PalinTracker: Book Tour Dates, Reagan’s Triumph, Fighting PelosiCare
October 29
Calling all Trolls!
CNN dutifully reports:
The Democratic National Committee is taking fresh aim at Sarah Palin, encouraging supporters to attack the former Alaska governor on Facebook in order to “debunk her lies.”
In an e-mail to supporters, and on a new Web site, the DNC asks supporters to call out Palin when she uses Facebook to transmit what the committee says are falsehoods.
“The more we push back with the truth, the more Sarah Palin and others like her will have to think twice before they promote lies, and the less they’ll be able to derail progress,” DNC executive director Jen O’Malley Dillon wrote in the e-email.
November 2:
Barracuda to Biden
At Facebook, Palin posts: Response to Vice President Biden’s Comments Today About My Position On Energy Independence
Sarah robo-calls Virginia
“Virginia, hello, this is Sarah Palin calling to urge you to go to the polls Tuesday and vote for Sarah’s principles. The eyes of America will be on Virginia and make no mistake about it, every vote counts. So don’t take anything for granted, vote your values on Tuesday, and urge your friends and family to vote, too.”
The recording did not mention candidate Bob McDonnell, nor was it funded by his campaign — but by the Virginia Faith and Freedom Coalition.
Sarah coming to Kansas
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce announces the speaker for its 2010 annual banquet: Sarah Palin. Tickets for the 1,408 banquet seats were sold out in two days. However, there are approximately 2,600 gallery seats which may or may not be sold out, though sales have been suspended for now.
November 3
Another book
Fox News reports:
Despite her image as a polarizing figure and her penchant to provoke fervent support or intense hatred, the real Sarah Palin is a “complicated person” who isn’t as dumb as her opponents say or as transcendent as her supporters believe, according to a new book.
Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar is written by CBS News reporter Scott Conroy and former Fox News producer Shushannah Walshe, who covered Palin on the 2008 campaign trail. According to Walshe, “It’s the good, the bad and the ugly. Everything is there.”
Wins and losses
At Facebook, Palin posts: A Victory for Common Sense and Fiscal Sanity
Excerpts:
The race for New York’s 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010. …
To the tireless grassroots patriots who worked so hard in that race and to future citizen-candidates like Doug, please remember Reagan’s words of encouragement after his defeat in 1976:
“The cause goes on. Don’t get cynical because look at yourselves and what you were willing to do, and recognize that there are millions and millions of Americans out there that want what you want, that want it to be that way, that want it to be a shining city on a hill.”
– Sarah Palin
November 4
Palin Power
While tired old media outlets yammer on about the NY-23 race — where Palin’s endorsement of conservative candidate Doug Hoffman resulted in beyond-RINO Dede Scozzafava dropping out of the race and supporting the Democrat who won the seat — and insist it means the GOP must remain moderate, Palin Power surfaces in Chicago, where Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk is jockeying for Palin’s endorsement in the upcoming primary for Obama’s former seat, since appointed to Sen. Roland Burris (D).
Ever wonder why liberal pundits are so concerned with helping the Republican Party avoid losses? Should the GOP listen to their sage advice about dumping Palin? Ask Doug Hoffman, who soared from 15% to 46% after Palin’s endorsement just two weeks before the election.
US future: New Zealand (Australia?) refused citizenship to a German MD and his family because one of his kids has Downs and would cause the state too much to take care of him.
Interesting article. And with time “well spent” ms. Palin could be preparing to really take the stage. You would think that on the surface her moves thus far have been just a response to several political and personal failures, but when you scratch the surface you just might discover a one stater slowly developing into a conservative “female” national voice. And, when you consider that a female is definately “in the cards” to become president “next” (2016?)….who knows?
Clinton, may just end up…. once again, to “not” be the shoe in……..again. Good Luck to S. Palin.
Fabulous!
Sarah Palin has the odds in her favor. She merely needs to keep studying and actively interacting with her allies. Palin is a true threat to the leftist establishment. That’s the reason why they hate her so much. Palin would be ignored if she was perceived to be relatively harmless.
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I am from South America and I got a Fullbright. I got my visa but my kid has Down Syndrome and they, the embassy, would not give her visa.
We were impressed with her support of Hoffman and the response.
OGM!!! If Palin were to become president and Hillary not…what a hormone rage there would be!!!
I sincerely hope Palin does continue on the political scene, learns much, shoots Katie down, tromps on Charlie etc… Has McCain in a position that he has to ask favors of her.
So, how do they intend to debunk Sarah on facebook? Saying she’s lieing?..how do you prove someone is lieing, if they’re telling the truth?, Lie about the truth or an opinion? Crazy.
We need better people with better ethics and morals in positions of power. 2010 will be a start!!
#4 Thomson: spot on. Is it any wonder they watch & report her every move, her every statement, her every word? Not only do they see her as a real threat, but they are also jealous and/or envious of her meteoric rise to the national scene. John McCain should be ashamed of himself for throwing her under the bus, both before and after the election. McCain & his handlers wouldn’t let her be Sarah, and in their infinite wisdom (or more accurately, lack thereof) lost the election and now we’re stuck with a socialist & his crooked Chicago minions for the next 3+ yrs.
There is no doubt Palin connects with the people. She’s naturally (not Botoxed or plastic surgery-ized) beautiful. She has a family (although not without problems, same as millions of other Americans) and has managed to balance both family life and a career. Her husband is a man’s man, and not some limp-wristed, hen-pecked, girlie-man. All of these things drive the let’s-make-a-victim-of-everyone leftists absolutely bonkers.
It’s quite humorous to watch, actually: they constantly attack her . . . but they don’t stop reporting about her, and the more they attack her, the more I like her, and I already like her a lot. She’s got a bright future, and personally, I’d love to see her become President.
Where ever Sarah Palin goes, hopeful optimism fills hearts.
I picked up my voucher for the book and ticket to get it signed by Sarah at Johnny Beth in Cincinnati today.
At Milwaukee, Sarah was looking radiant as ever and is such an inspiration. I believe she has the leadership experience and skills that we see so lacking in the inexperienced Obama.
When you look at her past record, one thing stands out: Sarah gets things done.
She will be an outstanding President and I’m proud that my country can produce such women of courage, character, charisma, honesty and leadership qualities.
You know what they said about Gold Meir? She had more b*lls than any man in her cabinet. I gotta say that about Sarah Pallin as well, compared to some of the men in the Republican Party (of which I am a member).
It took two whole days for a CoC event to sell out when she became the headliner? Geez, Sarah’s losing her touch! I mean, a CoC event is a huge draw by itself, right?
Her posting regarding the Berlin Wall was well-written and quite inspirational. Wouldn’t it have been great to have her speak at the ceremony? Then, the world, including her naysayers, could see the contrast made clear between her and our current administration.
A comment to the last setence by Sapwolf “Amen to that”
Sarah Palin no longer needs any help against Socialized health care.
The democrats just invited the kiss of death…
“When you try and fail, the other guys write history.”
Bill is so smart-
that speech reminds me of General MacArthur:
“Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
Whatever the hell that means!
Thank you Bill for the smoochy of death.
Even if everything they’re saying about her were true, Sarah Palin could not possibly be a more inept president than the incumbent. At least she doesn’t hate her country. I’d just love to see the heads exploding as the election results came in. Heck, that would be worth it’s weight in bear gall bladders. You betcha!
5. KB: “they”, the US?
I’m an immigrant, a legal one. I used to live in the San Francisco area. The immigration office there used to put their phones in a drawer so they did’nt have to answer them. They also “deported” a Philippino lady while her American citizen husband was at work. The American consul in HK assumed everyone wanted to stay in the US once they could get inside the country. I’m not surprised what they did to you and your child.
But the German doctor has already been working as a permanent resident for a decade inside the country before he filed for his citizenship. The difficulty he had would not have happened in the US until last Saturday.
To those who are contemplating the US citizenship: please don’t. The US is the only country levying world wide income taxes. Once you became a citizen, you would have no place to hide from the politicians’ tentacles. Just remember, you have to pay a tax on all your assets to exit your citizenship. If you didn’t pay up, you would be a tax cheat, a criminal.
I have a question for y’all:
When Sarah Palin endorsed Hoffman(C) over DeDe Scozzafava(R), Sarah Palin was considered mavericky and thinking outside the box.
When DeDe Scozzafava endorsed Owens(D) over Hoffman(C), she was branded as a traitor.
Why is what Sarah Palin did applauded and what DeDe Scozzafava did regarded as treason?
JDS @ 17: Hoffman was the real Republican in that race. Scozzafava was a RINO, an ersatz Republican who would have fit in perfectly with the Democrats. That’s why Sarah Palin was applauded when she endorsed Hoffman. Scozzafava showed her true colors when she endorsed Owens.
And then inasmuch and insofar as our brave troops and heroes are concerned:
According to a study released by the Harvard Medical School, 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year as a result of not having health insurance. Researchers emphasize that “that figure is more than 14 times the number of deaths (155) suffered by U.S. troops in Afghanistan in 2008, and more than twice as many as have died (911 as of Oct. 31) since the war began in 2001.”
The 1.46 million working-age veterans that did not have health insurance last year all experienced reduced access to care as a consequence, leading to “six preventable deaths a day.”
Ubethca.
It’s called principle, Scozzo supported the stimulus, which hasn’t worked, was wishy washy on cap n trade, supported the horrid secret ballot
supporting measure, was an ally of ACORN’s party
wing the Working Families party. You think 11 voting machines going down was a coincidence, or that one county, Fulton registered no vote; then you really are naive.
19. Now and Then: Isn’t it strange? Aren’t veterans covered by VA care? The govt. run VA care. If they died for lack of heath insurance, I wonder why? And wonder further what will happen to us when Obamacare is in full force. How many of us will die for lack of health care?
21. ic:
” Isn’t it strange? . . If they died for lack of heath insurance, I wonder why?”
That’s exactly what you’re supposed to wonder.
#19 Now and Then – Define veteran. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
Retired veterans get decent care from what I’ve seen. There has been tremendous improvement in vet care this decade. (A few exposes and a long war might have something to do with that.) War veterans don’t qualify for care except for war-related injuries, unless they have a medical retirement (see retirement above).
A vet who gets out after a few years of service actually has a disadvantage in the marketplace. His experience is rarely relevant… or appreciated. That’s because too few of those doing the hiring have any military experience. In the old days, when more men served, vets were given preference, as the value of the experience was appreciated. Thus, now, it is harder for them to get ahead, to have a better career, to have health insurance.
The thing is, lack of health insurance doesn’t kill you. It is not a disease. Inability to afford the out of control costs of healthcare might kill you. Misplaced spending priorities might kill you. A drinking habit, which many soldiers develop, might kill you. The fact that they are veterans is most likely incidental to the cause of their deaths. How do those numbers stack up to the population at large?
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.
Hannity had Crowder on tonight with his VP question tonight. It was tragicomedy. 34% of those questioned knew who the VP is. I doubt that, if Palin were VP, that there would be anyone who didn’t know.
Off-topic, Dana Perrino also made a great point tonight. She said that Cap & Trade had a better chance of passing with Bush in charge than with Obama. I think it even more true if McCain were in charge, since he bought into the nonsense. Sounds like electing Obama allowed us to dodge that particular bullet. More ammo for the case against DIRC’s (Dems in Repub Clothing).
OTOH, maybe not, because McCain would never want to sign a job-killer like that, because he never goes against anything unpopular with the people. He climbs onto every bandwagon, but will always go for the bigger bandwagon. He’s just a gross opportunist.
Hey, I’m just wondering if you think it’d be OK if somebody showed up to a Pain book signing with a .45 strapped to their thigh? That be OK? How about an AK47 slung over their shouder? Cool? Nobody’d have a problem with that, right? Think Palin would be cool with that? I mean, she’s a huntress, queen of the hardcore conservative right wing, champion of the 2nd Amendment . . . it’s perfect, right?
So, whaddya think?
FROM: C4P…..
Let’s have some fun. Maybe we’ll have a prize for the winner:
1) Will there be a Drudge headline noting that sales for Going Rogue eclipsed 200,000 in its first week?
2) Will Oprah ask Governor Palin about NY-23?
3) Will Glenn Beck cry during his interview with Governor Palin?
4) Will Obama’s approval rating in the Gallup daily tracking poll of adults fall under 50% at any point during Governor Palin’s book tour?
5) On which stop on her book tour will Governor Palin receive her largest reported crowd?
6) Will a bid on her in the 2012 intrade market exceed 30 at some point during her book tour? (for context, the last bid placed on her was 25.1)
7) Will she endorse either Mark Kirk or Marco Rubio at any point during the book tour?
8) Will Mike Huckabee make another comment about her appearance at any point during the book tour?
9) Will John McCain, Barack Obama, or Joe Biden make any comment on her book once it’s released?
Have FUN….
#6 Sallie: Can you imagine the hissy fit Hillary would throw if Palin did become Prez? OMG! Watch out for flying ashtrays – just like she used to throw at Bill. (Oops . . . do they even make ashtrays anymore?).
Here’s a sampling of election night 2012 conversations:
TV ANNOUNCER: The vote count is now official. Sarah Palin has been elected the first female President. She will be sworn in January 20, 2013 as the 45th President of the United States of America. This is truly an historic night for America.
HILLARY: No! No! No! That’s supposed to be mine! That darn Obama – he ruined everything! Now, he’s not only a failed one-termer but he stole what was rightfully mine – the Democratic nomination! Bill, get on the phone and do something. . . demand a recount, get Shrum to sabotage the swearing in, sue the electoral college, take it to the Supreme Court, do something! I was supposed to be the first woman President, not her! Oh no, no, I’m melting . . . what a world, what a world . . . . .
BILL: Now, Hillary, calm down. There’s always 2016. Of course, by then you’ll be 70 and have more wrinkles than a Shar-pei, so it could be a problem. But don’t worry, I’m calling Carville & McAuliffe right now. Hillary? Hillary? Where are you?
CHRIS MATTHEWS (to KEITH OLBERMANN): What went wrong Keith? Most polls I saw were showing Palin behind. Only one poll showed her with a lead (Memo to Chris & Keith: it was Fox News). No one I know voted for her. And yet, she wins in a landslide. I just can’t figure it out. We’re in for a long four years, Keith.
OLBERMANN: Yes, Chris, we’re in for the worstest of the worst. Yes, it’s true that unemployment and interest rates are in the double digits, gas is $5 a gallon, there’s a massive shortage of health care providers, government deficits are in the trillions, and China now owns most of America, but other than that, everything’s been great under Obama. I can’t figure it out either, Chris.
she is stupid she hate moderates she cannot be president
Wow, so now all the mental midgets have an itinerary in place, where they can come out and meet fellow dimwits.
Palin-Bachmann
SecState Malkin
No more pro-pols.
Malek Karim @ #28: He is stupid, he hates moderates and he is President!!!
“27. Chuck:
BILL: Now, Hillary, calm down. There’s always 2016. Of course, by then you’ll be 70 and have more wrinkles than a Shar-pei, so it could be a problem. But don’t worry, I’m calling Carville & McAuliffe right now. Hillary? Hillary? Where are you?”
Not to defend Hillary or anything, but Reagan was 69 when he was elected for President, so her age isn’t really something I’d use as an argument against her.
Everything else, sure, but not that.
Going rouge.
23. Marc Malone:
“The thing is, lack of health insurance doesn’t kill you.”
Another distinction without a difference.
If Palin was old and ugly, none of you stupid fundamentalist dimwits would give her the time of day. You people are as shallow as you are stupid.
35. Javelin:
Exactly right . . . there’s a reason Kay Bailey Hutchison isn’t on Oprah.
What a lackluster pack of trolls today. The Arctic Fox is on the move…mmm mmm mmm…making Obama chickens very very nervous.
So, showing up to a Pain book signing with a .45 strapped to their thigh? How about an AK47 slung over their shouder? Nobody seems willing to tackle that one . . . and I now whyyyyy.
She is going on about the “In God We Trust” on coins conspiracy nonsense, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/09/sarah-palin-suggests-coin_n_350556.html . I guess she had so much success pandering to the defectives with her paranoid death panel lies she felt she found the magic ingredient to whip up her base base.
Yes, vivo, I do think Sarah Palin looks good in rouge. Bright red dresses complement her looks really well.
Chuck
Your fantasy is based on the premise that the voters are as reactionary, foolish and dimwitted as you are. Maybe so?
PS: Polls are pretty accurate, +-2%, way better than any of the regular midgets here.
I would be ecstatic to have Palin in charge right now. She is my kind of leader. She knows the strife of the common man, skins her own meat, and ran a state like nobody’s business.
I hope that public opinion on a particular issue can be vastly improved, as I think it’s largely an incorrect impression. Part of it could be tone too, soccomom-ness, unclear yet.
I might remind some that the executive’s job is to make the hard, value-based, and gut-wrenching decisions, but not so much to produce deep analysis or obscure facts, as they (should) have a small army for that.
Personally, I think she far surpasses any intelligence requirement. Further, she seems to now, on her own, handle the press phenomenally.
I personnally think that the moderate conservative wing of the party is really starting to tire of the tea-bag, under the bus thing. Be careful you crazy right wing…, the moderate right wing could actually get some traction as time goes on. Lest we forget, they crashed and burned for the last few years..but after they lick their wounds and smell blood. The liberals just might offer up a sacrifice…for you guys to re-unite behind…, who knows?
My response is to More Palin and Obama Lies.
For all you Palin lovers-go to your computer and pull up Sarahs-Accomplishments blogspot.com,roll your mouse almost half the site then follow the BOUNCING BALL (2000 page PelosiCare “SOYLENT GREEN” fiasco) DEATH PANELS pages 739-760
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS PANELS, then read the whole 2000 page bill (Posted on the site)
After that click on CONSERVATIVES 4PALIN and read the entire article about “The Coin” I do not believe that Fox News had to Fact-Check Sarah on the location of “In God We Trust” Taking it off the face could be a big or small deal to some people. (What’s next-the Eagle,NO one eye Pyramid or Dead Presidents) I think she used it in a way that say’s we are taking great things for granted, our country-faith-family and one another. Fox News should do a FactCheck on the more then the 100 LIES and BROKEN PROMISES by Obama. The man cannot create a job and the NEWS is worried about Sarah and her friend talking about a coin. **PALIN 2012** on my SUV, my front yard and in my place of business
Clearly she would have put forth a stimulus program that would have created jobs through tax credits, rebuilding our nuclear industry, pushing forward on oil drilling, robustly supporting the troops in Adghanistan and Iraq, speaking out in favor of the Iranians seeking freedom, taking steps to deal with Ahmadinejad including missile
defense. That’s just off the top of my head.
Distraught?
At what, you utter lack of any depth or perception? So now skinning dead animals is a qualification too? Palin admirers never cease to amaze me.
the 06 vote down on the republicans, was not a referendum on GWB. the republicans were driving the bus way to erratically, but the democrackheads are worse. hence we have a conservative movement outside the established 2 parties. the tea party which Sarah Palin seems to resonate with, is building. this country doesn’t need a credit card frozen in a block of ice, in case all the other cards are maxed out. i try to live within my means, now i have the government passing legislation to force me to pay bills i didn’t want or make. now i’m the sugar daddy of the shopaholic? she ain’t my girl.
“42. Distraught:
I would be ecstatic to have Palin in charge right now. She is my kind of leader. She knows the strife of the common man, skins her own meat, and ran a state like nobody’s business.”
Sometimes the image being projected by the media does not correspond with reality.
This goes both ways.
bob wasem
that sounds like the usual after the gaffe rationalization some stupid politician or her dimmer lackeys would cook up to pander to the base. Basically, you must be as shallow and reactionary as she is if you expect anyone with a brain to take your pathetically saccharine and thoughtless blog seriously.
I notice how all you small minds love to treat anyone who questions her utter lack of wisdom as being part of some evil, other, elitist America who is out of touch with the way small minds like yours work. You being the embodiment of Joe Sixpack Everyman, who is at the mercy of this evil other America. You know the ones who misinterpret your collective wisdom as shallow, insignificant rednecked trash.
I know thowing the truth and facts at Palin admirers is as dangerour as waking a sleep walker:
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According to Gallup, 63% of Americans say they would never consider voting for her. By a margin of 62%-31% Americans rate Palin “unqualified” to serve as president – by far the worst score for any leading Republican.
In comparison, only 51% of Americans say they would never consider voting for Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee – and a plurality of Americans rate the two as “qualified”: 50-36 say Huckabee is qualified, 49-39 say Romney is qualified.
Palin supporters have constructed an alternative reality in which their heroine is wildly cheered by the American yeomanry, and despised only by a small coterie of sherry-drinking snobs. No contrary evidence, no matter how overwhelming and uncontradicted, can alter this view: not the collapse in Palin’s support in just 5 weeks in 2008, not the statistical studies that show her as the only vice presidential nominee in history to have hurt her ticket, not her rampant unpopularity with American women, not her own flinching from a second encounter with the Alaskan electorate.
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Since this is from David Frum, http://www.frumforum.com/the-palin-fantasy , you can ignore him, since he is an evil elitist Palin hater who must be mocked or ignored. So go cook up your own “facts” or get them from your favorite talk radio bigmouth liar like Fred or Rush.
Wasem,
you want to rationalize her death panel lies? That shows that like most Palin supporters your stupidity is only exceeded by your mendaciousness.
BTW, the thread is about Palin, so save your hype and lies about Obama for a more relevant thread.
The President himself has given rise to the death panels, by giving himself plaudits for having debated the hip replacement for his grandmother, Rob Reich’s one words recorded in 2007, Ezekiel Emmanuel’s writings, taking issue
with the Hippocratic oath, Newsweek issues
approving of the death panel, after denouncing her for finding them. “More lies about Palin”
is properly your moniker.
There are no death panels in the bill and there never were. What she claimed were death panels were paid visits to consult on end of life wills which is the farthest thing from a death panel and have been around for decades
You defending the lie shows that like most Palin admirers, you are as morally inferior as you are mentally inferior, another dumb down product of talk radio with no reasoning powers! You mishmash of sound bites proves nothing!
“According to a study released by the Harvard Medical School, 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year as a result of not having health insurance. ”
That’s a completely fabricated number, much like the “45,000 Americans die from lack of health insurance” bogus claim. It’s very revealing of your lack of intelligence that you just blindly repeat it.
“Hey, I’m just wondering if you think it’d be OK if somebody showed up to a Pain book signing with a .45 strapped to their thigh? That be OK? How about an AK47 slung over their shouder?”
Actually, yes, it would be cool. But if it was a white man, would MSNBC re-cut the video and lie that it was a black man, and play up imaginary ‘racial angles’?
Why are you here again? Do you just enjoy looking stupid?
“She is going on about the ‘In God We Trust’ on coins conspiracy nonsense”
Ah, the endless stupidity of the HuffPo reader. Palin actually was making a point about ‘moving God to the side’ in our lives, and used the coin change to illustrate that point. HuffPo links to a Politico article in which the author of the article – not Palin – insists that this is a charge against Obama/Democrats. But facts have never stopped you PDS people before.
“There are no death panels in the bill and there never were”
Right, that’s why the President was opining about how it might be ‘better’ to just ‘let grandma die’. And that’s why there are death panels in Canada and Europe, where bureaucratic panels decide who receives life-saving treatment and who does not.
There’s a reason you’re losing: because you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
#41 Javelin:
“Chuck
Your fantasy is based on the premise that the voters are as reactionary, foolish and dimwitted as you are. Maybe so?
PS: Polls are pretty accurate, +-2%, way better than any of the regular midgets here.”
The voters elected Obama, a charismatic dunce (57 States, Cambridge cop “acted stupidly”, can’t speak w/o teleprompter, “look at the Post Office – FedEx doesn’t have any problem competing”, let’s not rush to judgment re: Ft. Hood, etc.). In that sense, the voters ARE reactionary, foolish & dimwitted. “Dimwitted” & “dimwits” seem to be common themes throughout your posts, perhaps because your own brain, due to misfiring neurons & synapses, combined with a shortage of neurotransmitters, is responsible for your lack of a vocabulary and misguided ideas. I understand, though: it’s not your fault; take your meds, think of a happy place, and you’ll be fine.
Now, #32 JDS: You must be joking. As superficial and obsessed with appearance as America is when it comes to women, there are two chances a 70yo woman will be elected President: slim and none. I’ll concede age may not be important, but appearance (especially that of women) is paramount. That’s not to say I agree with it or that Hillary isn’t attractive, but she’ll nonetheless be 70 in 2016. Dems (Hey Javelin: Dims?) already rejected her once at 63. Not gonna happen.
Take this to the bank:
1. Obama will be a one-termer.
2. Of the other candidates, our next President will have the best hair.
#55 Chuck – Conservatives are superficial? Everyone is superficial. Kennedy beat Nixon, because he looked better on TV. That one debate won him the election.
An attractive candidate is not a metaphor. It is literal. No ugly chicks or dudes, anymore… at least not for President. You don’t have to be a beauty queen, but you do have to be presentable. Think Edwards’ $400 haircuts, and Romney blow-dryed hair. (Romney also looks like he does botox. Ugh!)
As for Palin’s looks, yes she is attractive, but the real beauty is her positivity and decency showing through; her wholesomeness. You see this in Conservatives. Not so much in Liberals.
Over time, the Liberal men and women look like grotesques. Their inner unwholesomeness begins to shows through to their exteriors. It distorts them. They become little… trolls; or evil little gnomes. Look at Larry King, or Barbara Streisand. How about Baba Wawa or Whoopi Goldberg? Wawa’s bitterness is evident in every line of her body. Whoopi sits there like a slug. Alan Colmes is starting to evince his bitterness. See how UGLY they have all become. It’s their inner ugliness radiating out. Their hate and bitterness are evident. Unwholesome!
The beauty we Conservatives seek is not raw beauty, but wholesome beauty. Look at Greta van Susteren. Highly-rated show for years… with some kinda hairlip or something. She’s a Democrat, and thinks she’s liberal, but she shows she’s a conservative Dem in many ways. Thus, despite her facial flaw and no body to speak of, she’s pretty. She’s wholesome. That’s what we seek.
#56 Marc, I didn’t say only conservatives were superficial. You’re right – everyone is superficial. We live in an age of TV images, pencil-thin models, & airbrushed movie stars, where looks are often awarded greater weight than substance. Yes, Nixon lost the election to Kennedy, in part b/c of his 5 o’clock shadow and Kennedy’s dashing charm, although he overcame it later and was elected on substance. Hillary is out of time to do that. It may be a double standard, but women are judged far more harshly on their looks than men. Again, I’m not saying I agree, but that’s the reality. LBJ is but one example: his mug could make a train crash look pretty.
You’re also right on liberal grotesque-ness. I would add Chris Matthews, Keith-constantly-bragging-about-his-Cornell-AgSchool-degree-Olbermann, Rachel-”no-preamble-in-the-Constitution”-Maddow, anything-but-Joy Behar, et al.
And since you mention Edwards, the epitome of grotesque has to be cheating on your cancer-stricken wife, getting busted on it by the Enquirer, denying it, and then having to sheepishly admit it later. You know you’ve reached the lowest of the low when the Enquirer busts you and they turn out to be right. No defamation lawsuit there, Johnny.
Oh, and one more thing. I’d say even beyond wholesomeness, conservatives seek inner beauty. A lot of people can appear wholesome on the outside and be grotesque on the inside. Hating men & favoring killing the unborn is not inner beauty.
I agree there is a certain appeal about Greta, but I would say it goes beyond wholesomeness to her personality: she’s not mean, she just asks straightfoward, piercing questions, with no hidden agenda or “gotcha” motives. To me, she comes across as someone who is happy inside, and not as someone harboring bitterness because not everyone agrees with her.
LISTEN AMERICA, I KNOW EVERYONE IS UNEMPLOYEED,GETTING THERE CASH FOR CLUNKERS REPOD-BECAUSE NOW “YOU” HAVE TO PAY FOR IT,FORCLOSING ON THERE HOMES AND WORST OF ALL (NO X-MAS PRESENTS FOR THE KID’S)When I get back we are going to have a party (“I’M GOING TO GET YOU A JOB” PARTY-ONE THAT IS GOING TO LAST UNTIL YOU RETIRE-JUST LIKE YOUR DAD & MOM DID) (Lets create 400,000 new jobs in Brazil so we can get some of that ENERGY INDEPENENCE) “Who said that I have a personal interest in it”
How can there be over 200 millionairs in the Senate/Congress when the starting salary is approx. $187,000 BEFORE TAXES? How do you do that ?????
#49 JAVELIN Your description of me has come right out of the PRO Handbook (PELOSI/REID/OBAMA) Yes I am a tea-bagger,BIRTHER,and a brown-shirt
#50 When you look at your statistical studies, did it show you the results of last weeks survey by Bill O’reilly/Fox News question-”Who do you think can beat Obama”??? Over 75,000 replies (AND THE WINNER IS-SARAH PALIN AS IN SARAH PALIN) Gallup calls less then 1,100 people with a 60/40 dem-rep split.
Get use to saying “GOOD MORNING MADAME PRESIDENT” Sarah Palins exposure to America for one (1) hour at the Rep Convention made EVERYONE’S hair stand up-it even gave me that tingling feeling up both my leg’s.
COLLAPSE-Sarah Palin brings 30-50,000 people out “IN THE RAIN” !!!!
#53 “READ THE BILL”
#54 I’m a Vietnam Vet-If the vet died, it wasn’t because he didn’t have health insurance, he or she could have all the health care they need “JUST WALK INTO ANY VA HOSPITAL” Harvard-You and one of your students fall into the JOE WILSON category “YOU LIE”
Er, Wasem, easy on the caps, please; it hurts my eyes. You’ve got an unneeded ‘e’ in ‘unemployed.’
Learn the difference between ‘there’ and ‘their’.
And, no apostrophe in ‘kids’, but put one in ‘lets’. ‘Let’s’ is a contraction for ‘let us.’ ‘Lets’ is a verb meaning ‘allows’ or ‘permits’.
Add an ‘e’ to millionaire.
And no apostrophe in ‘legs’, unless one of your legs possesses something to which Palin caused that tingling feeling, instead of the leg itself. The apostrophe makes it the singular possessive or a contraction.
Other than that, you make some good points.
I’d recommend Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynn Truss as a good read for you.
Chuck-I’m feeling some tension here. You address everyone else by their first name,Sarah and I by our last. After the brief ENGLISH SPANKING-how did you like the information that I shared with everyone.??? (Chuck, I re-read everything that I commented on-I thought it was GREAT) As I have said, I’m just a regular tea-bagger, BRITHER, brown-shirt guy. I tell the truth, alot better then I spell it. About that “Tingling feeling” (Off the record) I call it a WOODY just like CHRIS MATTHEWS called his when he heard Obama.
PS Just bought “The Persecution of Sarah Palin” Everyone who LOVES THIS COUNTRY & WHAT IT STANDS FOR, buy the book
When it’s time to organize and volunteer-all we will have to do is “WAKE EVERYONE UP FROM THIS NIGHT-MARE” (I’ll get only half of the people that walk on Washington and have them KNOCK ON 10 DOORS-do the math)
I’m NOT going to give any FREE passes to Disney. Can anyone that’s been there, say that they didn’t drop $100 or more a day.
Not bad for Disney and the Obama connection (over 200 millionaires???)