New drama: McCain staffers angry at Palin for saying she didn’t want to pray with them
posted at 5:58 pm on March 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
She said she meant no disrespect by it, but it’s hard to see how: “So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra… And the McCain campaign, love ‘em, you know, they’re a lot of people around me, but nobody I could find that I wanted to hold hands with and pray.” She ended up praying with Piper. Maybe she meant there was no one there with whom she felt close enough to share a moment like that?
Anyway, I’m sure it’s all their fault for feeling insulted.
“We all talked this A.M.,” said one former Palin aide in an e-mail. “This set off a nerve for sure with a lot of people.”
“It’s yet another example of the few staff still loyal to Palin questioning their loyalty and ardent defense of her over the several months since the campaign,” said the aide, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about campaign colleagues…
“It’s about us people who were on the plane, who showed extreme loyalty to Palin, continually getting thrown under the bus or slapped in the face by her comments, whether she means it or not,” the staffer said, adding that Palin’s remarks “cause you to question not only your loyalty but her judgment as a leader.”
The former aides said they place part of the blame for Palin’s post-campaign candor on the governor’s staff in Alaska. Several have reached out individually to offer advice or assistance to the governor, but “have gotten only pleasantries in response,” said one aide.
No way to tell, obviously, whether the source here is a true Palin loyalist like Randy Scheunemann describing sincerely how his feelings are hurt or an (allegedly) false loyalist like Nicolle Wallace seizing the opportunity to throw a few rotten eggs back the ‘Cuda’s way. Exit question: Did she ever single out Scheuenemann or any other former aide by name for praise to distinguish them from the people who were sniping at her after the election? Maybe this is a case of some loyalists thinking she doesn’t appreciate them when she really does.
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It isn’t “education”. It’s the same old copy-and-paste of one-sided material over and over.
ddrintn on March 26, 2009 at 11:37 PM
No, but are you referring to Poptech? I think Poptech is more of an antagonist than an educator.
Upstater85 on March 26, 2009 at 11:37 PM
nuisance, nothing more , nothing less
runner on March 26, 2009 at 11:38 PM
He has every right to express his opinion.
We have every right to mock it when it’s as dumb as “Alaska is a Socialist State” and listing slams as “accomplishments” on a “Palin Resume.” And if that’s you’re idea of “educating us politically,” well….
cs89 on March 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM
OK. What’s the other side to this?
radiofreevillage on March 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM
The Slime Machine is the other side to that.
ddrintn on March 26, 2009 at 11:41 PM
^That, and the fact that McCain didn’t tank until he mishandled the financial “crisis” in mid-September. He was doing pretty well up until then. No, it had to become orthodoxy that Palin was driving away McCain voters, and not McCain himself.
ddrintn on March 26, 2009 at 11:43 PM
radiofreevillage on March 26, 2009 at 11:05 PM
“She’s stupid,uneducated and not intellectually curious.”
Sarah Palin was stupid to set aside a surplus to prepare for rougher times in Alaska, so uneducated that she was actually able to read the stimulus bill and understand the ramifications of it and thus only accepted the ‘stimulus’ part of the package, and not intellectually curious enough that she read Lincoln on Leadership to find out why Lincoln was such a great leader.
technopeasant on March 26, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Uh, would that be the ever so professional yet chicly snarky Anderson Cooper … ?
Upstater85 on March 26, 2009 at 11:45 PM
They freakin lost! Seriously WAKE UP!!! This fantasy land of Palin helped McCain? What? Lose? ROFLMAO!
Poptech on March 26, 2009 at 11:46 PM
PopTech got canned by Newsbusters after repeated warnings. He started the week she was announced as VP choice.
Marcus on March 26, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Not as badly as if Mitt had been on the ticket. Romney didn’t even get THAT far.
ddrintn on March 26, 2009 at 11:48 PM
I don’t gamble or make bets ever and I live near Casinos.
Poptech on March 26, 2009 at 11:49 PM
I don’t think that Erin was somehow claiming that Palin gave Mc the win.
Upstater85 on March 26, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Commenters who profess to be Republicans and then write scathingly about the deficiencies of any of Palin, Jindal or Romney should consider the effect of this approach as the current POTUS elegantly and charmingly takes the country into a debt filled abyss.
These critics might then contemplate their own deficiencies – which are obviously far greater than the deficiencies of those they find so wanting.
Basilsbest on March 26, 2009 at 11:50 PM
I agree with your use of the word “scathingly”; however, I think it is important for the movement to look inward.
Upstater85 on March 26, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Palin 2012! Because this time we can do at least 190!!1
radiofreevillage on March 26, 2009 at 11:53 PM
QOTD. McCain may have been joking when he said most voted for Palin, but there is some truth there.
cs89 on March 26, 2009 at 11:55 PM
If Sarah Palin hadn’t been on the ticket, McCain would have lost BIG time!!! If Romney had been on the ticket, McCain would have lost BIGGER time!!!
How do all of you like the Rombots on here spilling their vemon against Sarah Palin? Is it all the truth what they say about Sarah Palin? Well, that’s exactly what they did to Mike Huckabee during the primary….they lied about him too. Unfortunately, a lot of you believe all of those lies about Mike Hucabee. Think about it…Mike Huckabee was the enemy, the Rombots lied about him just like they are lying about Sarah now. Whoever is their fiercest competition, they lie about. So wake up and stop believing Mike Huckabee is so bad. You should have gone over to Townhall.com…the Rombots owned and still own that site. I’ll bet Poptech and The Wall were over there too.
If only Conservatives could see the truth about how Romney governed in Mass.(that is the pundits let the truth be known, i.e. Limbaugh, Ingraham, Coulter, Hannity) Romney wouldn’t have a chance. But no, he’s rich, so he might have a chance against Obama they figure. It doesn’t matter if he has any values or principles he lives and governs by, does it? Pretty pathetic!!!
VFT on March 26, 2009 at 11:56 PM
It all depends. I’d like the moderates to put their theories to the test all on their own the next go round. Let’s see who’s scapegoated next.
ddrintn on March 26, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Out of curiosity, what lies about Huckabee are you talking about?
Upstater85 on March 26, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Are you suggesting Meghan McCain the Progressive Republican run?
Safe Bet on Scapegoat: The all so powerful Christian Right Cabal. Why? Meghans like crazy liberal friends wouldn’t like vote for her because they think like gay marriage is a k-k-konstitutional right.
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM
So Jesus said you should always pray just by yourself? How about, Mat 18:19
Or are we to believe that every time a church has a prayer meeting, they are disobeying God?
You let your desire to bash Sarah Palin lure you into making obviously foolish statements.
Of course, part of what’s required to get someone to pray with you is to get that person to agree with you on what you’re praying for. By getting offended, these anonymous staffers show pretty clearly they were too self-centered to pray with someone about her concerns.
I wouldn’t have wasted my time asking them, either.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?
unclesmrgol on March 27, 2009 at 12:05 AM
How long will this woman WHINE about the campaign. Get over it. Not everyone’s going to be your best friend in a campaign they are there to WORK, not to cater to your every emotional need. “Nobody there to pray with” the DRAMA of it all. At least when Hillary talked about the vast right wing conspiracy she was talking about a political strategy, rather than sniping about people just being mean to her. Remember when Sarah Palin was interesting because she said that women candidates can’t really go around complaining about bias or unfairness, yeah….those were good times.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 27, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Yes, and George W. Bush was an ape-like idiot who just happened to be qualified to fly an F-102 jet fighter, and scored higher grades than “super genius” Al Gore in school. Reagan was a senile old fossil who someone managed to write the tsunami of brilliant correspondence reprinted in “Reagan In His Own Hand”… without the aid of a world processor. A polite question from George Bush senior to a checkout clerk turned into proof that he was so out-of-touch and elitist that he didn’t know what a bar code scanner was. Dan Quayle, who graduated from Indiana State University, was the assistant publisher of a newspaper, and defeated an “unbeatable” Democrat in a legendarily tough election to gain his Senate seat, was forever branded a moron because of a spelling error.
On the other hand, Barack Obama is a “brilliant community organizer” in spite of the community he “organized” being a corrupt cesspool that looks like one of the bad neighborhoods in Beirut. Joe Biden was touted as an “experienced senior Senator” despite a vice-presidential debate performance that should have ended with his being gently escorted to a mental institution, capping off a career that included a boneheaded act of plagiarism, and the brilliant idea of responding to 9/11 by giving a couple hundred million bucks to the people that attacked us. (At least he’s learned to think bigger than a few hundred million when he’s throwing taxpayer money at problems!) Bill Clinton, unlike Dan Quayle, was disbarred and could no longer practice law, after breezily dismissing mounting terror threats and outright attacks on American buildings and military vessels as really big acts of vandalism, and his wife worked hard to set violent terrorists free to gain political clout for her Senate bid, but they’re experts on foreign policy… almost as brilliant as the sad sack who made America into Iran’s footstool for an agonizing year, and invented an exciting new concept called “stagflation” that has caught the eye of our current President as something he’d like to know more about. The crook who looted America through Fannie Mae is still hailed as an “expert on financial matters.”
No matter how much the American media has degenerated – to the point where some of their most hallowed organs are looking for government bailouts to survive – they still have the power to write biographies, and epitaphs. McCain was content to sit idly by while they chiseled his tombstone, using his campaign time to assure voters that Barack Obama was a fine man who would never do all of the things he has spent the last three months doing. Every conservative Republican candidate, from Sarah Palin to Mitt Romney and Bobby Jindal, needs to remember just how little margin for error they have. Above all, they must never for an instant let themselves daydream about getting the kind of mulligans and free passes Democrats are given on a routine basis. The kind of stories that require weeks of strenuous effort from the blogosphere to push into the headlines when Democrats are the subject will become front page stories and lead items on the evening news the day they happen to Republicans. And if nothing juicy is readily to hand, the media will just make things up and see if they stick, as in the weird hit piece on McCain’s “affair” in the New York Times.
As long as the Republicans are careful never to hand the media a fresh clip of the ammo that has already been pumped into them, they can prevail. Palin can survive the last interview with Katie Couric, but she’ll take a much deeper wound if she lets herself get ambushed like that again. She, and all the other prospective candidates must remember to make news, not become the target of it. They must never allow the caricature of themselves to become so deeply spray-painted onto America’s walls that even lazy people believe it with passionate intensity.
Doctor Zero on March 27, 2009 at 12:08 AM
He cannot say anything else either way.
radiofreevillage on March 27, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Probably not as long as Obama whines about his “inheritance”. I don’t think there have been that many “whines” from Palin; this, the Ziegler thing, and some comment a little before that. I suppose any complaint she might have voiced about the sliming would be whining.
ddrintn on March 27, 2009 at 12:09 AM
How the hell would anyone know? The media has attacked her so overwhelmingly that if she did it would be buried in the lies, distortions, and stories about that Saturday Night biotch who lookes so much like her.
The only thing we know for certain, and it is almost impossible to find that data, is she continues to have high approval ratings in her state. Higher that Da Bama has today.
DannoJyd on March 27, 2009 at 12:10 AM
She still has a ways to go though before she matches the lefties’ whine about being robbed in 2000. That’s still going on.
ddrintn on March 27, 2009 at 12:11 AM
He was popular_tech over at Newsbusters. Can we please ban this person Allahpundit. This is being requested by everyone.
Conan on March 27, 2009 at 12:13 AM
I wish that the lefties would just come to the realization/admit that Gore was John the Baptist and Obama is their Messiah.
I guess that would make John Kerry an aborted embryo…
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Yes because it’s equivalent to point out that the current debt was created by 8 years of legislation and to complain that people were mean to you for three months on political campaign. I thought you guys didn’t like blatantly disingenuous moral equivalencies?
More and more it seems that Palin just doesn’t have the stomach for the national spotlight. I know you guys are all the media loved Obama, but the guy got called some pretty nasty names by a lot of Americans, particularly the denizens of talk radio. And they still are. BTW can someone explain how this guy is both socialist AND McCarthyist, yeah insanity.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 27, 2009 at 12:15 AM
He’s managed to avoid the subject since November, I don’t think he had to go there now.
It was probably a joke on his part, but he didn’t have to say it. I didn’t see anybody asking him about it in the clip- he chose to bring it up.
cs89 on March 27, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Obama is simply doing the bidding of the elite. Google “The Obama Deception” that explains alot of why we are where were at.
True_King on March 27, 2009 at 12:16 AM
So socialist never used the so called McCarthy tactics?
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Palin…”but nobody I could find that I wanted to hold hands with and pray.”
That tells you she looked around the room and saw people she didn’t completely trust with PRAYING with. Foolish McCain staffers can’t figure out the fact they didn’t come across as Christians to her that is all. That could have totally innocent reasons but one of the big ones I am curious about is the current debate of moderate Republicans thining that social conservativism loses elections. If they were on her about cooling the religions talk then the staff definately came across as people who didn’t want to pray with her.
Conan on March 27, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Lemme clue you in, oh-so-glorious-couch-warrior. In MY district, when people were absolutely disgusted by the selection of McAmnesty, when word got out about Palin via her speech at the Republican National Convention there was finally an upswelling of republican voters. Without that McAmnesty would have cost my district dearly. With the addition of Palin we kept all of our local officials, added 2 new members to the state house, and would have done much better without conservative bashing McCain.
I know these facts as I Was There! What did you do that put yourself in the thick of the last election battle? Tell your friends how horrible Palin was? If so then please stop helping us. We already have the liberal media to contend with, thank-you-very-much!
Back to the topic, perhaps Sarah still doesn’t know who amongst the McCant staff was knifing her in the back Poptech style. In her place I would have done exactly the same thing.
DannoJyd on March 27, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Or people who didn’t believe in the power of prayer…
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Dittoes!
DannoJyd on March 27, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Only five pages of comments folks?
I’m disappointed…
Hawkins1701 on March 27, 2009 at 12:37 AM
getalife isn’t on…
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:41 AM
If I were about to do a national debate that was sink or swim, then I would want prayer. I’d want someone who was another Christian who shared my beliefs; someone whom I could trust to share an honest time of prayer without feeling concern about being backstabbed about it later. I’d want shared beliefs and I’d want trust.
BTW, where have all these extremely loyal staffers been hiding that we haven’t heard them defending Palin?
INC on March 27, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Allah you magnificent bastard.
Keep this up, and I just might have to propose the “Take a shot everytime someone wants Allahpundit fired” drinking game. :-)
Hawkins1701 on March 27, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Republicans didnt push, back or craft that legislation. Democrats did. Republicans had been asking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be reined in for years. Cant have default credit swaps without financial mortgage instruments that had their origins in FMx2.
Opportunity Costs on March 27, 2009 at 12:45 AM
I don’t recall any lies about or slander of Huckabee by the Romney camp during the primary.
I do recall Huckabee comporting himself with extreme tastelessness and also trying to turn a theological issue (Romney’s Mormonism) into a political one. I didn’t support Romney per se during the primary but I was absolutely anti-Huckabee based on both his policies and his personal conduct.
I also objected to Huckabee’s attempts to annoint himself as the Jesus candidate in a transparent grab at the religious bloc. I tend to have a violent reaction to those who try to manipulate Christians via Christianity in order to accumulate personal power.
Huckabee didn’t need anyone spreading lies about him — he was pretty damn bad all on his own.
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Nope, I am not banned at Newsbusters, I had to talk to the admin and show him exactly what was going on, which was Palintologist lying about what I was saying. I made my case overwhelmingly that they have been unsuccessful at lying about me since.
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 12:47 AM
What universe do you live in?! Get real. Everyone in politics talks about or references Sarah Palin – Obama, Biden, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Michael Steele, RNC, DNC, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Matthews, Olbermann, etc. The press is still running Palin headline stories months after the election like this Sarah Palin story we are all commenting on including you! Where are all the stories on Romney, Huckabee, and the others? They get press from time to time but nowhere near what Sarah generates. Sarah makes news and gets ratings. Deal with it!
sarahpalinfan99 on March 27, 2009 at 12:47 AM
I just love her candor! I would have said and done the same thing if I were in her shoes at the time.
Sarah is really, really REAL, which is what the (formerly?) great US of A needs, i.e. a leader who will mirror and work for what true Americans want, and guided by the Constitution.
(BTW, is there really no provision in the Constitution to recall or impeach a president for being inept and clueless?)
mz.josephine on March 27, 2009 at 12:48 AM
I looked a little deeper than you want anyone to, Pooptech. I found out the WHY of the PRI ranking, not just what it is. My research shows that once again you must be starving to death – being too full of crap to eat.
Remember – This is a five year study, Palin has been governor for less than half that time.
From the PRI:
So the basic factors governing life in Alaska will place it at or near the bottom of PRI’s index. No governor can change those factors.
There goes another of Poptech’s red herrings.
That took all of five minutes, and won’t do a bit of good. Pooptrou will gust crap this one out again at the next Palin thread as if my rebuttal didn’t happen. Like any screaming monkey, he adds nothing to the debate save poo-throwing.
Random Numbers (Brian Epps) on March 27, 2009 at 12:48 AM
First, you don’t think Palin should have read the PC prayer that Meghan wanted to write? /sarc
One thing that I definitely wish Palin hadn’t identified herself with was a “Maverick.” Not because Mavericks are bad people, but because the McCains claim to be the definition. Apparently while Sarah and co. were being trashed, the Maverick was too busy being “honorable” by not defending her. That goes for many of his staffers as well. You may disagree with Palin; however, McCain shouldn’t have picked her if he didn’t feel she was worth defending.
Oh, and his staffers should probably go see if Barry has a job for them in 2011-2012.
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Ditto.
Tried to like the guy, but just too much of a prick, on far too consistent a basis.
Hawkins1701 on March 27, 2009 at 12:49 AM
There. Just so we don’t forget.
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:51 AM
See that is what this is about with economic illiterates. They dislike Romney for various reasons, one is that he is a successful businessman who made millions. Those with the intellect and skill to make it in business is no match for the beauty pageant winner. The jealousy and class warfare types is where Palintologists and Huckabee supporters draw from. They want people dumb like them because the only way they think someone can be successful is from “privilege” and “greed”. Yet they could not even run a hot dog stand and Palin hasn’t done anything in the private sector EVER.
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 12:53 AM
If there was, lefties would have all of a sudden become Constitutionalists and tried to have impeached Boooosh…
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Ya know, people really need to get a life. The entire focus and point of the story was PIPER, and it was pretty cute and got a big laugh. For those who didn’t actually see/hear it, Palin asked Piper to pray that God would help her in the debate and that He would speak through her. To which Piper responded, “but Mom, that’d be cheating!” The mention of the McCain staffers and not being able to find anyone she wanted to hold hands with and pray at that moment was just a minor aside.
howIroll on March 27, 2009 at 12:54 AM
You may have to be a Christian to understand what she meant, no disrespect HA.
apco on March 27, 2009 at 12:56 AM
You know Poptech, I have my own issues with Palin’s experience or lack thereof, just like I have my own issues and problems with Obama. But if you were serious about lobbying against Palin, you wouldn’t be acting the way you do.
You aren’t fooling anyone into thinking that you actually care about who might take her place in the Republican Party, it is obvious that you care about immature labels, name-calling and spitting in the face of the people that suggest you are “presenting facts to“.
You have your little list of statistics, your links to videos (which you probably keep open in a Word Document ready to cut and paste at a moment’s notice!) and that’s really about it. That is about as deep and as far as your point of view goes other than acting like you laugh (in horribly overused Internet acronyms) at what everyone says about you when it’s painfully obvious that it really matters to you that you are seen as some impenetrable factoid fortress that no one can defeat.
It is really, really pathetic.
ManInBlack on March 27, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Although it is impressive to gain a large amount of profits, you seem to be implying that success in the corporate world is something that should be automatically lauded by conservatives… I guess we should start licking Soros’ boots.
American “Private” Sector is a joke as we are learning more and more.
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 12:58 AM
I’m not typically in favor of banning people (short of abuse, of course), but Poptech’s repetitive and numerous copy/paste posts are pretty close to thread spamming.
I’ve got no problem with Poptech disliking Palin, just like I had no problem with csdeven disliking Fred Thompson during the primary. But I have a big problem with trolls and spammers. Whereas csdeven brought arguments and varied his/her content each thread, Poptech appears to be simply regurgitating the same posts and engaging in ad hom. attacks rather than discourse.
Perhaps a warning is in order?
Or, if the threads are getting too big to moderate, AP, why not appoint a few long-time members of HotAir (like, HATV-era or earlier members) to be moderators? That seems to work on other thread-based boards, and I’m sure more than a few would volunteer to help you and Ed out.
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 1:01 AM
If I used the phrase “just like a Nazarene” or “just like a Christian” in a disparaging way, would you find it offensive?
Frankly, I’m rather proud to be a Pharisee and so is my rabbi. Every practicing Jew alive today is a Pharisee – there sure as hell aren’t any Sadducees around. Hell, a strong argument can be made that Jesus was himself a Pharisee.
All that bullshit about the Pharisees in the NT came from the period after the schism (when Paul abandoned Jewish law and James returned to traditional Judaism) and the early church was staking out its territory. While the Temple was dominated by Sadduccees, the vast majority of the Jews were followers of the Pharisees. It was natural that the New Testament writers would portray their ideological opponents and competitors for converts negatively. Remember, Paul’s first mission field were the “semi-proselytes” who were attracted to Judaism, hung around the synagogues of the Greco-Roman world, but had not taken the final steps of conversion. Circumcision was an issue as well as the restrictive nature of Jewish law. Paul had the marketing concept of belief in the Jewish God without having to deal with all those commandments.
rokemronnie on March 27, 2009 at 1:02 AM
+1
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 1:02 AM
[No.]
radiofreevillage on March 27, 2009 at 1:02 AM
She and her husband ran a fishing boat. Small business is pretty solidly in the private sector.
rokemronnie on March 27, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Please, she raised oil taxes for that and now that oil is down they have no surplus.
Alaska sees $1.25 billion budget gap on oil price drop (Reuters)
She didn’t read the bill, she is following Sanford and playing – I’m like these guys. It is all political posturing.
S.C.’s Sanford makes it official, rejects $700 million stimulus (Associated Press, March 17, 2009)
Wow she read about Lincoln…. OMG! Genius!!!
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Well if all that is true, then why do you waste so much time commenting over and over on the Hot Air Sarah Palin threads?” Why are you here again talking about Palin?
sarahpalinfan99 on March 27, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Ughhh…here we go again with the media over-dramatization of a simple comment made by Palin. Prayer is personal, that is what she meant, she wasn’t close enough to any of the staffers that she felt comfortable enough to pray with them, so she asked Piper – her own flesh and blood. She didn’t mean disrespect to the staffers, she even says shes loved them in that same quote. There – end of story, enough with this drama! Get over it “Anonymous” from the McCain camp.
repalincan on March 27, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Citations please, on the assertions I’ve bolded above.
Also:
- Which Jewish law did Saul/Paul of Tarsus abandon: Torah, Mishna, or other?
- Which James are you referring to?
- Where did you get the idea that any of the Jameses in the Christian scriptures (Gospels, Acts, etc.) returned to “traditional Judaism”?
- What do you mean by “traditional Judaism”: the Pharisaical/Saddusaical Judaism of the 1st century AD, the pre-Maccabean Levitical Judaism, the post-Diaspora Rabbinic Judaism, or some other form of Judaism?
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Yes a fishing boat and a snow machine shop.
repalincan on March 27, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Someone needs to alert local police in Alaska. It appears that Poptech has some sort of surveillance device in the governor’s office.
TimeTraveler on March 27, 2009 at 1:13 AM
Congrats!! You win ‘dumbest post of the thread award’!!!
I never said you shouldnt pray as a group. What I said was that if she needed to say a little prayer, she could find a quiet, solitary spot and bow her head and say a prayer. There isnt a requirement for her to find somebody to hold hands with like she implied.
And the most retarded thing was she impugned everybody on the campaign saying there wasnt anybody there she was comfortable praying with.
You know, she really is a clown.
Plus, she got knocked up in the back seat of a chevy and HAD to get married.
Oh yeah, when Couric can make you look like an inbred….you are an inbred.
Exit question:
What does National Review, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and every other non-douche have in common???
Answer: They supported Mitt Romney in the republican party.
I win…..ta.
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:13 AM
are poptech and getalife one and the same commie idiot?
ErinF on March 27, 2009 at 1:14 AM
Just to clarify: I’m not arguing that HA should have moderators. I’m just offering a suggestion for a solution if AP or Ed find the threads to be too big to moderate effectively.
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 1:15 AM
Poptech is no commie.
Getalife is someone that works for Acorn, and when I say “works” I mean collects a welfare check.
However, they both share a common passion.
Upstater85 on March 27, 2009 at 1:16 AM
wow, thats a first.
HA HA HA HA!!!
I wasnt putting down your jewishness if that is what you are saying. Jesus was a pharisee?? Now that is funny!
Dude, you want to hear somebody rag on pharisees? Read the new testament. Jesus rips them a new one. ha ha
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Which hand are you using tonight to whack off to Mitt’s photo?
Video of Romney vs Kennedy 1994 debate.
TimeTraveler on March 27, 2009 at 1:22 AM
From the actual report…
Between 2004-2008 Alaska dropped 12 spots from 33 to 45 of 50 states in Economic Freedom. It ranks 49 in welfare spending, 31 in Government Size and 30 in fiscal policy.
Sorry but those have nothing to do with it’s location and everything to do with government policy. Two years of which have been under Palin’s watch.
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Hey dickhead,
If that is oh-so-important, how come National Review, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter and all other REAL conservatives supported Mitt in the primary??
Oh I know…they are intelligent and you are an assclown.
thanks… ta.
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Hey geek, if that is so important, how come National Review, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and all other real conservatives supported Mitt in the primary?
Hmmmmmmmmm????
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:31 AM
Wait a minute! That is not even the same report. That is one Forbes did – “10 Worst States for Business” and Alaska ranks 48!!!!! ROFLMAO!!! This is the second time a Palintologist has found a report worse than mine.
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 1:31 AM
These embarrassments from Palin will happen from now until she says something SO bad even the clowns will run away.
Until then, it will be fun to watch the inbreds squirm….you know, LIKE TODAY!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:33 AM
While Jesus was not technically a member of the religious/political sect of the Pharisees, He shared quite a bit in common with the Pharisees theologically and scripturally — far more, certainly, than He did with the Sadducees in Jerusalem. The Gospels record that Jesus was the dinner guest of several Pharisees. Also, Acts records that a great many Pharisees and scribes became Christians (there is no record of any Sadducees doing so).
Jesus had plenty of criticisms of the Pharisees, to be sure, and plenty of opportunities to dialogue with them over a 3-year ministry that was mostly outside of Judea (and away from the Sadducees). But He certainly was more welcome among the Pharisees (who mostly dialogued with Him) than among the Sadducees (who mostly had Him killed).
Also, your tone makes all of us Christians look bad by association. If you’re a Christian, you’re an ambassador for Christ; comport yourself appropriately. If you’re not, then let everyone know so we don’t get blamed for your conduct.
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 1:34 AM
How dumb is that? Quoting National Review without mentioning that National Review gave Mitt Romney a ringing endorsement as their preferred republican candidate to win the POTUS. shame shame shame on you.
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:35 AM
RINOs. All RINOs! We’re surrounded by RINOs!!1 But we’re going to be saved by Sarah Palin. As soon as she reads how. As soon as she learns to read.
radiofreevillage on March 27, 2009 at 1:35 AM
Try going one single 24 hour period of commenting without this.
Bet you can’t.
Hawkins1701 on March 27, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Yes sir.
Sorry sir.
Goodnight sir.
*sniff*
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:36 AM
They also supported and voted for that lady that you love to smear.
TimeTraveler on March 27, 2009 at 1:37 AM
HEY EVERYBODY!
NATIONAL REVIEW, RUSH LIMBAUGH, SEAN HANNITY, LAURA INGRAHAM, ANN COULTER ARE AAAALLLLLLL RINOS!!!
ISNT THAT GREAT TO KNOW???
The abject stupidity of Palin supporters is beyond belief. I guess to be a Palin supporter, you have to low IQed.
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Ignore what I said above.
Referring to people who supposedly share your political values and principles (and I assume that’s why you’re here at HotAir) as “inbreds” evidences not only a severe lack of skill and wit on your part, but also a total ineptitude at political success.
Just do everyone a favor and shut up.
Harpazo on March 27, 2009 at 1:39 AM
By the way radiofreevillage, in case you are wondering….I know you were joking. good job. ha ha ha
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:39 AM
You didnt answer my question timetraveler. Answer my question…why did all those conservative icons support Mitt in the republican party if those things you mentioned are that important????
Either answer or shut up. Dont change the subject again.
thanks.
The Wall on March 27, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Ahh… I see. They wanted obama to win and America to lose. Since both happened, you’d think both would have very little to bitch about.
ErinF on March 27, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Ahh… I see. They wanted obama to win and America to lose. Since both happened, you’d think they would have very little to squawk about.
ErinF on March 27, 2009 at 1:43 AM
The only embarrassments are the Palin Bashers who think
wanting to pray with her daughter is wrong….:lol
I love watching Palin bashers pretend to laugh nervously
knowing that Palin is a person of real “prayer” and a true
believer in her faith…..
She has something that her enemies will never have….peace.
dec5 on March 27, 2009 at 1:46 AM
Wow, just now Dick Morris on Greta’s show said he met Sarah before McCain picked her and that Sarah is very smart. He even said he would stack her up against the other people he worked with (that would include Bill Clinton who is a skilled politician). So even Dick Morris is a fan. Sarah is getting quite a following of prominent supporters there.
Sorry trolls you lose! Aren’t there other threads you can run to or are you all just secretly obsessed with Sarah? It’s ok.
sarahpalinfan99 on March 27, 2009 at 1:49 AM
They’re obsessed and scared. Otherwise, they wouldn’t keep giving this subject so much attention.
Scared little ugly trolls, they are.
ErinF on March 27, 2009 at 1:51 AM
I’m so scared of Sarah Palin. I mean, she will come and… uhm, not read anything until I die.
radiofreevillage on March 27, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Just what we need Palintologists in control on comment content at Hot Air! Give me a break.
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Have to add one more thing…
People like the Palin-obsessed trolls are really pissed off, bitter, and jealous because conservative women are typically beautiful, from the inside out. (Cases in point; Palin, Ingraham, MKelley, Malkin, Crowley, Hasselbeck, on and on and on).
Lib women are ugly hags, from the inside out. (Cases in point; Clinton, Albright, Steinem, O’Donnell, Goldberg, Pelosi, Napolitano. and on and on and on).
ErinF on March 27, 2009 at 2:01 AM
More Palintologist Propaganda.
Sarah the CEO? (Inc.com)
“Both returns name Todd Palin as proprietor and the couple’s Wasilla home as a main office. On her public financial disclosure form, Palin describes the business as a sole proprietorship owned by her husband,”
Poptech on March 27, 2009 at 2:03 AM
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