Nicely put. She's W with cleavage.

Palin is a slave to her own hubris, probably. Just like W. I can understand that she might find herself uncomfortable in the position that she herself placed herself in. But my empathy stops short of feeling sorry for her. I reserve that for those in dire straits through no choice of their own. And after all, it's hubris. We elect her and him and we deserve what we get. Been there, done that.

Yeah - and it's beyond hubris to put her country in the position of being destroyed by a president who has opinions, but absolutely no idea what those opinions are based on. I've actually heard people who love Bush say that it isn't fair to judge her for not being articulate and call her stupid, when she could still be intelligent and do great things - like Bush, they say. Like the lack of being articulate is a sign of much deeper thought, thoughts so deep and profound that they can't be actually expressed in WORDS. ACK!!!!! I'd dismioss them, except they are voting.


So Sarah is what the RW thinks women SHOULD act like as a VP candidate - I get it now!!! They didn't make a mistake at all, in their mind.

But I do need to disagree with the idea that no sympathy should be given to Palin. Feeling pity for her is not in any way excusing her - it's just recognizing that she's a sentient being, and is just a natural reaction of empathetic people. Of course if they win, and she ends up as president, and creates even more hell on earth, I think my own empathy will vanish Like any I may have felt for Bush 8 years ago.

Yep you guys pretty well summed it up- my sympathy is for people in real need and people who suffer in spite of trying to do the right things, not people who suffer only through getting caught trying to do the wrong things. Although I do find her "pitiful" in the exact same way I find W pitiful- it sucks to be a fool, it sucks to be a tool, it must really suck to be a fool of a tool and a tool of a fool which they both seem to be.

I think one can say they "feel sorry for" Palin and her utter ineptitude without it also being a message or implication that anyone should go easy on her, or give her special allowances as a result. Indeed, one of the "conservative women" noted above, Kathleen Parker, who said she feels sorry for Palin ALSO said she thinks Palin should address her obvious lack of fitness for he office by resigning the nomination.

A couple of months ago I was on a narrow mountain road moving at a good clip with a truck following far too close behind me when a frog jumped across the asphalt. I felt badly when I ran over it, but I wasn't going to take mercy on him by taking my car over the cliff, or having the truck behind me do it for me when I braked quickly, just to save the frog.

And Palin has good reason to know better than that damned frog did - the frog wasn't burdened by hubris.

The sublime confidence of ignorance. Remember, the fellow who did her first interview used the term hubris, which glanced off her like a bug on a windshield. Either she did not understand it - or did not want to bring forth the topic.

Sarah Palin is an Empty Bra.

I've noticed her bra is quite full but..

Sarah is a fumbling idiot, and I hope during the debates Joe wipes the floor with her!

She meets all the criteria of a good, sociopathic, neo-conservative. All her guilt, remorse and empathy mechanisms are inoperative. She operates on a juvenile level, in which everything in her life is driven by narcissistic pursuits, ie, beauty queen, television personality, politician, celebrity mom, etc.

That's the most dangerous kind of politician because he/she will recklessly do anything to gain and hold power, regardless of the consequences to herself or the people (and nation) around her.

She will never leave the campaign peeps.

In her fucked up mind, she believes that god has told her that she is the most beautiful, intelligent, capable women in the world, who must get elected in order to get to the Presidency and lead a Christian Dominionist take over of the nation. She's a like any other Speed Queen in Hollywood, she's walking around dressed like a high-paid hooker, listening to voices in her head tell her what to do. Fucking scary if you ask me.

All I can say about Sarah Palin's travails is:

My! What an unfortunate circumstance!

This needs to be put in 24 point bold all caps.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I'm a schizophrenic,
And so am I.

Fuck the unqualified, unvetted, lunatic Christian Dominionist bitch.

I have no empathy for her whatsoever. ZERO. I will cheer when she falls flat on her overly made-up face at this debate. That insane old man had no right to inflict this nation with such incompetence at this critical crossroads in history.

My prediction for the ridiculous excuse for a woman and VP candidate: on November 5, she will scurry back to Buttf*ck, Alaska, utterly defeated, and continue to ignore her dysfunctional family while promoting her 80s sprayhead bimbo cronies to positions of power until the sane people of Alaska wise up and get rid of her for good.

I had an old girlfriend email me the other day. She is a repug and was crying to me that everyone was bagging on her. She thought that Palin was such a great leap forward for women and really wanted her in the White House. My reply was, "12 trillion dollars in debt, two wars with a third one with Russia in the wings, 3 super carriers sitting toe to toe with the Black Fleet, and you want a horsehocky mom, I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY COUNTRY, I COULD GIVE A RATS BUTT ABOUT PALIN!" I don't understand why she has not written me back.

Pity? The woman's brain has no thoughts - just ambition. Her vie for the vice presidency is totally selfish. If she were to put Country first, she would bough out. Even she must realize now that she's not up to the task, but she wants to be vice president so Country be damned.

Nope, I don't feel pity for her. She's too dangerous to pity.

pity? i got some pity for you right here, sarah...but i would rather be touched by a homeless man who hasnt bathed in 4 months and who just threw up all over himself...

I say, no lowering of the bar for Palin in the debates. If she can't handle THE most important job in the world (and that will be crystal clear when debating Biden) then get out. THE END.

This is all a big insulting joke on the American people. Can't stand it.

Odd.
I don't remember anytime in the last sixteen years, the Repukes wanting to give Hillary Clinton a free ride because she was a woman.
That seems sexist to me.

{ Apologies for repost, but I just came across the PERFECT picture to go with my sentiments. }

She should have to pay for her own Kleenex.
Meanwhile, Joe Cocker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMwXPueu-RM

Just shows you how dumb those in the McCain camp are. They go around saying Palin won't do interviews until she shown some reverence. Women in this country (real women, not Hollywood types) don't like seeing other women coddled by a bunch of dirty old men...It's way too Anna Nicole...and we all know how THAT ended.

She might've gotten better as the days went on and had her mess-ups in the beginning (I use the term 'beginning' loosely, since it's only been a month) and gotten away with them.

The republicans gave us a gift in Mrs. Palin...don't look at it in the mouth. Everyone can see how dumb she is. She'll die a natural death just as every fad...

An excellent analysis (IMHO) on HuffPo of the "Set the Expectations Ridiculously Low for Poor, Stupid Sarah" Repug Game

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-eli...s_b_130541.html



FULL ARTICLE

Bushwa--I almost ran over the biggest bull frog I've ever seen one day after a rain storm, this thing was the size of a 16" softball, I grabbed him and let him go in the canal.



Randilover--C'mon, at least get her to your place for a little one on one talking to, just use a condom.I gotta tell you, there is nothing funnier than talking politics when a woman is about to achieve orgasm. Just when the moment is there, ask her, "Why do you like shrub?" There's another 5 minutes, then, ask her "Are we better off now than we were? Another 5 minutes. It's Tantric sex via politics, Sting is jealous!!!!

"Lowering the bar" would be sexist. If you can't run with the big dogs stay on the porch.

Tap!!!

Um...

Well it is worrying that on Thursday night, a lot of people will go to bed all impressed with Palin because she managed to speak coherently. Although - why are we at all worried she'll speak coherently? You know how you feel after cramming for an exam at the last minute? Have any of you ever done well on an exam from studying at the last minute?

Here are a few paragraphs I posted, about Sarah Palin, in another thread in this forum.
Here is the link to that thread.

http://edschultz.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=43932

I am reposting my two posts in that thread, here, because this is something that really bothers me. I just cant stand that woman, and I know, I can feel, that there is definitely something very, very wrong with her and it must be investigated and fully exposed before any more damage can be done by her and her candidacy.

I am going to cut Palin a little slack here, because I don't think that anyone, even her, would be so stupid to say that the Israeli flag was the only one she had in her office. I, truthfully, can't buy into that.

But, I would suggest that the other part of her comment is a bold faced lie, at least in my opinion, the part where she said to him, "I wanted to meet you for many years."

Why, I would ask, would she want to meet him for many years? Makes no sense to me. I, for example, have a legitimate reason why I would like to meet a man like Peres, but the thought has never actually crossed my mind, for many years, that I would like to meet him.

It's absolutely amazing how, IMO, words such as these, which appear to be blatant lies, just come out of her mouth almost every time she opens it.

I have believed, from the first day I saw her on stage with McCain, that both she, and her husband, are skilled con artists and that they truly are barely a step beyond trailer park type trash, as they say.

They have used their skills to get them into a position of power in Alaska, a state which, IMO, appears to have a low level of intelligence overall. Not saying everyone in Alaska is a dummy, but IMO, the Palins have used the level of ignorance in Alasks to their benefit to ascend to the top of the ladder, statewise.

I believe that she has learned the art of the con from the fanatical religious freaks that she considers to be her mentors.

And, I am curious as to why not much has been said of her being a student of about five different universities in a six year period (or something like that)...it is just not normal to go to soo many different universities in that period of time. I would like to know more about it.
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The AP recently released information about Palin's background, posted on the Anchorage Daily website. In the release the AP indicates Sarah Palin, recently selected as John McCain's last-minute running mate, attended five schools in six years before finally finishing her degree in journalism.

Not only did she transfer several times, but it appears despite her degree in journalism, Palin never wrote for a school newspaper, or worked for any of the media stations at any of them.

Of all people I can certainly understand the trials and tribulations of trying to get a degree; I was a single mom, working full-time when I finished my master's thesis. But one has to wonder why nobody ever looked into this before the "big announcement" by McCain. According to the AP source, none of the colleges and universities were contacted regarding Palin's attendance there.

Some are indicating that this shouldn't matter, but I beg to differ. If Palin is vying for the second most important job in the free western world, then all of it does matter; her grades, why she transferred so many times, and most important, whether or not we want to entrust our country with a man who makes a last-minute political gamble to turn the election into a beauty contest.


http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/...044-sarah-palin
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WHERE ARE HER TRANSCRIPTS???

McCain went to one school, the only one he applied to, because his father and grandfather got him in, then went on to graduate at the very bottom of his class.

Biden, went to one undergrad and one law school...I do not know about his academic record.

Obama went to a small private university, then transferred to Columbia and finished up at Harvard Law.

Where are the academic records for Ms Palin?


More here.

According to the Huffington Post, Mrs. Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987. None of the schools could say why she transferred. Great, if John McCain prevails in the Fall, this is who is next in line for the presidency should something happens to him. More importantly, this revelations speaks to the vetting process she underwent. According to Huffington Post, it seems as though there is no indication that any of these schools were considered as part of the background check of Palin by the McCain campaign.

So here's the background on her college-hopping. Palin was born in Idaho. Her family moved when she was only a few months old to Alaska, where she was raised. She began college at Hawaii Pacific University, a private, nonsectarian school in Honolulu. She attended only as a freshman during the fall of 1982. Then known as Sarah Louise Heath, she was in the business administration program as a full-time student.

From Hawaii Pacific, Palin transferred to North Idaho College, a two-year school in Coeur d'Alene, about 30 miles east of Spokane. She attended the college as a general studies major for two semesters, in spring 1983 and fall 1983. From North Idaho College, she transferred 70 miles south to the University of Idaho, the state's flagship institution. She majored in journalism with an emphasis in broadcast news. She attended Idaho from fall 1984 to spring 1985. She then returned to Alaska to attend Matanuska-Susitna College in Palmer in fall 1985.

Then she returned to Idaho, for spring 1986, fall 1986 and spring 1987, when she graduated. Despite her journalism degree, she does not appear to have worked for the college newspaper or campus television station, school officials said. She worked briefly as a sportscaster for KTUU in Anchorage after she graduated college.

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There is something VERY WRONG with this woman. I don't know what it is, but I feel it, and I believe it. And, We as a nation MUST find out before she is allowed to continue to be a candidate for the Vice Presidency of our great country...............NEM

'Cept it's being lowered by her own campaign, to give her an advantage.

The bar is painted on the floor for Sarah Palin
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_colum...ar-is-pain.html

Sarah Palin wins the lowered expectations game
http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/20...lowered_ex.html

Don't Underestimate Palin
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters

Yeah but she's been studying for this one all month lol

Another Palinism: asked he opinion on whether man had anythng to do with global warming.

"I'm not going to blame all of man's activities on Global Warming"

Good, God. What a idio .... I mean gift!

ETA: Reported on Rachael Maddow show.

She reminds me of very religious, conservative women who are very psychologically damaged, and for some reason then migrate to religions and political viewpoints which require no thought. She does SEEM confident, but she is probably drawing strength from her beliefs, not her own spirit. I do think you are right, NEM, there is something very wrong with her.

Oh, and what's this about the Isreali flag and Perez? I missed that.

As I recall, when she met with Perez she told him that the only flag she had in her office was the flag of Israel.

The whole theory making the rounds that "lowering the bar" will help her look good is nonsense in my opinion. On the incredibly low chance she does WELL in the debates, the lowered expectations may make her "well" seem mediocre at best.

Also, I disagree with one writer's statement that her convention speech was "frighteningly good" or that at any time Palin can be "At her best, Palin can be disciplined, crisp and sympathetic."

Are we raising the bar here by making bizarre assertions?

And America is in perhaps a tougher position than ever. For the first time, our economy is unprotected to a "first strike" in thermonuclear terms. If the United States behaves in an unpredictable or horrific manner on the world stage, we can be "taken out" economically - not by warheads but by financial maneuverings. The very financial underpinnings of our economy can be blown out by foreign parties - just like the Founders were afraid of when they warned of "entangling foreign alliances."

I think that they waited to see what the election would produce. A healthy US economy benefits the world more than a US economy blown out into full-scale 1930's depression. But if we cannot demonstrate sanity, we risk financial attack.

Any "Red-White-and-Blue" America Firsters ought to take note of the fact that we have undercut ourselves, and become more vulnerable than ever to the rest of the world. Ronald Reagan would be mortified.