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Distraction from what? I think Palin does a pretty good job herself of creating enough entertainment for us...
The more people they can use as a weapon against popular conservatives, the better.Distraction from what? I think Palin does a pretty good job herself of creating enough entertainment for us...
The more people they can use as a weapon against popular conservatives, the better.
BTW, read thehitpieces by Parker and Noonan.
That is, if the left welcomes late converts.
Some good lefty bile...Any links?
They're either working for Obama or they're perfect for the job.
I've found Ann Coulter and Bill Kristol's columns equally ridiculous.
They're either working for Obama or they're perfect for the job.
there is a lot of hypocrisy in liberals' claims that her executive experience is valueless while forgetting Clinton's gubernatorial experience was also earned in a small state.
there is a lot of hypocrisy in liberals' claims that her executive experience is valueless while forgetting Clinton's gubernatorial experience was also earned in a small state.
"The media did her in." Her lack of any appropriate modesty did her in. Actually, it's arguable that membership in the self-esteem generation harmed her. For 30 years the self-esteem movement told the young they're perfect in every way. It's yielding something new in history: an entire generation with no proper sense of inadequacy.
"Turning to others means the media won!" No, it means they lose. What the mainstream media wants is not to kill her but to keep her story going forever. She hurts, as they say, the Republican brand, with her mess and her rhetorical jabberwocky and her careless causing of division. Really, she is the most careless sower of discord since George W. Bush, who fractured the party and the movement that made him. Why wouldn't the media want to keep that going?
Here's why all this matters. The world is a dangerous place. It has never been more so, or more complicated, more straining of the reasoning powers of those with actual genius and true judgment. This is a time for conservative leaders who know how to think.
Here are a few examples of what we may face in the next 10 years: a profound and prolonged American crash, with the admission of bankruptcy and the spread of deep social unrest; one or more American cities getting hit with weapons of mass destruction from an unknown source; faint glimmers of actual secessionist movements as Americans for various reasons and in various areas decide the burdens and assumptions of the federal government are no longer attractive or legitimate.
The era we face, that is soon upon us, will require a great deal from our leaders. They had better be sturdy. They will have to be gifted. There will be many who cannot, and should not, make the cut. Now is the time to look for those who can. And so the Republican Party should get serious, as serious as the age, because that is what a grown-up, responsible party—a party that deserves to lead—would do.
It's not a time to be frivolous, or to feel the temptation of resentment, or the temptation of thinking next year will be more or less like last year, and the assumptions of our childhoods will more or less reign in our future. It won't be that way.
We are going to need the best.
You try way too hard to do this and fail every time... Their experience isn't even comparable, neither are the states.
Big difference between serving 5 terms as governor of a mainland state, and not even being able to get through one term in a fairly remote, isolated state.
This is a time for conservative leaders who know how to think.
If you prefer, let's discuss Obama's executive experience then, or maybe that isn't convenient for you guys.
If you prefer, let's discuss Obama's executive experience then, or maybe that isn't convenient for you guys.
Way to divert from your mistake
I made no mistake. I'm happy to discuss the matter of why liberals ignore the fact that, last year, Palin was the only POTUS/VP candidate with gubernatorial experience, if you prefer. If you want to have a debate on why liberals ignore this, I'm happy not to divert you from that debate.
I made no mistake. I'm happy to discuss the matter of why liberals ignore the fact that, last year, Palin was the only POTUS/VP candidate with gubernatorial experience, if you prefer. If you want to have a debate on why liberals ignore this, I'm happy not to divert you from that debate.
Meh. I don't find anything distinctly contemporary in what she's calling Palin's "immodesty," which I'd describe more as severe difficulty tolerating criticism (expressed as excessive defensiveness and indignation) amplified by self-aggrandizing tendencies--though the latter's fairly common in politicans, always has been. She doesn't really strike me as "immodest" in the sense of cocky or arrogant, nor as fundamentally afraid to take risks and accept accountability--which if I had to identify anything as quintessential "self-esteem generation" behavior, it'd be that. (I guess in practice, overdefensiveness does amount to an accountability problem...just not the type I'm thinking of, which has more to do with an overreliance on someone always holding your hand through everything.)"The media did her in." Her lack of any appropriate modesty did her in. Actually, it's arguable that membership in the self-esteem generation harmed her. For 30 years the self-esteem movement told the young they're perfect in every way.
Ann amuses me on occasion.This is the case 100% of the time though...
You're OBSESSED with Rush. Like, "I get a renob whenever he talks" obsessed.You sound bitter. Does it hurt more when the truth comes from your own side? What specifics did you have issue with?
I actually think this is a good thing. Maybe you need to hear it from your own side so that you can get a feel of why we don't like her. Some of you've been told by Rush and the like that we don't like her because we're scared she's a threat or that we're jealous, and you've bought it hook line and sinker. Well Kathleen didn't see her as a threat, nor was she jealous, she saw her for what she was bad for our country.
There are many types of conservatives: neoconservatives, paleoconservatives, conservative nationalists, isolationists, anarcho-capitalists, neolibertarians, paleolibertarians...Conservatism should be a broad church, I view it as positive that there is a lot more dissent among conservatives now than in the Bush years.
Ann amuses me on occasion.
I think she discredits herself by saying a lot of idiotic things, but she's still entertaining.
Well, I use "Rush" to kind of encompass all of extreme right wing media. I never really paid much attention to Rush until recently when I met those that actually took him to be a viable news source. I grew up in Texas surrounded by hard core conservatives, but very few Rush listeners. But recently in here and other walks of life I have found those who actually take him seriously, so I started to listen to him. His followers scare me, but they are a minority in conservatives.You're OBSESSED with Rush. Like, "I get a renob whenever he talks" obsessed.
I was always willing to admit that Obama had a fairly thin resume, but it didn't bother me, experience isn't everything, so it wasn't her lack of experience that bothered me.Palin.
She is a threat to the left because she is popular among conservatives. I see the same parallels with her that I saw with Obama. The Obots cheered when Obama sneezed. The P-bots think everything she does is genius. Both of them came out of the woodwork with index card resumes. Both were propped up by powerful people. Both of them have charisma, but a short list of accomplishments.
Again, I'm a social observer. (Although I take it as a compliment when you said that every right-wing blog ought to be using my talking points)
The facts.
Alaska has a population of about 700,000 people.
Their annual budget is about $11 billion.
Under Palin, revenues were about $10 billion a year.
The frivilous lawsuits were costing the state $1.9 million a year.
Palin's personal legal fees cost her about $500,000 of her own money.
Wow.I think Palin's lawsuit are for the most part her own doing, part naivety, part non-transparency, and part ignorance. I have a hard time believing 100% innocence if they've gone this far and cost her this much...
I think you're mischaracterizing a lot of people with this statement.Well, I use "Rush" to kind of encompass all of extreme right wing media.
Wow.
You really do believe that nobody is out to shoot her down.