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Fearandloathing said:

Thank you.

Will there ever come a day when the events of the private citizens in the Palin family will not become fodder for the supermarket checkout magazine crowd?

FFS, she has never held federal office, has not been in public life in six years, and ever ****ing thing that happens becomes a stupid headline of the people who claim they know better what people need than the people themselves.

Right, while they obsess over a rather attractive woman and her family, another 500,000 illegal immigrants arrived to take their jobs. In the time it took to post it, the US went another $12,564.37 in debt, and Obamacare premiums went up another 8.5%....but Sarah absolutely MUST be put in her place....because.........


well because it's easier than actually facing the serious challenges that are tearing the country apart. Love it.

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Unrepresented said:

She was a relative unknown being placed potentially second in command of the most powerful position on earth. The media is obligated to report on her. That's what the media is supposed to do. You disliking the content of journalists doesn't make it wrong.

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Spreading a scurrilous rumor is NOT reporting. Take a journo class please.

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nota bene said:

If you want to be really honest, you will acknowledge that within hours of Palin's accepting the VP nomination, she was viciously attacked by Daily Kos and other outlets including HuffPo which eagerly picked up the scurrilous accusation that her baby Trig was actually her grandson. She hadn't said or done anything, and most people didn't even know who she was.

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Well, then shame on them for doing that. But as said before, sadly that is the way politics seems to operate in the US. Especially when it is presidential elections, the vitriolic atmosphere is astounding to me as an outsider.

And personal life has to be left out consideration during debates and political campaigns. People need to debate and discuss on the issues. Not on non-issues of purely personal nature.

And let us be honest, this might have been done by the liberals but I would think the same thing happened on the other side when Biden was presented as VP. Both sides were going way too far in the personal attacks on the other candidate.

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nota bene said:

Spreading a scurrilous rumor is NOT reporting. Take a journo class please.

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I've taken journalism classes and written published material. I'm aware of the ethics pushed for by respected publications. Not all publications are as focused on journalistic ethics.

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Peter King said:

Die hard Palin extremists? I am sorry but that is rich coming from what I would expect is a die hard Palin lover.

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I am no fan of Palin.She flipped flopped on the bridge to nowhere.She claims to be pro-life but appointed a pro-abortion judge to the Alaska supreme court.She quit her term as governor because some die hard Sarah Palin haters said mean things about her.McRino only picked her as his running mate because he was hoping to score the woman vote.

Are you except incredibly rude (you call me a liar) also incredibly bad at reading. I do not hate Palin, I think she is a dumb woman with extremist views who is totally unfit to run the United States or the free world, but I do not hate her. I know, hating someone you disagree with is very normal in the US political system but as said I do not live in such a system, I don't even hate Geert Wilders, a person who's political opinions I dislike even more than most of Palin's political views.

I care about dogs, I care about children but I do not care for pictures of children who stand on the back of a dog. Clear enough for you. I could care less if this was a picture posted by the dalai lama himself, there is no justification for standing on a dog's back like that. I do not care if this was the son of Palin or the child of Elvis Presley when she was young, wrong is wrong. And I was not aware that you a mind reader for dogs nowadays. Because there is no way on earth you can tell from a picture whether or not it is uncomfortable for the dog because allowing it does not mean it is not hurting the dog, just not hurting it enough to growl or bite the child is not "not hurting".

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I am well aware how partisan hacks work.They are generally against something unless it is their side doing it or could care less about something unless it is someone they have a unhealthy hatred for doing it.

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Fearandloathing said:

Thank you.

Will there ever come a day when the events of the private citizens in the Palin family will not become fodder for the supermarket checkout magazine crowd?

FFS, she has never held federal office, has not been in public life in six years, and ever ****ing thing that happens becomes a stupid headline of the people who claim they know better what people need than the people themselves.

Right, while they obsess over a rather attractive woman and her family, another 500,000 illegal immigrants arrived to take their jobs. In the time it took to post it, the US went another $12,564.37 in debt, and Obamacare premiums went up another 8.5%....but Sarah absolutely MUST be put in her place....because.........


well because it's easier than actually facing the serious challenges that are tearing the country apart. Love it.

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But a lot of people are private citizens and still are fodder for the supermarket checkout magazine crowd. And private person? Really? What do you think constitutes a private person?

Is it a person who has her own reality show in 2010? Not very private now is it to make a show like that.

Is a published author and celebrity a private person? Three books published? Is that the definition of a private person?

And how private are you when you start your own political action committee you even name after yourself, SarahPAC?

She wasn't very private in her political position about Obamacare either, ever heard of the ridiculous claim of the death panels of Palin in 2009?

Private persons also do not have segments on foxnews or leave to then come back as a political analyst. All not very private, or do you disagree with that.

Keynote speaker at the tea party convention in 2010, featured speaker at the tea party express rally in 2011, the Pink Elephant movement in 2010, endorsing candidates, fundraising activities.

You may call her a private person, most people in the US will call her a celebrity and a politician/political activist/political analyst/political speaker and someone who keeps on speaking publicly and using the media to promote her message.

If you use your public notoriety and make statements like this:

"Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card,"

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Then you are not a private person but you are a public person.

Or when she publicly spoke in front of the NRA? Where she made some note worthy comments like:

"Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists"

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Or the real humdinger:

"Eric Holder wants you as gun owners to wear bracelets, special bracelets that will identify you as gun owners"

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Which is absolute nonsense of course.

All in all, mrs. Palin is not a private person, she is a very public person. A TV show, best seller books, tv appearances, political speeches, etc. etc. etc. etc. does not make for someone being designated as a private person IMHO.

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jamesrage said:

I am no fan of Palin.She flipped flopped on the bridge to nowhere.She claims to be pro-life but appointed a pro-abortion judge to the Alaska supreme court.She quit her term as governor because some die hard Sarah Palin haters said mean things about her.McRino only picked her as his running mate because he was hoping to score the woman vote.



I am well aware how partisan hacks work.They are generally against something unless it is their side doing it or could care less about something unless it is someone they have a unhealthy hatred for doing it.

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But I am not partisan in this issue. I am neither a fan of the democrats or the republicans. If I were voting in the US election I would have voted Obama/democrat but not out of conviction but of it being slightly more in the direction of my political views than Romney.

I would have even (if I were American) considered voting for McCain. I have a reasonable degree of respect for the man but I think he really went the wrong way when he decided to run with Palin. I am not fond her political views and McCain's best argument was the experience argument against Obama, something he really dropped the ball on by appointing someone as his running mate who was also very inexperienced.

I do not care about Palin, I do care about Trig and the dog. If this dog or any other dog would ever bite Trig because he thinks this is something that is OK to do, then I would feel terrible for him and the dog. I think Palin was wrong to use the image of the child standing on the dog, it is not cute and it is not safe for the child or the dog. For me, it was largely over and done with if not for reacting to other people's comments and her poorly chosen responses to the comments about the pictures (you know, Obama eating dog as a child or Ellen she said was not being commented on for posting a similar picture, which of course was not true, Ellen was blasted on her facebook page for this too).

Also, this is a side issue at best, the trial of the Boston bomber is way more important than "dog stepping stool gate"

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Peter King said:

But a lot of people are private citizens and still are fodder for the supermarket checkout magazine crowd. And private person? Really? What do you think constitutes a private person?

Is it a person who has her own reality show in 2010? Not very private now is it to make a show like that.

Is a published author and celebrity a private person? Three books published? Is that the definition of a private person?

And how private are you when you start your own political action committee you even name after yourself, SarahPAC?

She wasn't very private in her political position about Obamacare either, ever heard of the ridiculous claim of the death panels of Palin in 2009?

Private persons also do not have segments on foxnews or leave to then come back as a political analyst. All not very private, or do you disagree with that.

Keynote speaker at the tea party convention in 2010, featured speaker at the tea party express rally in 2011, the Pink Elephant movement in 2010, endorsing candidates, fundraising activities.

You may call her a private person, most people in the US will call her a celebrity and a politician/political activist/political analyst/political speaker and someone who keeps on speaking publicly and using the media to promote her message.

If you use your public notoriety and make statements like this:



Then you are not a private person but you are a public person.

Or when she publicly spoke in front of the NRA? Where she made some note worthy comments like:



Or the real humdinger:

Which is absolute nonsense of course.

All in all, mrs. Palin is not a private person, she is a very public person. A TV show, best seller books, tv appearances, political speeches, etc. etc. etc. etc. does not make for someone being designated as a private person IMHO.

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Wow....so much hate.

Made my point...enjoy the "articles"

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Mycroft said:

Plenty of conservatives have joined the Hate-Palin herd.

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jamesrage said:

Many die hard republican party-tards think she caused McRino to loose in 2008.

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But that's not me. I explained it early on.

I'm highly amused that my thread is, apparently, so outside the norm of political threads that you have to assume either that I must hate Palin and/or I'm a RINO or that it was a liberal who started the thread.

But yeah, you all got me, I must fully disclose that I like dogs more than I like pretty much any politician or political pundit. I shall seek a support group.

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X Factor said:

But that's not me. I explained it early on.

I'm highly amused that my thread is, apparently, so outside the norm of political threads that you have to assume either that I must hate Palin and/or I'm a RINO or that it was a liberal who started the thread.

But yeah, you all got me, I must fully disclose that I like dogs more than I like pretty much any politician or political pundit. I shall seek a support group.

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Oh...I know that's not you. In fact, in your OP, it was all about the dog...not about Palin. No, I was speaking in a general sense since NIMBY wanted to make some kind of point that conservatives hate Palin, too.

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Fearandloathing said:

Wow....so much hate.

Made my point...enjoy the "articles"

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Ooh great, another non-response to what was posted.

Yes Fearandloathing, proving that Palin is not a private person but a public person is "so much hate".

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Peter King said:

Well, then shame on them for doing that. But as said before, sadly that is the way politics seems to operate in the US. Especially when it is presidential elections, the vitriolic atmosphere is astounding to me as an outsider.

And personal life has to be left out consideration during debates and political campaigns. People need to debate and discuss on the issues. Not on non-issues of purely personal nature.

And let us be honest, this might have been done by the liberals but I would think the same thing happened on the other side when Biden was presented as VP. Both sides were going way too far in the personal attacks on the other candidate.

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What exactly did the other side do to Biden that compares to what was done to Palin, up to and including the lies that were being told about her son being the product of incest between her husband and her daughter?

X Factor said:

20 pounds? A six year old? My friend's son is over 20 lbs and he's not even 2 yet. My Heeler mix is 25lbs and she's not big at all. If Trig is only 20 lbs, somebody better be investigating a starvation case.

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The average weight of a 2 year old boy is 30 pounds. If your friend's son is only 20 pounds, and is close to 2, that isn't exactly impressive either.

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shrubnose said:

I agree with your entire comment.

I have 3 dogs and I wouldn't let anyone, big or small, step on them.

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I think it's one of those service dogs with the built-in platform.

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The dog is a service dog.

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Peter King said:

Well, then shame on them for doing that. But as said before, sadly that is the way politics seems to operate in the US. Especially when it is presidential elections, the vitriolic atmosphere is astounding to me as an outsider.

And personal life has to be left out consideration during debates and political campaigns. People need to debate and discuss on the issues. Not on non-issues of purely personal nature.

And let us be honest, this might have been done by the liberals but I would think the same thing happened on the other side when Biden was presented as VP. Both sides were going way too far in the personal attacks on the other candidate.

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No, the attacks on Palin only hours after she was nominated--circulating vicious rumors that her baby was really her grandson--were extraordinary, as were the continued attacks on that son. A piece by Erik Sean Nelson, which HuffPo yanked, was entitled "Palin Will Run in 2012 on More Retardation Platform." On Trig's third birthday cruel pictures were photoshopped of him. I'll bet that you can't even tell me the names of Biden's kids (living or dead). And to the best of my knowledge, Twitter users haven't posted death wishes to him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4YfBKs39Y

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nota bene said:

No, the attacks on Palin only hours after she was nominated--circulating vicious rumors that her baby was really her grandson--were extraordinary, as were the continued attacks on that son. A piece by Erik Sean Nelson, which HuffPo yanked, was entitled "Palin Will Run in 2012 on More Retardation Platform." On Trig's third birthday cruel pictures were photoshopped of him. I'll bet that you can't even tell me the names of Biden's kids (living or dead). And to the best of my knowledge, Twitter users haven't posted death wishes to him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4YfBKs39Y

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You know... men regardless of political affiliation are attacked the minute they decide to run for president. Hillary Clinton hasn't even said she is going to run and there are nonstop threads about her running and people attacking her in them. Continually pointing out that Palin got it because she stepped unto the national spotlight really just makes you look like you're whining.

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Hatuey said:

You know... men regardless of political affiliation are attacked the minute they decide to run for president. Hillary Clinton hasn't even said she is going to run and there are nonstop threads about her running and people attacking her in them. Continually pointing out that Palin got it because she stepped unto the national spotlight really just makes you look like you're whining.

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Attacks are one thing...the over-the-top, insane vitriol aimed at Palin is a whole other thing. The only politician...male or female...that I've seen receive this kind of treatment is Bush.

It's quite telling that these attacks are coming from liberals/progressives/Democrats and their media lackeys, don't you think?

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Mycroft said:

Attacks are one thing...the over-the-top, insane vitriol aimed at Palin is a whole other thing. The only politician...male or female...that I've seen receive this kind of treatment is Bush.

It's quite telling that these attacks are coming from liberals/progressives/Democrats and their media lackeys, don't you think?

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Really? So the years of insane attacks on Obama have not been noticed by you?









“I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel like the ACORN community organizer Barack Hussein Obama to weasel his way into the top office of authority in the United States,”

Ted Nugent.

But this all is an obvious attempt to take us away from the very simple issue this thread was about, posting a picture of a child standing on the back of a dog pisses you off.

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Peter King said:

Really? So the years of insane attacks on Obama have not been noticed by you?


“I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel like the ACORN community organizer Barack Hussein Obama to weasel his way into the top office of authority in the United States,”

Ted Nugent.

But this all is an obvious attempt to take us away from the very simple issue this thread was about, posting a picture of a child standing on the back of a dog pisses you off.

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All of that still pales in comparison to the left and Palin or Bush. Heck, lefties even had to seek mental treatment after Bush got elected.

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Mycroft said:

Attacks are one thing...the over-the-top, insane vitriol aimed at Palin is a whole other thing. The only politician...male or female...that I've seen receive this kind of treatment is Bush.

It's quite telling that these attacks are coming from liberals/progressives/Democrats and their media lackeys, don't you think?

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Relax, Palin loves this ****, it keeps her in the limelight, and the money rolling in. She was on the Today Show this morn1ng.

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pbrauer said:

Relax, Palin loves this ****, it keeps her in the limelight, and the money rolling in. She was on the Today Show this morn1ng.

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I don't particularly care what she does or what she likes.

You seem to have missed the point of my posts, though. Probably deliberately, I'm thinking.

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Mycroft said:

Attacks are one thing...the over-the-top, insane vitriol aimed at Palin is a whole other thing. The only politician...male or female...that I've seen receive this kind of treatment is Bush.

It's quite telling that these attacks are coming from liberals/progressives/Democrats and their media lackeys, don't you think?

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Oh shush. Given your history on this forum, you're not exactly the type who should talk. You aren't exactly known for being involved in any of the hundreds of threads about Obama's Kenyan ancestry or how his uncle had been at a different concentration camp or the threads where Obama is a super secret Muslum hellbent on destroying America. If Palin doesn't like being attacked, Palin should keep a low profile. :shrug:

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Hatuey said:

Oh shush. Given your history on this forum, you're not exactly the type who should talk. You aren't exactly known for being involved in any of the hundreds of threads about Obama's Kenyan ancestry or how his uncle had been at a different concentration camp or the threads where Obama is a super secret Muslum hellbent on destroying America. If Palin doesn't like being attacked, Palin should keep a low profile. :shrug:

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The attacks on Obama were also over the top, even the concentration camp thing. I agree. So is it okay to attack Obama like that because he's chosen to be a public figure? Michelle doesn't keep a low profile either..is it okay to attack her?

By the way I abhor personal attacks on any politician, from Chris Christie's weight to John Boehner's tanning fetish to John Kerry's unfortunate face. We all need to stop worrying about non-essential things and focus on political stances and views that will impact their law making judgment. And Palin's picture was posted on her Facebook page. I think we've come a long and sad way if people can't post pictures of their kids on their Facebook pages without fear of being attacked.

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tres borrachos said:

The attacks on Obama were also over the top, even the concentration camp thing. I agree. So is it okay to attack Obama like that because he's chosen to be a public figure? Michelle doesn't keep a low profile either..is it okay to attack her?

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I didn't say it was okay. That's too simplistic. I just I don't really care if it is done. I address the threads as they come and don't bitch that Obama is being attacked. He's a politician. It's expected. A few weeks ago I caught US Conservative blatantly lying about Obama's role in determining immigration status. Did I cry and mope like so many Conservatives do when Palin gets attacked? Nope. I addressed the allegations head on head on. That's why it's called debate politics. If you don't like it? Don't participate in threads about that person. Also, don't try and make a sob story about how bad Palin has it. She's a 3rd third rate media personality, a right wing darling, and multimillionaire who loves the limelight. If she doesn't like being attacked, then maybe she shouldn't put herself out there so much. You don't see Justin Bieber bitching cause people make fun of him and attack him. Maybe she should take some cues from him? :shrug: