January 31, 2012
— Ace Someone mentioned "Palin threads just don't have the same juice they used to."
It seems that way to me now. I don't listen to her either way anymore.
With the party now turning to a presidential election, is her role as lightning rod/lightning-thrower now more or less over?
Of course she'll never be completely over; I don't mean that. She will still be on FoxNews and still produce books and such.
But she's not really a major player now, is she?
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Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 31, 2012 12:56 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Sweet Meteor of Death at January 31, 2012 12:56 PM (ggRof)
Posted by: MikeInBA at January 31, 2012 12:56 PM (Q9Fr6)
Have you noticed how hard it is to even listen to her voice?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 31, 2012 12:57 PM (f9c2L)
Posted by: yomomma at January 31, 2012 12:57 PM (DKLl9)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 12:58 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at January 31, 2012 12:58 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Village Idiot at January 31, 2012 12:58 PM (utXSy)
Posted by: stuiec at January 31, 2012 12:59 PM (CDtDs)
The bloom is off the rose. Has anyone noticed her half assed endorsement/non-endorsement of Gingrich?
Had this been made last summer, it would have been covered by every news network. Now the response is just, "meh".
Her TV show is gone, she doesn't appear on Fox as much anymore. No one was really asking for her endorsement in the primaries.
I think she's done as a major political force.
Posted by: Ben at January 31, 2012 12:59 PM (wuv1c)
so Palin was shooed back to the kitchen. To cook, and stuff.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 31, 2012 12:59 PM (UqKQV)
I used to think she was great.
She was a big part of the reason I actually got a little enthusiastic about the McCain campaign.
But now, I'm getting tired of her. She has had a long, hard, 4 years, and frankly, I don't think she is the same person.
I don't blame her, considering the amount of vile hatred thrown her way.
But she isn't the same. I'm not sure exactly how, but she is just different somehow.
Posted by: dan-O at January 31, 2012 12:59 PM (sWycd)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 12:59 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: LauderdaleVet at January 31, 2012 01:00 PM (mnrxG)
Gah.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 31, 2012 01:00 PM (UOM48)
Correction: she stopped seeming relevant when she refused to run for the nomination. She stopped being relevant long before that- when she decided not to do the kinds of things she needed to do to set up a presidential bid in the first place.
She could have survived the "quitter" meme- the facts were more or less on her side there. What she did in the months and years after sapped what political capital she had, and she never did anything to replenish it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at January 31, 2012 01:00 PM (8y9MW)
The juice is in the prior thread.
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at January 31, 2012 01:00 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (QnnIk)
Posted by: yomomma at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (DKLl9)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (odEHq)
If she ain't runnin' for office, she's just runnin' her mouth.
She raised a lot of people's hopes just to get herself a TV gig. I was a fan. No more.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (WE2w3)
Posted by: Riker at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (nMMma)
They got to her. She has no juice.
I feel like Donald Sutherland in INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS when he ran into his girlfriend and she screamed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Will Folks, esq. at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 31, 2012 01:01 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: tsj017 at January 31, 2012 01:02 PM (P4pt7)
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo-goo-ga-joo at January 31, 2012 01:02 PM (ybkwK)
Posted by: dblwmy at January 31, 2012 01:03 PM (BvTwT)
I totally stopped reading and/or commenting on Palin threads.
Posted by: sleepy-beans at January 31, 2012 01:04 PM (xvAbw)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 04:58 PM (i6RpT) ---
no shit........
Posted by: Stephen Glass at January 31, 2012 01:04 PM (UqKQV)
Remember 1986?
Hear the one about
That came straight from a guy who claims he's tastin' her juice
Hear the one about Michael, some say he must be gay
I try to argue, but they said if he was straight he wouldn't move that way
Hear the one about Susan, some say she's just a tease
In a camisole she's six feet tall, she'll knock you to you knees
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 01:04 PM (sqkOB)
The problem with being famous, for being famous... is that unless you are doing stuff all the time? You won't be famous anymore.
I suggest someone starts a divorce rumor... again...
Posted by: Some Kardashian at January 31, 2012 01:05 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 31, 2012 01:05 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 31, 2012 01:05 PM (d0Tfm)
Just my 2 cents.
Posted by: observer at January 31, 2012 01:05 PM (ErWzr)
Posted by: Emperor of Icecream, Cultist for Jesus at January 31, 2012 01:06 PM (epBek)
Posted by: Brian at January 31, 2012 01:06 PM (wTSvK)
Every time I hear her on Fox News it's like she's talking to 5th grade kids, so intellectually shallow her banal "analysis" is. Santorum did well in Iowa because he appeals to the state's evangelical demographic? Well no shit, you vapid bimbo.
After the rest of us are getting very tired of this primary cycle, she's still pushing for this being dragged out as long as possible. No doubt so she and Fox News can continue pretending she has anything remotely insightful to say about the race, and perhaps in the vain hope that a brokered convention would allow her to generate some more bullshit attention-whoring drama.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 31, 2012 01:06 PM (SY2Kh)
Of the people that aren't running for national office, who is?
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 31, 2012 01:06 PM (1rHeD)
It doesn't help that she tends to speak in platitudes and spout boilerplate rhetoric. It's easy to agree with her because the things she says are usually so generalized. I like the woman but I don't really care what she has to say these days, mainly because she doesn't have anything interesting to say.
Posted by: Caiwyn at January 31, 2012 01:06 PM (ttktr)
You know who else has no juice?
All the conservatives who produced an epic grassroots effort in 2010 to strike back at the Democrats.
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 01:07 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:07 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Biggus Dickus at January 31, 2012 01:07 PM (dYRSH)
Posted by: Aruges at January 31, 2012 01:08 PM (MDchW)
Posted by: alans at January 31, 2012 01:08 PM (hrTcJ)
Sarah took a walk through the deep, dark wood,
When she spotted Sean Hannity,
And his job looked good.
"What time do you go live, sweet little Sean?
I have a home studio, I'll leave the lights on."
Posted by: The NeoConalo at January 31, 2012 01:08 PM (kZVsz)
Palin in 2012 is John Glenn in 1986 ( only he was crafty enough to not give up his Senate seat ). She should run against that Skank-Boy Alaska Dem in 2014 and take his undeserved seat
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, sedated yet paranoid at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: ace at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: fap at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (DKLl9)
Posted by: I bone in prison at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (zCojJ)
Posted by: packsoldier at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (7/Cwy)
Posted by: Max Wedge at January 31, 2012 01:09 PM (GsBJY)
Posted by: CheshireLion at January 31, 2012 01:10 PM (tqE0E)
I should note that I liked 2008 Palin. I was real excited when McCain picked her.
Since then, she's made a rash of bad choices. I never took her seriously when she quit her governorship. I know the reasons behind it, but you don't freaking quit when your a governor.
You just don't do it.
Posted by: Ben at January 31, 2012 01:10 PM (wuv1c)
Really, all the air went out of her tires after she decided not to run for President. She no longer had even the slightest bit of relevance. Oddly enough, she even seems to have lost some of her physical glamour, though I'm sure that's all psychological.
Posted by: Jeff B. supports SMOD/Coldcuts '12 at January 31, 2012 01:10 PM (TsYLl)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:10 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:11 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at January 31, 2012 01:11 PM (+lsX1)
47 She could have been, had she not played the coy/tease game on running for so long, raising money from believers and then screwing them. Also, she could have had a hand in the primaries helping her "friend" Gov. Perry and we wouldn't be stuck with Mittens v. Newt.
Just my 2 cents.
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This!
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But the tease has backfired on her. .....How could she ever be considered for President now, after taking so long to make a decision?
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It's 3 am....and President Palin gets a call...."Hello. Oh I'll get back to you in 10 months".
Posted by: wheatie at January 31, 2012 01:11 PM (UOOK1)
Posted by: Serious Cat at January 31, 2012 01:11 PM (qfgSV)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:12 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:12 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2012 01:13 PM (QF8uk)
She is best on the outside, looking in and making fun of the rest of the pols and of the system itself.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 01:13 PM (nEUpB)
Who wants to put their family through that? I wouldn't do it.
Anyway, I wish Palin had run against Murkowski for Senate. She'd have won. She aspired for more, and that was misguided.
She remains a very credible leader, in my book. Very ethical, one of the good guys, and with distaste for some of the worse elements of the GOP. But my book is not the one that gets read by most folks, hence Obama and Romney being viable.
Newt's leading in most nationwide polls and Romney had to spend 4:1 to beat him... I do think some of that is because Palin supports Newt. Most of it is just the not-romney thing, though.
Posted by: Dustin at January 31, 2012 01:13 PM (wcT+8)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at January 31, 2012 01:14 PM (mg08E)
Posted by: MJ at January 31, 2012 01:14 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 01:14 PM (h8/7R)
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 01:14 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: TexMex817 at January 31, 2012 01:14 PM (hFuFE)
Posted by: supercore23 at January 31, 2012 01:15 PM (bwV72)
BTW, I found out two things today while voting: 1. You can't write in the candidate of your choice.
2. I have CRSA (Can't Remember Shit Anymore). I forgot they changed my precinct when I moved across the street last year.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 31, 2012 01:15 PM (d0Tfm)
Yeah, she's over.
Right until she throws a lightning bolt that fries a certain ewok's pudding cup. With his parts being dipped in said cup at the time of the strike.
Lends new meaning to "don't tase me, bro!"
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 31, 2012 01:15 PM (1hM1d)
Inaccurate? Bullshit. prove it.
Inflammatory? Well....duh. It's a political blog that is intended to showcase ace's opinions and his acerbic whit, not to be a pale reflection of a newspaper.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 01:15 PM (nEUpB)
But if you don't think she'd be a big help on the campaign trail for the nominee, you'd be wrong.
No, really, don't embarrass yourselves by disagreeing with me.
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 01:15 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Pipe Holder at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (VTeUD)
Posted by: packsoldier at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (7/Cwy)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (niZvt)
Thought she mopped the floor with Biden and spoke conservative principles clearly, but once she resigned the governorship I really couldn't defend her any longer.
I do think it is hilarious that con's are whining about her voice now. There was a time when all the liberals could say was that they couldn't stand her voice.
Posted by: California Red at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (DXTKe)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: ace at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 01:16 PM (QnnIk)
First he introduced a candidate that was new to the electorate so that the media could make that more of the discussion, and by picking her he lost the National Security advantage Republicans had.
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 05:14 PM (r2PLg)"
Don't overlook the great advantages it brought. Mccain sorely needed to bring conservatives back, and this was crucial. He would have done worse without her.
It was a mistake, though, merely because she needed more time as governor as was thrown to the wolves by a campaign that didn't really seem to give a shit about anything.
Posted by: Dustin at January 31, 2012 01:17 PM (wcT+8)
Posted by: Todd Palin at January 31, 2012 01:17 PM (lVGED)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:18 PM (niZvt)
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She knew what she needed to do.
Posted by: the Mittens collective at January 31, 2012 01:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Brian at January 31, 2012 01:19 PM (wTSvK)
Remember the scene in UNFORGIVEN when William Munny got very upset at Lil Bill for "decoratin his town with my friend" Morgan Freeman?
The Left was so brutal with Sarah Palin and her family that she serves as an example to all Republicans who dare speak up. That's why we have the shitty candidates we have today, and that's why most of the Republicans in Congress are like mimes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 01:19 PM (sqkOB)
Stow that crap. We're here to eviscerate our own...not defeat the worst president in our history.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 01:19 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Pecos at January 31, 2012 01:19 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: Todd Palin at January 31, 2012 05:17 PM (lVGED)
I'm sure she was juicier 20 years ago.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 01:19 PM (h8/7R)
For at least the next two election cycles her prominence will wax and wane with the foibles of the GOP.
Posted by: Romneycare for Everywhere at January 31, 2012 01:20 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, team smod recruit at January 31, 2012 01:20 PM (XrrP7)
To see her torn to shreds because she didn't measure up makes me sad. First, from the people you knew were gonna shred her because the were Dems. Then, from the people you ......
Well. Nevermind.
Don't worry. I'm not going to run for office either. I wouldn't dare. Not many will. Who would want that? Yet if I were to run, I'd be a lot like her. Then you could all shred me too.
This is all beside the point of whether or not I thought she should run for President. I didn't. And I don't.
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 01:20 PM (P6QsQ)
'govt-issued' photo ID required, plus a signature confirming that you is who you say you is.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, sedated yet paranoid at January 31, 2012 01:20 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: MJ at January 31, 2012 01:21 PM (/x4oj)
Palin is good for the party regardless of the preceding and shallow invective. I like her and trust she'll choose her moments.
Let's leave the 'Pub bashing to the media, shall we?
Posted by: Mazzuchelli at January 31, 2012 01:21 PM (piR98)
Posted by: Y-not at January 31, 2012 01:21 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:22 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: MJ at January 31, 2012 01:22 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 01:22 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 31, 2012 01:22 PM (Ci0JG)
For me she is the thing you really wanted, that once you got, you kinda didn't anymore. When I was a kid I wanted a Green Machine. I really wanted one and no gay ass Big Wheel was gonna cut it.
So, I finally get the Green Machine. Orgasmic! Except, after a few days, you know? The Green Machine is a total ass whip. Like Palin, when she was new on the scene and looking awesome like that Green Machine. Then you um, have it for a little while and yep, total fucking beating...
Posted by: Sgt. Fury at January 31, 2012 01:22 PM (r2dnH)
Posted by: Palin Juice at January 31, 2012 01:22 PM (fZr9T)
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 01:23 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: ace at January 31, 2012 01:23 PM (nj1bB)
An old-line Alaskan Republican wheel from the Murkowski camp once told me, "She is the most gifted natural politician I've ever seen." Another Palin enemy Andrew Halcro was quoted as saying, "The Alaska landscape is littered with the bones of people who underestimated Sarah Palin."
Is she running for office? No.
Anyone with a brain can see that this race is going to go to Romney. There is nothing to be gained by jumping on his bandwagon now and no point in making a big Gingrich endorsement. Let the situation play out a bit further and you will see Palin come roaring back as Romney's surrogate on the right, followed by appt as Sec of Energy.
Posted by: JimWilke at January 31, 2012 01:23 PM (5kHJq)
I honestly think he's capable of endorsing Obama in the general election, if Mitt gets the GOP nod. He's out for revenge, and it's all he cares about. Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 05:18 PM"
Romney has that affect on people. Not just politicians, but also voters.
What's worse, voting for Jimmy Carter over Ronald Reagan, or voting Obama over Romney?
Posted by: Dustin at January 31, 2012 01:23 PM (wcT+8)
Posted by: gimley at January 31, 2012 01:23 PM (ubduJ)
Nail, head.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 31, 2012 01:24 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 01:24 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:24 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: MJ at January 31, 2012 01:24 PM (/x4oj)
Feh. I still like the woman. I'd take her over any of these twerps we're savaging each other over. Not as a candidate--she'd get whacked nearly as badly as Gingrich. But to run the Executive, all day.
A lot of what sounds boilerplate sounds that way because it's common sense. We need more of it going around. I know it's okay to look down on her because of her "populist appeal". I am about as far as you can get from being a populist.
Posted by: spongeworthy at January 31, 2012 01:25 PM (puy4B)
Let's leave the 'Pub bashing to the media, shall we?
Posted by: Mazzuchelli at January 31, 2012 05:21 PM (piR9
Pssssst -- on the down low -- Ace needs hits.
Posted by: Romneycare for Everywhere at January 31, 2012 01:25 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2012 01:25 PM (QF8uk)
it is true mamawinger, she was virtually crucified. the part that always amazed me was how many republicans went after her. nevertheless, the powers that be in either party can not allow her or any other small govt type to get to a position of real power. they won't let their sweet taxpayer funded ox to ever be gored.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, team smod recruit at January 31, 2012 01:25 PM (XrrP7)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2012 01:26 PM (XBdI0)
Posted by: ole scratch at January 31, 2012 01:26 PM (+56Bh)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:26 PM (niZvt)
Or like that favorite TV or movie celebrity that comes across as smart, funny and cool on screen. Then you actually meet them and find that they're a dumb, needy, self-centered, shallow twat who looks like crap without 3 layers of makeup.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 31, 2012 01:27 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: joeindc44 - tebow's new lifting coach at January 31, 2012 01:27 PM (QxSug)
Sigh...
So true. I try not to hold a grudge about that, but indeed that makes no sense to me. I wonder what the behind the scenes was on that? Anyhow, that basically means Palin is not such a lame duck.
I still hope she runs for Senate. Perfect place for her.
Posted by: Dustin at January 31, 2012 01:28 PM (wcT+8)
I don't care How someone sounds. I care what they say. And Palin spoke the truth for as long as she could. The silence from the GOP when she needed defending told me alot about the establishment GOP . This ugly primary is no surprise based on what they did to Palin.
Posted by: Pecos at January 31, 2012 01:28 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 01:29 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 01:29 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: ole scratch at January 31, 2012 01:30 PM (+56Bh)
@DarrellIssa: Enough. If AG #Holder & @thejusticedept keep stonewalling on #fastandfurious, we'll hold him in contempt: fxn.ws/zLGYaW #tcot
Posted by: DarkLord©, Rogue Commenter at January 31, 2012 01:30 PM (GBXon)
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 01:30 PM (r2PLg)
But, I'm sure she'll tell us how she really cares about the future of America and why she really never intended to run for President and why she never really used her fleeting fame to help the country in "Going Rogue II: How I Almost Considered Running for President But Decided to Get Rich Instead."
Posted by: Jimmuy at January 31, 2012 01:31 PM (7jkW7)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 05:01 PM (sqkOB)
That's not how that scene went at all.
Posted by: © Sponge at January 31, 2012 01:31 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: jeannebodine, SWOD-Bot at January 31, 2012 01:31 PM (byR8d)
Falling in love with a political candidate is never a good idea. I don't care how milfy she is.*
*does not apply to Mittlovers, of course...he's just too dreamy.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2012 01:31 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Piers Morgan's testicles at January 31, 2012 01:31 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 01:32 PM (QnnIk)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:32 PM (niZvt)
On a completely different note I think SMOD will be too liberal so I am endorsing WWIII/ Super Flu 2012.
Posted by: Elwood Blues at January 31, 2012 01:32 PM (KM86p)
I supported her until she decided not to run, and deliberately left the impression that she WOULD run until way to late. That was inexcusable. People donated money and time all last summer only to have the rug pulled out from under them.
I feel duped and foolish for thinking she was a serious but unconventional person. So I don't pay any attention to what she says. I figure she is pushing Newt out of spite. And that also pisses me off, because it is my grandkids' future that hangs in the balance and I don't care HOW much she hates the "establishment."
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 31, 2012 01:32 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: tasker
Nobody votes for a VP. Even those of us who hated McCain and loved Palin would have voted McCain regardless.
Pick a VP to balance the ticket. Or pick a rising star.
Worst case, pick a troublesome nobody who you need to get out of a legislative structure, or out of a governor's mansion. Addition by subtraction.
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (I2LwF)
The truth is that if Palin entered the race today, she would take 95% of Newt's votes, 95% of Santorums, 10% of Pauls, and 20% of Mitt's the rest of the way out.
That is how much clout she has still. Not a lame duck but a tigress in waiting.
Posted by: doug at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (gUGI6)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: ole scratch at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (+56Bh)
Posted by: jeannebodine, SMOD-Bot at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (byR8d)
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: ole scratch at January 31, 2012 05:26 PM (+56Bh)
Actually, Rod Stewart. That's a good song, too.
Posted by: © Sponge at January 31, 2012 01:33 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: ace at January 31, 2012 01:34 PM (nj1bB)
Not necessarily. Granted, many mistakes were made by both during their respective campaigns, but IMO, Perry could have benefitted greatly from a Palin endorsement, since they seemed to be singing from the same hymnal. Shirley she could have seen that and backed him and then we might have a candidate that would at least tap into the sentiment of the TP of getting this Leviathan of a government carved down into a more manageable size. And we wouldn't be stuck with the same shitty choice we had in '08 between two candidates who want to shove the Pineapple of Big Government up our squeakers, only one wants to do it just a bit more slowly than the other one.
It's still a mighty big Pineapple.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 31, 2012 01:34 PM (d0Tfm)
"Obama's a shoe in. Romney's inevitable. Newt's campaign died on the launching pad. Palin will definitely run. Cain won't get anywhere. Paul will be a real factor this time."
And so on.
Posted by: Llarry at January 31, 2012 01:34 PM (Rnfm0)
And after four years of repeating that she's stupid and can't get elected, they've made us believe it, too.
She's a nice lady, smart and honorable. And they destroyed her and laughed. God damn them all.
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 31, 2012 01:34 PM (v/XBJ)
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at January 31, 2012 01:34 PM (bAL0J)
Posted by: doug at January 31, 2012 05:33 PM (gUGI6)
Wow. Cognitive Delay much?
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 01:35 PM (h8/7R)
Posted by: ace at January 31, 2012 01:35 PM (nj1bB)
>>>she, while enriching herself personally, sucked all the air out of the room and left nothing for serious candidates...
Hah! What a sack of crap. Can you offer a single item of anything approaching empirical proof of this? I'll take any damned thing.
Posted by: spongeworthy at January 31, 2012 01:35 PM (puy4B)
Posted by: Auntie Doodles at January 31, 2012 01:35 PM (6uXZa)
135.....I disagree with this because few used to complain when I'd attack Romney or whoever.
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Because Romney is not a pretty woman, Ace.
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People....mainly guy-people....see a pretty woman being 'attacked', they sort of automatically go into defense mode. ....It's a primal thing. And thank God for it. ....But it can be preyed upon sometimes, when women use it to be 'professional helpless victims'.
Posted by: wheatie at January 31, 2012 01:36 PM (UOOK1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 01:36 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Joe Scarborough at January 31, 2012 01:37 PM (niZvt)
Rip her some more. This surely can't be the A game. I expect the vitriol to exceed the KOS kiddies venom.
Step it up, gang.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 31, 2012 01:37 PM (SAMxH)
She's a nice lady, smart and honorable. And they destroyed her and laughed. God damn them all.
Careful with your 'theys'. Seems a lot of people on this website are so godawful embarassed to be in the same party with that hick, they cannot stand to see her breath.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 31, 2012 01:37 PM (Ci0JG)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2012 01:37 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Drew in MO at January 31, 2012 01:37 PM (HY/eU)
Pretty impressive comment. Would be even more impressive if you ever had paid any attention to her.
Thing about her - she is a true, honest-to-god conservative. And she's articulate (even if you don't like her voice). She thinks creatively and is a leader. Other than that - those that never did like her probably won't start now.
Posted by: Looks Like We're in for Nasty Weather at January 31, 2012 01:37 PM (eMtQ2)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:38 PM (i6RpT)
Then became President in 1968
Posted by: Authur Laffer at January 31, 2012 01:38 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 01:38 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:38 PM (niZvt)
Palin lost me when she had the rally in Iowa where she was supposed to announce but didn't or wasn't supposed and did or whatever the hell happened there.
Posted by: robtr at January 31, 2012 01:38 PM (MtwBb)
I guess we will find out when she starts holding rallies again.
She held rallies like I played Central Park with Paul Simon in 1991.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 01:39 PM (h8/7R)
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 01:39 PM (7uUng)
I guess I'll hold out for Palin running for President in 2014.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2012 01:39 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: TendStl at January 31, 2012 01:39 PM (8lu7U)
Palin, George Will ..... they occasionally will say or write something I agree with but I'll make my own decisions on who to vote for or contribute to campaigns etc. Of course I currently feel even stronger that way towards most of the RNC people, thats why I hang out at the HQ.
Posted by: Palerider at January 31, 2012 01:39 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 05:36 PM (sqkOB)
Heh. How liberal of you.
Posted by: © Sponge at January 31, 2012 01:40 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 01:40 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 31, 2012 01:40 PM (v/XBJ)
The truth is that if Palin entered the race today, she would take 95% of Newt's votes, 95% of Santorums, 10% of Pauls, and 20% of Mitt's the rest of the way out.
That is how much clout she has still. Not a lame duck but a tigress in waiting.
Posted by: doug at January 31, 2012 05:33 PM (gUGI6)
Yeah, I wrote those exact same numbers for myself on a napkin too. Then I actually had the balls to run . . . .
Sigh.
Posted by: Rick Perry at January 31, 2012 01:40 PM (7jkW7)
Posted by: Jornolist at January 31, 2012 01:40 PM (DPdJp)
>>>>We'll know she is yesterday's news if she doesn't get a prime time speaking slot at the Republican Convention, which she is not going to get.
You got that right, no way with the dede romney nomination.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, team smod recruit at January 31, 2012 01:41 PM (XrrP7)
Posted by: Helpful Pundit at January 31, 2012 01:42 PM (nMROO)
Posted by: robtr at January 31, 2012 01:42 PM (MtwBb)
She still has clout
Yeah! Look at all the people who showed up to see her at the Daytona 500. I'll bet they have a hard time selling tickets to that thing next year if Sarah isn't going...
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 01:42 PM (h8/7R)
Posted by: Random at January 31, 2012 01:42 PM (YiE0S)
Translation:
ARISE! Palinistas! I call fourth the army of the Grizzly Momma to march upon this thread!
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 31, 2012 01:42 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 31, 2012 01:42 PM (RiKcH)
Posted by: Jornolist at January 31, 2012 01:43 PM (DPdJp)
And then we wonder why people like Ryan won't run. Does he want to be treated this way by the fuckin base?
And then we wonder why people like Ryan won't run. Does he want to be treated this way by the fuckin base?
Sorry. ..... got carried away there for a moment
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 01:43 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Dr Spank at January 31, 2012 01:43 PM (lVGED)
>>>she, while enriching herself personally, sucked all the air out of the room and left nothing for serious candidates...
Hah! What a sack of crap. Can you offer a single item of anything approaching empirical proof of this? I'll take any damned thing.
Posted by: spongeworthy at January 31, 2012 05:35 PM (puy4B)
You mean the whole "send me funds for my sorta gonna think about running for President fund" and the multi-state bus tour and the all the speaking events where it was leaked that she may be making her announcement? All that never happened?
OK.
Posted by: Jimmuy at January 31, 2012 01:44 PM (7jkW7)
Just pick someone and stick with it, stop trying to milk the limelight.
Posted by: ArcadeHero at January 31, 2012 01:44 PM (mmHDH)
It's been awhile. I know she walked up on him and revealed that she wasn't one of them and he did his best Obama and threw her straight under the bus.
Posted by: © Sponge at January 31, 2012 01:44 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Emperor of Icecream, Cultist for Jesus at January 31, 2012 01:44 PM (epBek)
Is this a lame post? Yes.
Is Palin a lame duck? No. Unless you want to set up some random criteria by which to find that yes, totally, lame duck citay. Quack.
Posted by: AMartel at January 31, 2012 01:44 PM (1Bqk7)
209
>>>Down the hall, second door on the right.
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What movie was that from?
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Fifth Element. ...."Weddings? Down the hall, second door on the right" [iirc]
Posted by: wheatie at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (UOOK1)
re: shrill voice - her voice got annoying once I stopped listening to the content of her speech. I stopped listening to what she was saying because it became similar to things she had already said, or was overly generic.
Libs and Hillary PUMAs who bitched about her voice from the start were never listening to what she was saying. All they heard was a voice, and declined to let their brains actually translate her speaking into actual words.
Posted by: reason at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (5npD/)
Palin will have had no effect on the election of 2012.
Unless Romney loses -- in which case she will blamed for the loss.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (3wBRE)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (RiKcH)
but likely not.
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (7uUng)
Overexposure. By which I mean not Palin but Palin threads.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 31, 2012 01:45 PM (QMtmy)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:46 PM (niZvt)
You guys all have your heads in the sand. Who got twenty out of thirty seats elected that she backed in 2010?
Do you think she is not working the Senate seats for our TEA Party favor? That is a far more important job than running for president.
Posted by: Reckless Process at January 31, 2012 01:46 PM (f7ylG)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 01:46 PM (QnnIk)
>Down the hall, second door on the right..
What movie was that from?.
No, wait...maybe it was Old Yeller...I forget, now.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 01:46 PM (h8/7R)
Posted by: tasker at January 31, 2012 01:47 PM (r2PLg)
You know who THAT helps, right?
Allahpundit?
Posted by: Looks Like We're in for Nasty Weather at January 31, 2012 01:47 PM (eMtQ2)
Posted by: Pragmatic at January 31, 2012 01:47 PM (z8Cts)
He's probably passed out in a pile of his own sick so I don't think he'll mind.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2012 01:47 PM (+Jr2Z)
Posted by: reason at January 31, 2012 01:48 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 01:48 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Jornolist at January 31, 2012 01:48 PM (DPdJp)
There I was, outnumbered, filling in the oval as fast as I could. Slowly they turned, step by step, inch by inch...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 31, 2012 01:48 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 31, 2012 01:48 PM (i0App)
You know, I picked up something on Paul Ryan this weekend--I was watching the tail end of his interview with Chris Wallace on Fox, and at the end, they gave him a nice cake for his birthday. Instead of being gracious about it, he said "I don't eat sweets" and seemed bothered about it--I personally thought it a bit rude. I get the feeling he's too Calvin Coolidge for post-Bill Clinton politics.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2012 01:49 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: runninrebel at January 31, 2012 01:49 PM (RiKcH)
Seriously. I remember it.
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 01:49 PM (P6QsQ)
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio today will introduce "The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012." A bill that would reverse the Obama administration's recent confirmation of its decision to force religious employers - in conflict with their religious beliefs - to provide employees with insurance that would cover contraceptives and abortifacients.
Posted by: mpfs at January 31, 2012 01:49 PM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Mr Fever Head at January 31, 2012 01:50 PM (SzAZ7)
Down the hall, second door on the right.. What movie was that from?
It's not from Monty Python?
"This is getting hit on the head lessons. Arguments is..."
Posted by: fluffy python's frying circuits at January 31, 2012 01:50 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:50 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 01:50 PM (I2LwF)
>>>>How about, "Thomas Sowell: retarded or just insane?"
Exactly, but I think next up is supposed to be Friedrich von Hayek: dumb or dumber?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, team smod recruit at January 31, 2012 01:51 PM (XrrP7)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 01:51 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 01:51 PM (QnnIk)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 01:52 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: booger at January 31, 2012 01:52 PM (29wvc)
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 05:50 PM (I2LwF)
The cake was a model of a US Dollar. Expect the democrats to be running the vid of him cutting it this year. Greedy republicans
Chris Wallace even said after it was over that he goes through alot to get the photo op.
Posted by: robtr at January 31, 2012 01:53 PM (MtwBb)
Ace has nothing to blog about? How about a thread on how the Senate caved in to another deficit increase?
Of one TRILLION. Again.
Posted by: imp at January 31, 2012 01:54 PM (UaxA0)
Mr. Ace, I'm here to remind you that all the Palin plinking in the world is not going to make anyone forget how you, above all, put the Beatlemania in Perrywanking.
A cringeworthy few weeks indeed and you'll never live it down or stop blaming Sarah for the swoon of ol' SuperRick!
Posted by: njinfl at January 31, 2012 01:54 PM (SKSDk)
Posted by: Jornolist at January 31, 2012 01:55 PM (DPdJp)
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 01:55 PM (I2LwF)
well at least from the looks of this thread, Palin's not that much of a polarizing figure anymore. I remember the days when a Palin thread resulted in much hair-pulling, cock-punching and copious letting of blood.
In other news: Rubio introduced legislation that would allow religious organizations to opt out of Obamacare mandate on the basis of conscience.
Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2012 01:55 PM (jm/9g)
Absolutely no comparison. Nixon WAS the vice president for EIGHT years, Palin was a candidate for four months. Nixon was elected President in 1960, until Chicago and West Texas stole the election.
I knew Tricky Dick and Sarah Palin is no Dick.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at January 31, 2012 05:50 PM (hXJOG)
Learn your history - the quote is from his speech two years after all that, losing the CA Gov election.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2012 01:56 PM (z1N6a)
It's women like Hillary who make me vaguely nauseous for being a man and unable to tamp down the automatic "Would I, or would I not do her?" that pops up in my head every time I see a woman.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 01:56 PM (nEUpB)
Let's not forget that she has a young son with Down syndrome who needs the support of his family.
And a grandchild. And there will undoubtedly be more of those in the years to come.
Her parents aren't getting any younger (and there were believable threats made against them, as well).
There's a REASON many women don't go for the high-level jobs, whatever the profession. The time and effort required just aren't worth the payoff.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 31, 2012 01:57 PM (0xqzf)
Of one TRILLION. Again.
>They had given him $900B but not the $1.2T installment. The sequester will supposedly pay for it.
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 01:57 PM (d6QMz)
nice to know Republicans are tough at fighting them. a who cares.
SMOD
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 01:57 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Jornolist at January 31, 2012 01:57 PM (DPdJp)
Posted by: reason at January 31, 2012 01:57 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 01:58 PM (i6RpT)
I could be off base with the whole Ryan thing--don't mean to stir up antipathy toward my friend from behind the Cheddar Curtain.
For my birthday, I'll get to watch Barack Obama get reelected.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2012 01:58 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at January 31, 2012 05:50 PM
I see what you did there....
In the beginning, Nixon was a U.S. Representative, then a Senator. While he was in the Senate, Ike noticed him and reached out to him to be VP. Tricky Dick never quit office in the middle of a term 'til the end, not the beginning.
The only person with less experience on the national stage than Palin was the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. Look where that got us.
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 31, 2012 01:59 PM (tkd/a)
Win for the good guys and double kudos for using their own tactics against them.
Elections do have consequences.
Posted by: Jimmuy at January 31, 2012 01:59 PM (7jkW7)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 31, 2012 01:59 PM (hiMsy)
Posted by: mpfs at January 31, 2012 05:49 PM (iYbLN)
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I was thinking of this today. If Rubio can get this passed and into law, this opens the door to many more "modifications" of Ocare. Perhaps the mandate itself.
BUT most of my hope regarding Ocare is in the SCOTUS. I'm not sure Romney or Newt would completely repeal this POS law.
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 01:59 PM (7uUng)
Thanks Rubio. We had a chance to galvanize opposition to teh won. And you giftwrapped a way out of his most serious political miscalculation since Obamacare. I hope you made it a big enough pill that the dems can't choke it down. But if it's a simple the-minimum-necessary-to-get-the-church-off-my-back bill you're not doing us any favors.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 31, 2012 01:59 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 02:00 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 02:00 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, team smod recruit at January 31, 2012 02:00 PM (XrrP7)
Um . . . well . . .
. . .
In other news . . .
Prepare to embrace your new Mormon Overlords . . .
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2012 02:01 PM (smvTK)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 31, 2012 05:59 PM
Thread Winner
Posted by: Darth Truman at January 31, 2012 02:01 PM (I2LwF)
291 The cake was amodel of a US Dollar. Expect the democrats to be running the vid of him cutting it this year. Greedy republicans
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The cringeworthy part was when Paul Ryan said "we need to make more of these for the taxpayers; dollars I mean".
Luap Nor would be spinning in his grave if he were dead.
Posted by: Anachronda at January 31, 2012 02:01 PM (FzhYM)
Posted by: maddogg at January 31, 2012 02:01 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 05:56 PM (nEUpB)
I can honestly say that I have NEVER had that thought when seeing hillary.
How much is she paying?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 31, 2012 02:02 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 02:03 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: reason at January 31, 2012 05:57 PM (5npD/)
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And the first post of the morning will be: Is Christine O'Donnell a good witch or a bad witch?
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 02:03 PM (7uUng)
Well, it's certainly on topic for a big, fat nothing-burger of a thread.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2012 02:03 PM (+Jr2Z)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 31, 2012 02:03 PM (QnnIk)
> I think he thought he was supposed to eat it. He is strict about his diet for a reason but he would have been better-off just saying "no thanks".
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 02:04 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 02:04 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: FUBAR at January 31, 2012 02:04 PM (mdhVr)
organizations to opt out of Obamacare mandate on the basis of
conscience.<<
I thought Muslims were already exempt. Something about sharia finance forbidding insurance.
Posted by: HeatherRadish needs a beer at January 31, 2012 02:04 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 05:58 PM (i6RpT)
Oh...bullshit. It's automatic. Even before the brain recognizes the sheer horror of the thought, the evaluation occurs.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 02:05 PM (nEUpB)
Anyway, if we're stuck with a RINO president and Obamacare, then it would be nice to have some way to opt out. With the preexisting conditions crap, insurance will fail either way. Sadly, MA is into rationing now, and soon the entire country will be.
Not sure what I can say... it's not the RINOs' fault, though. They are what they are. It's the conservatives seeking excuses to reject the most conservative shots they have... it's not constructive, it's vain, and it's what's wrong with the GOP.
Posted by: Dustin at January 31, 2012 02:05 PM (wcT+8)
It's not from Monty Python? "This is getting hit on the head lessons. Arguments is..." ----------- Given the subject, it should have been "out the door, line on the left, one cross each".
Posted by: Anachronda is a whiny pedant at January 31, 2012 02:05 PM (NmR1a)
Posted by: Dr Spank - Romney has no Soul at January 31, 2012 02:06 PM (lVGED)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 31, 2012 02:06 PM (QF8uk)
Just not Catholics.
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 02:06 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2012 02:06 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 31, 2012 02:07 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 02:08 PM (TomZ9)
Yeah, she should have run, and yeah, unlikely she would have won. But she would have have built up a big support base that she could have handed over to Perry.
And then we would have won. By having an actual executive who believes in limited government and gosh...talked about overturning the 16th amendment. Man is a God dam hero.
And yeah, she stepped on her dick by staying out of it. And now Rominy Grits are served up...luke warm of course. Well not quite luke warm. But not cool. Whatever temperature is puke is. Well, puke that has been hiding around in a corner somewhere for days. God he sucks. Why are we fighting cancer with Centrum Silver?
Posted by: Commenter at January 31, 2012 02:08 PM (xHenH)
Posted by: Anachronda is a whiny pedant at January 31, 2012 06:05 PM (NmR1a)
We already went over the accuracy issue...stop bringing up old shit.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2012 02:09 PM (h8/7R)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 02:09 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: Mr Fever Head at January 31, 2012 02:10 PM (SzAZ7)
You're right. That's why I'm voting for Sofia Vergara for President. That'll prove how manly I am....
Posted by: packsoldier at January 31, 2012 02:13 PM (7/Cwy)
I like Palin I always have, her desire to use every adjective in the dictionary describing every noun that comes out of her mouth drives me nuts but I've always been a fan.
When she decided not to run I lost interest. She's a pundit now, no better or worse than the rest of them.
Posted by: robtr at January 31, 2012 02:13 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 06:08 PM (TomZ9)
Hmmm... interesting question. What is the LEGAL definition of belonging to a religion? Profess you are part? Do you have to attend services? Could I be Amish just by saying I am? or is there some Legal hurdle?
Posted by: Some Kardashian at January 31, 2012 02:14 PM (lZBBB)
I admit the primary has got me down a bit so I'm a little more pessimistic in general BUT, this just seems like a HUGE tactical FAIL to me. You know a clear violation of
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
Republicans just had to shut up: Let the dems introduce the legislation, and alienate their base, or not do it, and alienate the Catholics. Letting the dems deal with their own mess was full of win for our side. Why give them a "Republicans MADE us do it" out?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 31, 2012 02:14 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 06:09 PM (d6QMz)
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I hope it was delivered by two very large, burly US Marshalls.
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 02:15 PM (7uUng)
Posted by: dogfish at January 31, 2012 02:15 PM (N2yhW)
Posted by: Todd Palin at January 31, 2012 02:16 PM (CITCI)
<i188 The Democrat media machine finally ground her down. They attacked her family, they harassed her out of the Governorship, they unleashed every kind of obscene insult and abuse on her, and after a while it just wore her out.
And after four years of repeating that she's stupid and can't get elected, they've made us believe it, too.
She's a nice lady, smart and honorable. And they destroyed her and laughed. God damn them all./i>
She also had that nutcase rent the house next door for a year, spying on her and her family in order to write a hit job book. After what she and her family have been through, at least she was able to make some cash on her own books and that TV gig. What else is she going to do for a living? Go back to the fishing boat?
Posted by: Boots at January 31, 2012 02:16 PM (neKzn)
>>>The cringeworthy part was when Paul Ryan said "we need to make more of these for the taxpayers; dollars I mean".
Yeah, forget about Ryan. He's toast.
Posted by: spongeworthy at January 31, 2012 02:16 PM (puy4B)
I would think there should be no hurtle, as the President thought it awful to prove anything to us, why aren't we held to the same standards? or lack of?
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 02:16 PM (TomZ9)
She is great entertainment.
"Katie, what do you mean by read?"
Posted by: Clarence at January 31, 2012 02:17 PM (z0HdK)
In the end, her story is cautionary tale. Do not pluck the fruit from the Conservative tree until it is ripe else it will taste like shit even though it looked appetizing. Palin was never near ready for the spot McCain gave her and she made a fool of herself and the party for accepting it.
Sadly she still hasn't done her homework since and hasn't improved much. She goes on TV spouting obvious stuff that has already been said better by other pundits before her. Watching her talk extemporaneously is like watching a tight rope walker without a net.
You know she is going to say something bordering on the retarded, it just a matter of when. Her delivery and her voice have gotten beyond irritating. If it wasn't for her "hot librarian" looks and charisma early on, she never would have made a ripple on the political scene.
Posted by: Ken Royall at January 31, 2012 02:17 PM (9zzk+)
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 02:18 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: filbert at January 31, 2012 02:18 PM (smvTK)
Posted by: Some Kardashian at January 31, 2012 06:14 PM (lZBBB)
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Beards are an important.
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 02:19 PM (7uUng)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 02:19 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 31, 2012 02:20 PM (j+Izh)
"I don't listen to her either way anymore."
Reminds me of when Yogi Berra said, "Nobody ever goes to that restaurant anymore - it's too crowded."
Posted by: stuiec at January 31, 2012 02:20 PM (fb1xf)
Firestarter Palin will be ready for the political fray by 2024; my God, she could breed superhumans if she bred with that blue-eyed Chinese boy.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2012 02:21 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Christine O'Donnell at January 31, 2012 02:21 PM (/h3en)
Yep, as the Senate tries to steamrole a Debt ceiling increase in... with Obamas blessing...
The Media??? Ewwww... Look, a Black Man told the President to leave the country!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 31, 2012 02:21 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: franksalterego at January 31, 2012 02:22 PM (9XykO)
Posted by: Just Me at January 31, 2012 06:20 PM (phlKA)
so I guess Muslim it is.
well i guess if I can choose the sack color that will go with my new boots. I can at least wear them right?
it would be convenient for my bad hair days.
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 02:22 PM (TomZ9)
Yes, there is an IRS form to be filled out. You can Google it. It has to be signed by the minster(?) attesting that you are a member in good standing of the church. Some other stuff, too. It's not simple.
Posted by: Just Me at January 31, 2012 06:20 PM (phlKA)
Hmmm... does that not contradict the FREE EXPRESSION of Religion?
But thats just that antiquated Constitution... nothing to worry about there as far as the Fed Government is concerned...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 31, 2012 02:23 PM (lZBBB)
There are just some parts of the Republican Party that are always going to be ashamed being seen next to the so-cons when we show up at the country club fund raiser.
Posted by: mama winger at January 31, 2012 02:23 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: willow at January 31, 2012 02:23 PM (TomZ9)
Guess she didn't want to take the chance on backing a possible loser, fair enough, but now the Newt non-endorsement endorsement is just baffling. She's dead to me now, oh well.
Posted by: mugiwara at January 31, 2012 02:23 PM (KI/Ch)
Mitt Romney refuses bag of peanuts on air flight
Well, I think I'll go slit my wrists...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2012 02:24 PM (+Jr2Z)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 31, 2012 02:24 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: nevergiveup at January 31, 2012 04:56 PM (i6RpT)
[reads 350 comments] Phew! For a minute there I thought you'd be talking about me.
Posted by: Madonna at January 31, 2012 02:25 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 31, 2012 02:26 PM (yGl9Q)
And then we would have won. By having an actual executive who believes in limited government and gosh...talked about overturning the 16th amendment. Man is a God dam hero.
Posted by: Commenter at January 31, 2012 06:08 PM (xHenH)
The problem is, when she announced she wasn't running, a lot of her support DID go to Perry. And then he went to the debates and opened his mouth, and he opened himself up to the charge of being W's dumber cousin.
Palin looked at the field, looked at her own weaknesses and strengths, and decided to ignore the flatterers telling her to run. Perry listened to the flatterers telling him to run, ran, and got his ass handed to him. For my money, that makes Palin the smarter politician of the two, and the one more likely to end up President someday.
Posted by: stuiec at January 31, 2012 02:26 PM (fb1xf)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 31, 2012 02:26 PM (j+Izh)
Palin ain't perfect. But she's still a conservative. Same goes for Perry.
Mitt and Newt. We sure can pick 'em, huh?
Posted by: Soona at January 31, 2012 02:27 PM (7uUng)
Welp, there goes the election folks. Time to pack it in.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 31, 2012 02:27 PM (+Jr2Z)
(http://majorityleader.gov/floor/weekly.html)
H.R. 1173 repeals CLASS.
Posted by: M80B at January 31, 2012 02:27 PM (d6QMz)
President Palin > President Willard
Besides, she is still relevant. People talk about her opinions of the 2012 race ad nauseum.
Posted by: DRayRaven at January 31, 2012 02:28 PM (4kYSc)
Posted by: 793rd MP at January 31, 2012 02:28 PM (FtD0d)
That and they blow shit up if you piss them off.
Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at January 31, 2012 02:29 PM (HtUdo)
Guess she didn't want to take the chance on backing a possible loser, fair enough, but now the Newt non-endorsement endorsement is just baffling. She's dead to me now, oh well.
Posted by: mugiwara at January 31, 2012 06:23 PM (KI/Ch)
Here's a thought: by the time she announced she wasn't running, Perry was in the race. (Which probably was the reason she decided not to run, given as you say that their constituencies overlapped.)
And perhaps, knowing Perry from their time together in the Republican Governors Association and having assessed his lack of preparation for the campaign, she viewed him as a probable, not possible, loser. As it turns out, he was a certain loser.
Posted by: stuiec at January 31, 2012 02:30 PM (fb1xf)
She may have lost her relevance in some circles, but she will never go away. And that's a good thing.
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Posted by: Laura Castellano at January 31, 2012 02:33 PM (fuw6p)
She is mocked and doesn't know it. She is a tepid bowl of warm water with no real conviction.
Damn, she would have been perfect as GOP nominee.
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She's Peking at the right time
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Oh, duck off and fie.
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Orange you a saucy one?
Posted by: Cricket at January 31, 2012 02:50 PM (DrC22)
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Posted by: thirtyandseven at January 31, 2012 02:54 PM (Ctqbp)
I think the topic was taco eaters, among other things.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 31, 2012 03:02 PM (nEUpB)
Palin might have made some mistakes. She may be even self-serving (yup, Romney is not self-serving at all) etc.. But she didn't throw the middle finger at the base as the Romney campaign and the Rep establishment has been doing. She tried to gauge the popular support for a presidential run. Many people from our side (including prominent social/cultural conservatives) "advised" her not to run. So she bowed down, just like Perry did. Now she is attacked for not being able to stand the heat of the kitchen!
In the mean time, Rush validated my observation that the Romney campaign and their establishment allies basically threw a middle finger to the base with their decision to trot out people like Dole, McCain... for Romney. Santorum is my guy now. But practically between Romney and Gingrich, I will go with Gingrich at this point. Here is the reason why. The establishment is openly throwing the finger at the base in the primary. When they win the election, what incentives are there for them to listen to the base? Even now, after the tea party gave them a big win in 2010, they are trying to purge the party of the Tea party people. Just look at what happened to West in FL (ya, their hands are tied by the election laws). The OH republican establishment also tried to rig the rules to exclude new Tea party candidates. I have no illusion about Gingrich. However, at least if he wins, he owes it to the base. So we may have more influence.
However, at this point, it is more likely that Romney will win the nomination unless the base can unite quickly behind either Gingrich or Santorum. After Romney wins the nomination, the establishment will make some overture to "unite" the party etc... But I have no illusion about it. They don't like (or even despise) the base, and they will try to purge the party of the Tea Party and/or the social/cultural conservative influence. They are the professional political class and they make their money from the political machines and the government. Still for the sake of the country, I will wallow in our defeat and vote for Romney in the general election. He is a liberal big gov Republican, but I know that he still loves this country more than Obama for sure. And he is not tyrannical fascist like Obama. Let the liberal wing of the party takes the victory dance (or even mocking us in the base). They have been winning since 1988 (after Reagan). So they earn the right to brag.
The base is so fractured and not that sophisticated politically. Unless we learn the lesson, this kind of situation will happen again. I was naive 4 or 5 years ago. But now I have learned more about the political process. Human nature is what it is. Power and money will corrupt some people. And the establishment (American thinker has great article about it) derives their money from the government largess. So it is in their vested interest to keep the big gov system. I also have no illusion about some of Tea Party leaders. There be no doubt that some of them will take advantage of the Tea Party to gain power/money for themselves. But hopefully we will get some good people (who at least will take longer to corrupt) to enact some real reforms. But it is pretty depressing for me right now.
Posted by: LAI at January 31, 2012 03:02 PM (kWOMP)
Posted by: ahem at January 31, 2012 03:06 PM (zmP+2)
381 BREAKING: Mitt Romney refuses bag of peanuts on air flight
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He's just pandering to the peanutically challenged.
Posted by: Anachronda at January 31, 2012 03:09 PM (NmR1a)
Careful with your 'theys'. Seems a lot of people on this website are so godawful embarassed to be in the same party with that hick, they cannot stand to see her breath.
Posted by: Entropy, Racism Delenda Est at January 31, 2012 05:37 PM (Ci0JG)
And many of them are the same fools who jumped on that bandwagon too, when it was nice and shiny.
Posted by: MlR at January 31, 2012 03:11 PM (vj9lA)
Posted by: RoxyDoxy at January 31, 2012 03:12 PM (ZzhA3)
You know who else has no juice?
All the conservatives who produced an epic grassroots effort in 2010 to strike back at the Democrats.
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 31, 2012 05:07 PM (sqkOB)
Winner.
I'm sure the spending cuts - or even freezes - are coming any day now.
Posted by: MlR at January 31, 2012 03:12 PM (vj9lA)
Posted by: troyriser at January 31, 2012 03:13 PM (YCeSE)
Sheesh. It's like we're so desperate we'd shtup the police chief of Paso Robles or something.
http://tinyurl.com/82jdtod
Now, back to the point. I love Sarah Palin. I'd rather see her President than either Obama or the GOP's Odd Couple. She's not Harvard. I'm guessing she might even know which wrench to use on a 19mm nut when all you have is SAE inch tools. As far as I'm concerned this matters a lot. We're likely to end up in a Harvard vs. Harvard election, when what we need is scorched ivy. But I digress.
Back when Bush sent half the number of troops needed into Iraq, Brother Cornwell (nom de blot John Le Carre) noted that the US goes through periods of historical madness, and that the Saddam-on-a-skewer venture was one of them.
Was he right? Wouldn't have mattered if we'd got it right, but instead of Bush Senior demanding 400K troopers to apply the boot in Kuwait we got Bush Junior acquiescing to a 'managed' war, ten years of bureaucrats and lawyers.
And the legacy of that is the true moment of American historical madness, the election of Barack Obama.
This country could, if you'd consumed half a bottle of cheap but drinkable Merlot, to a gyroscope. A spinning top. We are dependent on the inertia of past things done right to carry us through the bumps, wobbles, and drag of things done wrong; the 'light at the end of the tunnel' metaphor. We do not have the history, perhaps not the ability, the patience, of the Chinese or some other older cultures, the ability culturally to hunker down and muddle through decades or centuries of misrule.
So when does the top topple, and do we flop to the ground spent, or are we kicked over by some blow that leaves plenty of force to expend itself knocking down those who did the kicking?
Posted by: JEM at January 31, 2012 03:14 PM (o+SC1)
But Brak was, by virtue of no experience at all, so qualified, and smart, and had the bestest creased pants ever, and a Constitutional law scholar, who isn't ever from around here, and a community organizer who palled around with all the cool kids who blew up stuff, and a preacher man who hates this country. That Brak was so much more qualified to high office than the Palin.
Yeah. Palin deserves whatever hate she gets from us, the faithful, the concerned, the analytical, the wise ones.
As far as I know, only five presidents were qualified for the job based on experience: Geo. Washington, John Adams, Thom Jefferson, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams. On one of my charitable days, I might add Ronald Regan, because he had a sense of the heartland.
Truman was OK despite his lack of experience. He made up for that by having a spine.
Here I stand. Make your case otherwise.
Posted by: Hammersmith Police at January 31, 2012 03:23 PM (Onw8c)
Their performance in office was quite a mixed bag.
Reagan and Clinton are probably a notch down, Carter a notch below that, and Lincoln and JFK a notch lower still.
Posted by: JEM at January 31, 2012 03:31 PM (o+SC1)
I can't believe all the people bad-mouthing Palin. Four years ago, I bet most of you were defending her against all the media attacks and attacks from the left. She's obviously smarter than all of us. She was a mayor, a governor, and a vice-presidential nominee. And after the loss, parlayed that into even more success for herself and her family.
Pretty shameful if you ask me, how some so-called conservatives eat their own.
Posted by: Marmo at January 31, 2012 03:35 PM (pcgW1)
Yeah, no juice at all.
Her balls are bigger than Ace's, too.
Granted, she's not a desirable GOP-type candidate, like, say, Mike Castle.
But at least she got pushed aside. Now we get to choose between high-quality, widely popular candidates! Like Mitt and Newt.
And maybe even a sooper candidate like Rick Perry!
Well played, Ace. WELL PLAYED.
Posted by: tsj017 at January 31, 2012 03:36 PM (vOH26)
Posted by: troyriser at January 31, 2012 07:13 PM (YCeSE)
She doesn't have to bank on Romney losing. She can easily wait until 2020 if Romney (or Newt) wins and gets re-elected.
Posted by: stuiec at January 31, 2012 03:40 PM (fb1xf)
We're going through a remarkable period of stupidity right now. If you decide to swim in the whirlpool of political dumb you may end up drowning in it.
It makes a certain amount of sense, if you think that the country can in fact survive the current idiot no matter who replaces him, to sit back and wait for a more stable future.
Posted by: JEM at January 31, 2012 03:49 PM (o+SC1)
It is outrageous to compare Palin's treatment by the media to Cain's. She was attacked for being who she is, not anything she did. Cain was a lying horn-dog - he told four different and contradictory versions of whether or not he knew about the NRA settlements within 12 hours of the story breaking.
Palin may be naive and wrong about things (like the evil Gingrich), but she's never knowingly looked us in the eyes and lied like that.
Posted by: Adjoran at January 31, 2012 03:55 PM (VfmLu)
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Posted by: bigmike at January 31, 2012 03:58 PM (JVNfo)
The Tea Party originally put aside the social issues to address the fiscal issues: the national debt, the budget deficit, the confiscatory tax code, the Federal Reserve. Palin dropped in my opinion when she invoked "the principles of the Tea Party" to attack Romney. She appeared like (Yes, I repeat this) a woman having menstrual cramps on Hannity last night. She was bitchy.
Nobody likes an unreasonable bitch.
Posted by: Jimbo at January 31, 2012 04:04 PM (O3R/2)
I don't think she's lost anything, she's just being overshadowed by the actual campaign and all of the shenanigans therein. She's staying out of the fray, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00458588">SarahPAC's spending so far has been fairly low. </a>
I suspect that she's avoiding the Presidential election and will step in to help Tea Party-esque congressional candidates again...particularly if Romney is the Republican candidate. I suspect she'll come out with a slate of Republican House and Senate candidates she's backing around April or May.
Posted by: Xmas at January 31, 2012 04:07 PM (cP8OI)
Posted by: LAI at January 31, 2012 04:09 PM (nLTW4)
This is just too much.
Palin's decision to sit it out, for whatever reason, was disappointing. Yeah.
But did it make her irrelevant? In your dreams, buddy boy, in your dreams.
Here's the primary fact, and Romney's and the GOP establishment's nightmare.
There's just enough time and primaries and delegates left that if Palin were to act to qualify in the remaining states, she could raise the money in a heartbeat and would have the necessary volunteers to staff her that, that she would take the race by numbers enough to throw the race wide open and it would go to a brokered convention, and she'd win at the convention.
I'm so disgusted with the primary choices at this point, I'm already weighing my options about what exactly I'm going to do when it comes time to pull the lever in the fall.
I'd support Palin in a heartbeat. As the best candidate for president, to lead the country.
She could still energize the base in ways that Newt can't, and Romney finds impossible. Game changer.
...and its sad, for the country, that she hasn't.
Posted by: davisbr at January 31, 2012 04:22 PM (EuWFS)
No, Ace, she is not a major player, or any kind of player at all. But I expect you know that. She will always have a small devoted following but politcs and public affairs now flow on without her. By her own decision.
Clearly, she will never again seek public office. The left now knows how to defeat her, and she knows they know: Although relatively fearless herself, if her family is attacked viciously enough and/or their safety threatened in a credible way, she will withdraw from the field.
And the left has held up its end. As soon as her declaration to not run was made, she and her family dropped out of the news. All the commentators and celebs that once mocked her unceasingly have apparently all but forgotten her name. Her family is ignored now, not pursued. Safe, not threatened.
She is now working out her contract with FOX; I doubt either side will wish to renew it. In any event, she is now only one more voice among hundreds. Likely enough, she will return to Alaska and generally live out her life. A book now and then (but no million seller), a speech now and then to some of the old faithful crowd ... Sarah Palin .. requiescat in pacem ..
But that's not good enough for AoSHQ, no. They must dig up the corpse and once again perform the ritual mutilations. I had thought with the passage of time and her self-determined irrelevance to politics she would at the least be ignored, as she is by the left, or even discussed with common decency. Maybe I was thinking of the Belmont Club or one of the other serious discussion sites.
But Monty's Doom articles continue to be good; reason enough to keep the AoSHQ link among my bookmarks, I guess.
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Posted by: Jimbo at January 31, 2012 05:03 PM (O3R/2)
Palin didn't not run because of the personal and family attacks. She chose not to run because her recent wealth allows her to raise her children in a nice manner. We may see her again in 10 years.
Posted by: Jimbo at January 31, 2012 05:10 PM (O3R/2)
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Posted by: Greg at January 31, 2012 06:22 PM (ReF/l)
She's forty eight years old and still has a young family to raise.
Is she irrelevant? Yah, just like I was in 1962.
Posted by: Richard Nixon at January 31, 2012 07:15 PM (0b17P)
Posted by: No Fan at January 31, 2012 07:50 PM (rsOPT)
What a bunch of pussies.
Does she have the political weight she used to? I dunno, but she still is a strong conservative voice. But it sure is a good idea to dump on her because, well, there's just so many quality surrogates pitching smaller government values from the Right. I mean look at the GOP? What a powerhouse. Plus, dumping on any new conservative blood is sure to invite more relative outsiders for reform because running the gauntlet from the Left and the Right is so rewarding and character-building. Besides, Palin has an annoying voice and is The Stupid™. What has she ever done for the Right anyway?
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 31, 2012 07:55 PM (eHIJJ)
Yeah Palin's over. She is so like 30 seconds ago.
Jesus Tap Danincing Christ people! If you listened to the chatter, If Newt didn't win Florida with it's whopping 50 delegates, it soo over for Newt. 50 delegates, what is that? About 4% of the total 1140 some odd needed to win the nomination? Has the MFM so rotted the thinking process that no one can conceive that more than one candidate can survive to Super Tuesday?
Have we let them make us so shortsighted that we are willing to believe that the issue is decided with less than 10% of the delegates committed?
I say this because there seems to be some thinking that Palin is a has been simply because she has not been in the news for a couple of weeks. Has our grasp of the situation become so narrow that relevance is now decided in weeks rather than months?
If we seem to consider an issue as important as the party nominee to be decided before a vote has been cast, perhaps we are to impatient for the reality of politics.
Posted by: Thresherman at January 31, 2012 08:05 PM (zVVKt)
Lets see.... ACE has around 470 comments on this one with a Palin in headline and Sarah has only 728,000 followers on Twitter.
Maybe the reason threads here on Palin have dropped off is because people who like Palin think ACE and his dolt posters are buttocks lickers and really can't be bothered to come here much any more.
Posted by: PhilipJames at January 31, 2012 08:47 PM (G9AXq)
In my humble opinion, Sarah Palin may be the only relevant conservative voice out here.
Posted by: Pragmatic at January 31, 2012 09:04 PM (elHhH)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at January 31, 2012 09:16 PM (KL49F)
She was the ONLY one speaking to/for people like me, and while I wasn't motivated to vote in 2008, I was in 2010, and I give her BIG props for getting me to vote for the first time - ever.
Now that she doesn't get the vitriol, she seems like she's just yelling at a wall. I still agree with her, that Mitt needs more seasoning, and Newt knows how to salt, so I don't discount her.
Posted by: Amy Shulkusky at January 31, 2012 10:12 PM (jKunv)
FLTurnout down 13% from 2008, later in the season in a mostly decided contest for a doomed frontrunner.
Ogabe raised $68 Million 4th Qtr., Romney $24 Million, spent $17 Million in FL “Bombing Gingrich back to the Stone Age”–Brit Hume.
Winning.
Have another drink Ace.
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Posted by: Nancy at February 01, 2012 08:25 AM (ogeNs)
If you mean is she done as the right's version of the one, their conservative messiah, then yes.
If you mean is she done as a political commentator, then no.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at February 01, 2012 08:39 AM (hLRSq)
1. If four months after she declares herself out of the race, you feel the need to hold forth at length about how you're so over her...you're not.
2. If at the same remove, you feel there's any use, let alone need, to post a thread asking whether she's a lame-duck player in the GOP and the conservative movement...she just might not be. If people then discuss the matter for nearly five hundred posts...she's not.
3. After a campaign that has mostly consisted of the declared candidates apparently vying to say the most breathtakingly stupid thing in front of the cameras, several of them apparently not having the infrastructure and organization to follow state ballot-access laws, and mostly serially melting down before a national audience...no matter which of them gets the nomination, no matter whether said poor sucker beats Teh Awesome or not, does anybody want to argue that Palin would have done worse? That she could have done worse? I mean, as a serious argument, not as a joke? I think most of these guys would have trouble outsmarting Trig, let alone his mom.
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