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Doesn't the Republican frontrunner deserve attention?
Even after the election is over?:rofl
Doesn't the Republican frontrunner deserve attention?
So what she becomes is more important than the failure and quitter that she has been?
Do you see her as the only hope the Republican party has for the future?
The contention I have with this is is that it paints Palin as an innocent by-stander in all of this. It seems as though we have forgotten that she was Sen. McCain's attack-dog for a few months; declaring certain areas of the country as 'pro-American' (as opposed to the rest of the country?). She's gotten in her licks as well. Furthermore, I can speak only for myself when I say, 'hatred' is too strong a word here. Hate her? No, absolutely not. I treat her as I would any other unintelligent politician, I greet her with bemused opposition. She's great for cheap laughs, and I still don't believe that the GOP is foolish enough to run with her in 2012.If Palin is planning a Presidential run, her resignation will definitely come back to haunt her. I don't think it was a good move on her part, but it is still her decision. As per usual, the typical "I hate Palin" crowd is here to lob personal insults at her all the while claiming that they don't feel threatened by her. If you don't feel threatened, you wouldn't feel the need to resort to this. Is it really so hard to see past your partisan blinders and have even a sliver of respect for someone that you don't agree with politically? I don't agree with her politically, but I still think that it was a very bold move. If she manages to go against all odds and become a worthy candidate regardless of all of this stuff I will be thoroughly impressed and many of the people who have resorted to personal attacks and insults will be eating their own words.
The Liberals hope Palin's credibility is totally shot.
A. Of course. Don't you agree?
B. Hell no. Why on earth would I think that?
If Palin is planning a Presidential run, her resignation will definitely come back to haunt her. I don't think it was a good move on her part, but it is still her decision. As per usual, the typical "I hate Palin" crowd is here to lob personal insults at her all the while claiming that they don't feel threatened by her. If you don't feel threatened, you wouldn't feel the need to resort to this. Is it really so hard to see past your partisan blinders and have even a sliver of respect for someone that you don't agree with politically? I don't agree with her politically, but I still think that it was a very bold move. If she manages to go against all odds and become a worthy candidate regardless of all of this stuff I will be thoroughly impressed and many of the people who have resorted to personal attacks and insults will be eating their own words.
The contention I have with this is is that it paints Palin as an innocent by-stander in all of this. It seems as though we have forgotten that she was Sen. McCain's attack-dog for a few months; declaring certain areas of the country as 'pro-American' (as opposed to the rest of the country?). She's gotten in her licks as well. Furthermore, I can speak only for myself when I say, 'hatred' is too strong a word here. Hate her? No, absolutely not. I treat her as I would any other unintelligent politician, I greet her with bemused opposition. She's great for cheap laughs, and I still don't believe that the GOP is foolish enough to run with her in 2012.
Aside: Re: Her stupidity...We're not just talking about gaffes here. This woman simply does not know things. Here she couldn't name a single SCOTUS case she disagrees with beyond Roe v. Wade. Here she speaks of the mythical 'Department of Law'. The list goes on and on (speaking of the VP's ability to make policy in the Senate, not being able to name a newspaper she reads regularly, etc. etc.). Simply put, she just doesn't have the brain-power to run this country.
-NC
No I don't see that nation "Palling around with a Idiot" ever.
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here.
However, on the chance that you do NOT agree with my first response, here is my reasoning:
Do you, or do you not, agree that someone can better themselves?
If you agree, does this not mean that what someone becomes is more important than their past?
Thus my response.
This is, of course, not to say that someone's past ever ceases to be a factor.
Palin would be crushed in a national election. She, unlike Barack Obama, doesn't possess the ability to obsfucate her lack of experience and expertise with rhetorical brilliance. That, and the media loves Barack Obama. Palin would be scrutinized with an intensity never before witnessed in politics and Obama would, once again, be given a free ride to the White House. The GOP shouldn't hitch their 2012 wagon to Palin.
Yes I do believe that a person through experience and education can better themselves...perhaps Palin will eventually learn to be humble and honest about her motivations and actually regain the trust of the People of Alaska that she just dissed.
For diehards to continue to imply that she is at this point credible enough to hold any national office what so ever is just plain insulting...infact she has been nothing but insulting since McCain led her out at the Rep. Nat. Funeral.
Oh I see, Palin screws up and it is all the fault of the Libs, right?
President Obama was not given a free ride to anywhere...
Excellent.
Depends on how you spin what she has done.
Of course, the same can be said about any public figure.
Like hell he wasn't! :rofl
Apparently you were not paying attention..where do you live Alaska.
Do they get real news up there?
Oh, I've been paying attention. We've been told, incessantly, that we're racists for criticizing PBO. Also, the media gave him more slack than any other presidential candidate in the history of the country.
President Obama was not given a free ride to anywhere...
Thank Bush and Cheney for the failures of your party that the nation found disgusting. Palin and McCain just continued to feed that disgust.
Palin says she's not leaving politics | Comcast.net
Good for her!
Love her or Hate her she has the reins now.
One of the only real faces in US politics that people can believe..hopefully even if she isn't personally propelled to President or whatnot..she will help set a tone that will change US politics from the hate based politics of Obama to the politics of 30 years ago .
In television interviews [Sarah Palin] was out of her depth in a shallow pool. She was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions, and sometimes in knowing them. She couldn't say what she read because she didn't read anything. She was utterly unconcerned by all this and seemed in fact rather proud of it: It was evidence of her authenticity. She experienced criticism as both partisan and cruel because she could see no truth in any of it. She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't thoughtful enough. Her presentation up to the end has been scattered, illogical, manipulative and self-referential to the point of self-reverence. "I'm not wired that way," "I'm not a quitter," "I'm standing up for our values." I'm, I'm, I'm.
In another age it might not have been terrible, but here and now it was actually rather horrifying.
I'm not a Republican. Allegiance to political parties is a form of intellectual bankruptcy.
. . . in continued ignorance of the paucity of igloos in Alaska.. . .or as I affectionately call her Igloo Girl. . . .