Quote of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on October 27, 2008 by Allahpundit
“Now by ‘smart,’ I don’t refer to a person who is wily or calculating or nimble in the way of certain talented athletes who we admire but suspect don’t really have serious brains in their skulls. I mean, instead, a mind that is thoughtful, curious, with a discernable pattern of associative thinking and insight. Palin asks questions, and probes linkages and logic that bring to mind a quirky law professor I once had. Palin is more than a ‘quick study’; I’d heard rumors around the campaign of her photographic memory and, frankly, I watched it in action. She sees. She processes. She questions, and only then, she acts. What is often called her ‘confidence’ is actually a rarity in national politics: I saw a woman who knows exactly who she is.”
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I would hope and pray after 7 plus years of being beat up by the Dems and the Media that I were half as great a man as President Bush. I think most people would have a different opinion of him if they could see him around the troops. I think most people would have a different opinion of him if they didn’t have to have him presented through the filter of the media who decided over 7 years ago that he stole the election from their guy and they were going to make him pay.
Say what you want, but as my CinC, I love the guy.
hawkdriver on October 28, 2008 at 12:18 AM
I like her, but I haven’t been all that impressed at the depth of the answers she’s given in interviews. She definitely has a bright future though.
WisCon on October 28, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Will this be on pay-per-view?
platypus on October 28, 2008 at 12:18 AM
No, free to watch on ‘The Hour of Power’ at the Crystal Cathedral.
Bishop on October 28, 2008 at 12:20 AM
It’s at least possible – that is, it’s a valid working hypothesis – that the urban bias in opinion polling, something that’s as basic even as the ineffecient pseudo-random selection of area codes, has specifically worked to mask Palin’s positives.
CK MacLeod on October 28, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Ya got me with that one!
platypus on October 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Er, (shakes head) um. Did you agree with Bishop?
hawkdriver on October 28, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I’m doing my part….
hawkdriver on Oct 28,2008 at 12:07AM.
hawkdriver: Hey,I might as well hop on the band wagon,
if the Lib’s can get the illegal fence
hopping vote,then you might as well send me
some ballots,’Wink Wink’ up north!
(only kidding tho,voter fraud must be taken
seriously):)
Btw,shhhhhhhhhhh,I signed the drill for oil
online petition!He he:)
canopfor on October 28, 2008 at 12:26 AM
On one to one interviews I think she gets irritated with inane questions. And really doesn’t want to answer them at all. She either gets stupid questions or gotcha questions. There have been a couple of interviews if I were her I would of just got up and walked out.
Dasher on October 28, 2008 at 12:26 AM
It’s no accident that she’s rarely asked about energy or gun rights. How deep can she look answering questions about newspapers and fashion? Unedited and unrestrained, she holds her own against anyone, certainly either guy on the other ticket.
Ronnie on October 28, 2008 at 12:27 AM
There was a good example of the “genius” Leftist mind at work over there, trying to criticize the part of the article that said Palin’s critics are most often people who haven’t met her by saying that Palin did the same thing when she made stinging speeches about Obama and Biden. Well, it’s a little bit easier to make a speech about a guy who’s been on TV day after day for two years telling us that he wants to be President and another guy who’s been in the national political scene for 30+ years than it is to be knowledgeable about Palin, who’s been on the scene for a few weeks, isn’t it? Palin’s critics had far, far less information about her than she had about Obama and Biden.
The fact that Leftists have not all died of collective stupidity never ceases to amaze me.
venividivici on October 28, 2008 at 12:28 AM
That really didn’t take off though huh? No one seems to be buying…doen’t help that she and John get along so well and that everyone around her eventually grows to love her…I loved watching her with Hannity tonight..Piper was talking to him and Sarah was standing there just beaming at her little girl…very real and very comforting…I’d like to think that is how I look with my daughter…
CCRWM on October 28, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Ace reports that the Ohio Head of Job and Family Services who authorized the search of Joe the Plumber’s private records is a maximum Obama donor.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 12:34 AM
CCRWM, did you ever sleuth out that song you were looking for? It wasn’t Gretchen Wilson’s Redneck Woman, was it?
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Me too Hawk! Have you ever seen Bush respond to the hate or change anything to appease them? He is a true man of conviction…not perfect mind you…the only perfect man got nailed to a cross…but you know he’s not the evil genius idiot the Left portrays him to be…
CCRWM on October 28, 2008 at 12:40 AM
So, it looks like BO the Great wants to rewrite the Constitution because it is a fundamentally flawed document…those dumb Founding Fathers of ours… Sarah ought to fling this one around in the final days of the campaign.
gracie on October 28, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Gateway Pundit has the latest poll results from IBD-TIPP, reputedly the most accurate pollsters in 2004.
Obama’s 3.9% lead is now 2.8% and McCain is within the margin of error.
Obama 47.0%
McCain 44.8%
Not Sure 8.8%
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 12:43 AM
No, I never did though I thought it might be Redneck woman but it wasn’t… Thanks for remembering :)
CCRWM on October 28, 2008 at 12:44 AM
To quote Joe Biden on facing the truth about someone.
Is this a Joke??!!
Brilliant and accurate.
Kini on October 28, 2008 at 12:53 AM
right on.
This actually captures what the intelligent media is desperately trying to suppress. They are trying and I think the general public know it.
When ever the media tries to catapult an unknown into messiah status and attacks and hides a true phenomenon, you know the jig is up.
Topsecretk9 on October 28, 2008 at 12:56 AM
OT I know, but I just read this on the HCForum and I think it’s a great idea. So Friday I’ll see if I get the opportunity to do this… Lot’s of Obots in L. A.
CCRWM on October 28, 2008 at 1:04 AM
And to think, this comes from the other side, the left.
I am constantly impressed by Palin, and equally amazed by some in the left that see her as we/I do.
Can I use the word? Hope?
Kini on October 28, 2008 at 1:08 AM
IBD was The Best in 2004, and 8.8 is A LOT OF undecideds this late in the race. If they mostly break for McCain, as I think they will, he will win
( this is without any “Bradley Effect” )
…..and this grotesque dog&pony show of the last two years or so will finally be over
Janos Hunyadi on October 28, 2008 at 1:21 AM
“Not Sure 8.8%”
HOW CAN THAT MANY PEOPLE BE “NOT SURE” AT THIS POINT?!
/shakes head
Buckaroo on October 28, 2008 at 1:41 AM
I feel that the Palin Derangement Syndrome is just Envy:
1. Some are envious of Palin simply because she makes everything she does look easy!! (One of the same reasons that some people envy Condi Rice). People who have few accomplishments or who have not worked up to their potential are particularly affected, as they simultaneously feel guilt as well as envy.
2. Some are enraged because after just a few moments in the room, it is obvious that Palin is actually the smartest person in the room…not them. Those who have an over-inflated view of themselves are most affected.
In either case, the Envy manifests itself in an ugly, irrational hate which is unbecoming and more damaging to the hater than the hated.
landlines on October 28, 2008 at 1:45 AM
Interestingly the number of undecideds in most polls went up after the last debate with most those coming from the Obama column.
Personaly I belive the undecideds will break for McCain puerly because they wiil make a judgment call based on which of them is the most experienced candidate.
Dreadnought223 on October 28, 2008 at 1:46 AM
Not to pander….but you just described the Boni vs Caesar.
I LOVE IT!
Limerick on October 28, 2008 at 1:47 AM
Dude. That’s the third version of that story I’ve read this week.
Guardian on October 28, 2008 at 1:48 AM
Yes, and after 3000 years Aesop’s Fables are no less biting.
Limerick on October 28, 2008 at 1:50 AM
………… and that what has them scared. Don’t believe any polls. Sarah Palin is going to win this election for John McCain, if he likes it or not……..
Seven Percent Solution on October 28, 2008 at 1:52 AM
I have said my prayers and lit a candle.
Also I have updated my insurances and my stock sell options.
Kini on October 28, 2008 at 2:07 AM
Boy, read some of the comments after the article.
They are frothing and seething.
Ellaine Lafferty is the latest feminist Quisling.
heh
And another one’s gone, and another one’s gone, and another one learns to think.
WTG, Sarah!
least1 on October 28, 2008 at 2:16 AM
The libtards hate Palin only because she is on the Republican ticket. If she became a Democrat 4 months ago, Kos would be wanting her to run for the Senate. These people only live for hating Republicans. They would have torn apart Tim Pawlenty or whoever else McCain picked as the Devil Incarnate.
Speedwagon82 on October 28, 2008 at 2:17 AM
“These people” = ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, NYT, LAT, Chicago Tribune, (list continues…).
Problem is, with an Obama administration (God forbid in Jesus name, Amen) these will be the only sources of news allowed. I dare say even this wildly popular blog site may be found “unObamish” and magically disappear.
What about it, AP…will you submit?
SKYFOX on October 28, 2008 at 5:33 AM
SKYFOX on October 28, 2008 at 5:33 AM
I’m sure he would love to shut it down, but in a day where his Hollywood friends can’t even stop people from downloading Shrek, I don’t think that’s very likely or even possible.
Ronnie on October 28, 2008 at 6:07 AM
UPDATE from DALE IN ATLANTA:
Wow, unfreaking-believeable!
I thought after all this time, with all this attention, with all the news coverage, with all the attention to the subject on this Blog, it couldn’t happen!
But, my $15.00 Contribution to The One, The Messiah, the Marxist-Muslim, Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH)(SAW)(SWT); officially CLEARED my Bank this morning, and now belongs to history!
That was $15.00 “donation” I made with my Debit/Bank Card last week, in the name of “Heywood JaBlowmee” using a completely false address, zip, employer, email address, etc.
The only correct and accurate information I put when I submitted the donation, was the card number itself.
Which I have subsequently cancelled….
Un-freaking real…
Dale in Atlanta on October 28, 2008 at 6:42 AM
Did anyone check out the comments on the piece written about Palin? It’s a hate fest on that ladies blog against that right winged Palin.
cmptrnerd on October 28, 2008 at 6:43 AM
Well, you sure have a point there. Maybe they’ll just outlaw the internet.
platypus on October 28, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Thank you hawk, I think history will show him to have been a great president, once the shrieking of the MSM has died down.
4shoes on October 28, 2008 at 8:05 AM
Drug dealers couldn’t launder money any better. Of course it would also help the drug dealers if the relevant enforcement officials were willfully blind to them as well.
trubble on October 28, 2008 at 8:13 AM
Oh God…
As far as Palin, yep it seems Fred Barnes was absolutely correct. The more people like her or meet her the more they appreciate her abilities and qualities for leadership. I’ll just say what I’ve always said; you don’t get 80 percent approval ratings as Governor and be an idiot. You don’t work your way through a states’ political entrenched system taking on and leaving body bags of your political advisories in your own party as well as the other side if you’re are stupid. You don’t solve 40 billion oil deals that give your predecessors nightmares in 2 years if you are retarded.
This media narrative is a damn joke and if People would actually look at her record they would see that.
Dritanian on October 28, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Brainy Chicks Rule!
- The Cat
P.S. Hmmm and one just might. And when I say just might, I mean definitely will.
MirCat on October 28, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Yeah, that slippery slope we’re on, once you start losing your footing its pretty much is all over. No one is going to cover anything about BHO and his campaign except Fox News. The press is lost.
The great thing is, once you’re at the bottom on the slope, you can scrape the crap off your shoes and start right back up. We talk a lot here, let’s organize. I am already not spending a single penny of my paycheck on Hollywood. Movies like W are tanking. That hurts a studio. Lets get the word out and make more of that happen. There are a thousand better things to do with your family that go pay to see a movie that funds the pampered liberal crybabies of Hollywood who in turn fund this liberal movement that oppressing everything we stand for. We’re buying the bullets they shoot us with.
Products: I dumped my PC for an IMAC. If you’re inclined and can afford it, do it too. Or if you’re smart with computer install Lunix. That’s what I’m doing with my out laptop. I will not buy a GE product again until MSNBC is tamed.
I will not buy nor subscribe to a magazine from the extreme liberal press.
Resist Unions. Oppose the NEA.
Communicate on line with like-minded Conservatives.
Time for Conservative Grass Roots to change the surface of that slippery slope.
hawkdriver on October 28, 2008 at 8:47 AM
That was priceless!
scalleywag on October 28, 2008 at 8:52 AM
Let’s just say they are pretty sure, but not ready to divulge their decision. It’s like flipping a coin when you have to decide between A and B. The moment the coin is in the air you already know which of the two you want and, at that point, are hoping the coin confirms your decision.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Hilarious!
hawkdriver on October 28, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Would you want to be called a racist by a pollster?
Vashta.Nerada on October 28, 2008 at 9:36 AM
My confidence in her leadership capacity is as solid as ever, maybe more so after the media storm she’s weathered. Also, I think there are signs she’s making some friends among her former critics. I’m hoping she’ll stay front and center in national politics for years to come.
petefrt on October 28, 2008 at 9:38 AM
CCRWM, was it Redneck Girl by The Bellamy Brothers?
brtex on October 28, 2008 at 9:42 AM
I’ve seen tapes of Palin’s debates in the Alaska Governor’s race, and since she had been watching previous Governors make policy up there for 14 years as Mayor of Wasilla and as a member of the state Oil and Gas board, she was extremely sharp on issues confronting Alaska, and could debate policy minutiae with the best of them–two previous Governors!
She was thrown into the Vice Presidential race barely two months before the election with very little time to get “up to speed” on national issues (which might not affect Alaska), and has had to rely on quick thinking, her gut instincts, and down-home charm to make up for her youth and inexperience relative to Biden.
But she is an amazingly quick study, and very quick to pounce on “unforced errors” from the Gaffemeister from Delaware (or was that Scranton). Win or lose this election, America will be hearing a lot about Sarah Palin for decades to come.
Steve Z on October 28, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Anything I might have read?
Count to 10 on October 28, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Great piece. Gotta’ love those PUMAs. What an avoidable mistake O! made in railroading the nomination process and not picking Hillary for VP.
Whose the dummy, again?
Y-not on October 28, 2008 at 11:46 AM
The more I listen to him, the more BO sounds to me like a guy who believes he’s destined for greatness, if only people would give him all the power he asks for so he could accomplish great things. Typical liberal, thinks the only reason the world’s problems haven’t all been solved is because evil people are keeping others under their boot. The guy is so clueless he’s scary, and the mistakes he is going to make if elected are going to cost this country dear.
Socratease on October 28, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Once this election is over, I’ll never ever consider a vote for a Liberal Dem Female over what they have done to themselves. I am thinking of changing parties after this to get in and screw up their stats as much as I can in the future. I’m pretty pissed over how they have treated Sarah Palin.
johnnyU on October 28, 2008 at 1:10 PM
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