My favorite line in the article, Sarah blatantly lying about her husband's involvement in the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and the goals of the AIP itself:

[Secession] is not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

Yeah, you might want to tell the AIP that Todd isn't a member and that secession isn't a part of their platform.

That would be the single positive accomplishment of a Palin administ... okay, I can't get those two words out without choking back vomit.

What a precious snowflake.

Sgt Otter: My favorite line in the article, Sarah blatantly lying....

....and to her own campaign staff! What a great morale builder!

She's such a fraud. She lies all the time. From the moment we first met her. The bridge to nowhere lie was only the first of many. like the whole deal with the bro in law. she lied about that.

Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

i've already seen a "don't blame me, i voted for sarah" bumper sticker. to be fair, it was on the bumper of a beat-up pontiac 6000, which was driven by an angry-looking, sweaty, red-faced, fat troll of a woman.

"These internal communications and debates are in reference to a campaign that no longer exists," Recher said. "It proves wrong the anonymous claims that Governor Palin didn't seek or follow counsel from senior strategists on a wide array of issues. Sarah Palin has moved on with her life and continues to have a positive impact on so many. We should follow her lead and do the same."

I can see how he could work for Palin. He doesn't see reality either.

Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

PALIN/PLUMBER '12!!!!!11!1!!

Occam's Chainsaw: So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

None of them. Both parties have gone completely mad. If the economy is in the tank and the taxes are killing any chance of economic regrowth, Obama might get a second term on sheer independent voter apathy alone. On the other hand if a strong third party candidate appears and doesn't have the taint of fruitcake about them there could be a grassroots rebellion like the Perot phenom, I highly doubt it. It's going to take the Republicans at least two terms to rebrand and rebuild. That's my prediction and I have been known to be wrong occasionally.

Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

2012 is three years away.
Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.
Except maybe the muslims.

Her delusions and pettiness ideally would make her unfit to be the President of the Mat-Su Borough PTA.

Every office I've ever worked in has had a woman like Sarah Palin.

In the least painful cases she was just the crazy receptionist who would write two-page passive-aggressive notes because someone threw out a yogurt container instead of recycling it.

In the most painful cases she was the manager who stole everyone's good ideas, spent her entire day shopping online and threw tearful temper tantrums whenever anyone disagreed with her.

If I may offer a safety tip: if you work with a Sarah Palin no matter HOW many margaritas she inhales at Happy Hour and no matter how aggressively she "dances" with you, do not, under any circumstances, go home with her unless you've already turned in your two weeks notice OR the next day you're planning violent, gory suicide.

"Secession," he wrote. "It is their entire reason for existence. A cursory examination of the website shows that the party exists for the purpose of seceding from the union. That is the stated goal on the front page of the web site. Our records indicate that todd was a member for seven years. If this is incorrect then we need to understand the discrepancy. The statement you are suggesting be released would be innaccurate. The innaccuracy would bring greater media attention to this matter and be a distraction. According to your staff there have been no media inquiries into this and you received no questions about it during your interviews. If you are asked about it you should smile and say many alaskans who love their country join the party because it speeks to a tradition of political independence. Todd loves his country

We will not put out a statement and inflame this and create a situation where john has to adress this."

How many drafts of this email with phrases like "You ignorant backwoods troglodyte" do you think this poor staffer wrote to relieve his own frustration?

I bet she has one of those clever T-shirts that says "She Who Must Be Obeyed."

I like how she just keeps bubbling back up. Like a geyser of stupid.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: If I may offer a safety tip: if you work with a Sarah Palin no matter HOW many margaritas she inhales at Happy Hour and no matter how aggressively she "dances" with you, do not, under any circumstances, go home with her unless you've already turned in your two weeks notice OR the next day you're planning violent, gory suicide.


I see you took the "two weeks notice" option.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: If I may offer a safety tip: if you work with a Sarah Palin no matter HOW many margaritas she inhales at Happy Hour and no matter how aggressively she "dances" with you, do not, under any circumstances, go home with her unless you've already turned in your two weeks notice OR the next day you're planning violent, gory suicide.

Been there. Done that. Look at my name for attempted suicide tries.

And yet this is the individual most Republicans want to be President in 2012.

The Joe The Plumber narrative was the Republicans' secret weapon

LOL

Can't wait for the books to come about about the whole 2008 campaign, on both sides. Should make for some very entertaining reading.

vernonFL: The Joe The Plumber narrative was the Republicans' secret weapon

LOL

Let's assume, for a minute, that people did connect to this guy. Let's assume they didn't pick a lying, wife beating, tax cheat to trumpet as the "everyman".

Who is more "average"- the child of a single mother who worked his way through college and married a middle class woman, or the son and grandson of admirals who married a beer heiress?

She complained in the running article that she was frustrated that the campaign staff wouldn't make time for her to go running. I think the reason is because she was so horribly unprepared there wasn't any time.

Palin really takes self-centeredness to soaring heights.

But, what about he Dutch rudders?

The Joe The Plumber narrative was the Republicans' secret weapon

Bahahahahahahaha

wow

/dutch

Works for me. Fraggin' Dutch. What with their Dutch... stuff...


sepuku2: On the other hand if a strong third party candidate appears and doesn't have the taint of fruitcake about them there could be a grassroots rebellion like the Perot phenom, I highly doubt it.

Mmmmmmmmm. Tainted fruitcake.

FlashHarry: i've already seen a "don't blame me, i voted for sarah" bumper sticker. to be fair, it was on the bumper of a beat-up pontiac 6000, which was driven by an angry-looking, sweaty, red-faced, fat troll of a woman.

I passed a guy about a month ago driving an 80s-vintage Chevy Cavalier covered with stickers that should have earned him a restraining order.

One was a version of the red/blue Obama "Change" poster with Palin, and at the bottom it said "HOTTIE"
One read "I'm voting for the HOT CHICK!"
One read "PALIN: A BABE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!"

It just reaffirmed my belief that many conservative men voted for Palin only because, deep down in their hearts, they believed after the election Palin was going to show up at their door one night wearing a teddy made from actual bear and purr "I want to show you how I thank a REAL American."

FTFA:

"That's not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

Palin was attempting to bend the facts ever so slightly to fit neatly into her version of events. In truth, the box that Alaskans have the option of checking when registering to vote states the full name of the party, "Alaskan Independence Party," not "Alaska Independent," which would make an error by uncommitted voters more plausible.

Clearly irritated by what he saw as Palin's attempt to mislead her own campaign and apparently determined to demonstrate that the ultimate authority rested with him, Schmidt put the matter to rest once and for all with a longer response to everyone in the e-mail chain.

"Secession," he wrote. "It is their entire reason for existence. A cursory examination of the website shows that the party exists for the purpose of seceding from the union. That is the stated goal on the front page of the web site. Our records indicate that todd was a member for seven years. If this is incorrect then we need to understand the discrepancy. The statement you are suggesting be released would be innaccurate. The innaccuracy would bring greater media attention to this matter and be a distraction. According to your staff there have been no media inquiries into this and you received no questions about it during your interviews. If you are asked about it you should smile and say many alaskans who love their country join the party because it speeks to a tradition of political independence. Todd loves his country

We will not put out a statement and inflame this and create a situation where john has to adress this."

Schmidt's rebuttal to Palin's suggestion that reporters had asked her about the issue was particularly blunt in that it implicitly questioned her truthfulness. Furthermore, his unwillingness to budge an inch on the matter was a remarkable assertion of his power to pull rank over the candidate herself.

Palin was silent after his second e-mail and the campaign did not issue the statement she demanded.


DAMN

Son of Thunder: Works for me. Fraggin' Dutch. What with their Dutch... stuff...



There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.

Palin without a firm grasp of national politics? Unpossible.

Just shows not only the magnitude of bad decision making by McCain, it shows the sheer level of stupidity the GOP base occupies by thinking Palin was a good choice, too.

Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

I like Mitt Magic Underwear. He reminds me of a used car salesman though.

FlashHarry: i've already seen a "don't blame me, i voted for sarah" bumper sticker. to be fair, it was on the bumper of a beat-up pontiac 6000, which was driven by an angry-looking, sweaty, red-faced, fat troll of a woman.

In a town outside of San Antonio I saw a Mccain/Palin sign (was fairly big) that had Mccain's name cut out. Was a fairly nice house.

Well, maybe is she had people in her campaign that she wanted to pray with, none of this would have happened.

Lord_Baull: Palin without a firm grasp of national politics? Unpossible.

Just shows not only the magnitude of bad decision making by McCain, it shows the sheer level of stupidity the GOP base occupies by thinking Palin was a good choice, too.

It was a stunt. At the last minute they STILL had no VP candidate, and they pulled a stunt to try to capture Hillary voters. Recall when they selected Palin...what happened right before that?

God that women is disgusting. I wish it was legal to round up her and those that support her and rededucate them.

Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Anybody who was paying attention to politics knew who he was in the summer of 2004.

She's the crazy train that keeps delivering. I'd laugh if she wasn't actually a political figure with considerable power.

There's nothing I hate more than intolerance and the Dutch.

Occam's Chainsaw: So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

You forgot NOOT!

Agent Nick Fury: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

2012 is three years away.
Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.
Except maybe the muslims.

Someone walks among us
And I hope he hears the call
And maybe it's a woman
Or a black man after all
Yeah maybe it's Obama
But he thinks that he's too young
Maybe it's Colin Powell
To right what he's done wrong

-Lookin' For A Leader
Neil Young (2006)

moops 2009-07-02 09:44:24 AM
PALIN/BACHMANN 2012
so much crazy, it cancels out

I like it. Look for bumper stickers at fine stores near you.

Considering the recent articles being written about Palin and the campaign, and that nothing notable has happened with her recently, I'm assuming that this is simply a lot of intelligent GOP members and operatives trying to make the public hate her before the 2012 campaigns start.

Because if those campaigns start and she is still the darling of the lunatic fringe that makes up such a large % of the GOP right now, that party is in serious trouble.

Another lie! There are clearly two, maybe three, dogs in that picture. Since when is that "lots"? I demand an expose!

FlashHarry: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

PALIN/PLUMBER '12!!!!!11!1!!

please 2009-07-02 09:56:22 AM
It was a stunt. At the last minute they STILL had no VP candidate, and they pulled a stunt to try to capture Hillary voters. Recall when they selected Palin...what happened right before that?

Preaching to the choir. Also, recall the coverage FOX News gave to "feminists" who crossed the aisle to support vaginas women's issues.

Andrew Sullivan has another section in his 30-part (and growing) series called "The Odd Lies of Sarah Palin".

Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

The far-right has already thrown Pawlenty under the bus for certifying Franken's victory. Which is pretty great, since he's the only Republican possibility that's vaguely electable.

Republicans, however, are predictable; they believe in dynasties and name recognition over actual quality or likability. The 2012 candidate will be an old, established Republican, along the lines of Newt Gingrich or Mittens.

If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast. He's preparing to pull an Arlen. He has a primary opponent for his Senate run (Marco Rubio) who's pulling endorsements from all the big conservative outlets.

Sarah Palin is a symbol for everything that is wrong with the Republican Party. They need to purge their ranks. Starting with Sarah Palin.

/our first maxim prez
//fap

What a fkking lunatic.

/not that this is new information or anything...

what_now: "S
How many drafts of this email with phrases like "You ignorant backwoods troglodyte" do you think this poor staffer wrote to relieve his own frustration?

I thought I was the only one that did that. Write a scathing hate filled emailed to my boss and then redrafting it so that it utterly shuts down her batshiat craziness.

Sygerrik: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

BTW, I have always kinda like Crist...is he a douche or is it ok to like him?

DFWPhotoGuy: what_now: "S
How many drafts of this email with phrases like "You ignorant backwoods troglodyte" do you think this poor staffer wrote to relieve his own frustration?

I thought I was the only one that did that. Write a scathing hate filled emailed to my boss and then redrafting it so that it utterly shuts down her batshiat craziness.

You should see some of the stuff I've written that never actually made it out to my customers.

And yes, it's OK to like Crist.

It's insane that she tried to lie to her own freakin campaign staff about that AIP thing, what did she have to gain by that? what a loony immature c*nt I can not believe that she was the GOP nom for the second most powerful office in the world and not only that their main guy was a geezer with a history of cancer.

DFWPhotoGuy: I thought I was the only one that did that. Write a scathing hate filled emailed to my boss and then redrafting it so that it utterly shuts down her batshiat craziness.

Oh god no. I do that all the time. Usually in word so there is NO CHANCE of it getting sent anywhere.

If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

You're nuts. Crist is the new Republican. He's on a frontier Democrats don't want to admit exists.

Davey Croquette: He's on a frontier Democrats don't want to admit exists.

Florida?

DFWPhotoGuy: Sygerrik: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

BTW, I have always kinda like Crist...is he a douche or is it ok to like him?

That's troubling. You shouldn't be a Republican, getting your positions from on high. That's what they do; they support who they're told to support without wondering why. You should independently look up Crist's positions, evaluate them and come to your own conclusions.

Remember, what separates us from them is more than policy. We hold our policies not because they're "ours" but because we've genuinely thought them out and we think they are worthy goals. That includes being free to change them as the situation changes.

That said, I like Crist a bit; I'm a little troubled that he seems willing to compromise his integrity on some issues (environmentalism) to toe the Republican mainstream, and he's a bit more fiscally conservative than I would like, but he sees the way the wind is blowing. Plus, I'm like 90% sure he's gay, which means he's likely more socially liberal than most Republicans.

DFWPhotoGuy: BTW, I have always kinda like Crist...is he a douche or is it ok to like him?

Well, he's bankrupting Florida, so I'd say he's a douche.

People like him because Floridians are completely ignorant as to anything that happens in their state government, mostly because it happens so far away.

DFWPhotoGuy: Sygerrik: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

BTW, I have always kinda like Crist...is he a douche or is it ok to like him?

As a former Florida student, I hate that bastard. There's this horrendous joke of a standardized test that every public school teaches to, because students have to pass it to pass high school. Long story short, first generation immigrants = I learn NOTHING without pursuing it myself. And then I had a load of bullshiat from the test I had to do that amounted to 2-hour-long busy work.

Long story short, he knows it's a joke and refuses to get rid of the damn thing.

Oh, it also costs the state oodles of millions in practice tests too.

Agent Nick Fury: 2012 is three years away.
Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Davey Croquette: If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

You're nuts. Crist is the new Republican. He's on a frontier Democrats don't want to admit exists.

Dems are all about the gay frontier, don't know what the fark you're talking about...

How she thinks she has any chance in 2012 is beyond me. The Obama administration didn't attack her directly, since she was only second on the ticket, but you can bet if she runs in the primary or general election, all her secrets will be out.

IronTony: Oh, it also costs the state oodles of millions in practice tests too.

Hurr durr

what_now - DFWPhotoGuy: I thought I was the only one that did that. Write a scathing hate filled emailed to my boss and then redrafting it so that it utterly shuts down her batshiat craziness.

Oh god no. I do that all the time. Usually in word so there is NO CHANCE of it getting sent anywhere.


Careful... I've heard of people doing that without realizing that "track changes" is on.

Though, I assume you just copy-paste the text when you're happy with it.

No Palin/Biden debate picture yet in a Palin thread? Leaves disappointed.

Dems are all about the gay frontier, don't know what the fark you're talking about...

Let me be the first to clear this up- Charlie isn't gay. Charlie has had more top-shelf poon than any politician in the country including Sarah Palin.

Sgt Otter: My favorite line in the article, Sarah blatantly lying about her husband's involvement in the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and the goals of the AIP itself:

[Secession] is not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

Yeah, you might want to tell the AIP that Todd isn't a member and that secession isn't a part of their platform.

Shes a pathological liar. Sure, the stuff we see everyday might be little white lies, but what the hell does it say about a persons character that they lie with every word out of their mouth, as long as they think it makes them look good?

They're not even political lies, ones that are gray.

Go check out Andrew Sullivan for some documentation.

This woman is a nut case.

moralpanic: How she thinks she has any chance in 2012 is beyond me. The Obama administration didn't attack her directly, since she was only second on the ticket, but you can bet if she runs in the primary or general election, all her secrets will be out.

The entire problem is that this woman doesn't think or plan anything.

She schemes. She's a paranoid dolt and diva with a minimal understanding of the job she's expected to do.

What still kills me is that the GOP faithful knew her for less than 2 months between the time McCain chose her until the elections. They still have no idea about anything she's ever done in Alaska (other than the exaggerations and flat-out lies about her record), yet worship her as their forthcoming savior.

sepuku2: Occam's Chainsaw: So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

None of them. Both parties have gone completely mad. If the economy is in the tank and the taxes are killing any chance of economic regrowth, Obama might get a second term on sheer independent voter apathy alone. On the other hand if a strong third party candidate appears and doesn't have the taint of fruitcake about them there could be a grassroots rebellion like the Perot phenom, I highly doubt it. It's going to take the Republicans at least two terms to rebrand and rebuild. That's my prediction and I have been known to be wrong occasionally.

Yea, it really comes down the the economy. If the economy is doing well in 2012 Obama will be re-elected. If not a third party candidate probably has the best shot its had in decades.

technicolor-misfit: Though, I assume you just copy-paste the text when you're happy with it.

Yeah- I also delete it from word and then erase the blank file. But it makes me feel better, and The Boy is sick of hearing about the people I deal with.

ManhattanRedneck: No Palin/Biden debate picture yet in a Palin thread? Leaves disappointed.

Sarah Palin, ready to strike

http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/20090626202917.aspx (pop)

Sarah's fist almost looks ready to hit the "easy button"

I certainly hope the faithful aren't swayed by these evil Democrat lies. If the Republican party is to have any chance in 2012, they MUST see through these crass smears by the Democrat Party. She is our last best hope.

Sarah, stay strong. My fellow Republicans, stray strong for Sarah. She is going to need our strength in order to lead us out of the woods.

technicolor-misfit: Sarah, stay strong. My fellow Republicans, stray strong for Sarah. She is going to need our strength in order to lead us out of the woods.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAA

/hehe

Agent Nick Fury: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.

2012 is three years away.
Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.
Except maybe the muslims.

By the summer of '05 his speech at the DNC was a year old and he was already talked about as a favorite for '12 or '16. So, as has already been pointed out, you couldn't be more wrong.

sepuku2: Mr. Coffee Nerves: If I may offer a safety tip: if you work with a Sarah Palin no matter HOW many margaritas she inhales at Happy Hour and no matter how aggressively she "dances" with you, do not, under any circumstances, go home with her unless you've already turned in your two weeks notice OR the next day you're planning violent, gory suicide.

Been there. Done that. Look at my name for attempted suicide tries.

You need a better headman.

Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

elchip: ManhattanRedneck: No Palin/Biden debate picture yet in a Palin thread? Leaves disappointed.

Anybody have a link to the original thread where these first popped up? I forgot to bookmark it, like an idiot.

Of course, I suppose most of them are dead by now anyways, unless Farkers were hosting the images themselves.

SVenus: Sarah Palin, ready to strike

http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/20090626202917.aspx (pop)

Sarah's fist almost looks ready to hit the "easy button"

Ikam: Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

There was a ballgame on that night so I must have missed it.

elchip:

I loves those so very, very much. They are like Freckles of the internet picture memes.

elchip

Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.

danlpoon: Dems are all about the gay frontier, don't know what the fark you're talking about...

Let me be the first to clear this up- Charlie isn't gay. Charlie has had more top-shelf poonman anus than any politician in the country including Sarah Palin Barney Frank.

ftfy

IronTony: Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.

Not a watcher of TOS, so I don't know much about an appropriate caption. Besides, did Kirk have anything quite as iconic as "Engage" and "Make it so"?

elchip: IronTony: Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.

Not a watcher of TOS, so I don't know much about an appropriate caption. Besides, did Kirk have anything quite as iconic as "Engage" and "Make it so"?

Mr. Sulu, take us out of here, warp factor something-or-other.

Agent Nick Fury: 2012 is three years away.
Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.
Except maybe the muslims.

Except for the fact that he gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention which is when people started talking about him eventually running for President.

elchip - Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.


I think she'd be better compared to a tribble. Cute as hell, dumb as a post, reproduces like crazy, and can become a major problem in a hurry if left unsupervised.

technicolor-misfit: elchip - Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.


I think she'd be better compared to a tribble. Cute as hell, dumb as a post, reproduces like crazy, and can become a major problem in a hurry if left unsupervised.

Tribbles endear all humanoids, except Klingons, and last I checked, most Democrat's foreheads weren't that furrowed.

technicolor-misfit: elchip - Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.


I think she'd be better compared to a tribble. Cute as hell, dumb as a post, reproduces like crazy, and can become a major problem in a hurry if left unsupervised.

Ding!

I can't believe that no one has pointed out that Obama gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention.

Am I the only who actually pays attention to this stuff?

technicolor-misfit: elchip - Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.


I think she'd be better compared to a tribble. Cute as hell, dumb as a post, reproduces like crazy, and can become a major problem in a hurry if left unsupervised.

And loathed by this guy:

technicolor-misfit: elchip - Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.


I think she'd be better compared to a tribble. Cute as hell, dumb as a post, reproduces like crazy, and can become a major problem in a hurry if left unsupervised.
What you did there: I see it.

elchip: IronTony: Ah, but she'd be better compared to Kirk for sheer gung-ho attitude.

Not a watcher of TOS, so I don't know much about an appropriate caption. Besides, did Kirk have anything quite as iconic as "Engage" and "Make it so"?

"Scotty, beam this green biatch off my junk. She's getting clingy." It's been cut from most of the syndicated airings.

IMVHO, Sarah Palin is highly charismatic, publicity hungry, and an extremely loose cannon.

If McCain had won the election, long before now, she would have already pushed him down a very long flight of stairs.

biglot: IMVHO, Sarah Palin is highly charismatic, publicity hungry, and an extremely loose cannon.

If McCain had won the election, long before now, she would have already pushed him down a very long flight of stairs.

She's not like that. She would never do anything like that.

Instead, she would order a staffer to do it as a test of loyalty.

biglot: IMVHO, Sarah Palin is highly charismatic, publicity hungry,

If I may interrupt your joke to point something out...

People like that make fine Facades for a presidential campaign. She's all folksy, a Washington outsider, and for some reason, people like her. Even if she doesn't have the political savvy to run the country, someone is likely to pick her up and use her as a puppet, like Bush.

FTFA:

Kristol cited a passage in Purdum's piece in which "some top aides" were said to worry about the Alaska governor's "mental state" and the prospect that the Alaska governor may be suffering from post-partum depression following the birth of her son Trig. "In fact, one aide who raised this possibility in the course of trashing Palin's mental state to others in the McCain-Palin campaign was Steve Schmidt," Kristol wrote.

Asked about the accusation, Schmidt fired back in an e-mail: "I'm sure John McCain would be president today if only Bill Kristol had been in charge of the campaign."

"After all, his management of [former Vice President] Dan Quayle's public image as his chief of staff is still something that takes your breath away," Schmidt continued. "His attack on me is categorically false."

IronTony: biglot: IMVHO, Sarah Palin is highly charismatic, publicity hungry,

If I may interrupt your joke to point something out...

People like that make fine Facades for a presidential campaign. She's all folksy, a Washington outsider, and for some reason, people like her. Even if she doesn't have the political savvy to run the country, someone is likely to pick her up and use her as a puppet, like Bush.

Except that she's already demonstrated hostility towards her handlers and a fascination with doing things her own way. Bush was content to clear scrub at Crawford while the imperialists did all the heavy lifting. Palin would want to interject her shrill, brainless opinion at every meeting.

It's going to be Micheal Steel. Republicans will think his ethnicity will save them.

Sgt Otter: My favorite line in the article, Sarah blatantly lying about her husband's involvement in the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and the goals of the AIP itself:

[Secession] is not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

Yeah, you might want to tell the AIP that Todd isn't a member and that secession isn't a part of their platform.

see and the truly frightening thing about this woman is, that I firmly believe that in her mind, once she's come up with a plausible explanation for an inconvenient truth, that explanation IS the truth, whether it started out that way or not. And since it is now truth, she gets very annoyed at the wicked people who point out facts (that are now by definition wrong) that contradict that truth

Sygerrik: Except that she's already demonstrated hostility towards her handlers and a fascination with doing things her own way.

Which is pretty much exactly how she works as Governor, and I'm pretty sure that's how she was as Mayor of Wasilla. At this point no one wants to be an appointee because it means in six months you won't have a job.

Nimnom: It's going to be Micheal Steel. Republicans will think his ethnicity will save them.

LOL i always laugh when i think of the leaders of the republicans atm. Michael Steel, Palin, Gringrich, Rush, these are the voices of the republicans atm

lstywnch

Oh good lord...

Nimnom: It's going to be Micheal Steel. Republicans will think his ethnicity will save them.

C'mon even the GOP wouldn't be that dumb. It'd be like running Alan Keyes against Barack Obama solely because both of them were black...

oh. wait....

Agent Nick Fury: Ikam: Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

There was a ballgame on that night so I must have missed it.

... and all of the newspapers the following day, the day after, the day after that...
Kerry was completely overshadowed by Obama's speech at the 2004 DNC. I know, I was there both nights.

Agent Nick Fury: Ikam: Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

There was a ballgame on that night so I must have missed it.

Indeed his senate campaign was overshadowed by the fact that the GOP couldn't get Mike Ditka to run, so they imported...ALAN KEYES...woot! Go GOP!

"That's not part of their platform and he was only a 'member' bc independent alaskans too often check that 'Alaska Independent' box on voter registrations thinking it just means non partisan," Palin wrote. "He caught his error when changing our address and checked the right box. I still want it fixed."

It was just a careless mistake, I want it fixed, make it go away. They're not really about secession anyway.

"Secession," he wrote. "It is their entire reason for existence. A cursory examination of the website shows that the party exists for the purpose of seceding from the union. That is the stated goal on the front page of the web site. Our records indicate that todd was a member for seven years. If this is incorrect then we need to understand the discrepancy. The statement you are suggesting be released would be innaccurate. The innaccuracy would bring greater media attention to this matter and be a distraction.

Damn, Palin got told.

I hope Palin does the only prudent thing and runs her own campaign next time around, she seems to really be on top of things.

I hope the media, now that they've been alerted, asks about Todds 7 year involvement with the Alaska Independent Party.

My favorite thing said about Sarah Palin was something someone said in a thread on another site...

"I met her last year. She's forged by the pressure, like a diamond, strong and sharp... raised well."

Yeah, uh huh... except when she's completely withering under the steely-eyed gaze of...

Katie Couric???


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y (new window)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rXmuhWrlj4 (new window)


It was like yeah dude, I'm sure she's incredibly poised when surrounded by breathless admirers telling her how wonderful she is.

Lord_Baull
Palin without a firm grasp of national politics? Unpossible.

Just shows not only the magnitude of bad decision making by McCain, it shows the sheer level of stupidity the GOP base occupies by thinking Palin was a good choice, too.


McCain didn't have many options thanks to Bush's failures. Being a craps player he rolled the dice on Palin,and in the extreme short term it paid off with lots of coverage and lots of initial excitement. In terms of the campaign I can't really fault him for the decision. When you are losing something that bad there are no bad decisions except doing nothing. However, putting that woman in position to take over the presidency was irresponsible. This was the moment that I realized John McCain was not the earnest straight talker I had come to believe him to be, but a desperate cynic.

As far as the stupidity of Republicans, most of the Republicans I know would admit that they thought she was an idiot as long as it was a one on one conversation. Republicans voters are not stupid, they just know how to fall in line.

There were plenty of frothy mouthed Palin supporters, but there were likely just as many Obama supporters who literally knew nothing about him except that he was black and had heard him say that he was going to change things. There are a certain number of idiots in this country who can be swayed by repetitive slogans or race baiting insinuations, and that's just the way it is. Its not fair to take these idiots as representative of the greater body of the Republican or Democratic voters (though from my perspective it does seem the Republican party is much more active in making their appeals to the fearful).

Palin was in the Vice Presidential debate when she learned that winking at the American public may not be enough to carry the ticket.

Talk about someone not ready for national politics.

She is the Governor of a state with a population of less than 700K people.

But they did have Joe the Plumber to help them with credibility.

Occam's Chainsaw: That would be the single positive accomplishment of a Palin administ... okay, I can't get those two words out without choking back vomit.



'nuff said

I heard she has a stinky cooter.

salvador.hardin: Being a craps player he rolled the dice on Palin,and in the extreme short term it paid off with lots of coverage and lots of initial excitement.

This and his gamble on stopping his campaign to "fix" the economy showed the majority of voters that McCain was not a good choice to run the country.

McCain/Palin had no message.

Ball of Confusion:

Indeed his senate campaign was overshadowed by the fact that the GOP couldn't get Mike Ditka to run, so they imported...ALAN KEYES...woot! Go GOP!

Heh. His original opponent was ruined by Seven of Nine. Yes, the chick from Star Trek. No, I'm not kidding.

Sgt Otter: Ball of Confusion:

Indeed his senate campaign was overshadowed by the fact that the GOP couldn't get Mike Ditka to run, so they imported...ALAN KEYES...woot! Go GOP!

Heh. His original opponent was ruined by Seven of Nine. Yes, the chick from Star Trek. No, I'm not kidding.

He wouldn't sing with her.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Her delusions and pettiness ideally would make her unfit to be the President of the Mat-Su Borough PTA.

Every office I've ever worked in has had a woman like Sarah Palin.

In the least painful cases she was just the crazy receptionist who would write two-page passive-aggressive notes because someone threw out a yogurt container instead of recycling it.

In the most painful cases she was the manager who stole everyone's good ideas, spent her entire day shopping online and threw tearful temper tantrums whenever anyone disagreed with her.

If I may offer a safety tip: if you work with a Sarah Palin no matter HOW many margaritas she inhales at Happy Hour and no matter how aggressively she "dances" with you, do not, under any circumstances, go home with her unless you've already turned in your two weeks notice OR the next day you're planning violent, gory suicide.

Most, if not all, women are useless baby-factories.

Theaetetus: Agent Nick Fury: Ikam: Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

There was a ballgame on that night so I must have missed it.

... and all of the newspapers the following day, the day after, the day after that...
Kerry was completely overshadowed by Obama's speech at the 2004 DNC. I know, I was there both nights.

speaking only for myself,I go invited by a friend to a fund-raising dinner for him when he was polling in 3rd place for the Democratic Senate primary. I left the building saying to that friend, "if we were the country we pretend to be, that man would be president someday instead of an Also-ran for the Senate"

technicolor-misfit: I think she'd be better compared to a tribble. Cute as hell, dumb as a post, reproduces like crazy, and can become a major problem in a hurry if left unsupervised.

Win

/hot like machine gun jubblies

Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

So who do you like for 2012? Pawlenty? Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney? Rudy "One State Strategy" 9iu11ani? Chucklebee? Jindall's not ready, Crist is too fabulous, and Sanford's gone full retard.



I see Huckleberry pulling it out over McFudge Rubber Gloves Magic Undies Romney. The Huckster is ALREADY laying down his ground game in Iowa, has been since right after the election. He has both the hardcore religious right and the goodie-two-shoes father figure angle, and he's from the South.

He comes off as a really nice guy, but when his beliefs become well known during debates (particularly that the world really is only 4000 years old), Obama will skewer him.

And Palin comedian Sarah Palin is already past parodying herself. She wont even get re-elected in Alaska.

Sygerrik: That said, I like Crist a bit; I'm a little troubled that he seems willing to compromise his integrity on some issues (environmentalism) to toe the Republican mainstream, and he's a bit more fiscally conservative than I would like, but he sees the way the wind is blowing. Plus, I'm like 90% sure he's gay, which means he's likely more socially liberal will sponsor legislation to have homosexuals rounded up and put in internment camps than most Republicans.

Fixed that for you. Have you not been paying attention? The closet cases are by far the most conservative.

Magorn: Theaetetus: Agent Nick Fury: Ikam: Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

There was a ballgame on that night so I must have missed it.

... and all of the newspapers the following day, the day after, the day after that...
Kerry was completely overshadowed by Obama's speech at the 2004 DNC. I know, I was there both nights.

speaking only for myself,I go invited by a friend to a fund-raising dinner for him when he was polling in 3rd place for the Democratic Senate primary. I left the building saying to that friend, "if we were the country we pretend to be, that man would be president someday instead of an Also-ran for the Senate"

Someday someone will write about this and you will be remembered as one of the Apostles.

JohnBigBootay: Sygerrik: That said, I like Crist a bit; I'm a little troubled that he seems willing to compromise his integrity on some issues (environmentalism) to toe the Republican mainstream, and he's a bit more fiscally conservative than I would like, but he sees the way the wind is blowing. Plus, I'm like 90% sure he's gay, which means he's likely more socially liberal will sponsor legislation to have homosexuals rounded up and put in internment camps than most Republicans.

Fixed that for you. Have you not been paying attention? The closet cases are by far the most conservative.


Yeah but he's not likely to be in the closet for long. As soon as he loses his Senate race he'll come out, switch parties and try again in 2016.

Agent Nick Fury: Magorn: Theaetetus: Agent Nick Fury: Ikam: Agent Nick Fury: Nobody knew who Obama was three years before the last election.

Really? Nobody?

Perhaps, being from Chicago I knew about him sooner than the average joe did, but most people who were paying attention remember him from his 2004 keynote speech at the DNC (which is what really started his national political career, in my opinion).

There was a ballgame on that night so I must have missed it.

... and all of the newspapers the following day, the day after, the day after that...
Kerry was completely overshadowed by Obama's speech at the 2004 DNC. I know, I was there both nights.

speaking only for myself,I go invited by a friend to a fund-raising dinner for him when he was polling in 3rd place for the Democratic Senate primary. I left the building saying to that friend, "if we were the country we pretend to be, that man would be president someday instead of an Also-ran for the Senate"

Someday someone will write about this and you will be remembered as one of the Apostles.

Don't you have a ballgame to be watching for the next 7 and a half years?

Davey Croquette: If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

You're nuts. Crist is the new Republican. He's on a frontier Democrats don't want to admit exists.

If Crist can keep his foot out of his mouth for another 3 years, he just may have a chance. He really isn't all that bright, but the people love him. And given a choice between "Chain Gang Charlie" and 4 more years of Obama, conservatives will line up behind him.

Sarah Palin has moved on with her life and continues to have a positive impact on so many.

That is true. I am STILL laughing.

As opposed to nuking the Swamp Germans for fun, like we should be doing.

technicolor-misfit: Yeah, uh huh... except when she's completely withering under the steely-eyed gaze of...

Katie Couric???

i just can't watch parts of that interview w/out the payoff

Scerpes: If Crist can keep his foot a male escort's cock out of his mouth for another 3 years, he just may have a chance.

Oh come on. You were all thinking it.

heap: technicolor-misfit: Yeah, uh huh... except when she's completely withering under the steely-eyed gaze of...

Katie Couric???

i just can't watch parts of that interview w/out the payoff

It was painful to watch the first time, moreso now.

I don't know how to take this whole kerfuffle... that there were folk in the McCain campaign that weren't willing to put up with this crap, or that they're being vilified by people who actually think this woman could actually perform well at the highest levels of public office.

Both I guess, meaning that there are people who are conservative and not batshiat crazy, and those who are all to willing to follow the batshiat crazy.

technicolor-misfit: I certainly hope the faithful aren't swayed by these evil Democrat lies. If the Republican party is to have any chance in 2012, they MUST see through these crass smears by the Democrat Party. She is our last best hope.

Sarah, stay strong. My fellow Republicans, stray strong for Sarah. She is going to need our strength in order to lead us out of the woods.


I could not agree more! She is the parties last and only hope. God bless you Sarah Palin! God Bless you!

Cinaed: and those who are all to willing to follow the batshiat crazy.

I think that bothers me more. The moderates who are complaining that the nutjobs have taken over their party have a legitimate beef - but let's not forget that they allowed it happen. They were perfectly willing to put their so-called values on the back burner as long as it meant winning on election day. The crazies are at least sincere.

heap: i just can't watch parts of that interview w/out the payoff

Couldn't watch for longer than 20 seconds. Too painful.

AspectRatio: Couldn't watch for longer than 20 seconds. Too painful.

i feels ya, but...ffwd to the last 10 seconds.

heap: i feels ya, but...ffwd to the last 10 seconds.

Yeah, that was worth it!

Sarah Palin says (insert something stupid). (Insert Famous person) makes fun of her. Palin gets outraged. (Insert Famous person) apologizes. Palin accepts apology and says (something even more stupid) in the retort.

Rinse, repeat.

Media publishes the entire cluster fark.

FootInMouthDisease

Naw, Peggy and Cotton hate each other.

well, hated - he's dead now.

The Only Good Moran - FootInMouthDisease

Naw, Peggy and Cotton hate each other.

well, hated - he's dead now.


You think McCain and Palin don't hate each other?

If John McCain could dump her body in the desert, he'd be at Home Depot shopping for shovels right now.

And I'm sure she'd be more than happy to set him adrift on an ice floe.

He thinks she's a moron who went off-script and torpedoed any shot their campaign had... She thinks he tried to box her in and pigeonhole her and kept her from really shining and living up to what she imagines is her true potential.

but Sarah is SO pretty!

DFWPhotoGuy: Sygerrik: Occam's Chainsaw: sepuku2: Ya'll keep focused on Palin. It gives you something to do between the navel gazing, fapping and outraged shrieks.
*snort*

If Charlie Crist stays in the Republican party he's toast.

BTW, I have always kinda like Crist...is he a douche or is it ok to like him?

He's ok. By Florida standards he's one of the few sane politicians left.