Palin Assails Media Classism

It’s mind-boggling Palin’s skewed interpretation of questions. Katie Couric’s question inquired as to what kinds of materials did she read to stay informed about world events. Katie didn’t ask her as an Alaskan resident what she read as though it was an insult. If a basic question like this irked Palin, then what would she think of really difficult questions/issues if she were to be asked them if she ever becam VP of the US? (God Forbid) How pathetic she blames everyone for her flubs except herself. She said she knew the first interview with Couric didn’t go well but the campaign still wanted her to do the next one since it was already scheduled. She couldn’t understand this. The interview didn’t go badly because Katie asked the ‘wrong’ questions, it went badly because Palin was so inexperienced and uninformed and was completely out of here element. That interview showed just how ‘not ready’ she was for this national role. But she still blamed everyone else. Very, very pathetic.

I’m embarrassed for her. She’s so pathetic.

I think people should ‘watch’ the video and pay attention before commenting. Otherwise you just look like a sexist a-hole in need of a better education.

A question to all of you posters: what do you think about Caroline Kennedy and her bid for the NY Senate Seat?

It’s worth pointing out that she was asked these questions in an interview. The press coverage I heard on the radio and on this page makes it look more like she just put out a press release to complain.

Im no supporter of Palin but it is clear to any fair minded person that the media has been all over themselves to put Caroline in the best possible light. Her interviews have been horrible too, despite not being asked tough questions like Palin was.
She is clearly in over her head like Palin was, but no Tina Fey lambasting her. No vile commentary on her kids…….nothing…….

Seems to me that Ms. Palin has a tremendous chip on her shoulder. If she doesn’t like the scrutiny, stay out of the public eye! After all she has whined and griped about her treatment this time, how does she think she will fair in future campaigns? She’s just setting herself up for more controversy and scrutiny.

Classism Schmashism. Sarah Palin has no one to blame but herself. She tried to BS her way thru Charlie’s Bush doctrine question when all she had to dp was saysomething like” Charlie I do not know about the Bush doctrine but let me tell you what John McCain will do.” Nope she had to try to BS her way thru it. SHe could not even handle Katie Couric’s inspid and stupid questions. Yeah they were stupid but her dismissing them just made her look stupid not Katie or the questions. Quit whinning Sarah and take care of your grandson.

When with the bozo realize that it was her ineptitudes and not the media that ruined her campaign.
Palin did not even get half of what was dished to Hillary Clinton.
Palin, just stop being a cry baby and retire to Alaska, shoot moose and take care of your grand children, OK.

Way to go Sarah. I don’t think you should run for Prez, but I’m thrilled to hear someone finally call the media out on their shameful bias. The media can dish it out. Let’s see if they can take it. Good for you.

This woman is such a whiner. Get real Sarah. She blames everyone else for her shortcomings and thinks she’s owed something by the media and anyone else. The fact is, she’s the one that cost her the vice presidency with her negativity on the campaign trail. I would vote for another bush before i would vote for her. She’s a joke.

I think it’s a great point, let’s see how the media deals with Caroline Kennedy. The world does not know everything about her, as you know, she has stayed out of the limelight as much as she could. Just becuase she’s a Kennedy, means nothing.

PLEASE JUST GO AWAY

I agree that there is a lot of classism, but Sarah Palin needs to realize that she is not the answer. She is a big, wanting, question mark. (We know the answer, though…)

This is why I like her. She zeros in on the target and gets to the tumor. She doesn’t hem or haw about bandaids or diagnosis. America, we are a class system. We have been told if you work hard you can get ahead. We tell a ghetto child he can grow up to be a billion dollar basketball player. It doesn’t happen. We are born into a class and we live and die in that class. It is no different than India’s ancient caste system. I was born into the poverty class system. I was tormented by the middle class all through school. I was singled out to be the whipping girl by my middle class teachers. I will die in poverty. Tell it like it is, Sarah. You know, um, ah, like you know Caroline Kennedy will be treated with kid gloves and America worships the royal blood line and elitists. Caroline can not put a sentence together and no she did not write those books, she put her name on those books. Sarah is middle class but has fought and won against government corruption. She is an example of how to make America right again. But no one will let her succeed because she comes from a working middle class family. Caroline is handed everything because she is the bloodline. Obama came from a working middle class, he cannot put a sentence together without a prompter. He sold his soul to the elitist and now they think they can control him. I am certain if you look in Obama’s white blood line you might find a royal blood line. Just using big words from a teleprompter isn’t going to impress me. Action is what I want to see.

You’re mistaken about Obama’s past: He was NOT middle class. His grandparents were wealthy. His mother attended high school in the fanciest Seattle suburb: Mercer Island. Obama attended private schools exclusively, from kindergarten through college. Obama’s grandmother was a Vice President at a bank. That is “upper class” in my book.

The issue here is LACK of class. Even though I’m not a republican, I really admire the way John Mccain has handled himself and the media after the election. I can’t for the life of me understand why he paired up with that winking hick.

Palin: go away. The election is over but you, and Joe the Deadbeat Plumber keep hanging around. It’s over. Give it up. Go back to work. Take a hike. We got bigger and better things to worry about right now.

Why can’t the media totally ignore this pathetic person? Why keep giving her the attention she craves and that we don’t want to hear or see any more of? I blame the media for continuing to let her blab to the public, not for asking fair questions about the Bush doctrine, what her preferred reading materials are, etc. The campaign is over. I don’t want to know about her children’s problems, they are personal and let them stay that way. She was a big mistake to the McCain campaign. Let the mistake rest in peace.

It’s not a class thing…it’s an intelligence thing. She actually said this, and I’m paraphrasing “If you want something bad enough and you have faith, you’ll get it”. I don’t know anyone that’s wanted to win the lottery more than me… I guess I just don’t have enough faith. What a moron…

I wasn’t happy with either candidates this year, but I paid close attention to the way the candidates and their VPs were treated. Anyone with any sense would have seen the obvious media bias against McCain and Palin and the free passes given to Obama and Biden.
And Mrs. Palin is dead on when she said that the media respected Obama’s warning to leave his family out of it. What the media did to Palin’s family was absolutely disgusting and shameful. What a sick bunch of vultures the media are to attack her family like that- and the people who lapped it up are just as bad. Common decency should be applied to ALL candidates, not just the ones the media is pushing to win. It really saddens me to read these comments like “she’s stupid” “go take care of your grandchildren” on here.
This country still has a long way to go, obviously.

The extreme response from the liberal nuts to Sarah Palin shows that they understand she will be a formidable candidate and will liekly unseat their messiah in the 2012 elections if they cannot destroy her. So far they ahve failed completely. Sarah Palin continues to maintain a 49% approval rating nationally, even after all of the atatcks. Clearly, the American people see a different person than the liberal haters.
The derangement that is demonstrated by the left toward Sarah Palin and her middle American values will be a great campaign issue. Obama can be tarred by the hate that is eminating from the left, as he should be.

despite Mrs Palin havng a few valid points about the media, it still does not hide the fact that she has no shame, morals, or self awareness…as far a she is concerned she did nothing wrong during the campaign – just as she insisted in troopergate despite being found guitly of ethics violaton (by a Republican committee no less)…how vain and deluded is that?

she hurt herself with her kooky kwirky backwards idea,s and ideals, and the fact her party is responsible for now two massive depressions. and for a war that was a huge mistake…thats what hurt her

Me: I’m pretty sure every vote counts. I will not eat crow, I never even said who I voted for. I hope for the best for our new president. Eating crow, is not an option, wishing the best for our new President and our country is the option. This is not an NFL playoff shove it in your face game, sorry that you see it that way.

John McCain made a mistake picking Sarah Palin as the Vice President candidate because she is simply not qualified for this high level position.
If she were really sharp, she would have been able to handle her interview with Katie with ease. It was a simple question – “What do you read?” By not providing a direct response it seemed she didn’t read much of anything. At this time, I think she should concentrate on her family. I don’t think anyone really wants to hear about her now. Caroline Kennedy has written books so I am sure she could tell us about several publications she enjoys and reads on a regular basis. She’s a very polished young lady who had an acceptional mother and father.

The whining tour continues…Sarah Palin has to let it go. Even the Sooners last night had more class than this woman.

Thus she proves
1. she is low class.
2. she doesn’t read, or she would see how Caroline has been dragged around in the media.
You lost, go away, your party and its policies are a disaster.

Media has done nothing against Palin but discussions on her reality i.e. low IQ and very clear lack of knowledge and understanding of the world. She has to keep looking at Putin and Medvedev from her the window of her bedroom and take care of the tundra.

She blames the interviews cost her the election – she’s right.
When you can’t answer a question, as simple as what you read, what does she expect. Charlie Gibson asked about foreign policy – she talks about energy. He asked her a yes or no question and she rattled on for 10 minutes and never answered the question, sad.
It wasn’t the press or interviewers who so called lost the election – it was her inability to answer questions regarding issues.
As for her family, why weren’t these children in school? At one time she said they were being tutored – then in Alaska, they were catching up on their schoolwork. Which is correct?? It seems that her daughter was taking care of the baby, more than her mother. I only saw her hold the baby a couple of times for a few seconds. To me the most important thing would be the baby and her pregnant daughter. Maybe I am wrong in my thinking, but that’s the way I feel.
She had better take a look at the things that caused her LOSING, her inability to answer questions, her knowledge of policies and the issues of the US.

OOO-WE!!!! BABYDOLL NEWS!!!!!!
I just love her! I REALLY REALLY do! No other politician can make me smile so much!!!! It is just amazing that HoneyCakes just don’t get this! I mean can we all say narcissim together?
A couple of things don’t make sense here;
-A couple of weeks ago she said that she should have spoken more with the press but was restricted by the McCain campaign. Now, she says they should not have spoken more with Couric? (that actually WOULD have been the smart thing to do–and she couldnt say “NO”?)
-She complains that the media got it wrong about her kids dropping out. Well…they left High School, no? Therefore they dropped out of High School and are studying for their GED’s. Sounds as if the media got that one right to me.
-I find it hard to believe that she NEVER viewed the Couric interviews. If true, that is VERY telling in and of itself.
-She was exploited? (LOL!!!!!) and she doesn’t think she had a hand in that? What about now and these interviews? I’m telling you! …our Lamb is a money making machine right now!!!! I just hope she gets her fair share!
Seriously though (I know, its hard) BabyCakes may be onto something with the Caroline Kennedy issue. I have not seen the CK interviews but I understand that they are awful. However, CK was indeed raked over the coals because of her performance. It’s my understanding that they have now brought in top-notch consultants to help her. Not enough!!! If CK cannot convey her desire (or the fire-in-the belly)of why she wants the position… then she should not be “awarded” such an honor. There are many people in NY who have the desire and yearn to work and make changes for the betterment of NY.

James: You’re complimenting Palin’s leadership for Alaska’s surplus? That would be the state that, when she took office, had $40 billion dollars of oil cash in their Permanent Fund and a Constitutional Budget Reserve since 1980. Yet you credit Palin for both of these windfalls that were put in place while she was a teenager.
It is not classism that ‘the media’ (and a historic majority of voters) have against Palin and her supporters, it is a rejection of bumpersticker reasoning such as yours that is entirely unconnected from documented reality.

Mike ‘And Mrs. Palin is dead on when she said that the media respected Obama’s warning to leave his family out of it.” Calling Michelle every name in the book. The characture on the front of the conservative magine depicting her as Angela Daivs no less. Questing the man religious beliefs and even his place of birth. (Are any of you idiots out there still trying to prove he was not born in the USA) YEs he may have had a middle class life style but do not think for a minute that he was not a victim of classism especially if he attended private schools in Hawaii. I thought he attended public ones in Indonesia because his mom could not afford to send him to a private English speaking school. That is why she had him up at 5:00 am studying English or so I have heard. I attended priavte Schools and I never experienced such classism and inequality in my life. I had two parents and lived in a nice neighborhood. So imagine what these kids said and did to Obama being biracial and not living with his mom but his grandparents. Geeze.

SearamblerOne, your words say one thing but your actions say another. The reason liberals attack Governor Palin is because they see her as a strong candidate. If they really thoght she was unqualified or unelectable they would be pushing for her so their party could maintain power.
In four years Obama will be as hated as George Bush. The Republican will be able to nominate anyone and have a great chance of winning back the White House – Fortuantely for America, they will nominate a tough, successful, intelligent, and capable leader; Governor Palin.
If you liberals fear President Palin so much then you should be working to make Obama successful. It is only that success that will keep Governor Palin out of the White House. Since you are here attacking Sarah Palin you have shown that you believe Obama will be a failure as I do. But carry on, we in the loyal opposition will be here to expose Obama’s failures and to talk about a politician who actually has a record of success.

Get over it, Sarah. Tina Fey quoted you almost word for word and the Couric interviews showed you struggling, in real time, in context, to answer a really simple question about where you get your news. Cry media bias all you want, but it’s your own fault for coming across so ignorant!

Weather or not Gov. Palin was right to be V.P. is debatable, But as far as the press treating Caroline Kennedy with kid gloves she is dead on, you already see the press can’t wait for her coronation.

Nikki: “The reason liberals attack Governor Palin is because they see her as a strong candidate. If they really thoght she was unqualified or unelectable they would be pushing for her so their party could maintain power.”
Wow, that is extraordinarily telling. You appear unable to even comprehend that a person would want TWO strong candidates in 2012 because they want the best for the country. This isn’t a football match – once the election is over it’s a single nation that wins or loses alone.

QUIT TALKING TO THIS WOMAN!!!!!
NOW!!!

Evidently Palin’s dimished capacity for information analysis, and the ever enthusiastic effort of finding an instant answer in place of any thought, make her popular in certain sections of population. I hope she never gets over it. Let her crank out the same staff. They will call her birthday a holiday in the South.

Media bias is just one more hurdle for Governor Palin to overcome. Her record in Alaska shows that once she takes on a fight she will never, ever quit. Just look at her in this interview. She is happy, she is confident, and she is starting to engage in the good fight to take on media bias.
Name one candidate of either party that has been attacked as relentelssly as Sarah Palin. Yet, she is unbowed, she is enthsiastic, and she is HAPPY. She is an inspiration for how to deal with challenges. Any other politician subjected to the hate that this woman has endured would have capitualted long ago. Governor Palin never will; she is a Margaret Thatcher in temperment and willingness to fight.

She’s right, she has no class.

Maybe Katie could ask Caroline Kennedy,
you know, you know, you know, what books
are you reading

Ted, I agree. Sarah Palin has endured so much hate and yet she is gracious, warm, and still maintains her happiness. She is an inspiration to me. I doubt I could put up with that and still be that unaffected.

Ted wrote: “Name one candidate of either party that has been attacked as relentelssly as Sarah Palin…..Any other politician subjected to the hate that this woman has endured would have capitualted long ago.”
How about Obama, by the GOP? By the Rush Robots and the Hannity clan?

Ted: “she is a Margaret Thatcher in temperment and willingness to fight.”
Personally, I want Margaret Thatcher in COMPETENCE and ABILITY TO GOVERN. That’s what politicians should be elected for, not temperament. Governor Palins actual record does not show those abilities, her supporters give no examples (being upbeat and selling the state jet do not cut it), and she has not even shown the ability to handle Katie “Cutthroat” Couric – who wants her protecting our nation’s interests while sitting across the table from Putin?

sam – huh when did Obama ever say he read Karl MArx? Even if he had read Mein Kumph (spelling?) at least he is knowledgable of the many ideas out there. However crazy , evil and wrong they may be.

There is a reason the media attacks Sarah Palin, a reason she is so irresistable to these sharks….she is truely an idiot. She is correct, for once, there is a class media bias. I expect the president and the vice president of the United States to have a lot of class and to be high class. I want this person to be elite and not an average joe. I want the best!!

Why do stupid people never take responsiblity for their own actions? “It is always someone else’s fault”.

Jenny Rome Ga: “sam – huh when did Obama ever say he read Karl MArx? ”
I’m sure he did read it. Any competent college education include reading Marx right along with Hobbs, Toqueville, The Federalist Papers and Adam Smith. I’m an engineer and still had to slog through a reading list including that at my public university. Blinding ignorance of your opposition is not something to be proud of and has been recognized as a strategic weakness since the days of Sun Tzu. The Republican party used to know this before their Gump-like religious wing took over.

K – you honestly think she is an “idiot”? Realistically she is not, although she is not the elitist that you hope to have…. question: How have the past elitists helped our country? I guess we should keep on hiring “Elitists” and get more of the same…

“Kent: The last time I saw the left this energized in their opposition to a political candidate was with Ronald Reagan.”
Ronald Reagan took his chance to talk directly to the people in the first debate and pretty much won overnight. Palin had the same platform and… well, she proved that she is certainly no heir to Reagan.

There is no one to blame but herself. My advice is – keep working harder as she once preached. Then she can transform herself out of current public image. Gov has her unique charm to large audience. She can deliver much effective speech better than Hillary can. That is one good asset of a leader seeking public office.

Gov Palin has got valid issue,while she had to “working her butts off” to survive in the VP race,Carolene Kennedy is being treated with ‘kid gloves’ by the media.

I think she was over managed by the McCain campaign. I didn’t support her ticket in this election because of George Bush but I will listen to her if she runs again in 2012. I have many doubt about whether PEBO will really chage Washington but he too deserves a chance. If he fails then we will look for another approach. Maybe that will be Governor Palin or another Republican – Maybe that will be a different Democrat. Either way, I will not attack anyone who is willing to step up and take on this responsibility. I think many of the posters on this board are just plain idiots. They attack the other side simply to attack. They are part of the problem we have today.

Tina Fey is my idol for coming up with “Caribou Barbie”

OMG, OMG, OMG!! I am SO tired of this. Sarah Palin is pathetic. She is all about blaming EVERYONE for EVERYTHING! Take a long look at yourself, honey.

i think all school kids should read mien kamph and karl marx. because it shows why we can not let either of those things in thsi nation for the last 8 years we had a president taht must have been reading only mien kampf because he walked all over everybody but teh rich elite. and obama is far from a communist and the democrat party is also far from communist.

You go, girl! Sarah, we liberals LOVE you! May you stay on the scene for many, many years! May you be the future of the GOP! May you keep popping up your pretty little face and spouting your wisdom! Nobody, and I mean NOBODY embodies the conservative movement like you, doll-babe!

At least Palin provides some comic relief and plenty of material for late night TV along with SNL. She claims she’s a victim of the media yet keeps putting herself out there, providing more fodder.

The more Sarah speaks the deeper she digs the hole for herself. Stop belly aching and focus on Alaska. Let everyone rest from you and your family for a year. We all have Palin fatigue. I’m so glad she is not vice- president.

Freein, Well, the Canadian radio show faking her out comes to mind if you’d really like to go over her many moments of blowing it . . . .

jhw539 : Excellent answers, now how about the folks that have been Presidents most recently? Bush (both) Clinton, Carter… as it pertains to this blog. If I wanted to talk about the Great Inventors, I wouldn’t be on this site.

like so many (and not just women) she doesn’t know when to shut up—and she can’t see that its about her –not the media…

Sarah Palin? Who is sarah Palin? I don’t understand why she is putting down the very people who made her what she is. Is she really that stupid a person? If you don’t like what they’re saying about you, keep your stupid mouth shut. She have no one to blame but herself.

I remember when Palin made the comment that Hillary was a whiner. I thought at that time that this gal had no clue what she had gotten herself into. Now that she has had a very little taste of the spotlight…she goes into WHINING OVERLOAD. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her now? NOT!

I would say her lack of knowledge on the key issues did her in. She didn’t know the Bush Doctrine of Preemptive War. That is what did it for me.

Why do you people hate Palin so much? And I do mean hate. I just can’t see it. She’s a public figure, so if you don’t care for her, fine. But these nasty, spiteful comments are way out of line.
What is it about her that you hate with such passion? That she ran for VP? This amount of hate wasn’t directed at Kwame Kilpatrick, Elliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Blago, etc… and those people are the most deserving of critisism. What’s the difference? Oh, right- she’s a woman. She’s attractive. She can’t possibly be taken seriously. You people forget she is a governor and makes exectuive decisions every day.

Time after time the media (including the late night pundits) twisted things Palin said. They were really said by Tina Fay who portrayed Palin as a “dumb brunette” on SNL. That got so much coverage that the “average Joe” who watches TV formed their opinion of her by how they played her. The media and news organizations know that they can tell Americans who they think they should vote for and who the eventual winner ahead of time should be by the way they portray them. People want to be on the winning team. That is just human nature. If you want to win the next election, you need to figure out how to pander to the media. Nobody attacked Obama like they did Palin.
Wake up America and think for yourself and leave the following to the sheep.

Dan – well stated…..

In case no one was paying attention- there are SEVERAL Bush doctrines. The interviewer didn’t even know that. He was misinformed, thinking there was one specific one, so when she asked “which one” it was actually Charlie that was the one who got it wrong. No one seems to care about that, though!

“media classism” or Palin “classlessness”

Dan, I don’t think people hate Palin, i think they find her distasteful because her whole political persona is based on some ill-founded ntoion that she is has a divinely-inspired, if not -ordained, mission. She can never be wrong, and she never takes responsibility. She operates with a double-standard, and of course her position is always right. It’s hypocracy at its most repugnant.

Jay- I’m not clear on who you describing here, Palin or the Messiah Obama, think you got things a bit mixed up.

Jenny Rome GA: Do you know what any of her stances are on the issues? It seems that you obliterate her just from what you read on the media sites. Interviews and punks?? Really, is that how you vote for putting people in office?

Sarah Palin is right on the money. Katie Couric relished trying to show up Sarah just by the questions in her interview. Asking her what newspapers she reads was never before asked on any other candidate. Who cares which newspapers they read. If they don’t read the far liberal NY Times, is that a disgrace somehow? Katie’s expressions showed off her dislike for Sarah Palin. Clearly they do not have the same value system. Katie Couric has lost all of my respect for her.
Charles Gibson was not mush better.

PALIN 2012. It has to be awful to be a dumbocrat right now after all the promises Obama made and now is backing out of almost all of them. He does want to make the government bigger though. Well you all have fun the next 4 years because it is going to take centuries to get out of the mess he is going to put us in. Just like the other Democrat Jimmy Carter did to us. Of course the Repulicans will have to bail out the country again but this time it will take longer then it did when Jimmy Carter was in office. Oh and by the way to someone who said that Kennedy was just running for Jr. Senator I think that is pretty much all Obama has been and we the people elected him. I hope and pray that I am wrong and I will support Obama because he is going to be our next Pres. but time will tell.

This woman doesn’t have a shred of humility. She’s all me, me, me.
This isn’t the time to whine about how you were treated by the media. Take some responsibility for the asinine remarks you made — and they were asinine, just put on your big girl panties and admit it. And then got on with the business of governing Alaska, for as long as they’ll tolerate you. It’s not all about you, Sarah Palin.

Caroline Kennedy is well educated. Sarah Palin is well trained.

Dan: ” You people forget she is a governor and makes exectuive decisions every day. ”
I asked many, many times (as did the few interviewers who spoke to Governor Palin) for concrete examples of these executive decisions. I never received a response that convinced me she had the competence to lead the country. Could you give two concrete, documented examples of good executive decisions she made (selling a jet on Ebay doesn’t count – I could have done that and I want my VP to be a much better leader than I am!)?
Posted by: jhw539 | Jan 9, 2009 11:15:35 AM
Hey jhw539– And I ask of you to please provide me with two concrete examples of good executive decisions that Barack Obama has made, and how that qualifies him to lead this nation…..I will wait here for your detailed response if you have one, or are you just all smoke and mirrors??

Yes, yes…blame the media for your own foibles. Sarah you are one big joke. Do the work and get some smarts, then try again. You betcha.

I wish political candidates would stop blaming everyone else for their shortcomings. If they spent as much energy fixing the crap that is going on, things would run smoother.
I would never vote for someone who cannot take responsibility for their lack of understanding. Just once I would like to hear one of them say, “I don’t know, I will find out, though!!”

jhw539…..I am still waiting for my answer?????

I’m not worried about ever having SP in national office. She’s inelectable. People can’t stand her. People don’t respect her. Sure, she has her supporters, but there aren’t enough of them to make a difference. She just can’t play in the big leagues.

Why do the media keep extending her 15 minutes of fame? Shut the Hillbilly up and get on with “important” news.

jhw -”(goaded by elitist Newt Gingrich, who taught at the University of West Virgina,)” I know for a fact he tought at the University of West Goergia. I HAd a class under him. I did not know about the Univ of West VA.

jhw539: “Bill Clinton’s economic boom?” Clearly you do not know too much about the economy and the markets to simply give Clinton that reward. Have you studied the history of the markets at all? Do you know anything about Market Cycles?
And of course we were talking about presidents, that’s what this whole blog is about.

Dan: What kind of “exectuive decisions” does Palin make?

I don’t hate Sarah Palin. She just reminds me time and time again why I am not a republican and won’t be for the foreseeable future until they change and not pick folks like Sarah Palin to lead them. She is so clueless.

Why even report on the drivel? She is so done!!!

ESEAU: “Hey jhw539– And I ask of you to please provide me with two concrete examples of good executive decisions that Barack Obama has made, and how that qualifies him to lead this nation”
Obama did NOT run on his executive experience. Palin and her supporters, repeatedly, have cited hers. I am STILL waiting for two examples.
Obama ran on his LEADERSHIP and vision experience. For concrete examples of that, I was impressed by his work in writing and getting passed into law, over an initial veto promise and bipartisan opposition, the law requiring mandatory videotaping of interrogations and confessions – now liked by civil rights proponents and prosecutors alike. That was good leadership at a time he was out of the spotlight.
His early and spot-on opposition to the Iraq war was impressive.
His leadership of his campaign against Senator Clinton showed incredible political acumen.
I admire his educational history, working his way up into Harvard on the basis of merit and paying his way through on college loans like so many of my generation.
These are the things Obama ran on – and they are easily judged based on the concrete examples (and others) I gave again.
And once again, NO ONE CAN GIVE EVEN TWO CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF PALIN’S MUCH-BRAGGED-ABOUT “EXECUTIVE DECISIONS.”

She should have never been on the big stage and couldn’t handle it when she was. Case closed, move along. The Republican powers that be need to get her back to Alaska and off the national scene as quickly as possible. She has no chance to be anything but a footnote in history. All of this nonsense about her in the 2012 presidential race is beyond laughable.

The Camelot thing was pretty disgusting if you could see it from here. I think Sarah Palin is correct about tacky media coverage. I viewed plenty of it when she was up for the Vice-Presidency of our country. From bad Alaskan politicians to how much her clothing cost (we give more to clothing $ to rock stars) I felt that the sloppy media cost her the election.

I hope Palin never shuts up. She is a perfect representative and example of the Lunatic Far Right Frange. She also is a perfect example of how it is possible to be a Good Christian but a deplorable person. She is the best weapon the Left has against the Right. Palin was very, very helpful in getting Obama elected. Good Job, Sarah!

ESEAU: So are you going to give me some concrete examples of Palin’s executive decisions that you and her are always talking about?
What’s that favorite saying, “All hat and no cattle” or something?

Janet – Evidently a record number did agree with me. That is the night I logged over to Obama and donated a wad against her. It was his biggest night on record. I will never understand how Palin speaking would make anybody chill, beyond anger maybe. Her speech impacted me alright. In a negative way. Her “smug” took things entirely too far. As far as Caroline goes? Get real. Those two jobs don’t compare. I can’t imagine what she’s going for trying to put herself and Caroline on the same level here to begin with. Frankly I could care less if she’s in congress. I just don’t want her as VP.

Question to Palin defenders and those who have turned “elite” into a bad word: Is there anyone out there who would hire a less-qualified person over a more-qualified person to run a company they had just bought? Of course not–that’s lunacy. And yet people are comfortable putting the fate of our country in the hands of a woman who is CLEARLY not up to the job?

OMG- are you kidding me?? “Classism”? Caroline Kennedy is not running for Vice President of the United States. Its not even close to the same comparison. How about, unqualified to run for VP? How about, how are you a “Hockey Mom” with 3 daughters, that do not play hockey? How about taking advantage of the media? And seriously, she goes from LL Bean to crocs, to Valentino and Manolos? And she expects us to beleive that she was a victim of Classism? What a hypocrite!!

Is Mrs. Palin auditioning for a reality show? Well she got it, just please put it on E! channel because I don’t watch that channel, otherwise she would continue to shout out in the airway for anyone who wants to listen to her or not.

Michael M, I can relate to what you’re saying. I’m still waiting for Barack Obama to say something informative on exactly those same subjects.

Palins faults, to mainstreeam America, was that she was not a lawyer and she and Mccain never really got on the same page (her play book was better). For some reason we have grown to think that to be a good leader you must be this highly educated, slick talking, know- it -all but we forget that being educated isn’t that great if one lacks common sense. With all the waste and blunders our Governments make and continue to make, this “crisis” that only Government can solve has thouroughly convinced me that we have elected some of the biggest dimwits that have ever walked the earth.
My thoughts to anyone here are that we as Americans are hard working, honest good managers of our resources, live our lives with dignity and respect for each other and should trust each other to solve problems and more importantly be absolutely on guard from problems, real or imagined, created by Governemt that only they can “solve”.

Please – no more unqualified woman running for office.
We didn’t want Palin – and we don’t want Caroline Kennedy.
What Palin is not saying is how Caroline is trying to exact revenge on Andrew Cuomo for his taking his wife’s shameless extramarital affair. Cuomo’s wife is Caroline’s cousin Kerry Kennedy Cuomo. Now Caroline has dropped her “Schlossberg” and decided to be a senator. Forget it!

I can’t believe this big crybaby compiled a whine list then issued it as a press release. It’s posted right on the governor’s office section of the official State of Alaska web site. Does she really think this is a good career move?

Yea its everybodie elses fault but my own for sounding stupid in interviews.
Palin—Oh and someone tell me what a Hamas is? Not sure what to look for from my back yard.

ESEAU – I’m sorry but did you compare the two of them speaking? There is a huge difference. Not to mention his education vs. hers? Or are you one of those republicans wanting to demonize education now? The only reason she’s got such a high approval rating was money flowing freely, and when you have no tough decisions to make you should run about a 99% approval rating. She is not remotely in the same league.

Kennedy has more class then Palin! Also Palin called the media piranhas!
If Kennedy wins this non campaign campaign she has the respect of the Senators in DC and this will work in Schumer and Patterson favor when bills that NY needs are presented in DC. Palin has no respect!!!

“It says a lot about our society”, Palin says.
It says much more about your inability to accept fault for your own missteps.

“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says CBS News anchor Katie Couric and comic actress Tina Fey have been “exploiting” her.” she certainly gave them the ammunition although she brought this on herself. Is she ever going to just fade away or isn’t there a photo op or interview she won’t use to stay in the spotlight? She should work on improving her abysmal record on the Environment, Native Rights and Tribal Sovereignty, and Domestic Violence since she has served as governor of Alaska.

God, please let the Republiecans nominate Palin in 2012. Talk about a slam dunk for Obama, running against that whack-job.

LOL Sarah did’t get voted in ,because she is an idiot! America needs hope at this time,not some hockey mom that slanders others.Blame ourself for your loss!

SMegmer: OH PLEASE with the Sarah Palin is qualified crap and Obama is inexperienced. Sarah Palin wanted a free ride just as she’s accustomed to and when she found out she actually had to have a brain and a decent education to even consider running for VP she got exactly what everyone else did, interviewed! People want to know where her head is and if she can acutally put a decent sentense together! Katie Couric was only doing her job and went easy on the woman. Sarah knows little to nothing about what is going on in the world and we are supposed to turn our back again? You guys did that with Bush and look at the shambles he has left the country in. Sarah found out that outside of Alaska the world does not revolve around her so she needs to stop whining! It’s over, they lost and it’s time to move forward but small minds can never move forward. She’s an idiot and the whole world saw how much of an idiot she is and she can’t handle it! Too bad! Move on!

ESEAU: She’s done a lot for the people of Alaska? You mean like the millions of dollars in debt she left the people of Wasilla? Now she claims “classism.” Oh really? Is that what got Barack Obama elected?

Martin so being a Gov. does cut it but being a Jr. Senator does? Where is your logic. Please expand on this.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I just read the Press Release on BabyDoll’s … err Governor Palin’s, Alaska Governor’s site. Who in the world is her Communications Director??? Just fascinating! Just… utterly fascinating….

Does it not seem that because Ms Palin could run for VP it only seems natural that all women no matter how long they have stayed at home and been mothers could likely run and possibly be elected to any office? Why does Ms Palin make light of another women wanting to get out there and give service to her country? Just wondering!

Scott – 1)politically educated people had heard of Sarah Palin before McCain picked her. 2) Yes Caroline has been in the media for her entire life, but never treated the same way that Palin was, the name might have something to do with that.

PALIN…PLEASE RUN…WE WANT OBAMA RE-ELECTED!! THANKS GIRL (WINK)

I think the majority of people on this blog are naive. Regardless of whether or not you personally like Gov. Palin does not change the fact that “YES” the media was VERY unfair to her. They didn’t even touch on President Elect Obama’s background in fear that they would be facing the NAACP and other African American arguments of discrimination against him. The media didn’t like that Governor Palin because she pretty much snubbed them at the RNC and didn’t seek their approval. Look at the comments on the blog, people calling her uneducated, a hillbilly etc… I would love to know what makes everyone on this blog so exceptional smart to criticize her? I bet most of you are middle class and graduated from Non-IVL colleges. Do you consider yourselves uneducated or a hillbilly? I hope she runs again. I am a middle class female, prior Military, currently work for the Federal Government, have a Master’s degree from a Non- IVL University and believe that maybe, just maybe “WE” need someone in office who is just a little more like the majority vs. the select few (Rich). If the “select few” are so SMART then why is this country in such a mess right now?

Her own party was slamming her but I don’t here her whining about that. If she runs in 2012 her own party will have a good time slamming her again. Wait till the Rove slander machines take their toll on her. When McCain ran against Bush they had robo-calls that said McCain had fathered a black child, referring to the child John and Cindy adopted. Why is it that repubs can’t run on their own merit and have to slander everyone including people in their own party even if it’s not true?

If Palin were fat, short, ugly, and had acne, people wouldn’t treat her badly. She has plenty of company, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Mitt Romney. They are all just to good looking to be liked. They are hated because of their looks. Caroline might be sweet, but she is ugly.

Class? Uh … Caroline Kennedy has it, Sarah Palin doesn’t. Brains? Caroline Kennedy has ‘em, Sarah Palin doesn’t. Don’t know about y’all, but I want someone with more class and brains than me to lead.
As for the book reading question – anyone that reads on a regular basis can spit out names of authors.
So … what DO they do up there??? Other than making babies that is.

She’s dumb as a box of rocks. That’s why she lost. The media just latched on to her because of the level of her ignorance and the amazing poor choice of Sen. McCain to make her his VP. I mean, all you had to do was listen to her talk for a few minutes to understand that she’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Republican puppet masters knew this too. That’s why she wasn’t allowed to talk to the press.

Oh please! Sarah Palin would do justice to herself just by keeping her mouth shut. A perfect example of why is her statement about “Caroline Kennedy being under the microscope by the media” – is she kidding? Caroline Kennedy has been under the “microscope” since she was born. Once again, Sarah Palin doesn’t know what she is talking and I thank the heavens she and McCain DID NOT get elected.

Obama a junior senator, and Palin, the Governor of Alaska. Why is he qualified, and not she? Caroline Kennedy, no experience, never worked, and some years didn’t even bother to vote, and in every sentence, she says “You know”. This is about Palins pretty face, great shape, healthy skin, and five children, and being a govenor.

Yes, there is a class issue. Those like Palin with no class get treated with less respect by the media because everything they do or say is comical or head-scratch worthy. I saw her interview, and clearly she didn’t know any news magazine names to state. The campaign was like watching “Ernest goes to Washington with Lipstick” I greatly want to see a woman in the White House, but Palin doesn’t have the knowledge, sophistication, or ability to compromise that is needed. For her, it’s all about power and limelight, not making things better for others. She needs to get out of politics before doing irreparable harm to her Party. She’s done nothing but complain about other people since we laid eyes on her. Enough already. The People have spoken. Palin should disappear for a good long time. May I suggest College?

Dan: What do I think about Caroline Kennedy and her bid for the NY Senate Seat? Gee, the LAST thing we need in the United States Senate is someone well versed in constitutional law who has co-authored two books on civil liberties. Can’t have that!

MNResident: ESEAU gave up on offering SPECIFIC and CONCRETE examples of Governor Palin’s executive experience. As you have now cited it, perhaps you could provide a few specific examples? Media bias can be tamped down pretty quickly by reality (just like Reagan destroyed his media caricature with his excellent debate performance). If Palin wants to have a chance running on executive experience she needs a list of specific accomplishments, not just a bumpersticker (and even then… Guiliani had a decent executive list of accomplishments but…).

I am a Progressive Secular Liberal and I will be donating to any campaign that Sarah Palin is a part of!! She’s just what the doctor ordered for the Democratic Party! In her own way, she actually will have helped this country get back on it’s feet by helping to get Obama elected. Thank you, thank you Sarah, thank you.

Latest Poll Kennedy 51 percent vs King at 33 percent
Kennedy vs. King Polling in New York By JAZZ SHAW, Assistant Editor (The Moderate Voice)
If Caroline Kennedy is appointed to the U.S. Senate, she is favored to win re-election against her likeliest Republican opponent in 2010.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of New York voters finds Kennedy would attract 51% of the vote in a match-up with Republican Peter King, a longtime congressman form Long Island. King, who has made his interest in such a race clear, earns 33% of the vote at this time. Nine percent (9%) say they would vote for a third-party candidate, and seven percent (7%) are not sure.

I think if Palin had come across as an intelligent and well informed politician, the media wouldn’t have been so hard on her. If I remember correctly, no one made her stick her foot in her mouth in the Charlie Gibson interview. There’s a reason why Saturday Night Live had so much to play on her… in my opinion, Sarah Palin is 100% to blame for what the media did to her… they had an open shot and they took it. Maybe if she ever runs again, she’ll do her homework to be better prepared, and she’ll also know when to keep her mouth shut.

Poncha: “Obama a junior senator, and Palin, the Governor of Alaska. Why is he qualified, and not she?”
Please see my post of Jan 9, 2009 11:35:39 AM for a few concrete, verifiable examples of why I believe Obama is qualified. I have never seen a similar list provided for Governor Palin – perhaps you could cite a few of the qualifications that influence you to support her for President?
I have actually looked and have failed to find any impressive accomplishments in her record of running essentially a trust-fund state awash in oil tax money and federal earmarks.

Rimshot ha ha. Ivy league for you.

Freein NH : I am so ashamed…just so very ashamed. I will pray for forgiveness. Feel better now?

Poncha – you forgot “and being an idiot”
She lost because she is an idiot. McCain lost because he was an idiot for picking her.
IDIOT.

How can all of you liberal lemmings just drink up whatever the media serves you?
They set out to make Palin look dumb, and guess what, they were able to make her look dumb. When you interview someone for 6-8 hours or so, the person being interviewed is bound to say something less than intelligent (like when barry said there were 57 states. Or when Biden said Roosevelt was president when the stock market crashed and Roosevelt came on a magical tv set that was not yet invented to talk to the American people. Or when Barry said my “muslim faith”. Or when Biden said he goes to katie’s restaurant all of the time (it closed 21 years ago).

For the record, Caroline Kennedy has an overabundance of class, unlike Palin, and does not seek the spotlight, but seeks to improve our world for others. Major difference, and the difference in media treatment will reflect that respect she has earned. Palin needs to stop complaining about everyone. And to even suggest a comparison to Caroline is ridiculous. Of course they won’t be treated the same. Palin was incoherent and had a bad attitude, which makes her fodder. She’s loud and obnoxious compared to quiet and steady Caroline who will do great things in the Senate without grandstanding or seeking to be worshipped. Please never let Palin anywhere that she could affect policy for America. Alaska is close enough. She truly gives Republicans a bad name and harms her Party every time she opens her caustic mouth. Does she STILL not realize the negativity is what LOST her her biggest break of all?

Geez, can Gov. Caribou Barbie be impeached for whining all the time and ignoring States’ business? This is ridiculous. She’s sunken to a new all time low. She’s not happy unless she has her mug in front of a camera. What a media junky. The Nation is moving on to try to tackle some serious problems as she’s acting like the class clown. How embarassing for Alaska.

Dano: Honestly though, you really don’t believe that the media is geared towards liberal agenda?

Clearly Palin never played sports, or didn’t learn the lesson she should have: when you LOSE, NOBODY wants to hear you whining about the refs, ESPECIALLY when it WASN’T the refs fault that you were such an incompetent competitor. Ugh, not only is she grossly incompetent, she can’t see how incompetent she is. Exactly the problem we’ve had to endure with Bush. Pretty soon Sarah’s going to start using the line that “well, history will judge my Katie Couric interview much more favorably than people presently do…”

If McCain would’ve picked Olympia Snowe for VP, he may have had my vote. Now that is a strong and accomplished woman! But Palin didn’t even know what the VP was supposed to do!!!! With her wacky idea of “expanded powers of the vice president!”

The only reason Couric was able to make Palin look like an idiot is because Palin IS an idiot. A class issue? Has she forgotten that her former running mate is married to a woman worth hundreds of millions? I sincerely hope she continues to talk about this nonsense because it proves that she is incapable of insight, education and change. Keep talking Sarah!

Freein NH: “Dano: Honestly though, you really don’t believe that the media is geared towards liberal agenda?”
The media is geared to give the market what it wants. And if you define Obama as liberal, the last election proved that a historic majority of the population want “liberalism.” So yes, the few big corporation and billionaires who own the media appear to be liberal from your position. Candidates can get through this; Reagan is the oft cited example.

Troopergate: The Alaska Senate Investigation (8 repubs- 4 dems) found that Palin and her husband had broken ethical limits using the Office of the Gov to lobby the Troopers to have thier ex-brother in law fired. But they also found taht she did not break any law on the books. The Personnel Board which is a part of The Gov’s Office (she’s thier boss) found her not guilty. So if you like a lady who willing to act unethical “work in the shadows if you will” and stab people in the political back with a smile on her face: Palin’s your lady.

Dano: True, we do. I just really don’t understand how you can claim the media had noting to do with her demise. It certainly played a part…. Illuminate me

Free in NH, when the media reports the fact that she has very little understanding of any of the major issues that a US President would have to wrestle with, is that the media’s fault or is that HER fault? The insidious “oh, it’s left the left-wing liberal media bias” line is an amazing cure-all for some people who don’t want to confront the facts.

“The reality is that our public servants can afford to be “ordinary Joes” only up to a certain level. Beyond it, we need and expect more from them in terms of education, knowledge, and intellectual sophistication. Even the successful politicians who affect a certain populist persona tend to be far sharper and better-informed than the average man or woman, and when push comes to shove, they let us know that.”
This comment shows that classism is alive and well in the US. The person who wrote this seems to believe that politicians are a superior class then those who elect them. Truth is, our system is designed so that our elected officials reflect who we, as voters, are. Those serving aren’t superior to us – they ARE us! They work for us and they darned well better remember that!

Hey listen, I didn’t think she was “the” candidate for VP, however we all know that the media (except Fox News which is way right) shoots for liberal agenda.
I suppose you all think Hamas is the victim and Israel is the bad guy too?

Caribou Barbie (aka Bible Spice) is a hoot! May she never be smart enough to shut up.

Sarah Palin should have simply went back north and kept quiet. Everyone knows Katie Couric is little more than a koffee klatch hostess playing anchorwoman so when Palin whines about Couric, who looks worse?
Palin was never the right person for the job but it’s true the MSM took great pains to help make her look bad.

How Obama Got Elected (he deserved it) and How Palin Got Smeared (she deserved it). The title makes perfect sense, it’s the content that’s completely ridiculous. Do you remember William Hung from American Idol (She bangs)? Palin was the William Hung of this election. Entertaining to watch how incompetent she was BECAUSE she had no chance to win. She’s delusional to think the Media manufactured her incompetence or that the would or should treat Caroline Kennedy the same way. Caroline HAS class and abundant competence, experience, education, and everything else Palin doesn’t have, including Respect from the Media. She needs to up her public speaking game (too many ‘ums’), but that will come. The content of what she says is solid. She’ll be a great, respected Senator. Palin needs to stop complaining and go to a self-help class to learn modesty, integrity, humbleness, and humanitarianism. She can’t be compared to Caroline even in jest. Palin needs to just go away for a long time until people forget what a disappointment she was in the political arena. The Media isn’t LIBERAL, CONSERVATIVES are just more ridiculous, making their antics easier to make fun of. Think-it’s true.

It’s too bad no one in the Republican Party wants to practice chivalry with her.

Freein NH: Could please define what you consider ‘liberal’? The media has always been strongly against government regulation (they want freedom to consolidate the market) and against government censorship (they want to show what the public wants to see so they can sell ads). Is that liberal?

Rudy
Let’s assume for one second that you are not a mindless liberal lemming that probably goes to bed thinking “Bush lied kids died!
The point I was making is that when Barry said “my muslim faith” the interviewer quickly interjected and gave barry the chance to correct himself. The interviewer continued with more tough questions like “how did you meet michelle”? “how did you know she was the one”?
I also notice you said nothing about barry claiming that there were 57 states in the Union. Can you please imagine if Palin had said that? Or if she was unaware who was president during the 29′ stock market crash?
In reality, barry and biden not only got a pass from the media, they got protection. Palin on the other hand, was crushed at every opportunity.

Turn Right, precisely. I agree with you 100%. That’s what all good parents teach their kids. Get up, dust yourself off and learn from your lesson. And DON”T criticize the refs or the other team when it was YOUR fault. Listen, I would respect her a great deal if she recognized she had a TON of work to do in learning important issues, put her head down, and didn’t spend her time stoking the idiotic “it’s the liberal media’s fault that I have no clue.” I’m on board with you 100%, but that’s not what she’s doing. And this “well a journalist asked her,” again, that’s nonsense. There’s a very simple and classy answer she could give: “Americans made a choice in the last election. I’m going to learn from what we went through and hope to have future opportunities to serve the American people.” Period. End of sentence. Instead, she shows she’s in denial and has no class.

OMG!: Class was used as a description for having some decorum, manners, intellectual stimulus, and grace, not as a means to describe one’s financial or employment status. Of course we expect our elected officials to have some class and dignity! That’s not putting them ABOVE anyone, just putting the best players among us on the team. You wouldn’t put Bill Gates on the 7 yard line in the SuperBowl, so why would you put an inept person in the White House? We want our politicians to have class and integrity and the skills to do a great job – no doubt! It would also be nice if they knew that when they lose, they need to go shut up for awhile. Anyone hear a peep out of McCain lately?

Would you like some cheese with that whine Sarah?

For those of you pretending that the media wasn’t biased toward Palin – are you serious? You really feel that when the media ran with a stories about her infant son being her grandson – (based on rumors started by bloggers!) that wasn’t biased? When they ran with a story about her banning books (which she never did) that wasn’t biased? When they perpetuated the belief that being a popular governor, mayor and long-time public servant doesn’t count as vice presidential material that wasn’t biased? Running stories about her income titled, “Palin, not so middle class after all” is not biased??
There are so many cases of media bias that only the truly misguided can’t see it.

Palin has both feet, legs, arms, and hands lodged in her mouth. She is in an irreparable condition or position. But she’ll still find something to exploit again and a willing media eager to display her contortions.

Freein NH: I saw as many Palin interviews as I did Obama speeches. I tried to select a candidate primarily on their documented record of achievement. In that regard, I found Obama looked pretty good to me and his supporters could offer additional concrete examples that also looked good. I could find few concrete examples of Palin’s achievements that appealed to me and her supporters to this day have failed to offer any. (I was hoping for a few from the folks on this board – perhaps you could give a couple verifiable examples, like I did for Obama earlier?)
I could find no examples – not from anyone – of Obama looking as bad as Palin did in the portions of her interviews I did catch. Obama has certainly looked tired, stumbled over words, and stuttered about, but I have not seen a single interview where he looked comprehensively uninformed. Every candidate will have their infomercial interviews, be it on FoxNews or MSNBC, it’s their bad interviews that are far more telling.

Freein NH,
There aren’t many interviews Sarah has made it through completely unscathed, just by virtue of her speech and grammar problems. She’s spoken gibberish during a few Fox interviews. She stuck her foot in her mouth with evangelical theocrat James Dobson when she said:
“I’m going to know at the end of the day, putting this in God’s hands, that the right thing for America will be done, the end of the day on November 4th.”

Me Again,
Sarah Palin did ask the librarian about the PROCEDURE for banning books. She in fact fired the librarian, then re-hired her.

jhw539
Here is how the interviews are done. They tape usually anywhere from 4-10 hours and then edit them for the public to see (there is usually only an hour to show the public).
Just as when barry said there are 57 states and Biden said an unfathomable amount of ludacris comments, Palin said some off-the-wall stuff too. It was just obvious that her’s got WAY more air time.
Liberal Journalist vote 90% democrat. It isn’t any wonder why one side is usually made to look better.
I just saw the part of Couric on Dave Letterman mocking Palin about her interview, but strangley enough, Couric didn’t think it was equally as histarical that biden didn’t know who was president during the 1929 crash or that tv’s had been invented yet when she interviewed him. She went on to denegrate Palin and talk-up Biden.
As for Palin’s record vs. barry’s,
here is how I see it…
Palin rose to power without hanging on the nuts of people like rev wright, bill ayers, rezko. Rather, she rose to power by fighting these kinds of people. After she became gov many were fired and/or went to jail. She even sold the private jet and the private chef to relieve Alaskan tax payers.
Barry can not give us one instance of ever battling corruption in Chicago. God knows he had PLENTY of opportunity there! He obviously just used corrupt politics to his advantage.

They didn’t even have to write Tina Fey’s lines on SNL. She was hilarious just quoting Palin word for word!

True! Tina Fey was funny:) I never even heard of Tina Fey until she mocked Governor Palin so frequently. I hope Tina Fey sends the Governor a thank-you note, she owes her.

Look, everyone knows the republican party was not a “favorite” going into the elcetion. So when McCain chooses an unknown (we all know there were many more qualified candidates) she is going to be met with scrutiny.
Caroline Kennedy is not running for vice president and the people have no choice (vote) in the matter so you really cant compare.
As for her credentials? She doesnt have a law degree. Which she should. Thats why she couldnt name supreme court decesion except for Roe v Wade. The Bush Docortine question? Well I think she should have known that. Her choice to keep interviewing with Couric also shows her ill judgement.
Shes got noone to blame but herself.

oh and Brian Higgins is going to win the senate seat anyway.

It is naive of her to still be complaining about how she was treated in the election. Every candidate is attacked and made fun of. They are attacked about mistakes in the past and fabricated events. Obama is a Moslem that does not have an American birth certificate. McCain fathered a black child and killed a bunch of naval personel on an aircraft carrier. If she can’t take the truth and the lies, then she should not be running for such high profile offices. She dished it out to Obama, but she doesn’t want anyone pointing out her weaknesses.

Her continued hypocrisy is just shocking: together onstage with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Palin talked about what women expect from women leaders; how she took charge in Alaska during a political scandal that threatened to unseat the state’s entire Republican power structure, and her feelings about Sen. Hillary Clinton…..Gov Palin said she “felt kind’a bad I couldn’t support a woman, because I didn’t like Clinton’s whining.”

WWW – You’re absolutely right. She did ask the librarian about the procedure for banning books and asked about specific titles, as did several other mayors before her. She was following the procedure posted on the Wasilla town website – if a library patron expresses concern about a title on the shelves, the mayor is obligated to follow it through and ask the librarian about it (that was left out of media stories).
Palin asked and the titles were left on the shelves. End of story. And you’re right about the librarian. She did fire the librarian along with other city officials during a staff reorganization (not uncommon when a new mayor, governor or other official comes in power) then rehired her, after her constituents expressed concern.
The problem with the media reporting was that it left out many of the key details – details that were on the city’s website for all the world to see and showed that these events were ordinary, business as usual. The omissions were intentional.

Freein NH: “jhw539 Palin: She has been the Governor of Alaska for two years and Mayor of Wasilla Alaska for ten years. She also served as President of Alaska Conference of Mayors and was also a City Council member (1992-1996).
**AGIA License bill signed (pipeline)
**Energy Package signed August 25, 2008.(gives money back to taxpayers)
**Special Needs Education (tripled funding)”
The AGIA has not resulted in a pipeline, construction MIGHT start in 5 or 6 years, and I frankly was dismayed at how the governor ended up disqualifying four of the five bidders and awarding it to TransCanada. Not to mention the folks who would use the pipeline (Exxon, Conoc, and BP) are going to kill the project dead if they don’t get a tasty payoff (tax breaks) to cooperate. Overall, researching this achievement reduced my opinion of her leadership ability.
Giving a one time payout to the taxpayers from the state’s oil slush fund is hardly impressive. Technically, such redistribution of oil company taxes is socialism (state control of industry profits).
The special needs funding improvement is indeed an achievement. She has been an effective advocate for special needs children.
“So besides voting “present” in Washington and writing a few memoirs and being a community organizer, what did Obama do? ”
Please see my post of Jan 9, 2009 11:35:39 AM on this page. And Obama never voted present in Washington – Federal Senators cannot vote present, they simply do not vote at all (as Senator McCain was famous for, missing far more votes than Obama during the last couple years). Obama voted present about 130 times in IL out of 3000+ votes, and researching a few of those votes I’m satisfied with the rationale (political strategy, esoteric constitutional opposition to laws where he agreed with the intent, party request, etc.).

Steve9337
All this portion of barry’s resume below shows that he was extremely instrumental in getting record #’s of home loans for people who could never pay them back (and we all know where that crap got us). He helped stage sit-ins at some of chicago’s largest banks which were not handing out loans as fast as barry thought they should be.
He also “organized” with ACORN, which is absolutely nothing to brag about. ACORN has been indicted in countless election schemes over the years. They are a terrible organization that needs to be shut down, and wouldn’t you know barry is right in the middle of it all!
As for the “church” based organizing, was that done along side his spiritual mentor reverend? Did barry and rev pass out pamphlets together to impressionable black youth explaining how the US gov’t created AIDS to kill them?
1984-1985 Community Organizer for New York Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), promoting personal, community, and government reform at City College in Harlem.
1985-1988 Director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland on Chicago’s South Side. While director grew the DCP staff from 1 to 13 and their budget from $70,000 to $400,000.
1992 Led Chicago’s Project Vote! push. This effort resulted in a record number of voter registrations, over 600,000 in Chicago.

Freein NH: “No comment on my other point about The CIA story this morning? Understandably, there is no way to justify that the liberal media took something off line that looks favorably on the current admin.”
The current administration is dirt regardless of how many more corners they turn in Iraq (according to quotes over the years Iraq is at least a Pentagon or we’re going in circles) or how many 2nd in commands we kill. Capturing a couple of Al Quaida wanted’s just isn’t really news. Catching Bin Laden would be big, but the public is no longer getting excited about stepping on a couple cockroaches when we know there’s more where they came from.
And I can’t find any mention of that story on FoxNews – more liberal media, or just a boring piece of non-news? I notice we don’t get much play about how many of our kids have died in Iraq anymore. Doesn’t mean the press is trying to make Bush look good by hiding the on-going cost of the war (slowing down, but still too high), it’s just sadly old news.

Me Again,
According to the Anchorage Daily News, Snopes, and Factcheck, Palin did NOT ask about specific titles, but asked “rhetorical” questions about book banning. And, according to Snopes, records on the Wasilla web site do not show that any books were challenged in the 10 years before Palin took office.

Many of the books that were mentioned in the rumor weren’t even published yet. The librarian said that Palin asked a what if question. The original rumor also stated that the librarian was fired, but she in fact worked at the same library through most of Palins first term.

JHW: The story of Al-Qaeda is under “most read” on Fox.
Old news?

Are right wingers naturally more paranoid than normal people?
The blog does not allow any links.
If you want someone to find something tell than to google it and give an article name.

Freein NH: “JHW: The story of Al-Qaeda is under “most read” on Fox.
Old news?”
Not front page in my browser (“most read” is under a clickable tab). Just like ABCNews, FoxNews seem to have moved the story off the front page pretty quickly too. It’s currently just above “Hoarder Dies After Becoming Lost in Maze of His Own Trash.”
I’m glad they’re dead, but unfortunately there’s a lot more where they came from.

Ryan – woooah! Ok, didnt know about the link thing….
Thanks for the heads up….

jwh…. who cares anyway, have some respect for what is still happening over there.

No worries Ryan, it’s all good! ;)

Governor Palin will have four years to build her political coalition based on her success in Alaska. Obama will have four years of defending failure stemming from his relentless pursuit of big government. I like President Palin’s chances in 2012.

Let’s face it, The Republican ticket dropped the ball by not prepping her and the media ran with it. She looked foolish in every interview she gave and at the debate. Winks, “you betcha’s” and the “folksie”- ness was not going to win unless it was backed by intelligent, knowledgeable answers. She doesn’t get it.

Rudy
Palin could be busy raising 5 children and governing a state. Is it possible she might just have a little too much going on to realize her innocent children have yet again been the victims of “tolerant liberals”?

Sammy
I guess you forgot that it was the republicans who opposed slavery. It was the republicans who were for desegregation. It was the republicans who have been champions of civil rights all these years (MLK was a republican). Actually, the democratic party began to ensure the survival of slavery.
And it was the democrats who have a former KKK member (Byrd) as a senator and a segregationist (Wallace) as their presidential nominee. They also have an admitted socialist from VT as a senator who more to the right then barry on voting records.
The democrats only got on board with the whole civil right thing in the 60′s when they realized entitlements=votes. The democrats have figured the new form of slavery is a welfare check. Ever since the 60′s, the dems have enjoyed the black vote, and blacks in this country have seen their quality of life consisently fall relative to whites.
As I said, welfare checks are the new form of slavery, and good ol’ democrats have been shoving those down voters throats for years.

wakeup,
Bristol and Levi didn’t come up with little Tripp by being “innocent children.”
And I’m fairly certain the McCain/Palin camp were watching Tina Fey like hawks during the campaign.

Sammy
I guess you forgot that it was the republicans who opposed slavery. It was the republicans who were for desegregation. It was the republicans who have been champions of civil rights all these years (MLK was a republican). Actually, the democratic party began to ensure the survival of slavery.
And it was the democrats who have a former KKK member (Byrd) as a senator and a segregationist (Wallace) as their presidential nominee. They also have an admitted socialist from VT as a senator who more to the right then barry on voting records.
The democrats only got on board with the whole civil right thing in the 60′s when they realized entitlements=votes. The democrats have figured the new form of slavery is a welfare check. Ever since the 60′s, the dems have enjoyed the black vote, and blacks in this country have seen their quality of life consisently fall relative to whites.
As I said, welfare checks are the new form of slavery, and good ol’ democrats have been shoving those down voters throats for years.

“Sarah Palin made a few mistakes during the campaign,”
Few? She made dozens of mistakes on the biggest stages.
“yet we heard nothing of the countless speaking and intellectual errors of Joe Biden”
Two things,
First, Joe Biden had his gaffes covered, most notably by this blog which had a tongue in cheek running series on them.
2nd, Biden was a known quantity and a respected Senator. Joe is a yarn spinner in the great tradition of the Irish NE politician.
“and Obama (57states).”
That would be someone misspeaking vs saying they were keeping an eye on Putin or staring blankly when asked about foreign policy or even what they read.
No one believes that Obama thinks there are 57 states. But Palin gave the impression of being utterly clueless when she did not understand questions or was unable to answer them.

I congratulate you on your excellent interview of Govenor Palin, John!! You are the first I’ve seen who had no biased agenda, and allowed the Govenor to fully express her answers without editing that slanted toward the negative side that would have cast her in a negative way. Those who have learned of Ms. Palin and heard her presentations about her beliefs know better than to take what the main stream media say about her seriously. This woman is a definite reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, and I will be first in line to support her future political endeavors if she ever decides to cast herself into the maelstrom. It’s amazing that a person of her obvious intellect, communication skills, and pure charisma is also so very very beautiful at the same time!!
I wish Governor and YOU the very best of luck and good wishes, and thank you very much for sharing your interview with Ms. Palin on the internet.

Sarah Palin is a human being and humans have flaws (unless you are talking about barack obama…he’s the messiah) She has a high approval rating because, so far, she has done what she said she was going to do when she ran. She took on her own party and got rid of the immense corruption that has plagued Alaska. There hasn’t been any sort of scandal while she has been governor. People have tried to force scandals on her and after everyone she comes out clean. Seems to me that the Dems in Alaska are trying very hard to make it look like she is corrupt……so far it’s not working.

I am truly disturbed by the hateful comments here. Sarah Palin has worked hard for everything she has accomplished. She doesn’t owe her success to a famous husband, famous family, a rich bank account or a Political party. She has had to work twice as hard for double the success of most politicians.
Love her or hate her, you must respect her accomplishments. She is a smart leader.

Tino
I could not have said it better myself!
Liberals and feminazis are all about free speech until someone says something that they do not agree with (which is generally anything positive towards America, our troops or citizen self-reliance).

McCain is a liberal republican (is there even such a thing?)
McCain never had a chance. The media promoted McCain from the start, just as they did with Clinton, only to butcher them both once the socialist from Chicago stepped onto the stage. They have been in love ever since and slaughtered anyone in his path.

Congrats on a great interview. I am neither a Republican or a Democrat but an Independent. I thought the media attacks on Palin were venomous and unwarranted while every effort was made to paint the Obama/biden ticket as the second coming even though there was not a bit of substance to be shown. Even the comments by regular folks was out of line due to what was being fed to these lemmings, the fawning and leg tingling excitement was way over the top. I do hope that Obama can deliver but I will be very curious to see how the media handles things if he is completely ineffective. (GWB will not be around to blame)This term should be interesting to say the least

Anyone who knows the real record and story of Sarah Palin , as a mayor and as a Governor will be impressed ; precisely the reason the main stream media did not talk about this , and only talked about gossip and lies stories about her and her family.
Sarah Palin always worked in her political career with independs and democrats to get things done (and she got many things done!!); the reason for her high approval ratings.

I find it most revealing that with a quick search I only found 2 comments condemning “The View’s” and SNL’s absolutely horrendous comments and skit about Palin’s kids, comments and a skit that are not definitely not examples that define principles. Obama’s kids were off base but not Palin’s. That anyone could not be totally repulsed by such a double standard is beyond comprehension. But then perhaps that inclination is the most revealing characteristic of a left culture that is disinclined to the intellectual disciplines required to deliberate all facts and thus they are persuaded to not consider this interview.

I think it’s a great point, let’s see how the media deals with Caroline Kennedy. The world does not know everything about her, as you know, she has stayed out of the limelight as much as she could. Just because she’s a Kennedy, means nothing.

I am continually baffled by all of the negative remarks about Sarah Palin. As far as I see it, she has pretty much done everything that the elite liberal women have wanted to do since the women’s movement: have a family and a career (and she is beautiful). I am sick and tired of hearing all of the hate- I really don’t understand how anyone can actually hate someone so much… I think she would do a much better job than half of the crooked/dumb politicians we have right now.

Bear: Please illuminate us…describe what an “elite, liberal woman” is.

Ryan C
Our next prez is a socialist. Allow me to quote the great BO…
“I just wanna spread it around a bit”
-Discussion with the liberals’ latest victim, Joe the Plumber.
“It’s a tragedy that the courts in the 60′s didn’t get involved with wealth redistribution”-Radio interview in Chicago 2002
“In college, I sought out the Marxist professors”-Audacity of Hope
Without the unwavering protection and support of the media, BO would have been exposed for the anti-American, socialist that he is.
That is not “right wing propaganda”. Propaganda is calling him a muslim, which i never have.

Sarah Palin….speaking truth to power! Keep beaten on ‘em girl, they can’t take it.

“That is not “right wing propaganda”. Propaganda is calling him a muslim, which i never have.”
When you are repeating debunked lies it certainly is.
Wapo factchecker gave the McCain campaign 2 Pinnochios for that one.
With very few exceptions, all American politicians, including both presidential candidates, are in favor of a progressive income tax system and welfare policies (such as Medicare and Social Security) that “redistribute wealth.” Barack Obama is more enthusiastic about “spreading the wealth around” than his Republican rival. But that does not make him a “Socialist.” The McCain camp is wrong to suggest that the Illinois senator advocated an “wealth redistribution” role for the Supreme Court in his 2001 interview.

Dano
Barry has made some good appt’s. However, Barry is, and probably always will be, a socialist. In addition to that, he has used every corrupt person in Chicago it seems to climb to the top, without EVER challenging these people until he must do so for political survival (rezko, reverend racist, ayers, blago, rashid khalidi).
With that being said, I hope barry continues to listen to those around him who are urging him to go center, rather than far-left, which is his impulse no doubt. I only want what is best for the country, and so I hope barry does well.
But when he says things like gov’t is the answer, as he did yesterday in his speech, I get very worried.
Our founding fathers built this incredible nation on basic principles….
-Small taxes for everyone
-Small efficient gov’t
-Large military
-Citizen self-reliance
BO stands for the opposite of what I just listed.

Dano
Allow me to elaborate on what constitutes an “elite liberal”. These can also be called “limosuine liberals”.
As I stated earlier, 9/10 of the WEALTHIEST members of congress are- you guessed it- liberals!
These are people who have usually amassed great wealth that is often done through inheritance (kennedy/ vanderbilts/rockefellers), marriage(pelosi/clinton/huffington/kerry), speaking on ridiculous topics like global warming (gore) or bad-mouthing America (mike moore), ect.
They like to fill up their time by deciding how the common folk should live. They usually call themselves environmentalists, too. A term they came up with while traveling in their private yachts, traveling in between their 3 and 4 homes, ect.
Barbara streisand and steven spielberg were in battles with the CA courts for the fences they put up on their beach front vacation homes- they don’t want any of them common folk dirtying up their ocean views!
Al Gore has monthly utility bill that have reached $30,000+. That is one heck of a carbon foot print.

“As I stated earlier, 9/10 of the WEALTHIEST members of congress are- you guessed it- liberals!”
From Roll Call’s review of disclosure forms.
4 of the top 10 richest members of Congress are Republicans.
10 of the top 20 are Republicans.
27 of the top 50 richest members of Congress are Republicans.
The lesson as always?

“Barbara streisand and steven spielberg were in battles with the CA courts for the fences they put up on their beach front vacation homes- they don’t want any of them common folk dirtying up their ocean views!”
While David Geffen pulled a move similar, those two have not.
Streisand talked about drying one’s clothes on the line which was as silly a Lady de Rothschild saying she thought Obama was too elitist.
Not sure why Spielberg was included unless you were simply looking to blame Hollywood Jews.

Movie stars and fences??? Has this what this blog has turned into? hahahaha

I’ve never in my 40 years of paying close attention to media coverage, being a news reporter for an NPR affiliate, have I ever seen a figure so viciously attacked. From the “US” magazine cover suggesting “scandal” in Alaska (The investigation was promptly dropped on troopergate the week of the election, no faul – which of you Obamorons knew that?) To the venomous SNL portrayals that are tantamount to the post prop-8 backlash and hate crimes that have resulted from the same. Sounds like ol’ time Chicago politics have moved in to DC, and we’re treading on Capone’s turf here.

Sarah Palin was blasted because she was a threat. A threat to BO’s campaign that the MSM was working so hard for, a threat to so-called feminist’s for actually being feminine and a threat to pro-abortionists because not once, but twice, she showed what respecting life means; first with her special needs son and then with her teenage daughter’s pregnancy. I believe the pure hatred that came at her was people’s own guilty feelings they had towards themselves for not being strong enough and not moral enough to do the right thing when they found themselves (or their partner) PG and instead ended a life.

“but John Edwards, as they refused to report about his “love child” when he was still on the list of VP candidates.”
John Edwards was not considered for the VP spot.
And the only one who reported his love child was the National Enquirer until his admission (in august). It was then covered quite in depth.
The same magazine later stated Palin had an affair.

“I believe the pure hatred that came at her was people’s own guilty feelings they had towards themselves for not being strong enough and not moral enough to do the right thing when they found themselves (or their partner) PG and instead ended a life.”
ROFLMAO!
Now one dislikes Palin is because one had an abortion and feels guilty!

Ryan – You offer a plethora of facts and figures…. what are your “feelings”?? It sounds like you are sitting around a mountain of encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines…….. does it matter that there may be more rich Dems than Reps or vice versa? Either way, we know that none of them are living in a van down by the river…..

“Ryan – You offer a plethora of facts and figures…. what are your “feelings”?? It sounds like you are sitting around a mountain of encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines”
A good memory + education + research skills + search engine.
I don’t do anything special
“…….. does it matter that there may be more rich Dems than Reps or vice versa?”
Not really. All members of Congress are rich compared to the average American.
But right wing lies should not be allowed to pass.
“Either way, we know that none of them are living in a van down by the river…..”
Ahhhh Farley. The man who hated himself but loved to make us laugh.

Right wing lies and Liberal lies are all we will hear for the rest of our lives…. now more importantly…. Tennessee or Baltimore?

Palin is the “best and brightest” the Republicans have to offer. Please, oh please, keep trotting her out, so we never forget what Republicans are really like.

Great debates here today! Happy Friday to everyone! Cheers!

I have to laugh.. the Democrats talk about circus side shows? The Palin family is beautiful and blessed to have such a wonderful mother and Alaska is blessed to have such a great governor, the most popular in the USA!

Tina Fey hit the nail on the head with her joke about marriage should be between two unwilling teenagers. Right wing bigots, like Palin, can never accept their reflection in a mirror when you hold one up to them.

As a New Yorker, I understand what Gov. Palin is talking about. She was (and still is) scrutinized for not having enough experience; yet Caroline Kennedy hasn’t been hammered in the press for her inexperience…Barrack Obama was barely touched during the campaign about his lack of experience…but Governor Palin was treated differently and no one can honestly explain the reasons why. The fact is, there are no reasons, except maybe political bias. The media no longer reports the news, they are now in the business of influencing it. Neither Barack Obama or Caroline Kennedy have had to make decisions that impacted so many, where as Sarah Palin has. Her detractors can make excuses, but reality exposes their bias. I can see how things will go for the next 6-12 months…things that go well, President Obama and the Democratically-controlled Congress will accept credit; but when things go bad, they will blame President Bush. After a few months, the excuses will lose their relevance and the media, public and key supporters, will stop listening to them and lay the blame where it belongs. Nancy Pelosi blames President Bush for the economic problems, but she forgets that her party has controlled Congress for the past two years and she has been at the head. I wonder if she will share blame with Obama, or turn on him, too! The worst is yet to come…and it isn’t because of President Bush or Republicans. When you’re in total control, you are 100% responsible…and Republicans can’t wait to add insult to injury.

Freein NH: To answer your “more important question,” I think Baltimore will surprise the Titans, but not football fans. Their offense isn’t half bad, and we know what their defense can do. We also know what Kerry Collins is like and against such pressure, he makes mistakes. The Titans running game has to be able to run on the Ravens, or this one will be over quick. I say they won’t be able to gain much on the ground and their passing game will create a lot of “3-and-Outs”…Ravens win, 20-6.

Joseph, you just cannot see this as it is, he is the President and will be for the next 4-8 yrs, I know 79% of us support him and will con’t to do so, you are in the minority, need a little affirmative action?

Palin was disliked and laughed at by a lot of people because of her own words and actions.
When most of us first “met” her, it was at the Republican convention. She came out like a pitbull, very aggressive and negative, no grace at all. Then she went on to make a long string of silly remarks, and it was those remarks that were laughed at, not the media’s analysis of them. She hadn’t heard of the Bush doctrine. She couldn’t name a newspaper that she’d read. She rambled incoherently about one thing after another. She talked about a “real” America, implying that much of the country doesn’t consist of real Americans.
She should grow up and take responsibility for her own words and actions. She seems to have no humility, no ability to acknowledge even the slightest fault of her own. She is just always pointing the finger at someone else. Blame, blame, blame.

On the State of Alaska web site, at the Governor’s office news section is a whine list disguised as a press release. Found among the selections is the following:
In another [false story], an irresponsible talk show host in Anchorage alleged in a newspaper column that the governor must have intervened to get a job for her future son-in-law, circumventing eligibility rules for the position. Again, the allegation was immediately discredited by proof that the governor did not influence Levi’s employment.
Whoa, there she goes with the lies again. The talk show host did not allege that the governor MUST have intervened. What he wrote was: “We don’t know the governor’s involvement. Eventually she will have to address the controversy.”
And what “proof” was it that discredited the allegation? Denials aren’t “proof” of anything – and denials are all that I’ve heard thus far.
Something smells rotten in the state of Alaska.

I count 8 years of being an executive for Palin and zero for Obama.
Looking at the numbers I would say Palin has more experiences than Obama.
More than 50% of people say she isn’t qualified. And I had to ask my self why and did some research on the subject. It seams that the national press kept reporting that she was unqualified and got her with gotcha questions. The press also reported that Obama was qualified while never telling us why he was more qualified than Palin. The only gotcha question that Obama received was from Joe the plummer.
Lets take Biden, How is he qualified to be vice president if Palin isn’t qualified. How many people hear of all the goofy statements he made. Not many I bet, because the press doesn’t harp on them as much as they went after Palin.
We can argue all day long who would be a better president/vice president and that is ok. But why are some people on here attacking her family. I haven’t seen anyone attack bidens or Obama’s family.

I think that the 2008 was the dirtiest election ever I have seen in this history of this country. I am ashamed of it. Leftist trash the innocents. Gov. Palin was honest and clean, and that is the most important. It is better to lose being honest, than to win being dishonest. The media has gone wild and out of ethics.

There is no question that the main stream media ran this election. Shame on the people for not picking up on it more and demanding justice.

Not only were they were unfair to Mrs. Gov.Palin it stems from them being petrified of her! Because she is a good and truly strong woman! She showed that she is strong without being the dreaded “B” word. She is GENUINE!

If Barack Obama is the messiah then Sarah Palin is the Ms.siah. However, her approval rating has dropped substantially. A recent survey of 500+ Alaskans shows 57 percent prefer Lisa Murkowski in the 2010 Republican Senate primary. Only 33 percent would vote for Palin.
Sarah Palin is not clean nor is she honest. She took per diem dollars even though she stayed in Wasilla, doing her guv stuff from home. And although the appointed panel from the personnel board let her off, the legislative Troopergate report found her guilty of an ethics violation. When that report came out, she outrageously lied about it, claiming that it cleared her of “any hint of wrongdoing.”
Sarah Palin is not genuine. She’s a proven actress, with the betchas and the winkin’ and the droppin’ of every G. She didn’t do it BEFORE the campaign, and she stopped doing it when she went back to work as governor. Now, in front of the cameras again for this documentary, she has started back up. Palin has the only accent that changes with the wind direction.
She pretends to be the poor, exploited victim of the big, bad MSM monster, and her fans blindly buy her brand of Palin Pink Koolaid.

I will admit she may not have been as prepared as she could or should have, considering the time she had, wonder who could have been any better, but that certainly doesn’t take away from her intelligence and common sense. I personally believe she would have been the best thing this country hasseen decades. A fresh, honest, down to earth individual who wasn’t willing to play ball just to secure a job.

The treatment of Sara Palin was one of the most one sided and biased peices of journalism I have ever seen in my life. The treatment of her and her family was dispicable. The bottom line was she was obiviously such a threat to the liberal establishment they pulled out all of the stops to destroy her. It also appears they are still afraid of her since they will not miss any chance to tarnish her to this day.

yes, the main stream media were not fair to sarah palin. despite she is the alaska governor still they said she is not qualified but what about the too rich caroline kennedy? why are they too quiet?

Definitely, the media was terrible to Sarah Palin during the campaign and continues to be
that way. I also agree with her that they handle Democrats and certain people like the
Kennedys, for example, with kid gloves.

Sarah Palin has been caught in yet another lie right on her own government web site. The latest governor’s “press release” (lol) states:
“In another [false story], an irresponsible talk show host in Anchorage alleged in a newspaper column that the governor must have intervened to get a job for her future son-in-law, circumventing eligibility rules for the position. Again, the allegation was immediately discredited by proof that the governor did not influence Levi’s employment.”
The talk show host did not allege that the governor MUST have intervened. What he wrote was: “We don’t know the governor’s involvement. Eventually she will have to address the controversy.”
And what “proof” was it that discredited the allegation? Denials aren’t “proof” of anything.
Something smells rotten in the state of Alaska. It stinks more and more as time goes by.

I liken Palin to a horrific car accident seen on the freeway. It’s very bad, you really want to just look away and get past it, but somehow you can’t tear your eyes away from it. That same accident leads to traffic jams and often causes other accidents, just like a Palin vice-presidency would have done. In the end you simply end up feeling sorry for everyone who was impacted by it…..

Sarah’s handlers kept her of the campaign trail for some time, their excuse, they did not want to throw her to the liberal wolves. However Sarah was more capable at handling liberal the wolves than McCains management staff. Obama is a one term president, the liberal media claim that he is brilliant and he may be. However he lacks good old common horse sense. Common sense is what made this country great. There is very little common sense in Washington.

Palin has executive experience, is a wife, mother, Governor, hunter, fisherman, and best of all the left hates her. When the MSM and the left is so threatened by someone with values, morals, and integrity…that is a GREAT thing!

WOW! Talk about sour grapes. Sarah, if you want to see who was responsble for the walloping you took at the polls last November I suggest you look in the mirror. Gawd, accept some responsiblity for once in your life.

Palin is right; children are of limit and is dirt to attack her children and tell lies about her children.
It is like Palin said; attack her but not her children.

I find it quite telling how our friends on the left are still going on and on about Sarah Palin. You can rant all you want but there is nothing stupid about the woman. She was badly managed by the Mccain campaign however. A little contrast is that Sarah Palin was a mayor of a small town and a regular citizen before that. She then became Governor and went after Republican corruption. Now on the other hand, Obama was a community organizer (Activist) for a good portion of his adult life that we have seen was around the activist group Acorn. He then went on to political office Not by winning on the merits. He had all of his opponents thrown off the ballot. So in conclusion we have a Governor who may be in Political office But, She is no Politician. On the other hand, We have Obama that was involved in the swamp of Chicago politics. This contrast is shown in Sarah Palins “Regular speech” Against Obamas “Political speech” listen how they speak off the teleprompters and you will see that Sarah Palin is indeed the better speaker. Also the media’s perception of her was very one sided and unfair. When treated the same way, Hillary Clinton cried if you remember. Why were these two women treated like this by the media? They were both against Obama. Sarah Palin has no campaign leash anymore. It will be vwery interesting to see what she chooses to do. The Nonsense about Palin continues because the Left fear her.

Later in in the campaign Palin did well in interviews and the debate with Biden went also well.
Only the Couric interview( some part) went bad; and those part got massive media attention.
The interviews that went well got almost no media attention.
Also the main stream media took over much gossip and lies of anonymous bloggers and presented this information about Palin and her family as facts.
In this manner the main stream media created deliberate, a distorted image of Sarah Palin.
Look how Caroline is treated in the media.
Caroline did a very bad interview a time ago, but no mockery and you almost not read about this poor interview in the newspapers.
The media are staying very nice and soft towards Caroline.
If Sarah Palin would do this , she would be finished in the media and mocked in SNL; but not Caroline.
Double standard!.
The main stream media constantly hammered to the people that Palin was unqualified and that Obama was qualified.

Sarah Palin took on the corruption in her own party!!
Obama had (has?) for many year connections with dubious persons; Wright, Ayers, Rezko, and in 2002 Obama supported Blago.

I find Palin’s comments laughable and her snide remark to Katie Couric — “Cat–tee”. As a former republican for many years, switching before the 2004 election — I have never seen anyone so unsuited for a position she thought she could win, nor the one she holds presently.
I was mostly disturbed that a mother would put her daughter in front of the national spotlight when she was so vunerable, that truly outraged me being a mother of two girls who each have a daughter. And her total partisan potshots and ability to enrage people during the campaigning — maybe Alaska deserves what they voted for but the rest of the 49 states should not be subjected to it.

For the followers who believe your Ms.siah speaks so eloquently off the teleprompter, here’s just one little reality check for you.
With Matt Lauer on the subject of the Couric interview:
“No, no, because, you know I’m sure that some of my impatience showed through in that, in that interview, I think it also showed though that certainly as a Washington outsider and as somebody not, not, one to just, I guess kinda play even the, the campaigning media game that is played in, in, in just repeating perhaps memorized lines in a, in an interview. That’s not me.”

Sarah Palin is a human being and humans have flaws (unless you are talking about barack obama…he’s the messiah) She has a high approval rating because, so far, she has done what she said she was going to do when she ran. She took on her own party and got rid of the immense corruption that has plagued Alaska.
There hasn’t been any sort of scandal while she has been governor. People have tried to force scandals on her and after everyone she comes out clean. Seems to me that the Dems in Alaska are trying very hard to make it look like she is corrupt……so far it’s not working.

When richy-rich Caroline Kennedy let the “you know” bomb slip more than 100 times, the press was all over it. Yet when upper middle-class Sarah Palin used “also” 48 times in the debate as compared to Biden’s 3 times, the press never said a word.
Classic classism double standard!

As for the early withholding of Palin from the media between the convention and the Couric interview, by the time of the Couric interview, the damage was done because the press was furious that McCain’s campaign had denied them the chance to interview Palin—and the cascade of attacks was on from there, thanks to the campaign.
Shielding Palin for 3 weeks was the big mistake.

So many comments on this forum refer to Governor Palin as unintelligent. So where’s the proof? I haven’t seen any IQ tests results or transcripts for her, or Obama and Biden for that matter. They all seem plenty intelligent to me. Politicians need to be strong communicators and I think all three are. Not perfect, but good. We all make mistakes, and those who expect perfection from Palin will be just as dissapointed by Obama and Biden at the end of the day.

I will say this again for all of the so called liberal minded idiots on this blog.
The media had all the right in the world to go after Gov Palin (as Palin also said in the interview; attack me ,but not my children) and her husband but not her children or the fact that one of them were handicapped. Low life scum take children on and slim them because they can not defend themselves.

What a non-story. If the news media had any sense of fairness, Palin would never have a chance to spout her self serving nonsense about other people and would not cover such a non-story. I recall that towards the end of the GE campaign Palin constantly demonstrated she is not a team player and critisism from inside the McCain campaign demonstrated that she is all about number one.
We should remember that Palin talked trash, ridiculing and decrying Hillary’s charge of sexism in the campaign until it became useful to her political prospects. Comparing the media coverage of Palin’s ineptitude to the media coverage of the daughter of a loved, respected and slain former president is disengenous at best given that:
1. Palin failed to answer Couric’s most basic questions intellegently, coherently or–in my opinion (which I acknowledge to be baised unlike others on this site)–honestly. I would have had enormous respect for her had she just have said, I don’t know what the Bush docrine is rather than giving an obviouly B.S. answer.
2. We should remember the way in which she exploited and capitalized on the open prejudice of many against marginalized peoples. In this case, Arabs and Muslims Americans. If Palin had any shred of decency she would not have incited public sentiment against “others”. She should remedy this by apologizing to Arab & Muslim Americans for her behavior before her arguement and critique of the media being a “classist” institution any degree of seriousness.

Palin is the best canidate for 2012. The media can only hold her down for so long. The media tried to hold another “small town hick” down, Ronald Reagan, and look how that turned out.

No one had ever heard of this moose hunting female until McCain drug her out of Alaska!NOW..she refuses to quietly go AWAY!GET LOST PALIN!

She’s right! I agree with everything she is saying!

WWW: In case you don’t know it but MANY people pronounce certain words differently or incorrectly! It depends on the area or the country that you come from! For instance people from the south or from my area pronounce nuclear as nookler. And that includes educated people, too! It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why it bothers you so much!

There are accents and then there are mispronunciations. They are two very different animals. For example, there are no accents or regional dialects anywhere in the world in which it is correct to say HEE-nee-us for heinous. Heck, she doesn’t even know how many syllables it has!
Face it, she doesn’t have a very good grasp of the language, especially for a politician, and one who allegedly earned a degree in journalism.

lol, Sooner, you had me going there. I thought for a while you were actually serious!

Then you and yours have my sympathies.

But my understanding is that so many other topics that were brought up certainly weren’t portrayed as accurately perhaps as they could have, should have been after that interview.”
“There were a lot of things that I think it could have, should have said that could have, would have helped John McCain.”
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

The lib/democrat media is biased – always have been and always will be.
Period.

I fear for America, the last best hope for mankind. Here is an exceptional person willing enough to go up against MSM, DNC/ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/Hollywood because she happens to love her country.
Words like respect, honor, fairness and integrity are used when it sounds good and its convenient, but the actions from our so called leaders is far from it. Gov. Palin seems sincere, she has a decent history of accomplishments.

I have seen liberal smears and blind hatred before, but usually directed at minorities who dare to have a different(and therefore unacceptable) opinions. Condi Rice, Clarence Thomas come to mind. Sarah being professional & strong willed, yet conservative scares them. It was mentioned in an article in jest, however, I believe liberals hate her for NOT aborting Trig. Remember Obama said he would NEVER PUNISH his daughters with a child for the mistake of having an unwanted pregnancy.

As the skewed reporting and many of the comments on this page are a testament to.. it still amazes me how much hatred people on the left have for Gov. Palin. It goes beyond disagreeing with her and into every personal attack they can think of. Whats funny is, most of them probably had no idea who she was prior to 2008. Now, in their minds, she’s the most dangerous woman in America.
Conservatives were no fan of Hillary.. but I’ve never seen Conservatives (even Limbaugh!) spew the same kind of hatred towards her. I know many Conservatives that really like Hillary in fact – even if they do disagree with her on a lot of things.

Sarah Pailin has done a wonderful job as governor of Alaska. It’s terrble what the main stream media have done to her. The liberals love their messiah and do everything they can to attack Sarah and her family. But the more they attack, the more she will end up ahead in the long run.

I do not love Sarah but I sure do admire her. I always admired people who rose from the bottom because of their hard work.
I am well aware of some of Sarah Palin gaffs as they were wallpapered on every network channel 7 days a week to insure that her every fumble was magnified 7X over.
Biden who teaches law but can’t tell you what branch of government is responsible for what.
The same Biden that told us that when the great depression began president Franklin Roosevelt got on the TV and told everyone it would be okay ( even though Roosevelt wasn’t the president at that time and there was no TV at that time either ) Biden is a lawyer and a senator you don’t expect that kind of gaff from someone with his experience and those weren’t his only goofs.

For seven years, Sarah Palin slept with a card-carrying member of an Alaskan secessionist group. “Good luck on a successful and inspiring convention – keep up the good work and God bless you,” she told the group last year.

Today is Sunday, Badger. You better high-tail it out of here or you’ll miss the next flight out to Alaskaland.

Its just fascinating to see and witness the emotions that Governor Palin can elicit! I think that we all have to agree that HoneyCakes (DARN!) Sarah, has “something.”
To the Palinites, I really don’t think anyone hates our Lamb. I think people are just astonished and astounded that someone of her calibre was able to come within a heartbeat of the Presidency of the United States. It IS and was quite scary! I am having a hard time forgiving the Republican honchos for this scam/farce they tried to foist upon the American people. After all, she is who she is. Which leads me to comment;
Our SweetiePie, is woefully inept, (at least at this time), and she only underlines that ineptness each and everytime she performs interviews as such. She would do herself a world of good politically and personally, to “go under the radar screen” and concentrate on building her base and intellect about most things ( I do mean that in the kindest of ways!) Also, given that she does not evaluate her interviews (very unwise!)she may want to get in the habit of doing that and becoming aware of the sarcasm that she spews and tone it down a lot. Its her really nasty sarcasm which have sparked the viscious posts and comments that you see–even exhibited here. “If you live by the sword, surely you will die by it.”
IMHO, If she engages a capable PR firm and they were to design a compelling campaign for her, …well? Also, if it proves out that she can fundraise–watch out! Anyway, in just doing these things, I believe she has a real future in the international arena.
But, who are we kidding? We all know that shewould never even consider such strategy! Why? …Because everyone else is at fault–not her, and she feels its all about her. Shame….

For those who justify Sarah and Todd Palins belief that Alaska should secede from the United States I only have one thing to say. “America, Love It or Leave It”. Please move to Alaska and stay there with the rest of the morons who blindly follow the Palins.

Jane I agree with you!

My favorite media for the main stream I keep in my blue tackle box. For fishin’ the lower fork of the stream, I just use the junk in my red tackle box.

I’m a secessionist and I’m okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut all ties with government.
I write up a decree.
On Thursdays I go shoppin’
And charge to the RNC.

If she really had any common sense, she would shut the heck up. The more she blabs her mouth, the more the media will be down on her. She apparently hasn’t figured that out yet.

Classism
Does she understand what this word means? How does Classism enter this debate?

500+ comments here, to bash the Gov of AK, yet only 200+ comments on Obama’s interview regarding how he plans to govern the U.S. for the next four years.
Wake up people! Get the memo? Palin was VP on the losing ticket. Yet people are still churning out tired, repetitive jokes about her instead of paying attention to the looming ineptness of the president-elect.
Palin is from AK? Let’s make funny jokes!
Meanwhile, anyone actually paying attention to the next administration being formed on the Potomac?
Focus on what’s important….why is this so hard for people to do?

I think the difference in the number of comments between a story about Obama’s policies and Palin playing the victim is understandable.
McCain choosing Palin made a lot of people angry because she was so obviously not qualified for the job. And with each interview she did her lack of knowledge and logic was more apparent. Our country has numerous major problems. That the Republicans could run her as a viable candidate at a time like this was unforgivable.
On the other hand, when I read an article on Obama’s good policy ideas I don’t frequently comment, because I agree.
Don’t confuse high numbers of comments with the success of an article. An article should educate and perhaps entertain occasionally. That’s why I read all the articles on Obama’s policies while seldom commenting. So far his ideas to get us out of this mess are logical and cohesive. Thank goodness!

I still have to go with the factor that something about Palin annoys people, and it’s not what they say it is.
I think there’s a lot of people out there who are still ticked off they didn’t make the cheer squad.
Get over it people – the VP on the losing ticket isn’t what needs the focus right now. The fact that she can still generate so much buzz, in terms of commentary, shows that she still gets to people – one way or another. There’s a lot of power in that.

Sarah Palin torpedoed McCain’s chances…accept it REPUBS!!

With all due respect WWW, I feel most of that stuff is irrelevant. Quite frankly, I would not have a problem if she used some sort of influence to help her (remains to be seen) future son-in-law get a job. It just points a bit to her charcter. What bothers me is that she says that that these kids are not drop-outs when, in actuality they are. Palin creates her own realiy (demonstrated even in this interview) I do so hope her kids obtain their GED’s for their sakes and that of their baby. In any event, Palin’s family only faces similar problems that many in this country deal with on a daily basis. Except they’re (the Palins) are more fortunate.
That’s why some of her positions just absolutely boggles my mind. Also, as one Palinite supporter posted; “… Yes, she has a lot to learn about politics and our foreign policies. She also has to learn to think on her feet and to think before she answers questions and to not allow comments about her family. She has and still is learning some hard lessons about that! I think, though, if she continues in politics she’ll learn everything that she needs to learn and she’ll be prepared when she runs for election again, for whatever office that might be….”
My reaction–…and this is a candidte that one should have felt comfortable with literally being a heart beat away from the Presidency at the time of the election?
Given the problems of our country (even before the financial melt down) some Republican honchos should be hanged for treason because they presented such an inept candidate! It was all about the win” instead of the well-being of our country. As I posted earlier; it isn’t BabyDoll’s (DARN!), Sarah’s fault. She is who she is. However, if she wants some longevity in politics, she needs to put her nose to the grind stone and study really hard. Quite frankly, I don’t think she can do it. How does one compensate for knowledge and experiences that should have been obtained over a life time?
Anyway… she has one helluva public relations mountain to climb! She really needs to engage good advisors.
Who ever posted that Palin is not sarcastic….. LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, FS, it remains to be seen whether Sarah used influence beyond the reference letter she wrote for Levi. But what amazes me is that she’s now stamping her whining and untruths with the official State Seal of approval. In the past when she whined and lied into the microphones, it was more on a personal level.
Levi’s apprenticeship story will likely fade away into oblivion and what will the public be left with? The official governor’s whine list of how she was so victimized at the hands of the media – including the “false” story about influencing Levi’s employer. The Palinesque alternate reality that you mention will have become official truth. The author of the newspaper column didn’t say Sarah MUST have used undue influence in getting Levi hired, but the official Alaska government web site will still say he did. There is no “proof” that’s been proffered, but the public will be left with the official Alaska government web site saying there was, AND that it was offered up right away. To me, this use of the state web site takes the Palinesque reality to a whole new level.

Next she’ll be suing her Witch Doctor who’s Black Magic Spell to Grant the Alaskan Bimbo Riches didn’t work…

HappyNewYear, I say let’s be fair. Just as it is WRONG for “the other side” to spread untruths, it is just as WRONG for you to do so too. HoneyLamb NEVER said such a thing. To paraphrase; she said that you can see Russia from land in Alaska. She is absolutely correct with that fact. What is at issue is that she felt that given that fact and that “Putin flies over Alaska”, this some how qualified her as having foreign policy experience. ???? LOL!!!!! I just LOVE her!!!! I REALLY REALLY DO!!!!
I am critical of Baby… (DARN IT!) Governor Palin but one thing I do give her credit for, is that I DO really think that she has/will have a positive affect regarding tourism in Alaska. I have friends who have traveled there…AND (this is only because of Sarah Palin), I am going to Nome Alaska in September to see the bears and the trout. It seems to be a really beautiful state!

My oh my, listen to everyone. Sarah sure has you folks all tied up in knots. Everyone is spending a lot of energy lobbing stones at someone who doesn’t even affect national policy. Now why is that?

Question for everyone to consider: why is that? It’s January…you’d think by now Palin would be old news and the focus would be on Obama.
Posted by: Interested08 | Jan 12, 2009 8:27:23 AM
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Same reason we spent 2 years hearing about Paris and Britney. The press writes about what they are interested in. Period.

carlyonsue, the Secret Service blamed Sarah Palin’s “pallin’ around with terrorists” comments for a spike in the number of death threats against Obama. Nothing that anyone said about Sarah or Bristol or Trig, no matter how hateful or idiotic, ever caused any death threats against the Palins.

Don’t blamed Palin a bit for fighting back at the bias media. The bottom feeders went after her childrens and that’s a no no in anyone book with a right mind. Maybe in a lefties household, you can come in and smacked the family around a bit and it’s OK but we Republicans won’t stand for that.

USA-No1: You are right! Going after her children was just about the lowest thing they could do! I daresay that there are not any parents in the world, whether they are republican, democrat, independent or whatever that are going to allow attacks on their family for very long! She put up with a lot longer than I would have! She should have spoke out over four months ago but she has every right to speak out now!

Nobody said Sarah made death threats, “and you know it.” But she INCITED hatred. That’s why the Secret Service blamed her.
Excerpts from a Telegraph article:
Palin “attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of ‘palling around with terrorists.’”
“The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies.”
“But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.”
“The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin’s attacks.”

carlyonsue, Obama did try to stop attacks on the Palin family. Sarah has never acknowledged this.
“I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people’s families are off limits, and people’s children are especially off limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Governor Palin’s performance as governor, or her potential performance as a VP. And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories,” he said.

WWW: I’m going to respectfully say that I think any further comments between us are pointless because you and I don’t agree and we will never agree!

Rudy: And you have the gall to call Sarah dishonest! You are the skillet calling the pot black! You know that is NOT what she said! She said that you can see Russia from an island off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea. THAT IS TRUE!

Sarah the hatemonger roused the rabble at her rallies. She uttered not a single word against the racist slurs and comments made by her fans. But Obama, who says of attacks on Sarah’s family “I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories,” is wrong for not putting it in stronger language? lol, carlyonsue. Buh-bye!

WWW: His answer was too weak! He should have been much more direct even if he made some people mad! He should have told them point blank and in no uncertain terms to STOP IT! AND STOP NOW! AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO PART OF IT AND WOULD NOT TOLERATE SUCH ATTACKS COMING FROM HIS PEOPLE! And he shouldn’t have cared if it cost him votes or even cost him the presidency!

Sooner, you’re confusing Tina Fey with Sarah Palin. Nobody was talking about Tina’s “I can see Russia from my house” joke from SNL! The subject was Sarah Palin saying “You can see Russia from Alaska” during the Charlie Gibson interview. Charlie asked what insight into Russian actions the proximity of Alaska gives her. Sarah apparently thought insight meant ‘in sight’ as ‘within eyeshot.” and replied “They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.” Nobody is saying the comment isn’t factual. It was just a marvelously dumb answer that earned Sarah some well-deserved ribbing. Now she’s trying to shift blame for her silly response by claiming it was taken out of context. But it wasn’t taken out of context. In fact, the context is what makes the remark so funny in the first place!