Right. A snowbilly reindeer breeder with a doublewide stuffed full of moose antlers and Jaqueline Smith K-Mart collection clothing. A religious zealot who speaks in tongues and is anti-woman to the point of shaping her coif like the head of a menacing penis bent on forcible procreation. A dundering political toy to be fondled by NASCAR aficionados while their fat, bleach blond wives are busy in the kitchen throwing together a canned tuna and pea casserole.
I know this. Because beltway insiders who once saw pictures of caribou and own the first two seasons of “Northern Exposure” on DVD assure me it is so.
Both of those articles are hilarious. I particularly loved this:
“I’d heard rumors around the campaign of her photographic memory and, frankly, I watched it in action. She sees. She processes. She questions, and only then, she acts. What is often called her “confidence” is actually a rarity in national politics: I saw a woman who knows exactly who she is.”
Genius.
In one year Sarah Palin will be back terrorizing Alaska until she loses her next state election. She’ll then try to make a living on the right wing speaking circuit where she will begin to cake on make up to hide her withering youth.
How could Mcain be so stupid??
HOW????
Now were completely screwed because Osama is going to be sitting in the big chair next week all because of this nit wit.
slevin- Love her or hate her, she’s a star. She won’t be withering away. America won’t let her.
No… we’re completely screwed because nobody is bothering to look at the nutjob that Biden is… nobody is bothering to ask Obama anything of substance for fear of being labelled as a racist for daring to challenge the almighty.
America is caught up in a cult of personality. Unfortunately when the chips are down this “community organizer” who hasn’t run so much as a lemonade stand is gonna fold like a house of cards. And I’ll be there to say I told you so.
Yeah she’s a real brainiac alright:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07kO9TtHYzQ&feature=bz302
nevermind all the politics, I take exception to the “…throwing together a canned tuna and pea casserole”
omg… even I’m more sophisticated than that and mix a little Kraft dinner into mine. Not the cheap stuff either, the special kind with the foil bags of cheese “product” and larger macaroni.
I’m sure Sarah Palin would, in many ways, rather be back in Alaska where she enjoys approval ratings usually reserved for dictators that murder anyone that dares “disapprove”, than on the trail subjected to “down the nose” glares from faux intelligentsia. Her time as VP is going to be so much fun!!
The hatred of Democrats twwards Palin is so utterly charming.
Can’t wait for years of triumphal hatred of half of America. It will be such a joy.
Right on, ChrisinMB! Bon appetit!
As Lafferty points out, if they only vote based on her abortion stand, the fems are basically stuck on stupid. And as Jeff points out…watch out Elaine!Just wondering why Lafferty waited until now to fiss the angry fems.
I’m waiting for some bozos to ‘re-act’ to this.
Mr. Goldstein still rocks.
I think it was genius just to find someone with less experience than Obama that would be willing to run.
I have said it before and I will say it again. If McCain loses, the blame lies squarely at Palin’s feet. Sure she energized a Republican voter base, but in doing so, she has managed to alienate most of the swing voters.
I agree with Frum, Noonan, Parker and all the other dissenters on this. Her populist nonsense is going to end up alienating the ‘urban elite’, business or otherwise, who fund the Republican party so that their taxes don’t get out of hand. She’s doing a hell of a job alienating anyone who isn’t far right. That is a dangerous tactic when you rely on the same ‘elite’ to help you make decisions and get them implemented. People complain about entrenched bureaucrats, but frankly, most bureaucracies and civil services have a vetting process that Palin would never be able to pass through. Competitive exams and interviews are just two of the obstacles she would face. This is a lady who had to go to 4 universities with no entrance requirements to get a bachelors degree in a field that’s about as brain-testing as art history. She can’t offer a straight answer to a question without resorting to doggonit charm – which may work with the party faithful, but turns off anyone with half a brain. If she was running for the PTA, I would vote for her and her charm. Vice Presidency of the United States. Fuggedaboudit.
Anyone who has even a semblence of respect for that institution should worry about Palin. The President is supposed to be a leader, not a mirror image of Average Joe Six Pack, who, whatever his merits, is not fit to run a country as powerful as the US. Most of the unelected, and quite a few of the elected/appointed highers ups in the US government are Ivy League educated. They are the last hope if Palin ever becomes President. Will she listen to them? She’s having a hard time listening to the McCain camp. She is a maverick, alright, but Mavericks come in two categories – good. And bad. And she is very much one of the latter. The change she promises will divide America like never before. She is turning the party into a rural white folks populist party. That will go down well with some of the folk at SDA, who qualify as rural white folk. But how seriously can you take a group that sees nothing wrong with government subsidies to keep them floating, while railing against social welfare-ism?
She is ready to sink McCain’s campaign to position herself for a 2012 campaign. Without McCain, she would just be some Alaskan governor, who would probably be out of office after one term – troopergate. Frankly, if she was a man, would she have won the nomination? Probably not. When was the last time you heard of an under-educated Alaskan governor being considered?
Now she stabs McCain in the back. The irony of it all was watching Rove talk about negative personal coming out of the Palin and McCain camps. Rove was responsible for calling McCain the “fag candidate”, and charging him with a child out of wedlock – two issues that have turned the hard right against McCain completely. The same hard right he had to cater to by appointing this very average and ordinary person to an extraordinary office.
I don’t like Obama. He is too far to the left. McCain is ideal – close to center and fairly pragmatic. But if McCain goes, the country will shift too far to the right. Too much emphasis on rural white folk – it does not bode well for the Republicans in a country that has urban and colored folk. The ‘Hussein’ issue hasn’t alienated just Arabs or Muslims. Its alienated everyone who isn’t white.
That’s exactly right, cal2.
Have we ever seen such a concerted effort to stomp a person into the ground?
The strangest of all is the fact so many Liberals here in Canada are all excited about Obama of platitudes without a flipping clue beyond optics.
He’ll not be a friend to Canada if he acts on all his socialist rhetoric. Free trade anyone?
To a large extent, Sarah Palin brought this misogynistic abuse upon herself. At the Republican Convention she clearly told Washington and the Media she was not interested in their favour or blessing.
A brilliant tactical move. By responding to her challenge and throwing the vilest of personal excrement in her direction, they have demonstrated how incestuous and inbred their own DC lifestyle has become.
If they had stuck to leadership issues,a la the CPC attacks on Dion, they had to admit she had far more executive experience than Obama. So they went after personal and family issues, and only destoyed themselves in the process.
Whoever wins on Nov 4th, Sarah is now the defacto head of the Republican Party.
If she returns to Alaska, she is still the most popular politician in America.
To a large extent, Sarah Palin brought this misogynistic abuse upon herself. At the Republican Convention she clearly told Washington and the Media she was not interested in their favour or blessing.
A brilliant tactical move. By responding to her challenge and throwing the vilest of personal excrement in her direction, they have demonstrated how incestuous and inbred their own DC lifestyle has become.
If they had stuck to leadership issues,a la the CPC attacks on Dion, they had to admit she had far more executive experience than Obama. So they went after personal and family issues, and only destoyed themselves in the process.
Whoever wins on Nov 4th, Sarah is now the defacto head of the Republican Party.
If she returns to Alaska, she is still the most popular politician in America. And on Jan 26th, she will get name Ted Stevens senatorial replacement. Lets see….Todd Palin or Joe the Plumber, LOL.
I am new to the Blogging Tories and this posting just about put me off coming back to it. During the election I read comments from liberals who wrote nothing but sarcastic remarks about Stephen Harper. On these blogs they were blasted, and righty so, for their vitrol and sarcasm. Kate’s posting here is exactly the same, but I guess it is okay to do the same thing we condemn. Come on people, show some class and not dive into the gutter.
Disgusted.
I recently saw an interview between her and a guy named Sean Hannity (sp?) with Fox News backstage at an appearance she was making. She knows exactly where she comes from and what she’s doing – she is severely underestimated – and she knows this – which is a big strategic advantage. She has shown the toughness and character to come back from questionable interviews and has shown calmness and clarity in the big 2008 election storm (she did very well in the VP debate and she came across with class on SNL – and probably converted most of the cast).
I’ve lived the life Sarah Palin lived, to a large extent. I’ve got news for those big city blowhards — Sarah Palin can easily step into your shoes, but if you tried to step into hers, you wouldn’t last a week.
“How could Mcain be so stupid??”
The pretentiousness of armchair pundits is breathtaking.
The presumption that the citizenry does not grasp that this election is about degrees of freedom, not about specific policies or personalities, is insulting.
“I think it was genius just to find someone with less experience than Obama that would be willing to run.”
Less experience? She’s run a State. Obama was a “community organizer”. If that’s a key qualifier then they should have gone with Louis Riel.
Intrepid – did you perchance, click the link provided?
“The hatred of Democrats towards Palin is so utterly charming.”
She’s an archetype. A shiny object.
The hatred is actually towards half of America. The half that opposes the radical anarchists. The socialists. The feminazis. The seething haters attached to a pen.
She’s just drawing the fire.
I think the rest know that the bile is aimed at them all.
And it’s being recorded.
Intrepid, I don’t think you understood the post. Did you read the original article that was linked?
David Frum has broken down and needs to stand in line at some medical facility in Canada. The problem seems to be that he has Stephen Harper Fever, otherwise known as Milquetoast Conservatism. If you’ll take him back, we’ll throw in Peggy Noonan.
David Frum has broken down and needs to stand in line at some medical facility in Canada. The problem seems to be that he has Stephen Harper Fever, otherwise known as Milquetoast Conservatism. If you’ll take him back, we’ll throw in Peggy Noonan.
For the sin of being a Christian personally opposed to abortion, Palin is being pilloried by the inside-the-Beltway Democrat feminist establishment.
I appreciate the honesty that Ms. Lafferty displays with this comment because this is what the real issue is. Had Governor Palin not been a Christian with the corresponding pro-life views, she would not be subjected to the same kind of criticism. Had a woman similar to Governor Palin except in those two areas been the VP nominee, that woman may not have had any more supporters from the leftist MSM, but the vicious, biting edge that accompanies the current criticism would have been gone.
Now, I also have a thought about the intelligence question. I am do not think that Governor Palin is an erudite thinker. However, that level of intelligence is often not necessary (or good) for political office. The level of intelligence required for the job is that of a high level manager of a large company – an executive. It certainly requires an above average level of intelligence – one which can be used to advantage to assemble a qualified policy team. Some members of that team may be more erudite – they belong with policy formation and, perhaps, policy implementation. I have no doubt that Governor Palin is sufficiently qualified for the job as far as intelligence goes. Experience is another matter, but if experience is an issue, there is an even larger problem with Obama.
Listen, honey. Feminism has a job to do. You don’t have to fall in love. Just fall in line.
Finally, one of the biggest contradictions from the link is this comment “Just fall in line.” Here we have a woman blasting Palin for supposed lack of intelligence and suggesting that the remedy is to “fall in line”. We normally associate intelligence with the ability to probe other ideas and crtique them for their problems and offer an alternative solution. Soooo….. the Governor is criticised for a lack of intelligence and the prescribed remedy is to become a pseudo-robot and then she can properly called intelligent? Hmmmmmmm. And Palin is the one lacking intelligence??
crtique = critique
and then she can properly BE called intelligent?
Intrepid, the page that Kate links to is a humour page. The commentary is halved, at least from what I can tell between real commentary and a sarcastic ripping of the attitude of “progressive” America toward women that hold conservative views.
Well I believe the media when they say “Palin is not very smrt”. I mean they told me that Dion was smrt…. Oh wait
Best comment from the link, J Howard says:
“Sadly, I’ve seen my fill of candidate speechifying. Of the four of them, Palin is easily the fastest, most perspectived thinker of the bunch.
This woman is bright. That is why she connects. Well, that and the honesty.
Biden is a loud tape loop of gaffes and DC insider doubletalk. McCain is a terrible debater but gets in the occasional lick (and actually really rocks doing comedy, oddly). Obama is turgid, halting, probably too busy checking his lies file, ala Clinton, to make much sense, although Bill could charm the birds out of the trees.
But Palin gets it, speaks in real time, processes right now, and just doesn’t lose a point. All this talk questioning her mind is the single most bigoted thing in this cycle.
The left hates them some stereotypes — they’re the real-world version of SNL losing it’s ass trying to rap at Palin while she sat right there, smiling, having them on without saying a word.
Brains and class. No real idea what she has in terms of policy, but what’s that got to do with running for the presidency, anyway. Just ask the other side.”
J Howard tears off the media blinders with a bolt of lightening.
“Sarahcuda the ImPalinator” will continue to ‘rip them all a new suit’.
The clothes budget nonsense was just a detractor from the real issues. The Obama-Nation(tm) may just find itself Biden time.
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The USA has never been so divided. The Republican party has never been so divided. A candidate and their running mate have never been so divided.
If Osama wins, look forward to civil strife like we’ve not seen since the civil war. The rurals and the WWF-F150 crowd will be hunting a new prey with their Enfeilds. Violence will erupt, there’s no question.
If Mcain wins look forward to unimaginable disarray and a breakdown of communication among the political and economic strata of the country. Violence will erupt, there’s no question.
Heaven help us.
I just saw Governor Palins speech on energy.
To those who think this person has no smarts, watch this speech, then give yourself a slap.
I meant less experience in time only. I think the chosen one has one more year of experience in gubmint ( thats government in chicago ebonics)
his voting record is only outranked by Borat Dion in terms of running away from issues. voting present instead of yay or nay doesnt qualify him for anything except a way of skirting the issues.
so when it comes to skirt ,I’ll pick Palins type over Barry Hussein anyday.
Dim, is that a personal nickname related to the brightness of your bulb?
I’m a lesbian feminist supporting McCain/Palin. One could hardly call me far right wing, yet I am definitely a conservative.
I would take the opinion of a woman who has interacted with Sarah Palin (and one who is an avowed Democrat) as having far greater weight than that of SNL characters or far left members of _The View_.
Just wait until Obama is president, then gets whacked by some nut job and Biden ends up as President. God Bless America?
Biden as prez. cool, one guy where his brain neurons appear to be fired by a random number generator.
I would suggest that SP is smarter than all of the others when it comes to the real issues of normal day Americans. Of the 3 other candidates ever had a life outside of the government, participated in the PTA, had any dealings in running a town as a member or mayor, had a business, had 5 kids to deal with, had a spouse that had to work for a living. This was not handed down from the elite. This kind of life was earned the hard way, where every dollar counted and earned, scrimped, saved and spent for the betterment of their own family, extended family and the lifestyle of their choice. This family did not suceede as they did by not having any brains or work ethic. Look at the other 3 and follow the money.
To the people saying Palin has no experience, I was given this analogy from a friend:
Obama has fewer days logged into the senate than a second grade child is required to have in order to pass into the third grade.
If we count executive experience between Obama and Palin, keeping in mind that we are focusing on a Presidential candidate and a VP candidate (generally the two are not compared, its Pres to Pres and VP to VP), Palin is already in Jr. High to Obama’s (midway) through second grade. The easiest way to tell that Palin is in Jr. High and Obama is still stuck in Second grade: Palin is criticized harshly for superficial reasons (her clothes? C’mon, how much has the democrat party spent on their boy’s suits?) by the other girls who dont like her being popular, and Obama can still just stand up in front of the class and talk for a few minutes and get applause.
What SP brings out is the very divided nature of society right now. I suspect that the Obamaites would have hated her regardless because of her politics but the views of republicans and media elitist are more interesting.
They willfully avoid objectively looking at any of her positives – energy knowledge, popular governorship, pipeline deal, confronting corruption within her own party and her adherence to conservative principles. They also refuse to deeply examine her popularity by instead claiming it is all about looks and pandering to the masses anti-intellectual biases.
More disturbing is their view that it is not just her biggest problem but the main faults of anyone that is of a similar station. More and more often you hear the upper crust musing about how these darned average people are hurting democracy by voting incorrectly. They increasingly equate the middle class as middle classless – an unenlightened, under-educated, non-conforming threat. It seems that this disdain for Joe Six Pack is turning into contempt. And once you feel contempt for someone, you can treat them horribly without feeling any guilt or shame. Her opponents have surely been displaying this contempt in their articles and attitudes.
Merie Underwood said- would suggest that SP is smarter than all of the others when it comes to the real issues of normal day Americans. Of the 3 other candidates ever had a life outside of the government, participated in the PTA, had any dealings in running a town as a member or mayor, had a business, had 5 kids to deal with, had a spouse that had to work for a living. This was not handed down from the elite. This kind of life was earned the hard way, where every dollar counted and earned, scrimped, saved and spent for the betterment of their own family, extended family and the lifestyle of their choice. This family did not suceede as they did by not having any brains or work ethic. Look at the other 3 and follow the money. ”
If you think that Obama had this “handed down from the elite” than you have no knowledge of Obama. Agree with his policies or not, fine, but to say he doesnt know how real people live is just showing you know nothing of the candidate.
Soccmom:
Name-calling and character assassination is what passes for intelligent discourse with the utopian totalitarians.
It’s part of the dehumanizing process, designed to sow doubt into an individual’s sense of worth.
Not a new tactic, but since most intelligent people are catching on to the tactic, it becomes shriller and shriller.
I take it as a sign of their weakness, not their strength.
Why is it assumed that only males have the brains?
Sarah Palin and a lot of other women are far smarter than any of those old geezers in the Senate.
One guy is 90 and head of a committe and they say that McCain is too old. Give me a break. Between the 2 of them they could very well be the best team that the USA ever elected. Why are the University students from Saskatoon and Regina going to the States to help Obama? Did the Americans come up here and interfere in our elections? Probably the “far left professors” encouraging such behavior.
Dim,
“The change she promises will divide America like never before.”
Are you certain about about that? After all George has already set the bar on that issue at a pretty high level. Remember she is only going to be the VP and not the President.
Turden.
That you have made sport of a child born with a disability speaks volumes to your intelligence and morals.
Reading most of the pointless and irrational comments about Sarah Palin from Canadian “liberals” on this site or any other reminds me of just how “unimportant” and “irrelevant” socialist Canada has become.
America remains the worlds superpower and the mentally ill political left is terrified of a female conservative being elected to the position of Vice President.
Get used to it. And don’t believe the polls.
Durden
I dont care what your political views are.
I have seen some very stupid comments on this site but you have managed to surpass all of them.
Get used to it. And don’t believe the polls.
Posted by: Brad at October 29, 2008 2:09 PM
I hope you’re right Brad. I’m not optimistic.
Pissed off? No, who can get pissed off at individual that makes such a statement, seems pretty revealing. Pity for such a person would be a more approriate emotion.
Pissed off? No, who can get pissed off at individual that makes such a statement, seems pretty revealing. Pity for such a person would be a more approriate emotion.