Choice is off her game, she hasn't repeated her bs and foolish bias here yet.
Did you see her on Today show? I saw some clips and she's good. She seems to have a newfound confidence and an impatience for the BS. Whooo hooo! No wonder they're scared of her. I predict Obama will be a one termer and she will be our next president.
Read about why Obama probably will only be here 4 years here:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capi...-
president.html
I'm feeling a new sense of hope. 
Well said.
I can't think of anything to add.
Except that if she is not at the head of the ticket, I won't bother to go vote.
I did bother this time (we have to drive three towns away to vote) but what did it mgain me?
Just thought I would mention: "The Left" won the 2008 election. You will find that The Left is not a monolithic block: they will not be unanimous in their support of everything President Obama.
Also, President Obama will be running the country--- and running it during very challenging times. Hence, "The Left" will have more interesting things to worry about than Sarah Palin. In any case Palin will get bashed by her own side as well, since she is a handy scapegoat for McCain's massive defeat. (McCain fell farther behind in the polls after he picked her, she was a mediocre candidate who was totally unknown pre-August 31, 2008, she has little policy expertise, and she made some major mistakes during her VP campaign.)
The Newsweek cover picture of Sarah Palin is captioned: She is one of us - that is the problem. An amazing stumbling on to the truth. It is a problem for the MSM.
So Tim shows up to bash Palin. These lefty wimps are TERRIFIED of her.
Thanks for proving much of the point of my post Tim.
Hey, I need a personal trainer. I wish you were in Houston John
I was terrified of her only because she was so blatantly unqualified for the job she ran for.
A Vice President doesn't have to be a genius--- but she should at least have SOME relevant expertise. Half a term as governor, a few years as a lobbyist for energy interests in Alaska, and a few part-time terms in small-town government just doesn't add up to the resume of a credible national leader, no matter how straight she shoots. And, she doesn't make up for her thin political resume by being a brilliant thinker, an inspiring speaker, a scholar, a writer, a community organizer, an activist, an entrepreneur... or much of anything outside politics, besides being a hockey mom. And she hasn't been all that successful as a hockey mom: one of her daughters dropped out of school and got knocked up by a fellow dropout--- and stopped playing hockey, too
In any case, there are conservatives who actually are qualified to run the country. There are straightshooters and outsiders who are qualified. There are even fighters who are qualified.
She is also a brillian thinker and an inspiring speaker. Better than a community organizer, who did little of substance doing that, she was an elected mayor. She held an executive position as Governor, something Obama never had. Saying he is an activist is the same as a community organizer. I know you are trying to pad his resume, but don't repeat yourself.
How, pray tell, was Obama ever a entrepreneur?? What a laugh. Palin, on the other hand, owned a business. She was in sportscasting before that.
Disagree with her all you wish, but pretending she isn't qualified is just foolish.
I suppose Obama's daughters aren't old enough for us to smear his children, but then we wouldn't do that anyway. Only the classless left does such a thing.
"Tim Horrigan" (whatever that turns out to be) is a tinking example of what is wrong with the voters of this country.
Sarah Palin is more qualified to be PRESIDENT than Obama, Biden, McCain, and the Harvard faculty put together.
And obviously so just from here record.
Then she speaks and you wonder if thge Harvard Faculty adds enought to be competitive.
And I do well understand why the Marxists are so frightened of her that there are not enough "Depends" in stock to staunch the flow.
Where is the evidence that Obama will be running the country?
So far, the preponderance of the evidence is that he has no clue as to who is doing what.
NO NO NO babes
you are barking up the wrong tree
I got to tell you the truth and stop being polite. You are going the wrong way with Palin
you do it. forget Palin. I understand why you like her. I laughed my head off when she popped up. In a flash I got that she was so much your girl it was untrue. She has some warm genuine human qualities but face it, she is thick.
I am sorry. She isn't equiped for this sort of thing. YOU on the other hand,
ARE
you got to face facts. Its your time babes.
If those scumbags think they can convince us that Sarah is the reason McCain lost, instead of how badly they handled the campaign, they are fooling themselves. We will never buy that. She had the star power. She was the one conservatives were excited about. McCain we all respected and knew was a great leader, but Palin was the one who we all agreed with on all the issues important to all of us. And more importantly, she was never afraid to stand up for those issues.
Phew! I was wondering when you'd place the blame where it belongs.
Playing to the cheap seats always works best.
Please keep pushing your Palin line.
If we are lucky, you will fail. If we are unlucky, you will fail.
But please keep up the Palin thing. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
You know you have a winner when the left starts corkscrewing their heads around on a swivel spewing bile like Linda Blair in the Excorcist.
Then they act all confused why we won't unite with them in unity for the unification.
It's that hate thingy, like ridiculing an elderly woman on her death bed three days after your own grandmother has died. But hey, that's otay because she was the wife of Reagan.
So please, all you beepers on this site, explain to me again about your hope for change and unity - I'm missing something in your translation.
Well said, Sparkle.
But I'm confused. If she's such a drag on the party, such a dim-bulb, so 'thick' as to be ineffectual, and the reason that McCain lost the election, why is it that the lefties still have to show up here and keep reminding us how bad she is.
Clearly, they've never read Sun Tzu.
When you're enemy is making a mistake, you should let him.
Really guys? She's a loser for us?
Then let us wallow in our own failure. Y'all need to get back and get all hopey and changey with your new, highly-qualified and experienced, leader.
What I love knowing about people like Sarah who run for us on our side, against those on the other side, is that we know those on our side are grilled, battered, bashed, investigated, mocked and ridiculed and they come out more courageous and better fighters.
It's like if two candidates are running and one of them is given the kid glove treatment by the media, and our candidate who goes through a tough "boot camp" type of treatment and yet still ends up standing in the end.
It makes our candidate tougher, stronger, more courageous. A survivor.
That's Sarah Palin 2012. : )
RWS, that was a really great post and I think you nailed why we respect and admire this amazing woman.
Tim, you're embarrassing yourself.
Michelle, so are you.
RWS - your passion for Palin is respectable.
Mark, I actually have other things to do than comment on this blog, although I do enjoy reading and being part of the discussions. and I have no bias towards Palin, I just really believe that she is unqualified to have been the VP candidate. Maybe after being on the world stage she will be better prepared and knowledgeable about the issues, and actually have something to offer other than strong beliefs in 2012. who knows.
Mikey - I remind you of "how bad she is" because I feel it is important to get people to think about her qualifications. I don't think she's "bad", I think she's unqualified. Because RWS, while very impressive that she sought out corruption, that doesn't make her ready to be the VP or the President. she just needs so much more experience and understanding of the issues.
I read something interesting on another blog today, and something RWS said made me think of it. She said, "It's time for us to get back to who we really are. ... Getting government out of our lives." What the other blog asked was, basically, why is it that conservatives, who so strongly believe in limited government, are always the ones that are fighting to have the government regulate private matters such as marriage, conception, etc. Interesting.
and Conservatives, PLEASE, stop saying that liberals are afraid of Palin. It doesn't make any sense! She's not an ax murderer, I am not afraid of her. The only thing that I am afraid of, or maybe I should say concerned about, as I've said before, is that someone in her situation shouldn't have been in the position she was in.
Well, I am wasting my time. It's fun to vent, but really she is irrelevant at this point in time and so are you guys. You LOST the election: it was a winnable election, but you lost it. Which doesn't feel good.
If you want to hitch your wagon to that dim star, go ahead. If you wanna win back what you lost in '06 and '08, you need someone who can win over moderates and liberals... and she can't do that.
So, Tim, anyone who doesn't think like you is irrelevant? Do you get how small and non-uniting that sounds. Your uniting uniter has not taught you well.
Choice, Palin has more experience than Obama, period. Everyone has been asking for 18 months; what has Obama done? No one has answered that yet. AAA,ummm,ummmm,ahhh.
There is no doubt that this woman is a fighter - it's just she needs some serious education first.
Palin 2012 to ensure 4 more years of a Democrat controlled white House. Rail and rant as you want, she was a major contributing factor to the Republican loss last week. That you refuse to believe that is not my problem to deal with but yours.
Hilarious to read Palin's detractors talk about her lack of experience to be Vice President when their empty suit Presidential nominee had all 145 days in the US Senate as experience before running. Obama had no noteable accomplishments during his time in the IL senate, although he had many spineless "present" votes, and no noteable accomplishments during his short time as US senator.
Palin, in contrast, took on the GOP good ole boys network in Alaska during her tenure on the Alaska Oil & gas conservation commission resulting in indictments and convictions, bucking her own party because she believed it the right thing to do.
Then she ran against the incumbent governor Murkowski who had tried to silence her and beat him out. This is a touch chick who doesn't back down from a righteous fight, even under heavy intimidation from her own party.
Mr. Empty suit doesn't have a fraction of Palin's backbone or character.. or experience, for that matter either
Rail and rant as you want, she was a major contributing factor to the Republican loss last week.
I realize that's a popular talking point and all and that you were told to believe it.. but do you have any evidence to support your assertion?
Without Palin, I can definitively say that I wouldn't have voted for McCain. So I'm curious as to what evidence you have to back up the assertion that Palin was a drag on the campaign?.. Let me guess, you "feel" that she was a drag, so you repeat it as if you have a valid point, right?
Seriously though. It is very funny that you think of Sarah Palin as some sort of leader. You don't have to read her liberal detractors or those in the republican party who are trying to sink her, just watch the Couric interview. She is a tiny bit more aware that she is here and breathing that Bush is, but not much.
You don't have to read her liberal detractors or those in the republican party who are trying to sink her, just watch the Couric interview
I watched it. It was an hyperpartisan ambush by any honest account. That interview does not "define" Palin anymore than Joe Biden is defined by his shouting at a crippled man to "stand up" as he did.
Yeah, OK Biden too.
Sarah Palin is the gleaming ray of sunshine for the GOP? Oh my goodness, please count me out of that one. Let us hope the Republicans find someone else before 2012. I cringe at the thought of President Obama for 8 years.
Palin IS THE ONLY reason i voted for the Repulican's. This was the only thing McCain campain did right, bringing in a true consevititve, she wouldnt have been my 1st choice but McCain dang sure could have chosen a more liberal running mate.
"Let the left froth and snarl about our Sarah. Let the media continue to distort and lie about her. Would we expect anything different from them?"
They are actually giving her priceless free publicity, and exposing so much of themselves in the process.
The smartest thing they could do would be to just shut up. But, I doubt there's any danger of that.
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Palin ONLY appeals to a small percent of Americans. Most do not want as a President someone who believes that the earth is less than 10,000 years old. Palin believes that the Grand Canyon was created by the Great Flood. Democrats who are conservative,moderate and liberal all hope that Palin is the nominee in 2012. My guess is that it will be Romney. Real Americans want something a bit smarter than Sarah and the Joe 6 pack crowd in charge.
OMG, that is exactly what I am talking about. She DOES NOT believe the world is less than 10,000 years old! She doesn't believe the Grand Canyon was created by the Great Flood
You know you sound like an doofus when you say things like that, right?
The left is now so consumed with hatred that it believes lies no matter what. And they repeat them over and over. Sheep, I tell you. Sheep.
The grand canyon was created by the big flood
Not that this would change my opinion of her but is she a creationist or does she believe in Darwin
and evolution?
Palin scares them to death because she can win. And she appeals to a HUGE portion of the electorate. And she will appeal even more over the next 4 years.
Exit polling proved she had nothing to do with McCain losing and it had everything to do with the ECONOMY.
No left tilt, no big liberal mandate. Fix the economy is the only mandate.
I would love for Palin to win your nomination in 2012. The reason some in your own party are firing missiles at her is not her pure ideology. It is because they're scared to death that you on the right that are generally the decision-makers in the primary will vote her into a general election that she could not possibly win unless Obama turns out to be a worse president than W. For the foreseeable future, I am way more concerned about Romney or even Huck than I am about her. If that changes, and she suddenly knows something about national issues and starts making sense then I will tell you if I change my mind.
"Rail and rant as you want, she was a major contributing factor to the Republican loss last week."
William is correct . Even though McCain was holding slight leads in the polls at the time of the financial meltdown, it has to be all Sarah Palin's fault. The collapse of the stock market, the major banks collapsing, people's 401K's being wiped out, heavier job losses and McCain's suspension of his campaign and then not doing much of anything were just all red herrings.
Everybody being reminded on an hourly basis by the MSM that we were all on the verge of another great Depression and that it was 100% George Bush's fault and that McCain was a Bush clone and his policies would destroy the country. Yet we have these loons here proclaiming that everybody was more worried about Palin being a "heartbeat" away from the Presidency, so she was the reason McCain lost.
Seriously, do you people even listen to yourselves think, let alone speak? You're "heartbeat" argument is nothing more than a disingenuous way of not answering the question you all still refuse to answer.....
"Can you name one thing Obama has ever done in his life that qualified him to be President of the United States more so that John McCain?"
I can't wait to see how the left is going to destroy Bobby Jindal when he becomes a serious contender for the White House. Maybe Biden can tell us again about India and 7-11.
RWS,
A little of topic here...
but do you feel McCain hasn't defended her like he could (or should) or, are the two of them agreeing to allow Palin to defend herself?
Just wanted to get your thoughts on that as I have mixed feelings about it.
Palin has higher security clearance than any of the other 3 dunderheads who ran this year. Commander in Chief of the Alaskan National Guard and all....BTW, how WILL Obama get security clearance? Too many notorious and unsavory associations.
McCain should be defending her more, but the reality is that Palin is more than capable of defending herself.
Paul,
Palin's Dad was a science teacher. She believes in evolution. I can't speak for her, but she probably believes as I do that God created the earth through the evolutionary process.
and what about the Grand Canyon?
Just read a great article about why Obama will more than likely be a one termer. I'll try to get the link. Or did I post it here already? My memory is shot.
Anyway, did you hear how Palin may try for the senate? She is on her way, baby! : )
She was great on Greta!
Rightwinger asked:
Seriously, do you people even listen to yourselves think, let alone speak?
No. They simply move to the next talking point and blindly parrot that one.
Funny, Gov. Palin's opponents have not critizized her RECORD as governor of Alaska. Why is that? Has anyone of those opposed to her looked at her RECORD? Not really. Otherwise, they might have a different take on her. Also, this election turned out to be a referrendum on President Bush. The GOP could have put Brand X against any Democrat and still lost.
I'm a Canadian and I feel a great sadness for the American people as a whole. They were given a wonderful opportunity to vote for a woman that not only speaks the truth but lives it. She's real & that's why the enemy(the media) faught her so much. She's such a bright light in this dark world but the people want darkness & they sure will get it. They have none to blame but themselves. If there's a time that the US needs one of God's people in Washington it's NOW! When a nation turns their back on God it's not good. The bible tells us that. It's sad that there wasn't enough salt in America to save America. It's all downhill from here. God help America!
McCain led Obama after he chose Palin. He lost the lead when he failed to respond against the Bailout.
Whether she is qualified or not is moot now. Firstly, per the Constitution she is qualified. Secondly, she is more qualified than Obama by experience alone. Thirdly she was running for VPotUS, not PotUS. But as I said, it is all moot now. She will have her chanceto prove herself in 2012, should she choose.
McCain lost because of McCain, not because of Palin.
It's sad that it's not even the lefty illuminati that's bashing her now, but members of her own party. Way to recover from an unsuccessful election.
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