Fox News question of the day: Can Palin save her political career?

Poptech on April 12, 2009 at 3:39 AM

You are incourageable.

Salon, ANOTHER left wing site. I went through this during the election on Politico and you are no different than those moonbats.

The taxpayer money on the office is a smear, she did NOTHING wrong.

The increase in Spending in Wasilla brought in a wave of new businesses, industries and Residents. The population exploded and the town is a much more vibrant community.

The State spending increases were already in place by the time she became governor. NO, she can’t just put a stop to it, especially when both the Democrats and Republicans in the legislature opposed her. Particularly the Republicans because she got a lot of their friends on that corrupt energy board fired for unethical behavior.

I am not a hypocrite one note partisan. I said she DID keep the Bridge money, but used it on other state infrastructure projects instead. She saw the National outcry and decided against using it on bridges. keep in mind that it was Ted Stevens’ project, not hers and that the people on those islands did in fact want that bridge and as Governor she was going to go along with Stevens’ plan. After the outcry, she put it to other uses. Since McCain was the man who coined the phrase “bridge to nowhere” he was in an awkward position after selecting her to be his VP. She did not market herself as the Slayer of the project, it was the McCain campaign. She went a long with it. Completely honest? No, but hardly anything I’m going to go crazy over like you, especially considering the inconsistancies the other Republican nominees as well the Democrats had. Spare me your double standards.

She instituted a hiring freeze in her state but can NOT cut the size of government completely on her own. Again, she needs the legislature to get on board, she is not a dictator. this is going to take a while but she is on the right side of the issue, she WANTS to decrease the size of government, you actually agree with her.

She is not economically clueless. She is using the bailout money not to spend frivolously but to combat the deficits and hold her state over until things get better. The states main revenue is OIL, there is NO sales and NO income tax. How else do you expect her to bring in revenue when she can’t cut the state government because of a hesitant legislature? What is YOUR solution Mr. economic genius?

And it is not a populist myth. You wish to smeat the woman but refuse to acknowledge the accomplishments she does have. She built up the town of Wasilla, and for the better. The people there thank her for it. She took on her own party and corruption, that is NOT a myth just because it does fit in well with your demonization of her.

I have no idea what your beef is with this woman but you are a rabid anti-Palin hater. You are just as bad if not worse than the left wing nuts digging through her dumpster. I would certainly not vote for her for President right now, but she is no where near the monster you try to make her out to be. Her values are sound and she is a woman of integrity, as far as politicians go. I recognize her faults and shortcomings but do not ignore her accomplishments. In 3 years time most of the idiocy you post against her will be irrelevant. Her resume will be perfectly adequate, Wasilla will be out of whatever debt it is in since it has grown so much and Alaska, if she gets her way with the legislature and things go smoothly she will have a smaller government and will retain their surplus. If not, she will fade away to obscurity.

Who is your candidate? Who is one you wish to protect so much by spewing such venom at Gov. Palin? I bet I could easily demonize whatever candidate it is you hold so dear to your heart. In fact, I know I can because every Republican candidate worth a damn, and every Democratic candidate had serious flaws that could be exploited. So who is your guy? Romney? Huckabee? Paul? Giuliani? All of them can be torn down by highlighting their weaknesses and ignoring their accomplishments, it’s easy to do it like that.

I am not a big advocate of Palin, but your one sided dishonest hatchet job on her can make anyone on the fence look like the staunchest of Palin advocates.

Daemonocracy on April 12, 2009 at 4:33 AM

And dropping all the time…she was at 80+ before people started to see the REAL sarah during the election.

Shelby on April 12, 2009 at 4:41 AM

Your knowledge really is quite limited isn’t it? First you don’t realize the importance of the alfafa club and now you buy into the left wing smears about the “real palin”.

Her approval was over 80%, and then the complete and total onslaught of the MSM knocked it down 20 points. Even with all of the National media on her ass, she still escaped with a 60% approval and it has not dropped since then. It has held steady. She also has left wing nuts contantly filing frivolous ethics lawsuits against her to try and further tarnish her image but her polls still hold steady. She may be $500,000 in debt because of the lawsuits, but she is such a fundraising machine that she will have no problem setting up a legal defense fund.

She is doing just fine.

Daemonocracy on April 12, 2009 at 4:48 AM

ROFLMAO! Nothing like massive excuses, Palin did nothing wrong it was all the McCain campaign.

I didn’t say it was all McCain. She said what she said, but she did in fact NOT spend the money on the bridges and the McCain campaign did in fact talk up her rejection of the money before she gave her first speech. But since you like to twist and distort reality, I’m not surprised you ignored the rest of what I wrote, just as you ignore what Palin has done right.

In fact, you ignored pretty much everything I wrote and cherry picked certain words to distort my original meaning.

Wait she has no control over ANY spending and cannot fire government employees? Really? The Governors job is not to bring in revenue it is to manage the government.

See your confusing objective criticism with personal attacks. All her “talking points” are based on myths. She is NOT the fiscal conservative people claim she is and she has no remote understanding of economics. Palin has no significant accomplishments just propaganda. That is my problem with her.

Did you miss the part where I said she instituted a hiring freeze? That is a control of spending and government growth right there. She also cut $238 million from the budget. But she needs Legilative approval before she starts restructuring the government. I listened to her April 10th news conference and it was all about what agreements her and the legislature can come to.

So the governors job is not to bring in revenue? Really? Then why do good governors cut property and business taxes? Could it be to attract business which in return…gives the state revenue?

How can a governor manage a government if the state has no revenue because the governor doesn’t think it is his/her job to help bring in revenue?

I disagree about the significant accomplishments, I have made painstakingly clear but you chose to ignore. She stood against her party when it came to the issue of ethics. That is an accomplishment in my book and shows character. It is a real issue, so real in fact that nearly every single attack the left unleashed on her was at her character. They still to this day are trying to bring down her character and credibility.

As for the Carbon caps, I strongly disagree with any of that crap.

The bridge to nowhere funds? My feelings are mixed. She did take the money and it was a porkload of money but Alaska is a different kind of state than most. They are still a frontier state, under development and rely heavily on federal money to exist. I don’t like pork going there, but inevitably a lot of it will have to go there. Those bridges were idiotic, but spending the money on overall infrastructure is not.

If you think her accomplishments are few, then fine. I can agree with that, but at least recognize her accomplishments, don’t post a bunch of links to stories that originated from left wing smear merchants and actually give the woman some time to prove herself. What is wrong with waiting until 2011 before you start hacking away at her? Most of your complaints are already old news when put everything into the context of 3 years from now. A lot can happen until then and that is my whole point before you started pasting all this crap I’ve seen before on the Politico during the election.

She’s got enough of the liberal nuts going after her, I’m sick of seeing Conservatives eat their own. I can’t stand it.

and you didn’t answer my question, who is your candidate of choice?

Daemonocracy on April 12, 2009 at 5:14 AM