1 "60 Minutes", still carrying water for the DNC.

2 Bad week for Obama?  Time to shit on Sarah Palin. 

3 Open tag boss .

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5 Wow... asking Steve Schmidt what he thinks of Palin is like asking Bill Burkett what he thinks of George W. Bush.

...and probably just as credible.

6 Palin rolled Biden during that debate and slow Joe had been a senator for over 30 years.  I will never forget his wiping the non-existent tear from his eye and looking up to see if the camera caught it.  Joe is a lousy actor.

7
60 Minutes?
Never heard of it.

8 Times like this, I wish I had a lazy eye.

Then the text on this page would be perfectly straight.

9 Yeah I loved the Palin is not qualified to be VP theme. 52% of the country bought into that with Barry! running for Prez! I take comfort knowing that it only requires a fraction of the 52% to realize what lying douchebags the MarxistStreamingMedia are to turn things around.

10 Does anyone know if that asshole Schmidt is working on anyones campaign this year? If he is I want to make it very clear to whatever dumb ass hired him that I will be contributing to his or her opponent.

11

Well, on the bright side, we'll finally be finished with the incessant MSM coverage - day and night - minute after interminable minute - of Reid's racismy racist comments (that we all know aren't really racist because he is like... a democrat!  duh).

I thought it would never end.

12 all your typeface are belong to me

13 Someone needs to close the italics tag.

14 Palin looked and sounded like an idiot in that debate. That's why I'm not worried about 2012. The fascist right has a very weak bench. A bunch of idiots, seriously.

15 why
why
why

16 People still watch 60 Minutes?

17

No one questioned Sargent Shriver's qualifications to be VP, and he'd never even run for dogcatcher. He'd held no elective office, ever. The only real job he'd had was when his brother-in-law let him run the Peace Corps.

Of course, what qualifications does one need for a platform of Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion? Knowing all of Blue Cheer's lyrics?

18 The real story is that we had a presidential candidate who wanted Lieberman for his Veep.  While Joe has some admirable qualities, he does not represent the views of the GOP.  Question to Michael Steele: what, if anything, has the GOP (and by extension, you personally) done to repair the open primary system that allows non-Republicans to pick our candidates for us? 

19 I like italics.  It makes the world seem more...italicized.

20 Steve Schmidt was the main source for the anti-Palin stuff in this new blockbuster book.  Not an anonymous source, they put him on the record.

This is supposed to be the "big get" from the book, I guess.  The bias is just astounding.  Given the Reid, Clinton and Edwards (especially Edwards) stuff in that book, they interview this little turd.

21

I will just say it. If you do not support Sarah Palin THEN YOU ARE NOT A CONSERVATIVE. Yes I said it. (you can like other conservatives more, but you are not a conservative if you support Romney for example.)

I hear this crap from conservatives all the time. They whine about socialism, taxes, big government, on and on. They whine that they dont have a true conservative to vote for like in 2008 when our field in the primaries was filled with mostly big government freaks. Then they vote for Obama? Then they vote for Dole? Then they vote for Huckabee? Romney? They vote for every big government freak this country has to offer!  
 
Now we have a real conservative who has proved it professionally and personally, and we have some conservatives nitpicking her every move. And I am not talking about frauds like Frum who of course will do that, I mean so called real conservatives who identify as such. Frum says he is moderate. I am taking aim at some of the identified true conservatives at the American Spectator, National Review, Krauthammer, and every other piece of trash out there like HotAir. They are ignorant about her record. 
 
They will vote for Romney or Pawlenty, or Huckabee or some other freak and then they will bitch and moan when the debt skyrockets and their currency collapses bemoaning how the government keeps growing! Well, you dumbasses voted for it! ROMNEY SHOULD BE LAUGHED OFF THE STAGE IN A GOP PRIMARY! The fact that he polls high as a front runner should tell us that the conservative movement is in CRISIS! He signed and championed almost the exact same fucking law that Obama is ramming down our throats right now! And people say he is a conservative? Are you brain dead? Since when is big government entitlements that bankrupt a state conservative?
 
I am sick of these fraudulant conservatives with their stupidity and lies. You think the tea party folks are gonna volunteer and sleep in the snow below zero temps to work for Romney, a wall street financier who passed Obamacare in his own state? An entitlement that is now bankrupting them? WAKE UP!
 
IF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT SARAH PALIN THEN THERE IS NO CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND IT DESERVES TO WHIMPER AND DIE.

It will exist in talk radio but not in the halls of power.
 
Are there other true conservatives? Of course, but none are running for president that I know of besides her who have any broad appeal at all.
 
I have alot more, but I am sure you get the idea and are annoyed with my rant at this point, which I understand I hope at least some of you agree with me.

22 Schmidt has more hair than credibility.

23

Thanks for that slanted opinion, Ace.

BTW, are you under a spam attack--the comments pages aren't loading very well under XP Pro and IE7.0?

24

OT:

Ravens:  1 play from scrimmage, 1 touchdown

dammit

25 "Question to Michael Steele: what, if anything, has the GOP (and by extension, you personally) done to repair the open primary system that allows non-Republicans to pick our candidates for us?"

Don't worry about it.  It's two years away.  Plenty of time to take care of that.

*yawn*

Ooh, sleepy.  I need a nap.

26 14 Palin looked and sounded like an idiot in that debate. That's why I'm not worried about 2012. The fascist right has a very weak bench. A bunch of idiots, seriously.

Posted by: Obama/Biden 2012 at January 10, 2010 01:02 PM (GaTkJ)

Uh-oh.

27 Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew in 1972. (won)
Before that, Earl Warren of California in 1948. (lost)
On the Dem side, Charles Bryan of Nebraska in 1924. (lost)
Before that, Indiana's Thomas Marshall won with Wilson iu 1912 and 1916.

28

I like italics.  It makes the world seem more...italicized.

At least they lean to the right.

29

Ravens just recovered a Pats funble at the Patriot 17.

FML

30 No one questioned Sargent Shriver's qualifications to be VP

He hadn't received electroshock therapy.

31 Has this place gone haywire?

32 At least the italics lean to the right...

33 I like corn and potatoes.

34 Is everyone else's box surrounded by gray?

35 Oh good, the Patriots are having their patented 2nd-half breakdown in the 1st half this time.

What else is on TV?

36 Ravens score, AGAIN!

37 Palin is so over and irrelevant that the media still spends 90% of their time bashing her.

38 All your Romans are belong to me.

39 Sorry for the spelling mistakes I am sure I made in my rant above.

40 "Name me a vice presidential nominee who was not...."
General Stockdale

point taken

41

For contrast, we certainly wouldn't want to waste our time on useless non-news like Obama's premptive amnesty for immigrants from terror sponsoring countries...  nah... 'snothing.

http://tinyurl.com/yf3aljy

via Omri

42 And BTW, none of those four governors had made a serious bid for prez. Warren made a feeble favorite-son play, but he wasn't brought on the ticket to capture his delegates.

43 Well, they have to something about that uppity snowbilly.  I mean, damn, first she goes and sells a bunch of books over the Christmas, oops, I meant Nonsectarian and Inclusive Winter Holiday season...then she makes an appearance with Shatner and doesn't embarrass herself....and now she's going off to address all those Tea Partiers next month.

What's even worse is that their ratings suck so hard that they need the additional 300 viewers the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man's ugly little brother will bring on Sunday night. 

44 Ok...which title confers more innate respectability: 1) "top strategist on the McCain-Palin campaign" or 2) "king of the retards?" Looking back at the campaign, the only thing I can remember that looked even remotely savvy was bringing Palin into it.

45

Ace nails it on the subject of Palin's preparation.  Bottom line, she had been busy all of her life doing real stuff.

But Ace's observation also applies in a different way to the Moron in Chief.

All Obamy had done in his entire life is to practice to be a politician.  He never held a job, never wrote a book (other than put his name on the cover), never had responsibilities of any sort.

He was prepped for 20 years by the people who chose him and groomed him.

And not just on the issues either.  One of the key reasons that he got out of the box as easily as he did was that he was super-skilled in the polititcal art of lying, moreso even than the next greatest expert of all time, Bill Clinton.  The art of lying isn't as easy as it seems.  It goes against nature, and to operate at the highest level, it takes two skills.  One is technical and the other is a personal attribute.  The technical aspect is practice and knowledge.  There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of techniques, and the more information you can master about the thing you are lying about, the easier it is to pull off whatever technique you are using.  Obama was well drilled on the technical aspects.  The personal aspect to total amorality.  You can't be a good liar if you have normal human emotions and even the slightest bit of morality.  Obama has neither.  He has no moralitity whatsoever.   His childhood stripped him of it.  He is a form of pschopath.  The perfect blank slate for his masters to imprint with their own insane, arrogant, evil lusts.

46 So they can't rewrite the history of the actual debate so they're trying to challenge her performance BEFORE the debate (that no one has their own experience of seeing it for themselves to refer to) to put her intellect into question? There's a certain desperation to that.

47 I will just say it. If you do not support Sarah Palin THEN YOU ARE NOT A CONSERVATIVE. Yes I said it. (you can like other conservatives more, but you are not a conservative if you support Romney for example.)Posted by: Dan

Well, thank God you're here to tell us how to be a conservative. We were just lost without instruction before you came along.

Dan, no, people that aren't fans of Sarah Palin can be conservatives. Likewise those who think Romney would be a fine leader can be as well. It's not up to you to decide who's a conservative and who isn't. Sorry, you're not the decider on the matter.

I realize you're trying to be helpful in your own way but it takes a certain amount of arrogance mixed with pointlessness to dictate the nomenclature of conservatives. I can think of a dozen ways that would actually help get conservatives elected rather than wasting time on pompous fiats like that.

48 34 Is everyone else's box surrounded by gray?

Posted by: curious at January 10, 2010 01:15 PM (p302b)

 

That's none of your business.

49 CBS takes their marching orders from the Dems.  Who cares what they say about Sarah?  I guarantee she'll hit back with gusto and her approval rating will inch up on the 0's again

50 17  No one questioned Sargent Shriver's qualifications to be VP, and he'd never even run for dogcatcher. He'd held no elective office, ever. The only real job he'd had was when his brother-in-law let him run the Peace Corps.

Of course, what qualifications does one need for a platform of Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion? Knowing all of Blue Cheer's lyrics?

Posted by: Velocimanat January 10, 2010 01:03 PM (DXgYB)

He was also the producer for the classic Sargent Shriver's Bleeding Heatrs Club Band album.

51 General Stockdale

Um I believe it was Admiral Stackdale, not to pic nits or anything.

52 They had her statement and ran the lie anyways, 'fake but accurate' anyone. She covers much of this in the book, most of the debate prep was about McCain's positions, not general issue points. Schmidt admitted after the election, the campaign had lost it's nerve in late September, hence throwing Sarah to the wolves,
"Going Rogue" meant wanting to win, and we couldn't have that.

53
I just finished Going Rogue. Good book; it's not exactly Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, but Palin comes across as likeable, and her descriptions of her family's history and what it was like to grow up in Alaska were quite interesting. And she writes well. Yes, I know, she had a lot of editorial help, but the words basically are hers, and they're well done.

As for 60 Minutes, I'm not surprised. Not surprised at all.

54 I guess that he's all pissed off because Palin wouldn't learn what he told her to learn and say what he told her to say.

55 >>>I will just say it. If you do not support Sarah Palin THEN YOU ARE NOT A CONSERVATIVE. Yes I said it. (you can like other conservatives more, but you are not a conservative if you support Romney for example.) wrong. I like Palin but I am kind of offended at Loyalty Oath stuff like this. Some of you guys have to ease off the passion of this type, the us/them stuff. The party continues to be an ideological party/coalition of interests, not a party defined by a single charismatic figure.

56 I wouldn't have voted for a McCain/Lieberman ticket so what's Schmidt's point? They lost because of the economic meltdown in September, and McCain suspended his campaign, then climbed into George W Bush's pocket, and voted Yes on the Tarp. I am sure it's was nice and warm in George W Bush's pocket. But it did little to challenge the Democrat's campaign claim that John McCain was George W Bush's 3rd term.

Schmidt wants to keep getting gigs working on political campaigns. Boy he did a lousy job on McCain/Palin's campaign.

57 I asked David Freddoso this question, and he actually had an answer: Dick Cheney. Fine, good answer, I have since modified the question. But obviously that still makes my basic point: Cheney was a fixture in DC for all of his life in one capacity or another. Cheney was prepared enough that he was originally in charge of Bush's Veep search, and had been involved with foreign policy think tanks before that campaign, just to underline your point. That's very different from someone who's working at the state level.

58 Whatevah, Palin is getting yet more free publicity.  The mere fact that she is being discussed means that "they" feel the need to try and take her down.  Ergo, she is in a fine position for "right now".   Remember, we as a country, were so disgusted with "the field" both republican and democrat and so disgusted with hillary's pronouncement that she would be the next president, no matter what, that we were willing to elect a "virtual unknown quantity, who seemed to come out of no where and be a creation of the media and the MSM".  Palin's fine, she must realize that the "come out of no where tactic" works quite well so don't look for her to do the usual thing and announce for 2012 (if she is even interested) anytime soon.  Rather expect her to arrive on the scene with shock and awe. 

59 McCain wanted to pick Lieberman and Palin was his last second choice.

Jebus tap dancing Christ!  Lieberman and Palin are not even the same species.  We DID dodge a bullet by not electing that senile old coot.

60 Many don't think Palin bested Biden in that debate. The result was ambiguous enough that everyone could see what they want to see. If it doesn't look like a win to people not already on your side it doesn't matter how well you think she did. I was rooting for her but I thought it was a draw. She didn't know enough foreign policy to slam him on his "we pushed Hezbollah out of Lebanon" nonsense. Biden lied and lied and she let him get away with it.

61 60 Minutes?  Last century format with century-old geezers in front of a mic and camera 

/yawn

It's time for a palate-cleanser.

Thanks to a link provided by conservativesforyouknowwho dot com, we can view a typical Going Rogue book-signing as an art form.  LINK

62 Steve Schmidt:  She didn't prep the way my vast political knowledge said she should.

Palin whips Biden.

Steve Schmidt:  She didn't prep the way my vast political knowledge said she should.

Okay, then.

63 If she hadn't been nominated by McCain, she probably would have been fetching his coffee.

64

Ace, you did not dispute that Romey is a big government freak. Look at his record. GREW GOVERNMENT. Supported Obamacare before there was Obamacare. Is this conservative? Do we believe in conservatism, or dont we?

If we don't then fine, this is america. Then we should not call ourselves conservatives. If being a conservative means you can believe ANYTHING then being conservatives means nothing.

After the primary, I supported McCain since he was our only shot, but in the coming primary process we have no excuse not to nominate a true conservative.

ISKANDAR, is romney a conservative? If you like him and want him to be POTUS, then glod bless you, but he is not a conservative. Conservtives dont grow government and bankupt their states with new entitlements. This is a fact, and my delivery does not change the facts.

65 Last governor who was nominated and elected as VP? Agnew, Spiro T. That didn't work out too well either.

66 She didn't know enough foreign policy to slam him on his "we pushed Hezbollah out of Lebanon" nonsense. Biden lied and lied and she let him get away with it.

Posted by: Yehudit at January 10, 2010 01:59 PM (6UJVZ)

I'm not sure if she "didn't know" about it as much as was shocked by how ludicrous it was that she was expecting Gwen Ifill to start laughing about it; unfortunately Gwen was thinking about the next all-you-can-eat buffet joint she was going to send out of bidness and declined to correct the dumbest idiot from Scranton.

67 If Sarah had beaten Biden any worse, they would have had to squeegee Joe off the stage.

68 Conservtives don't grow government and bankrupt their states with new entitlements. This is a fact, and my delivery does not change the facts. Posted by: Dan

That fact is only apparent to you I guess. MA budget change over year prior:

2003 = - 4.7%
2004 = - 2.2%
2005 = 0.8%
2006 = 0.6%
2007 = 7.5%

Looks like aside from his final year that included the health care legislation, he cut spending.

"The state legislature, with Romney's support, also cut spending by $1.6 billion, including $700 million in reductions in state aid to cities and towns. The cuts also included a $140 million reduction in state funding for higher education, which led state-run colleges and universities to increase tuition by 63%. Romney sought additional cuts in his last year as Massachusetts governor by vetoing nearly 250 items in the state budget. All of those vetoes were overturned by the legislature."

69

Iskandar, you know just like I do that the healthcare fiasco has destroyed their budget and it is not reflected in those numbers you posted. THE STRUCTURE was put in place and now they are reaping the whirlwind. Just like Obamacare, it looks good on paper in the first bit due to accounting tricks worthy of enron, but long term they are screwed.

How are those numbers looking now and in the future as they grow faster than GDP? I really hope for your sake your not a taxpayer in that state.

He will say hes not in charge now so he cant be blamed, well once put the structure in then that is what happens. It is a hallmark of the progressive movement. He should have known.

70 Correspondent Anderson Cooper interviewed Steve Schmidt, top strategist on the McCain-Palin campaign, who said a campaign aide preparing her for the debate with Joe Biden “told us the debate was going to be a debacle of historic and epic proportions.”

Palin didn't well in her interviews (though given how much they were edited, who knows what they looked like uncut), but whether the debates counts as a tie, a very slight win (my view--given what the worries about her were at that point), or an actual win, it was very clearly not a debacle of historic proportions.

I know political analysts and aides have to be realistic in order to help the campaign, but maybe it would have helped Sarah Palin's self-confidence and helped her in her practicing if she was around people who didn't spend their time talking about her like this behind her back?  Maybe?

Also, there are/were rumors re: Obama cheating on his wife.  Maybe only rumors, but that's no better than the stuff they're publishing about Cindy Mcain's and Bill Clinton's private life.  So far, in these leaks, they seem to offered dirt on a lot of major players in 2008--but not Obama.  If they wanted to, they could.  I'm interested to know if that's in there, if anything about Obama is in there.  Yeah, It would shock me (they'd catch holy hell, if not a lawsuit--btw has Cindy commented on this?).

However, if they're going this far with everybody else, and if they're going to be consistent, then I would expect at least something on the guy.  I don't know--maybe something about the press not reporting his smoking for two years?  Did nobody really know about that?  Yeah, it's dirty reporting, but that's stopping them from knocking everybody else; so what's in there?

71 Iskandar, though we obviously disagree, I have enjoyed our short back and forth. I hope you have a nice rest of the day! Take care.

72 It's no use Iskandar.

Dan's one of those Palin "supporters" who thinks that it is his job to run down any and all potential GOP candidates for president other than Sarah. 

If it turns out that Palin doesn't run in 2012 he will stay home and pout on election day, after spending much of the primary season badmouthing all of the GOP candidates as being "big government freaks, no different from the Democrats".

He will also urge all TRUE CONSERVATIVES to likewise stay home and ensure that B.O. gets reelected so that he can later say that Sarah was the only one who could have defeated B.O. evah!!!

73

I like Sarah, I find it odd that the repubs have this "its their turn" mentality when it comes to picking candidates.  I mean Bob Dole?  John Mccain?  I didn't vote for Dole, but I did vote for Mccain.

I really think the 2 party system itself is in jeapordary, and the US dollar crumbles some more, that will lead to the waning of the 2 party system.

Esssentially the whole system needs to be cleaned out, DC as well as Wall st. who has the balls to do this?  B/c they will have the 2 parties going after them as well as the MSM going after them. Personally, I think we are reaching that point.

I have to admit, I used to love wathcing 60 minutes, would Tivo, now, cBS itself is channeled from my dish network.

I completely believed that Bush story that Dan Rather told in 2004, its wasn't until last year, I realise they lied.  So, now anything they to say about Sarah, I really don't trust.

As for Steve schimt, again, does he know the more hit jobs he does on Sarah, who will hire him?  didn't he just lose an election?

74 Deety, you must not be able to read since I clearly am talking about the PRIMARY PROCESS. Once the primary process is complete I will support the most conservative candidate which means I will support the GOP nominee no matter who it is against Obama. I will vote for Romney over Obama in a heartbeat and I will donate to him ONCE HE IS OUR ONLY SHOT against Obama. I never said I will stay home and I will not, but I also will not be surprised at all when Romney grows government. (surely not to the extent Obama did though)

75

oops, I meant to write:

" now, cBS itself is cancelled from my dish network."

76 60 - Many don't think Palin bested Biden in that debate. The result was ambiguous enough that everyone could see what they want to see. If it doesn't look like a win to people not already on your side it doesn't matter how well you think she did. Posted by: Yehudit at January 10, 2010 01:59 PM (6UJVZ) At the link provided by Ace, Luntz's focus group of Undecideds called it a win for Palin... http://preview.tinyurl.com/LuntzGrpPostDebate

77

Deety, do not be silly. Obviouisly, I am talking about the PRIMARY PROCESS. Once that process is complete I will support the most conservative candidate, which means I will support the GOP nominee against Obama. I will vote for Romney, and donate the maximum to Romney ONCE HE IS OUR ONLY SHOT against Obama in the general. I will not sit home. I will also not be surprised at all when Romney grows government, albeit not as much as Obama did.

I am a conservative which means I support the more conservative candidates. Palin vs Romney, Palin is more conservative in every way. Romney Vs. Obama, Romney is more conservative in everyway. See, no big mystery here

78 Oops, very sorry for the double post. My mistake.

79

So was St. Elizabeth Edwards cured by the Jug-Eared Jesus?

Most people with late-stage terminal cancer, like our wonderful loved ones and relatives tend to, you know, die in quiet dignity. Not these political scumbags.

80 Dan's one of those Palin "supporters" who thinks that it is his job to run down any and all potential GOP candidates for president other than Sarah.  Posted by: Deety

Yeah, well I don't know one way or another what he thinks. Frankly, I don't care. The problem with the comment was that he thought it's his job to determine the authentic conservative candidate. He's certainly welcome to lobby for whomever he thinks is best but he's wasting his and our time with the soviet declarations. I shouldn't have even bothered with the Romney stats; I'm not that big of fan of him either but his record was more of  a mixed one than one of an outright Statist.

81

Being called the "top strategist on the McCain-Palin campaign" is like being called the captain of the Hindenburg.

Obama should have lost by 5-7 points. It took a worthless bloviating shithead like McCain and this clown to turn that number into a 4-point win.

 

82

And wouldn't Palin the [Unprepared] Hick tying Biden the Policy Genius be the equivalent of a Palin win?

83

lowandslow, Alaska has a uniqe state constitution that was put in place long before Sarah Palin was governor. It states that the people own the resources and are entitled to revenue from it. Following the constitution despite your own beliefs is the quintissential conservative action. Obama and his pals could learn something from this as I am sure you agree!

Also, what you call a windfall profit tax was anything but. In fact, it incentivized new production and expansion with lower taxes in certain areas while making sure the people were not getting ripped off DUE TO CORRUPTION among the GOP sadly.

84 "Is everyone else's box surrounded by gray?"

Mine is.

85 I linked to " Milky Loads " website  to see his latest hit piece on Sarah, and his sole source is a Palin hate site called Imoral Minority. These people are stupid beyond belief. The artical says that Sarah is a total lier about being " miss Wasilla" in 1984, because the news paper from the time says that a Katrina Mueller had won the contest on june 30th of that year (Sarah Palin crowned her)Think " Rose Parade Queen of 2010, and her court "  They were all students from the Passadena, California area, and competed, annd were crowned in mid 2009. One of Sarahs major dutys was to preside over the pagent to select miss Wasilla 1985,and to crown the winner. Idiots all of them!

86 I will just say it. If you do not support Sarah Palin THEN YOU ARE NOT A CONSERVATIVE. Let me offer a tempered version of this, not directed at anyone in particular. Growing up and living in the Middle West, I and many other conservatives from these parts believe we have a deep understanding of "realness." This awareness of who we are and what we believe gives us a fuller appreciation of others who exhibit similar traits. There are many--probably most--liberals who, because of their teleological absorption, cannot process reality. Witness the endless parade of horseshit ideas coming out of Washington, Sacramento, Albany, etc., etc. I do not believe one must SUPPORT Sarah Palin in order to be a conservative. There are many reasons why one may not. But to reject her for stylistic reasons, as liberals generally do (and did to Bush), is reprehensible. This is Frum-Brookism. These people are pseudo-intellectual assholes. Instead I believe all real conservatives must RECOGNIZE Sarah Palin for who she is and what she represents, namely, a true spirit of conservatism and faith in the country and its people--not necessarily, however, its elected representatives. She is a genuine American conservative. Not necessarily everyone's cup of tea, as we've seen. But in a time when millions of people believe that stuff happening on television is reality, we need her and others like her badly to use their God-given talents to help wash out the muddy brains of the millions of liberal idiots and the utterly clueless within the Republican ranks.

87 So, when is Schmidt announcing that he is a democrat and will only work on donk campaigns? Or, is he so stupid that he thinks that his association with any conservative GOP candidate won't be poison to them?

88 Well stated Fresh Air.

89 Steve Schmidt needs to go away. I will have serious problems with any republican who uses him as an advisor for anything.

90 In a debate over who is the most conservative Republican, Palin doesn’t win, Ron Paul does! What qualities must a great leader possess? Charisma, native intelligence, formal education, proven successful experience, emotional intelligence, communication abilities, demeanor, character, likability. For POTUS, I would also add salesmanship, they must be able to SELL their vision of America to America through Congress. What Republican candidate possesses these traits in abundance? Who could bring the two leaders of Congress into the Oval Office and sell their plans and ideas? Palin is missing several of these, most important is her lack of emotional intelligence. Quitting the Governorship is not what a serious candidate for POTUS does. Her running battle with that Chillbilly douche Levi hurts her here as well. If she can not contain this moron then how can she contain the politics inside the White House? Or Al-Queda? She has several more years to rehab her image but so far so meh…. Romney has a strong blend of these traits but it shocked me how he didn’t play in the Rep party at all last year and how he was forced to use his own money to stay in the game. Is he lacking something? I am not bothered by his moderate record in Mass because as Ann Coulter said, do we wish to NEVER have Republicans elected in Blue states? (by holding the conservative line) Assuming Romney and Palin run, who will be the third candidate in ‘12? Pawlenty? Huck

91 If Sarah Palin did such a shitty job, how come this ass clown picked her? Oh, you say his boss picked her? What galls me is the fact that this asshole's '08 campaign strategy was taking on water from the start, and his candidate didn't pull ahead in the polls until Palin came on board. This excuse making prick Schmidt is not only a loser , he's a whiney crybaby bitch as well. It will be very interesting to see which if any future national campaigns employ this disloyal, finger pointing shit flicker.

92 Schmidt's an asshole backstabber, but in that 60 Minutes interview he also says that Palin "more than held her own" in the debate, so at least he admits that.

Palin herself says in her book that the initial prep wasn't going well for several reasons. After a change of staffers and location, prep went much better, and she did great in the debate. Other staffers agree with the account.

93 Hell, everybody hates Frum. But we can't get that fucker to stay dead. People keep giving him forums as if anyone is interested in anything he has to say. I thought we had put the elitest pundit rino donklite mob to rest, but they are still trying to take over: Friedersdorf, Frum, E.D. Kain, etc.

94 #14, is that why so many democraptic congresspeople are dropping out of their races?  'Cuz that makes sense, in opposite world, anyway.

95

60 Minutes Will Hit Sarah Palin Tonight

I'd hit it!

96

So, when is Schmidt announcing that he is a democrat..?

He is, afterall, Carville's gay lover.

 

97 lowandslow,  you're a shit-filled moby.  Alaskan posters here have put you some fuckin knowledge regarding ACES a bazillion times and you're still spewing your foolishness.  STFU and pay attention.

98

Does anyone actually watch CBS news other than lefties needing justification of their opinions?

CBS is banned in my house after Rathergate - why not banning them from yours?

 

99 *lowandslow,  you're a shit-filled moby.  Alaskan posters here have put you some fuckin knowledge regarding ACES a bazillion times and you're still spewing your foolishness.  STFU and pay attention.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+/tard at January 10, 2010 06:06 PM (J+e7E)*

It trolls at HA too,and has been smacked down by Alaskans there as well.Probably one of Palins nutcase stalkers up there.

100 Go choke on your puke.

101 Trying to explain ACES to this fellow, or the progressively smaller budgets that in part earned her the hatred of the Stalwart behemoth's of the GOP, is like trying to teach a pig french, It's a variable system with a 10% floor in stead of the fixed 22% of the previous administration. so too is the PFUD, which was enacted when she was 12 years old

102 Schmidt is doing the dirty work for the Mitt Romneycare Republicans, all of whom are socialist-lite losers.  There isn't a chance in hell, not a chance, that I will support Romneycare or any of the other socialist-lite Republicans candidates.  They are as bad as the Obamunists.  F*ck em.

103
101  I'm not the one on a conservative website making excuses for a tax increase.

No, you are the socialist-lite Romneybot troll on a conservative website kneecapping his opponent and hoping we'll all forget that  your guy invented the individual mandate and brought socialist healthcare to America.  Take your goddam Romneycare and your big government "conservatism" back home to Mass. with you, moby.

104 Steve Schmidt can get bent.  Anybody he works for in the future will not get my vote. 

105 Amen, VermillionSky.  I'm no Palin fan, but Steve Schmidt can GFH.  He violates the Reagan rule of speaking ill of a fellow Republican.

106

Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman. As posted in comments on GretaÂ’s article referencing the MOVEON ad about Sarah Palin.

The last 45 of my 66 years IÂ’ve spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. HereÂ’s the breaking point:

Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it. ItÂ’s not about persona, style, rhetoric, itÂ’s about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that IÂ’m about to mention here.

1. Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governor’s office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican’s “Corrupt Bastards Club” (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing, “la la la la” (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar.

2. Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called “ACES.” Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them, “don’t let the door hit you in the stern on your way out.” They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course, the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.

3. The other thing she did when she walked into the governor’s office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as “pork.” She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the “when-hell-freezes-over” stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, we’ll pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governor’s jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor’s cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning — I imagine — that she’s packing heat herself). I’m still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.

4. Now, even with her much-ridiculed “gosh and golly” mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn’t impress you, then you’re trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.

5. For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldnÂ’t start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. Then, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.

6. President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But thatÂ’s just a cover-up. IÂ’m still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. I wonÂ’t be holding my breath.

By the way, she was content to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldnÂ’t let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers. And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda known better.

You have just read the truth about Sarah Palin that sends the media, along with the democrat party, into a wild uncontrolled frenzy to discredit her. I guess they are only interested in skirt chasers, dishonesty, immoral people, liars, womanizers, murderers, and bitter ex-presidentsÂ’ wives.

So “You go, Girl.” I only wish the men in Washington had your guts, determination, honesty, and morals.

107 What I like about Sarah Palin, she lives life rather than spending her entire life with her eye-balls glued to fucking TV-Land sucking up stupid.

Maybe John Edwards is right, there  are two Americas, one lives life while the other lives in TV-Land.

108 I am not bothered by his moderate record in Mass

Does it bother you that Mitt Romney is quick to raise his hand to Climate Change Fraud; are you all concerned he will do a Schwarzenegger-ie completely decimate the ecomony in order to serve his uber wealthy Collectivist social standing in the Statist's Billionarie's Club?


By the way,  MODERATES voted for Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Chris Dodd, Barney Franks.

Given the track record MODERATES are not reliable voters who make wise choices.

109 Thanks for that info Syn; you effectively scraped lowandslow from the bottom of our shoes with that without even directly addressing that worthless POS.

110 Syn, In answer to your point re Mitt/Climate: Here are all the Dem/Reps official positions on ClimateChange: http://www.cfr.org/publication/14765/ Read this for yourself, however it is is fair to say that the Dems completely buy into this fraud and the Reps have almost all (except for TEH Fred) staked out some politically positive positions on it, Mitt has bought into it somewhat, but not as much as McCain/Rudy/Huck tho...

111 It's the McCain preppers who had done Palin a disservice. The McCain preppers are the ones at fault, not Palin. If they let her be Sarah Palin the VP nominee and not a trained puppet for McCain, then they would have a better shot at winning the White House. The McCain preppers failed McCain, Palin, and the American people who supported them.

112 116 Thanks for that info Syn; you effectively scraped lowandslow from the bottom of our shoes with that without even directly addressing that worthless POS.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 11, 2010 07:52 AM

Really? Syn post is nothing but bullshit. Palin didn't do one fucking thing to break up any "Old Bastards Club" or send anyone to jail, nothing, it's a fucking lie.

Nor did she make Alaskans stinking rich and make the oil companies fall meekly in line, 100% bullshit, revenues are dropping and big oil is slowly pulling out thanks to ACES, EXXON is not drilling one new well on state land this year, not a one.

Nor did she force EXXON to drill at Point Thompson, it's just the fucking opposite. EXXON was required to drill at Point Thompson in 2008 by leases they signed years before Palin was even around politics. It was Palin that tried to stop EXXON from drilling and revoke their leases by denying EXXON's permits and she only did a 180 when she was about to get her ass handed to her in court. It was EXXON that had to take her to court so they could drill, do you fucking get that?

I mean the bullshit you people will believe is astounding.

113 lowandslow, Exxon had held those leases for 25 years and had never drilled.

So Palin's admin revoked their licenses so they could rebid them to producers who would drill.

Exxon took them to court. And Sarah's admin won 3 different cases in 2007.

So Exxon was finally forced to drill or lose the leases.

Why don't you stay away from Immoral Minority? Doesn't the very title of that blog tell you not to bother with it?

114 Why don't you stay away from Immoral Minority? Doesn't the very title of that blog tell you not to bother with it?

Posted by: hrh40 at January 11, 2010 10:58 AM (62LhM)

The voices in his head keep him from doing anything that makes sense.  I can't figure out if he's Cahrsel Jhonsno or Steve Schmidt.

115 Posted by: hrh40 at January 11, 2010 10:58 AM (62LhM)

You don't know what you're talking about. EXXON was required by the lease to submit a plan of development and start exploratory drilling by 2008 which they were willing to do. So Palin tried to revoke their leases so she could rebid them, that's the only part you got right. But you also seem to think there were companies lined up to bid on them, there wasn't. They weren't viable for most companies only EXXON had the resources to drill and make a reasonable profit, lease are gas leases and if you noticed gas isn't that profitable right now nor in 2008.
 Palin was in the wrong when she tried to revoke the leases, in every way possible, legally and ethically. The state just can't change their mind they don't like the terms of a contract and renege on them. Christ if this was a Democrat that tried to pull that horseshit we would crucify them and rightly so. It doesn't make any difference if EXXON didn't want to do anymore then was necessary to fulfill their lease, it was their contractual right to do so. Then Palin tried to deny them permitting and reject their plans of development so they couldn't move ahead at Point Thompson and lose their leases. At every point in this process the courts ruled for EXXON because it was simple contract law that Palin couldn't seam to grasp. Only when it became obvious the court had no choice but to rule in EXXON's favor in the last decision by the court did Palin reverse her course and drop the litigation and approve EXXON's plans. In other words she harassed EXXON for two years and got nothing out of it, the results would have been exactly the same.
That's what happened.

116 "Mitt has bought into it somewhat, but not as much as McCain/Rudy/Huck tho..."


Official Position?   During the NH debate Mitt's hand was the first to raise in support of Climate Change Fraud, Rudy debated with himself before finally giving into the fraud.

Mitt's official position was to immediately throw his hand up the ass of bullshit producing Climate Change Fraudsters faster than Rudy could decide just how far up he too should reach.

The only reason people want Mitt Romney is because he made money unfortunately these people have yet to realize that politicians from the fucking Collectivist Billionaires Club ALL end up  governing like freaky Mommy-Nannies Statists.

See  Bloomberg-Kennedy-Schwarzenneggers-and Bush.

Further; those 'fiscal conservatives' who bitch about big spender Bush cannot seriously consider Mitt 'MANDATE' Romney a viable alternative to the Democrat Party.

117 Aside that; the entire NE quadrant's political class is schizophrenic yet some are desperate for a schizophrenic politician from Mass.

118 Steve Schmidt's already been talked to by Kirk in Illinois.

I can't believe another campaign would want him after he's proven that he can't keep his mouth shut after the fact.

119 Ginault is a Swiss fine timepiece maker manufacturing better quality, better durability, and tip point accuracy Swiss watches based on classic Ginault Watches The Rolex Submariner, Yacht-Master, and Sea Dweller are utilized as base modules to give birth of the Ginault Mark I.

120 bait makings of home was to consider head or one both ends and cannot reach every aspect of a matter, only in some way has some of window and integral effect is far still not as good as , these, the eye of fishing person is bright