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Think she just got tired of the left wing George Soros sponsored bullschidt and said you take your lower forty-eight and stick it!...
That's the great thing about Alaska, they can succeed from the union and be an independent country and not feel the loss of the lower forty-eight at all... Most people move to Alaska to be independent and free of the kr@p of the people and politics of the lower forty-eight... If I were a young man and my body wasn't racked with arthritis, I'd sure think about it too!... Respectfully, SUNLINER81 |
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No, Jimmy "the peanut farmer" Carter has that sewn up. |
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Didnt read the whole thread but it sounds like somebody may have some dirt on her.
The whole democratic party has been pretty ruthless against the GOP this time. More reason to vote Independent, though I doubt even with a superior popular vote, an Independent will never get voted into office. Sure there will be some Dems that will vote for the popular (effectively throwing themselves on the sword to make things look honost) but an Independent will never get elected...dosent matter how many votes they get. There's your non-corrupt Guvment for ya |
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A total failure in 6 month? Yea Right. |
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Hot Topics Quickly and Expertly Extinguished On Demand Since October 2000 ------------------  Proud Member ------------------  |
Pam... Might as well get used to it with the moronic antics of Mrs. Palin's detractors, especially since her announcement today. You think that they spouted venom in the past, and made it a special mission to target her husband and children before...you haven't seen anything yet! Chronic and terminal parasites within the media, as well as the non-media will have a field day... Best thing is to ignore these annoying people and consider the sources The more they denegrate Mrs. Palin and her family...the more they denegrate themselves. It is my firm belief that she has made this decision to step down to not only better herself and her family...as well as those friends and neighbors she can trust. She has made some good choices as well as bad...part of being human. |
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She was picked because she was a woman and to distract. Get guys thinking with thier other head. |
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You've mistaken fear for apathy. I could care less about the person who won out her parties nomination for governor over a corrupt individual. She went from Mayor of a small town to Governor without ever facing a real political challenge and what happens the first time there's real politics? She quits. I highly doubt she could have "risen" to any position without some background and she would never have gotten where she is in the lower 48. Alaska is, for all intents and purposes, basically a whole different animal when it comes to political machinations. They've got oil. That's it. And they've got political scandal like the rest of us. I don't see anyone giving the politicians on the left any leeway and the hyperbole is just as indefensible from both sides making everyone hypocrites. So what are you...the pot or the kettle? I'll take kettle. BTW...Palin sold her integrity for a shot at the big time. Just like every politician does. Care to prove that opinion wrong? |
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Kristol: A Contrarian Take
>>>>http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced today? It's an enormous gamble - but it could be a shrewd one. After all, she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches, travel the country and the world, campaign for others, meet people, get more educated on the issues - and without being criticized for neglecting her duties in Alaska. I suppose she'll take a hit for leaving the governorship early - but how much of one? She's probably accomplished most of what she was going to get done as governor, and is leaving a sympatico lieutenant governor in charge. And haven't conservatives been lamenting the lack of a national leader? Well, now she'll try to be that. She may not succeed. Everything rests on her talents, and on her performance. She'll be under intense and hostile scrutiny, and she'll have to perform well. All in all, it's going to be a high-wire act. The odds are against her pulling it off. But I wouldn't bet against it. Bill Kristol has his take on why she has quit. Who knows, maybe she should hire ole Bill as her adviser. He did such a great job working for a VP a few years back, what was his name again, oh yea, Dan Quayle.  |
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I am somewhat use to it, Chuck. I appreciate it. It doesn't bother me as much as it has in the past. I just don't understand how people can be so vile. They remind me of snakes. It is a sad state this country has come to. Everyone finds it so easy to judge and hate others. I think it makes them feel better about their own screw-ups. As you say, we are all human, but that doesn't excuse the haters...imho. She hasn't forgotten why she became governor and she is just trying to accomplish what she started in another way. She listens to her family too and that is a big part of the reason for what she is doing now. Anyway, I really said all I had to say in this thread and the one in the p/c forum. I know the haters won't listen anyway and sometimes I wonder why I say anything at all. |
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I can't decide if she did it for a presidential run or if there is a scandal in the works that she knows will damage her badly.
Quitting so far in advance of the next election doesn't make much sense to me. |
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Well, I know I was elected to govern for 4 years but I feel I've accomplished all I need to dontcha know, so I've decided to quit while I'm ahead and pursue my own personal interests instead of doing what you elected me to do.
I feel it's in the best interests of everyone involved. You betcha! |
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I just told you Dave. The issue is not that Palin folded under pressure or was not ready. The issue is that as a journalist Couric should have been just as tough on the other side as should have all the media and they were not. One side got a free pass with the exception of what Fox called them on. |
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I think we all know, if we are being honest, that Palin was way out of her league.
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Totally agree Hawker that Palin was not ready for that. Couric just got lucky with the punch. It is not that Couric is just a wiz. Palin is adorable and no matter what brought jazz to McCains party. I think she is not as stupid as people would like to make her out to be. I just don't think she is as polished as we need her to be. I think she can still do a lot for the Rep party and can even see her mixing it up in congress maybe, but not President. |
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I feel pretty confident that Obama would of had no problem answering a question about what news papers he reads. Palin didn't get "tough" questions. She flubbed easy ones. |
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Check some sources in AK and there have been rumors of late of a Federal Inditment and an IRS investigation. The Federal thing has to do with who built her house and the IRS thing has to do with a trust fund and may involve fraud and mishandaling of funds. Have to wait and see how this thing plays out. One thing for sure, you still can't see Russia from her front porch.
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That was a stupid question and Palin did not like Couric from the get go and dismissed it by not answering it just like Obama did not answer Sawyers questions about his smoking. The real bomb was when Couric was trying to corner her on what positions McCain took in his past votes and policies. Palin tried to brush it off by saying they thougtht the same, but could not list any of his past votes. I say to you, do you really think Biden and Obama could have done a triva on each others past voting records? Obama maybe, Biden???. lol Doesn't matter, the deal is that you can't look like a deer caught in head lights, you have to be able to spin it and she could not. |
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She would have been better off by not answering, but she DID answer. She just flubbed it and flubbed it badly.
Obama and Biden ran against each other and debated each other, so yeah I have no doubt they knew each others positions. she NEVER should have agreed to an interview until her and mccain were on the same page. and that were mccain whole campaign failures all came together. He and his advisers should have know better.
they should have known better than to put themselves in that position in the first place. |
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Hmm, you don't like Palin, you don't like Hillary, I bet you don't like Condi either..I am going to start thinking you just don't want the girls in there. |
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so not liking two women means I dislike all of them? so if someone dislikes Obama and Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton that means they don't want any blacks in politics? BTW...I personally think that Condi would be a great Republican spokesperson/party leader. depending on what positions she ran on I would possibly consider voting for her. But don't pull the "you must be a misogynist" card on me again please. I appreciate it. |
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