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Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Steeke — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:45:45 -0000

If Rush L. is the mascot of the Reb party, the party is a bad bad history of treating women as objects.

Look at Rush L., who BASHED a thinking woman Clinton on her looks and age (but will not do so for a male MCain). Then he praises to the sky as as a sensitive soul on the looks of his babe, Palin. It does not matter if Clinton thought-- it matters on looks and age, frankly for a woman. Yes, folks, this is their women's rights.

My take: Palin was happy in her paradise, Alaska. But plucked away from there as a woman-pawn, Palin is big victim of this party, pure and simple. She is/will be a puppet of the Rove gang who made Bush a similar puppet and fall guy.. made into an image of a "a women who is fighting the big-boys".. all the while, the big boys control the srings: scripting her into what to say, do, talk.. and yes, even take the fall. Status Quo is disguise..

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Canuck — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:42:14 -0000

Palin's reality is that she doesn't have a clue, not a clue, about how the federal gov't works, from foreign policy to finance. It's not that she says things in simple small-town ways, it's that she does not have a fundamental understanding of what's going on. Her interviews clearly demonstrate this. We know it, they know it, she knows it, yet there she is parading herself like an actual freakin' qualified candidate!
If elected, McCain will die in office in his sleep, so Palin the inept can be manipulated and puppeteered by the real powers and then scapegoated.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

JerryC — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:48:26 -0000

Did you criticize Obama when he said "kids with asthma need a breathalizer, no I mean inhalizer," but what he meant to say is inhalor . Obama is the presidential candidate, Palin is the VP candidate. Its about time they crack down on Obama and not always Palin.

What about Biden asking a senator in a wheel chair to stand up. Or when he said during the market crash in '29 Roosevelt got on TV to address Americans. Hoover was president in '29 and there was no TV. So Palin isn't the only one. If you want to look at imperfections look at the Democrat candidates.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

julia — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:04:22 -0000

Mrs. America we do not need as a vice president. If this country chooses to elect McCain/Palin it will be a sad statement for the United States. McCain is on his own journey. He has endured as a veteran. He sees the world with rose colored glasses....long ago changed color Way too much of this Maverick label assigned to him. Maverick is not what we need. A Mrs America, God forbid is not what we can tolerate. Many of our worst fears as a country will come to pass if we elect this duo. The riisk is too great this time around. Please research this vice president to be.......think and talk with others about the pros and cons of Mcain/Palin and the young vibrant, focused Obama.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Jess — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:22:33 -0000

Palin reminds me of the Indian politician Laloo Prasad Yadav.
He was/is a rustic (a people's choice) who was very proud of his small-town values and support.
Sparely educated, he would make similar remarks. He would eat and talk in 'small town ways'..

He was RIDICULED to the core by the press and made into a laughing-stock by the elite.
He ended up today at the top reforming the Indian Train system as a Railway Minster in a dazzling success story that left his rivals speechless- in what some say is a miracle.

Lesson: Who we laugh at today may end up laughing at us tomorrow.

P.S. Palin still does not have my vote (I'm an animal rights advocate and do not agree with her polices). However, I am appalled at the delight of her treatment meted out to her. Shame on us who are supposed to embrace all.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

DD — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:48:58 -0000

Watching her "answer" questions is like watching a squirrel get hit by a car.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Yaccov — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:43:49 -0000

You could put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig
You could put Sarah Palin as Vice President
But she's still Sarah Palin
If Tweedle dee and Tweedle dum is elected
I'm moving to Canada

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Peter Litwin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:26:45 -0000

Are you kidding us or what? This woman is by far the stupidest most uninformed political candidate I have seen in all my 51 years on this planet. We're suffered enough embarrassment and financial pain under the stupidity of George Bush and his clan of theives. We cannot afford to have another dumbass like this Palin in office again. I don't think I could handle another $2 trillion dollar defit. How 'about you? She should go back to Alaska and continue to make sure those evil Russians aren't thinking about sneaking into our country...

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

William — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:33 -0000

OMG what the hell? I think she was talking about meeting penguins from russia as her foreign credentials!! This woman is a joke.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

basementfrog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:29 -0000

Here's the deal.

Shut up, you're too dumb to talk.

Stand by the old white dude and show a little leg.

You could become prez someday.

COMMUNICATION, GENERALLY, HAS NOT BEEN HER THING.

Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy. The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records.

Ms. Palin and aides use their private e-mail addresses for state business. A campaign spokesman said the governor copied e-mail messages to her state account when there was significant state business.

As Ms. Palin’s star ascends, the McCain campaign, as often happens in national races, is controlling the words of those who know her well. Her mother-in-law, Faye Palin, has been asked not to speak to reporters, and aides sit in on interviews with old friends.

I was thinking, I don’t remember giving up my First Amendment rights, Ms. Woodruff said. Just because you’re not going gaga over Sarah doesn’t mean you can’t speak your mind.

Their secrecy is off the charts, Mr. Steiner said.

Armed with an army of Republican lawyers from Washington DC, Todd Palin has announced he will not comply with legislative subpoenas which the law prohibits for one simple reason -- because nothing can be done about it until after the election, and it's unlikely much will be done to punish him for breaking the law. Sarah Palin has similarly ordered all of her aides to refuse to comply with these subpoenas.

It is illegal in the State of Alaska to fail to comply. There is no doubt that the Legislature has the right to investigate and that these Subpoenaas are lawfully issued.

Ignoring a legislative subpoena is punishable by a fine up to $500 and up to six months in jail under Alaska law. But courts are reluctant to intervene and the Legislature is not scheduled to convene until January.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

newsandverse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:25:03 -0000

LOVEY DOVEY COVEY

NEWSWIRE--A CNN host says the McCain campaign's decision to shield Sarah Palin from the media is sexist.

"She's a bird of a whole different feather," they whoop,
"With her plumage and pluck, we'll prevail."
Yet the vultures and hawks and the doves in the coop
Have her pigeonholed more as a Quayle.

www.newsandverse.com
Light verse, ripped from the headlines

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

ephil — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:10:03 -0000

I am just speechless. How can anyone think that she is "ready"? It appears that without a teleprompter or prepared answers for an interview, she is completely at a loss---Clueless in Alaska!

What was McCain thinking? If she had any honor, she would step down in the hope that McCain could win with a stronger veep. This isn't a beauty pageant or popularity contest, this is our country and our kids future.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

jeffbridges — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:37:50 -0000

I've always loved Katie.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

martin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:27:45 -0000

I think John McCain now realizes the gamble he took. If not his campaign could not so paranoid in pushing Sarah Palin into the lion's den of hungry journalists. And the electorate are taking note that she is not yet qualified a heartbeat from the presidency. We can not afford that gamble anymore.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Sar — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:25:57 -0000

It seems from this interview that Katie Couric would make a better VP candidate.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

JACK ALLEN — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:13:23 -0000

I know she can field dress a moose. I hope she can field dress a politician when she gets to Washington. That is hang it up by its legs, drain it's blood, gut it,and remove it's pork. Fewer
politicians would help this country and save money.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

Sam R. Livingston — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:12:41 -0000

Amen to that! Thanks you for articulating exactly what I feel about Palin, that she is not qualified to serve. Period.

Re: Free Sarah Palin from the media blackhole

ericmiami — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:07:47 -0000

No amount of time would prepare Palin. Their only chance is to postpone the election.