By Julie Percha

Apr 8, 2010 8:07am

Sarah Show: As Obama Inks a Treaty, Another Palin Moment for GOP

By Rick Klein What are you left with when you have a cattle call and take out a few of the top horses? (Hint: She wears lipstick.) The Southern Republican Leadership Conference gets underway Thursday in New Orleans, and with that, the 2012ers march in. Except that Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty and Mike Huckabee — maybe No. 1 and No. 2 in your early seeding, plus an always-intriguing wild card who happened to win Iowa last time around — won’t be there. But Sarah Palin will. And so we’re back in one of those regularly recurring phases of American political discourse that tips toward Palin and basically Palin alone. Here in this tenuous time for the Republican Party — with RNC Chairman Michael Steele under fire; a rising star, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, embroiled in a controversy that really does involve race; and a falling star, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, just maybe ditching the GOP primary — it’s Palin’s voice that again is breaking through, familiar accent and all. Remaking the game: “The cattle call season for the 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls is upon us, but the media obsession with all things Palin and her knack for dominating a news cycle or two calls into question how valuable it is for various potential White House contenders to show up and play,” ABC’s David Chalian reports. It’s the simple fact for Republicans: When Palin is part of the conversation, the conversation isn’t about anyone other than Palin. And that can lead in any number of directions. More is-she-or-isn’t-she parsing on tap: “The meeting in New Orleans provides ample opportunity for speculation about the next presidential campaign — and especially about Palin, who has proved an endless source of intrigue since running as the GOP's 2008 vice presidential nominee,” Mark Barabak writes in the Los Angeles Times. “The question is whether Friday's appearance is a step toward a White House run, or simply another marketing effort — not that one necessarily precludes the other.” Chances for others to break through? “The event will be dominated by the rest of what may become the GOP field,” The Hotline’s Reid Wilson reports. “Today, ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich has a major speaking role. On Friday, ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin (R), LA Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and TX Gov. Rick Perry (R) get a chance to woo activists. On Saturday, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), ex-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), MS Gov. Haley Barbour (R) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) will hold the spotlight.” (And what happens if Ron Paul wins another straw poll? Time to burn the straw? “If that happens, look for some within the party — including the leading 2012 candidates — to push for an end to these sorts of straw polls,” Chris Cillizza writes at The Fix blog.) Making headlines — Palin Wednesday night on nukes, to Sean Hannity: “No administration in America's history would, I think, ever have considered such a step that we just found out President Obama is supporting today. It's kinda like getting out there on a playground, a bunch of kids, getting ready to fight, and one of the kids saying, 'Go ahead, punch me in the face and I'm not going to retaliate. Go ahead and do what you want to with me.'” And on Michael Steele: “I support Michael Steele. I'm glad he is the leader of the party, administratively,” she told Hannity. “I think he's doing a great job. Michael Steele is an outsider. The machine is tough to penetrate. I know Michele [Bachmann] and I both have felt that in our careers. I think it has been good to have an independent outsider find — kind of create some change in the Republican Party.” Meanwhile — President Obama is in Prague, where the new nuclear treaty was signed with Russia Thursday morning. “They are here first and foremost to make history — by signing the most significant arms-reduction treaty in two decades,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reported Thursday morning from Prague, on “Good Morning America.” Stephanopoulos sits down with President Obama in Prague Thursday — watch for a first piece of that interview on Thursday’s “World News,” with more to come on “Good Morning America” Friday. And Stephanopoulos will be in Russia Friday, interviewing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and anchoring “GMA” from Moscow on Monday. President Obama, alongside Medvedev on Thursday: “Together, we have stopped the drift, and proven the benefits of cooperation. Today is an important milestone for nuclear security and non-proliferation, and for U.S.-Russia relations.” “As I said last year in Prague, this treaty will set the stage for further cuts. And going forward, we hope to pursue discussions with Russia on reducing both our strategic and tactical weapons, including non-deployed weapons.” And on Iran: “My expectation is that we are going to be able to secure strong, tough sanctions on Iran this spring,” the president said. “Russia has been a very strong partner.” He’s been here before: “The tension between promise and pragmatism came through in the so-called Nuclear Posture Review document Mr. Obama released this week. While it narrows first-strike policy, renounces development of new nuclear warheads and expresses an intent to further cut stockpiles, it lays out few specifics of how to do that. Further reductions will be contingent on new negotiations,” The New York Times’ Peter Baker writes. On the flip side: “As President Obama prepares to sign a landmark arms-control treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a chorus of skeptics here is quietly expressing concerns that Moscow has conceded too much in the deal,” The Washington Post’s Philip P. Pan reports. More of what’s crammed into a busy trip: “President Barack Obama’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Thursday to sign a nuclear arms treaty in Prague marks the first substantive step in his administration’s efforts to ‘reset’ relations with its former Cold War adversary,” Politico’s Carol E. Lee reports. “Yet it’s Obama’s packed diplomatic agenda in Prague that really begins to test the U.S.-Russia reset. Already there are signs of how gingerly Obama has to tread over the next few days.”

Broader (or narrower) impact: “President Barack Obama signs a nuclear-arms treaty with Russia today that he will try to use to build international support for increasing pressure on Iran and preventing terrorists from getting atomic material,” Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman reports. In Virginia — a governor digs out of a self-created mess. “Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) issued a mea culpa on Wednesday evening, telling his fellow citizens that it was a ‘mistake’ and ‘major omission’ not to discuss slavery in his proclamation designating April as ‘Confederate History Month,’ ” ABC’s Teddy Davis reports. The context: “McDonnell, who tried to tailor his campaign to practical, kitchen-table issues, was bombarded with outrage over what has become a flash point in Virginia politics and a headache for previous governors,” Olympia Meola and Tyler Whitney report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “Despite McDonnell's attempt to calm the waters, his apology didn't quell the anger among Democrats.” “A social conservative, the Pennsylvania-born and Alexandria-bred McDonnell has never been known for using racial appeals during a career in Virginia politics that began when he won a state House seat in the commonwealth’s transient Tidewater region in 1992,” Politico’s Jonathan Martin and Seung Min Kim report. “In fact, his victory in November, after years of GOP losses in the moderate-conservative state, was held up by establishment Republicans as a model for how the party could win in competitive parts of the country in the Obama era – by focusing on kitchen-table issues, downplaying divisive social matters and offering only respect for the nation’s first black president.” In RNC land — Katon Dawson, getting calls: “Katon Dawson, who early last year narrowly lost his bid for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, said Wednesday that he's received numerous calls from prominent Republicans concerned by a string of recent controversies tied to the man who beat him, Michael Steele,” McClatchy’s James Rosen reports. “I can tell you that the RNC is going to have to be scandal-free from now on,” Dawson said. “The membership is just not going to take much more. I don't think there's a lot of room for error coming out of Washington from now until November.” In Florida — looking like a Lieberman … Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla., asked whether he’s considering running as an independent: “I'm focused on the session,” Crist said. “I'm focused on these bills that are pending and coming up shortly. That's where my focus is, there will be time for other things later.” Adam C. Smith of the St. Petersburg Times tallies up the clues: “When Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that he raised a whopping $3.6 million over the past 90 days, it was another game-changer in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. This just a day after Gov. Charlie Crist bucked fellow Republicans and vetoed an elections bill he was expected to sign — and the same day he reversed course and hinted he might veto a teacher tenure bill favored by Jeb Bush and other Republican leaders. On top of that, Crist plans to call the Legislature into special session this summer to overhaul state ethics laws — an issue Republican leadership has avoided this year.” “It all fed a surge in speculation that Crist is positioning himself to drop out of the Republican primary and run instead as an independent. Under Florida law, Crist has to declare whether he's running for the Republican nomination or as an independent by April 30,” Smith writes. In New York — Eliot Spitzer, not closing doors. “I've never said I would never consider running for office again,” the former New York governor tells Fortune’s Peter Elkind, adding that he’s in “unceasing agony” over the fact that he’s no longer in office. “I'm all in favor of rehabilitation.” Retirement watch: “The two top-ranking Democrats in the U.S. House fear Rep. Bart Stupak may retire after drawing fierce criticism during the health care debate and have urged him to seek re-election, congressional aides told The Associated Press on Wednesday,” the AP’s John Flesher reports. “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer phoned Stupak recently and encouraged the Michigan Democrat to run for a 10th term.” Pushing … “Tea Party activists started an advertising campaign against Representative Bart Stupak yesterday for backing President Barack Obama’s health-care bill when it was passed by the House last month,” Bloomberg’s Patrick O’Connor writes. Overnight scare: “FBI agents say no explosives were found in the shoes of a Qatar diplomat who was subdued by federal air marshals on a United flight to Denver Wednesday night after allegedly telling the marshals, ‘I'm lighting my shoes on fire,’” ABC’s Rhonda Schwartz, Richard Esposito and Brian Ross report. “A US security official said, ‘it may have been a massive misunderstanding’ and the diplomat's statement may have been a ‘sarcastic’ comment when he was confronted by two air marshals who had been told by flight attendants that smoke was coming from the lavatory.” San Francisco scare: “The San Francisco man arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support for health care reform spent five years harassing a local church – until its custodian helped break the case involving Pelosi, the church's lawyer said,” Jaxon Van Derbeken and Jill Tucker report in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Gregory Lee Giusti, 48, made at least four dozen harassing and threatening phone calls to Pelosi's homes in St. Helena and Washington as well as her husband's San Francisco office, authorities said. The torrent of calls, they said, occurred from Feb. 6 to March 25, with Giusti telling Pelosi that if she wanted to see her home again, she would vote against the pending health care reform bill.” Lawrence Tribe, “invisible”: “Mr. Tribe has been asked to suggest ways to improve legal services for the poor, find alternatives to court-intensive litigation and strengthen the fairness and independence of domestic courts. But Mr. Tribe has a small staff, a limited budget, little concrete authority and a portfolio far less sweeping than the one he told friends he had hoped to take on in Washington,” The New York Times’ Charlie Savage reports. “He is also largely invisible. The Justice Department is not allowing him to give interviews, apparently in part because of nervousness in the administration that his unabashedly liberal views might draw criticism or that Mr. Tribe, described by friends as having a big intellect and a healthy ego, might stray from his assigned lane.”
The Kicker: “That was palm-worthy — I had to write that one on my hand.” — Sarah Palin, “kicking it old-school” by noting on her hand that Rep. Michele Bachmann has fostered 23 children. “I’m proud to have been endorsed by the College Republicans.” — Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., in an old habit.
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User Comments

Sarah Palin is about the only entertainment the GOP can muster. Her dog and pony show is a delight to regular people because she attracts all the radicals to her side and exposes them to the world for what they are. Fools and clowns and other circus acts.

Posted by: KsDevil | April 8, 2010, 8:33 am 8:33 am

The GOP has so many clowns right now, it’ll be surprising if they can pull off a sweep in the elections.

Posted by: Jim Bob | April 8, 2010, 8:35 am 8:35 am

Anything, ANYONE, would be better than what we have now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: M. Smith | April 8, 2010, 8:38 am 8:38 am

yawwwn…more Sarah Palin…how boring. But please god, help her to become the nominee in 2012, thus forcing the biggest defeat in GOP history (lose 45 of 50 states), and forcing the Republicans to finally face the fact, that to be an effective party, they need to revamp from top to bottom their strategy, message, and leadership….
’til this happens we are never going to an effective opposition party in this country…just a permanent opposition party – the GOP….run by whack jobs so far right they cannot see the horizon.

Posted by: indithinker | April 8, 2010, 8:38 am 8:38 am

I’m ready to run myself. At least I know me.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 8:45 am 8:45 am

The Palin family is using the media for all they can. We got Sarah running around the country wherever she can find a camera. All she ever has to say are put downs on everything Obama is doing (good or bad). Never once does she give the public a straight forward alternative to what she is against. All she knows how to do is put Obama down. It is becoming obviously clear that she has a personal vendetta against Obama and she is out to get him in spite of whether it is in the best interest of our nation or not. Then of course we have Bristol who goes on TV telling kids to stop and thin before they have sexual relations. All this while she is holding her out of wedlock kid and thanking her family for all their support. What support?? Sarah is nowhere to be found at home. She is too busy staying in front of the cameras. This family is nothing but a joke. Sarah is an evil vindictive woman and all her rhetoric will come back to bite her soon enough.

Posted by: Jacki | April 8, 2010, 8:51 am 8:51 am

Sarah has more common sense and integrity than the current administration could ever dream of obtaining. Sarah tells it like it is, Obama spins, waffles, and does 360 degrees on the majority of his false promises. The country needs to replace congress in 2010 and Sarah can help that to happen.

Posted by: Downwithsocialism | April 8, 2010, 9:04 am 9:04 am

Once Palin left office she lost much of my respect for her. She has devolved from a represntative to a political commentator. If people want to listen to her that is their choice.
In either case, from the last poll I saw on it, showed her with a 39% national approval rating with likely voters. Why is that significant? Congresses approval rating of 17% at the same time.
She has double the approval rating of congress, no matter how venomous her detractors are.

Posted by: bobtherepublican | April 8, 2010, 9:13 am 9:13 am

Palin is just playing opposites. If the nukes are reduced then it is weakness. If the nukes are increased then it is money being spent. Either way, palin’s tactics are that of an immature child.

Posted by: raggmopp | April 8, 2010, 9:13 am 9:13 am

Jacki, Mrs. Palin is a Republican who thinks she speaks for all Republicans during a campaign year.
During a campaign, most politicians do not have a lot to say good about the other party.
As for Bristol, give it a rest. She is a young woman who made a bad decision to have sex as an unwed teenager; instead of hiding from the world, she is accepting responsibility and the consequences of that bad decision. She chose to give birth to her child, to raise him instead of discarding him. She is using herself as an EXAMPLE of WHY teenage girls should not have sex as an unwed teenager.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 9:14 am 9:14 am

I hope she becomes the Republican nominee. That will show the Democrats how serious they are. By the way, what is the vision for the future of the Republican Party??????

Posted by: rich | April 8, 2010, 9:15 am 9:15 am

“They are here first and foremost to make history — by signing the most significant arms-reduction treaty in two decades,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reported Thursday morning from Prague, on “Good Morning America.” Seems to me that is all Obama wants to do is make history, whether good or bad for the country!

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 9:15 am 9:15 am

Oh also I just want to say: I really wish there was something more important to talk about.
Only other significant thing I read this morning was that US crude dropped to $85 and a bit, down from the 18 month high of $87 and change, this morning, because of a stronger dollar and worries about Greeces national debt’s effect on the Euro.

Posted by: bobtherepublican | April 8, 2010, 9:15 am 9:15 am

Yeah, bob the republican, I also just heard about the surprise increase in unemployment claims – 18000 more filed last week!

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 9:20 am 9:20 am

Sarah comes up with great sound bites but absolutely nothing substantive in terms of policy. She never has had any answers but plays beautifully to other dissatisfied citizens who also have no answers.

Posted by: CLK8122 | April 8, 2010, 9:21 am 9:21 am

@malcat – based on your common sense postings, I think I would vote for you! Go for it.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 9:22 am 9:22 am

In my wildest dreams I cannot imagine Sarah Palin in Russia discussing nuclear arms reduction…perhaps in my wildest nightmares yes.

Posted by: Chap | April 8, 2010, 9:25 am 9:25 am

I watched the hannity show last night and I was surprised that Buchmann has such great support in her democratic state, she had responses that gave solutions and an audience that included a lot of young people cheering her on. Now that is progress. Pawlenty got just as much support and spoke of strategy versus old rhetoric. GO GOP.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 9:26 am 9:26 am

Charlene – “It’s typical of the socialist left to continue their propaganda efforts against common sense”……so by defn if the “left” is socialist, does that make the “right” fascist?…
you all gotta have some perspective before throwing around words that are extreme
and btw that whole “socialist/marxist” this is getting really tired…has lost all meaning..
and lastly, I think Mrs Palin is off the deep end, but hey, she is having fun, making tons of money, and is good at it…
I just pray everyday that her extreme rhetoric does not incite someone to do something crazy…

Posted by: indithinker | April 8, 2010, 9:31 am 9:31 am

I am still always amazed at the MSM and left wingers as regards Sarah Palin. It is your obsession with her that gets people to actually listen to what she says. It made me read her book. Again, you provoke people to find out about her and then just knock her down on a personal basis without knowing anything about her. I hope she doesn’t run in 2012, but I certainly hope she maintains her current status as a grassroots cheerleader. She does stick to common sense, which is why I think liberals don’t like her, do you not think there is room for common sense in politics? I sure hope we get some soon or we will go down the tubes quicker than any of us would expect.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 9:31 am 9:31 am

“Sarah has more common sense and integrity than the current administration could ever dream of obtaining. Sarah tells it like it is, Obama spins, waffles, and does 360 degrees on the majority of his false promises. The country needs to replace congress in 2010 and Sarah can help that to happen.”
WAKE UP! This woman has MAYBE 1 working brain cell in her skull. She’s a complete joke and if the GOP doesn’t dump her soon our party is in DEEP TROUBLE!

Posted by: cwac | April 8, 2010, 9:38 am 9:38 am

What Ms. Palin is doing is very harmful for the country. It is causing division and separating people in the country. The danger is when Ms. Palin or Sean Hannity or politicians use words like socialist, anti-american, etc. to dipict the President it is detructive and it is untrue. Leaders should have a high standard in debate and civility. Their is nothing wrong when we disagree but when use untrue characterization, we hurt true and open debate. What is very interesting and admirable is that our President never speaks about those who oppose him in negative ways as his opponents do. I remember when Ms. Palin’s daughter and family were being critized, he stated family should be left out of the debate. There is no civility in Ms. Palin’s debate. I hear anger, division, and strife. Ms. Palin is a professing christian and her tone and words do not reflect the teaching of Jesus Christ.

Posted by: greg | April 8, 2010, 9:41 am 9:41 am

I just pray everyday that her extreme rhetoric does not incite someone to do something crazy…
Posted by: indithinker ===== you mean like voting for republicans? That’s her goal and that probably is going to be the end result, republicans in office. Don’t accuse her of inciting violence, that is NOT what she is about.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 9:47 am 9:47 am

Greg: I suppose if you support Pelosi and Obama, you view Palin as causing division in the country.
I don’t. I find her words to unite the country that Obama’s liberal supporters have divided.

Posted by: Tony | April 8, 2010, 9:47 am 9:47 am

The GOP needs to get on track fast.
We independents can pull this thing out of the fire of socialism, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE CANDIDATES!

Posted by: Ed Taylor | April 8, 2010, 9:50 am 9:50 am

nancy – “It is your obsession with her that gets people to actually listen to what she says. It made me read her book”……..
Wow, the is a very sad commentary on society today…. used to be that people read books cause they thought they might learn something and could think for themselves – form opinions….guess not anymore!
the “left-wingers” made me do it! LOL

Posted by: indithinker | April 8, 2010, 9:50 am 9:50 am

Palin seems to be oblivious to the fact Republicans have a lengthy history of nuclear nonproliferation treaties.

Posted by: T_Ferg | April 8, 2010, 9:54 am 9:54 am

It blows my mind that anyone could really take Bachmann or Palin as serious policy makers. Are you kidding me? Its enough to drive a guy to the left.

Posted by: jj | April 8, 2010, 9:58 am 9:58 am

Why did Sarah Palin Leave her Governorship during her second year of her fist and only term in office?
Gee, did it have anyting to do with the investigations of:
1)Sarah Palin’s miss use of State funds
2)Having to take back her statement affidavit on the Police officer whose career Palin destroyed based on a lie
3)Palin’s use of Federal government funds that she used to build the ‘Road-to-Nowhere’
4)Sarah Palin’s pushing and requesting for Pork money to build that ‘Bridge-to-Nowhere’ then lying about as she claimed that she turned it down during her 2008 campaign for VP.
Yet it was Congress who told Palin that she could not use the money to build the bridge she wanted. Congress told Palin in a written letter that she was suppose to use that money to fix the broken down roads and bridges in that town. So instead Sarah Palin built that ‘Road-to-Nowhere’
Palin the lying quitter will make a fine candidate for the Republican party

Posted by: Angie | April 8, 2010, 9:59 am 9:59 am

@malcat – based on your common sense postings, I think I would vote for you! Go for it.
———-
Thanks, Nancy. I may be nutty, but I’m not completely crazy!

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 9:59 am 9:59 am

Well, when we will elect a congress that is willing to openly discuss making change occur? The presidents plans don’t go into effect unless congress agrees to it. And we see how health care got passed through. Doesn’t matter if you are for it or against it, it’s the process that sucks. Yes republicans have pushed through legislation that way in the past so it goes both ways. But when do we as a voting public elect politicians who give a damn about working together and not about their job, but what is right for the American people? Oh, yeah, we as a nation don’t vote. So I’m talking to an audience that doesn’t listen and doesn’t act. I’ve voted in all the elections since I’ve been able to vote….Palin, Obama, Huckabee, Romney, Clinton and others it doesn’t matter who the President is it matters who we have in the congress/senate. Which right now only care about their own jobs…

Posted by: mainer | April 8, 2010, 10:06 am 10:06 am

The cold war has been over since the late 80′s. When is the last time you heard of new nuclear missle development by US or Russia? This meeting was an absolute joke which just gave two narcissistic world leaders something to crow about. LOL we are each going to do away with 30% of our outdated nuclear weapons which probably no longer work anyway. Way to go OBAMA!!!!

Posted by: gary | April 8, 2010, 10:08 am 10:08 am

I am totally disgusted with the way the social liberal media has portrayed Sarah Palin. Their fears have been fully realized in a normal, common sense woman who fully understand selflessness and compassion.
The caustic comments I’ve seen coming from the socialist democrats makes me outraged! They have taken over the US congress since 2007 and have wreaked havoc on the US and world economies! Yet they continue to blame George Bush!
The leftist media has been lock-step with these compulsive tax and spenders!
Let’s get rid of the socialist politicians and ignore their media cronies with it’s caustic propaganda!
Thank God for Fox News!

Posted by: no longer a democrat | April 8, 2010, 10:12 am 10:12 am

In regards to DownwithSocialism comment as far as Palin telling it like it is. Palin is just like her Republican cohorts that are full of hot air. Palin, just like her fellow Republicans do not offer any alternatives to what Obama is offering. All I hear is tongues of poison. What the hell did the Republicans do when they was in office, NOTHING but spend billions on a not needed war and they did nothing to stem the crisis that occurred before Obama took over. They think that they come in like a knight in shining armor and everything will be all right. Yeah right, Palin does not not have the sense of a roach. I would never die for a Republican or let alone serve a Republican for they also serve themselves.

Posted by: Lonewolf1044 | April 8, 2010, 10:21 am 10:21 am

Please run Sarah Palin. Please, please, please, please. She is exactly the perfect buffoon (jester, clown, fool, bore) who represents the other buffoons out there. And yes we do have quite a few. Her witch doctor can become secretary of state. Perhaps some good snake handling and toxin drinking will straighten up all the loose demons running around.

Posted by: bravebrick | April 8, 2010, 10:22 am 10:22 am

It is so ironic that the Palin and the rest of the party has “hail” Reagan as their Hero. Was he a socialist? Well, Reagan said that the only thing he REGRETTED not doing in his 8 years as the job shipping president of the 1980′s was that he Didn’t get the Russians to agree to reducing the nuclear weapons that were stockpile by by the U.S. and Russia during the cold war period. It would be devastating if the “terrorist” of today got their hand on just one of them, now wouldn’t it. Thank you Mr. President for finally getting it done! Palin with her “child-like” analysis only entertains and drives for hate and division. She wouldn’t know what’s good for my country even if she READ. Her comprehension level is near 0!

Posted by: sara | April 8, 2010, 10:22 am 10:22 am

I can’t believe anyone supports Oclowno, Pelosi, Reid, etc…. after what they are doing to this country—-GO PALIN !!

Posted by: countrygirl_74 | April 8, 2010, 10:26 am 10:26 am

Once again, Palin proves the old adage, “Better that people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” No Sara, saying that you won’t use nuclear weapons in response to a non-nuclear attack is not like a kid on the playground promising not to retaliate. Let me fix your analogy. A 150-pound 6th-grader with a black belt (the US) tells a 60-pound 1st-grader (weak rogue nation) that he can punch him and he promises not to shoot him with a gun. The weak rogue nation knows that punching the US is going to still result in massive retaliation with conventional forces, and that the US will have no trouble enacting a regime change as it did in Iraq and Afghanistan. The purpose of having nukes is to prevent other countries from using nukes. They shouldn’t be used for any other purpose.

Posted by: ShannonInCT | April 8, 2010, 10:29 am 10:29 am

nancy…Her book? That she did not write? How many pop up pictures did it have? How many pop up picture books do you read in a month? How many books at all? Putz…

Posted by: mrgmorgan56 | April 8, 2010, 10:29 am 10:29 am

I am so glad Ms Palin has no understanding of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). The Obama promised if you hit me with your fist I will not hit you back with a machine gun. Instead, I will hit you back with the level of lethality you engage mw with.

Posted by: John | April 8, 2010, 10:32 am 10:32 am

@indithinker – Wow, the is a very sad commentary on society today…. used to be that people read books cause they thought they might learn something and could think for themselves – form opinions….guess not anymore! ======= actually, this is my point. I was intrigued by all the news, read her book so I could be better informed, read up on what she did in local and state politics (all news, legislation, opposition, etc…) and made my decision based on facts, not personal slander. You should try it sometime, it works.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 10:33 am 10:33 am

No Longer a Democrat:
Yes, Fox News is good because it gives a right-biased look at news.
But always remember, most media is biased left or right. I try my best to read/watch as many news outlets as possible and then make up my own mind as to what is true.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 10:33 am 10:33 am

@lonewolf – “What the hell did the Republicans do when they was in office, NOTHING but spend billions on a not needed war and they did nothing to stem the crisis that occurred before Obama took over.” ======== funny thing is, Obama is still spending on BOTH wars and his 2010 budget has more defense than any year in bush’s term besides the start up of the war. Are you saying that democrats don’t spend money on defense and wars?

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 10:39 am 10:39 am

Lets see, Obama has given Russia our defense, has told the world we will not retaliate with destructive force if you do it to us, taken over GM, sold Chrysler, taken over health care and will put you in prison if you do not obey, taken over half the banks, appointed tax cheaters to high office, appointed terrorist defending lawyers, told the terrorists that America is arrogant, told the terrorists we are sorry, told wall street to stop profiting, wants a sugar tax, wants a fat tax, punish you if you can only afford a used old car and on and on. Sarah? made Alaska strong. Lets see? Do we want a marxists ruler? or do we want a President to lead and protect us like Sarah Palin???? Bye Obama you are histroy next election.

Posted by: Jim Rod | April 8, 2010, 10:39 am 10:39 am

…..and besides, what has Sarah Palin done for her country Lately. A role model for a parent? Nope. An example of one nation under God? NOPE. A politican that stands her ground (quit) NOPE. A sensible leader. NOPE. Palin has used her “accidental, fatal” pick by a Senile McCain to Run all the Way to the Bank on the backs of the Ignorant in this country. Isn’t this what the Republican party has always done? The names mentioned above including Sarah at the “Southern” doo-doo make most Americans puke! But of course Sarah and “Dude” has something in common with Rick Perry… SUCESSION from the very country she is now Using to Pad her bank account! No one is “protraying” Palin…..Palin is Herself! A loser!

Posted by: sara | April 8, 2010, 10:39 am 10:39 am

But will a single one of them come up with new, forward moving ideas to help our country? Oh hell no. It will be an Obama bash.

Posted by: secondlook | April 8, 2010, 10:39 am 10:39 am

“I am totally disgusted with the way the social liberal media has portrayed Sarah Palin. Their fears have been fully realized in a normal, common sense woman who fully understand selflessness and compassion.”……… You’ve had a lot of bad women hurt you in life, huh? Because you’re so naive. You believe what they tell you.

Posted by: secondlook | April 8, 2010, 10:42 am 10:42 am

nancy, Sarah Palin is completely lacking in “common sense”! Virtually every idea she espouses is ridiculous beyond all words.

Posted by: peter | April 8, 2010, 10:43 am 10:43 am

All of you that support Sarah Palin just ask yourself one question. Why do we have a Dem for president? Answer: because the GOP jacked up everything they touched. Make the same mistake with Palin and the next president will be an interracial gay bisexual transvestite.

Posted by: Mdunson | April 8, 2010, 10:43 am 10:43 am

nancy…Her book? That she did not write? How many pop up pictures did it have? How many pop up picture books do you read in a month? How many books at all? Putz…
Posted by: mrgmorgan56 ======== please quit your spin, most don’t write their own books, not everyone is an author, she is the basis of the book and gave all the facts in the book to look up her achievements. Chicago politics tried to destroy her and all it accomplished was getting her out of the governorship – she quit because they would not stop their campaign against her. That’s actually more admirable than anything I have seen Obama do! She also was never charged with any wrong doing and due to legislation she put in place, had to pay for all her own legal fees due to the Chicago Politics being played on her. That’s probably why she is doing the speaking engagements, to pay for the half mil in legal fees! You guys don’t know your facts you just have your personal talking points provided by the media.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 10:45 am 10:45 am

It is important to remember that Palin is an entertainer and will say whatever pops into her fluffy little head (true or not) regardless of the audience.
The quickest way to shut her and her fellow travellers up (i.e. Hannity) is to put her and them in charge of negotiating such a treaty. They would either head for the exits at the first chance or sell the USA for $1.00.

Posted by: Bob | April 8, 2010, 10:45 am 10:45 am

nancy, Sarah Palin is completely lacking in “common sense”! Virtually every idea she espouses is ridiculous beyond all words.
Posted by: peter =============== that is the one thing she does have. You won’t hear policy out of her for anything but her personal issues (energy – she does have solid initiatives on this subject), she doesn’t have the experience to make national policy decisions, just like Obama, but she does have tons of common sense and that is what attracts all those democrats, independents and republicans to her speeches.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 10:50 am 10:50 am

Anyone with a brain cell can see why Palin quit on Alaska: it’s too hard to seek personal fame and fortune if you’re stuck in Wasilla Taking care of your needy family and trying to govern the Great White North.

Posted by: ShannonInCT | April 8, 2010, 10:53 am 10:53 am

The quickest way to shut her and her fellow travellers up (i.e. Hannity) is to put her and them in charge of negotiating such a treaty. They would either head for the exits at the first chance or sell the USA for $1.00.
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So, Bob, you are willing put the USA at great risk just to prove some unelected Republicans are not smart enough to negotiate a treaty.
Glad you aren’t in charge!

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 10:54 am 10:54 am

Does Palin and opponents to President Obama ever read? Previous President’s have signed Nuclear Disarmament Treaties with the Soviet Union and now Russia, starting with SALT I through START II…? Someone please tell her and people of her ilk, the Pentagon & Secretary of Defense advises the President on our Military capabilities and the levels which are acceptable reductions to maintain our superiority!!
Oh she did say “THINK”!!

Posted by: Martin | April 8, 2010, 10:54 am 10:54 am

Her followers are gaining momentum every day, not losing momentum. They are now talking about a National leader to the Tea Party movement that guides the millions of people who are unhappy with the current administration. We’ll see what happens in November and the months leading up to ………………

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 10:55 am 10:55 am

I rather have Charlie Rangle negotiating in Russia – he could steal the nukes

Posted by: jamescbuilder | April 8, 2010, 10:56 am 10:56 am

Nancy,
I feel the same way about the right wing against Mr. Obama as far as common sense. You guys are so against everything that he does. By the way, read up on Mr.Ronald Reagan, the move that Mr. Obama just made on this issue is what Mr. Reagan always dreamt of. Way to go Mr. Obama in giving the US some more credibility.

Posted by: maria | April 8, 2010, 10:57 am 10:57 am

Second Amendment March on April 19th in D.C.
I hope Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann attend. Two people that get it. Long live Constitutional Conservatives! And may we retake control of this divided country and set it back on the path to greatness and freedom the way the Founders intended.

Posted by: SAM | April 8, 2010, 11:04 am 11:04 am

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 11:06 am 11:06 am

Nancy, as a Republican to a fellow Republican: Sarah Palin is not capable of being POTUS.
She would be a disaster on the world stage. She just does not have what it takes. She apparently did a darn good job as mayor. Until she was selected by Senator McCain, she was doing a good job as governor.
But she cannot and should not EVER be elected to a national office. That’s not a slam against her as a person, because I don’t know her and will not judge someone on personal character who has been so attacked by a biased media.
Sarah Palin is doing a lot of damage to the Republican Party. If she doesn’t stop soon, it will only get worse.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 11:07 am 11:07 am

Republicans have happy, healthy, beautiful women with real husbands and families. The Democrats have ugly bitter pasty looking harridans who are still griping about men while they eat ice cream at home and watch Oprah and Rosie O’Donnell.

Posted by: Kala | April 8, 2010, 11:09 am 11:09 am

Gary I have recently heard of a new Russian missle development. It is called the Bulava submarine launched ballistic missle for the new Borei class SSBN. It has been test launched 13 times with seven failures in the last several years. (Some very spectacular such as the night shot viewed from Norway.

Posted by: John | April 8, 2010, 11:14 am 11:14 am

“Republicans have happy, healthy, beautiful women with real husbands and families.”
Yeah, “real husbands,” who go hiking on the Alpalachian trail.
hardy har har.

Posted by: Amy in Maine | April 8, 2010, 11:17 am 11:17 am

Gee thanks, Kala. I’m a Republican woman married to a Democrat.
With people like you in the Republican Party, I may have to change my registration to Independent after all.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 11:19 am 11:19 am

Guard your loins and assets if Republicans take back the house and senate. If you think September 2008 was bad, just wait until Republicans take over again. It will be Armagadan in the worst way possible. Stay smart, stay informed. Vote Democrats to save America from disaster of the evil empire GOP and right wingnuts. Vote Democrats 2010 and 2012. Go, fight, win Democrats!

Posted by: Elle | April 8, 2010, 11:25 am 11:25 am

@malcat – But she cannot and should not EVER be elected to a national office.
Sarah Palin is doing a lot of damage to the Republican Party. If she doesn’t stop soon, it will only get worse ======= I actually agree with you on the national political stage, she is not qualified nor do I think that is her strength. Her polls are going up, not down which surprises me given all the bad press. I think she needs focus, but who am I to tell her what to do, right? I hope the tea party does get a national figure head – who is focused on the issues and solutions – to lead the tea party movement forward.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 11:25 am 11:25 am

After seeing Sarah Palin’s targets (actual gun sights) on my state’s Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford (District 8), in Tucson, AZ – - “SARAH PALIN – have you NO decency??????!!!!?????? You are becoming the Timothy McVeigh of Alaska!!!!!! If any one of our ELECTED officials are physically hurt because of your callous disregard for human life and the sanctity of our DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT – May GOD not have mercy on your evil soul!!!! And, may you spend decades in a U.S. Federal Prison for SEDITION!!!!”

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 11:25 am 11:25 am

Downwithsocialism…your 9:04 post…you know I am really getting sick and tired of listening to “soundbites” from people like you about “replacing Congress” in the fall. And what exactly do we replace them with? “Tea Partiers” who have no cohrerent agenda or any leadership at all? That would be like “herding cats”. Unless you really have a better idea than just “throw the bums out”, I suggest you do a little bit of research and pay a little better attention to what is actually going on in the country and maybe you can actually “learn something”. “Backlash negativity and voting patterns” will NEVER help our country get better.

Posted by: CND FOX | April 8, 2010, 11:28 am 11:28 am

Melanie n AZ,
I do not believe Mrs. Palin was actually calling for someone to shoot anyone.
This is a prime example of why I say she should never be elected to national office….she does not understand diplomacy and restraint.
She is a gun collector; she loves to hunt. I have no problem with either of those..they are legal activities enjoyed by millions of Americans.
To her, the ‘gun-sight’ on her website was her way of saying she opposes what the person does and/or re-election. It is no different than a golfer using a a golf metaphor or a basketball player using that type of metaphor.
But she should NOT have done it because of perception both by those who like and those who do not like her.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 11:33 am 11:33 am

@cndfox – think the whole thing is not about party but about the person. From my point of view that’s what I am looking at! Want fiscal responsibility NOT spend, spend, spend – which also means want the liberal mentality out of Washington!

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 11:36 am 11:36 am

Posted by: malcat | Apr 8, 2010 11:33:08 AM
Methaphor or not – there are nutty people out there (more than Sarah herself) and someone is going to get killed because of her b/s, lies, and downright hatred.

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 11:42 am 11:42 am

“Her polls are going up, not down which surprises me given all the bad press.” — last time I checked, Palin’s approval rating was at an all time low. The more publicity she seeks, the worse she looks. I think we all know that she could never win the Presidential election. The Tea Party needs to dump Palin and embrace someone with principals, like Ron Paul.

Posted by: ShannonInCT | April 8, 2010, 11:43 am 11:43 am

This woman really is nuts!! If we were to cut our stockpile to 14% of what it is now we could still completely cover the planet in bombs. The stories I could tell about her from Alaska.

Posted by: Dave | April 8, 2010, 11:48 am 11:48 am

Run Sarah, Run..lol seems like Palin is the only one easy to penetrate. That means Mitt and the other hopefuls are too tight! Republicans..can’t tell if they are coming or going.

Posted by: selasi-2 | April 8, 2010, 11:50 am 11:50 am

“But she should NOT have done it because of perception both by those who like and those who do not like her.”
The difference between a leader and an instigator. Palin is an instigator, Obama is a leader. Obama leads by example as well as by words.

Posted by: Amy in Maine | April 8, 2010, 11:57 am 11:57 am

What part of declaring that the US will only use nuclear weapons in SELF DEFENSE (what Obama did) equals a kid on a playground saying she/he will not retaliate if attacked? The only thing he has taken off the table is a first strike…HUGE difference. Is she really that stupid? I doubt it. The fact is, there is a large schism in the so-called “Tea Party” movement (and the Republican base in general) between the religious extreme right and the secular moderate conservatives..if Palin or anyone of her ilk is on the ticket and/or if a new conservative party forms, forget it. As a progressive/liberal Independent, I’d love nothing more:)

Posted by: raven | April 8, 2010, 11:57 am 11:57 am

Methaphor or not – there are nutty people out there (more than Sarah herself) and someone is going to get killed because of her b/s, lies, and downright hatred.
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I do not think Palin hates; she is just being a talking-head celebrity who has let her popularity go to her head.
That’s the difference in how I view her and how you do. You see hate; I see stupidity.
Unfortunately, there are real haters who will act regardless of what she ‘meant’.
Tell me, did you get this upset when President Bush’s effigy was burned at public rallies? How about when a mob actually attacked his limo? Did you even know or care about them?
There are dangerous hate-filled people we need to worry about. They will act on their hate no matter what someone says or doesn’t say. And they come from the far left and the far right of the political spectrum. Some don’t give a rat’s turd about political party; they just HATE.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 11:57 am 11:57 am

Why anyone gives her any creditability is beyone me. She has no privi to any information on what is actually going on in the nation foreign or domestic and yet she has a comment on everything like she is an authority. McCain’s adivsor keeps her up to date on what he knows but that is not all that is going on in this nation. She and her Bobbsy twin need to get a grip on life and tone down their rhetoric like “let’s keep our weapons with ammunition.” These are two sick puppies.

Posted by: talmag | April 8, 2010, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

Raven…not sure if this post will be allowed but will try. I suggest “American Theocracy” by Kevin Phillips. Not only a great read but it clearly defines how evangelical religion is “utilized” by the political right. By the way the author is a Republican.

Posted by: CND FOX | April 8, 2010, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

I am not a fan of the Gosselin clan, but this latest news is that the country is against Kate for working and trying to support her kids……. Where is Sarah Palin and her kids…………. I faintly remember that she has some…. who is taking care of them while she out and about in the country? Seems the same scenerio to me……… why aren’t we questioning Palin as we do Gosselin… is it because Palin is in politics and Gosselin is on DWS….. no difference here………

Posted by: Maggie | April 8, 2010, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm

Jim Rod; I’m disappointed. You left out the fact that in his first year Obama has broken 30 campaign promises.

Posted by: gollywiggle | April 8, 2010, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

Raven, the President did not just remove a first strike; actually he did not really remove it at all, just tightened up on when we might.
He said that he would not retaliate with nukes UNLESS we were attacked with nukes. That is good because we hopefully will not be so stupid as to use nukes unwisely. It is also bad because he has told the world to concentrate on non-nuke weapon R&D instead.
That was something best left unsaid IMO. I sometimes worry about an occasional slip of ‘too much information’ from the President.

Posted by: malcat | April 8, 2010, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

Sarah Palin is a racist. She say she wants to take our country back which is code for take our country back from the Black man. Everytime she says something stupid about Obama she ends up with egg on her face like writing in the palm of her hand(embarassing). She is a trouble maker but thank God the golden rule is true. She need to be home before she becomes a grandma again.

Posted by: lowes4321 | April 8, 2010, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm

Sara Palin is Rush Limbaugh in a dress. She hates Obama because he is Black and has a brain. None of which she has. Her church taught her being white is God’s gift and anyone else is less than. SO when she sees Obama’s face and hear his voice her anger rages until it becomes hate. She thought her God only loved white. Now she is perplexed ,her superior status has been undone.

Posted by: lowes4321 | April 8, 2010, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

I have no doubt that the extremist-right powers in the GOP are brainstorming right now, “What are we going to do about Sarah Palin in 2012?”
They know she will be ripped apart by Obama in debates – it will be worse than when Nixon, ahead in the polls, didn’t know what Quemoy and Matsu were when Kennedy mentioned them (Taiwan’s outer defensive islands).
They also know she’ll siphon votes away from the real heavyweights of the far-right. My guess is they’ll let here do her thing through the 2010 elections and then, soon after, they’ll be stabbing her in the back as much as possible.

Posted by: The_Mick | April 8, 2010, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm

The Republicans speak of personal accountabilty, but then they prove they’re totally against it. How in the heck does a quitter become a star. Bush and McCain might not have been the brightest bulbs, but you don’t settle by placing a fuse (Palin) in the light socket (spotlight). Dangerous! By any ‘crazy’ means necessary, is my guess.
If at first you dont succeed – use anyone!

Posted by: Jonezy | April 8, 2010, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

M.Smith wrote:
Anything, ANYONE, would be better than what we have now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now we all know better than that, have you forgotten who just left office before Obama came in???? It was the disasterous Bush/Cheney. They totally messed up the United States. Bill Clinton left the country in such a sound state and it didn’t take those two yo-yo’s long to mess it up. This country can no longer afford to take the chance on another Republican administration, they will drive us off of a cliff for sure. The Obama administration arrived just in time to keep us from crashing.

Posted by: Congolezza Rice Patty | April 8, 2010, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm

They never thought it would happen- A Black man president. Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaug would have bet one of their childen that it could not happen. And because it did-Sarah and Rush and the Tea Party are having a hard time believing the lie they have believed since they were a child. That Black is less than White. You see God decides since we are HIS creation to show us in the US how wrong we were to ever think such a thing? No these racists wallow,swear,curse, cry with fits of rage and anger because God has revealed the truth that all men are created equal.

Posted by: lowes4321 | April 8, 2010, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

Bravo! I am proud to be a American Woman! Sarah brings out the best in Americans and reminds of that our country is the best!

Posted by: Ashley | April 8, 2010, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

Malcat I appreciate your posts especially about the Republican wives :)
Consider if it was true that the discussion of the RNC problems in LA are also associated with this supposed banner carrier? I truely don’t believe she carries the banner nor associated at all with LA, but it could make for interesting comments.

Posted by: John | April 8, 2010, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

Nancy….what is Sarah Palin common sense ideas…please in details. Please do not tell me the three that she has recently written on her hand.

Posted by: stop being so selfish | April 8, 2010, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

It’s frightening that the Republican party’s most well known face would compare a sensitive and extremely important issue like nuclear arms control to a children’s fight on the playground. THIS is the level of thought that Palin and the Republicans put into serious issues like this?? THANK GOD for President Obama and THANK GOD Palin is nowhere NEAR the red button. The right wing is trying its best to completely decimate this country.

Posted by: Eric | April 8, 2010, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

downwithsocialism said, “Sarah has more common sense and integrity than the current administration could ever dream of obtaining. Sarah tells it like it is…”
REALLY? Phrasing the topic of nuclear arms control and reduction by comparing it to a childhood fight on the playground is “telling it like it is”?? Is this the level of importance the Republicans apply to nuclear proliferation? You honestly think the world can operate at this level of discourse? You right wingers are SERIOUSLY mentally impaired. Your ilk has absolutely no idea how to safely manage the world. Keep hosting your talk shows and keep the important business to the adults in the room.

Posted by: Eric | April 8, 2010, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

Who’s correct here: someone who said “They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.” OR someone who claimed “I’ve now been to 57 states and I think one left to go”

Posted by: middle | April 8, 2010, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm

Who says we need a rock star candidate? Let’s go w/LA Governor Bobby Jindal. Granted, he’ll never be voted Homecoming King; but he has the credentials of a candidate that can serve the citizens of this country — definitely someone that wants to “be” President. Stellar academics, pragmatic politican that has worked bipartisanship in his gabinet, and someone who has cut taxes while brining the state of LA to the #3 position in economic growth. All that AFTER Hurricane Katrina. What’s wrong w/that? I say Jindal in ’12.

Posted by: G | April 8, 2010, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

Whoops, sorry there’s a mistake in my last comment. Jindal is someone who wants to serve the citizens of this country, definitely NOT “be” President.

Posted by: G | April 8, 2010, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm

Maria, this isn’t a personal vendetta against Obama, it is a LOT of people and politicians against his policies and ideology! In that respect, Yes, I want Obama to fail because of the changes he is trying to make to our country. Sorry, he just took over 51% of our economy in what is supposed to be a free market economy. NO, I don’t like his policies and will continue to fight against them with everything I have. I don’t really focus on the past unless it has significance to the future, unlike most of the liberals on this board.
Posted by: nancy | Apr 8, 2010 11:06:12 AM************************That sounds like a personal vendetta! I dont like Sarah Palin…but I will not fight half of what you describe….she will just not get my vote. Stop foaming at the month against Obama and discuss alternatives that Sarah Palin has to offer. People like me look at all this negativity expose by her and the republican party and say no way! We teach our kids about being positive and give solutions to problems. If you do not like your opponent, it is time to create solutions to these same problems. If you think Obama is not experience, than why would you give inexperience Sarah Palin the same chance? Doesnt make sense. Obama NOW EXPERIENCE is putting Sarah Palin to shame because he has put his ideas to use and no one of the republican party has yet come up with decent, realistic ideas…..just loud noise. The quite Americans will show up and once again elect or make history with a polk-a-dot, alien with ideas…we are sick and tired of republican B.S. i am sure there are some decent republicans they are hiding!

Posted by: stop being so selfish | April 8, 2010, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

Even a trained monkey would be better than what we have now.

Posted by: bo | April 8, 2010, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm

JimBob —- You said “The GOP has so many clowns right now, it’ll be surprising if they can pull off a sweep in the elections.” —— What does that say about the Dems if the GOP is all “clowns” and you’re wondering just “how bad” the beating will be in November… Ha-Ha!!!

Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | April 8, 2010, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

Posted by: malcat | Apr 8, 2010 11:57:49 AM
“…Tell me, did you get this upset when President Bush’s effigy was burned at public rallies? How about when a mob actually attacked his limo? Did you even know or care about them?…”
Hanging anyone in effigy is wrong… burning too… Did I care about Bush’s Anti-War protests… Yes, of course, I, too, was AGAINST the Iraq War and I am a native New Yorker who survived 9/11 but burning Bush in effigy was wrong… I disliked Bush’s policies – he doubled the deficit for oil and took care of his friends on Wall Street, in Corporate America and in the military sub-contract business FIRST and foremost at the destruction of the middle class / working class in America… We will be paying for it for decades…

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

I can’t be the only one getting tired of her. Whether your republican or democrat, she’s been in the spot-light waaaaay too long. One thing after another (resignation as Gov, Fox show, Tea Party Movement, McCain campain in Arizona) Enough already!

Posted by: Ally | April 8, 2010, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Posted by: malcat | Apr 8, 2010 11:57:49 AM
Oh – forgot… Palin does HATE as her religious views HATE gays and her political views HATE those that she deems are not “REAL AMERICANS” – you know Americans that live in urban cities…

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

Who wouldn’t stand in front of a crowd and rant and rave for $100,000 a pop. She is like the pretty girl in the beauty pageant waiting for her next pageant to strut her stuff. Hey don’t you think she would be a great contender on Dancing With The Stars?

Posted by: Steve St.Clair | April 8, 2010, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

“…Tell me, did you get this upset when President Bush’s effigy was burned at public rallies? How about when a mob actually attacked his limo? Did you even know or care about them?…”
In Maine, the customary sign of Democratic dissent was to turn our backs to him as GW drove by in his motorcade.
When Obama was elected, before he had taken office and done ANYTHING, the Republicans at a Maine coffee shop were taking bets he wouldn’t make it to the inauguration. I mean actual bets. I don’t remember anyone being scared for Bush’s saftey before he had actual DONE anything, and tensions were high after that fiasco of a vote count, if you remember. Either its racism, or Republicans are poor losers, not sure which.

Posted by: Amy in Maine | April 8, 2010, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

There are still no jobs in spite of US debt that is approaching $13 Trillion (that’s $41,000 per person excluding the 45 million illegals). How could a voter be brainless enough to continue to support an administration that would cause a nation to get into this unprecedented economic situation? Do the liberals still believe that a junior senator / community organizer is going to get us out of this? I can sympathize with the fact that they were deceived once into voting for him, but to continue to support Obama’s incompetence should make everyone wonder if there is really any hope for our country.

Posted by: vomitousobamatous | April 8, 2010, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

Posted by: vomitousobamatous | Apr 8, 2010 1:33:48 PM
The deficit was over $10 TRILLION when Bush left office… He doubled it in 8 years… Illegals are about $10M now… The party of “NO” needs to go…

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

I think the right would rather have a pig in office that doesn’t do a good job than a black man that does, and yes I’m pulling the race card because the race card is true….Like it or not, it’s true.

Posted by: justayreal74 | April 8, 2010, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

Dollar Sarah will counter anything from Obama or the Dems, regardless of its merit or logic, or even if she was “for it before she was against it”. Dollar Sarah is the political equivalent to Jeff Skilling. She will say anything to bolster her position, reality is not an issue for her. Fortunately for Palin her fans don’t care. Rack up the dollars, Sarah. Thats all that counts when it comes to being a ‘good patriot’.

Posted by: Rick | April 8, 2010, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

By the way, what is the vision for the future of the Republican Party??????
Posted by: rich | Apr 8, 2010 9:15:08 AM
Certainly not a 20% added value tax (VAT) that Pres. Obama proposes.

Posted by: Lizzie | April 8, 2010, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

I am always amazed how the media is so biased toward the democrats. I wish real journalists would surface and take the lead. The American people are voting with their remotes and by cancelling their newspaper subscriptions because we know we don’t get the fair and unbiased reporting from the big three or major newspapers. Can we please have some real journalist please stand up? We just want you to report the truth and nothing more.

Posted by: Nancy | April 8, 2010, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

Oh, “nancy,” you are so wrong just like your associates. We liberals don’t like her because she has common sense? Where is this common sense you speak of? I’ve never seen evidence of it in her. We get sick of Ms Palin because she is such a phony, has the IQ of a piece of toast, and is a chronic liar. First, she kept lying about the whole “Bridge to Nowhere” thing..even after if was shown she was lying, she just kept telling the same lie. Then, on the day that the Alaskan courts found that she had abused her power in the Troopergate scandal, she was on TV saying how happy she was to be completely exonnerated…huh? As an RN, the item that irks me the most is her talk of “death panels.” What a disgrace! There are only 2 reasons why she did this: either she is too stupid to understand a simple concept of “end of life care,” or she maliciously spread false information. Which is it? I believe it’s both. Obviously, republicans do not mind if their leaders lie.

Posted by: leogorky | April 8, 2010, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

@shannoninct – my apologies, I read the poll wrong, the tea party’s approval is going up, Palins is going down – all time low.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

These posts are getting silly ridiculous. #1 – Palin does not represent the GOP – has anyone ever heard the GOP support her for office? Palin doesn’t care if a democrat is elected, she cares about fiscal responsibility, national defense and energy. I think a few of the people she is supporting are moderate democrats. BUT when they talk about who will run for President in 2012, only the media brings up Palin – not the GOP.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

Malcat: I think it’s time for you to take off those rose colored glasses you are wearing. You can spin what Sarah and Bristol do and say all you want. The bottom line is the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Sarah is an over-rated, ill-informed and uneducated wannabe. When she starts giving the public educated and viable alternatives to everything she is against, then maybe her creditability will improve. Until then, I choose to see her for what she truly is and not what she pretends to be or what she would like everyone to believe. As far as Bristol goes, what we have is someone standing in front of a camera saying “So as I say, not as I do..” Just like her mother, anything to make a buck.

Posted by: Jacki | April 8, 2010, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm

“Palin does not represent the GOP – has anyone ever heard the GOP support her for office? ”
Uh, she was your candidate for Vice President.
” I think a few of the people she is supporting are moderate democrats.”
Names, please.
“she cares about fiscal responsibility, national defense and energy.” No, she cares about making money on speaking engagements, TV appearances and her “book.”

Posted by: Amy in Maine | April 8, 2010, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm

You liberal wackos and liberal media will sing a different tune when the country falls apart thanks to President Obama. He will be known as the worst president in history. I still can’t figure out what you are so afraid of Sarah Palin for. Is she that much of a threat ? You try to degrade everything about her yet you can’t see what’s happening to our country. Think before you condemn someone.

Posted by: Jack | April 8, 2010, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm

@stopbeingsoselfish – I do not support Palin for office, go back and read my posts. If you have ever heard her actually speak about issues, which is seldom, she has very well thought out and common sense solutions to congressional and fiscal responsibility, energy development within the US, and national defense. Go look up her history in Alaska, she did a great job as governor, her mistake was accepting the VP role with McCain – she should have remained as governor where she was doing a great job in a very short time period. She implemented government waste reductions, natural gas and oil exploration, cleaned up congress in the state legislation, transparency in government (which ended up screwing her in the long run) and other great, everyday common sense solutions to a long term problem. Just because you don’t personally like her, doesn’t mean she is an idiot.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

@stopbeingsoselfish – you rambled so much in your response to me, I had to break them up by subject. You obviously don’t understand what policy and ideology mean so I will try to explain. And, BTW, I am not a republican and never have been. I am not a fan of the stimulus bill, I looked up where all the money went and how it was spent, most went to support local governments who apparently were still paying people who didn’t have any work to do – did this create jobs, NO. This is an example of a policy I disagree with. His view is to redistribute wealth – he has admitted that more than once – and to “socialize” america and to build up big government, I am most definitely against this plan, this is an example of ideology, I believe in the free market with limited government and following the constitution. This is not a personal vendetta, it is a political statement that I will defend with millions of other americans by volunteering my time on candidates I believe will follow my ideology and by expressing my views to my congressmen. That is my job as a citizen and always has been.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

Go Sarah,these bedwetters are so afraid of you they keep wetting their pants when ever the media brings you up. Obama just wishes he had your credentials to be President. Hurry 2012 before we get attack and Obama appoligizes for us.

Posted by: stormerF2 | April 8, 2010, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

@melanieinAz – The deficit was over $10 TRILLION when Bush left office… He doubled it in 8 years… Illegals are about $10M now… The party of “NO” needs to go… ============= no, the national debt, including tarp was $5.6 trillion when Bush left office – this included his FY2009 budget plus the $700 billion in Tarp that fell under Obama.

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm

Bush’s deficit was $1.2 trillion with Tarp. I think people are confusing debt and deficit. The debt has been going since 1980 and hasn’t stopped!

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

Will the term for president be lowered
to two years if Palin becomes President ? since she could not make it four years as governor of Alaska ?

Posted by: MIC | April 8, 2010, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

In ’08 many Americans were fed up with war and blamed Bush. The financial crisis was upon us and the Dems succeeded in convincing the public that was solely Bush’s fault as well. Additionally, many were concerned about deficit spending and the resultant national debt accumulation. Obama campaigned on hope and change and healthcare reform but I really don’t think most people envisioned what was ahead. He has lost much of his following now that people have witnessed what kind of change he is bringing. His free wheeling spending habit has soured many practical thinkers. His credibility has been damaged by breaking 30+ campaign promises. Bipartisanship in congress hasn’t happened, transparency certainly hasn’t happened and corruption in Washington remains at the same level as before if not worse. Congress approval ratings have fallen over the last year. Rather than honoring the essence of the constitution, Obama disrespects constitutional law by using his expertise to circumnavigate the law. I don’t think Palin expects to be a Republican presidential candidate though she is gaining popularity among the Tea Partiers. I think she’s just feeling out the situation as she stumps for the Republican Party. Trying to merge the Tea Partiers with the Republicans seems to be her immediate goal. Basically people are ready for another change already to the point that they would vote for most any change in leadership. There’s so much ammunition for the Republicans to use against Obama and the libs this fall that there’s little chance they’ll retain a majority in the house and senate. Jobs will be the primary issue people vote on. We continue to lose private sector jobs. Government jobs, though they take people off the welfare scrolls, are a drain on the government’s income. Government workers’ pay and benefits come out of the taxpayer’s pocket. That’s not a viable route to economic recovery. Further taxation won’t bring economic recovery but is instead sure to delay recovery.

Posted by: gollywiggle | April 8, 2010, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm

Amy in Maine – “Palin does not represent the GOP – has anyone ever heard the GOP support her for office? ”
Uh, she was your candidate for Vice President.
I am in the present and future, not the past like you libs. Have you heard one GOP say they want Palin to run for office in 2012? NO you haven’t. Even in the past she was supported by McCain, not the GOP.
” I think a few of the people she is supporting are moderate democrats.”
Names, please.
I don’t know her list of names that they have developed for November, but I heard that there are some (don’t know how many) moderate democrats on that list. Soon as I get something specific, I will post it.
The rest of your post lacks substance so ……

Posted by: nancy | April 8, 2010, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

PALIN, BACKMANN AND CO. ARE A DANGER TO THE THOUGHT ATMOSPHERE OF NATION
They want us to believe that they are people of God; but all we see is hate and ignorance! They preach hate and division, and constantly deploy violent rhetoric. They show none of the values that Christ preached to the world—peace, love, humility, truth, care and compassion for the poor. It was truly amusing to see Sarah Palin at Michelle Backmann’s rally decked up in black velvet (the type generally used by black witches and black magicians) with loops of expensive jewelry and a cross hanging on her neck. Overall, she looked so different from the image of the hockey mom or rough-hewed villager she wanted us all to see her as representing during the elections of 2008. She is looking more expensive now, more trendy, and awkwardly newly-minted. That is what it was all about for Sarah Palin. She loves the money and the attention more than anything else! And you can clearly see her rush to make it big; but hate is an interesting way to make it in America. You can also see her great desire to mix it all with the holy wood types. In such a crowd, all you will see is glitz and lucre, hiding away in false luster her lack of depth and notorious display of ignorance. The types of Beck, Limbaugh, Beckmann and Palin can never engage you in any serious debate about any subject. They thrive in making mischief with simplistic one-liners. They delight in spouting hate and patriotic slogans even when everything they actually represent is against country and unity. They exist because the corrupt, soul-less corporate media choose to give a life bigger than they have earned. Absurdly, the media chooses to stop everything and talk about them rather than cover more meaningful and consequential events going on in the US Congress.

Posted by: Dr. Sam | April 8, 2010, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm

I’m Republican and very let down by Palin leaving the governor postion that early I really think she sould have finished her term
I understand the problems that it caused but in a way she let the people that wanted her out win :(
and now it seems like she sold out and now is going for fame and money with a reality show and fox newes etc etc
it is not about politics anymore :(

Posted by: MIKE FROM WASILLA ALASKA | April 8, 2010, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm

Posted by: nancy | Apr 8, 2010 2:08:11 PM
Sorry Nancy but Sarah Palin gave the contract to build a U.S. GASPIPE IN ALASKA to a CANADIAN COMPANY… Palin is a lying sack of dirt… and a true socialist as Alaskan;s get paid by our US government just to live in that state and then the oil companies must give money to Alaskan’s too – so there goes your free market theory…
BTW – all our tax dollars are a redistribution of wealth… we, as AMERICAN CITIZENS give our dollars to our government for rodes, bridges, defense, education, hospitals, police, fire departments, etc…
And, yes the stimulus plan did create jobs and SAVED a lot more… Most of our states government’s are BANKRUPT and would have had to lay-off tens of thousands of teachers, police, fire personnel, close PUBLIC hospitals down if it weren’t for the stimulus dollars. All road construction/ improvement would have basically ended across this country.
You know or should know that giving 32 MILLION ‘AMERICANS’ the access to affordable healthcare insurance is NECESSARY because in the long-run it saves lives and money… Just remember that is was REAGAN who mandated that all public hospitals treat everyone with an emergency medical condition whether they have insurance or not or are citizens or not and that cost is passed on to YOU and everyone else by the billions each year!!!
But, please, don’t let FACTS get in the way of your BELIEFS!!!

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm

Anybody but dumBO! Mickey Mouse at least wouldn’t lie, cheat and bribe.

Posted by: Todd | April 8, 2010, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm

Nancy… in response to another post from you to me: “On the day President Bush took office, the national debt stood at $5.727 trillion. The latest number from the Treasury Department (as of 09/28/09)shows the national debt now stands at more than $9.849 trillion. That’s a 71.9 percent increase on Mr. Bush’s watch.
The bailout plan now pending in Congress could add hundreds of billions of dollars to the national debt – though President Bush said this morning he expects that over time, “much if not all” of the bailout money “will be paid back.”
But the government is taking no chances. Buried deep in the hundred pages of bailout legislation is a provision that would raise the statutory ceiling on the national debt to $11.315 trillion. It’ll be the 7th time the debt limit has been raised during this administration. In fact it was just two months ago, on July 30, that President Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, which contained a provision raising the debt ceiling to $10.615 trillion.”
The deficit was close to $11 TRILLION the day Obama became President. TARP was past by BUSH to bailout Wall Street… The Stimulus Plan was at least aimed at helping all AMERICANS not just the ones on Wall Street that destroyed our economy…

Posted by: Melanie n AZ | April 8, 2010, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm

This woman has the IQ of a turnip. What happened to the Grand Old Party? They are a complete freak show.

Posted by: dano | April 8, 2010, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm

Nancy – Get a clue, woman. Palin didn’t write her book – you didn’t know that? Palin is all sound bites. No policy talk because she doesn’t know jack. Do you actually think any intelligent repub would look twice at this twit (they don’t now) if she tried to talk policy, national or international. She hasn’t and she won’t because – she doesn’t know jack. The party of Reagan has turned into a bunch of morons looking up to the likes of Palin, Bachmann, Beck and Limbaugh. Notice how they all talk up a storm but never quite have anything substantial to say. It’s sad, very, very sad!

Posted by: pamp205 | April 8, 2010, 3:17 pm 3:17 pm

Sara Palin? Oh you mean the woman who quit her job because she couldn’t handle the stress, then tried her hand at a talk show and failed at that. As President she couldn’t do anything but bring more ridicule upon us, and after 8 years of that under our last Republican administration that was enough. I guess she could follow our last Republican president and plunge us into another housing, financial, and employment crisis but once was enough, thanks.

Posted by: swizzle | April 8, 2010, 3:17 pm 3:17 pm

sorry Nancy I live in Alaska
the United States goverment does NOT pay us to live here
like most Democrats your miss informed
we get oil revenues from the profit put into an account and we get a percent of the profits per year as a dividend
the obamanation does not pay for us
we support ourselfs thank you very much

Posted by: mike | April 8, 2010, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

THE FREE HOUSING ACT WAS SIGN BY BILL CLINTON IT OPEN THE DOORS FOR THE NIGHTMARE WE HAVE TODAY
THANK YOU SKUM BAG BANKERS !!!!!!
OOHH GIVE YOURSELF A BONUS FOR BONING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Posted by: MIKE | April 8, 2010, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm

Did you hear her talk about the Nuke reduction signing with Russia, and this is the person that would have been a heart attack away from her hands on the Nuke button..

Posted by: Emmett | April 8, 2010, 3:50 pm 3:50 pm

I dunno, Rick…..what do you get???? I’ll go with Obama….do I win the car?

Posted by: justj joey | April 8, 2010, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

Alaska Personal income tax:
Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or levy an individual income tax on any type of personal income, either earned or unearned.
Instead, every Alaskan, children as well as adults, receives a payment each year from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation. Residents can apply online for this money, known as the Permanent Fund Dividend or PFD, via the myAlaska program.
To finance state government operations, Alaska depends primarily on petroleum revenues. The Department of Revenue Tax Division reports regularly on the state’s revenue sources.

Posted by: Melanie n Az | April 8, 2010, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm

Palin is a dip. End of discussion

Posted by: tex | April 8, 2010, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm

Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh air.She has parsonal convictions that she lives by;she is honest;she is frank;and she is very intelligent ,insite of the fact that her detractors repeatedly try to make her look silly.

Posted by: Michael | April 8, 2010, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm

Now Sarah having one of two keys….that’s kinda scary….

Posted by: LongT | April 8, 2010, 4:34 pm 4:34 pm

The GOP has got nothing! There are scrambling for ANYONE to be a representative of the Party that just says NO. If Sarah’s all they got- no worries for the dems!

Posted by: GetAGrip007 | April 8, 2010, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm

Nancy – Michelle Bachman actually uttered the phrase (on Hannity last night) that “It is morally reprehensible that we would say we will not drop a bomb on another country” Are you kidding me…did she really say that…yeah she did…that is scary and she is scary. The thing about these people is that they can say whatever they want when they aren’t running anything…Palin is a figurehead she isn’t even running the state of Alaska anymore, because she quit. Bachman is one voice of 535 others, and she is def NOT running anything. I am all for powerful females in Government, but they are not the answer. They are Hateful Hitwomen who are really just offensive. All they do is complain about Obama using folksy rhetoric not really based in fact…they are sideshows. I have no problem when people have differing viewpoints, but I ask that people educate themselves, and people like Palin and Bachman rile people up saying things that are either not based on fact, or in the case of her previous statement – so ridiculous that I cringed….

Posted by: Carrie | April 8, 2010, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm

The surest way for Republicans to guarantee a second term for Obama is to nominate Palin.

Posted by: Zinglesloff | April 8, 2010, 4:42 pm 4:42 pm

And, for those picking on her for leaving her family, what do you think all of the women in congress do? What do you think female CEO’s do? How many kids get pregnant each year when their parents are right there with them? This is the worst example of bias and idiocy that I have seen on these posts. I don’t like Obama’s policies and ideology, but that does not give me call to insult his person or his family.
Posted by: nancy | Apr 8, 2010 2:11:26 PM
Nancy, let’s say the shoe was on the other foot, and one of Obama’s daughters were to become pregnant at an early age….You know good and well Palin and the GOP would have condemned the heck out of him for that!!! Republicans don’t speak out for what they think is right or wrong, they speak out for whatever makes them look good…you know which ever way the wind blows…Sometimes you can recognize a Republican without even knowing that they are just by their charactar traits such as what I mentioned.

Posted by: justayreal74 | April 8, 2010, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm

For all of you bomb happy people out there, what is the problem with sayng if you don’t have nukes and don’t hit us with nucs we will not retaliate with nucs? Since we can almost completely obliterate any country out there that is not a nuclear power, why not threaten them that if they become one, they are subject to Mutually Assured Destruction? Why do you consider that a position of weakness?

Posted by: John | April 8, 2010, 5:12 pm 5:12 pm

The agreement signed today reduces the number of nuclear warheads to a little over 1500 strategic warheads for the USA, how many warheads do we need to destroy every city of greater than 100,000 people in the world? Less than the 1500. So what am I missing that we are giving up? Remember, this does not include the innumerable tactical nuclear weapons that are in storage facilities around the world.

Posted by: John | April 8, 2010, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm

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