Sarah Palin resigns as Governor

[BVS]

I just think all of her detractors are elevating her.

Does this really work in politics? At this high?

Any publicity is good publicity? Really?

Let's think about this...

 

[Bluer White]

 

[coolian2]

you guys are a joke. are pathetic wannabe school yard insults really the best you've got? is she really that indefensible?

 

[martha]

I didn't pay her 100,000 clams to talk her shit at my convention.

 

[PhilsFan]

It's a shame that we can talk about Sarah Palin at length with tons of eloquently stated examples of her ineptitude, isn't it? Wouldn't it be so much easier if all we had were silly pictures?

 

[deep]

I didn't pay her 100,000 clams to talk her shit at my convention.

no, but her detractors
seem to affect her value

 

[PhilsFan]

no, but her detractors
seem to affect her value

If your point is that Republicans enjoy how much of a rise she gets out of Democrats, then I agree that they do.

That won't win her independent votes.

 

[deep]

I am still in agreement that she will not get the GOP nomination
and that if she did, she most likely would not win the election



all I am saying, as the Atlantic article posted by Irvine said,
it is not impossible that she could get the GOP nomination,

I'd put it at a 20-25% chance, at the most generous

most people seem to think it is 0-3% or something.

 

[martha]

Can you imagine what she would be like running for president? My mind is boggling.

 

[PhilsFan]

I am still in agreement that she will not get the GOP nomination
and that if she did, she most likely would not win the election



all I am saying, as the Atlantic article posted by Irvine said,
it is not impossible that she could get the GOP nomination,

I'd put it at a 20-25% chance, at the most generous

most people seem to think it is 0-3% or something.

I think 0-3% is closer to the mark than 20-25%. She's no longer in politics. She's going to have to spend the next two years trying to stay in the headlines in a somewhat positive manner, after an election where her running mate tried to hide her from the press as much as possible.

 

[Irvine511]

Can you imagine what she would be like running for president? My mind is boggling.

it will be fascinating. how will the GOP boys attack her? every time she's challenged, she will say they are making fun of Trig, and her ranks will rally around her.

and people complain about locating racism in criticism of Obama.

with Palin, everything will come down to, either, 1) she's just a busy mom, 2) she has a special needs baby, 2) she's a woman.

will she be invulnerable? how will Romney deal with her?

 

[U2isthebest]

it will be fascinating. how will the GOP boys attack her? every time she's challenged, she will say they are making fun of Trig, and her ranks will rally around her.

and people complain about locating racism in criticism of Obama.

with Palin, everything will come down to, either, 1) she's just a busy mom, 2) she has a special needs baby, 2) she's a woman.

will she be invulnerable? how will Romney deal with her?

She'll whine and complain about everybody treating her unfairly because of the reasons you mentioned. Then she'll celebrate her "gosh darn" idiocy while anyone with half a brain stays as far away from her as possible. Oh, and don't worry about Mittens. He has an app for that. I just hope she doesn't make his motherboard malfunction.

 

[martha]

with Palin, everything will come down to, either, 1) she's just a busy mom, 2) she has a special needs baby, 2) she's a woman.

will she be invulnerable? how will Romney deal with her?

She's the perfect Mormon woman.

 

[coolian2]

don't tell ><

 

[VintagePunk]

She's the perfect Mormon woman.

Please don't make me imagine her in the underwear.

 

[Irvine511]

she's not Mormon, though. which is important.

she's a "real" Christian/American.

 

[BVS]

I think it's important that people are pointing out the obsession with celebrating ignorance... it makes me sad to see that you've turned into one of those people.

 

[martha]

she's a "real" Christian/American.

Isn't it "Christian-American"?

 

[Irvine511]

Isn't it "Christian-American"?

we might both being redundant.

all "real" Americans are Christians, right? when you say "American" implied in that is someone white Christian.

that's the ticket.

 

[U2isthebest]

Irvine, were you not aware that our great theocracy is a Christian nation? Convert or leave, my friend.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Think Progress ? Palin: Obama could win reelection if he ‘played the war card’ and declared ‘war on Iran.’

This morning on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace conducted a 25-minute interview with Sarah Palin, a paid contributor to Fox News. Palin told Wallace that she doesn’t think President Obama will win reelection in 2012 if he “continues on the path he has America on.” However, Palin indicated that his chances of winning would dramatically change if Obama simply declared war on Iran:

WALLACE: How hard do you think President Obama would be to defeat in 2012?

PALIN: It depends on a few things, say he played — I got this from Buchanan — say he played the war card. Say he decided to declare war on Iran or decide to really come out and do whatever he could to support Israel–which I would like him to do. That changes the dynamics of what we can assume will happen between now and three years. Because I think if the election were today, Obama would not be elected.

WALLACE: You’re not suggesting that Obama would cynically play the war card?

PALIN: I’m not suggesting that, I’m saying if he did, things would dramatically change if he decided to toughen up and do all that he can to secure our nation and secure our allies. I think people would shift their thinking a bit.

Palin appears to be fine-tuning her position on Iran. Late last year, Palin mistook Iraq for Iran when she suggested that the U.S. has to crack down on Iraq to prevent nuclear war in Iran. In 2008, Palin appeared to claim that the U.S. needs to “win” the non-existent war with Iran. During her interview with Wallace, Palin also confirmed that she would consider running for President in 2012 and that it would be “absurd” not to.

YouTube - Palin recommends launching war with Iran

 

[coolian2]

he's not that dumb, nor that desperate.

 

[anitram]

I have little doubt that she'd give serious consideration to declaring war on Iran and that she even thinks it to be a good idea. Such a flippant attitude toward war is immoral.

 

[BVS]

Holy fuck... there is SO much wrong with this woman

This is what the tea baggers want?

 

[PhilsFan]

"Our strategy for battling terrorism can’t be that you overthrow governments, and then make the United States military commit 150,000 troops to those lands until they can be stabilized enough so you can prevent 10 people from plotting terrorism in a basement." - Jon Stewart

 

[Bluer White]

I didn't pay her 100,000 clams to talk her shit at my convention.

100K?

Consider it a job "created or saved!"

 

[BVS]

Hell if the Tea Baggers want to pay me 100K, I could spout off a bunch of bullshit, it would be real easy.

I'll just write on my palm:

Say the opposite of
science
morals
logic
decency

And that should about cover it... the easiest 100K I ever made.

 

[deep]

100K?

Consider it a job "created or saved!"

a job

Hell, Obama created and/or saved thousands upon thousands of jobs

30% to 50% of the Fox network owes their livelihood to him

not to mention the whole small arms and munitions industry is up 40% since he was elected

 

[Strongbow]

"Our strategy for battling terrorism can’t be that you overthrow governments, and then make the United States military commit 150,000 troops to those lands until they can be stabilized enough so you can prevent 10 people from plotting terrorism in a basement." - Jon Stewart

So, are you along with John Stewart against President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan?

 

[coolian2]

So, are you along with John Stewart against President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan?

hey, nice. just like the economy, you're going to blame a war on obama. i wish i could be that ballsy in the face of, you know, reality.