Comments on: Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctional Political Class

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By: RightGunner

RightGunner — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:15:23 +0000

Enjoyed your thoughts. I would like to see her get about 20 years more experience before running for president. I agree with those who say she needs to be compared with other qualified potentials, but they usually don’t get to run either.

If someone knows or can reference, all the background of what happened from way back to just prior to McCain presenting her as VP, some of us would find it interesting.

By: james a. rhodes

james a. rhodes — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:01:12 +0000

(con from dec 17)…so, john kerry is warning the dems that if the palinites take over congres in ’10, obama’s agenda will be aborted. after hearing pat caudel on dennis miller lament what’s going on with the gang that can’t shoot straight, i’m almost convinced we can do it. and i agree with templar, the controversey is not about palin’s qualifications but her person. i listen to the conservative talk shows over the week and agree with almost everthing. i take exceptions with some of the mikael medved studio. he markets himself as a conservative but is firmly in the republican mainstream on centrist repub politics and believes palin would be bad for america, though he does like her and thinks she’d be a good adjunct to the party if only she would give up some of what he thinks are her conspiratorial ideas. but i did agree with him–that the primary qualifications for president are a right value system and some executive experience along with thw wisdom to make right aoppointments. afterall the president doesn’t govern in a vacuum. i’m certain she wouldn’t appoint bill ayres as secretary of urban development. i’m more concerned with the tea-party perspective and her supporters, generally. i only hope that her support doesn’t sweep uncritically through the movement like the proverbial leaven of the scribes and pharisees so that there is a resultant loss of perspective on her humanity, for as president, she would undoubtedly make decisions and statemants that not all of her supporters would agree with all the time. such archtypal thinking can, if it gets out of hand closely mimic the same kind of perspective as the obama-left who went into the tank without its diving gear for the phantom president. i call them “existential narcissists.” they see no value in history, and when one finds novalue in history, one loses his inner identity and can only find spiritual composure, basking in the reflected glow of celebrity.

By: James A. Rhodes

James A. Rhodes — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:47:48 +0000

(CON FROM 12/12/09) THE PROBLEM WITH MUCH IFNOT MOST OF THE POLITICAL LEFT IS THAT IT IS MADE UP OF FEARFUL PEOPLE, AND PALIN IS NOT A FEARFUL PERSON,BY AND LARGE.IT COMES PARTLY FROM HER BACKGROUND. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF SPORTSMEN, AND IN THE ALASKAN SPORTS WORLD ONE MUST ALWAYS CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF CONFRONTING AN ENRAGED GRIZZLY ON THE BACK ROADS OF THE WILDERNESS. NOT THAT PALIN WOULD DEHOLSTER HER DESERT EAGLE AND PUT ONE ROUND RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES, BUT SHE DOES REPRESENT THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD LIVE IN ALASKA ANYWAY. BUT THE FEARFUL LEFT ALWAYS KEEPS IN THE FOREFRONT OF ITS BRAIN A MUSHROOM CLOUD. FOR THEM, PALIN AS PRESIDENT WOULD SLEEPWALK INTO A SECURITY AREA AND ACCIDENTALLY PUSH THE NUCLEAR BUTTON;EXCEPT THAT THE LEFT DOESN’T CONSIDER THAT PALIN WOULD RECOGNIZE A NUCLEAR BUTTON EVEN AFTER BEING THOROUGHLY BRIEFED BY HER SECURITY PERSONNEL, RATHER, IN A SPASM OF NIGHT TREMORS MIGHT PUSH ALL THE BUTTONS ON THE NUCLEAR PANEL JUST TO MAKE SURE. BUT NOW EVEN OLD JOHN KERRY IS COMING AROUND TO THE PLACE WHERE HE STATES THAT SHE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN THE FUTURE. (TO BE CON)

By: James A. Rhodes

James A. Rhodes — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:18:12 +0000

delong…one of the more insightful articles and analysis of the political class that i’ve read to date,my sentiments exactly. cognitive disonance…that’s a good word, but needs more explaining. it might be a set of political values held by a group of people who become confused and disoriented when an alien set of values intrudes and are considered so alien and unworkable they must be rejected. i heard a perfect example of this while listinging to scott allen miller subbing for tom sullivan. i was at my typewriter banging away on a piece and only turning up the volume during talk. miller made a remark in passing that went completely unchallenged, saying that if palin runs in 2012, we’ll have another bob dole-type candidate. i paused in utter amazement, since i see absolutly no similarity between dole’s campaign and palin’s reform campaign. so i want to addto your list of the disfunctional political class. one can deeply respect bob dole’s service to his country which left him with a wound so terrible he lost function of his right arm. as a senate leader he was good but not exceptional. his tenure as senate leader consisted of rubber-stamping rep. legislation and curbing democrat exess. but his campaign was lack-luster. he couldn’t compete with the flamboyant bill clinton and even old guard eastern establishment repubs. wondered if he could win. all doubts were erased when he went down to an ignominious defeat at the hands of the clintons. there’s no similarity between the style palin is a national and world-wide phenomenon

By: Douglas Watts

Douglas Watts — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:46:01 +0000

Please, nominate Sarah Palin for President in 2012. I say that as communist, evolution-believing, whale-loving, atheist, non-hunter from the Gay Marriage state of Massachusetts. I have a block of sawn walnut in my garage that is smarter than her. And more empathetic.

Please keep believing in the absurd. You owe it to me.

Thanks.

By: MathMom

MathMom — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:24:05 +0000

Interesting thing about Hoffman in NY-23 – the votes are still being counted, and he’s gaining. He conceded too early. Pelosi swore in Owens without the election being certified in NY, and she knew it. I saw Hoffman on Neil Cavuto today. He may contest the election if the numbers for him keep gaining, and he’s going to need financial support if he does. It may be a bumpy ride for Owens in a few days.

By: Dave B

Dave B — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:56:48 +0000

Let’s cut the crap. Sarah Palin IS qualified to be the President of the United States, she IS a natural leader with common sense and political savvy, and IS as courageous as prior leaders like… Washington, Adams, Lincoln, and Reagan. They knew duty and honor, lived their lives close to their personal beliefs, and loved their country. Palin should run, I don’t know if she will, but she should at least give it a shot. It seems to me the only citizens really willing to put their “balls” on the line for our country are two women that physiologically might not possess them, yet figuartivley demonstrate they have bigger ones than all the others; Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin. A lot of the lefties are screaching that they are openly “rooting” for such a ticket. Their respective gonads would immediately shrivel to nothing if that were actually the case and they know it. These patriotic women would be such a stark contrast to the anti-American, anti-Constitutional, cowardly professional “victim” President we have now that we would find out once and for all where our country stands at this moment in history. I’ll steal a slogan from a recent movie, “time to nut up, or shut up.”

By: Now and Then

Now and Then — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:52:02 +0000

154. Simon Templar:
“Palin is hated for being Palin.”

Truer words were never spoken.

By: Simon Templar

Simon Templar — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:03:59 +0000

Please lets stop the continual load of manipulative, disingenuous arguments about Palin’s competency as a presidential contender. The simple truth is qualifications have nothing to do with the reality or discussion about Plain as a candidate. The reality is that fifty-three percent of the electorate JUST elected a complete incompetent, inexperinced poser which was never vetted properly by the media. Palin is hated for being Palin. Liberals and neo-communist democrats despise her because of her beliefs..plain and simple.. and her APPEAL to a wide range of Americans that share in her values. WE pick OUR candidates. The opposition should not be telling us that are candidate is not qualified while their candidate goes unvetted and is clearly unqualified. No, we do not have to accept this double standard. All thats been said of Palin was said of Ronald Reagan..its the same liberal manipulative bullsh*t recycled time again and again.