Palin’s Picking a Political Fight

It’s SCARY to think that this lady could have been our Vice-President. She’s not qualified to manage a Wal-Mart. palin is a JOKE…just like she was during the campaign.

Sarah, Michelle Bachman, John bayner, eric canter, etc. all comic book characters. Hope they all run in the future. slam dunk!

“She asks “how we will get out of the fiscal hole we’ll be in just two years from now when those temporary funds are gone?””
MAKE THE PROGRAMS TEMPORARY. It’s really not that hard if you have adults in charge.

If Sarah Palin looked like Janet Napolitano or Christine Romer, the liberals wouldn’t have tried nearly as hard to destroy her. We live in a world where style trumps substance (Obama’s election proves that). Sarah Palin’s look (youthful, attractive, slender, stylish) is at odds with the typical Republican white businessman image. The left-wingers want to perpetuate this Republican stereotype. They don’t like the idea of a young, hip, attractive woman with conservative values because it conflicts with the Republican image they want to see portrayed.

All Palin is doing is political grandstanding… plain and simple.
She and her minions have no clue on what they are doing…
Palin cannot do anything at all and she proves if constantly…. just let her open her mouth and moronic dribble comes out.
I hope the Republicans push her as a front runner, it will just show how stupid they are.
All Sarah Palin knows how to do is WHINE, WHINE, WHINE.
Thats president material… YOU BETCHA.

janet, Palin is no more of a threst to us “moderates” than Ann Coulter is. The only thing Sarah Palin is a threat to is the Republican party that lost so many memembers thanks to her stunning performance last year.

Anyone who turns down this WAIST of taxpayers money, I admire! This country is going to be sooo deep in debt our great grand kids will be paying for it!

Why does the right-wingers always drag President Obama into discussions about Failin Palin? They are not on the same level.. He is president, and she is a defeated VP candidate.

Speaking as Alaskan we support Gov. Palin in speaking out on this issue.
There is an attitude pervading certain sectors of this country that the stimulus and any federal money is “free money” (a term used by an Obama supporter); may I remind those peoples that this money is from the sweat (virtual and real) of people who work for a living and could put that money to better use elsewhere.
Palin is from the category of people our Founding Fathers expected to populate our government, not the career criminals and parasites occupying offices from President on down.

The liberals who attacked Sarah Palin are also the same liberals who attacked Hillary Clinton. They condemned her because her husband cheated on her, they said her “experience” in the White House amounted to ZERO, they took innocent remarks out of context in order to make her look like a racist, they even accused her of “pimping” her own daughter.
It’s interesting that the left, the supposed champion of women and minorities, tried so hard to destroy not one, but two, women attempting to shatter the glass ceiling.
It’s even more intersting that the liberals who once laughed at Hillary’s experience were the first to applaud her appointment as Secretary of State. Funny. When she was running against Obama for the nomination, she was a ###### ##### with no experience, but now she’s a fine citizen with the experience necessary to be Secretary of State.
Never underestimate the hypocrisy of the liberal Democrats, or the depths they will go to in order to destroy their political enemies.

I think some of you really need to seek professional help. Obama was not mentioned even once in this article so where do the Obama attack comments come from? That is so pathetic.

Texas was (still is?) undergoing the same conversation. The state laws would have to be changed to extend the unemployment benefits and the state would be stuck with it long term. It would be irresponsible to not consider the full implications. I do not see the media jumping all over Texas FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON. Wonder why?

Her problem is that she’s a bad liar. She lied when she said she was exonerated by the ethics probe, just flat out lied. Now she’s lying about a meeting with her fellow republicans. Just flat out lying again.
Whether it’s better to have politicans who are good at lying rather than one who is a stinky liar is a philosophical question that I cant answer.

Janet: Oh my my! There is nobody feeling threatend by Ms. Palin, millions of people simply see her for what she is. She wasn’t even “attacked” in the press, the statements attributed to her were her own, sans teleprompter! The media (all media) dug into her personal life and that was unfortunate, but the basis of our derision was the fact that she is a lightweight!!

If you wish to know what is really happening in Alaska, and how they feel about their Governor; She is loathed up there, witness the recent dire straights her constituents are in and her almost total lack of concern or action on their behalf.

Phil – Could not have said it better. As an employee of the Dpet of Labor helping people file those unemployment claims and find a new job, I completely agree with you. Our beloved Sonny boy also turned down parts of the stimulas package tho not the unemployment part. It gives these people a bit more breathing room and a little more time to locate work. Come election time tar and feathers will not be necesary here in Georgia.

Gov. Palin is right in accepting Stimulus money with strings attached and is right in not applying Stimulus money to programs that require multi-year funding. Plugging a hole now that will become another hole in 2 years is not prudent. Money that can be applied to one-time programs should be accepted but not for continuing/multi-year programs. She is no different from a number of Governors who don’t want to be caught in a fiscal trap in 2 years. That isn’t grandstanding – it’s holding to conservative principles. It appears from comments that many people can’t tolerate a smart, thinking, and conservative woman. I guess that they want women like Clinton and Pelosi who love to spend other people’s money and dictate our freedoms while making their millions and being highly privileged. I suspect that many critics can’t hold a candle to Gov. Palin and love to attack her to try to bring her down to their level. I would love to examine the qualifications of the person who said that Gov. Palin couldn’t run a Wal-mart but who probably voted for a person for President who has never run anything, much less been a mayor or governor.
If anyone wants to see what’s happening they should look up the story on how to catch wild pigs. It’s what Obama is doing to our nation with our own money.

Classy – me too. Scary woman.

Seems the majority of republicans in her own state dont have any tollerance for her narrow views and governace of the best interest and responsibilities ato the citizens and needs of her own state. Doesnt surprise me, she had a few seconds in the spotlights and now she thinks she is presidential material in 2012. That assures another 4 years for President Obama. She is good lookin but has a pea for a brain and an ego the size of Alaska. Even her own state party wants her out she is so vain.

I understand why Sarah wourl turn down the money. She already got paid for the Bridge to Nowhere and used that money as she wished. Perhaps Duh Palin figures she has already taken more than can be justified. I would take offense at the conservatives or the liberals either one trying to destroy Ms. Palin. They don’t have to, Just let her talk. She can do a better job destroying her political chances than anyone else.

It is disturbing to see how few people can actually understand what they read. There is nothing in this article that ‘attacks’ Sarah Palin. The people quoted as being upset with her are, for the most part, Republicans in her own state. She didn’t show for a very important meeting with the state legislators and then tried to shift some sort of blame to them.
Speaking as an Alaskan, I can see her lack of real leadership from my house.

This Lady have shown on several occassions that she’s not very bright. Definitely a chip off a block of the BUSH CLUB!

Alaska has the highest drop-out rate in the Nation…and Palin is rejecting money available for education….she is also rejecting the energy stimulus money because it requires uniform building codes…gee…that’s a real stringent thing to impose…
She needs some tar and feathers to go with her Sax Fifth Ave wardrobe…and told to go home.

Hi, I live in Texas, and I can see Alaska from my window; And it’s smokin, ya betcha

You go girl!!! Imagine , a state that lives and thrives on it’s own budget. Not at all like Washington and the Democratic party. With every free? handout, excuse me I mean stimulus, comes a ton of programs, waste and corruption and political manuvering which usually means the money didn’t get done what it was intended to do and the program runs over budget or ends and more political finger pointing begins, and of course Palin is the one who will get the blame….taking money from Washington is like living on credit. Stick to your guns girl, some battles are worth the fight.

How is Gov. Palin decision not to accept the federal stimulas money any different from other governor’s? There have been at least 2 others who have come out against taking this money. Also whoever says this is free money has not looked down the road to the future of our children who will be responsible for paying the interest and our grandchildren who will be paying for some of the principal. These personal attacks against Gov Palin are a reflection of the bias & bigotry common in this political climate. It seems that all any political party member cares about is advancing their own agenda, and to Hell with what is best for this country and the American citizens in it.

tdgeet…
YOu’re right…go girl…I can’t have educated Alaskan’s in my state…they wouldn’t vote for idiots like me…plus there might just be a huge drop in FFA graduates…(Future Felons of America)…and that could have drastic budget implications for my criminal justice and prison industry…
Why worry about going green in Alaska…we have so much oil and gas and we haven’t even gotten around to destroying our wilderness areas yet…that will take care of those pesky wolves and moose herds…going “green” in Alaska means we won’t have to burn fuel shooting them from helicopters…that will be our contribution to reducing global warming…and as for education…we’re already exceeding our quota for turning out illiterates…what more could we ask for??? We don’t need any stimulus money…unless there is some more dough in there for a bridge to nowhere…we need a few more of them…

oh and i forgot to mention…the most important reason to avoid education is that folks might suddenly understand that word PER-DIEM…you know…the dough you are supposed to get to cover expenses when you ARE AWAY FROM HOME…they might get confused and think I shouldn’t get paid for those days when I’m home…and I wanna get paid either way. I need the dough…my Sax 5th bill is huge and the GOP ain’t paying it anymore.

Trying to be smart, bu oh so run of the mill at the same time.
The RNC really needs to find a new script. this “tactic’ is about as transparent as the window glass it was drawn up on.
Even dim witted independents (Darryl the Contractors)can read between the caverns in this “logic”
This hasn’t received any traction in any other states it has been tried in other that to display the producers perspective that the voting public is REALLY stupid.
try again Sara, Bobbie and Co.

please,please,please!!!! give as much press as possible to Palin and Jinndal, also limbaugh, need lots on him…let’s discuss his being a junkie and morbidly obese at the same time. Yes siree bob,these are the idiots that’ll insure our once great nation to the rubbish heap.Palin will probably make Todd defense secretary and Jinndal well outsource the whole deal to Pakistan. In any case it’ll never happen, these folks are morons and don’t have a chance.

Nice. Lot’s of sniping from both sides ridiculing the other, and only a few reasonable voices to be heard.
My 89yr-old father and I each voted Democratic for the 3rd time in our lives last year (he voted for Truman, I voted for Clinton his 2nd term, & we both voted for Gore). Why? Because the Republican party we both admired and fought for is a pale imitation of what it once was.
Sarah Palin is not a role model for true conservatives; she parrots talking points she doesn’t understand, and her actions belie her words so often she even makes my 10yr-old daughter blush with embarrassment.
I am not a fan of the entitlement mindset I see on the left, but for the last decade true Conservatives have been ridiculed by our own party. So-called Conservatives like Coulter and Limbaugh creep me out; they are extremists just as clearly as leftist whackos like Rahm are.
How I dream of another Barry Goldwater now; a man with real principles who refused to pander to the freaks. Hell… I’d settle for the McClain of five years ago, before he tossed his principles aside.
At the rate the GOP is going, my father may never have a chance to vote Republican again.

It seems that Sarah Palin has taken a bum wrap, First of all with that nasty Katie Couric asking her all those lefty-commy questions like what papers or magazine she read. Then there was that shot gun wedding of her kid that ultimately went sour, that certainly was not fair for the press to cover, even though she dragged those kids onto every stage in sight. And isn’t it every moms right to pose a photo shoot with her kid by a dead moose? And then there’s that wardrobe, what republican wouldn’t want to take care of her closet? And incidently, there’s more money in building bridges to nowhere than there is in building bridges to somewhere, right?? We’ll get back to ya on that Katie

I find it interesting that people on this site who are presenting themselves as the more sophisticated, intelligent, and educated sect are the ones who are using the most base language to express their dislike for a single person whom none of them know on a personal level.
If you would bother to do a little research, you would find that about 13 governors have refused either part or all of the stimulus money.
What is odd, is that ABC would pick Sarah Palin to spotlight and present the situation as if she were the only governor making this choice.
Governor Palin’s ratings are still in the high 60s-in spite of the all of the dogs nipping at her heels. In fact, her ratings are as high if not higher than the man whose name many of you have called upon for salvation.

What where those ‘strings attached’ ?
How many millions/billions would of accepting the questionable money cost Alaska taxpayers over the coming years.
Back in the Carter administration towns where given buses in exchange for a commitment to maintain bus service indeffinatley. fewer then 2 percent of all taxpayers in some towns that accepted ‘bus money’ have ever used the service yet all taxpayers pay indeffinatley. Look at the specifics before opinionating.

Free hummers?
Who is getting free Hummers? Some of you sound like a bunch of victims who have the notion that the poor are poor because the rich are rich.
That’s a real poverty mentality outlook.
The difference between the rich and the poor is not money…it’s opportunity and timing. Yes, the rich have more opportunities, but who were they when they snapped up their first opportunity?
Barak Obama is rich. Who is poor becaue Barak Obama is rich? Are you?
Bill Clinton is rich. Did he make his money off of your back?
John Kerry is rich-married to the Heinz heiress. He snapped up an opportunity. Yes, and since the criticism by most mainstream media and many bloggers is that Republicans are the party of the rich and uncaring, don’t forget all of those…
Rich Democrats. Ted Kennedy,
Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Charles Rangel, Tim Geihtner, Mort Zuckerman,
Ted Turner, David Letterman, Julia Roberts, Barbara Streisand, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg, Calvin Klein,
Seal,Bruce Springsteen and the list goes on and on.
So-people get over it! You aren’t poor because some else is rich.

“Janet,
Everyone was free to make their own opinion about ms. palin. (Remember the Katie Couric interview. Remember “I can see Russia from my house.”) I repeat, palin is a JOKE. If the repub’s want to nominate he fine, but even they can’t be that Stupid…can they?”
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You guys sure get a lot of mileage out of that one. Lets see what about Biden …
” When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘look, here’s what happened.’”
yep, too bad you buffoons didn’t focus on gaffs on both sides of the aisle, but then when do lefties EVER look at both sides?

Mike_C:”Brilliant Observation! Now wher ein this administration are you going to find ANY adults!”
So after multiple attempts to destroy our country the scales have fallen off the conservotards’ eyes. NOW they’re sincerely interested in adult leadership. Too bad they’re about 8 yrs too late. It’s gotta just grate on them every time someone remindes them of their supreme stupidity.
Please oh please, GOD – Palin/Limbaugh in 2012!

I only wish that the current presidential administration had some principles on which it would stand, instead of bowing to its political base. Look at the decisions President Obama has made since he took office and tell me that they weren’t based on politics. How naive are you on the left?