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AMERICAblog: Alaska's GOP State Senate President on Palin: "She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?"

  • dad · 1 year ago
    sarah palin is katherine harris
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    Great comparison!
  • BLOGGING BITCH! · 1 year ago
    Palin's job is to make sure you ignore this:

    http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Bush_seeks_to_ins...

    McCain said he's only met her once.
  • Will_In_Midtown · 1 year ago
    It is such a sad clip here, in Atlanta, but Georgia Gov. Sonny Purdue is singing the praises of Palin. Every time I think Sonny cannot possibly do anything to make me think he is more of a stupid hillbilly than orginally suspected, he proves me wrong.

    Interestingly, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (aka, Bush's Butt Plug) has not raced towards the nearest television camera to sing praises. At least not yet.

    But that makes me wonder: Since Chambliss has a stronger Voting-With-Bush record than McCain, just where will Chambliss keep his nose after January 20th?
  • Will_In_Midtown · 1 year ago
    Seriously, this leaves me with the same uneasy feeling as the Harriet Meirs (sp??) Supreme Court Nomination.

    one fun line though comes from the London Times online: She is less a running mate, more a collection of polling qualities.
  • BLOGGING BITCH! · 1 year ago
    She's got a long list of dirty laundry:

    http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/30/what-k...


    She's a firm believer in spying on Americans.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    Oh, one more question if I was a reporter:

    Why are digital websites being scrubbed? If you have nothing to hide, say like your praises of Senator Ted Stevens, then why all the scrubbing?

    http://www.bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do?diary...
  • BLOGGING BITCH! · 1 year ago
    GOOGLE scrubs their site all the time.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    Ah ha, but the Alaskan state site was also scrubbed.
  • BLOGGING BITCH! · 1 year ago
    Her baby actually belongs to her daughter who's unwed and 16:

    http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/336402.html
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    This makes no sense. A woman in active labor with baby #5 and flies home on a commercial airline. How many hours flight is it? And if it is true shows VERY poor judgment to board a commercial flight knowing you are in active labor being on 7 months pregnant,


    "The governor went into labor Thursday while in Texas at an energy conference. Her contractions let up enough for her to fly home on Alaska Airlines to deliver her baby in Alaska, Leighow said."

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24213499/
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    I seriously doubt that Ms. Bullwinkle gave birth in April. And if Alaska Airlines knew she was about to pop, they wouldn't have let her aboard.
  • LunaStick · 1 year ago
    I don't need Green to tell me she is unqualified or not ready. That much is obvious from first glance. Something is up. It just can't be that she is the legitimate pick! Something is up someone's sleeve here.
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    I wonder if Rove pushed her knowing that the public would react very negatively and that would cause Rethug convention to dump McCain. Then Rove and Bush Sr. family and Jeb could have Romney---who is their favorite.
  • AdrianBrowne · 1 year ago
    The only question is:

    Will she wear the hot pink sweatsuit with the appliqued poinsettia or the turquoise sweatsuit with the appliqued snowflakes to the inauguration?
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    With moose antlers in her hair.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    I can't wait to see the polls when this nomination ( Palin) sinks in to the American voters.
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    I'd like to think so.

    But after 2004, I just don't trust the American electorate anymore.

    We'll see.
  • katjam · 1 year ago
    I see Palin and McCain share the same sense of humor. Hearing a female opponent called a bitch in public is fine with them.
  • LunaStick · 1 year ago
    Maybe McCain is even more like Bush than even we've been saying. I mean, filling political positions with grossly unqualified people is one of Bush's trademarks.

    Palin isn't Quayle, she's Michael Brown.
  • Damned_at_Random · 1 year ago
    "McCain is erratic and impulsive"

    A polite way of saying he lets his little head do his thinking
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    Republico had a surprisingly good analysis about this too, and finally ditched the meme that the race was close.


    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12997...
  • naschkatzehussein · 1 year ago
    Thanks for posting that. I've sort of given up reading Politico because I couldn't decide whether it was unbendingly pro-Clinton or pro-McCain. I only know that I felt it was anti-Obama. For this to come from them is very telling.
  • Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas · 1 year ago
    Why do I keep hearing Peggy Lee singing "Is that all there is?" over and over in my head this weekend, thinking about the hundreds of better possible choices the GOP could make both for Prez and VP??????????
  • Joneses · 1 year ago
    On Bill Maher last night, Michelle M. stated that since Palin is a woman, you can't go on attack because if she cries, McCain will win hands down.

    This is the GOPs way of thinking. Party first, Country last.

    I am pretty sure that Hillary and her crew are well informing Obama.

    Hillary is tough and smart, so is Obama. McCain, well let's say temper, and now his judgment is in question.

    McCain scares me but his choice frightens me even more. I am truly worried about our country.
  • cowboyneok · 1 year ago
    pssst...

    Get this...

    Sarah Palin has told some people she is a member of the Taligangelical church!!! She seems to think its something to brag about.

    TALIGAN + EVANGELICAL = TALIBANGELICAL

    Her belief system requires her to impose her beliefs via executive fiat. If she becomes President she will FORCE every American to believe the literal interpretation of the bible and take away freedom of religion!

    THAT is a scary proposition!
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    Beliefs aside, it would scare the hell out of me should she BECOME president. I wouldn't need any reasons why other than she has no experience for the office.
  • naschkatzehussein · 1 year ago
    I see that Palin is not the headline on Drudge anymore--the weather is. Maybe I read too much into this, but I think we are already seeing that the bombshell McCain has thrown into the race has fizzled out already. Her record, what there is of it, and her lack of record, experience and knowledge on critical issues, are seeping out of the Alaska bogs already. She knows nothing about Iraq, ergo, she knows nothing about any complex foreign policy issues. We haven't even tested what she does or does not know about economics, the number one issue. And I for one would like to know what SHE knows about the Constitution of the United States. Damn little, I'd bet.
  • dogeatdogi · 1 year ago
    How long do you think it will be before Charlie Crist cancels his engagement?
  • AdrianBrowne · 1 year ago
    Never forget:

    John McCain's pick for Vice President: Sarah Palin

    John McCain's pick for Vice President: Sarah Palin

    John McCain's pick for Vice President: Sarah Palin
  • jescot · 1 year ago
    I think the Obama campaign will see right through this trojan horse. They should only continue to attack McCain's judgement.




    But if we have to talk about experience just remember up until today she has no plan or deep thoughts (her own words) after all these years at war. even in the State House Barack gave a speech before the war about the wisdom of moving foward.
  • HereinDC · 1 year ago
    Say 20 months as Gov. Not 2 years.
  • LunaStick · 1 year ago
    I prefer "not even 2 years".
  • SarainKC · 1 year ago
    She is also a religious fanatic- use "Holy roller". This cretin is even right of Sam Brownback!
  • Wesinoregon · 1 year ago
    I read that she is a Pentecostal ..........you know, the crazy types.
  • SarainKC · 1 year ago
    Yes, but most people don't know much about Pentrcostals. We need to brand her a Holy Roller and link her to other extremists of the same vein that are more well known. She is a fanatic and this must be front and center. The majority of Republicans would shirk her if they knew what a religious zealot she is.
  • Wesinoregon · 1 year ago
    Very true. Also, since she must speak in tongues that is probably why she would be good at foreign affairs....according to McCain. Evangelicals don't usually include those types into their fold. The word must be out about her. I wondered why they had kept it quiet.
  • 2008 · 1 year ago
    but she looks kinda cute!...

    ...When she's not ordering the state to ignore
    the Endangered Species List and start hunting
    Polar Bears, Wolves, and the last of many other
    threatened creatures. Seriously. If Polar Bears
    go extinct, we can thank Gov. Sarah Palin!!
    She likes to have them picked off from planes!

    (Cheney-style "sporting"- hey, when you're a
    fat slob, it's the best you can do- Bring on the
    automatic machine guns!)
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    All that is needed to defeat this ticket is a cartoon of Palin hunting cute, cuddly polar bears.
  • boycott_alaska · 1 year ago
    I dub thee 'Sally Snowshoe, Queen of the wolf-kill!'
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    LOL!
  • lastDem · 1 year ago
    Just a thought, but me thinks that this 'lady' was forced upon McCrazy buy the Dobsen croud. If he went went with a smart choise, Ridge, Chist, even Traitor Joe the convention would blow up. Sort of sorry that Hillary is not the vp now..........that would be one hell of a debate.
  • Wesinoregon · 1 year ago
    Hillary should be pre-announced to a high cabinet post. This would offset all that McShame has done to get this dumb bitch.
  • mimart · 1 year ago
    So in other words, McSame has picked a female Michael Brown ("heck of a job Brownie!") as his running mate? Awesome! Too bad the Dems will be too afraid to hammer this point home.
  • DCinDC · 1 year ago
    ยท Everything about Palin is just absurd. Hillary please step forward and say your record in nothing like hers. To compare Hillary to Palin is a shame. Don't let Palin and McCain swiftboat your reputation Hillary.
  • Milli · 1 year ago
    This is just as ridiculous as Bush trying to appoint Harriet Myers to the Supreme Court.
  • meemers · 1 year ago
    http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/295464...

    Palin's responses on radio talk show very unbecoming


    DAN FAGAN
    COMMENT

    (01/27/08 01:12:54)

    The governor's appearance on KWHL's "The Bob and Mark Show" last week is plain and simple one of the most unprofessional, childish and inexcusable performances I've ever seen from a politician.

    Anchorage DJ Bob Lester unleashed a vicious, mean-spirited, poisonous attack on Senate President Lyda Green last week while our governor was live on the air with him.

    When we played the tape on my show the day after it happened, we received 130 calls. Even some Palinbots were disgusted.

    The Daily News posted the recording on its Web site and it fired up bloggers.

    The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial writers demanded the governor apologize. The Juneau and Ketchikan papers also ran the editorial.

    The Daily News opinion page addressed the governor's gaffe. They wrote "She came off looking immature herself, almost high-schoolish. It was conduct unbecoming a governor."

    It was conduct unbecoming a human being, never mind a governor.

    The governor's office eventually tried to spin the public relations disaster, releasing a statement reading, "Governor Palin was caught off guard by Bob Lester's reference to Senate President Lyda Green."

    I don't buy it. Early on in the conversation before Palin started to crack up, Lester referred to Sen. Green as a jealous woman and a cancer. Palin, who knows full well Lyda Green is a cancer survivor, didn't do what any decent person would do, say, "Bob, that's going too far."

    But as the conversation moved on, Lester intensified his attack on Green.

    Lester questioned Green's motherhood, asking Palin if the senator cares about her own kids. Palin laughs.

    Then Lester clearly sets the stage for what he is about to say by warning his large audience and Palin. He says, "Governor you can't say this but I will, Lyda Green is a cancer and a b----." Palin laughs for the second time.

    What were teenage boys thinking when they heard the governor laugh at someone being called a b----? How about the teenage girls who look up to Palin. What did they think when they heard her laugh?

    But there is more. Lester then describes Green's chair as big and cushy. A clear reference to the senator's weight. Palin laughs a third time. She's just having a grand old time.

    Palin was clearly enjoying every second of Lester's vicious attack on her political rival.

    But it gets worse.

    Lester asks Palin point blank: "Do you have any idea of what you did, to make Lyda Green dislike you, hate you?" How does Palin respond? Does she do the right thing? What you would expect from a mature leader, a governor and say, "Bob, Lyda doesn't hate me."

    No, she responds like a 13-year-old and says, "Um, you know once and a while I try to figure that out but I can't figure that out."

    The Palin camp says the governor did call Green and apologize. That was the right thing to do. But the governor's statement shows the apology a half-hearted one.

    The statement in part reads: "The Governor called Senator Green to explain that she does not condone name-calling in any way and apologized if there was a perception that the comment was attributed to the Governor."

    But there's strong evidence Palin did condone Lester's name-calling. At the end of Lester making fun of Green as a mother, calling her a cancer, twice, and saying she has to go; after calling the senator a b----, making fun of her weight, and accusing Green of being jealous and hateful; after all of that, Lester ends the conversation offering to visit Palin.

    How does Palin respond? "I'd be honored to have you."

    The statement released by the governor's office also called Palin's action bad judgment.

    But bad judgment is when you stay up late the night before a big test, order steak at a Chinese restaurant or wear blue jeans to a black tie affair.

    What the governor did was wrong.

    Not only did she sit by and watch a decent public servant get thrashed in front of tens of thousands of people, she actually enjoyed it.

    This is our governor, for goodness sake.

    Our leader. I wonder.
  • vkobaya · 1 year ago
    Hey! Nothing to being president. Ask McCain. "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran." That's all you need to know to be president.

    I wonder if McCain knows the difference between an A-bomb and an H-bomb. Does he understand that one is fission bomb and the other is a fusion bomb? Or that the vaunted 100 megaton bomb is actually a triple bomb, a fission-fusion-fission bomb and extremely dirty, that is leaves an extremely radioactive mess?

    Can't you imagine what Palin's reaction would be? She knows what fishing is, but maybe fushing refers to killing whales or baby seals ... polar bears? <g> On second thought, my guess is that she shares that reaction with McCain. I don't think either of them thinks polar bears should be considered endangered so they have no objections to fushing bombs.