Quotes of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on November 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
“The book tour starts this week, and I look forward to it! I’m most looking forward to meeting many of you, shaking your hands, and telling you, ‘Thanks for loving America.’ I’ll give you a scoop here and tell you what’s on the book’s Dedication Page – it’s dedicated to you – Patriots – who love the U.S.A. as much as I do.”
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“Through it all, Mrs. Palin emerges as a new style of feminist: a politician who took on the Ole Boy network and won; a wife with a supportive husband whose career takes second place to hers; and a mother who, unlike working women of an earlier age, isn’t shy about showcasing her family responsibilities. She writes with sensitivity and affection about her gay college roommate, and she confesses her anguish when she found out that she was carrying a baby with Down syndrome. That experience, she says, helped her to understand why a woman might be tempted to have an abortion. This is not the prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination…
Mrs. Palin’s veep candidacy ignited fury on the left and much skewed reporting in the mainstream media. It is probably too much to hope that a book that begins at the Right to Life booth at the Alaska State Fair will inspire her critics to read on. But if they do, they’ll find themselves in the company of a woman whose views are more nuanced than they were portrayed to be during the campaign. As for her supporters on the right, they won’t find much new ammunition with which to counter those who say that Mrs. Palin isn’t ready for the rigors of the White House.”
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Dr Evil on November 15, 2009 at 11:14 PM
You say Obama is intelligent. I’m not convinced. How does one measure this intelligence? Honestly, I think Obama plays intelligent well, but intelligent? Hmmm.
anti-intellectualism? In American culture, I think the word “intellectual” doesn’t have the meaning that it used to.
MeatHeadinCA on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Okay. I guess I should consider a run for president then. At least Palin supporters will see me as their candidate.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
To clarify: the republican won the vote of those with a college degree, not of people in college at the time of the election.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
I think 90% of the media venom over Sarah Palin is sheer snobbery. “OMG she HUNTS she SHOOTS she HAS FIVE KIDS she WENT TO SOME PODUNK SCHOOL she’s FROM THE STICKS…”
Rosmerta on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Actually the biggest thing Palin has going for her is that so many anti-social ass clowns hate her so much
.
See the two resident trolls in this thread for proof.
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Sarahcuda has a very important role to play in the conservative reemergence that’s upon us even now. I’m dead serious as I write this, and the more I think about it, the more convinced I become…
Sarah Palin needs to chair the RNC.
Her strengths will be maximized and her weaknesses won’t be as significant as they would under the scrutiny of a national campaign. She’s a proven fundraiser, best there is anywhere. She has defined the message and never strayed. She’s a proven new media sophisticate for 21st century campaigns and candidates. The base loves her and gives them confidence in the party, and the Dem’s can’t touch her but to say, “hahaha look who their leader is” which they’re saying already. With her controlling the checkbook, Lefty Scozzafava would never have left the NY statehouse.
As a candidate, I don’t see how she can win for a long time to come if ever. She’s a known commodity, and she will forever be portrayed and the one who couldn’t tell Katie Couric what she reads. As chair, I don’t care about her foreign policy cred, I care about her principles, her tenacity, and her ability to bring ungodly amounts of donors to the table.
Recall Steele today.
realityunwound on November 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Night Johnboy….
beachgirlusa on November 15, 2009 at 11:06 PM
beachgirlusa: Nitey nite,sweet dreams:)
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Show me a Republican with a realistic chance of beating Obama WITHOUT mobilizing the base. Come on. Pawlenty? Romney? Get real.
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Maybe you should try out for Al Frankens admin assistant or something. Even a dumbass like you could not screw that up.
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:17 PM
HA HA HA. Whatever man.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Brooks is a worm and so incredibly self absorbed that he looks at life from his belly button. Helllloooo! Where have ya been during the beginnings of this civil war to re-take America. I cannot believe that this guy still thinks that the world is stuck in 1992 and that what the base media says matters. Well hello it doesn’t (which really sucks for me since I work at a network) and the reality of the matter is that C4P, Townhall, Hot Air, and yes the Huffington Post and their ilk carry more weight in their opinions to more Americans than all of the broadcasters could begin to imagine.
denniscb on November 15, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Dr Evil on November 15, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Your honor I present tonight’s posts from RightistLiberal as exhibit A
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:18 PM
IF the economy is still in shambles the summer of 2012 or there is some other major terror strike or international disaster that is clearly Obama’s fault, then Barry is gone AS LONG AS the Republican party or candidate does not implode. However, Americans very rarely reject an elected President seeking re-election, at least in my lifetime. I think Obama is worse than Carter, but will a majority of American voters? I don’t know why this re-election pattern has been true for so long, but it is why I’m focusing on 201 instead of 2012.
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Given the previous election results, you’d likely have more success with Barry supporters
Fed45 on November 15, 2009 at 11:18 PM
You are correct. Intellectual now means that are smart if the smart people in the media say you are smart. Otherwise, you are just a dumb hick.
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
I will check that.
As far as intelligence is concerned, obviously, we don’t have any objective measures. So let’s keep that aside. But he has political intelligence if nothing else. You don’t win the presidency of the United States otherwise.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Define ready to govern.
The President does not bring to the table all the Policies that will be pursued by the Executive. Not even the best policies. The best thing a President can do with regards to policy is appoint great advisors and that is not policy related but Judgement related.
From the perspective of having the best mentality, I think she trumped McCain, Obama and Biden put together. And the only one in my mind who trumped her on being aware of the Responsibility and the Consequences of having that Power is John McCain, SP trumped Biden and Obama combined. Disagree all you want with John on policy, no one is more aware of that Responsibility than John ‘Big Nuts’ McCain.
If you are referring to what the MSM calls ‘Ready to Govern’ (and I think you are) then that has basically jack squat to do with actually governing. When the MSM declares someone is ‘Ready to Govern’ it means they are best for their Raitings, which Obama was!
Holger on November 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
And RightistLib…lest I remind you GWB went to Yale. But remember he was dumb as a rock too (according to you and your ilk). So don’t give me this crap about anti-intellectualism. Palin could have a PhD from Oxford and Harvard and you’d still despise her.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Pfffft. You must not get it. David Brooks is a good reflection of the GOP. So is, for example, Mike Murphy. If Michael Steele is booted, then someone to the left of him is next.
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:20 PM
But that would require work and research. For someone throwing around the “anti-intellectual” tag, Brooks does very little actual reading, research, or thinking. He’d rather just rely on condescending bloviation.
And George Will? What the heck to make of him? Anyone who can equate Palin’s small-government, fiscal responsibility message with Mike Huckabee’s nanny-state moralizing is either deliberately disingenuous or ignorant or stupid, and Will’s not stupid, which leaves “lying” or “lazy” or, perhaps, both.
In any event, Brooks and Will are both far more “anti-intellectual” in this discussion than Sarah Palin ever is — except, of course, that what they mean by “anti-intellectual” is “didn’t go to an Ivy League school.”
notropis on November 15, 2009 at 11:20 PM
there is no such thing as a
John the Libertarian on November 15, 2009 at 11:20 PM
At least Sarah doesn’t bow to anyone…!
Seven Percent Solution on November 15, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Dude, just because I don’t want a dumb woman from Alaska to be the president that does not mean I want Obama to redefine the country. Which is what he wants to do.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Which begs the question: why do you comment on Palin topics, then?
Fed45 on November 15, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Not on your life! I am able to judge character. And I smell something fishy about yours.
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2009 at 11:21 PM
I think 90% of the media venom over Sarah Palin is sheer snobbery. “OMG she HUNTS she SHOOTS she HAS FIVE KIDS she WENT TO SOME PODUNK SCHOOL she’s FROM THE STICKS…”
Rosmerta on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Rosemerta: Excellent point,the Liberal Fembots only dream
to have that kind of multi-tasking abilities!!
Just look at Nancy Pelosi,she can barely manage
her Rapid Eye Blinking and talking at the same
time!
Its frightening sometimes just to watch her in
action!!:)
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
These are excellent points and very true.
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I’ve literally heard intellectual people say that something like AIDS denial (something Serge Lang seemed to support) was actually “Republicanish.” In other words, go against the grain of what is accepted by mainstream intellectuals and you are a Republican hick, Christian.
MeatHeadinCA on November 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
You got it.
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Also Sprach Concern Troll-athustra.
profitsbeard on November 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
If she bends over in front of you it’s to pick you up after she’s knocked you down.
thomasaur on November 15, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Because, dammit, she must be shown to be a joke!!!!!!! LOL
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Fed45 on November 15, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Dude, I have yet to meet anyone with such venom for her that isn’t a Kool-Aid Obamabot. Sure some republicans don’t dig her too much, but none I have yet to meet have the kind of hatred for her exhibited by you. Hatred like that is a Kos/HuffPo exclusive. If you’re gonna lie, make it somewhat believable.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Why not delve into it? Are we to keep it aside just for Obama but we may discuss Sarah Palin’s intelligence?
What’s the word? Cunning?
MeatHeadinCA on November 15, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Proud Rino on November 15, 2009 at 9:49 PM
There’s only one Messiah and if you criticize Him then, no, I wouldn’t like it. Criticize everyone else all you want.
gina4 on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
If Sarah Palin was truly as selfish as some claim she is, she would know that her best chance to win the presidency would be in 2016 after 8 years of Obama. Make no mistake, if Obama gets re-elected, 2016 is going to be 2008 in reverse. Assuming that she stayed out in 2012,Palin would be the prohibitive favorite if she was even moderately productive between now and then.
But one gets the sense that 2012 is going to be what separates the men from the boys, as it were. It just feels like a march toward the inevitable showdown between their beloved, but somewhat flawed champion, Obama, vs. our beloved, but somewhat flawed champion, Palin.
With such a stark contrast between the two, we’ll find out what the so-called intellectuals value more, ego or country.
Nat Hound on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
thomasaur on November 15, 2009 at 11:01 PM
A lovely name, Marissa. Of the sea.
Ave, maris stella!
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Sarah Palin makes all the right people absolutely nuts, including the richly deserving Brooks and Will, that makes her OK in my book.
She has three years to make her case, she richly deserves the opportunity and the open minds to go with it.
Speakup on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
His handlers have political savvy, he’s a puppet and nothing else.
thomasaur on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
The anti-palin forces have been thoroughly e-bitch slapped tonight.
Notice how they always slink off when people stand up to them. They hurry back to there online porn and 9-11 conspiracy websites.
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
My thoughts exactly. I’ve wondered off and on if she should rreplace Steele. I like Steele as a person, but he’s all over the place, and acts like a goofball much of the time (like with the “ghetto talk” that he tried months ago.) She would be perfect. Hopefully her name will be brought up in the vote for the next RNC head. I agree too about her not being able to win. I love her as a person, honestly, but I just don’t see her winning the presidency. Too much of the media kamikaze has affected her standing, unfortunately. Call me a Debbie Downer, I don’t care.
NathanG on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Okay. I guess I should consider a run for president then. At least Palin supporters will see me as their candidate.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
rightistliberal: Righteous Liberal,forget being a CLONE,
its already been done,his name is the
WON,aka,Hopeless/Changeless!!
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Oh, I have. Mittbots. Just as nasty.
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Shhhhh. You’re trying to use logic against the troll. His head might explode.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Nighty night.
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
His handlers have political savvy, he’s a puppet and nothing else.
thomasaur on November 15, 2009 at 11:25 PM
thomasaur: That puppet,is, FU BO The Clown!!:)hehe
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Apparently someone forgot to tell Barry there is another Messiah.
Fed45 on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Sarah Palin’s political comeback is going to be bigger than Nixons.
Holger on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Okay. Let’s see.
I want someone who is serious about issues. Who offers policy solutions beyond “free markets” or “patriotism” and such talking points. I want someone who understands the complexities of governance..who is ready to make compromises if required because he is always aware of the big picture. Rommney is coming out with a book detailing his vision of America. If Palin had devoted less of her book to take potshots at journalists, McCain campaign and telling a folksy tale about her life, and more on a policy oriented book, I would have accepted that she is at least trying.
But she does not want to run as a serious candidate. She wants to run as a rogue. Who will go and clean Washington. And such like.
She is a less sophisticated version of Obama.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
It’s about money and leverage. Obama plays the Capitalist are bad, I will cap salaries ect….Obama is alienating “Money” that’s just plain dumb it might play to his far left base but they aren’t they are not a large a voting block. It’s Independents who decide elections, and they are moving back to Republicans-Conservatives in the last elections. Obama couldn’t get Corzine reelected after 5 visits to New Jersey. Obama won New Jersey by a comfortable margin. You know what’s worse than fooling people into believing you are a centrist candidate. Making those same people “Independents” feel like fools for believing Obama was a centrist candidate and voting for him in the first place. People don’t like to be made to feel foolish -or unemployed and over taxed.
Dr Evil on November 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM
L.O.L. Great one! She does have a great right uppercut.
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM
A serious bitch slapping on these trolls tonight
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM
OH SNAPS!
Also, “doesn’t go to all the right cocktail parties”!!!
crr6 on November 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Yeah free markets is so un-serious. Right you are.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:29 PM
OK, all the media have to do from now in is call in the kamikazes, and voila! Dem presidents for generations!
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Those hyenas on ABC were predictable, but no less pathetic. David Brooks was especially defensive, and you can tell that Rush’s blistering criticisms of him have had their effect. George Will, the Nice Conservative, was needlessly dismissive, but seems to gladly place himself in the elite court.
These people really think the world revolves around them. They like to think that because they’re on the East (or West) Coast, they are beyond the understanding of the silly rubes in the interior of the country. Thus, they can nonchalantly swat away Palin and her followers.
But what they fail to recognize is that there are plenty of people on the East (and West) Coast who cannot abide these loathsome elitists. Hey, Brooks and Will, you’re not well liked pretty much in all 57 states.
EMD on November 15, 2009 at 11:29 PM
That confused me as well. There are many more Republican and conservative votes McCain gained by nominating Sarah Palin than he lost. There were plenty of Hail Marys thrown during his campaign, and many of them crashed and burned spectacularly. But that one worked brilliantly. It wasn’t until Lehman Brothers that everything started to go south for McCain, and the fault for that can be pinned squarely on his shoulders, not hers.
And what the hell is George Will smoking? Mike Huckabee?! Who in God’s name will he appeal to? Social conservatives? Great, like that’s a big enough base to win a national election. And call me crazy, but wouldn’t Palin easily win them over anyway?
As for David Brooks, I don’t think he has any business calling anyone a joke. This tool got suckered by Obama, just like a bunch of other inside the Beltway conservative “intellectuals”. And rather than admit he was played and shut his yapper, he’d rather lash out at anyone who dares to challenge The One. As far as I’m concerned, he’s no better than the cheerleaders on MSDNC.
Doughboy on November 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Obama raises spending, raises taxes. That’s “sophisticated and intellectual” according to RightistLib.
Palin talks about free markets. That’s anti-intellectual and dumb according to RightistLiberal.
If that’s the case, give me the dumb chick option.
angryed on November 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM
You said absoultely nothing. Your pro gay marriage and she is not. That is the sole reason right there.
You would not vote for any Republican who is anti gay marraige or has strong religous views. Admit it
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM
PoliSci 101 pap.
Told ya.
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:32 PM
For what it’s worth, I think Sarah Palin ought to ignore all the criticism and MSM and devote all her comments to the people coming to get her book and do it with positive comments. Her comments about writing the book for the patriots of the U.S.A. is great.
VFT on November 15, 2009 at 11:33 PM
To be fair they are not as well known in every 57 states as Sarah Palin. I don’t think they have a half the influence they wish they had. A lot of Americans don’t follow poltics but they know who Sarah Palin is…David Brooks – George Will not so much. Many can’t tell you who the vice president of the U.S is currently.
Dr Evil on November 15, 2009 at 11:33 PM
It has everything to do with leadership credibility, and unfortunately I think global perception matters in this case. Putin does not have the genital confidence to bear the thought of Sarah in the Oval Office. Angela Merkel in Gemrany is one thing, or if Sarah Palin were in Sweden would be another. The KGB Kid and his stark-raving-mad band of world dominating crazies would initiate strike sequence before she finished reciting the oath of office. We can’t be at war with every dictator at once.
As for intelligence questions, she’s smart enough to resign her Chief Executive Post, set the message for the party, and fill up comment pages quicker than anyone else. Dumb like a fox.
realityunwound on November 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM
… you’ve just crossed over into The Trollight Zone.
profitsbeard on November 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Are you f@#&ing nuts? ObaMao is sophisticated? I knew if you kept talking you would expose yourself. ObaMao is neither intellectual nor sophisticated. He is an accomplished reader of the teleprompter, a racist, a narcissist and an ego-maniac!
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Rightistliberal is an anti-christian bigot. That is where he gets hung up about Palin. It isn’t hard to figure out. Same goes for all the other trolls.
daesleeper on November 15, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I can’t remember anything David Brooks or George Will said during the Presidential Campaign am I supposed to believe they swayed voters? I remember what Palin said during the campaign. Mitt Romney gave a nice concession speech after Huckabee kept him from gaining any traction.
Dr Evil on November 15, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I agree that anti-intellectualism is a threat, but it’s less of a threat than the intellectual elitism that currently dominates much of academia, the news and entertainment industries and much of politics. If intellectuals of our country, such as those serving on the panel in this thread’s video clip, could disenthrall themselves of their elitism, then I’d be more worried about the populists.
Little people, common people, those without advanced degrees, not highly verbal, people who work with their hands, who stay at home and raise children, none of these people should be talked about and treated they way intellectuals currently do far too frequently today. We each have a role and a value in our country, and we each have a vote. Some healthy respect, tolerance and appreciation for one another would help a lot. I don’t see that any more from the elite sobs than I do from the angry mobs. Yet, the elites are supposed to “know better.” They don’t.
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I like Gov. Palin, my instincts about her are all positive. That said I do worry about whether the damage done to her during the campaign is too much to overcome. I think this book tour is the perfect chance to see if she can connect with people other than those who already like her. It’s a win/win situation for her. Just remember that until the day of his funeral, the media continually painted Ronald Reagan as stupid. They did have a brief period, when the two books compiled of his writings came out, that they had to admit he was literate but until they were sure he was no longer a threat he was promoted as the “amiable dunce”.
Cindy Munford on November 15, 2009 at 11:39 PM
To say Obama is sophiscated is a defintion of anti-intellectual. Anybody remember the beer summit and what lead up to it. The guyt walks out into a national press conference and talks about a incident he no direct knowlege about and smeared a private citizen.
kangjie on November 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM
As you believe SP is none of this, I can only assume you haev bought the MSM narrative hook, line and sinker.
You accept the WSJ statements that her book is empty where as Rush Limbaugh called it one of the most substantive policy books he has read. It may very well be equal to Nixon’s Six Crises which was fairly important to his political resurrection.
And holy crap, The Colts have come back to tie the Patriots!
Holger on November 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Didn’t Mitt Romney make a joke about his wife telling him he couldn’t spend any more of their money on the campaign? When he conceded?
Dr Evil on November 15, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Gee, why on earth would she ever want to be hostile to a group of people who have shown her nothing but support, encouragement and kindness throughout? I mean, just listening to that band of “intellectuals” continues to re-enforce that very fact.
Sailfish on November 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM
If her book is a blockbuster, the left is going to have another meltdown.
kit on November 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Colts win 35-34. Still undefeated.
Holger on November 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM
She is a less sophisticated version of Obama.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
… you’ve just crossed over into The Trollight Zone.
profitsbeard on November 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM
profitsbeard: Its worse than that,he`s having an OBE,
while hes awake!!:)
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM
What the hell does the Order of the British Empire have to do with this?
Holger on November 15, 2009 at 11:46 PM
And our flawed champion will now have less Executive experience that theirs, and ours quit in the middle. Advantage, their guy.
She’s sharp as a knife, she’s a unifying figure… she’s not a Presidential candidate. Run and lose badly, and she’s damaged goods for ever.
realityunwound on November 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Are the recent polls all wrong that state 70+% of Americans think Palin is unqualified to be president, or her only garnering 52% support among Republicans, or Palin having a 52% unfavorable rating, or her being behind Huckabee for the Republican nomination? How do you explain these polls?
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM
What’s so crazy? That it was an unanswerable question? If so, state what you think the answer should be that would pass muster and be an acceptable answer for the first female Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee who also happens to be the Governor of Alaska?
Let’s hear what you would have come up with on the spot to riddle her that.
Or are you bristling at the mention of the earpiece and Couric’s producers in her ear throughout the whole interview directing it. If that’s your problem with me, then I suggest you do a little research into the life and times of talking head anchors. These are people who are paid millions for their ability to read a teleprompter and look like they understand it, when mostly they don’t. Heck, Peter Jennings was a high school dropout.
Go watch the video of the interview and then come back and tell me that Couric wasn’t taking direction through her earpiece just like she does every other night.
But thanks for the ad hominem.
Jason Coleman on November 15, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Your moniker fits.
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM
The “sophisticated” Obama has decided that illegal enemy combatants and terrorist war criminals ~who wanted to plead guilty in a military tribunal last year, already~ should, instead, be brought onto American soil, given illegitimate Constitutional Rights, put through a civilians show trial, and handed the silver propaganda platter of a global platform to slander the country, weaken our security services, undermine our intelligence techniques, brand the previous Administration as war criminals and ‘torturers’, and cost the nation tens of millions of dollars, while wasting our police and legal resources, endangering the citizens of the the Big Apple, tieing-up the city for months …if not years, and allowing the mass-murdering sworn jihadist enemies of our Civilization to mock and milk the radical childishness and suicidally-stupid and neophyte naivete of this current Administration and their corrupt political allies who now applaud this INSANE FOLLY.
How frikkin’ sophisticated!
profitsbeard on November 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM
I rarely meet people of three minds. Glad to know you are around. And we are unanimous in that.
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM
She’s been defined by the MSM and lefty bloggers and people on our side pimping some other darling for over a year now. She’s never run her own national campaign. But someone who still garners the attention she does, and whose book is set to break some sort of sales record can’t be all that unpopular.
ddrintn on November 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM
I have to disagree on the RNC idea for Sarah. I do agree Steele has used his three strikes already. Sarah operates best out side the establishment. NY-23 is a example. It isn’t win/loss so much as the process Sarah used to get Hoffman as close as he did and yes I know it not over. Let Sarah freelance for conservatives. She is our best asset and as such needs to be protected. You my agree or disagree with her on a host of this but if we can not protect best them shame on us.
Clyde5445 on November 15, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Please, no. Palin can do far more good out on the campaign trail than sitting in an office, attending meetings, making phone calls, and managing our very peculiar party bureaucracy.
Loxodonta on November 15, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Comedy Gold.
barry doesn’t know Austrians speak German. Bwwaa
At least he didn’t think they were Australians speaking Australianese or something.
Geochelone on November 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Intellectuals at every level have done themselves no favors. The titans of Wall Street came close to destroying the economy. The wizards of education spends tons of money to achieve mediocre results. The inside the Beltway geniuses spend their every waking moment so that we can pay more money to let them run our lives badly. And then the putrid punditry wants to belittle those who do not embrace all that have come from the proper schools, to the proper jobs and the proper lives. They think we aren’t smart enough to realize that most have all of those things based on family, cronyism and corruption as opposed to hard work and initiative. Yes, Mr. Brooks and Mr. Will, it’s all Gov. Palin’s fault that we don’t embrace intellectuals.
Cindy Munford on November 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
She is a less sophisticated version of Obama.
rightistliberal on November 15, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Are you f@#&ing nuts? ObaMao is sophisticated? I knew if you kept talking you would expose yourself. ObaMao is neither intellectual nor sophisticated. He is an accomplished reader of the teleprompter, a racist, a narcissist and an ego-maniac!
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Sporty1946: Maybe,the Liberal is confused over the word
sophisticated,with a bullsh*ter and lair!
That being Obama!:)
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I don’t disagree but I also recall I knew nothing about Barack Obama when he started running and that in 2007 it was a lock for Hillary vs. Rudy. Can she change the negatives about her? Maybe, the jury out and unfornately we have 2 years before we start nominating anyone and 3 to the election.
Can she make liberals and Country Club RINOs explode? The answer to that is YES.
Should the tea party and the rest of us keep working for defeat of the democrats in 2010? you betcha :-)
Gracelynn on November 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Intellectuals at every level have done themselves no favors
Cindy Munford on November 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Cindy Munford: Nicely done,me likey!!:)
canopfor on November 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Completely off-topic:
Ed/Al – PLEASE disable the multiple pop-ups for Doggypedia. Last night it opened ten (10) new windows at my login.
warbaby on November 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
canopfor – He is definitely accomplished in those lib character requirements.
Sporty1946 on November 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM
There CNN polls. Same poll had GWB losing the 2004 election right up till the time he won.
She is very popular. In the state she is most well known and used to govern she has a 60 percent postive now and it was up around 80 before the left started tearing her down.
kangjie on November 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Palin has executive experience as a Mayor of Wasilla, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and Governor of Alaska. So, she has far more experience than Obama or Kerry or Hillary had. And then, like every other major party winner, she’d have a host of officials, bureaucrats and talking heads willing to help her.
Loxodonta on November 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM
he`s having an OBE
What the hell does the Order of the British Empire have to do with this?
Holger on November 15, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Holger: Its the Order ot the British Empire,while awake,
having an Out of Body Experience!!:)
canopfor on November 16, 2009 at 12:04 AM
I wish AP or Ed would start a 2012 movie thread, can’t decide if I want to spend 2 and half hours on a John cusak movie
kangjie on November 16, 2009 at 12:04 AM
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