Originally Posted by jackalope

Ehrm, would that be like Saint Sarah's head bobbing ...

Originally Posted by StandUpChuck

Do you think Chris Wallace's comment was funny? Because I don't. I didn't appreciate these sexual and degrading comments cast upon Hillary (albeit the sexual ones rare with her which actually adds a bit more disgust), and I certainly won't tolerate this crap being hoisted all over Palin. No matter what the party, women have to stand together with other women (and any decent guy who wants to join us) to protest this sort of thing.

Would you think it's funny if Chris Wallace or Andrea Mitchell suggested fried chicken and watermelon be served at Obama's inauguration?



I think anyone writing crib notes on their hand over the age of 14 isn't terribly impressive. But that's not the subject of this thread or section of the forum. It's re: Andrea Mitchell mocking Gov Palin. It's about Andrea Mitchell no longer hiding her bias. Like I said, there are individuals in the media we expect that from. But for years many of us knew that most of the media as individuals were biased against conservatives. Liberals acted like we were crazy. Now they don't even try to hide it.

Is it OK for a "news reporter" to mock the opposition? I have no problem with someone like Mitchell pointing out that Palin used crib notes. Though who cares, really. It was 3 points, not an entire speech. Certainly not the vast irony some want to make it. I see it more as something really sophomoric. Who writes on their hand? Was there no paper? Do they have nothing else to pick apart about this woman? It certainly seems like the left media is just looking for things with which to mock her.

Originally Posted by StandUpChuck

I don't believe they are scared of Sarah Palin. I believe they think it's cute and acceptable to mock an attractive woman.

Originally Posted by StandUpChuck

I don't believe they are scared of Sarah Palin. I believe they think it's cute and acceptable to mock an attractive woman. The press is run by liberals, so it makes it OK in their book.

I s'pose with that frog skin & bulbous nose on Andrea Mitchell, she harbors some issues with Palin, but unlikely it's re: politcs.

Originally Posted by Redress

I don't understand the whole "palin is cute" thing. I would not describe her that way. I understand some do think she is attractive, but I don't see it.

Originally Posted by buck

Having a two or three bullet points scribbled on her hand = Obama's head going back and forth like watching a ping pong match in order to read every speach from two teleprompters. Really?

Wether you think the use of a telepromtper is a big deal or not, I can't see how you can really compare the two.

Originally Posted by hazlnut

Scribbling on you hand is what teenagers do when cheating on tests.

Scribbling your core beliefs - talking points on your hand... Jesus f-ing Christ, this woman actually ran for national office? What the hell is wrong with this country that people still take her seriously? Does ambition now trump intellect in politics?

It's amazing that far-righties still think no President before Obama used a teleprompter.

Originally Posted by buck

I'm only defending her in the sense that you can't compare a few bullet points written on her hand and obama reading entire speaches (even to grade school kids) from teleprompters.

You can think its the wrost things ever that she wrote three points on her hand, makes no difference to me. But it's a lot less then having entire speaches written on Obama's hand (teleprompter).

Originally Posted by hazlnut

Every modern President reads speeches off a teleprompter -- it's a tool used by broadcasters and those who must speak on a regulars basis, but the demands of their job make it impossible to memorize text word for word.

That is what makes the whole far-right obsession with the teleprompter so totally moronic -- it's as if this feeble minded flock doesn't fully understand the time demands of the office... They can't imagine a professional life where the day is broken down to 2 minute segments.

I think many times Obama may be speaking over their heads, and like the characters in the film Idiocracy, the dim-witted rabble has to ridicule the way he speaks because they can't really comprehend what he is saying... hence the teleprompter talking point was born.

Originally Posted by buck

Yes, all modern presidents have used teleprompters. None to the extent that Obama has.

I recall reading an article, I believe shortly after he won the presidency, indicating that even those that helped get him elected thought it was a problem and were attempting to get him not to rely it on it so much.

The rest your comment is so nutty, it doesn't even deserve any additional response.