Senior White House official gloats: “We’re 2-0 against Palin” now
posted at 7:18 pm on November 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
Since Axelrod’s been all over the place today, I’m going to assume he’s Tapper’s source here. In which case, how interesting that he chose to offer this particular bon mot anonymously.
To paraphrase Limbaugh, she’s living rent-free in their heads.
When Vice President Joe Biden went to upstate New York to campaign for Democrat Bill Owens on Monday, he took a risk.
Instead of campaigning in a low-key way, emphasizing local issues and Owens’ strengths, Biden picked up the gauntlet thrown down by national Republican figures such as Sarah Palin and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and conservative pundits such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and agreed that the special House race was of national relevance…
“We’re 2-0 against Palin,” a senior administration official says. “The Vice President went in and took on Governor Palin and the other national Republicans who had gotten involved in the race and the White House is sure happy that Owens pulled out that win.”
“Biden campaigned on Palin/Beck/Rush because ‘Dem accomplishments’ didn’t fly,” counters S.E. Cupp, drily. Help me figure something out here: The Palin-centric read on NY-23 is all over the media today, no doubt to let the left make the case that she’s political poison. But if she’s the kiss of death, whose entry into a race can be counted on to send the silent majority fleeing into the arms of the Democrats, why’d Team Barry go to such lengths themselves to try to beat Hoffman? Obama attended a fundraiser for Owens; the vice president showed up for an eleventh-hour rally in the district; and they worked every connection they could to flip Scozzafava, leaving the nominees of both major parties aligned against the conservative. That’s a lot of effort to narrowly defeat someone who’d supposedly already received the coup de grace from Palin. But don’t look for logic on this subject: NBC’s own Palin-centric spin on the race mocks Sarahcuda and other top Republicans for backing a guy who was, it’s true, a terrible retail politician — even though they came thisclose to pushing him over the top.
Here’s Fred Thompson, another true conservative who invested a lot more than Palin did in the race, putting a happy face on the outcome.
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LOL!
conservative pilgrim on November 4, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Why the crap are they even keeping score?
Jesus. How juvenile.
flyawaybird on November 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Dems: Teh One-O-against America.
Christien on November 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Palin came in for Hoffman against Scozzafava. Hoffman beat Scozzafava.
FAIL, White House.
Red Cloud on November 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM
I’m not a fan of the Huckster but I gotta give him props for something he said on his radio segment today (it’s on at 5:30am when the alarm goes off). He offered up the image that the Dems would view this election as evidence that the days of mismanagement are coming to an end and that they would spend the next year going out in a blaze of legislative socialist glory just like a Viking funeral pyre.
Mark my words, if healthcare reform fails, these evil creatures are going to be very dangerous wounded animals.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Me too.
Weight of Glory on November 4, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Meanwhile, while the O Team keeps (faulty) score against their political opponents, they dither on Afghanistan and Americans die.
Priorities.
conservative pilgrim on November 4, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Palin? Isn’t she irrelevant? All these people keep telling me she’s just a big joke….
Sounds like the White House is having just a little bit of trouble staying on message.
tom on November 4, 2009 at 7:55 PM
it was awesome! I wish I could find it in the headlines
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 7:55 PM
And we’re 2-0 against Obama this year in governor’s races. Bah-ring it, bitches!
SouthernGent on November 4, 2009 at 7:55 PM
What? What is that smell? …..OH yeah! FEAR!
ronsfi on November 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM
I’d say the bigger failure is the NY GOP for nominating Scuzzy in the first place. Like death panels, Palin was the one who put the national spotlight on the issue and essentially forced the fat liberal whore from the race. Hoffman wasn’t the ideal candidate but it was sure nice to go RINO hunting and send the fear of God in the left by voters revolting when the candidate is unacceptable. Is it too much to think that some Blue Dogs are vulnerable to the same sort of treatment as Scuzzy got?
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM
I frankly worry about the lack of perspective. It speaks of a kind of thinking problem that is disturbing. Hoffman was actually sensible. He said, “Well, this is an unusual situation, since the GOP candidate was actually extremely liberal. I thought maybe people would be interested in having a conservative option.” I’m paraphrasing, but that was the essence. That’s the only story here.
When Pelosi and Axelrod extrapolate the win after seeing the drama unfold, complete with the Dede’s final betrayal to her supposed party, then it seems reasonable to doubt that these are people who should be trying to solve the country’s problems.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM
This is only going to make the reckoning day sweeter…and we all know there is going to that day.
d1carter on November 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Dana Perino lives in my head rent-free.
John the Libertarian on November 4, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Shocking OT: The latest Army statistics show a stunning 75 percent of military-age youth are ineligible to join the military because they are overweight, can’t pass entrance exams, have dropped out of high school or had run-ins with the law.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I thought Axelrod did not ever speak her name or that her name never came up in a conversation at the WH.
I thought Sarah Palin was irrelevant and damaged goods.
Isn’t Sarah Palin a private citizen? Isn’t this like Tiger Woods gloating over beating an amateur golfer?
Why no respect given to the GOP establishment? After all they are the “professional politicians”.
technopeasant on November 4, 2009 at 7:58 PM
What, 2-0 in screwing American citizens over? In decreasing the effectiveness of government? In wasting taxpayer money by the trillions? Yes, the WH is much better than Palin in failing the people of the United States of America.
ray on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Awww yeah.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Yeah, let’s see….
Palin enters the 08 race and gives McCain numbers the boost that could have won the election, without the economic meltdown. And even then it was pretty close.
Ogabe spends two years on the campaign trail, never gets a tough question, which considering he admitted cocaine use in his book is remarkable.
SHE gets put through the media wringer and HE gets daily tongue baths by the media, and HE “won” the first round. Ok.
TugboatPhil on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
To the left, Palin’s a non-entity, insignificant, a joke not to be taken seriously. If you’re draining your political capital to wage war against such a person, hasn’t she already beat you?
Rational Thought on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
There is only one question I would like to ask here:
What is it about this soccer mom from Alaska that has these all-powerful officials in the White House so terrified at the mere mention of her name?
They can gloat how they are 2-0 over her until the cows come home, but it is apparent that there is just something about Sarah Palin that has these guys break into a cold sweat.
pilamaye on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Scary crap. Damn they will be throwing money at my boys.
CWforFreedom on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
They fear Palin. That’s why they — the administration and its allies, such as NBC — take any and all chances to try to put her down, cast her as a loser, etc. They want to, need to, try to reinforce the concept she is, as you say, “political poison.” They want her out, much as they wanted Alice Palmer and Jack Ryan out.
Palin has two natural advantages over Obama:
1. More charisma. Part of this is just being a woman (women are more compelling than men, in general. Just take a look at the top-viewed YouTube videos if you have any doubts), but she is simply a better looking woman than he is a man. She doesn’t have the ears, isn’t a twig, etc. Barry’s a smile and not much else — she’s the whole thing.
2. Her potential “identity politics” base is larger than his. That is, there are more women (or non-black women, if you prefer) than there are African-American voters in America ([54% - AA women] vs 13% or so). If she is able to tap into that instinct, the female desire to put a woman into the Oval Office, she wins. This can’t be discounted, and it isn’t discounted by Team Obama.
Palin has issues. No doubt about it. But so do Romney and Huckabee, and others. Romney = rich white Mormon who launched RomneyCare. Huck = Gomer Pyle evangelical regional candidate who lacks enough charisma. Pawlenty? No. Well, maybe, but likely no.
The only person who might make a better candidate than Palin is Petraeus. But he doesn’t have the “historic” angle of being the first woman.
Palin has to do well in her rebirth. If she does, then the GOP better make its minds up soon so we don’t end up with some version of the Hoffman-Scozzafava fiasco and hurt feelings end up giving Barack a 2nd term.
Paul F. Villarreal
PhoenixUniversal on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
HA Found it. I wish our Senators and congressmen would do it like this!
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Being a recruiter has got to suck right now.
upinak on November 4, 2009 at 8:00 PM
All anyone has to say is, OK, so you beat her one-page facebook endorsement.
Congrats. Pulease.
AnninCA on November 4, 2009 at 8:00 PM
And most of those voted for Obama. He gives them hope that their fattiness will be viewed as a disability so they can get free government cheese.
ray on November 4, 2009 at 8:01 PM
For the same reason they’ve been after Palin all along….FEAR. If they really thought she was the “kiss of death” don’t you think they’d ignore her? She kicks their butts utilizing Facebook.
njpat on November 4, 2009 at 8:02 PM
If we’re keeping score, I think it’s closer to 1-2 against Palin
That is, Va and NJ for Palin, and NY-23 against.
IF you can really count NY-23 against Palin, given the GOP shot themselves in the foot there.
tom on November 4, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Weight of glory…
Maybe she’s getting a “make-over”. She’s one ugly broad.
suzyk on November 4, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Man, they are scared to death of this woman. More and more, she’s looking like the best person to run in 12.
ErinF on November 4, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Yesterday was a good day. We had our Pearl Harbor day so this the two governorships win was the Doolittle Raid. We should cherish this day.
I hope that it augers well for ’10.
(I love when I hear oh-10 from people. Snort.)
Mojave Mark on November 4, 2009 at 8:06 PM
White House: “We’re really good at beating up girls.”
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 8:08 PM
0_0 OMG…I knew our latest couple generations weren’t exactly top-quality material, but 3/4ths of all the applicants?! That’s insane!
…maybe now WOULD be a good time to consider signing up.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 8:08 PM
OT, but fun from Drudge:
CNN: 826,000 viewers (227,000 in A25-54)…
John the Libertarian on November 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM
So, why is Taper too big of a pu$$y to name his source?
Blake on November 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM
If Hoffman had managed to pick up a few more votes and shut out Owens last night, what would all these political talking heads have to say tonight?
The incredible spin about this one race is nauseating me and forcing me to throw things at the TV I love so much.
joedoe on November 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Because he wants to keep getting quotes from him?
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM
After she endorses Rubio, he wins the GOP primary and goes to the Senate, what will they say?
Rubio: Quiero que el beso de la muerte de Sarah.
Sapwolf on November 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Emphasis on overweight. We could get into a food fight about the different branches, e.g., the Marines don’t have this problem, but we won’t go there. ;-)
We live on a Navy base and I’m continually amazed at how, um, thin-challenged these sailors are. So many have grown up on junk food and lack of exercise; it’s a serious problem.
However, there are many that want to join the military because of the economic downturn. The military is being a bit more selective in who they let in.
/Back to On-Topic.
conservative pilgrim on November 4, 2009 at 8:11 PM
That statistic has been around for a while. The scary part for me is not that 75% are ineligible but that only 25% are. Think of what that must do to the pool the recruiters have to draw from!
More to the point, and I am asking a serious question, what should be done about it? Lowering the standards is not the answer but beyond that I am at a loss what you do with a fat slacker who decides he/she wants to join the military but doesn’t put any effort into getting in shape to become a lean mean fighting machine.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I’d rather not have that image in my head, thank you very much.
RINO in Name Only on November 4, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Think Cuban
CWforFreedom on November 4, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Wait what are they against Fox news you the only network that’s not a real news organization?
Why don’t they come out saying they are 2-0 against Fox? Oh that’s right they haven’t won against them yet.
Drudge has the ratings up for last night and it’s not pretty for the other cable news networks. There was only one cable news that had numbers over a million viewers.
Brat4life on November 4, 2009 at 8:16 PM
IF they get in the military, Boot Camp weeds out the ones who can’t cut it. MANY are put out for being overweight and other issues.
conservative pilgrim on November 4, 2009 at 8:17 PM
They are so afraid of her. It’s palpable.
If I ran things, I’d pull a Patton with her.
I’d have them continue to focus on her and move their troops to another theatre, and then run another straight up conservative right at them, on Omaha beach.
In many ways, she is our Patton. Yet, this time, I’d listen to my general.
TXUS on November 4, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Looks like the Bamster is 0-2 for guvnerships…
records.
ted c on November 4, 2009 at 8:18 PM
In 2012, when Obama loses, I’m sure they’ll spin that as a “moral victory“, or some equivalent nonsense to this whistling past the graveyard drivel.
profitsbeard on November 4, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Baghdad Bob Gibbs on MSNBC saying there was only one national race last night anf they won. What a win to be happy about. A guy squeaks it out because the Republicans were slow to get their chit together and he will probably be history in a few months.
joedoe on November 4, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I work in DC near Henderson Hall and Marine HQ. There are plenty of “husky” Marines out there but cammies tend to hide some of it. Not so much when in dressier uniforms.
However, blaming the kids for being fat and stupid is addressing the symptoms and not the cause. Whether they are able to join the military or not- they will still be fat and stupid. I’m not sure what the solution is (certainly not the nanny state approach of taxing sodas) but we are way too fat as a nation. My sister-in-law wears a size zero (physically impossible) simply because the dressmakers have kept bumping down the larger sizes so that those women who have always been a size six are still a size six even though they are wearing a tent.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I don’t think anyone has to put a happy face on the outcome. I think, as noted here on HA, the positives are so great we can take them at face value.
Should the seat stay blue post ’10 – then cause for concern.
Spirit of 1776 on November 4, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Not only are they not qualified. They think it’s stupid that they are rejected because they have a record, have done drugs, Some of these asbav scores are as low as 2 I mean come on, kids can’t be that stupid now a days can they. There is a total of 100 points on the test. 40 can get you in but anything below that not so good.
Brat4life on November 4, 2009 at 8:21 PM
The White House clearly recognizes where the only threat lies to their power!
honsy on November 4, 2009 at 8:22 PM
They have Nimitz class carrier groups, prarei lands chalk-full of ICBM’s, B-2 bombers and host of other assets to bring to bear against… a hockey mom?
And then brag about being 2 & 0? Which in itself is nothing more than Baghdad Bob meets George Orwell in zebra-stripes announcing an instant replay finding during the post-game wrap and the crowd has already left.
Clueless!
Archimedes on November 4, 2009 at 8:23 PM
What a scary thought to know that the White House Spokeswhore is completely insane. Even if you discount the races in Virginia and New Jersey….. there were two special Congressional elections last night not just NY-23.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:23 PM
So, as anninca notes, the White House beat a one page facebook endorsement. Doubt it White House. Hoffman’s narrow loss is more instructive of the NY GOP than it is of your efforts.
Oh, by the way, Axelrod–You’re 0-2 on guvnerships. Looks like your boy is coming up nothing but ZEROES….
records.
ted c on November 4, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Must be something special for the most powerful person in the free world, the President of the United States, and all the power and resources of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, his associates in the House and Senate of Congress, along with the legion of bureaucrats that he commands, and the major state run news networks to carry his propaganda on TV, in print, and on film….
… to be constantly looking over his shoulder, in fear, of what a single private citizen might have to say.
Too bad they aren’t keeping score in Afghanistan…
Seven Percent Solution on November 4, 2009 at 8:24 PM
I don’t know how afraid they are of her, but at the very least their fixation on her is getting creepy weird. They’re like a bunch of high school girls who laugh at the new chick in school because, in the back of their minds, they’re worried she’s gonna steal their boyfriends.
I guess that is fear (shrug).
Erich66 on November 4, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Dang, it is pathetic that this tiny little race in upstate NY has more weight to the dems than the entire states of NJ and VA which weren’t even close enough to cheat, landslide in VA…. And the difference in NY? 4,000.
Get the idea that the WH doesn’t comprehend basic math?
Me too.
Carolina Kat on November 4, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Good one. Sarah puts Trigg to bed, heads to the couch, flips out LOTUS while in her fuzzy slippers and pulls another Facebook strafing run.
If I found out she winded down in the evenings playing AcesHigh.
HotAir POLL!
If Sarah played AcesHigh, which WW2 combat plane would she fly and why?
Hmmm. That should keep it interesting while I watch the series tonight.
Sapwolf on November 4, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Oh yes they can.
I shudder at the thought of some of my peers being given adult responsibilities.
Just asking…how high do you have to score before you catch the eye of someone important? 90? I took the ASVAB out of sheer boredom my last year of high school and did pretty darn well.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I’m sure that all the recruiting problems will be solved once President Obama fulfills his promise to allow gays to openly serve in the military.
malclave on November 4, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Fred looks great. Is he eying another run in 2012.
ctmom on November 4, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I think they get it; they just aren’t going to express the fact that they know they’re in hot water. On O’Reilly, Dick Morris pointed out how eerily similar the results in Virginia and NJ are to those in 1993, before the GOP route of ’94. I’d bet the ranch that, behind closed doors, there’s plenty of “we’re f’ed” conversations.
Erich66 on November 4, 2009 at 8:32 PM
When I was in California, I had to tell young people that they had failed the drug test and were being terminated. The answer I got more than once was “I don’t do drugs, I just smoke pot.” I’m sure that they went off “victimized” for the consequences of their own actions.
When it comes to the military, why should the DoD want young people who don’t show enough initiative to make a pretense at meeting the basic standards before they walk into the recruiter’s door. It’s not like they are expected to show their doctorate from MIT to enlist.
The military is not a social service agency, it is not a scholarship program with weapons, and most certainly it is not the place to correct the societal ills of young people’s bad habits and lazy living.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:32 PM
The magnet. Not the “big tent”.
By George, I think Fred’s on to something!
JeffWeimer on November 4, 2009 at 8:33 PM
You paint with quite a broad brush. Do not impugn the MC because you have seen a few “husky” Marines, IF they are overweight. That would be a rarity anyway.
I never said anything about them being “stupid.”
Asking the government to intervene AGAIN is not the solution. How about personal responsibility? Parental involvement and education? There are still plenty of young people who can make the cut.
conservative pilgrim on November 4, 2009 at 8:34 PM
F**king QOTD…
bluelightbrigade on November 4, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Not really, unless you believe that there are legions of homosexuals chomping at the bit to prance down to the local recruiting office. However, the recruiters will be off the hook since the military’s RETENTION problem will be far more serious.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Just asking…how high do you have to score before you catch the eye of someone important? 90? I took the ASVAB out of sheer boredom my last year of high school and did pretty darn well.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Anything over 40 will get you a phone call from a recruiter. Anything over 60 is pretty good and can get you into the more exclusive jobs that the military offers. If put your intrested in the military and get less than a 40 you have a slight chance of making it. Depends on the recruiter.
Brat4life on November 4, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Iran: No biggie.
An Alaskan housewife with a Facebook page: WAR!!!!
Jim Treacher on November 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM
If she is such political poison, wouldn’t they want all Republicans to saddle up to her?
I mean…if there was a Democrat who was political poison, I would want every dem begging for their endorsement. I would sit on the sidelines and quietly watch, maybe even give subtle encouragement. I wouldn’t be trying to label them “poisionous” so others Dems would run FROM them. I would want them to run TO them.
I don’t get the democrats strategy here.
Besides, I thought Sarah Palin was irrelevant. If so…then why is the WH gloating that they “beat” her? If she is such a weakling, why are they acting like she is their biggest challenge?
can one of the dems on here explain this to me?
ramrants on November 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Heh. That explains a few things.
I DID get some calls from various recruiters, politely told them “no thanks”…but that was in happier times under Bush’s economy…when I thought I wouldn’t have to make a living by being a government-sanctioned murderer.
Funny how just a little time changes so much; now I’m down to church friends for petty computer repair jobs and fruitlessly begging for cr@p jobs at big-box stores.
What the hell. I’m going to look into retaking the ASVAB first thing tomorrow.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 8:42 PM
They don’t take low-IQ drag queens, Dark Star Wars–especially ones who screech “O O MG”.
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 8:44 PM
ObamaCare and Cap-and-tax are still fantasies right now. Advantage Palin.
ddrintn on November 4, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Oh! You are one of “those” Marines. Ego has to be constantly stroked, unwilling or unable to see the big picture when it comes to the USMC. It is a rarity but I was refuting your unfounded claim that there is no such thing as a fat Marine. Utterly not true and intellectually dishonest to get in a snit when challenged on it.
And yes, you never said they were stupid, I did. I was talking about youth in general. And to head off the next snit fit- your Marines, of course, are all brilliant intellectuals just serving until it is time to go off on the Rhodes Scholarship. There couldn’t possibly be any Marines of average intelligence running around out there.
You know I really hate being so harsh here but you so took my post out of context and attacked at the very idea that even one Marine could be fat, stupid, or anything less than the ideal that you really deserved it. All the more ironic because of the way you had no problem painting all sailors as fat lazy stupid neer-do-wells.
You are nothing but a thin-skinned hypocrite.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:45 PM
How long ago did you take it. I think that test is good for 2 years. I can ask when my other half gets home. I think he said 2 years.
Brat4life on November 4, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Depending on the service you can get in with a 31, which is painfully low. I don’t know what you need to score to ‘catch someone’s eye’. When I took it with 2 of my friends we all scored in the mid 90′s and ended up as mechanics.
But that was pre-9/11. Hopefully they’re funneling the smart guys towards linguists and intel slots now.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 8:47 PM
LOL, yep. So much for the “we’re not skeered o’ that bimbo!” stuff.
ddrintn on November 4, 2009 at 8:48 PM
A speech attended by 250 people in a hall that could hold almost 400 and of those 1 in 5 was press.
Trust me, Biden did not win this. The GOP causing loss of time and resources wasted on Dede and her subsequent endorsement of Owens were the main causes.
Sapwolf on November 4, 2009 at 8:48 PM
The most depressing part of all of this, is the revealing ignorance and stupidity that is Obama and all that permeates around him….and it’s running and ruining our country at Mach speeds. This administration continues to bank on the very, very moronic 52% that got Barry elected.
HighHopes put Obama’s I.Q. at 85. I’ll nudge it up just a little more, but not much. I’ll give his supporting cast, maybe 10 more points, but lose them again, when they do the
obvious and obligatory stomp on the cinders while the great forest fire is burning to hell.
betsyz on November 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Ask them about ‘street to seat’ (flight school). It’s actually a direct enlistment option now. You come in as a WO1 and 18 or so months later you’re a pilot. Pretty cool.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Then you shouldn’t consider ever signing up, asscake.
And yes they definitely do take low-IQ contenders, if they don’t have an attitude/weight/physique problem. Every army from the earliest one in the history of the entire world needs some form of ‘grunts on the ground’. All the high-tech gizmos in the world won’t replace them. Ours are just better armored and armed than most.
I’d be happy driving a forklift in a depot somewhere or filing official papers if it meant honest work for decent pay, although something with electronics would be way nicer.
And hey mods, can you deep-six this stalker? Please? He/she/it is definitely off whatever meds have been perscribed…
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 8:50 PM
ain’t that the truth.
Priorities
ted c on November 4, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Brat4life is right. Anything over a 45 will pretty much get you through the process when it comes to this qualification though certain programs have higher qualifying levels.
From my experience, the ASVAB is given way too much weight. I once had an individual who, literally, was diagnosed as borderline mentally-retarded. He scored a 92 on his ASVABs and last I knew was still on active duty.
highhopes on November 4, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Didn’t I hear somewhere that both Owens and Scozzafava appeared on the ballot two times each? Damn, I thought them there Northerners was supposed to be smart!
ddrintn on November 4, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Class of 2007. Northwest High, go Huskies! *roof, roof!*
…you couldn’t possibly have known this, not knowing me and being on a keyboard somewhere far away…but you just dropped an anvil on a big old raw nerve there.
I’ve needed glasses for the last decade of my life. Last I heard they don’t take pilots who don’t have 20/20 vision, period, end of story, and there’s no way in hell I can afford LASIK.
I ask you in the name of humanity never to mention being a pilot again. That’s a shattered dream that brings me to tears (literally, right now) to think about.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 8:53 PM
People who see the military as ‘government-sanctioned murderers should stay away from the armed services.
As for ‘stalking’, you popped up recently to call me a ‘f’cking’ something-or-other, so don’t flatter yourself. Grow up and stop hyperventilating about yourself
Janos Hunyadi on November 4, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Yea…and another month of campaigning he would’ve won…
AND/OR if he were the first tier candidate…it would’ve been a rout…
jerrytbg on November 4, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Let’s talk about Virginia – I didn’t see a single Democrat win there last night. It was a clean Republican Sweep.
Let’s talk about ultra-blue New Jersey – the state with a new REPUBLICAN Governor.
Frankly – I hope the White House buries their head in the sand and doesn’t receive the message. Nothing to see here – let them grab at irrelevant straws. I’m feeling very good about the standing of the GOP and the Conservative movement right about now.
HondaV65 on November 4, 2009 at 8:55 PM
So you know how to beat them in 2010. “Failed” Republicans outnumber Obama Admin bigwigs by about 3:1. Send Rick Santorum to Wisconsin and Palin to Alabama and Dick Armey to Florida in the same week, and have them call out The Won. He’ll be screaming into telephones, down there in the bunker next to the Big Board. He’ll have more Air Force planes shuttling apparatniks around than running sorties in Afghanistan. He can’t help himself. IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM, AND HE’S GOT TO WIN EVERY TIME. And remember, The Won never loses. Somebody else fails him and his destiny.
Chris_Balsz on November 4, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Sorry, dude. I’ll slink off to a different thread.
BadgerHawk on November 4, 2009 at 9:00 PM
I don’t invent reality, I just observe it.
That’s also what every army has been, is, and will be. Not a pretty thing to acknowledge, but it is.
Sadly, in our fallen world there has often been a time when men (and women) had to act in unison to kill, maim, and destroy as much as possible as efficiently as possible. Sometimes it has been purely in self-defense (WW2 for example) and other times not quite so. It’s an ugly institution, but one that is absolutely necessary.
I did call you a ‘f’cking’ something-or-other, didn’t I?
Call whine-one-one, quick, and ask for the waaahmbulance!
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Thank you…but you don’t have to slink off completely. I’d be glad to learn about other positions that are in high demand, just not that one.
Dark-Star on November 4, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I had a 94, what does that get me?
JeffWeimer on November 4, 2009 at 9:05 PM
If NY23 was Palin versus Obama she almost beat him with an uber nerdy, camera shy, inarticulate, uncharismatic, deer-in-the-headlights, independent party candidate who ran a short campaign against a strong anti-Obama-health-care, pro military candidate and with the name of the GOP candidate still on the ballot. Some victory.
Basilsbest on November 4, 2009 at 9:06 PM
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