Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on March 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Call the Palinphobes lacking in logic and they will have tantrums, but this time the sandal might fit. This is the Audacity of Type, a faith-based illusion if ever there was one, the belief that qualities shared by and appealing to pundits and writers – glibness, a worldly patina, and a superficial verbal facility – are those needed to run a great nation in a troubled and dangerous era.
But which is more rational, to place limited trust in a proven reformer, who can learn certain facts she does not know already, or to breathe fictional traits into an unknown quantity, who has never run anything, or ever done much besides talk?”
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“The key reason Palin would lose to Obama by so much is that even though she might be the top choice for a certain segment of voters within her party, there’s also a number of Republicans who say they would vote for Obama if their party nominated Palin.”
Blowback
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GIDDYUP!!
SnarkVader on March 18, 2009 at 10:31 PM
You betcha!
joe_doufu on March 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
sigh …
here’s a fun idea — let’s dig up a buncha quotes circa 2006/7 about how it would be POINTLESS to run against shillery for the donk nomination …
/jus’ sayin’ …
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
They over sampled Dems by a 44-33 margin. Today’s generic congressional ballot shows Repubs up 41-39. This poll is worthless.
takeamericabackin10 on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Sarah Palin looks better, and better everyday after seeing this disgrace in the WH.
ousoonerfan15 on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The media has been bashing Palin for about 9 months none stop, and she hasn’t really been able to defend herself for the last 4 months or so. I’m shocked the numbers are as close as they are.
Let’s see what people think as the O-cession continues to deepen.
18-1 on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Well, its good to see that the left’s hatchet job has not gone unrewarded. They are at least competent at something.
johnsteele on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Like other commenters before, I’m calling bluff on the second “conclusion” by the pollsters. Please. A real Republican would never vote for Obama. Maybe stay home if they hated the Repub candidate, but not vote for a socializer. Sigh… I hate Polls-to-Make-News.
Pasalubong on March 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I think AP may have lost his ‘rationality’. And if were not careful we could all lose our nationality.
HA HA HA! I crack myself up.
nolapol on March 18, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Oh, well that settles it. Specter/Collins 2012. Or Romney/Collins. Or Romney/Snowe. Or Collins/McCain.
ddrintn on March 18, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Where’s joey? Someone wake up joey!!
SnarkVader on March 18, 2009 at 10:38 PM
At least Gov. Palin doesn’t need a teleprompter to balance her check book………….
Seven Percent Solution on March 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Allah doesn’t care. He would use any excuse to bash Palin.
March 1977:
Carter 55
Reagan 35
Norwegian on March 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Yeah, those Republicans who would vote for Obama over Palin are Democrats. The fifth column is stupidly predictable if anything.
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Palin couldn’t beat Obama b/c of the media’s treatment of the two.
lavell12 on March 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
How long will it be before the Palin (Hatfield) camp and the Romney camp (McCoy) hijack this thread??? 3…2…1…
Dire Straits on March 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Then they’re idiots. The best definition of intellectual I can think of is the one my father gave me when I was a little boy and so terrible impressed by an Ivy League type I saw on TV. “An intellectual is someone who thinks deep thoughts, but can’t actually do anything useful.” Seems the republican party is now loaded with them.
Tommy_G on March 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
There’s a movement already afoot to ensure a Bob Dole for 2012. They’ll probably get it, unfortunately.
ddrintn on March 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Sarah Palin would also NEVER thank herself while reading off of a teleprompter. GOD barry is clueless.
ousoonerfan15 on March 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
“March 1977:
Carter 55
Reagan 35″
HEH
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Hard to believe Senator Dodd can be caught lying through his teeth in a 12 hour span and not pick up a quote of the day.
Marcus on March 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM
The key reason Palin would lose to Obama by so much
…..
What’s the key reason you base this assumption on a flawed poll?
artist on March 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Based on Obama’s incredibly poor performance so far, I seriously doubt he could win against a dirty mop come 2012.
stonemeister on March 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM
They over sampled Dems by a 44-33 margin. Today’s generic congressional ballot shows Repubs up 41-39. This poll is worthless.
takeamericabackin10 on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Not only that but their poll consists of 68% whites.
Whites just comprised 75% of the vote last Nov.
Keep trying.
artist on March 18, 2009 at 10:43 PM
The poll is junk. Palin is the best person for the presidency. All the sleaze going on in Washington, we need a clean person who fights corruption to occupy the White House in 2012. Palin is the gal for the job.
Palin/Jindal 2012!
jencab on March 18, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Who cares about Palin at the present moment.
WE NEED VIDEO OF THIS !!!!! Please someone find video of this :(
TimeTraveler on March 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM
“Marcus on March 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM”
kinda proof that Ed doesn’t pick the qotd, huh?
:-)
:-)
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Then why are you running them? They’re utterly useless in that the American public has only seen Obama for two months in action.
MadisonConservative on March 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
“jencab on March 18, 2009 at 10:43 PM”
here’s a crazy idea — let’s take back congress in 2010 and THEN worry about the election 2 ADDITIONAL YEARS subsequent to that!!!!!
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Well it was too much of a good thing to watch the Dems do the circular firing squad for just a day…
msmveritas on March 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
“TimeTraveler on March 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM”
i would presume barry has destroyed all avilable copy, but mebbe the irish p.m. has some on his site …
:-)
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
time-traveler I dont think there is video, I have just read it over and over today and people were talking about it on tv. Apparently he had some irish guy over at the WH last night, and the irish guy mistakenly was reading the exact same speech that barry used on the teleprompter. Barry did indeed thank himself.
ousoonerfan15 on March 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
From poll:
Q5 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a
Republican, press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat ……………………………………………….. 44%
Republican……………………………………………… 33%
Other……………………………………………………… 23%
takeamericabackin10 on March 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Then a number of republicans should change their voter registration.
jukin on March 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
No worries, President Pinnochios’ bizarre and erratic behavior and worse policy decisions coupled with his shoddy treatment of every foreign dignitary that has set foot on U.S. soil since his election shows that he is seriously damaged goods and may be bordering on a nervous breakdown or severe A.D.D. and may not be able to serve out his four year term.
He even read his own speech and the Irishmans speech congratulating himself in the process at the St. Paddys’ Day party.
dhunter on March 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
AP, these Palin threads are getting kind of boring. Pull something new out of your bag of tricks, will ya.
DrStock on March 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
“ousoonerfan15 on March 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM”
um, that would have been the PRIME MINISTER of the country of Ireland …
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM
stonemeister on March 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Unfortunately I don’t share your optimism. I wish I did but really with all the mob mentality over substance these days …? I don’t see it.
nolapol on March 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Seeing as this is a Palin thread, her supporters would hardly be hijacking it. As for a Romney thread, I can’t remember the last time I saw one.
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
oh haha I just thought it was for St.Paddy’s day
ousoonerfan15 on March 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Isn’t Michael Steele heading to Alaska this weekend?
SnarkVader on March 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Oh yeah, he can talk up a storm, as long as his trusty teleprompter is by his side.
A box of rocks would be better than the crap we have in the WH and Congress.
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM
A year from now, the numbers are flipped. Barry will be lucky to last 4.
james23 on March 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
The Ministry of Information has no doubt taken care of that. It…never…happened.
ddrintn on March 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Give me a break. Obamaloon has only been in there two months. Give it another two years and Bob Dole could demolish him.
therightwinger on March 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
No cameras allowed. :(
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:53 PM
With you, Buck.
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Comedy Gold..
Obama gets lost reading his teleprompter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt5dY3vVoZ0
TimeTraveler on March 18, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Obama will lose significant support in 2012 due to higher unemployment, lower or negative GDP and inflation, not to mention enormous debt. A good size of his base will sit that election out.
Republicans should be focusing on governors’ races in NY and NJ, for example, and the Congressional midterms.
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Palin Rocks!
Firebird on March 18, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Quit thinking faster than me!
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Entelechy on March 18, 2009 at 10:57 PM
ROFL…made my day.
ddrintn on March 18, 2009 at 10:57 PM
“HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:54 PM”
“chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 10:56 PM”
Thx. guys — sometimes i feel like i have to go back to putting “’10 comes before ’12″ in every post [!!]
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
I just wonder how they fit Obama’s teleprompter up his arse with his head. His ears are really big.
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Sky news has a story on this but no video.
nolapol on March 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Every day that Ogabe’s in office makes Sarah Palin look more fan-fricking-tastic!
Let’s roll!
Jenfidel on March 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Heh heh heh. Heh heh.
Love it.
MadisonConservative on March 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
We’re just really excited about booting this assclown out of office.
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:59 PM
If you do not graduate college in exactly 4 years, we will deem you an idiot who doesn’t deserve any job.
-The Democratic Party
Speedwagon82 on March 18, 2009 at 10:59 PM
You can poll whatever you want today, it is worthless. By the time the 2010 election takes place the Dems will have utterly wrecked all trust in them by a large majority of the population. Both houses of Congress will go back Republican. By 2012, the population will have a clear mandate…
Anybody But Obama!
You will be able to run Forrest Gump and win against Obama by 2012.
Hawthorne on March 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM
2012. NY, NJ, Penn, Fla, Maine, Co, Minn, OH, Mich, all go RED.
Yes, I did say NY.
katy on March 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM
So,the Liberal Ministry of DisInformation is already
talking about,that there’s nobody on the face of the Earth,
that could unseat,
Hopey/Changey!
And,they have there typical,fixed,biased poll!
canopfor on March 18, 2009 at 11:02 PM
“HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 10:59 PM”
and i’m stil holding out hope of hamstringing him first like billy jeff in ’95 …
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Thank you oh beneficiary of domestic drilling, in Norway.
You beat me to those stats.
Sapwolf on March 18, 2009 at 11:03 PM
“katy on March 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM”
wow — there’s optimistic and then there’s …
:-)
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Can that possibly be true? I could imagine Palin losing the undecideds, but it’s very hard for me to fathom any Republican voting for Obama in 2012. Four more years of this?! Come on.
sandberg on March 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM
4 years is a long time in politics. So much of what happens depends on things outside her control. I just hope Sarah learned during the campaign how much she needs to know. I hope she has a support circle like Reagan did. She has the brains and the charisma. She just needs to do the work. She would be a great president.
Ted Torgerson on March 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Seven Percent:
The Governor held a 90-minute press conference today regarding the natural gas pipeline: her remarks and answers were intelligent and fact-filled, and there was no teleprompter in sight.
At the same time, the President (sigh) was filling out his March Madness picks.
It’s going to be a long four years.
irishspy on March 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
“sandberg on March 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM”
apparently c. buckley and k. parker count as “a number” …
:-)
:-)
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Ya know,as a joke,if the Republican Party put up,
Mighty Mouse,you just know,that the Liberal Party,
would actually believe it,and campaign accordingly!!!
It wouldn’t matter who the candidate was,they would
attack said opponent with zeal,and their usual ‘Seek
and Destroy Missions’,
that,
would,
threaten, their grip on POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on March 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I challenge the polls data and accuracy.
Kini on March 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Not that I’m hoping for Palin… she is (albeit unfairly) a toxic asset… but maybe if things got bad enough with Obama the GOP turncoats would rethink. That said, its Romney or Mitch Daniels all the way.
AbaddonsReign on March 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
I enjoyed the column the first quote was from-love this paragraph:
Except she forgot to mention that TOTUS ran the Annenberg Challange–into the ground, that is.
INC on March 18, 2009 at 11:10 PM
“But which is more rational, to place limited trust in a proven reformer, who can learn certain facts she does not know already, or to breathe fictional traits into an unknown quantity, who has never run anything, or ever done much besides talk?”
Obviously 52% of the “rational” voters believed in fairy tales. They can now repent at their leisure.
GarandFan on March 18, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I think this is the wildcard of 2012. The media was able to run game against Palin but in 4 years what is the public mood towards the Obama loving media? Do they dare running the same game against Sarah? I think the lay of the land to safely smear Palin will be possibly different for 2 reasons.
a) Obama was sold to the USA by the media. People will blame the salesman for the bad car and not being bad shoppers. This leads to wanting to believe the reverse of the media.
b) Palin won’t be caught in a sudden whirlwind of investigation where rumor runs fast. God knows they will flip ever dirty card face up to see way ahead of time. Think Obama got out from underneath Rev. Wright (with media help)but what helped him the most were people were tired of the issue after a while and it didn’t matter to people by Nov 4th. Anti-Palin forces will punch themselves out and combined with a media of (a) They won’t be able to just say take our word for it about Palin.
Conan on March 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Obama will win in 2012, come what may.
Why? Guilt. Most of those who voted for him in 2008, because of guilt, won’t have the guts to admit their error. However, after two terms, those same people are off the hook.
OldEnglish on March 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Nov, 1980
Reagan Carter
Electoral vote 489 49
States carried 44 6 + DC
Popular vote 43,903,230 35,480,115
Percentage 50.7% 41.0%
takeamericabackin10 on March 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
“OldEnglish on March 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM”
by that logic carter should have been reelected in ’80 …
[!!]
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
You forgot Meghan McCain.
*cough*
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Allah is still hoping for a Guiliani candidacy.
Percy_Peabody on March 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM
heh on the 11/80 cross post just above me …
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Ezra says, “Shhh… be vewy, vewy quiet. We’re hunting wabbits.“
Stephen M on March 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM
a toxic asset….
AbaddonsReign on Mar 18,2009 at 11:09PM.
AbaddonsReign:
In the eyes of every Liberal,yes SarahCuda is Toxic!
However,
In the eyes of most(I hope)Republicans,Governor Sarah
Palin is an,
ASSET!
canopfor on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
See. It didn’t take long till some astroturfing chucklehead showed up and proved your point.
Not that I’m hoping for Palin … she is (albeit unfairly) a toxic asset … but maybe if things got bad enough with Obama the GOP turncoats would rethink. That said, its Romney or Mitch Daniels all the way.
AbaddonsReign on March 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
As long as the Chris Buckley wing of the party has their trust funds, they don’t really care about this stock business.
Speedwagon82 on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
“HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM”
aorry!
/frum too?
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Oh shit.
SouthernDem on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
That post about blogs being an echo chamber seems to be verified by this thread. Aren’t these the same people who were dismissing the same polls Allah posted before the election?
Perhaps, it is indeed true that Palin doesn’t appeal to more than a core segment of conservatives and is unelectable. She didn’t help herself with that sham engagement of Bristol and Levi. As Debbie Schlussel notes,
“I thought their engagement was a fiction put on by the Palin family to help win the Presidential election. And, unfortunately, I was right. As I noted, this kid had a very pretentious name (“Tripp Easton Mitchell Johston”), but not what was far more important–a father married to his mother.”
Mister Ghost on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
“Percy_Peabody on March 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM”
oh fer the love of …
/let him go be governor if he really wants to — sheesh …
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Yep, you’re crazy alright. I’d group you with “Glenn Beck Crazy” but allah has a thing about people mentioning that Glenn Beck Is Right. But you are right Buckaroo, we need to get back to basics and quit letting Duh One and his minions distract u…hey look, a squirrel…umm, er, O.K. quit letting them distract us.
R D on March 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM
“Mister Ghost on March 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM”
debbie schlussel — the poor harpy’s k. parker …
:-)
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Wrong colour.
OldEnglish on March 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM
“R D on March 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM”
the lack of focus on ’10 is prolly the no. 1 reason i’m down on steele at the moment …
[!!]
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Mark my words. Some surprising things will happen in 2012.
katy on March 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
“OldEnglish on March 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM”
so u really think people will vote against their self-interests twice in a row?!
/interesting yer spelling of color there …
Buckaroo on March 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Has the mainstream media even reported on the teleprompter gaffes, trying to enter the window of the White House, bumping his head (Ford like) on the helicopter, saying one thing and then saying another, 57 states, etc., etc. or do we get these only through Fox and the conservative blogs? Can you just imagine if they could pin something like any one of these on Sarah????
The comedians can’t find anything funny about Obama? It would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad.
Christian Conservative on March 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
I know, nobody can stay focused, and that is exactly what B-HO is doing. But I don’t need to tell you…
R D on March 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Sorry, I meant to use block quotes.
Notice the three parts of The Prestige.
1. The Pledge. “Gee, I like Palin as much as you guys, cause I’m a concerned, faithful Republican voter.
2. The Turn. “But I worry that she’s unelectable.”
3. The Prestige. “Mitt Romney, though… now there’s a guy with real charisma. A leader, you know what I mean?”
chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
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