Palin’s Running For….?

Yeah – but we think she could sing “I’m So Pretty” like Natalie Wood on West Side Story. ……………

http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/10/12/sarah-palin-im-so-pretty/

JNS,
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What was really odd was there was no “policy” to her policy speech. Also it seemed to me watching it live that she was calling out Saudi Arabia and including them in the “countries that don’t like us very much” when she was talking about our oil imports. Considering the close ties we have with them and that in theory they are an “ally” I would think thats a very dangerous and unwise thing to do. Did you see it that way?

By the way would this statement be consistent with an “across the board spending freeze”?
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“If Senator John McCain is elected, she added, $2 billion a year would be devoted to clean-coal research and development.”
Sarah Palin

I don’t think it’s odd at all that she spoke about a substantive matter, and it’s obvious to me that the campaign has made a strategic choice to have her out further than McCain himself on drilling.

She’s certainly not running for vice president anymore. I think the timing of this speech is really off. Perhaps a speech on freeing the US from OPEC would have been politically effective a few months ago, but not today with recession looming and demand dropping off.

This was her first speech of 2012.

The Queen of Dumb White People? Phyllis Schlafly should be dead soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more shot w/ social conservativism and the willfully ignorant GOP base.

The Queen of Dumb White People? Phyllis Schlafly should be dead soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf#ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more shot w/ social conservativism and the willfully ignorant GOP base.

The Queen of Dumb White People? Phyllis Schlafly should be dead soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of D@mbf@ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more shot w/ social conservativism and the willfully !gnorant GOP base.

The Queen of D@mb White People? Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more sh0t w/ social conservativism and the willfully ignorant GOP base.

The Queen of D@mb White People? Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more sh0t w/ social conservativism and the willfully !gnorant GOP base.

I agree this was her first speech of 2012, but why on earth would McCain let her give a 2012 speech? This lack of cooperation is stunning. Can’t wait to read the post mortem on this.

gysgt,
I am telling you that if McCain loses he is going to bury her so deep you won’t even remember her name 2 years from now. Theres going to be he!! to pay and she is going to be the first one the piper calls on

The Queen of D@mb Wh!te People? Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more sh0t w/ social conservativism and the willfully !gnorant GOP base.

hello

Unlike Obama, McCain doesn’t keep a muzzle on his VP.

If anybody wants the transcript from the speech today you can find it here

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/10/29/palin-big-oil-love/#more-4966

moderation

The Qu@en of D@mb Wh!te People? Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more sh0t w/ social conservativism and the willfully !gnorant GOP base.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy our troll is back
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How are you doing today new liberty troll?

sghwite – McCain won’t be in a position to bury anyone. He’ll be a loser without a constituency or future. McCain will the most powerless, unsupported Republican in town.

The Queen of D@mb Wh!te People?

Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon.

Her Highness Queen Sarah of Dumbf@ckistan!

The Queen of D@mb Wh!te People? Phyllis Schlafly should be de@d soon….Her Highness Queen Sarah of D@mbf#ckistan!

It does seem as if the GOP is gonna take at least one more sh0t w/ social conservativism and the willfully !gnorant GOP base.

uhmm cinci who is phyllis schlafly and why are you wishing ill will on her?

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pourmecoffee: McCain will the most powerless, unsupported Republican in town.
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Nope. You’re forgetting about Joe Lieberman.
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Cinci, here’s your leet-speak conversion tool. Hope it helps.

sgwhite
McCain wouldn’t be anywhere in his campaign right now without Sarah Palin. She drew 140,000 in VA the other day.

I kinda had hoped that a swampland journalist might write about this.
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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/29/mccain-boycott-media/

cincinnatus
The GOP ticket’s “social conservative” views are that we should allow the individual states to vote on social matters. Whether you’re pro/anti anything…do you really believe the government should make your decisions for you?

JNS – I’m going to steal a concept from football coach Bill Belichick, who contstantly preaches “situational football” to his team.

“Situational football” for non-sports types are looking at each football situation in discrete parts: what a team should do when it is 3rd down and 16 on your own 5 yard line, versus 3rd down and 16 on your opponents 20 yard line.
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His team, love them or hate them, is very adept at knowing what the situation is and what to do or not do. It requires smarts, knowledge, discipline, and execution.

So let’s hypothesize about “situational politics” for a moment.

If you’re the Obama campaign, and you have a lead with 6 days remaining in race, are you going to let Joe Biden say or do anything that might hurt that lead? That’s good situational politics.

I would argue that the McCain campaign has played poor situational politics with Palin, by having her speak on Policy so late in the campaign. Why wouldn’t you have done this right after the convention or when Palin fatigue began to set in?

I would submit, that McCain’s team doesn’t understand the situational politics needed to win when the economy goes in the tank and the tactics that have worked four and eight years ago are not reasonating with voters.
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That’s my wacky theory, for all of you to tear apart.
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I was getting tired of hearing about all the “hail Mary” passes McCain was throwing anyway. so my own sports meme.
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Apologies to non-sports commenters, who hate sports metaphors.

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JNS – I’m going to steal a concept from football coach Bill Belichick, who contstantly preaches “situational football” to his team.

“Situational football” for non-sports types are looking at each football situation in discrete parts: what a team should do when it is 3rd down and 16 on your own 5 yard line, versus 3rd down and 16 on your opponents 20 yard line.
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His team, love them or hate them, is very adept at knowing what the situation is and what to do or not do. It requires smarts, knowledge, discipline, and execution.

So let’s hypothesize about “situational politics” for a moment.

If you’re the Obama campaign, and you have a lead with 6 days remaining in race, are you going to let Joe Biden say or do anything that might hurt that lead? That’s good situational politics.

I would argue that the McCain campaign has played poor situational politics with Palin, by having her speak on Policy so late in the campaign. Why wouldn’t you have done this right after the convention or when Palin fatigue began to set in?

I would submit, that McCain’s team doesn’t understand the situational politics needed to win when the economy goes in the tank and the tactics that have worked four and eight years ago are not reasonating with voters.
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That’s my wacky theory, for all of you to tear apart.
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I was getting tired of hearing about all the “hail Mary” p@sses McCain was throwing anyway. so my own sports meme.
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Apologies to non-sports commenters, who hate sports metaphors

newliberty
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That sounds good. Until you look at all of the facts to the countrary
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fact John McCain is polling at least with independents now than he was before the Palin Pick
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fact almost all of the more than 130 publications that have endorsed Barack Obama mentioned Sarah Palin as a major factor
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fact the leaks of Palins supposed “diva” attitude and “whack job” mentality this week has turn their campaign into a circus
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fact four former VP candidates refused to say Sarah Palin is ready
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fact Mitt Romney would have been a much better pick when the financial crisis hit
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fact Sarah Palin is seen by more than half of Americans as unfavorable according to recent polling and of the four candidates she has the lowest favorability rating

newliberty, no, social conservativism has nothing to do w/ states rights and you know it. It’s all about maintaining WASP hegemony in the US.

2008 GOP platform includes
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Federal ban on abortion
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Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage
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States rights my A$$

Andy – Just because it would have been better to have her speak on policy earlier doesn’t mean it is unwise to have her do it now. There is overwhelming empirical evidence that voters have deep concerns about her intellect. This is an effort to do something about it. It may be too little and it may be too late, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong at this moment. In fact, I think it’s right.

To clear up your confusion JNS, Palin isn’t referring to an impending McCain-Palin administration. That would silly as they’re so far down the cr@pper in the polls that the u-bend feels like a second home. (Or in McCain’s case, a ninth.)

Once you understand she’s completely given up on this election, doesn’t give a damn how badly she burns McCain in her attempt to separate herself from him, then it all becomes clear that she is in fact campaigning for 4 years hence.

Of course in 4 years she will still be as dumb as a rock, only the social conservatives will give her the time of day and she will be widely regarded as self-centered and disloyal. Still, you can’t blame a gal for tryin’. *wink*

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newliberty: [Palin] drew 140,000 in VA the other day.
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Suuure she did, Libbie – if someone handed her a box of Crayons.

Well cincinnatus, if you read Sarah and John’s positions on social conservative issues, you’ll see that they advocate state rights on all of them.

g_crush
That’s a fact. Go look it up yourself.

As far as Palin is concerned…what’s the old adage? Better to be quiet and be thought an idiot than to open ones mouth and remove any doubt.

Ok, it’s back to football and situational politics. It’s like the Obama campaign’s running game has has demoralized the McCain campaign and now the McCain campaign has no other choice but to bring the Safety up in the box, but Obama has two 6′ 5″ receivers on the outside against two little Cornerbacks. That makes Biden the TE, so you keep him on the line to help block and don’t let him run any patterns. Just lob it up to Plaxico in the corner…viola!…POTUS. Then someone pours some Gatorade on Howard Dean.

This is a very funny thread, seeing cincy trying to reason his way out of moderation

coffee, I see you point, and agree. Now if you have seen a person behave the same way for 11 weeks in a row, and you see them behaving differently in week 12, which behavior are you likely to belive is the more credible behavior?

I think my point was that the McCain campaign keeps changing up it’s tactics on a daily basis. How many more policy speeches is Sarah gonna give in the next 6 days? How many people who have made up their minds are gonna change them?

Cincy, just like they drew it up? Right?

g_crush,
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new liberty is talking about several speeches put together to get that number in attendance. not one speech. Mind you its still a lie but new liberty won’t even attempt to prove it so dont worry about them. I think its obamish in drag

Andy – There’s no way I think it works. As to that, we agree. That’s the theme of this whole campaign — Obama’s slow and steady, meticulously planned tortoise routine versus McCain’s erratic hare maneuverings. It’s too late for Palin; she’s all framed up.

sgshite – as I said last thread, she can not possibly have not cleared this speech, even if it’s not written for her.

also: Oh no, doesn’t know phyllis schafly! it’s fun to converse in the swamp without knowing what everyone’s knowledge base is. (I’m woefully ignorant about a great many things) Occasionally AGE rears its ugly head. Here’s schafly’s wiki entry. I haven’t read it yet, but if says she was a royal pain in the lower body part it’s on the right track.

sgwhite:as I said last thread, she can not possibly have not cleared this speech, even if it’s not written for her.

also: Oh no, doesn’t know phyllis schafly! it’s fun to converse in the swamp without knowing what everyone’s knowledge base is. (I’m woefully ignorant about a great many things) Occasionally AGE rears its ugly head. Here’s schafly’s wiki entry. I haven’t read it yet, but if says she was a royal pain in the lower body part it’s on the right track.

sgwhite – I had a type in your name the first time I posted this last comment to you. substituted s for the w. what a royal pain in the lower body part moderation is.

sheesh. that should be “typo”

I’d better take a nap. Here’s the schafly wiki entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly

JNS – also wishing you well in the TIME troubles. You’ve become a fine journalist, and you’ll land on your feet if the worst happens, but here’s hoping it does not. cheers.

sgwhite – fair enough…you make some good points.
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fact John McCain is polling at least with independents now than he was before the Palin Pick
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That may have something to do with the fact that Obama is outspending him 10/1 and McCain is only showing ads in a few swing states, unlike Obama who is saturating the airwaves in every state. When Palin was first picked, his ratings surged among independents. Unfortunately, people’s impressions of her have since changed, and although she does several T.V. interviews and press events per day, people only seem to want to focus on the Katie Couric one.
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fact almost all of the more than 130 publications that have endorsed Barack Obama mentioned Sarah Palin as a major factor
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I think people are afraid of what Sarah Palin could mean in the future of the Republican party. Fact is, they are endorsing a less experienced candidate than Sarah Palin. Seems a bit odd.
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fact the leaks of Palins supposed “diva” attitude and “whack job” mentality this week has turn their campaign into a circus
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Which is absolutely ridiculous. I heard about the NYTime’s Cindy McCain article about how she fancies herself a princess as the possible future wife of a President…but in all of the one-on-one interviews I’ve seen or read with Cindy McCain, she hated being in the spotlight and didn’t really want John to run for President again, but supports his decision. Then suddenly you have CNN saying Palin is a diva because she differs on some of the issues with McCain. It is a completely made-up, un-checked, un-sourced statement.
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fact four former VP candidates refused to say Sarah Palin is ready
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Fact – former Presidnet Bill Clinton refuses to say whether he thinks Barack Obama is a good man…but has repeatedly said John McCain is.
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fact Mitt Romney would have been a much better pick when the financial crisis hit
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Romney is a disingenuous, egotistical, power-hungry country club Republican phony who only wanted the VP slot to claim the Presidency when McCain resigns in four years.
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fact Sarah Palin is seen by more than half of Americans as unfavorable according to recent polling and of the four candidates she has the lowest favorability rating
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Which usually means people are afraid. If you really, honestly thought that Sarah Palin was making McCain’s candidancy worse, you wouldn’t bother to say that you disliked her. Which is probably why Biden still has such high favoribility…

We’ll never know, of course, but I think the original “Celebrity/Not Ready” strategy was really effective. If McCain had picked Romney and pounded that theme with the same consistency that Obama has pounded change, I wonder where we’d be right now. There is a part of me that thinks the great middle which jumped Obama post-Lehman might have taken a good hard look at McCain/Romney. As a yellow dog Democrat, I’m glad that didn’t happen.

Thanks Kathy
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Yeah shes a Richard

g_crush

here’s the video to prove it

JNS — I echo Kathy. The AP story was really fine work.

SG wrote:

Thanks Kathy
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Yeah shes a Richard

SG has a way with words.

Hey, New Liberty,16,000 is a far cry from 140,000

pourmecoffee
That strategy was in the works for a possible Lieberman Vice-Presidency. If that occured, the campaign theme would have been the anti-celebrities. However, McCain’s team determined he wouldn’t be able to win the election if he couldn’t get the evangelical vote that won the election for GWB in 2000 and 2004. Romney gave MA a massive deficit, a failing health care mandate, a mismanaged project called the “Big Dig” (you may have heard of it), an economy revolving around the pharmaceutical industry, the lowest job growth next to Lousiana (who was suffering from Katrina)…not to mention in his own career, he laid off tens of millions of individuals through corporate mergers. The press were PRAYING that McCain picked Romney.

newliberty,
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I don’t fight strawmen. Bill Clinton is campaigning with Barack Obama today here in florida. Why won’t any GOP governers campaign with Sarah Palin? I would remind you that the premise wasn’t why I don’t like Sarah Palin. Your premise was Sarah Palin has done wonders for John McCain which is patently ridiculous. If you want to know why I dont like you Ill be your huckleberry.
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She has lied about every major “accomplishment” in her life since she was introduced as the VP pick
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She repeats lies and smears against Barack Obama every day on the stump but is too much of a coward to take unscripted questions from the media.
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She looked like a blithering id!ot in the Gibson and Couric interviews.
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She abused her power as the governer of Alaska and after Dick Cheney I don’t need another politician that doesnt respect the rule of law
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I know more about national security than she does and that aint sayinng much
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She is trying to stoke racial tensions in this country and divide the country and thats another sign of her cowardice
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So there you have it.

I read the speech. She/they refuse to address the core problem- we cannot have energy independence (and enhanced national security) until we have a viable alternatives to oil- especially for transportation. Until we can run our cars, planes, etc. on something other than gas, no significant change can occur. Domestic drilling will not solve the problem, diversifying energy sources can.
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I think it is abundantly clear who would invest in these alternate sources.
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A good article on energy and national security here.

Andy,
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LOL I have to try to get around the mods

pintortwo
Perhaps through a natural gas pipeline?

Rick Sanchez is going off on JTP because of what JTP said about electing Obama would mean the “death of Israel”

new liberty – did you forget a decimal or something? No mentioon of this in any news story I’ve found. The only mention of crowds in Virginia over the past week with Palin was 8,000 in Fredericksburg and 16,000 in Roanoake. Maybe this happened in that “real Virginia” only Palin and Pfotenwhatever can see?

Does Palin really have any expertise on children with special needs? Her kid with Downs Syndrome is 5 months old! I’m not saying she shouldn’t be passionate about this issue (she should), but she couldn’t possibly be an expert on it at this point unless she knew a lot about it before her kid was born. I have a sister with Downs Syndrome and public policy related to these types of issues is extremely complex and not something someone could easily grasp in such a short period of time.

I read one article that said 160,000. Must have been a typo. All the ones I’m reading now say 16,000 to 20,000 in Salem. My mistake.

pourmecoffee
That strategy was in the works for a possible Lieberman Vice-Presidency. If that occured, the campaign theme would have been the anti-celebrities. However, McCain’s team determined he wouldn’t be able to win the election if he couldn’t get the evangelical vote that won the election for GWB in 2000 and 2004. Romney gave MA a massive deficit, a failing health care mandate, a mismanaged project called the “Big Dig” (you may have heard of it), an economy revolving around the pharmaceutical industry, the lowest job growth next to Lousiana (who was suffering from Katrina)…not to mention in his own career, he laid off tens of millions of individuals through corporate mergers. The press were HOPING that McCain picked Romney.

That strategy was in the works for a possible Lieberman Vice-Presidency. If that occured, the campaign theme would have been the anti-celebrities. However, McCain’s team determined he wouldn’t be able to win the election if he couldn’t get the evangelical vote that won the election for GWB in 2000 and 2004. Romney gave MA a massive deficit, a failing health care mandate, a mismanaged project called the “Big Dig” (you may have heard of it), an economy revolving around the pharmaceutical industry, the lowest job growth next to Lousiana (who was recovering from Katrina)…not to mention in his own career, he laid off tens of millions of individuals through corporate mergers. The press were HOPING that McCain picked Romney.

Hey, new liberty, 16,000 people is about 124,000 shy of 140,000. Are you really Bill McInturff? Math skills like that would explain that memo. . . .

Hey, new liberty, 16,000 people is about 124,000 shy of 140,000. Are you really Bill McInturff? Math ski!!s like that would explain that memo. . . .

(frackin’ moderatron!)

jake2008,
She has a neice or nephew with autism also. But special needs education was not apparently a pet project of hers in Alaska as governer. It was kind of ironic however that he earmark she criticized about fruit flies was about studies of fruit flies that have given the most advances in the studies of potential cures and treatments of autism

jake2008
She’s not an expert, and I think that’s precisely the point. Parents want to know more about these conditions through better research and new treatment possibilities.

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newliberty: That’s a fact. Go look it up yourself.
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You’re the one stating that it’s a fact, Libbie…It’s up to you to prove it, if you are able to.
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[Obama's lead in independents]…That may have something to do with the fact that Obama is outspending him 10/1
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So?
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[Obama's media endorsements]…I think people are afraid of what Sarah Palin could mean in the future of the Republican party
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Hunh? Dunno what you are trying to say here, Libbie
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[Palin's a 'whackjob']…It is a completely made-up, un-checked, un-sourced statement.
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Made up by whom? The Politico? The Repub operatives the Politico spoke with? Can you back your statement up?
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[Palin's readiness]…Presidnet Bill Clinton refuses to say whether he thinks Barack Obama is a good man
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Funny, considering all the campaigning Bill Clinton is doing for Obama…
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[Romney better VP pick for financial crisis]…Romney is a disingenuous, egotistical..
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Again, so? How does that disprove anything?
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[Palin's unfavorability]…Which usually means people are afraid.
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Afraid of what?
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If you really, honestly thought that Sarah Palin was making McCain’s candidancy worse, you wouldn’t bother to say that you disliked her.
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Why on Earth not? Seems like a lot of people are doing so.

Barack Obama had 9,000 + in and a pouring thunderstorm on tuesday. Isnt that right JNS?

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newliberty: ..here’s the video to prove it…
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Prove what? That you don’t know the difference between 16K and 140K?

newliberty,
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And how will there be new research with the “across the board spending freeze”?

FYI: the Energy Information Administration analyzed the potential effect of drilling in ANWR.
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“With respect to the world oil price impact, projected ANWR oil production constitutes between 0.4 and 1.2 percent of total world oil consumption in 2030, based on the low and high resource cases, respectively. Consequently, ANWR oil production is not projected to have a large impact on world oil prices. Relative to the AEO2008 reference case, ANWR oil production is projected to have its largest oil price reduction impacts as follows: a reduction in low-sulfur, light (LSL) crude oil prices of $0.41 per barrel (2006 dollars) in 2026 in the low oil resource case, $0.75 per barrel in 2025 in the mean oil resource case, and $1.44 per barrel in 2027 in the high oil resource case. Assuming that world oil markets continue to work as they do today, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could neutralize any potential price impact of ANWR oil production by reducing its oil exports by an equal amount.”
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As there are 42 gallons of gas in a barrel, our government projects between 1 and 3.4 cents per gallon in potential savings by the year 2027, should OPEC allow it. Not much savings, not much independence.

Rick Sanchez just went all KO on Sarah Palin and posted the “share the wealth” quote from her interview last year with the New Yorker. He should have given a H/T to KO in my opinion but im just glad someone else reported it too

Just having fun w/ McCain’s base…d@mb white people. Behold the wisdom of ‘comedienne’ Victoria Jackson:

“Why am I voting for the fantastic McCain/Palin ticket? Simply because my “world view” is based on the belief that The Bible is the inerrant, holy, Word of God, and the Republican stance on abortion, marriage, government control, taxes, education, health care, charity, military, defense, democracy and freedom – lines up closest with the Bible’s message.”

You see, what bothers me most, besides being a Communist, and a racist (Obama writes in his book, From Dreams of My Father, “I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and and animosity against my (white) mother’s race.”) (Obama’s “religion” of the last 20 years is Black Liberation Theology. What is that? “It is simply Marxism dressed up in Christian rhetoric. But unlike traditional Marxism, Black Liberation Theology emphasizes race rather than class.
http://www.victoriajackson.com/

jarais Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I agree this was her first speech of 2012, but why on earth would McCain let her give a 2012 speech? This lack of cooperation is stunning. Can’t wait to read the post mortem on this.

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McCain has probably lost control of Sarah Palin (who must have been egged on by some in power republicans). Surely he wouldn’t “let” her go “rouge” if he still has a say in it.

However, Palin failed to realize that, McCain might have lost the power to control her now, but he sure hasn’t lost the power to destroy her later.

This is one old guy whose back is too strong for her to stab in. Her small town political cunningness just simply won’t do here in the big leagues. Yet again, stupid is as stupid does.

Hey Rick Sanchez has been doing stuff like that for a while now. I’ve started to watch everyday.

ertw,
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I have said the same thing. McCain is going to bury her and fast if they lose and it won’t be pretty and the best part is it wont be tied to him.

Just so I’m clear, any oil acquired via domestic exploration does not belong to the US. It would belong to multi-national oil conglomerations for sale on the world market. The link I provided (comment #80) says “projected ANWR oil production constitutes between 0.4 and 1.2 percent of total world oil consumption in 2030″. Drilling there would slightly raise the world’s supply of oil, nothing else.
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ANWR exploration would have a negligible effect on the price of gas and absolutely no effect on our dependence on oil -foreign or otherwise.
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One would expect the foremost expert in energy independence (or whatever McCain’s quote was exactly) to know better.

jake2008 Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Does Palin really have any expertise on children with special needs? Her kid with Downs Syndrome is 5 months old! I’m not saying she shouldn’t be passionate about this issue (she should), but she couldn’t possibly be an expert on it at this point unless she knew a lot about it before her kid was born. I have a sister with Downs Syndrome and public policy related to these types of issues is extremely complex and not something someone could easily grasp in such a short period of time.

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And the fact that Sarah Palin is an anti-intellectual would just prevent her from learning anything scientific about Downs Syndrome.

If it isn’t in the bible, she does not know it.

sgwhiteinfla,

When that happens, McCain will gain back a tiny bit of my respect, not that there were much to start with.

I think people are afraid of what Sarah Palin could mean in the future of the Republican party. Fact is, they are endorsing a less experienced candidate than Sarah Palin. Seems a bit odd.
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Less experienced? Perhaps.
Less batsh*t insane? Certainly.
More intellectually capable? Absolutely.
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If you really, honestly thought that Sarah Palin was making McCain’s candidancy worse, you wouldn’t bother to say that you disliked her.
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Yes I would. I dislike Sarah Palin, even though she has proven to be an anchor ’round the GOP’s neck.

Cliff,
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“Afraid” “Scared” are two favorite words Palin supporters enjoy referring to when it comes to defending their Goddess.
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While finding this notion hilarious at the beginning, it does seem bare a certain bit of truth to it.
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Who isn’t afraid of ignorance and stupidity? I, personally, am always more afraid of any idiot with a gun than a police officer, simply because the idiot never considers the consequences of firing the gun.

“Afraid” “Scared” are two favorite words Palin supporters enjoy referring to when it comes to defending their Goddess.
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Which is an odd decision, to me. Somehow it’s a virtue of Palin’s that she inspires a deep seated fear of the Apocalypse?
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On a slightly related topic, newliberty reminds me:
Where have all the trolls gone? I haven’t seen a peep from obamish, texte, jimmyjamz or NOBama08 (which is nice), and nothing from the non-troll dissenters: ny nick, kaybeel, and Yoshi.

My final ‘Palin analysis’ is all she really served to do is shine a huge spotlight on what was lacking in their candidate. McCain couldn’t draw a crowd of significant size until she arrived on the campaign trail, is too old/out of touch for connecting with young voters and very poor speaking/personal dynamic. Palin trumped him soundly in all these areas and woke up the Rep party – but they can’t change the simple truth – they backed the wrong horse. Palin wasn’t so much the wrong pick as VP – McCain was the wrong pick for Pres.

Cliff,
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as sgwhiteinfla acutely pointed out, and I paraphrase, newliberty probably is obamish in drag.

ertw – I gotta say, that would shock me. My mental image of obamish is a person who refuses to compromise with the left no matter what facts are thrown his way.
Time will tell – if it is obamish, then they’ll eventually devolve into that special brand of lunacy we all know and love.
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Well, know, at least.

Kathy and Andy: Thanks for the best wishes. Our industry is really suffering. I look forward to the day when we’re all not worried for our jobs.