Palin talks gays, feminism, abortion, and evolution with Couric; Update: Video added
posted at 8:33 pm on September 30, 2008 by Allahpundit
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I waited an hour for CBS to post the video. No luck. I’m uploading my own cut so stand by for that; when their version goes up, I’ll swap it in. In the meantime, here’s the transcript. Remember, the rap on Palin is that she’s supposedly a “Christianist” nut ready to impose theocracy at the first opportunity. Here we learn that she supports contraception; doesn’t want to punish abortion with jail time; supports teaching evolution as “an accepted principle” and may very well oppose teaching creationism (it’s ambiguous); and reaffirms that she doesn’t judge gays, partly because she’s had a close friend who’s gay for decades.
And yet. Read through it and tell me what the media will lead with tomorrow. Here’s a hint: It has nothing to do with her policy answers.
Update: Here’s the vid.
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So you’re saying…offer them…drugs?
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Yeah, the librarian thing…we HAVE to get to the bottom of that.
By the way, does thinking critically ever make your head hurt?
jimmy the notable on September 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM
asking the librarian if they would be willing to remove books that people might find offensive.
Here’s my bet. There was a big push to review items like “terrorists cookbook”, how to make explosives, etc on public library shelves by homeland security. That would be my bet. but, we aren’t going to hear anything because Palin didn’t do it and no Obama leaning press or librarian is going to actually explain it because the average American would probably go “yeah, maybe not a bad idea”.
Kat_Mo on September 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Okay, okay. Now tell us about how the Republican Party betrayed you.
jimmy the notable on September 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM
lansing quaker -
First, thanks for posting at HotAir. I don’t know any PUMAs personally so I find it really helpful to hear from some of you on this site.
Can you tell us how Obama’s “truth squads” are playing with the PUMAs that you know? Also, how did Obama’s performance during the debate on national security play with PUMAs? My impression based on the other web sites where PUMAs post is that Obama’s Chicago-style dirty political tactics and his lack of experience/qualifications on defense are two of the main objections PUMAs have to him. Is this true?
How many PUMAs do you think will vote for Obama?
Thanks!
Y-not on September 30, 2008 at 10:42 PM
I detest b-tards as much as the next newfag, but to be fair to those scourges of the internet, only one b-tard “hacked” into her email. And not to defend a b-tard but deciphering a Yahoo Mail “Security Question” answer is not exactly hacking.
philnewkirk on September 30, 2008 at 10:42 PM
CK MacLeod on September 30, 2008 at 10:32 PM
I haven’t watch the video with Katie but I did hear the Hugh Hewitt interview. After he talked to Jim Gerraity, I hope I spelled that correctly, and the longer the interview went on the better pleased he was with Gov. Palin and her answers. She is extremely likable and I think she’s a pretty smart cookie. I agree she should have been on more shows. Oh well, like the old saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. I wonder if Allah will ever tell us what he thought the big criticism would be?
Cindy Munford on September 30, 2008 at 10:42 PM
McCain is a fine American, and — to me — a good Moderate voice. He doesn’t brow-beat upon social issues, and neither does Sarah Palin. They are focused on strong work ethic, service, and doing what is right for the American economy.
Like Bill Clinton said — and paraphrased — I may agree with one candidate on 80% of what he says, but if he delivers on only %20 of that, what’s to stop me from supporting the candidate who I agree with %50 of the time and yet can deliver on all 50% of that?
Me supporting McCain is not the issue here. Your bold-faced lying about being a “concerned former Palin LOVER!” is the issue.
You said you supported Palin.
I have seen no evidence of this. Instead you turn and make it an ad-hominem upon me putting country first — and on me as a gay, liberal, ex-Democrat.
Funny, that.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 10:43 PM
BWAHAHAHAHAHa,
Phil you almost had me there. I thought you were a serious Obama supporter. I have you pegged as an on-line satirist. Do you get pay for that over and above the seven bucks?
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 10:43 PM
By making support for torture and pre-emptive war prerequisites for patriotism.
philnewkirk on September 30, 2008 at 10:44 PM
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 10:32 PM
The fact that they get to work from their basements is almost priceless.
Cindy Munford on September 30, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Really? That’s the best you trolls can come up with? Palin didn’t name a newspaper, so she must not be able to?
It must be the best you can do, because you keep obsessing over it.
I’m sorry, but most of the newspapers and new magazines I’ve seen do a sorry job of informing people about issues. If you want to understand an issue, you’d better not rely on the media to educate you.
theregoestheneighborhood on September 30, 2008 at 10:44 PM
You must not read newspapers.
Spirit of 1776 on September 30, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Wait, you mean you can get paid to do this stuff? Why didn’t I get this memo. >:(
philnewkirk on September 30, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Wow! The PUMAs are VERY optimistic about McCain’s chances . . .
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=32751
Marybeth on September 30, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Wow, I’ve never really spoken with a true astroturfer. I ALMOST think you’re trying to be ironic. If so, congratulations.
jimmy the notable on September 30, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Then you should definitely be worried about Palin. She says she reads them all.
philnewkirk on September 30, 2008 at 10:46 PM
It would have been funny if she would have said something like:
“Print is dead. Each morning I fire up Omea and go through my RSS feeds.”
Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 10:48 PM
40% of American don’t pay any taxes. How do you get 90%? All Obama is offering is a 500$ tax credit for singles and $1000 credit for families. That will be quickly erased as businesses raise prices to keep up with the massive tax burden Obama will lay on them. In essence, a tax hike for the middle class.
darwin on September 30, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on September 30, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Phil, God I wish I were at liberty to tell you some of the things they’ve done to our guys.
You can use screen shots to go back and ask for the money still.
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 10:49 PM
On the morning after pill…she said that she thought life started at the moment of conception, thus she didn’t personally agree with the use of the morning after pill.
Doesn’t the morning after pill simply prevent ovulation? It doesn’t end a life…if conception already took place, the pill is useless, unless I’m missing something.
TheBlueSite on September 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Heh. Thanks, Y. You should just read some PUMA sites. The Confluence, Alegre’s Corner, No Quarter, Sugar n’ Spice, and the PUMAPac blog are good building blocks.
As far as your questions, and mind, one PUMA such as myself is not indicative of all:
- The “Obama Truth Squad” is seen, by and large, as a bunch of BS spinning in his favor. PUMAs like to talk Alinsky, Rezko, and the milieu.
- Obama has no national security experience. So his positions on that — which are inconsistent with his other ones — just feed that sense.
- Yes, the “Chicago Machine” and thuggery is a big part of PUMA contention. PUMAs have been working diligently on documentaries pointing out Caucus Fraud from team O. There are some preview trailers online for them.
- No PUMA by self-identification should vote Obama. Most won’t. PUMA shouldn’t be confused with “a Hillary voter.” Whether or not PUMAs vote McCain-Palin — as I will — is a different story.
Hope that helps. But check some of the PUMA sites out. If you haaaaate Hillary Clinton, then it might not be for you. But if you’re interested in putting Country First, then it’s worth a read. Most PUMAs are of that same mindset.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM
@ lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 10:43 PM
WTF, I don’t even know you. When did I ever attack you for being gay or a democrat? I asked you why you supported McCain, because there HAS to be issues that are important to you. And I cannot see those issues that are important to you being supported by Hillary, and also supported by McCain. I understand the experience argument fine, but other than that, Obama would seem to fill a former Hillary supporter MUCH more than McCain would. Don’t get me wrong, we need as much support as we need in this election, but for you to come in here and question people on their loyalty to the party basically, when you yourself are here only because of the slimmest of pretenses is dishonest and annoying.
muyoso on September 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I see Ben Smith has already done a story on what I thought would be THE story – and it certainly wasn’t this moronic discussion about newspapers.
Connie on September 30, 2008 at 10:51 PM
If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on September 30, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Oh sh*t. The debate moderator wrote a book and a magazine article fawning praise over Obama. Seriously, how come the GOP doesn’t manage to stop these choices. At least we have 3 days to get the word out about this woman.
jimmy the notable on September 30, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Phil, really, how old are you. You must be very young to have any hope of becoming a productive member of society. If you are “mature” and still think like you do you’ve got a problem.
Vince on September 30, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Not just picking on you….well, maybe I am.
Look. Sarah Palin is the governor of a sovereign state. She’s not a blonde bimbo. Her parents were schoolteachers. She’s educated, witty and good-looking besides. She’s a mother with 5 children, has been a businessman, entrepreneur, one-man woman, hunter, fisherman….
She isn’t what you want to paint her as. She’s an executive. Oh, and by the way, with as long and dark a winter as they have in Alaska, I can guarantee you that they read everything that is surrounding them and more than once. She certainly knew enough to quote Abraham Lincoln. Can you?
Tennman on September 30, 2008 at 10:52 PM
She did a fine job — Couric came off as a petulant child, “Mommy Mommy, you promised to make brownies” “You are going to make brownies, right? “Mom? Brownies?” “Those sugary brown square things?” “Mom?”
Gov. Palin answered forthrightly and without reservation — the rubbish about the newspapers is another pathetic “gotcha” moment…and Gov. Palin wasn’t going to play.
Richard Romano on September 30, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Funny, they call their doubters Eeyors.
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Or how about if she said:
“Well, I used to read the WaPo and the NY Times until I realized that they couldn’t get basic facts about my life and family straight. I thought, if they have trouble figuring out that I really was the mother of Trig and that I don’t believe in “Satan Lizards”, what chance is there of anything else they print being even remotely true?”
Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 10:52 PM
@ Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 10:52 PM
EXACTLY, it was a freaking softball.
muyoso on September 30, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Ad hominem.
If you really were a good Republican who supported Republicans but were “concerned” about Palin being some dumb hick to drag the ticket down, you wouldn’t be questioning my vote.
Would you prefer I said I love Barack Obama and realize he will bring “real change?” This argument — “Why support McCain if you supported Hillary?!” — is one I hear often… from Obama-supporting Democrats.
Astroturfing. I hope that $7/hr paid to you from Obama for America buys you a nice McChicken sandwich and a soda on the way home from “work.”
But your “concern” is noted. Show me one instance of you supporting Palin at any stage of this cycle. One. I’m waiting.
Until then:
Ad. Hominem.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Palin is playing the left like a fiddle.
She should have answered the newspaper question?
Bah!
The liberals are squawking about how she can’t read!
Palin is a lot smarter than I’ve allowed myself to give her credit for. Man, she can be shrewd.
Saltysam on September 30, 2008 at 10:56 PM
So Palin refused to be baited into naming a news source that could be used to create the next big scandal about her views, then she refused to declare support of opposition to the morning after pill and to homosexuality; and for that she is being judged to be what, stupid? Does anyone think any specific answer to those questions would have made Katie suddenly become a Sara fan? The questions were selected because any response would lead to the next attack.
And by the way, what is wrong with Katie’s mouth in the scene where she is pressing the morning after pill question? She looks like she just bit a lemon.
MikeA on September 30, 2008 at 10:56 PM
No, I cannot quote Lincoln. I cannot name a newspaper either.
philnewkirk on September 30, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I’m in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
- Will Rogers
MB4 on September 30, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I really can’t stand Katie Couric.
CP on September 30, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Sir, you missed the Axelrod talking point; it is 95 percent of Americans who would get the tax cut. But wait, only 40 percent of Americans actually pay taxes so Obama is lying.
carbon_footprint on September 30, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Asking what newspapers she reads is a “gotcha” moment?
This is why I think she is not qualified to be VP. If she thinks such softball gimme questions are “gotcha” journalism, she will fold like a tent if she becomes president and has to deal with hostile leaders. It’s a risk we cannot afford to take. McCain’s VP pick made it MUCH easier for me to support Obama for president.
philnewkirk on September 30, 2008 at 11:00 PM
I’ve never really hated any politicians. (I’m getting there after the Palin attacks started tho, Obama could do a lot to call for civility) The Clintons were just hard to be under as military. But what happened to Hillary in hte primaries was just criminal. If it had to be a Dem, it would have at least been better to have her. As a Senator, she actually got a bit of praise from the military and the Defense Industry. I’ve read a lot of PUMA sites, and it’s pretty cool to have a real one here.
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:00 PM
And yet I don’t share your views on this being some kind of big mistake.
ALL politicians ignore questions they don’t want to answer or think are ‘gotcha questions.’
Personally, I think the question was stupid and not worth answering. The newspapers and magazines we read do not really shape our worldview. Our upbringing, life experiences and faith shape our worldview much more than any print media.
And Gov. Palin suspected a dig at her “backwoods” upbringing and decided to pre-empt it.
And it worked because Katie backed down and moved on.
Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Can’t name a newspaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZZZzzzzzzzzz.
Saltysam on September 30, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Yes, she did very well.
I am not so much waiting in dread for Thursday night.
PattyJ on September 30, 2008 at 11:01 PM
@ lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Wow. So a good republican is one who supports republicans and never questions them or their decisions. Maybe thats the way it works over at the Hillary camp, where you came from, but over here I will question and criticize whenever I feel like it when someone who is ASKING FOR MY VOTE, does something I don’t like. If you want to call me a “bad republican”, funny coming from someone whose political identification is so easily swayed that they look for the candidate with the longer record than base their vote on issues, so be it. Again, I ask you, because I don’t believe that you are a true PUMA, but rather just a troll, what is ONE issue which made you support Hillary Clinton, and consequently made you support McCain, other than experience.
muyoso on September 30, 2008 at 11:02 PM
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
- Thomas Jefferson
MB4 on September 30, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Thanks! I am glad that you found Palin’s positions on personal liberty issues (like gay rights) acceptable. My take is that she is pretty good at separating her personal religious views from her work as governor. (Frankly, I was a little worried when her pick was interpreted by some as a play to the religious right. I think McCain picked her because she’s a reformer and a governor from an energy state.)
I’ve been to http://www.puma08.com/ and a couple of the sites you listed, but I also see PUMAs posting at Ann Althouse, Erin Brockovich, neoneocon, and some other blogs that have more open dialog between conservatives, centrists, and open-minded liberals.
Keep the faith!
Y-not on September 30, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Thanks, Hawk. I’m fine with criticism of the Clintons because they are not — like no politician is or should be — criticism free. But I’m glad you understand, in whatever capacity, where I’m coming from.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 11:03 PM
I realize that you’re just astroturfing here and have no real arguments.
But I would be remiss if I didn’t remind you (and everyone else) that Gov. Palin ran against the corrupt political machine OF HER OWN PARTY…
…and won.
That, my friend, is called dealing with “hostile leaders.”
Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 11:03 PM
muyoso: You seem to be whining about being misunderstood. Grow up. If this is all you have against Palin, your objection has been made and noted.
Phil, have a good life. I actually think that you can be reasoned with, eventually.
Vince on September 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM
We’ll be fine, but damn! A PBS obambi book author and enthusiast picked as debate monitor. Wonder why there’s NEVER a conservative that gets to do one of those things?
That article in American Thinker about Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis and the other one from Melanie Phillips at the Spectator called Subversives for Obama is starting to really ring true now.
Read those, if you haven’t already. You will be astounded at how the pieces fall into place.
techno_barbarian on September 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM
This is known as a contradiction in terms.
(sorry to overstate the obvious gang)
Saltysam on September 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Your own comment history has you:
- Bashing McCain.
- Bashing Romney.
- Bashing Thompson.
- Bashing Giuliani.
- Supporting Ron Paul.
- Not saying one positive thing about Sarah Palin.
It’s not like I’m on here screaming for Nader. Pluck the beam from your own eye. You are not, nor have ever been, positive on Palin, McCain, or any viable Republican Presidential Candidate.
But continue to make it about me and my PUMA vote. Oh, please do. You’re about as intelligent as all the O-Bots that assume I’m a chick because I’m a PUMA (I’m a gay guy. No cracks, witty commenters!).
Done with you. Go take your “free trade coffee” break, courtesy of Hope and Change.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 11:06 PM
I wish Sarah could ask Catty Couric a few questions might I make a few suggestions?
1.) Have you ever shot and gutted an adult moose then ate moose burgers?
2.) Have you slept with Barrack yet?
3.) Do you have trouble with your breasts falling down to your navel so you had to wear a push up?
4.) Is that your daughters pushup bra it looks a little tight on you?
5.) Catty is anyone watching your nightly newscast yet?
6.) Did you sleep your way to the top?
7.) Are you sure your prepared to be a uranalist.
8.) Does you hair get messed up when you sleep with someone?
9.) Does Barrack wear boxers or briefs?
10.) Catty do you ever get the feeling your out of your league here?
dhunter on September 30, 2008 at 11:06 PM
@ Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Let me just say, I have SERIOUS doubts that a majority of people who are undecided will see it the same way as you. It doesnt matter what you or I think, I am voting for McCain no matter what. She could literally just drool and make guttural noises at the debate, and I am still voting for McCain because of certain key issues, such as I don’t want to live in a communist country. She has to impress independents, and liberals who aren’t really really liberal. Not answering a question like that, it will be played on radio shows all over the country tomorrow, and the common theme will be “what a dummy”. It will be played on radio shows like Howard Stern, where a majority of the people listening probably arent too politically savvy, and they will form very negative opinions of her. That is what comes from not answering a question like that.
muyoso on September 30, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Crap you guys, get..a..grip. PBS is government funded. It’ll have to be fair.
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:07 PM
MB-4:
Do you have this giant, book of quotes that have been made by notable individuals? I’m not complaining, I enjoy the quotes and if there is a collection I may like to purchase.
Vince on September 30, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Palin should have answered that she used to get her news from yahoo.news, then refuse to name a specific source for security reasons.
/sarc
Honestly, if this is what the media is spinning, they are desperate. Nevertheless, I’d go ahead and release something from the Governor’s office explaining about the daily news briefings that I’m sure her staff assembles for her.
Y-not on September 30, 2008 at 11:09 PM
“TheBlueSite on September 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM”
the REGULAR pill prevents ovulation. the “morning after” pill prevents implantation of an egg that GOT FERTILIZED [the "night before!"] — hence its problematic nature for strict anti-abortionists …
Buckaroo on September 30, 2008 at 11:09 PM
If you “Google” “Quotes Mark Twain” you will have about half of them right there.
MB4 on September 30, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Vince on September 30, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Google
Saltysam on September 30, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Blue Site:
The morning after pill is an “abortifacient.” It works by making the uterus inhospitable to a fertilized egg, such that implantation will not occur. If you believe that life begins at conception, then a pill that prevents that life from growing and developing is an “abortion pill.”
jerseygirl on September 30, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Undecided independents are more likely to be swayed about how her religious views differ from how she thinks government should be run (i.e. gay rights, creationism and birth control).
Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Yes, exactly.
If you take a look at the post you will see that she has gone so far as to write a book about the glory of Obama.
The media is trying, and largely succeeding in destroying this campaign. No one in the McCain campaign or the RNC seems to think that blatant, ever worsening media bias is a problem.
It’s a serious problem. Action is required.
Dorvillian on September 30, 2008 at 11:12 PM
All I can say is @%*# Couric for her arrogant, condescending drilling of Palin… a drilling that she would not dare burden the holy one, the golden child, the light incarnate, with… all she wants to know is how he feels about the grass between his toes or such fluff…
I believe it was Bernard Goldberg (correct me if I’m wrong) who made the point that it is actually the elite who think that they are the majority and it is us little folk with our anger, guns and God who are fringe….
It’s so damn irritating to see them give a pass to those who are christened… and almost sportingly jibe those they deem as beneath themselves…. Smote their minds, Lord with confusion… truly use the simple to confound the “wise”….
CynicalOptimist on September 30, 2008 at 11:12 PM
philnewkirk and all you other stupid little trolls. You are so pathetic. You remind me of Alan Colmes and his stupid grin while he picks some stupid little nit and grins like a stupid baboon. Did I mention you are all stupid?
BTW: I read “everything I can get my hands on.” That doesn’t mean I actually place my hands on what I am reading. Sometimes I just look at the screen – like I’m looking at your pathetic nits.
Mr_Magoo on September 30, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Exactly.
She might say she’s for popular referenda on gay rights, but as long as Palin has never pushed her pen or tried to ban my existence, then it’s par for the course as far as any large-scale Dem politician.
I’m tired of being pandered to, and taken advantage of, by the left on “gay rights.” In my view, Republicans like McCain and Palin are absolutely, 100% on my side, even if they have personal beliefs that differ from mine.
Much more so than Democrats like Obama and Biden who talk a talk but don’t walk the walk regarding these social issues.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Is that because they’re already named?
What a witty riposte.
Tennman on September 30, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I’m getting ready to pull pitch for the evening, but someone explain one thing to me about the polls. Now I’m not going all hopey-hopey on one site, but how in the crap do you explain the AOL straw poll. Week after week, it splits about 61-62 McCain and 38-39 Obama with about a half a million votes a week. Are we just that clever on that one site and have locked em out some way?
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:14 PM
What will be the lead? That she couldn’t name a newspaper.
I can name some, but I never read any except my own local and that’s only for local news. I don’t even care if Sarah can’t spell the word newspaper, I would vote for McCain.
Redteam on September 30, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Oh yeah…. Google! Thanks!
Vince on September 30, 2008 at 11:16 PM
“hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:14 PM”
“the word” is the folks who use aol these days are elderly, rural residents …
/draw your own conclusions …
Buckaroo on September 30, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Right, but the vote is open to anyone! I voted
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Katie, from where do you get your world view?
“Oh, I get my world view from what they stick under my nose 5 nights a week and make me read – although I don’t really remember any of it. You see, I’m a vacuous, frizzy-haired has-been who refuses to go away.”
Mr_Magoo on September 30, 2008 at 11:18 PM
One theory might be that the demographics of AOL users/visitors are different than other sites. My impression is that AOL service is more common with older folks… just a theory.
Y-not on September 30, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Too busy reading newspapers and cowering in fear of those evil rethuglicans, I guess.
techno_barbarian on September 30, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Let’s not forget…
…there is still the financial crisis(?), the Senate vote on a bailout and what the Stock Market will do tomorrow.
Whatever tripe the MSM will throw out there will be lost in the static.
Religious_Zealot on September 30, 2008 at 11:20 PM
yes, you voted — but the koslambs may figger “why bother — it’s just old rural people who don’t even know what wi-fi is, let alone a latte”
Buckaroo on September 30, 2008 at 11:20 PM
And of course the site eats my brilliant comment, UGH.
@ lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Thank you for being done with me. I bash everyone equally, and very rarely will you see me come and post a comment saying “I support this candidate because of XYZ”. If I see something I like, I smirk and go on to the next story to read or watch. Its only when things piss me off do I really post. So on a blog like this, you won’t see much of me defending them. However on reddit.com and digg.com, I defend Palin and McCain, because the sites are very liberal. I expect your apology to be contrite and heartfelt.
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/714al/the_bush_doctrine_palin_question/c05enkb
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/714al/the_bush_doctrine_palin_question/c05enle
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7173t/palin_in_a_nutshell_pic/c05ew51
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/71cap/tina_fey_as_sarah_palin_on_snl_video/c05fcp2
How about a deal, you stop trying to tell me how to be a conservative, and I will continue to not tell you how to be a gay person. See, now we both DON’T comment on things we know nothing about.
muyoso on September 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Yes, I have read those. Couldn’t you tell by my suddenly paranoid ramblings?
But if you really want to know what threw me over the edge take a look at this.
It takes a former KGB agent to make the connection between the actions of the media and the messages coming from the Obama campaign. This clip is from 1985 but it sounds like he taped yesterday afternoon.
It’s time to stop laughing about the media bias, it’s there for a reason.
Dorvillian on September 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 11:06 PM
I am a conservative first but honest to goodness I would prefer Sen. Clinton to Sen. Obama as president any day of the week. I understand he is a smart man but his detached attitude scares me when it comes to national security. I picture him getting a daily security assessment and fainting dead away. At least Sen. Clinton has been in the White House and saw what her husband faced on a daily basis. I just believe he is clueless.
Cindy Munford on September 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Allah I know… I know…
Why isn’t Willow her 14 year old daughter in school
If I were running for VP I would also bring my 14 year old along for the experience and the learning and this once in a lifetime event very few get to experience…
CCRWM on September 30, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Can you name who spawned you?
Mr_Magoo on September 30, 2008 at 11:22 PM
OK… I’m reduced to banality… DEMOCRATS SUCK!!!
CynicalOptimist on September 30, 2008 at 11:22 PM
A community organizer?
darwin on September 30, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I don’t know. Drudge showed a much differnt polling of who won the debate and AOLs Straw poll is open to anyone to vote. You don’t have to be an AOL user. A half a million every week!
I think the polls are spin right now. I’m not sure I trust any of the so-called main-stream polls.
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Saltysam on September 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Awesome quote.
lansing quaker on September 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Does anybody know how many abortions Katie has had? I don’t mean to be rude, but it seems like a lot of women in this country have had one or more abortions and they are trying to justify it. I just got this sick feeling that a lot of these media women have had one and now all they can think of is spending their life rationalizing it.
Now Sarah comes forth and she did not kill Trig. Perfect example of some light being shined on some real dark stuff.
Sapwolf on September 30, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Amen Cindy
Cindy Munford on September 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Here, here!
Personally, I don’t think that Obama is any smarter than any of the other candidates (certainly not Joe Biden /sarc). I haven’t been that impressed by his ability to work off his talking points. Degrees don’t impress me as much as accomplishments.
Y-not on September 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM
TheBlueSite on September 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM
No the regular pill does that but the morning after pill forces ovulation which could in fact discard a fertilized egg.
At least that is how it was explained to me.
Cindy Munford on September 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM
I’m sure Willow is learning a lot more on the campaign than n one of those poor public schools. The ones where Obama does not send his kids.
Sapwolf on September 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Welcome to HotAir, Lansing Quaker. Looking forward to reading more of your posts.
Once again though, muyoso’s a PaulTard. Worse, a PaulTard in various stages of denial.
The more you respond with well-reasoned arguments, the more he will blather on and annoy you and the rest of us.
Just fyi…
techno_barbarian on September 30, 2008 at 11:31 PM
I just want lansing quaker to know that a lot of us will also be doubly disappointed if Sen. Obama wins, just in a different order. Does that make sense?
Cindy Munford on September 30, 2008 at 11:31 PM
You’re assuming… well, never mind.
Mr_Magoo on September 30, 2008 at 11:31 PM
God Sap, even as much as I’m starting to form some serious hate for the extreme libs, I couldn’t even think about heading down that path. It’s too much like them. To me, I wish a woman would never choose that. But as a Christian, I can’t start judging one way or the other once they would have. That’s Gods business. My faith asks me to be forgiving and I would imagine unless there was some real hypocrisy going on, it wouldn’t be any of our business.
(That was a test to see if the libs had pushed us over the edge right?)
hawkdriver on September 30, 2008 at 11:31 PM
My second guess would be homosexuality is a “choice”…
CCRWM on September 30, 2008 at 11:32 PM
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