November 24, 2008 9:24 AM
Pro-Palin ads say 'Thanks' for advocating conservative values
Think Sarah Palin got a bad rap during the campaign? Think she personifies the values the country needs?
A conservative group is raising money to air a series of ads praising Palin for advocating conservative values during the campaign.
The Alaska governor has come under much criticism after she and Sen. John McCain lost their bid for the White House, with some Republicans blaming her for their ticket's loss. Gov. Palin has granted numerous interviews with national media outlets, in an apparent bid to counter the negative views and secure her future in the Republican Party.Now she has some help. A political action committee called "Our Country Deserves Better" is raising money to air a series of TV advertisements voicing support for Gov. Palin. The group is headed by Howard Kaloogian, a California Republican and former state legislator.
All three versions of the ad -- which are being streamed on the PAC's website for now -- feature group members complimenting Gov. Palin over her role in the 2008 campaign. Lloyd Marcus, a singer-songwriter and spokesman for the group, says to the camera, "Thank you, for the grace and dignity you showed even when some tried to smear and destroy you."
November 24, 2008
9:59 AM
Shaggy writes:
Let the hatefilled Liptards begin slinging their spew at someone who opposes their sin filled lives.
No wonder she scares you all so much.
She wants to give you all a bath and clean you up and that is freighting to you so you hate her.
Kinda like a little kid who is forced to take a bath and be a nice kid yet you hated your Mother for forcing you to act decent.
November 24, 2008
9:59 AM
JMH writes:
Conservative values? LOL...
You mean lying & smearing, corruption, abusing power and being totally un-prepared or just completely ignorant of what is going on?
Maybe they are talking about the "family values" of teen pregnacy or using your power to go after EX-family members?
It seems the wacko religious wing of the GOP just doesn't get it... Please keep Sarah Palin as the "new" face of the GOP! Nothing will make sure America turns it back on the GOP quicker than this wench!
November 24, 2008
10:14 AM
JW writes:
Pretty clear that her brand of "conservative" values is EXACTLY what lost them the election.
People like Palin hate freedom because other people choose to live their lives differently. Palin and her ilk just cant handle other people having freedom. Freedom, to people like Palin, means the freedom to be as people like Palin would have you be. Thats what they mean when they talk about "values". If you dont have the same "Values" as people like Palin, they want to make laws that force you to behave as if you do.
It requires a fundamental lack of respect for other people's RIGHT to make different choices. Apparently, a majority of voting America is sick of it.
Finally, you cannot call over half the nation "Anti-American" and expect to win an election. As they said to McCarthy, I would ask Mrs. Palin "have you no decency left madam?" I am every bit as much an American as that bitch is. Disagreeing with the sanctamonious crack about which way the country should go doesnt mean I am against the country. She can GFHS as far as Im concerned.
Now, if she comes back and wants to campaign on her "conservative" platform WITHOUT the McCarthyism...more power to her. That I wouldnt have a problem with...though I wouldnt vote for it either.
November 24, 2008
10:16 AM
Truth writes:
Shaggy writes: "She wants to give you all a bath and clean you up"...
Shags, please leave your Freudian fantasies out of this...and remember, for an erection lasting longer than a presidential campaign, please see a physician immediately. I think you are LONG overdue.
November 24, 2008
11:00 AM
jay writes:
no, no....thank YOU, sarah
November 24, 2008
11:12 AM
Shaggy writes:
Funny how all you hate Sarah for living a sin free life yet adore Barry for living a sinful life.
Go figure!
November 24, 2008
11:29 AM
Matt writes:
Thanks Sara, for not trying to eliminate free speech, being a tool of political correctness or having a willingness to hamstring freedom thru militant environmentalism, like your political opponents. Sorry you had to be around John McCain for those couple of months.
November 24, 2008
11:31 AM
Vill Robinson writes:
Sin-free life? Other than the part where she bore false witness, right? Or the part where she killed? There's two commandments down right there, and those are just the ones we know about.
November 24, 2008
11:36 AM
Truth writes:
No Shags, we do not hate Sarah, more like we pity her for being this year's Neocon dunce. Much like we pity you.
And remember, we're not laughing with you, but rather at you.
Any plans for Thanksgiving, or are you doing your usual "drink yourself into a stupor in front of the television, while you envy those with actual loved ones" routine again?
November 24, 2008
11:36 AM
JMH writes:
"Funny how all you hate Sarah for living a sin free life yet adore Barry for living a sinful life." - shaggy
You live quite a dilousional life don't ya?
Sin free? LOL... Do you just pull sh*t out of your ass just trying to get a rise out of people?
I swear, I'm starting to think you are just a character Mark Wolf made up to keep things interesting on this blog... No one could be this out of touch with reality... could they?
Well let me just say this - Sarah Palin and the rest of the "believing in fairy tales crowd" can take THEIR "morals" and shove them where the sun doesn't shine!
If Jesus were alive to see what the fanatics have done and continue to do in his name... I think Jesus would become an atheist too! The hypocracy of these people never seems to amaze me...
November 24, 2008
11:43 AM
Vill Robinson writes:
Sin-free life? Other than the part where she bore false witness, right? Or the part where she killed? There's two commandments down right there, and those are just the ones we know about.
November 24, 2008
12:01 PM
jay writes:
"Funny how all you hate Sarah for living a sin free life yet adore Barry for living a sinful life."
Funny how people are still responding to this strawman stooge.
please don't feed the trolls, people.
November 24, 2008
12:07 PM
am 760 writes:
JMH, I think you are right. I think shag is a plant by the RMN to keep the blogs rolling. He is made to post the most stupid, controversial stuff possible to rile up other people so they continue to keep coming back to the RMN blogs.
He gets slammed on the other blogs you have to register for yet, he shows up every day with the same lunatic rants.
I truely believe afer all this time that he is a plant by the RMN or is Mark W. or one of his friends.
Its time to just ignore the shagster and let him go away.
November 24, 2008
12:22 PM
JMH writes:
"Its time to just ignore the shagster and let him go away." - AM
LOL... It's unbelievable isn't it? Well you are probably right, but IF he is a real person... it is too hard to ignore.
It's like a train wreck... kinda scary and jarring, but you just can't stop watching... Probably the same fascination with Sarah Palin some people have... haha
November 24, 2008
12:30 PM
shagelicious writes:
shaggy == [HighPlainsView, HPV, HarryPalm, HarryPalm2.0}
don't feed 'em.
November 24, 2008
12:34 PM
shagelicious writes:
shaggy == [HighPlainsView, HPV, HarryPalm, HarryPalm2.0}
don't feed 'em.
November 24, 2008
12:39 PM
JW writes:
Oh come on guys. Shaggy is a good person. Decent guy and all that. Heart in the right place and whathaveyou.
Hes just really, really stupid.
November 24, 2008
12:48 PM
Truth writes:
Ok, I can quit blogging now, as I've seen it all.
JW calling shaggy a "nice person and all that"...
WTF? You just feeling charitable for Thanksgiving week?
What gives man?
November 24, 2008
1:03 PM
Truth writes:
Ok, I can quit blogging now, as I've seen it all.
JW calling shaggy a "nice person and all that"...
WTF? You just feeling charitable for Thanksgiving week?
What gives man?
November 24, 2008
1:09 PM
Truth writes:
Ok, I can quit blogging now, as I've seen it all.
JW calling shaggy a "nice person and all that"...
WTF? You just feeling charitable for Thanksgiving week?
What gives man?
November 24, 2008
1:28 PM
Shaggy writes:
Hahaha, looks like I ruffled the loons feathers and got them loudly squawking again.
Too funny and too much fun.
You idiots are too stupid to understand that we all are laughing at you.
Yes the joke is on you and you all swallow it day after day just like you swallowed the plastic messiahs BS of false promises.
You are all so very very gullible. It's amazing you that you choke on all the FACTS I provide daily yet you all come back for more...hehehe
I should be on RTL pay roll for poking you with a stick and getting you all to play along so we can laugh at you.
Looks like it worked again.hehe
My goodness you all get so fluttered when someone talks about cleaning up your sins.
I guess they mean that much too you.
Do loons eat Turkey?
Wouldn't that be considered cannibalism???
November 24, 2008
1:51 PM
Shaggy writes:
Hahaha, looks like I ruffled the loons feathers and got them loudly squawking again.
Too funny and too much fun.
You idiots are too stupid to understand that we all are laughing at you.
Yes the joke is on you and you all swallow it day after day just like you swallowed the plastic messiahs BS of false promises.
You are all so very very gullible. It's amazing you that you choke on all the FACTS I provide daily yet you all come back for more...hehehe
I should be on RTL pay roll for poking you with a stick and getting you all to play along so we can laugh at you.
Looks like it worked again.hehe
My goodness you all get so fluttered when someone talks about cleaning up your sins.
I guess they mean that much too you.
Do loons eat Turkey?
Wouldn't that be considered cannibalism???
November 24, 2008
1:55 PM
Matt writes:
Uh-oh, looks like JW got caught straying too far off the farm.
November 24, 2008
2:03 PM
Shaggy writes:
LoL Matt, That was funny and true.
JW just got a little taste of what Barry is going to go through when he fails to produce on his many false promises he made to the far left nutters.
Toooo funny!!!
November 24, 2008
2:06 PM
Shaggy writes:
Heavens forbid if Barry actually has to side with the middle ground to get something passed...OMG the loons will be squawking up and down his back side...
November 24, 2008
2:10 PM
Tbone writes:
A quick recap of palin's greatest conservative hits:
-Knocked up at 17
-Took 6 years & 6 schools to get her undergrad degree
-While mayor of a town of 7000, drove it $22 million into debt. Built a rec center on land the city didn't own, causing the city to pay 5x what the land was worth. From zero debt to $22 million in 7 years. That's $450 per person per year. Hang on to your wallets, wasillia! sarah's comin for 'em!
-While gov'nr of Alaska, raised the state severance taxes to unprecedented levels to spread the wealth. Got busted for ethics violations.
-While campaigining on the republicant ticket, used nationalism and scapegoating (huge tenants of fascism) to pursue her agenda
STAY CLASSY, SARAH! That's conservatism we can count on!
November 24, 2008
2:11 PM
karen writes:
This is to JMH that really talks like a stupid ***. I am going to be laughing when your new president elect gets into office. He is not qualified to even be a principal. How funny is that stupid. Sarah is what this country needs to get the morals that we were founded on. Not this sick smutt we have to read and see everyday. So you get over yourself and act like a civil American if you can.
November 24, 2008
2:14 PM
Truth writes:
Tbone, don't forget that she used to be a man.
November 24, 2008
2:37 PM
Shaggy writes:
"Tbone, don't forget that she used to be a man."
Look at the desperation coming from the loons having to create lies about Sarah yet all we have to do is tell the truth about Barry.
The loons are so frightened by Sarahs god loving morals they think she is preforming an exorcism on their sinful souls every time she is in the news and we all know Liberals can't phantom living a sin clean life.
November 24, 2008
3:43 PM
JMH writes:
"This is to JMH that really talks like a stupid ***. I am going to be laughing when your new president elect gets into office. He is not qualified to even be a principal. How funny is that stupid. Sarah is what this country needs to get the morals that we were founded on. Not this sick smutt we have to read and see everyday. So you get over yourself and act like a civil American if you can." - Karen
Are you in second grade Karen? LOL... This is a funny post... Don't worry Karen, I'll be laughing with happiness when Obama is sitting in the Oval Office. We will finally get this country back on track...
"Sarah is what this country needs to get the morals that we were founded on."
LOL!!! So basically, it comes down to your set of "morals" that should be shoved down everyone's throat? Didn't learn your lesson Nov. 4th did ya?
Karen, please take your "morals" and shove them up your prissy ass... How's that for smut? (spelled with one 't' by the way, goober)
While your small segment of the American population, known as "Palin Supporters" are all shining your chastity belts, the grown-ups will be fixing the mess that the other "morals" President left behind...
Oh, and while you are up on your "morals" high-horse... maybe you could tell us if we should expect anymore "out of wedlock", bastard children from the "moral" Palin family? LOL...
November 24, 2008
3:45 PM
ML writes:
Shaggy, I notice you did not address Tbones facts about Palin. Or are you just choosing to ignore the facts you don't like and...oh right, never mind.
And "...frightened by Sarah"??? No, Democrats nationwide are hoping she will run in 2012 and thus insure 4 more years of Democratic rule.
November 24, 2008
4:03 PM
Tbone writes:
shaggy can't prove that "sarah" palin was never a man, or that her husband "todd" was never a woman.
Jeez, we just don't know enough about her! She hasn't released her college records, or her baptismal record! She didn't release her phone records, or her internet browsing history! We don't know anything about her! She hasn't released her bank statement, or her IRS statements from 5 years prior! She hasn't released her medical records, driving records, athletic records, menstral records, library records, or even her personal diary! She's an empty suit! A plastic messiah! She hasn't released her birth certificate! Her passport! Her recent take-out orders! Her ring size! She hasn't released any of this stuff!
How can we know who she is? If only she would release a certified copy of her birth certificate so we can check the kerning! She's not a citizen! Not a woman! Not a human! Not an earthling! Not a citizen! How can we know anything about this empty suit-pants?
If only some intrepid reporter would look into her past! Maybe they could even find a copy of her birth certificate! Her college records! Her baptismal records!
!
November 24, 2008
4:21 PM
Tbone writes:
Truth-
$450 per person per year = $3150 over 7 years.
$22E6/7E3 = $3150 per person, over the 7 years she was mayor.
November 24, 2008
4:51 PM
leftside writes:
Personally, I think that Palin's conservative values are more than a little mixed up. Your supposed to keep the women barefoot and pregnant not the kids.
Of course, over the past 4 or 5 years we've come to the realization that conservative values are nothing but a joke anyway.
November 24, 2008
5:21 PM
Jim writes:
I still wondering how Sarah can turn a homo into a hetero by praying.
November 24, 2008
5:48 PM
Ashley writes:
Conservatism as a philosophy is worth considering and arguing against. Trouble is, we haven't had any REAL conservatives in this country since Barry Goldwater. Conservatism is supposed to advocate for smaller government and balanced budgets, with people left to their own devices. It's not, on the whole, what I agree with, but it's worth discussion.
The freaks we're seeing inhabiting the so-called conservative party these days are an unholy alliance of libertarians (who want everyone to leave them alone, and to leave everyone else alone), neocons (whose only solution to anything is invasion, war and violence) and religious fundamentalists, mostly of the Christian stripe (who want to cram their views of morality and the way we should all live and behave down everyone's throats). How it's stayed cohesive, I'll never know.
November 24, 2008
5:57 PM
Shaggy writes:
And you idiots say I'm stupid....sad really sad!!!
I think if I gave all of you some of my class you still wouldn't know what to do with it!!
This is like clubbing helpless baby seals with a retreating shoreline.
I actually feel ashamed of myself!
November 24, 2008
6:00 PM
Ben writes:
Sarah Palin has got it going on. She absolutley scares the crap out of the left. You think the left wing smear tactics are bad now, just wait.
You all should be ashamed. Wow.... Now back to our regularly scheduled program:
***** Have you noticed how child-like people are?
(From a teacher in the Nashville area)
We are worried about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream"
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching
third grade this year. The presidential election was heating up and
some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an
election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech
and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class
members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students
should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia
were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates
were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he
got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches Jamie went
first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better
place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Every one applauded.
He sat down and Olivia came to the podium.
Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will
give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We
want ice cream."
She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion
followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.
Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it. She didn't
know. The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was
ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a land slide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and
fifty-two percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They want
ice cream. The other forty-eight percent know they're going to have to
feed the cow and clean up the mess.
November 24, 2008
6:34 PM
Kevin J Jones writes:
I'd like to say that it's not a conservative value to provide cover for sub-par politicians and policies, but it's hard to say that without laughing in dismay.
Palin in some ways secured the advance of feminism within the GOP. No mainstream conservatives were allowed to criticize her choice to be a careerist woman and mother of five. This was left to fringe rightists and those liberals with newfound pretend regard for domesticity.
Palin also supported several feminist programs such as Title IX funding.
It is obvious that some left-wingers' criticism of Palin reflects their belief that Palin's new son or her new grandchild should have been aborted.
This makes it hard to point out that by presenting her daughter on the national stage, Palin herself helped mainstream the "alternative lifestyle" of teen pregnancy. Her behavior was justified by pro-lifers so scared about encouraging abortion that they can't bring themselves to admit unwed teen pregnancy is a very suboptimal situation.
November 24, 2008
8:11 PM
leftside writes:
Ben:
"The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching
third grade this year."
"The other forty-eight percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess."
Maybe we do need to look into our school system. If they allow this type of ignorance to teach in the classroom then there is a problem.
November 24, 2008
9:50 PM
Ben writes:
Leftside,
Weak.
November 24, 2008
10:08 PM
leftside writes:
Really Ben. Actually, since that post of yours was nothing but a lie, I don't think your in any position to determine what is weak.
November 25, 2008
5:48 AM
Ben writes:
Left,
A lie? lol. Pathetic.
November 25, 2008
5:56 AM
LetsThink writes:
It is frighteningly obvious that America is crashing morally.
Pray for the country that we are leaving our children and grandchildren.
November 25, 2008
7:13 AM
JW writes:
"Pray for the country that we are leaving our children and grandchildren."
Hey genius...you should be praying NOW, for the country 8 years of you "morals" have left us. Have you had your head in a hole for the last couple of months or what?
Jackass.
"Maybe we do need to look into our school system. If they allow this type of ignorance to teach in the classroom then there is a problem."
If Ben actually is a teacher there is a problem. Hes about the dumbest f*#kwit Ive ever seen.
You know KJ, that post was ALMOST good. Unfortunatley, after being fairly thoughtful you went and got all stupid pious (as usual) on us.
"It is obvious that some left-wingers' criticism of Palin reflects their belief that Palin's new son or her new grandchild should have been aborted."
I highly doubt there are any "left-wingers" who believe Palin should have aborted the kid, or kids. Thats a CHOICE the "left-wingers" like to leave to the PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MAKE IT. The Palin's made their choice, and the "left-wingers" are just glad they were free to do so.
Now, there may be some psycho "Cleanse the gene pool" people out there who think the retarded kid should have been aborted, but whether they are right or left makes not a damn bit of difference. They are psychos, and that is what counts.
"I actually feel ashamed of myself!"
After the last 8 years and your continued stupidity? You damn well should.
November 25, 2008
7:29 AM
ML writes:
Great retort on all counts, JW!
November 25, 2008
8:03 AM
HighPlainsView writes:
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!
When do I get my check?
November 25, 2008
8:29 AM
benn writes:
McCain offered ideas One N Ben? I never heard those.
I listened to Obama lay out specific plans during the debates, during his rallies, and during his interviews. Conversely, McCain postured and attacked, without offering any plans.
November 25, 2008
9:48 AM
Shaggy writes:
"If Ben actually is a teacher there is a problem. Hes about the dumbest f*#kwit Ive ever seen"
JW you ignorant two timing slut.
I thought I held this title?
Quit taking my comments out of context idiot.
I am not ashamed of voting for W, in fact I am proud to have had him as my President dumbass.
"I listened to Obama lay out specific plans during the debates, during his rallies, and during his interviews. Conversely, McCain postured and attacked, without offering any plans."
I too listen to Barry lie to everyone and watched you loons buy it.
Now I am watching Barry renege on all promises he made to people to vote for him.
I am also watching Barry lie about being a new kind of Politician and change in Washington.
He is appointing carrer Politicains to his staff.
What kind of "change and Hope" is that?
Nothing, but idiots like you bought it.
What I find very skeptical about Barry is that Columbia University just had a class reunion of Barry's supposed classmates mates and no one can remember him attending.
No Professors have came out and has said Barry was a student of theirs.
Nothing, no records, Barry refuses to release anything about his past.
Now it is said when he went to Pakistan he used his Indonesia passport.
Obama is a scam!!!!!!
He is in violation of the Constitution and ANYTHING he does is immaterial, including all his appointed staff.
We will be in a Constitutional crisis and a Country without a President.
November 25, 2008
10:01 AM
benn writes:
You're still clinging to the birth certificate? Hilarious
November 25, 2008
10:07 AM
JW writes:
"JW you ignorant two timing slut.
I thought I held this title?"
Its a toss up, but I guess I like you better. I totally disagree with your bs partisan hack politics, and you piss me off with the willfull ignorance crap, the total refusal to deal with reality, and the straight up stupidity that all the above cause but...
Youre probably an alright guy.
Ben is a dumbass, and hes a waste of space as a human being.
You, Id have a beer with and agree to disagree.
Ben, Id break my beer glass over his head just to shut him up.
November 25, 2008
10:07 AM
ML writes:
And don't forget, Shaggy, that we haven't seen Obama's baptismal record, either!
You're right...you DO hold the title!
November 25, 2008
10:11 AM
history buff writes:
LOL
The teacher in Nashville, obviously a fiction of the right wing, doesn't do a very good job of reaching a conclusion. She sounds like the story of the biology student that I posted the other day. After cutting off all the frog's legs, it didn't respond to the verbal stimulus to hop. The biology student concluded that frogs become deaf when their legs are cut off.
The right wingers who created the fiction of the Nashville teacher didn't think too much about their fable. The Neo-Cons and George Bush have said for a long time that tax cuts will do everything to make our country better. Unfortunately, they governed like a group of spendthrifts and deadbeats. The whole idea of spend now and pay later is crashing down upon the nation. That is the real reason why the GOP got booted. It is unfortunate that the teacher in the fable cannot even reach a rational conclusion from her own constructs.
Perhaps the stupidest thing Bush did was propose to fight a war and not pay for it. Any war will potentially cause an upheaval in the economy. But instead of asking the American people to support the war by showing sacrifice, he instead offered the American people the first tax cut ever in time of war. In essence, he offered ice cream to the American people.
For all the high sounding moral superiority vested in the ice cream story, it is truly ironic that the teacher doesn't even know ice cream when she is eating it.
November 25, 2008
10:37 AM
Shaggy writes:
Heres the list in case you forgot ML.
Not surprised you don't give a crap that Barry wipes his back side with the Constitution but heavens forbid Bush listen in to terrorists trying to kill us.
1. Occidental College records -- Not released
2. Columbia College records -- Not released
3. Columbia Thesis paper -- ' not available '
4. Harvard College records -- Not released
5. Selective Service Registration -- Not released
6. Medical records -- Not released
7. Illinois State Senate schedule -- ' not available '
8. Law practice client list -- Not released
9. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate -- Not released
10. Embossed, signed, paper Certification of Live Birth -- Not released
11. Harvard Law Review articles published -- None
12. University of Chicago scholarly articles -- None
13. Record of baptism-- Not released or ' not available '
14. Illinois State Senate records-- ' not available '
Yet none of you find anything suspicious about this?
Amazing.
Amazing any of you have the gal to even question my intelligence.
Not ONE Professor has said to know Barry.
Not one classmate has come forward.(that I know of)
However his Indonesia School record is found proving he was a Citizen of Indonesia.
We have his Grandma and Uncle in Kenya saying they watched him being born..IN KENYA.
His step sister in Hawaii has claimed he was born in two different Hospitals.
I honestly think Barry is trying to cover his past up for a reason but when I talk about it I get called names for trying to find out who Barry really is.
Crazy man, fricking crazy!!!!!
JW,
Would love to have beer with you but I have a feeling you only drink wine coolers or those Imported European Socialist beers.
It would be embarrassing for me!
"the total refusal to deal with reality'
This totally describes you and your deliberate refusal to even question Barry's highly suspectable past.
November 25, 2008
10:40 AM
JW writes:
HB,
Nice take but...
***ZING!!!!***
Youre lesson just went right over the wingnuts heads. They simply wont be able to get it.
November 25, 2008
11:01 AM
Anon E. Mouse writes:
I'm back to quoting Paul Begala on Sarah Palin:
"While it's true 80% of Republicans hope she runs in 2012, 100% of Democrats hope she does!"
November 25, 2008
11:13 AM
JMH writes:
I'm back to quoting Paul Begala on Sarah Palin:
"While it's true 80% of Republicans hope she runs in 2012, 100% of Democrats hope she does!"
Got that right brother...
November 25, 2008
12:01 PM
Jim writes:
Sarah Palin and her lies are too much to stomach.
Yep. Had a employee just like Sarah
She decided to take the day off and told me she was going to her grandmas funeral.
2 days later I had to ask her "do you believe in life after death." "your grandma dropped off your lunch this morning"
November 25, 2008
12:06 PM
Tbone writes:
No doubt, HB!
Also, it would have been more accurate if the child was offering shit-flavored ice cream.
Seriously, these cons will eat a shit sandwich with glass if it was bush who was doing the dumping, all the while proclaiming how great their prime rib sandwich tastes.
November 25, 2008
12:26 PM
ML writes:
This is a good piece about the election from Garrison Keillor:
Be happy, dear hearts, and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious, professorial but with a flashing grin and a buoyancy that comes from working out in the gym every morning. He spoke in a genuine voice, not senatorial at all. He relished campaigning. He accepted adulation gracefully.
He brandished his sword against his opponents without mocking or belittling them. He was elegant, unaffected, utterly American, and now (Wow) suddenly America is cool. Chicago is cool. Chicago!!!
We threw the dice and we won the jackpot and elected a black guy with a Harvard degree, the middle name Hussein and a sense of humor -- he said, "I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher." The French junior minister for human rights said, "On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes." When was the last time you heard someone from Fra nce say they wanted to be American and take a bite of something of ours? Ponder that for a moment.
The world expects us to elect pompous yahoos and instead we have us A 47-year-old prince from the prairie who cheerfully ran the race, and when his opponents threw sand at him, he just smiled back. He'll be the first president in history to look really good making a jump shot. He loves his classy wife and his sweet little daughters. He looks good in the kitchen. He can cook Indian or Chinese but for his girls he will do mac and cheese. At the same time, he knows pop music, American lit and constitutional law. I just can't imagine anybody cooler. Look at a photo of the latest pooh-bah conference -- the hausfrau Merkel, the big glum Scotsman, that goofball Berlusconi, Putin with his B-movie bad-boy scowl, and Sarkozy, who looks like a district manager for Avis -- you put Barack in that bunch and he will shine.
It feels good to be cool and all of us can share in that, even sour old right-wingers and embittered blottoheads. Next time you fly to Heathrow and hand your passport to the man with the badge, he's going to see "United States of America" and look up and grin. Even if you worship in the church of Fox, everyone you meet overseas is going to ask you about Obama and you may as well say you voted for him because, my friends, he is your line of credit over there. No need anymore to try to look Canadian. And the coolest thing about him is the fact that back in the early '90s, given a book contract after the hoo-ha about his becoming the First Black Editor of the Harvard Law Review (FBEHLR), instead of writing the basic exploitation book he could've written, he put his head down and worked hard for a few years and wrote a good book, an honest one, which, since his rise in politics, has earned the Obamas enough to buy a very nice house and put money in the bank. A successful American entrepreneur. The last American president to write a book all by his lonesome self, I believe, was Theodore Roosevelt, who, on graduation from Harvard, wrote "The Naval War of 1812," and in my humble opinion, Obama's is the better book for the general reader, but you be the judge.
Our hero who galloped to victory has inherited a gigantic mess. The country is sunk in debt. The Treasury announced it must borrow $550 billion to get the government through the fourth quarter, more than the entire deficit for 2008, so he will have to raise taxes and not only on bankers and lumber barons. His promise never to raise the retirement age is not a good idea. Whatever he promised the Iowa farmers about subsidizing ethanol is best forgotten at this point. We may not be getting our National Health Service cards anytime soon. And so on and so on.
So enjoy the afterglow of the election a while longer. We all walk taller this fall. People in Copenhagen and Stockholm are sending congratulatory e-mails -- imagine! We are being admired by Danes and Swedes! And Chicago becomes the First City. Step aside, San Francisco. Shut up, New York. The Midwest is cool now. The mind reels.
© 2008 by Garrison Keillor. All rights reserved.
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November 25, 2008
2:23 PM
Anon E. Mouse writes:
One of the defining moments of the campaign for me was her looking straight into the camera and saying "...the investigation clears me of breaking law OR ANY ETHICS VIOLATION" when it was EXACTLY that that they found.
It was then that I realized that anybody who could look right at a camera and bald-faced lie to the American people is not a "values" candidate.
November 25, 2008
3:10 PM
Jeff writes:
I see Sarah Palin in the GOP's future. She's the kind of candidate that spins up the left and that in itself is the vote of success!
Keep after 'em Sarah! America Loves You!
Now that we'll elect our first non-American president we also can get Arnie for 2012.
We'll be Baaackk!
November 25, 2008
4:01 PM
JMH writes:
"Keep after 'em Sarah! America Loves You! - jeff
LOL... Ummm no we don't...
November 25, 2008
5:13 PM
Anon E. Mouse writes:
'Nother great "Palin" line:
"Sarah Palin--the ultimate irony--a pin-up girl for people who don't believe in masturbation."
November 26, 2008
11:35 AM
Hunterman writes:
Thanks, Sarah, for being a lying pork-queen! You're a natural-born pile of ignorant fundie scum!
November 26, 2008
7:22 PM
Arkangelsk writes:
Let's not forget the "small government" conservative values of paying amoral private contractors like Blackwater and Halliburton huge sums of money to gun down innocent civilians and commit other war crimes while under the legal protection of the State Department, and sticking the Americans taxpayers with the bill. Thanks, George.
Oh yeah, don't forget the wonderful conservative values that led Bush to attack a sovereign country that hadn't attacked us and embroiling the United States in yet another senseless, immoral, and expensive war (think Vietnam, those who forget history...) we can't break free of while our own economy goes down the toilet, and people are losing their houses and jobs. Thanks for that, too, George.
November 26, 2008
7:30 PM
Arkangel writes:
Thanks, Sarah, for your part helping to ensure that the 2008 election was a landslide instead of a squeaker that McCain could steal.
McCain was this year's John Kerry (even his own party members hesitated to vote for him), and Palin was our Dan Quayle, so clueless, she didn't realize that SNL was trashing her on national TV.
November 26, 2008
10:59 PM
Jackster writes:
Palin/Mugrave 2012!
That'll make us all forget about the reign of Bush/Cheney...
November 27, 2008
8:22 AM
Ike writes:
No, Jackster! Palin/Qualye in 2012! To my Conservative brethren please repeat as needed:
Palin/Quayle in 2012!
Palin/Quayle in 2012!
Water seeks its own level and these 2 are the perfect match made in LetsThink's Heaven!
November 27, 2008
8:23 AM
Ike writes:
No, Jackster! Palin/Qualye in 2012! To my Conservative brethren please repeat as needed:
Palin/Quayle in 2012!
Palin/Quayle in 2012!
Water seeks its own level and these 2 are the perfect match made in LetsThink's Heaven!
November 27, 2008
5:21 PM
Jim2 writes:
I was bored at work on a slow holiday so I decided I would read this blog. What a waste of time, very little discussion of the issues and lots of personal attacks (from both sides I might add).
I look forward to some time in the future being able to see a campaign that focuses on issues and not "the politics of personal destruction".
November 28, 2008
6:53 AM
Gwats writes:
I'm sooo glad the nation didn't buy into this woman's BS.
November 28, 2008
1:59 PM
Arkangel writes:
Oh, Jimmy boy, you are sooooo moral! Soooo much better than everyone else. How exactly does being bored (and boring) and not having enough brains to have an opinion work out to being better than everyone else? Listen jackoff, go back to sleep or do your job or go read some other blog that meets your oh-so-high standards of blogging and leave us philistines in our anti-intellectual funk to this one.
November 28, 2008
4:58 PM
prima facie writes:
That was great, guys. Haven't laughed like that in weeks.