It begins: Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent, claims Fox News
posted at 8:15 pm on November 5, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, a tasty pile of shinola straight from the stovetop of disgruntled McCain staffers. It’s too cute by half, as is the detail about NAFTA; they might as well have tossed in a story about her having to guess who’s buried in Grant’s tomb. To believe it, you have to believe she figured out a way to become governor of Alaska while somehow lacking the mental power to piece together which three nations might be involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Diehard ‘Cuda-haters like Sullivan will, of course, be more than happy to oblige.
You’ll find another clip from Fox that aired earlier today below the Carl Cameron video. See if you can figure out the thematic link. Exit question: If she’s really this much of an abject imbecile, how did that detail manage to escape the attention of Newsweek? There’s no sign of it in their highlight reel of the dishiest dirt they learned about the campaign, a piece which actually includes a quote from another aide about “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast” as if to prove that they’re not holding back on the ‘Cuda.
Update: The plot thickens.
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As the Dad of a Special Girl (now 21) I can identify with
Sarah and her family. She will now go North to Alaska (without John Wayne) where she has the highest approval rating of any governor in America in the largest state in America.
The Beltway Elite have cost the Republicans this election.
Sarah is being used as a Scapegoat because she is not a product of The Beltway or Ivy League Schools.
God Bless her and her family. If she wishes to seek another political office in the future, more power to her.
She is already more qualified than the POTUS – Elect.
kingsjester on November 5, 2008 at 10:07 PM
That’s right. I want to see BO proclaim Israel has no right to exist and is loaded with terrorists..on the other hand that might rile up the Zionist assassins and we wouldn’t want that.
How’s about the little Palestinian kids putting on the skit of draping American, Israeli and UK flags over other little kids and then symbolically beheading them! A lesson in how to teach and keep hate going..
That BO sure keeps good company, doesn’t he?? What in the hell has > 1/2 of the electorate done to make him President-elect. How in the world could any Jew vote for him? Somebody please explain this to me…and I am a WASPY as they get…help me Jesus!
gracie on November 5, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Irony
Palin and Romney are the same type of concervative reformers who battled in the trenches in their state. They are being smeared in a similiar way and each time just a subset of Republicans believe it and that is potentially enough to derail them. Keep on bashing Romney…It is exactly this BS that gave the nomination to the anemic Mccain.
Romney/Palin 2012
Resolute on November 5, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Putin has already made his move , when he heard about the “dialog” candidate.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,447204,00.html
“Medvedev appeared to be trying to improve Russia’s bargaining position in potential talks with the Obama administration on missile defense. His wording suggested Russia would reverse the decision if the U.S. scraps its missile defense plans.”
the_nile on November 5, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I’ll bet that all of these “sources” could be narrowed down to one pissed off Leprechaun.
MrC_5150 on November 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
No excuses for Carl Cameron. None. There’s an old saying in the news business that if you can’t confirm it and source it properly you don’t report it. For trash talking the claim of unnamed sources usually doesn’t cut it unless you’re Geraldo or Olby slinging fertilizer.
In 1976 there was a likable, photogenic governor of Heartland origin who ran for president. He didn’t get the nomination. That year’s uninspiring nominee Gerry Ford lost to Peanut Carter who had promised the world to the handout crowd and then wrecked the economy with 21 pct interest rates and a misery index. Yet that former governor of California patiently stood the course, stuck to his principles, kept above the bickering and four years later later was sworn in as the president who restored the economy and won the Cold War. Remember that.
viking01 on November 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Palin-Jindal or Jindal-Palin 2012 McCain ,Mitt, Huckabee Reatirement
thmcbb on November 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Palin and Romney are nothing alike.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
My money’s actually on Huckster for this, if it’s anyone outside the campaign. Before Palin showed up, who had the most pull with the Christian conservatives?
Huckster, it was going to be his big base for 2012.
Then Sarah Palin showed up.
Who do you think has more pull with Christian conservatives now?
Other problem for Huckster: Palin’s appeal goes beyond Christian Conservatives and also resonates with the rest of the Conservative Coalition. Huckster simpley doesn’t have that kind of appeal.
One last point:
Romney already said he’s not running in 2012. He feels he can do more for the GOP out in the real world and he’s right. He’s far better suited to fundraising and networking and getting the message out. He’s found his place in the Big Picture and he’s taken to it. Add to that the fact that religious bigotry within the GOP (and America at large) it’s highly doubtful he could ever hope to win the nomination, let alone a presidential election, sadly, but true. I voted for the guy but back then, I actually believed it was about nominating the best overall candidate.
Wasn’t aware of the religious litmus test for some folks in the GOP and, to be fair, America at large.
Romney will play an important role in this party for years to come. Just not as a candidate.
Huckabee’s best chance for the nomination pretty much vanished the minute Palin was introduced as the VP nom.
Thus, Quo Bono?
Who profits from smearing Palin?
Romney, who doesn’t want the nomination, has no shot at it even if he did, knows it, and has moved on to more productive Party oriented activities OR Huckabee who’s chances of getting anywhere near a presidential ballot are obliterated by Palin’s presence as a viable candidate?
SuperCool on November 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I’ll bet you’ve got a great porn collection…
Look, politicos in Alaska had been trying to work out a way to get natural gas to the lower 48 for 30 years before Palin became governor. She saw the big picture and produced a contract to build a pipeline in less than 2 years.
The question isn’t whether you’d like to take her out on a date or not. The question is why a woman with that level of accomplishment would waste “hello,” let alone an evening, on a loser like you.
philwynk on November 5, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Post Of The Day
Red State State of Mind on November 5, 2008 at 10:10 PM
What vetting process did Obama ever have? By his party, by the MSM, by anyone? Remember all of his friends, acquaintances, relatives and colleagues he threw under the bus? Why? He was never vetted. When his true past was ever revealed, he turned on his friends like a mongoose turns on a cobra.
I’ll take Sarah over Barry any day of the week.
fogw on November 5, 2008 at 10:11 PM
barry gets to scrap that “unproven” missle defense system to save the world! hooray
sarc/
thomasaur on November 5, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Where are you getting your data for this?
I’m betting that his religion would not cost him more than 2% in any election, and probably a lot less than that.
philwynk on November 5, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Greta doing a segment on this right now.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Romney, who doesn’t want the nomination, has no shot at it even if he did, knows it, and has moved on to more productive Party oriented activities OR Huckabee who’s chances of getting anywhere near a presidential ballot are obliterated by Palin’s presence as a viable candidate?
Excellent observation. Huckabee does appear a little too smug everytime I see him on TV. But I thought he was just gloating because he finally got his dream of being the host of a talk show rather than a talking head.
sherry on November 5, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Greta’s running a part of her show, on these leaks.
Personally, I think the aids, and everyone involved in the campaign know everyone is looking them, and holding them responsible, for the cluster muck, of the campaign, and how it was run.
Rather than accept, a smidge of responsibility, they find ways to blame Palin.
C’mon. Not knowing Africa is a continent, or the countries involved in NAFTA? They’re grasping there. They’re out of jobs, and not likely to find anything in the near future, after their bang up job for McCain.
McCain is bitter now. This was his last chance, and he knows it. So why not jump on the bandwagon. She gained more popularity, and now she needs to be blamed for the loss.
capejasmine on November 5, 2008 at 10:14 PM
We must not forget the great smart leaders of the dems Barry and his 57 states and little joe and his three letter word JOBS
thmcbb on November 5, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Greta is tearing the smearers a new one! Go Greta!!
Gina on November 5, 2008 at 10:15 PM
These same campaign staffers were being routinely denounced for their botched handling of Palin’s roll out. In his NYT’s column Bill Kristol told McCain to fire his campaign staff.
And so now these same staffers turn around and claim that it wasn’t their fault that they botched Palin — it was Palin’s fault! She was just so completely stupid. And she wouldn’t listen to them when they tried to prep her for her interviews.
This is clearly a cover your you-know-what maneuver. Who in their right minds would ever hire these staffers again? The only way for them to repair their image is to claim that they were dealing with damaged goods and they did the best they could with this rube.
I find their leaked back-biting utterly unconvincing. Take a look at this interview she gave in July 2007. Does this sound like a moron to you? Does this sound like a person who doesn’t understand basic civics or congressional budgeting or school funding or trade agreements?
And when did she have time to go on this shopping spree? How is it that the press never witnessed this? She just doesn’t strike me as someone who would be a profligate spender with RNC money. And even if she did, it strikes me as an example of needing clothes asap. When you’re thrust on the national stage, you need to look the part. The media obsessed about Clinton’s clothes, and Palin must have known they would do the same to her. Who knows. I am always disappointed to hear something that seems so contrary to everything we already know about a person.
But if she was really into accumulating bling, then why didn’t she just take bribes like everyone else in Alaska? She had a perfect opportunity to do this when she chaired their oil and gas commission. Instead she turned in her party’s chair and quit — even though that could have ended her political career and meant the loss of income at a time when she was her family’s primary breadwinner. And when she became governor, why did she get rid of the private chef? You could argue that she got rid of the plane because that was a campaign promise, but why the chef? If she liked living the high life, she would have surely kept the chef.
And if she were really such a nasty diva, you’d think that it would out itself in some small way, but she was in front of tens of thousands of people working rope lines at rallies and we saw no flicker of temper tantrums or even a suggestion of a nasty personality. She always looked like such a happy warrior.
This is crap through and through.
ramrocks on November 5, 2008 at 10:15 PM
You need to ask someone from MO how they pronounce it before you start spouting off.
Yeah, you sound about as psychologically stable as Kinko the Clown — Really Really!
***
Team McCain is fighting like a bunch of wusses. The term “hillbilly” is classist and its usage says more about the speaker than about the Palins.
The Race Card on November 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
LOL! Get em Greta.
Smarmy campaign aides……
anonymously….
Call em’ out by name, Greta.
BacaDog on November 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Assuming the Africa thing is true:
What’s more moronic, not knowing Africa is a continent or:
1. believing Socialism can work in a country with 300 million people?
2. being Joe Biden?
or
3. telling your campaign that Reverend Wright is off limits?
Metro on November 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Greta: “I object for us reporting this without naming the sources.”
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Before Greta went to Alaska she had an attitude problem, but she went there and, IMHO, saw that Sarah Palin is the real deal. I think she gave her a fair shake. Greta has not been all fawning praise, but she has been fair — she’s offered some criticism, and she’s defended Palin when necessary. Despite her personal preferences, I do think Greta cares about ethical journalism.
For that alone I respect her.
haikusrock on November 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Go Greta, I love a woman who defends other women.
msmveritas on November 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
She basically just called Carl Cameron a schoolyard reporter.
She’s right.
BacaDog on November 5, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Wasn’t Fox News the only news outlet that showed the New Black Panther Party thugs outside the polling place in Philly? And now they’re supposedly in bed with Obama. I am more angry with the backstabbing McCain aides that with Cameron, who is just doing his job in reporting what these aides said. And yes he should follow up with Palin.
BTW, Greta is talking about this right now with Karl Rove. She said she talked with 2 Palin aides and they said the accusations the McCain aides made were false.
ClericalGal on November 5, 2008 at 10:17 PM
What part of being mentally deficient did you not get? She is void of gray matter and represents the bad wing of the GOP, the “born agains” … they need to start their own party and she can run under their banner.
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I haven’t seen any indication of this; what’s your source that McCain is bitter, or had anything to do with these anonymous comments?
Red State State of Mind on November 5, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Greta just took a shot right at Cameron.
Awesome.
WisCon on November 5, 2008 at 10:18 PM
This bears repeating. These folks, and others, failed miserably, and are now scapegoating the outsider, the person who gave them their one and only lead in the campaign, before their own incompetence intervened. Will not support any campaign that hires them, going forward. Will not support Romney under any circumstances.
james23 on November 5, 2008 at 10:18 PM
This single sourced anonymous crap is gossip . . . not news. I expected better of Cameron.
sdun1 on November 5, 2008 at 10:18 PM
You got that right!
I’ve blocked all MSM channels..: o )
christene on November 5, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I don’t want Barry doing it either, but his voters didn’t ask me. I was comfortable with her being VP because I knew McCain wasn’t going to die anytime soon. Making her President is another story.
Speedwagon82 on November 5, 2008 at 10:19 PM
The timing of the last HotAir registration drive could not be more obvious…”we’re mainstream bloggers” leave us alone, Obama is wicked cool!
dmann on November 5, 2008 at 10:19 PM
You are just wrong.
Mccain, Biden, Obama are all D.C. insiders who promise change but never really accomplished it in their careers.
Palin and Romney are both govenors who worked in the trenches to fix the corruption in their state.
It is the figures like Romney and Palin that the Beltway fears and loathes. Those of you upset about the smearing of Palin, and that the MSM never investigated her actual record, – the exact same thing happened to Romney. to blast him is to buy into and enable the same crap to happen over again with Palin or someone else next time.
Resolute on November 5, 2008 at 10:20 PM
you’ve got it backward. Palin thought there were 57 states, “down-under” as she called the lower 48. And, she hadn’t heard that abstinence wasn’t the only form of birth control. But, that should be obvious to anyone that can count heads.
Listening to Michael Savage. Too little too late. If we could get him and Levin to make up, life would be good.
anti-boomer on November 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Hey Monkie -
Since you have no factual evidence, try an ad hominum argument. Real effective. Not
I graduated high school with a 3.54 GPA and 30th out of a class of 360.
This nation was founded by followers of Christ. Get a grip and crawl back under your bridge, Troll.
kingsjester on November 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM
vetting Obama? I thought the GOP vetted him, afterall first of all he was not an American and forged his birth certificate, then he was a muslim, then he palled around with terrorists, then he was unpatriotic, hated America, then a socialist, we all watched the youtube videos of GOP rallies where parents called him a monkey and the kids made monkey sounds … I think the GOP vetted him quite well.
Unfortunately for you and the rest who would rather have Sarah, the majority of Americans just don’t see it your way.
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:23 PM
It was on Fox, it had to be true.
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I want Rush, Greta, and Hannity (has Hannity swallowed the Kool-Aid yet? I haven’t heard him lately) to start their own network. With Fred as political consultant. Brit can come on sometimes if he promises to be good.
Gina on November 5, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Sen McCain do the right thing.Call your good friend Harry Reid and tell your coming home to your good friends the dems.Maybe he will let you sit with them on there side .
thmcbb on November 5, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Sen. McCain do the right thing and tell your staff to release a statement denying these smears … And stay in Arizona.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Wasn’t similar stuff said about Ronaldus Reagan?
casel21 on November 5, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Guys, don’t fall for this crap. Either bitter McCain staffers or liberal MSM types are trying to turn conservatives against each other. They want Palin and Romney supporters to be at each other’s throats instead of working together to bring the GOP back in 2010. We need each other more than ever for the next 4 yrs. And Romney hasn’t been just twiddling his thumbs, he’s been campaigning hard for the GOP, including McCain in CO. Of course, the MSM hasn’t covered that just like they’re not telling us exactly who is smearing Palin & what their motive is.
drflykilla on November 5, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Palin-Cuban 2012
Firebird on November 5, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I have as much proof that YOU graduated as I do that Sarah Palin is a Rhodes Scholar. Just because you post your GPA on forum means crap.
This nation was founded on freedom for whomever one decides to believe in. There is no mention in the Constitution that it has to be Christ.
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:27 PM
So a bunch of losers desperate to kick-start their comatose campaign asked her to come on board and save their sinking ship and she gave it her best shot.
Then when the ship sank anyway, they turned on her.
Sarah will consider this a valuable lesson: never again will she align herself with a bunch of losers.
manofaiki on November 5, 2008 at 10:27 PM
If Sarah decides to pursue the presidency in 2012 she will have my support. And more important, she will select her own staff, people she chooses, people loyal to her, people from outside the Beltway; in sum, people who understand the meaning of the words loyalty and honor.
johnsteele on November 5, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Screw Romney. The guy had a bazillion dollars and couldn’t beat McCain. How the hell is he going to beat Obama? For whatever reason, the guy can’t win votes.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Cameron has confirmed himself to be an ass in the wrong job.
While I may differ with Greta on political views she can spot a political con-job in progress in a hurry. Recall how quickly she was on to the Aruban government’s cover up for the van der Sloots (son and father) and Kalpoe brothers and that government’s attempts to smear the late Holloway girl, then the scapegoat hotel worker and eventually the attempts to smear her parents. To Greta’s credit she wanted to know the real deal about the Holloways and the real deal about the Palins and by seeing and visiting rather than merely gossiping (like sleazy Cameron) she became properly informed in her opinions by finding things out for herself.
Carl Cameron should be sacked tomorrow morning. Do the right thing Mr. Ailes.
viking01 on November 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM
If (if) she really did refuse to prepare before the Couric interview, then she deserved to be ridiculed.
haner on November 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I guess if the anonymous sources are not in fact Romneyites, someone is getting a two-fer.
casel21 on November 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Romney’s Campaign Slogan “I’m the guy who lost to McCain”
Firebird on November 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM
If Palin is this ignorant, why didn’t the army of reporters dig this up while they were turning Wasilla upside down?
They didn’t because it isn’t true. Palin is quite capable and they are threatened by her.
McCain’s staffers should be exposed for the incompetent boobs that they are so no other campaign will ever have to suffer their ignorance.
csdeven on November 5, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Hard to vet someone who wont release,
1.Medical Records.
2.Birth Certificate.
3.Pass Port records.
4.College G.P.A
5.College Thesis.
6.Law records.
7.Senate records
8.Video of Khalidi dinner (the tape the LA Times won’t release)
etc,….
christene on November 5, 2008 at 10:29 PM
“I’m the guy who lost to the guy who went out gracefully against the black guy.”
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Sarah Palin is the reason McCain was not totally humiliated yesterday. He wanted her his advisors didn’t. He never seemed to resent that our enthusiam was higher for her than for him. All these little people disparaging her now are low lifes the GOP could do without. I will continue to pary for both of them and I bet you she never comes back to the lower 48… I never have believed she did this out of ambition but out of a sense of duty when called. She showed a lot of us what a great pro life small gov’t pro military happy wife and mother is and oh a Govenor too. I myself plan to emulate her. She is fantastic!
BTW I don’t think the GOP is coming back from this. I think it’s all over but the crying. Our youth went for the big Zero 2 to 1. The Liberals have taken over the schools and have indoctrinated our kids. Not mine, they’re in a private Christian school but they are going to be outnumbered. The latinos who snuck in here and are uneducated or were uneducated went for the O 2 to 1 and they are also starting to outnumber us. I hope my husband and I can live out our lives free to worship as we believe ( we’re in our mid 40′s so it’s goingto be a long life it seems…) Now where do we put our money so we can do that?
CCRWM on November 5, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Yeah that’s what I want in my President, wicked cool.
johnsteele on November 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Read what? Where? Post a link or the document.
It’s easy to just name random campaign staff. Hell, let’s just blame it on Patti Solis Doyle. Or maybe OJ. Or maybe you just read a Carl Cameron report.
BacaDog on November 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
As long as their are guys and gals around who don’t accept that the GOP screwed itself by spending like a bunch of drunk democrats or drunken sailors … and continue to blame the MSM for losing in 2006 and 2008 then prepare for more of the same in 2010. Why blame the MSM when you can’t possibly blame George Bush enough?
All the crap coming out now is on Fox. I am sure it will find it’s way to MSNBC and CNN soon, but if Fox is reporting it it MUST be true.
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Sorry, 3.54 in high school is nothing to brag home about.
haner on November 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
McCain needs to stand down, and tell his people to get behind Palin or jump ship, preferably in mid-ocean.
Palin needs to stand up, and start elucidating her vision for America. Yep, elucidating is different than bloviating or pontificating.
drunyan8315 on November 5, 2008 at 10:31 PM
That bigot Huckabee played the “Christian leader” card. Which is code for religious bigots to vote against Romney. Had that bigot dropped out of the race, Romney would be president elect right now.
csdeven on November 5, 2008 at 10:32 PM
What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.
RDE2010 on November 5, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Dang, there are so many great comments in this thread. Like this one
Oh the irony. McCain and his staffers didn’t have the ball* to attack Obama yet they have no problem attacking GOv Palin.
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Ouch!
My wife, a PUMA, said the same thing as this, just before swearing to never vote for another Republican, other than SArah:
Anyone want to start with the story of Palin “throwing a tantrum”, which for males would be “Give ‘Em Hell” Harry?
TheEJS on November 5, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Did Sarah have her reasons? Dam* right
My guess is she got frustrated at the milquetoast campaign they were running. My impression from the early interviews was that she was afraid to answer the questions for herself and was trying to go by the campaign template. Her earlier interviews (cspan) etc. before she was picked are evidence of that imo. My guess is she finally said fark it and went rogue at the end and that really pissed off the campaign.
bluejacket on November 5, 2008 at 8:37 PM
In summary, this one says it for me
Whoever it is, be it McCain or his handlers…Whoever is trying to do this should be very careful. Right now conservatives AND republicans arent too happy with his bungling of things.
Best shut up and get back to the senate where you belong, and leave the future to the Palins of the party.
Your time is done. You’ve more than had your shot.
Now pipe down.
Handel on November 5, 2008 at 8:39 PM
well said….
james23 on November 5, 2008 at 10:33 PM
I was very sad last night when McCain said he had failed us, because I thought that he had never failed America, ever. But after hearing the ugly smears that he’s allowing his campaign perpetuate about Palin, I do think he failed us and I’m sad that the Messiah didn’t humiliate him more with a bigger victory. It isn’t heroic to smear a colleague who you personally chose as your running mate to preserve your own legacy and it doesn’t help either the country or the party. McCain should just take his lumps and admit that he was defeated by a lousy campaign. And then you should get back to what he does best… betraying the Republican party in the Senate.
As I think about this, perhaps McCain should have accepted Kerry’s offer in 2004 like the turncoat he was. Then, we’d be celebrating President-elect Giuliani tonight rather than contemplating eight years of hope and change.
Illinidiva on November 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM
“I’m the guy who was screwed over by the bigot who wanted to be the VP choice of the guy who lost to the first black president.”
csdeven on November 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Bad news Hannity said today he wants Obama to be sucessfull.I have to ask how?taxing people more. destorying our health care system .cutting the defence dept.kissing up to the leaders of others countrys.sad to see this happen.
thmcbb on November 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM
No he wouldn’t because Obama would have played the rich, white, plastic 40-house guy card.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Maybe not today, since there are no losers and the curriculum has been reduced to the lowest common denominator.
Back in the day, though, a 3.54 was a real accomplishment. Especially with the curve.
BacaDog on November 5, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Do you know what McCain and a Pit bull have in common?
They both lay down.
Firebird on November 5, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Nobody is buried Grant’s tomb. You are buried in a grave, you are entombed in a tomb.
Hilts on November 5, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I graduated grade school with over 4.0 GPA. I just barely missed valedictorian in a class of 15.
anti-boomer on November 5, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I am enjoying the “born agains” take on the real conservatives. The Huckabee-Roberton wing vs the Goldwater-Reagan wing. I can only hope the born agains lose.
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:37 PM
O’Reilly always says he will check on something before letting it be broadcast. How come not in this case. Like was said, his pompous a$$ was not satiated when Sarah and McCain wouldn’t cowtow to his highnass. This was really sick, gutter journalism on Foxs’ part. Screw O’Reilly and Cameron
wepeople on November 5, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Unfortunately for you and the rest of the majority who voted for the “One” who wants to drive up electricity costs and the bankrupt coal industry, you chose what is coming. I voted against ridiculous economic policies that will destroy an already ailing economy. Witness the stupidity of my fellow Pennsylvanians who could not have gone more cooperatively to the slaughter than the sheeple they are.
I can hardly wait to hear the mindless masses bleating over their inflated electric bills when they start rolling in. Did you ever try and argue with a company that has no competition? Good luck with that.
msmveritas on November 5, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Do you know what McCain and a Pit bull have in common?
They both have been known to turn on you on a dime.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 10:37 PM
And they will. Ask Pat Robertson how things worked out for him.
BacaDog on November 5, 2008 at 10:38 PM
School today is indeed sorry. We witnessed that first hand with Ms Palin. If only we still taught Civics in school …
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Hannity said he wants Obama to be a successful president because they alternative is that he is not successful, and thus we are screwed. He also listed about 1,245 possible policy decisions, and said that if he followed through on those (many of which hearken back to his campaign), he’d be on his ass.
He and Neal Boortz were especially conciliatory today, but only inasmuch as they respect the office of the president, IMHO.
haikusrock on November 5, 2008 at 10:39 PM
CRAP!!
I must correct my error. Pat BUCHANAN, not Robertson.
Geez. Stayed up too late last night.
BacaDog on November 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
The GOP eating it’s own? The water toters being thrown to the wolfs? Whose next, Ann Coulter? BTW, where is Ann Coulter?
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
It’s funny! Even in the segment, O’Reilly even said he was on the phone with Palin and said she wanted to give him an interview but the McCain people didn’t want her to go on without John holding her hand. PLEASE! Get over yourselves, McCain people.
hockey2k5 on November 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Don’t lump all of us born-agains together, please. Quite a few of us saw through Huckabee. I was a Fred Thompson girl myself, and proud of it.
Gina on November 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
I’m tired and my post is something of clustersuck, but anyway, Hannity wasn’t in any way fawning over Obama. He was, however, classy about Obama’s win.
haikusrock on November 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Conservatism didn’t lose last night. They are still alive throught this great country. We need a leader to take the torch and show this country what we can be. Conservative principles appeal to ever true American. Take 4:15 seconds out of your night to watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvg7lRsCVJ8&feature=related
Do you honestly think BHO would have had a snowball’s chance in hell against this great man. We need someone who lives these principles to guide this nation.
kriscoleman on November 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
The thought of Palin, Romney or Huckabee again for 2012 nauseates me.
Surely we have more talent than these three hacks?
Palin is woefully ignorant and a 40% candidate.
Romney is a chameleon and an asshole.
Huckabee is a faux Christian liberal.
How about a real fiscal conservative who has read the Federalist Papers and actually has a clue (without reading talking points)? How come we can’t have a presidential candidate like John Roberts?
What happened to celebrating competence?
haner on November 5, 2008 at 10:41 PM
O’Reilly did point out that Palin wanted to be interviewed alone on the factor, but the McCain campaign wouldn’t let her.
Illinidiva on November 5, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Well gee … wouldn’t you rather hope that things work out? Did you sleep through the last 8 years or just will them away?
Monkei on November 5, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Two of the biggest douche bags on Fox – Shepard Smith and Carl Cameron.
Hilts on November 5, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Yeah, I love my Jesus, but Huckabee creeped me out from the get go. He still does. In one of those bathroom story ways. Eek!
haikusrock on November 5, 2008 at 10:42 PM
There is just so much bad news I can take so I din’t watch the vids but are you saying McCain is bashing Palin? I can’t believe he would , he actually seems too noble to do that…
CCRWM on November 5, 2008 at 10:42 PM
like all the bloggers on hotair? you don’t seriously think you are in company here! ha.
anti-boomer on November 5, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Lefty Perez and his precious following heap it on as well. http://tinyurl.com/68gktk
nor on November 5, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Well, considering that the guy who won once said we need to free up Arabic translators in Iraq to work in Afghanistan, she does OK. And what feature of the “born-again” wing is incompatible with overall conservative thinking? Don’t tell me we’re going to that “she’s a creationist who tried to ban books” crap again.
These are the last gasps of the McCain-type “accommodationists”. She has people in both parties scared &%^*less, so she’s OK in my book.
ddrintn on November 5, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Not all born agains like huckboo i can,t stand him .He is the real reason we got McCain.
thmcbb on November 5, 2008 at 10:44 PM
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