa Republicans $100,000. to come there and speak. Certainly doesn't sound like she's going to be running for President, at least not in Iowa.
[34] Reagan was an actor playing at being president. He had no clue what in hell was going on and no intellectual curiosity (ditto Palin). They share one other trait (along with Bush): they like to stand in front of the bright lights and hear themselves talk.
[1] No wonder security sucks. He is so proud-did you get CIA Intelligence wrong too? Wow? Palin? He is actually pushing Palin-now I guess that is security in the raw since she sees Russia and can write a book in 50 seconds and turn a dollar or two. Takes an idiot like Fred Hiatt and Don Graham to think this guy is Pundit material. Katherine Graham must be turning in her grave.
[1] Does anyone in Americe think that Obama can read a simple profit/loss statement? LOL Palin can. I'm not sure what I think about Palin except for my admiration for her grit. Her sheer stamina and courage in the face of cruelty and abuse. She doesn't blame others for what she "inherited." This is a woman who steps up to the plate, and I admire that.
[1] You sadly are missing the point. It is not that I agree or disagree with him'''frankly, I don'''t agree with his belief about Ms Palin'''s resurrection'''but I would definitely read his next piece because he is sparking some controversy and making people think. If you are only reading those articles and/or journalists with whom you agree, or are going to vote for those with whom you agree, I would humbly submit you neither understand the forum nor the intent of this competition.
[1] A recent invitation to the all male Establishment Club, saw Palin as the first woman ever invited to speak at that illustrious venue. She received a standing ovation frpom some of the wealthiest people in America. I can agree with Davey Boy, she is quite fanciable, especially in those tight skirts. However she's dumber than something really dumb.
[5] America.has been so dumbed down that we can not see what is right in front of us.Remember,Facebook is constitutionally required to provide forums for bullies and bigots. Still Loving this Country. Palin was a celebrity because she was a unique oddity. She spoke very poorly, was seemingly dimwitted, frighteningly militant, but good-looking. Because of the first three qualities I mentioned (not the fourth, obviously), the thought of her as any sort of national representative of the United States is funny at best, immensely terrifying at worst.
[1] The other books written about Palin are clearly trying to both take advantage of the interest in her and to diminish her own book. I will only be buying Ms. Palin's book and will be trying to see if she has any good ideas on where she would guide the country if she were given the opportunity. For me she represents hope for the future.
[34] HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis had no comment on the '''Going Rouge''' books. Palin will kick off her book tour by appearing on '''The Oprah Winfrey Show''' on Nov. 16, then doing a five-part interview for '''Good Morning America''' beginning Nov. 17.
[32] Now on the eve of Palin's book release, we have a couple of nobodys trying to dish dirt on the woman. She resigned for one reason. The countless law suits brought against her placed the woman in debt to the tune of $400,000 to defend those baseless charges. Good luck to her if she makes a killing with the release of her biography. You better believe it, she is coming back, bigger and better.
[5] I say God bless you, Sen. Obama, and your beautiful family." We'll hear plenty from and about Palin in the very near future with the Nov. 17 publication of her advance best-selling book, "Going Rogue."
[3] Obama's outsized spending turned battleground states Democratic and Republican states into battlegrounds. Palin will hit such slow-pitches much better.
[1] Kirk acknowledged the authenticity of the memo to POLITICO. The Republican's campaign said that it has sent materials to Palin, though Kirk spokesman Eric Elk downplayed the significance of the move.
[23] Kirk campaign spokesman Eric Elk said the memo was part of a briefing given to Palin's team.
[22] In the book, readers can dress a paper-doll Palin in cutouts of an Alaskan wolf-fur stole accessorized with a shotgun, or a '''Campaign to Nowhere''' T-shirt.
[32] Palin's Mavericks could even hold periodic conventions. Palin herself? Running a stable of self-approved mavericks would boost her own power and status within the party ''' not to mention lead to more paid speeches and possibly a second book contract.
[20] Multiple Palin stamps of approval could be good for the recipients, the Republican Party, and ex-Governor Palin herself.
[20] You obviously don't understand that Mrs. Palin is not authentic. She is attempting to ally herself with the most volatile, angry, and easily riled shard of the Republican party.
[1] That was not just a media portrayal. She demonstrated ridiculous stupidity in her interviews.
[1] Sarah Palin and her family. the gift that keeps on giving. I only regret not hearing "Dueling Banjos", the theme song from the movie "Deliverance", playing in the background whenever her or a member of her trailer trash reject family chooses to be on the air.
[7] Seriously, I find it difficult to attach any credibility to someone who believes Sarah Palin has anything relevant to say.
[1] Personally, though, I have an aversion to associating the word dog with any lady who is as beautiful, outside, and inside, as Sarah Palin is.
[1] Here we go again, the Christian Science Monitor placing a article for the usual intent of presenting a forum, giving those who disagree with Sarah Palin, the opportunity to vilify her.
[34] Hopium Dopium chumps. Sarah Palin will be the gift that will keep on giving if she persists. All she wants is money for nothing.
[1] Participating in mock interview sessions will help her. All who buried Sarah Palin hope that she remains so. The ranks of her supporters could swell. Second acts have happened in both parties.
[1] The lady's approval ratings have gone south in national polls, but we are likely to see and hear a lot of Sarah Palin in the "lower 48."
[7] Sarah Palin gives speeches full of non sequiturs and run-on sentences. Her thoughts wander 'round and 'round never landing on the point she is trying to make. Maybe inside her head she knows what she means.
[1] Not just because your subject was Sarah Palin, but because you merely took information from tabloids and re-itereated nonsense.
[1] IT PAYS TO HAVE SARAH But Palin won't work for you unless you're are the real deal, a true conservative. Her appeal is massive and her supporters are true, unlike the Obie "supporters" that left him when he didn't fulfill his promises to them. More wildebeests that he led over the cliff.
[8] "Sarah Palin may fit that bill," is not a strong stand. This doesn't say anything about why she failed in the first place.
[1] Palin will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" the day before the book release. Palin says she's also trying to line up other interviews with hosts such as Bill O'Reilly, Barbara Walters and Rush Limbaugh.
[15] As with all Legacy events, if a patron can't come but wants a signed book, Legacy can arrange that over the phone. Hall says Palin's people called him he didn't have to approach them. That's a great sign of Legacy's growing reputation in the independent-bookstore world, and a pretty terrific first-anniversary present for Hall and the store (it opened on Nov. 7, 2008).
[33] Some were, 'Uh oh.' But our biggest accounts stayed steady." He'll be one of the few right-wing voices out there when people are looking for people to talk about Palin's book, said Will Weisser, associate publisher of Sentinel books.
[19] Palin "was one of the few people in the room who expressed concern over the exorbitant expense of some of the clothes." A growing preoccupation with bloggers: There's not a lot about why Palin resigned this past summer as Alaska governor after less than a full term, except that it had something to do with "the extent to which she had allowed her critics in Alaska to get to her.
[26] Palin only survives here because the American people have bought into the idea that follow-up questions are form of "gottcha" journalism. Fluff like this is "commentary". I hate reading these "winning" essays.
[1] Next please. It is utterly unbelievable that people like B2O2 still believe the totally discredited story that Palin "thought that Africa was a county" (and that he used it as a sly racial insult at you) but that people were willing to believe that she was dumb. Don't they understand that video is EDITED and that the likes of Couric et al, can make anyone seem brilliant or dumb at will with the push of a few buttons.
[1] The woman who had steadfastly faced down powerful oil companies two years earlier had now become preoccupied with bloggers." Palin's father says of his daughter: 'Oh yeah' You know, this is like Obama.
[26] Just paint the picture as you wish others to believe it, and that becomes the reality. For instance, Ms. Palin protecting her children as a "lioness protects her cubs" -aside from being a cheesy phrase to begin with - it does not accurately represent what occurred when she thrust her children on the national stage knowing full well (or at least a thinking person would)that her daughter Bristol would be eaten alive, and now to continue the saga by lambasting the 18 year old father of her grandchild in the national press. This obviously does not sound like a "lioness protecting her cubs", but if that's what you want us to believe, uh, okay. Just for the record - the Post shouldn't waste their money on hiring a columnist to write this kind of tripe - they can simply take a few of the Beck or Limbaugh rifts and put them to print. They press hot buttons too.
[1] Mr. Jackson is a lawyer. Perhaps out of deference to Mrs. Palin's ambitions he could draft a constitutional amendment limiting presidential terms to two years.
[1] Why any self respecting conservative would continue to tout Ms. Palin as a viable presidential candidate, or candidate for anything, is completely beyond me. She's the equivalent of a charismatic snake oil salesman.
[1] The election, between Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds, is being viewed by some as a referendum on President Obama -- the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Virginia since 1964.
[25] How sad that in the first election in a long while that featured honest and constructive discourse between the two fine and formidable Presidential candidates, we were forced to deal with a future Fox News commentator who dwelled on abortion, guns and Joe the Plummer. "She was portrayed as vapid by commentators and comedians, who pounced upon her lackluster performances in interviews."
[1] "The race for New York's 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010," Palin wrote. "The real victors in this election are the ordinary men and women who voted for positive change and a return to fiscal sanity.
[23] Illinois is hungry for strong, bipartisan leadership, as we have paid mightly for the election of an imbecile Governor (take your pick) and lack of leadership in the Illinois Senate. If Palin were at all congnizant of Illinois issues, she would gracefully bow out of any involvement - but, that probably isn't on her agenda.
[8] If Kirk is the most likely contender to claim the seat for the GOP, then Gov. Palin should endorse him in order to marginalize the top-heavy control of the Democrats in the Senate.
[24] We're not here to talk about the past. That official GOP choice ''' moderate Dede Scozzafava ''' has dropped out, and says she'll back the Democrat in the race. According to a Siena College poll released Monday, it's Mr. Hoffman, Palin's pick, who has a five-point lead in the race.
[20] You framed it nicely. I was not looking forward to reading a Palin piece, but I enjoyed it It would have been great to add in something about her current "rogue" relevance such as stirring up the pot with Hoffman and getting the GOP candidate to withdrawal.
[1] If any GOP candidates is so desperate as to want a Palin endorsement, that GOP candidate will not get my vote.
[10] Obama delivered probity, thoughtfulness, insight. Palin delivered an empty head, a tendency to make proclamations marked by a lack of knowledge, and empty appeals to authority based on her demonstrably trivial (and even then, badly mismanaged) experience in governance in Alaska.
[1] I await your response. After looking at all those ugly idiotic women that Obama surrounds himself with - Napolitano, Sebelius, Clinton - the USA surly now regrets that a woman of Palin's fine character, charm, grace, and yes, beauty is not the vice president not to mention the current VP Joe Biden is a complete buffoon who has his foot permanently inserted into his mouth.
[5] Mrs Palin's draft in fact paid rich and appropriate tribute to the victorious Mr Obama. "If he governs America with the skill and grace we have often seen in him, and the greatness of which he is capable, we're gonna be just fine," she planned to say.
[37] For us, it was not our time. not our moment. It is our country. the winner will be our president. and I wish Barack Obama well as the 44th president of the United States. If he governs America with the skill and grace we have often seen in him, and the greatness of which he is capable, we're gonna be just fine.
[3] This time last year the world was focused on Barack Obama and John McCain as they competed to become the 44th president of the United States.
[41] Most people don't know that Kirk went to China, one of the United States' largest creditor nations, and told the Communist party bosses there not to trust U.S. budget numbers, undermining the United States out of spite because Barack Obama had been elected president.
[8] That is where she will stay, on the "friendly turf" in Texas, on Fox News(sic), and on conservative radio. She has neither the intelligence nor the savvy to go toe to toe with anyone not sharing all her views. Frankly, she doesn't seem to care whether people agree with her or not. she will state her views, and the heck with anyone else. It is this inability to correct or apologize that makes liberals distrust her. Surely something she has done in her lifetime requires an apology? Surely calling Obama a terrorist last year requires some kind of admission of inciting riots? Surely promoting 'family' values' while your own family is less than a shining example requires some introspection? But this is the woman who accepted the McCain offer, THEN told her family, THEN told McCain that Bristol was to be an unwed teen mom. Her judgment has been on display for a year nationally, and we are not sold.
[14] Let the cannibalism commence! Feisty, can you pass the popcorn? ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bing Censored? (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:20 PM) Seriously, you are putting an article out there that you found on a health insurer's website as an example of unbiased 'journalism'? Do you live in Breckenridge? Because you are obviously smoking something. When you finish off that bag of Doritos, do you want to have a serious discussion? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ paul (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:54 AM) Carly may be intelligent; but she doesn't know crap about politics. She was one of the weakest links in McCain's 'armor' (using the term SO lightly). She has an ability to talk over other people but there is no way in hell she can syphon this from Barbara Boxer. PS. I realize she thinks she's a lock in the Republican Primary, so she has decided to spend the time going toe to toe with Barbara; but as Dede Scozzafava can tell you, don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
[8] You now compare a lightweight to a President that, no matter how many times I and others disagreed with him, did coordinate with a game changing Soviet leader (I've always suspected that Gorbie was a deeply hidden CIA mole!) to end the cold war. We have new and complicated conflicts however. it's almost Orwellian, isn't it? So the big question is. do you want this wacky woman to hold the modern version of the red phone? I hope you do. I'll contribute to her campaign, because I could think of no scenario that could give a better guarantee of thoughtful Democratic leadership for some time to come.
[1] Neither were delivered. Shushannah Walshe, a Fox News producer during the campaign,''and Scott Conroy, a CBS news campaign reporter,''write about their book today in The Daily Beast, saying the undelivered speeches were penned by speech writer Matthew Scully. This is a moment when principles and political independence matter a lot more than the party line.
[42] The speeches feature in a new book titled Sarah From Alaska by journalists Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe.
[13] Hordes of blood sucking liberal reporters decended on Alaska. Could it be that Sarah strikes a cord of honesty that is so absent from Washington DC. She energizes her constituents with basics. Look at wat is in DC now.voters do not trust congress. they cannot manage a budget. they cannot run a business. they can only spend and bloviate. It is time for someone to think of what is best for this country and not themselves.
[1] Sarah is no Barack, in any way. She is like the handsome jock in school that you think is terrific until you learn he can't read.
[1] Palin is "timely" and "different from initial entry"? Both entries read like something lifted from the pages of ClownHall and run through a spell checker.
[1] Palin has a dangerous personality disorder. Talk radio pounces on and promotes her ideas ( or lack thereof ), she is commented on by the Washington Post, and she is now a wealthy woman. Millions of gullible fools accept her demagoguery as truth. This kind of ' underdog ' needs no help from anybody, except maybe a psychiatrist. I read all 10 original Pundit columns and I was amazed that none of them had a punch or an improvement in the WaPo columnists who are so bland causing them to lose a good portion of their readers.
[1] Well you picked an interesting and relevant topic. This opinion piece however is unlikely to find a warm home at the Post. You see, the Post was part of the media reputation smearing problem with Palin, and they have already thoroughly preconditioned the Pavlovian anti-Palin responses of their readership. I would venture the best the readers would have to offer would be to cite Palins "quote" about seeing Alaska from her house (actually never said it, Saturday Night Live skit) as proof positive that she is truely dead. Your column would generate volume, but it would be the mindless bile type spewing of the left to reaffirm their own groupthink prejudice. I would have cut this a bit shorter.
[1] Reagan had a successful acting career and was head of the Screen Actors Guild; Palin had no career and was mayor of the Crystal Meth capital of Alaska (pop: 7,000).
[1] I would start with Palin, then go to Reagan. It makes more sense to attack McCain for his choice than Palin for her opinions.
[1] The Reagan analogy was provocative enough. The arm chair generaling of Palin on how to reform her campaign is tiresome.
[1] Reagan oversaw the deregulation, looting and $150+ billion tax-payer bailout of America's Savings & Loan institutions. The Palin = Reagan comparison has many downfalls, Darryl -- as anyone with an IQ larger than their shoe size would know.
[1] History is littered with people who made it good but shouldn't have. I prefer to stop Mrs. Palin now before she has a chance to prove her critcs right.
[1] Palin was the kind of Christian who felt comfortable expressing her face in public, which the speech reflected: I will remember all the people who said they were praying for me. She squeezed another handwritten line in the margin: You prayer warriors have been my strength and my shield.
[6] Then just when we thought we saw bottom along comes Sara (sitting on my porch padding my foreign policy experience) Palin. To be fair to Palin she seems to be a very nice person. She has a family no more or less dysfunctional then most and it's obviously important to her. I don't believe she beats her kids. She might have gone after a State Trooper, but that was in trying to protect a family member. That's no real sin. It might have not been the smartest thing to do, but it's understandable. On the national stage or even a middle of the road size State this woman hasn't been ready for prime and never will be. Sorry, but she's simply not bright enough or polished enough. With a lot of work she can probably be polished up, but she'll never be any brighter then she is today. Coming from the party that loved Bush it's obvious that intelligence isn't high on the list of qaulifications.
[1] If the DSCC really sent it, as a democrat, I say that was dumb to get involved yet it just might work on Palin. Kathleen, It's obvious you really could care less who Sara Palin is endorsing, all you really need to know is that it won't be a Democrate.
[11] Keep it up, dimwits. I'm not a huge Palin fan, but she is a political force and this is a fair commentary. I don't find it exceptional in that it doesn't really advance a unique opinion (most of us already know that Palin is well into her second act, and she's being fairly successful at it (as we'll probably see in tomorrow's elections), but it is well written and seems perfectly designed to set off the Pavlovian response mechanisms that characterize liberals today (do you all even realize how ridiculously easy it is to get you started with your yammering?).
[1] The left is terrified of Palin and most seem to suffer from PDS. What I wouldn't give to see this lady as our first female president.
[1] When contacted by The Hill, Bill McAllister, a spokesman for Palin, said only: '''I think it'''s part of the public record that the governor and her husband eloped.''' He declined to comment on the timing of Track'''s birth.'''
[23] Darryl, as a Black man you need to think twice. You better hope that Palin, whose husband, was a 7 year member of the AIP, with her support. By support, attending their conferences as recently as mid year in 2008.
[1] Some views are just too extreme for most voters and that would be Ms. Palin's among others. You go right ahead and get her blessing and then watch the office slip away in the primary election unless the far right bullies any moderate opponent and then you can plan on losing the general election by even more.
[8] Political A-listers are hitting the campaign trail today to fire up crowds as Democratic and Republican candidates run neck and neck in
three hotly contested elections.
[12] I am confidant that Hoffman has qualities that would appeal to most New Yorkers but as much as I hate writing this, he is boring. He lacked charisma. I suggest if Conservatives want to WIN, find candidates that are not boring and don't look like uptight, perfectly coiffed men who dye their hair Republicans.
[23] The former Alaska governor is supporting conservative candidate Douglas Hoffman, running for the congressional seat representing
New York's conservative, upstate 23rd District.
[12] The former Alaska governor hasn't set a date for the New Mexico visit, but the tour is expected to run from mid-November to early December.
[30] The wide-ranging interview will cover her public life as Governor of Alaska and her Vice Presidential run in 2008, as well as her private life. This is Walters' first interview with the political figure.
[16] Sarah thought alaska was tough. This would be political suicide for her. Although running for Obama's old seat would get her more attention than she ever dreamed.
[8] Sarah, who is always gracious, never mean-spirited. Sarah, who has more brains in her little finger than Obama has in his head. Sarah, who understands what America is all about, who has more knowledge of the U.S., its Constitution, and its Declaration of Indpendence, the two documents Obama despises. He despises those two sacred documents as much as he hates the United States.
[34] We have seen the grace and skill of Barack Obama, and the grit and determination of Joe Biden. By his nomination and extraordinary campaign, Barack Obama has achieved a great thing, for himself and for our country, and for that, America will always honor him.
[3] "And when a black citizen prepares to fill the office of Washington and Lincoln, that is a shining moment in our history that can be lost on no one. Barack Obama has achieved a great thing, for himself and for our country, and I congratulate him. "It would be a happier night if elections were a test of valour and merit alone, but that is not for us to question now.
[37] If the election was held today, do you think Obama would win? Vote out ALL incumbents. They're the one's who screwed the country and are continuing to do so.
[8] Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R) North Carolina, two days ago said that President Obama has done such an incredible job in the "war on terror" (whatever that is. repub term) that there is no longer a credible threat to the U.S. and that the only thing she can think to be scared of now is a health care reform bill, she. is more afraid of 2000 pieces of paper than Osama Bin Laden, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Il, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, or any other number of "madmen" (I am paraphrasing, but this is essentially what she said). I would personally like to thank V. Foxx for coming across the aisle and admitting such a huge accomplishment by the Democratic President.
[6] Last time I checked, the U.S. president's term is 4 years. can't resign half way through the term giving some cock-and-bull story. She can stay home, raise the children in a good conservative way, like date--marry--& have chidren--in that order. The last one may require her undivided attention & extra care.
[1] "Today, many rank that man -- Ronald Reagan -- among our greatest presidents." Oh really? I believe your "many" must actually refer to "many conservatives", those who insist on canonizing a guy who was actually a mediocre president at best, at least according to "many" presidential historians. The problem with conservatives is they've become both intellectually lazy and dishonest. They have no capacity for introspection. They insist on touting the same old garbage even when confronted with the facts, that is, their ideas have not worked out well for the majority of Americans.
[1] Presidential candidates who have lost earlier races, including Reagan, have returned victorious. Americans love an underdog -- especially one they suspect was treated unfairly.
[1] Ronald Reagan ARRIVED with a campaign of hate toward poor black women, and starving the federal government. He partied hearty, left huge debts, and a legacy republicans have used since then more or less successfully - the politics of personal destruction, campaigns against other Americans, gays, lesbians, women, blacks, Hispanics, veterans, the poor, blue collor workers, liberals, democrats and now - even republicans. Its never about what they can do for the country, or even how they can and will enact the policies in which they pretend to believe.
[1] Tip seemed to return the favor. Those were different days - perhaps a more civil time - the Democrats under Tip O'Neill in 1980 decided that the American people had spoken - that the Republic hadn't come to an end (and wasn't sliding into fascism) despite the fact that the other side had lost - and Tip made the Democrats work with "The Great Communicator." Now the Democrats have just got to get up some gumption and find their spines to stick the Republic Party - The Party of No - in its place - 'bout time, too, says I.
[1] I agree with Wiltondiary - Reagan was a Keynesian - government spending increased out of all bounds under him, including all of that buildup of the presumably peacetime (well, Cold War, I suppose, actually. ) military. A fiscal conservative, despite all of the rhetoric, he absolutely was not. I still wanna know where he was going, in some of the final debates presdiential debates, on that highway when his recollection faded out - I don't think the man was ever all there, in the first place. Some think he was never the same after he had been shot - I don't know about that, for sure. I do absolutely believe that he was a puppet for his right-wing puppetmasters. Reagan WAS an idiot, despite any nostalgia on the part of the Republic Party or any revisionist history - an amiable idiot, apparently - he did seem to get along with - and try to - Tip O'Neill and others with whom his 'philosophy' would not seen to indicate that he was on the same wavelength, at all, with those folks.
[1] NY 23 Dem beat a Conservative Party, a third party, not a Republican, who was unknown just a few weeks before the election.
[24] As Glenn Beck said "We are all NY-23 and if that is true then NY-23 race is the canary in the mineshaft for the Republican Party. If the Republican party feels that it can chase out it's moderates and still win national elections, you are so deep into denial you need a flashlight to get out.
[34] If you live in Cook County many offices up for election don't even have a GOP option. This would be the perfect time for the Republican Party to take advantage of the massive disgust with the status quo in Illinois but it ain't gonna happen.
[22] The GOP cough's up losers from years past to run for office. It's all about abortion, who's a "real Republican," etc but never about who can win an election. The followers of Limbaugh and Fox News haven't done the Illinois GOP a whit of good-all they do is ensure that the Dems keep on winning.
[22] Unlike the pro-abortion Kirk, Hughes is firmly pro-life, anti-gay marriage, and pro-gun'''sounds like your type of Republican. I know you are in Milwaukee tomorrow and will be in our great state of Illinois later this month, both would be a perfect setting to give your blessing to one of these two candidates.
[11] The call, in which the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate says"the eyes of America will be on Virginia," is paid for by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, part of a national conservative group founded by Ralph Reed.
[25] What the Republican vice presidential candidate would have said -- in victory or loss -- had she been allowed last year.
[3] Just as
we predicted, Republican candidates are starting to compete to win a coveted nod of approval from the ex-governor of Alaska.
[10] The unkindest cut came from the Republicans who abandoned her. Many cited her as the reason they crossed over to Obama. Even McCain's campaign staff leaked its displeasure with her.
[1] "I think it's pretty clear she wanted one last chance to be in the spotlight," Conroy told "Good Morning America." "She really wanted to say McCain was a hero and proud to run a great campaign with him, but she also wanted to get out there and get a few more words in."
[4] Editor's note: For the
first round of the America 's Next Great Pundit competition, we asked each of our
10 contestants to write a 750-word opinion column on a timely topic that's different from his or her initial entry. We published two a day this past week, along with critiques from our
panel of Post judges. He was called a dumb actor -- a mere mouthpiece for wealthy controllers on the right, who fed him lines and pointed him toward a lectern to deliver them. He communicated well and knew how to act the part, having trained in those arts. He was really an empty suit.
[1] Independents, moderates and democrats should hold an excorcism for all right wing America hating, do nothing Republicans. We need to cleanse ourselves from this putrid scum laden vile.
[1] What ever happened to what is best for Americans? Y'all write like everything is either Democrat or Rebulican. nothing is that simople. Right now, it feels like we are giving up our freedom bit by bit. the way our country is "changing", we are going to run out of those terrible "rich" folks who have no right to earn money with hard work and ingenuity.
[11] The rewriting of history in regards to Reagan must end. He tripled the deficit, sold weapons to Iran, propped up murderous, extremist South American regimes, legitimized the Christian Right, ignored AIDS, propagated racist political rhetoric through the use of "code words, and looked the other way while drugs flooded in to American cities. Oh, and he didn't win the cold war - the Soviets shot themselves in the foot by invading Afghanistan.
[1] One would think that a Lawyer and Former Federal Prosecutor would be a little less naive. While I did not necessarily agree with Ronald Reagan's policies, I do feel he was a unifier with regards to basic political discourse in this country. He understood the importance of "We" when it comes to our government.
[1] Stick with the facts and surprise turnaround as you did with the Reagan analogy. I think you have potential, particularly if the Post wants to cultivate the opinion they have Republican pundits as well, and if they want you to act as a gadfly to stir the pot and drum up contraversy.
[1] Any notion that Reagan was a great President is sorely missplaced and the republican claim to fiscal responsibility is nonsense.
[1] When history speaks, it will not be the likes of fanatical or religious opportunists who will become the great ideologues, but the slogging muddied, and unbowed who led by human error and human potential, and succeeded in rousing the masses to great achievements, not to political victories. Your greatest Republican president was mistrusted and feared throughout a divided nation, The greatest Democratic president was maligned throughout his four terms in office. Both failed because their leadership was cut short when the wars were won, by the peace lost to lesser men.
[1] Clinton is only a step up, with a bigger mouth and no political future either. She, like Obama, is probably a one-term loser and hopefully, after the next election, we will hear no more about her, except from the gossip rags.
[1] Who should be the next CEO? The person with a strong career history and the charisma to match, or that guy in the corner whom nobody notices but is nurturing some groundbreaking ideas that could change the world (at least for that company and sometimes for the whole industry)? Read leadership guru, Jim Collins,' book: 'Good to Great' and then read Darryl again. Sadly, people only form judgments on what a person has done in the past and what they are today. Rarely do these folk stop to consider what a person's potential is. It might be unknowable but it can't be ruled out - people do grow into the job. The jury is (rightfully) out on Obama's presidency - will he grow into the job or will the complexity of it drown him.
[1] Here's the first in an occasional series rounding up what you need to know about big politics books you want to read, if only you could find the time.
[26] First Read is an analysis of the day's political news, from the NBC News political unit.
[8] The struggles in New York 23 are likely first shots at Fort Sumter in a conservative civil war.
[1] The reality in Illinois is very different from New York or other places. Though the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has been trying to pump Kirk's seven primary rivals as real threats, they are barely known and hardly register in polls.
[24] "The Kirk campaign provided the governor's team a briefing including talking points on Congressman Kirk and the Illinois Senate Race," Elk said.
[23] Hughes, an attorney and Chicago-area developer, is also the chairman of the recently created PAC
Sensible Taxpayers Opposed to Increased Taxes, or STOP-IT. It was created, according to the STOP-IT Web site, "in the aftermath of Taxpayer 'Tea Party' protests. to oppose Governor Patrick Quinn '''s proposals to increase corporate and individual tax rates by 50%." Hughes
released a poll last month showing himself down 24%-11% to Kirk in a primary, but with far fewer knowing him than Kirk. His campaign hopes that will give Hughes an opening if he can become better known.
[8] Mark Kirk has not had kind words to say about you in the past. Faced with a difficult re-election race in 2008, Kirk told reporters he '''would have picked someone else''' for Vice-President and that frankly he '''didn'''t know whether you are qualified to be President.''' Now that Kirk is facing a tough primary challenge from the anti-Washington, anti-establishment candidate Patrick Hughes, he is suddenly racing to embrace you. I'''m not sure how familiar you are with Mark Kirk but he is a politician who has a history of putting politics above principals, something you surely look down upon.
[11] As for Virginia, Deeds was just a weak candidate so HE failed to get the voters fired up and ready to go, not Obama. Deeds seemed to distance himself from the president (even saying he might opt-out of the public option.)
[11] President Obama is in the news. He's been criticized for only playing sports with other men. He's been taking some slack for that lately, so yesterday, he played golf with one of his top female advisers or as Fox News reported it, "Obama plays a round with another woman." President George W. Bush made his debut as a motivational speaker. Afterward, Bush said the crowd was so motivated many of them left halfway through.
[31] They say President Barack Obama is playing a lot of golf. He's played more golf in his few months in office than George Bush played in his eight years.
[31] I wish Barack Obama well as the 44th president of the United States. If he governs with the skill and grace we have often seen in him, and the greatness of which he is capable, we're going to be just fine.
[6] President Obama wants to govern in a bi-partisan manner? Rep. Boehner was there today. The GOP. They care nothing for this nation or its problems. I can hardly believe what I am witnessing in this country today.
[11] All these liberal Sarah books are typical of liberals trying to cash in on someone else. The lawyers,unions and dim politicians are the reason this country is so screwed up today.Of course thw welfare crowd in breaking the country at every level.
[34] There are also puzzles, mazes and other cartoons digging for laughs. '''This is not your mother'''s cartoon book,''' Stinson said. '''My son tries to play the '''Help Sarah Find Her Way to the White House''' maze ''' but it'''s impossible to do, so it'''s frustrating for him.'''
[32] Adults prefer to read texts without benefit of the cartoons and loopy photographs. That's right Mr. Kirk, you go get Sarah's endorsement.
[8] Anthony Ro I agree has beens like Topinka, Ryan and Kirk offer nothing new or any change.
[22] I also thought the Post was looking for new and different viewpoints. This is like reading GOP talking points and, as other have suggested, could have easily been written by Kristol or Krauthammer.
[1] All issues of the day are not new and have been repeated throughout history by intellectuals like yourself. Get a grip, I know its hard after spending all your parents money on a worthless education to find the cab driver is smarter than you.
[1] Mr McCain deemed it inappropriate and the media were told on the night it was unprecedented for a vice-presidential nominee to speak on election night, ABC News said. [13] One card noted that the "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom" was Gordon Brown. McCain aides were worried an election night speech, apart from being unprecedented, would deviate from the respectful tone that the war veteran senator struck to wide praise in his own remarks.
[37] What a brilliant woman! Still the media chase and harass poor Sarah. Why? Because they are scared of her and what she represents and she is every thing the Democrats are not. Hundreds of reporters descended on her home town to dig up dirt on her prior to the election, but they came back with nothing.
[5] I think Sarah LOVES the limelight, but doesn't really want the responsibility of governing.
[1] No one. How many will die today as Obama continues to weigh the political consequences with whatever he decides to do. This is a scared man, really scared at this point. People will die today due to his indecisiveness and selfishness towards his political life.
[8] Obama is like the paint sample you saw at the hardware store, liked it, bought the paint, but when you got home and used it, you found it really wasn't the shade you thought it was.
[8] What America mostly loves is an underdog like Barack Obama who didn't have a chance.
[1] First up is Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R) of Illinois, who is running for the Senate seat formerly occupied by Barack Obama.
[10] At first blush, the book, the brainchild of graphic artists Michael Stinson and Julie Sigwart, seems like something for the kiddies, but it'''s actually a book of anti-Palin editorial cartoons. This is''the cover of the "Going Rouge" coloring book by artists Michael Stinson and Julie Sigwart.
[32] We love it. It may be the biggest of the year, outselling Glenn Beck, whose last 3 books were #1. Beck is in the hospital having his appendix removed so he'd like to hear from all you hippy dippy libs.
[11] Like many things we have heard from Republicans over the years, it has a certain "truthiness" to it.
[1] Instead of stating what the Republican platform is. how about telling people what it is You want t force on the people. Beck is in the hospital having his appendix removed so he'd like to hear from all you hippy dippy libs.
[11] You must go after the democrats like a pit bull. Rep's have leaned left too long, muddling the lines, forgetting why they're Republicans.
[23] Why should anything change? Right? Full Moon Fortunate Son Bad Chihuahua. and the rest. Maybe BEck will do another expose on the terrible state of the healthcare system and how it needs to be fixed, you know, like he did when he was on CNN. What? Oh, yeah. He works for Fox now.
[11] I hoped that the debacle that was the Bush years would teach conservatives that the president has to know things. Then before Bush was even out of office, the Right went weak-kneed for someone even more uninformed than him.
[1] Many rank reagan as a great president? Really? On what planet? reagan was mediocre at best while president - and was roundly reviled by the very portion of the republicon party that now remains.
[1] If you love your country you might want someone trained in policy and the nuances of international diplomacy. If you respect your candidates you'd expect them to answer questions in a legitimate debate setting without "speaking directly to the American people" and ignoring questions put them.
[1] In any other first-world country with a respected news media candidates are given follow-up questions.
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