Sarah Palin is an evil idiot

[sdreid]

We have a guy with his finger on the nuclear trigger now who never did anything in his life other than walk around with a clipboard. He only got into office by digging up stories of marital discord regarding his opponents.

[Zodiac]

Trailer Trash, Tornado Bait!!! lol.

WOW!!! Don't you just have to love "those" Americans???

I seem to have spent the better part of the last week, bashing my head against a brick wall, attempting to explain to any number of US "Tea Party" types, who I am sure are perfectly well meaning, albeit woefully ill-educated, that Adolf Hitler was NOT a rabid Left Wing Commie-Pinko type!!! "But Hitler was a national "SOCIALIST" they cry!!! An impasse of misunderstanding which, sadly, the average "Tea-bagger" seems to be genetically incapable of surmounting! It really would be so damn laughable, if it weren't so damn sad!!!

Best Wishes,
Zodiac.

P.S. I have always been, ever since I first learned of it, some 25 years ago or so, one who has been quick to debunk/dismiss the very idea that the end of the Mayan Calendar cycle in 2012, would, in any way, constitute the "End of the World". But I have to admit that the very thought of Sarah Palin ever having her finger on the Nuclear trigger, is more than enough to cause me to have to rethink my entire world view!!!

[mariab]

Hunter,
surely you're not suggesting that Paley would make a better president than JFK?!!
I completely understand your distaste for Ivy league elitism, but being able to shoot their own food and process it themselves before eating it are not essential qualifications for becoming president of the United States, at least not in the 21st century. The reason Sarah Palin is distastful is NOT that we perceive her as a “redneck“ or “white trash“, but that she's ludicrously stupid, incompetent, uneducated, and thus very dangerous. Had she possessed any intelligence whatsoever, she would have obtained a good education on scholarship, and she would have been respected for her intelligence and achievements, and respected even more for starting out poor.
Obama and Hillary might come from middle class, but Bill Clinton grew up poor, and all of them went to college on scholarship, not on “parentship“.
Also, surely you're not implying that Princeton and Harvard graduates ride around in jets? As for private schools, I assure you that the faculty at the University of Chicago, where I partly work, send their kids to the (totally bare bones, built in wood structure, looking very much like a barn) local state school in Chicago Hyde Park. Including my boss, who's a Princeton graduate, and walks his 2 granddaughers to that tiny little school every second morning. When in Chicago, I happen to live 2 blocks south of the Obama house, and it's not tiny, but it's definitely bare bones, and located in a neighborhood plagued by crime (as in, at least 2 people got shot a block away from the Obamas' house in the last 3 years).

[Hunter]

Its amazing that folks bitch and moan but keep electing the same old people from both parties' machinery time and time again expecting something different. This country's had enough of the Kennedys, Bushs, Clintons and now the Chicago mob.

I have a low regard for nearly all politicians but at least Sara Palin isn't from the Harvard, Princeton bunch that have never shot their own food, processed it themselves and then ate it. Those folks always get 'peasants' to do that and then lie out their ass about being for the common man while giving working people's money to their cronies, send their kids to private schools and ride around in jets that emit more carbon in one trip than my pickup truck will in its lifetime.

The fact that the media and the political machinery of both parties are demonizing her is making her more popular with regular folks.

[sdreid]

Yes, we are playing the game well.

[mariab]

If the Republicans actually do nominate her, they are signing their death warrant and most of them are smart enough to know it. Obama beat her once. He'll easily beat her again.

Pre-ci-se-ly. In my opinion, she's just covering ground until the real Republican candidate comes through.
I too (as the entire Germany) was worried in 2008 that McCain makes it, then kicks off and she ends up president.
Initially I was also worried about Obama being too green, and would have preferred Edwards or Hillary, but Obama's been doing fine (under the circumstances). Plus looking at the big picture I'm good that there was first a black American president before a female one. A female one will come anyway, at some point in the near future or later.

[Ally]

Probably because she couldn't find it on the map.

[sdreid]

She didn't send the Alaska National Guard across the Bering Strait. That was her big chance.

Like I said, why the obsession then?

[Ally]

Well if that is your definition of opponent then she definitely isn't running rings around them. She hasn't managed to give a cohesive interview to anyone, all she is capable of is standing up with a crib sheet and spouting folksy aw-shucks platitudes. She hasn't given a serious in depth interview to any of her "opponents" and she is incapable of giving a cohesive speech on any of the issues.

If the Republicans actually do nominate her, they are signing their death warrant and most of them are smart enough to know it. Obama beat her once. He'll easily beat her again.

The simple truth is, McCain probably would have been president if he hadn't picked her. I know it cost him my vote. I didn't think Obama had the experience to be president, but I was pretty sure McCain was going to die in office and I will be damned if some moronic "I have foreign policy experience because I can see Russia from my backyard" idiot was going to be the first female president.

Obama easily beat her before, and frankly, she hasn't improved her chances with her choices since then.

Can't you just see it now "She quit being governor when she decided it wasn't fun anymore and now she wants to lead America. Elect a proven quitter and a dithering airhead. Vote Palin."

[mariab]

What are they so afraid of?

Armageddon? But with her, it could happen. As she's half expecting it.

[DirectorDave]

"Health care is not free in the UK it is funded by the taxpayer."

It is free at the point of care......and "opting out" of paying part of your tax which funds the NHS is not an option.

[mariab]

Originally Posted by Tom_Wescott:
does not mean we're ready, willing or able to elect a woman, particularly Palin.

Tom Wescott, I like your style!

It's only Tom Wescott who can come forward with so-called sexist remarks, but women find him charming regardless. (Don't try this at home, if your name's not Tom.)

[sdreid]

Those who attack her and call her an idiot are her opponents. If someone was out to suppress me, I would consider them an opponent. Those who obsess on her seem to be the ones with the issues. What are they so afraid of?

[mariab]

Since she's a Pentecostal, she might be acquainted with speaking in tongues, which might come handy in foreign politics. The really scary part is her church's belief in an end of days prophecy, which makes me very uncomfortable to think that she might end up controlling America's nuclear weapons.
I always wanted to visit Alaska, but not right now, not a good time...

[Sally]

Just because we Americans wanted to try something different and elected a black man as president, does not mean we're ready, willing or able to elect a woman, particularly Palin.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

Tom Wescott, I like your style!