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“But no. Who did you pick? SnowJob SquareGlasses”

It turns out that the Republican enthusiasm for Sarah Palin is just as superficial as she is. They were so eager for someone to cheer for (because they really don’t like you) that they dove face first into the Palin mirage. But, on the issues, even they worry about her.

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Wow. She really scares these people.
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RJGatorEsq. on September 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM

Palin’s power is so great, John McCain’s economic advisors will evidently stop advising him on economics.

Keljeck on September 20, 2008 at 2:07 PM

With a name like his, he’d better back off trying to give other people funny nicknames.

jgapinoy on September 20, 2008 at 2:09 PM

RJGatorEsq. on September 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM

Read this yet? It adds to the understanding of why.

The Undefended City

No wonder they must be destroyed. Because — Sarah Palin especially — presents a mortal threat to these people who have determined over cocktails who the next President should be and who now clearly mean to grind into metal shards the transaxle of their credibility in order to get the result they must have. Truly, they are before our eyes destroying the machine they have built in order to get their victory. What the hell is so threatening to be worth that?

Only this: the living proof that they are not needed. Not needed to govern, not needed to influence and guide, not needed to lecture us on our intellectual and moral failings which are visible only from the heights of Manhattan skyscrapers or the palaces up on Mulholland Drive. Not needed. We can do it — and do it better — without all of them.

TheBigOldDog on September 20, 2008 at 2:09 PM

Still rolling with the Bush Doctrine, I see. Keep it up.

CherokeeJack on September 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM

It’s the ’80s all over, again.

I can live with that.

Editor on September 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM

And still, they and we love her and will vote for her.

Kinda pisses you off, huh, Mr. Blow?

BTW – there is a difference between a financial crisis and and economic crisis. While one can lead to the other, they are not the same thing. But, perhaps that is too nuanced for some to comprehend.

I believe Barney Frank said the very same thing on one of the talk shows: that although there is a financial crisis, the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

Queen0fCups on September 20, 2008 at 2:11 PM

If I responded to Charles Blowhard in the same spirit and terms he uses to further the NYT’s elect-Obama agenda, I’d be called a racist and worse.

I guess being a lefty trumps all need for decency and civility.

If that way of thinking continues, Blow may well soon hear himself being called names he thought had been consigned to the dustbin of an evil past.

And if that happens, he brought it on himself.

MrScribbler on September 20, 2008 at 2:13 PM

It’s fun to watch these hateful libs freak out. Keep the articles comin’!

Tony737 on September 20, 2008 at 2:16 PM

What’s ironic is that he writes a fairly principled piece, and then craps all over it with his remark about “snowjob squareglasses”.

It’s like Palin gives them all a case of Tourette’s or something. Might be one of the more noticeable external symptoms of PDS.

Purple Fury on September 20, 2008 at 2:17 PM

That’s a new one!

Dr. Manhattan on September 20, 2008 at 2:17 PM

I just love writing these libs…

What a biased article. Looks like you get to suckle at the Sulzberger teat at Christmas this year. Admit it….you’re voting for Obama because he’s black, like 97% of blacks nationally. Show me you’re really a journalist and not a liberal or a bigot (but I repeat myself). Go investigate Annenberg….go dive into Rezko…..the entire “mainstream” media is staying away from those issues like they were radioactive, and you know it. Obama is a whole lotta nothing, son. America WILL vote for a qualified minority (Michael Steele comes immediately to mind)…but Barack ain’t the one.
Patrick S
San Marcos CA

Try it…you’ll like it. chblow@nytimes

Patrick S on September 20, 2008 at 2:21 PM

SnowJob SquareGlasses? McCain picked Olbermann for VP?

Time for a very special Special Comment.

Abby Adams on September 20, 2008 at 2:21 PM

It’s the ’80s all over, again.

I can live with that.

Editor on September 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM

80’s economy was better than the 70’s…

If McCain is Going to play the Role of Reagan and Obama is Going play the Role of Carter…

I’ll take Reagan..

Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 2:23 PM

SnowJob SquareGlasses whose financial credentials include running Wasilla into debt, listing (but not selling) a plane on EBay and flip-flopping on a bridge to wherever.

CHARLES M. BLOW – New York Times

Is this the guy that took Jayson Blair’s job? Mr. Blow is a liar, the plane did sell on eBay and Palin did not “flip-flop” on the bridge.

Maxx on September 20, 2008 at 2:24 PM

Boy, I wouldn’t make fun of other people’s names if mine were Mr. Blow.

I’ve never heard of him. I guess he is one of these columnists only east coast effete snobs of both the conservative and moonbat persuasion read and link to. So, I’m not surprised to see it linked here.

Has anyone done a ratio of bashing to nonbashing Palin articles linked to on HotAir? I understand the necessity of being aware of the slime the other side is throwing, but I don’t see how the redundancy is necessary. That, the misleading ledes, the condescending “Obligatory” posts have long gotten old.

Blake on September 20, 2008 at 2:25 PM

jgapinoy on September 20, 2008 at 2:09 PM

Yeah, the inevitable blow, ah, you-know-what jokes abound.

Meryl Yourish on September 20, 2008 at 2:29 PM

Also, most Republicans think you only picked her to help with the election,

Hence the root cause of the PDS.

CanadianGuy on September 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM

the plane did sell on eBay

Actually she put it on ebay but couldn’t sell it there. But still she sold it and there’s nothing Palin said that was a lie.

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_sarah_palin_sell_the_alaska_governors.html

CanadianGuy on September 20, 2008 at 2:36 PM

Also, most Republicans think you only picked her to help with the election, not because she is qualified

I’ve seen this ridiculous line before. So, Barry just picked Biden because no one else wanted the job and Biden had nothing else to do?

SouthernGent on September 20, 2008 at 2:37 PM

XENOPHOBIA!!!!!

WisCon on September 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM

“the plane did sell on eBay”

fact check alert — the plane did not sell on ebay; a broker wound up selling it later. double fact check alert — saracuda never said it sold on ebay, only that she listed it — which again is precisely what occured.

/i’ll grant you he’s lying about the bridge to nowhere; but then again that he’s a lll hack who lies wasn’t really in question …

Buckaroo on September 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM

CanadianGuy on September 20, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Buckaroo on September 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM

I read somewhere that the plane did not sell on the first attempt on eBay, but was re-listed and then sold. You are saying it sold by other means, fine. Blow is still a liar because he implied the plane was not sold.

Maxx on September 20, 2008 at 2:46 PM

Wow. An op-ed columnist writes smugly about someone he doesn’t like and pretends she is a dangerous and ridiculous pick for Vice President. Did not see that coming.

Should we go ahead and list accomplishments side by side with the person I’m going to assume he’s supporting for President?

Rogue Traveler on September 20, 2008 at 2:48 PM

“Should we go ahead and list accomplishments side by side with the person I’m going to assume he’s supporting for President?”

i believe there are a couople “tale of the tape” websites already out there …

Buckaroo on September 20, 2008 at 2:50 PM

SpongeBob analogies always add gravitas to one’s argument, I find. I prefer Grandmaster Flash myself when the talk turns to blow, snow and the 80s.

Seriously, though, this mythical Sarah Palin must be one of those two-sided holograms from Disney’s Haunted Mansion. From one angle, she looks like a normal, attractive woman. From the other, Medusa.

Terrie on September 20, 2008 at 2:51 PM

This is what I wrote to Curtis Blow:

You said, “Also, most Republicans think you [McCain] only picked her [Palin] to help with the election, not because she is qualified…” Wow. They paid you to think of that? Why else would someone choose a running mate? To lose? Yes, please enlighten the unwashed masses why Biden was chosen by Barry (he said we can call him that). Biden initially told the media it wasn’t him. That means no one else wanted the job of running on a losing ticket which is why it took until 3am to announce it, or Biden is a liar. When you think you know, please write about it. Be sure to use a condescending tone. It comes off very well on your part.

Additionally, a NYT/CBS poll (are you freakin’ kidding me?) should NEVER be your only source of information.

Have a great day.

Michael
Raleigh, NC

SouthernGent on September 20, 2008 at 2:55 PM

oh yeah….that guy is really going to change my mind.

wildweasel on September 20, 2008 at 3:06 PM

You have admitted that the economy is not your forte, so you could have used a running mate with some financial chops. (Remember Mitt Romney?)

Yeah. I sure do remember Mitt.

Strange thing is he’s the guy who seems to be respected by both sides as understanding macroeconomics. Ain’t one single soul on the Democrat side anyone believes that about.

So I think McCain should start naming his team now and with Mitt as maybe Secretary of Commerce or Treasury.

There’s no reason Mitt has to be VP to be in the administration.

Typhoon on September 20, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Mr. Blow is indeed a leftist hack, here is a fun article that compares Mr. Blow’s style with that of Krauthammer. Guess what, Blow is a Global Warming Alarmist just as you would suspect. Krauthammer uses facts, Blow uses, Er, shall we say hyperventilation.

Maxx on September 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Actually – to swallow Blow’s line of reasoning for a wacky moment – we might agree that McCain didn’t need Palin to govern, that she was just a pick to draw votes.

That in no way negates Obama’s recognition that he couldn’t govern on his own and needed Biden to meet the “experience test” – an aloof slap in the face to voters who twice rejected Biden during Presidential primaries.

I guess Obama’s governing incompetence can be overlooked (even when his solution reveals his disdain for the voters), but McCain’s campaigning calculus is simply unconscionable. Incredible.

But go one step further. If this debate is to be centered on the Republican VP pick, then set aside both Obama and McCain for a moment. If the President lives but one day in office, who would you rather have in the White House on Day Two? A man twice rejected for that very job by his own party, or a Governor known for the executive results she obtains and her utter disdain for corruption (of all stripes) in government?

Sarah’s already winning that hypothetical vote hands down in the polls.

T J Green on September 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM

blow me charles

custer on September 20, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Can’t wait til Murdoch buy this rag!!

lodge on September 20, 2008 at 3:40 PM

I never seen so much hatred towards one person. My friends tell me Reagan was as hated. I don’t know. But that must be a good sign.
MCCAIN/PALIN 08!

jencab on September 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM

Well, Blow Me down…a NYT writer bashing the Republicans. I’m shocked! Shocked! why, you could Blow Me over!

Dingbat63 on September 20, 2008 at 3:53 PM

jencab on September 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM

Buddy, I’m old enough to know and Palin makes the “they hated Reagan too” First Team. The PDS barf is much like the venom spit at Reagan… it’s not only a good sign, it’s Grand Confirmation.

T J Green on September 20, 2008 at 4:07 PM

BTW – there is a difference between a financial crisis and and economic crisis. While one can lead to the other, they are not the same thing. But, perhaps that is too nuanced for some to comprehend.

I believe Barney Frank said the very same thing on one of the talk shows: that although there is a financial crisis, the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

Queen0fCups on September 20, 2008 at 2:11 PM

Thank you, Ms. Cups. I was on my way to point that out, and see that you’ve done it nicely.

This afternoon, FNC played the opening of Barry-O’s speech. He calls it an ‘economic’ meltdown too.

As you point out, what we have is a meltdown of the credit system, or even a meltdown of the financial system, if you prefer. But while a financial meltdown can lead to an economic meltdown, they are distinctly different things.

But then, we should give him a pass on such highly nuanced distinctions — financial versus economic meltdown. After all, he was a ‘community organizer’.

petefrt on September 20, 2008 at 4:07 PM

Blow’s writing is distinctively sophomoric. Maybe his mentor is Maureen Dowd.

petefrt on September 20, 2008 at 4:17 PM

Aw, Charlie’s been doing a little too much ‘blow’, is all.
Y’all lighten up on him.