Title: First Impressions of Palin [live from Ohio... it's Friday Afternoon!!!] Source:
TV URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 29, 2008 Author:TV Post Date:2008-08-29 12:18:42 by a vast rightwing conspirator Keywords:None Views:1910 Comments:247
The introduction is about to begin.
Let's hear first impressions from everyone as this is happening.
I've been predicting for many months that Obama was going to pick a very white boy and McCain was going to pick a woman. I was wrong on the identities. I thought Obama's choice was going to be Webb and McCain's was going to be Condi. So, I was wrong on the details but on the spot on the general principles. I am more confident that McCain is going to lose now than I was yesterday.
I did not read any of your predictions as you describe them today. Whatever.
Obama would never pick Webb - come on - Webb was 10 times smarter and that much less Marxist than Obama. Obama could not tolerate such a reminder of his weaknesses by picking Webb. Biden does not threaten or outshine Obama so from Barack's perspective, Biden is a safe bet. Plus Biden is a bigtime war monger for Izzy, solidifying all those Muslim-uneasy, black-leery Jewish votes in Florida and Ohio etc.
He and and his wife got help and a leg up all the way through life
What an absolute hoot.
You wanna talk about "a leg up" take a gander at Poppy and the Admiral's sons. Without the accident of birth neither would have made it up to middle management at Dunkin Doughnuts.
Funny how none this kind of BS ever catches the attention of riding mower plutocrats.
Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot
That would fulfill the prediction of all the psychics who saw a woman, presumably Hillary! in the WH, along with that JohnTeeter prediction, the alleged timetraveler dude, FWIW.
She's a better looking woman than most contemporary Hollywood Celebs.
How long until I see someone on Boston TV slyly hinting that's she's too pretty, using the old sexist argument about the incompatability of beauty and brains......and that someone on TV will be prolly be a woman from the Boston area!
There is bombshell in the commissioner controversy: after weeks of denying she, or anyone from her office, pressured former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire state trooper Michael Wooten, Wednesday, Governor Sarah Palin had to backtrack
MY REPLY TO ZEITGEIST: 1John Chapter 2: "21 I write to you not because you do not know the truth but because you do, and because every lie is alien to the truth. 22 Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist." "I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him" George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
She seems like a 'real' person who has succeeded at everything she's attempted and who has earned everything by her own abilities, personality, and skills.
I'll be cutting up the McCain/Palin signs and reversing the order so no one is confused about who I'm really voting for.
Palin's son leaves for Army boot camp TRACK: Governor supports enlistment "for the right reasons."
By STEVE QUINN The Associated Press
Published: September 19th, 2007 06:57 AM Last Modified: September 19th, 2007 05:47 PM
JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin's son, Track, left on Tuesday for infantry boot camp in Fort Benning, Ga.
The 18-year-old enlisted last week on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Track is the oldest of Palin's four children and her only son.
"I support my son's independence, and I am proud of his decision because he made it for the right reasons -- to serve his country," Palin said.
In July, Palin went to Kuwait where she visited the Alaska Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry, a unit that is made up of about 575 Alaska men and women.
She said she wanted an up-close look at the sacrifices made by Alaska-based troops in the Middle East so she accepted the offer of a two-day tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Ultimately, it may have been a closer look at what awaits Track.
Palin said she has come to terms with the idea that Track could be deployed next year to Iraq, Kuwait or Afghanistan, where thousands of U.S. troops are based.
Last week President Bush approved a gradual reduction of U.S. forces, which stand at the highest level of the war, about 168,000 troops.
"With this quasi draw down, there may be shorter deployments, which is encouraging for Track; in fact, that's encouraging for all of our troops," Palin said. "But more likely than not, Track will end up in the Middle East."
Since her son enlisted, Palin said, she has received several e-mails from women whose sons or daughters have either enlisted or are serving overseas.
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While proud of their children's decision to enlist, they have not lost sight of the prospects of losing a loved one in the war.
"I certainly have thought about it; the mixed emotions we all feel will be something that binds us together," Palin said. "But we don't regret that our son or daughter has made this decision."
Track Palin joins Wasilla High classmate John Bates at Fort Benning. The Palin family threw the teens a party on Sunday evening.
Palin said the party was not a farewell, but a thank you for the young men's commitment to serve.
"We want the boys to know that we support them and we've got their backs," Palin said.
MY REPLY TO ZEITGEIST: 1John Chapter 2: "21 I write to you not because you do not know the truth but because you do, and because every lie is alien to the truth. 22 Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist." "I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him" George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
After reading her bio, I don't think McKook could have made a better selection.
She is beautiful, smart, talented, honest, a Christian, and someone who would restore some honor to the office of v.p. Lord knows it needs it.
Also as swarthy pointed out - and from the perspective of McCain's campaign management - Palin's husband is a fisherman and union activist, so Palin on McCain's ticket may eat into Obama's union bloc voter base.
Governor Palin is currently under investigation by an independent investigator hired by a legislative panel to determine if she abused her power when firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. [47][48] On July 11, 2008, Palin dismissed Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety and instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he subsequently turned down.[49][50] The Commisioner serves at the will of the governor, so her right to fire him is not in dispute; but Monegan alleged shortly after his dismissal that it may have been partly due to his reluctance to fire an Alaska State Trooper, Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.[51] In 2006, before Palin was governor, Wooten was briefly suspended for ten days for threatening to kill McCann's (and Palin's) father, tasering his 11-year-old stepson (at the stepson's request), and violating game laws. After a union protest, the suspension was reduced to five days.[52]
Palin replaced Monegan with Chuck Kopp, who had previously been removed from supervision of an employee he had allegedly sexually harassed. [53] Palin knew of Kopp's alleged sexual harassment before she appointed Kopp. [54]
Palin asserted that her dismissal of Monegan was unrelated to the fact that he had not fired Wooten, and asserts that Monegan was instead dismissed for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues."[55] Palin acknowledged that a member of her administration, Frank Bailey, did contact the Department of Public Safety regarding Wooten, but both Palin and Bailey say that happened without her knowledge and was unrelated to her dismissal of Monegan.[55] Bailey was put on leave for two months for acting outside the scope of his authority as the Director of Boards and Commissions. Commissioner Monegan received no severance pay, though at the same time another dismissed Commissioner, Charles Kopp (who served only 11 days) received $10,000.[56]
In response to Palin's statement that she had nothing to hide, in August 2008 the Alaska Legislature hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal. The investigation is being overseen by Democratic State Senator Hollis French, who says that the Palin administration has been cooperating and thus subpoenas are unnecessary.[57] The Palin administration itself was the first to release an audiotape of Bailey making inquiries about the status of the Wooten investigation.[55][58]
She's a better looking woman than most contemporary Hollywood Celebs
She's quite hot compared to Hillary Klinton and all the wives of the other p/vp candidates. She's gun-totin' feminine and a NORMAL conservative White mother of five. Our only hope is that McCain's heart seizes some time like next February and Palin, the only remaining "wild card," can step up to the plate and focus on "majority rule."
Gov. Sarah Palin Was Second Choice in '84 Beauty Contest Friday August 29, 2008
Sarah Palin, runner-up, Miss Alaska, 1984:
..."Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president," the McCain campaign said in a statement Friday. "Governor Palin has the record of reform and bipartisanship that others can only speak of. Her experience in shaking up the status quo is exactly what is needed in Washington today."
I apologize for my previous anti-Palin remarks. She's a knockout, screw her politics.
tee hee, JT - now you're talking like a red blooded American male voter who has no dog in this Presidential race so why not go with your gut instinct?
Hey I'm NOT knocking your reasoning - indeed, Palin being a woman and a gorgeous woman at that is one of the several assets I said Palin would bring to McCain's ticket - she would appeal to undecided male and female voters - Palin was scrapper's VP pick long before Palin was even an idea in McCain's thick head.