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Siegfried X| 7.4.09 @ 2:34PM

Palin probably has some sort of job lined up, but no more plans than that. She is taking a bottoms-up, moment-to-moment approach. Anyone who listens to her resignation speech will realize that. Palin is not a deep thinking chess player who has a master plan 10 years in the future. She is a beauty queen / athlete who gets things done by people skills like charm and running over people. Sarah Palin has a history of quitting difficult situations.

One of the biggest problems is a kind of projection in which Palin fans project their favorite traits onto Palin. Like assuming that she will become a book worm who will quietly spend a few years studying everything a president needs to know, and then emerge from her cocoon, ready to take office. Not everyone has the ability to do that, and Sarah Palin has never show such ability or interest.

Fionnagh| 7.4.09 @ 2:57PM

Roughly half of Americans are not interested in having an intellectual as their president. What Palin doesn't know would be filled in by her advisors. That's why presidents have cabinets. What roughly half of Americans DO want is a president who doesn't play by the beltway rules, a president who cherishes the Constitution as it was written, and a president who lives by conservative values.

Palin's "resignation" was a brilliant political move. Whether she runs for 2012, or gets out there and lends her support to conservative candidates for 2010 and 2012, doesn't matter. The fact is, she draws in the crowds, and the money necessary to win a political office.

This woman's gonna be a thorn in Obama's side for a long time to come.

siegfried X| 7.4.09 @ 3:18PM

I am much more interested in the Pedophilia King's funeral. As someone who has been falsely accused of a similar lifestyle, I have always identified with Mr. Jackson.

Siegfried X| 7.4.09 @ 3:20PM

Imitation, you forgot to capitalize my name in your perverted comment.

Bob| 7.4.09 @ 4:10PM

Fionnagh -- so you admit Palin is intellectually challenged???? How does a leader make decisions if they cannot understand their advisors? She got a "D" in macroeconomics. That should make you comfortable. Lastly, she proved in her interviews she doesn't understand the Constitution, so you are clearly wrong there.

Personally, I think she did it for the money. With a half million dollars in legal bills and a special needs child, she could use the money gained from speaking gigs. If idiots wish to hear her speak and give her money, let them.

Basil Plumley| 7.4.09 @ 5:08PM

Bob--either you can not read (proven many times) or you can not think logically (proven most of the time).
I am not sure of the first point that poster is making but I don't believe he is saying she is "intellectually challanged". That is your conclusion from the read.
Bob, perhaps you can enlighten us all as to what instances led you to believe that Palin does not understand the Constitution. Perhaps, you can also tell us which interviews show her incompetence in this matter.

If you cite the Couric and Gibson interviews, then you are intellectually dishonest and lazy. I suggest you read the entire UNEDITED transcript before you embarrass yourself further.

Go ahead Bob, prove your case.

Joe Heathen| 7.4.09 @ 6:44PM

Sarah Palin will not be a viable candidate for Congressional or Senatorial election from Alaska for several years to come. Read the comments in the "Anchorage Daily News", "Fairbanks News-Miner", and "Juneau Empire" and it seems as though dear Sarah is loathed.
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As for Sarah having "vast executive experience", she certainly demonstrated it on July 3, 2009, by cutting and running.
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I wonder if the contributors to SarahPAC truly know what their dollars are gonna be spent on.
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Ultimately, given the proclivity of the Palindrones to like to call PRESIDENT Obama a terrorist because of his friendship with William Ayers, it seems that employment of the same logic makes Sarah Palin a drug dealer by virtue of her friendship with Sherry Johnson, Levi's mother.

Bob| 7.4.09 @ 8:03PM

So let me get this right, Basil. In her debate with Biden, she said she finds a privacy right in the Constitution, but believes that Roe was decided wrongly? And she said that the VP was in charge of the Senate so she could set the agenda? And then, there was Carrie Prejean who was protected under the First Amendment. Hmmmm.... Basil, can you read?

Siegfried X| 7.4.09 @ 8:30PM

We definitely aren't "Beyond the Palin". Her Fourth of July Facebook message leaves no doubt that Sarah Palin is fully in the national political arena. It was even professionally written.

Basil Plumley| 7.4.09 @ 8:37PM

Bob, you are a colossal jewel of ignorance.

There is a right to privacy from unreasonable search and seizure. To extend the right to privacy to kill unborn children is legal gymnastics. Have you ever wondered why leading Conservative and Liberal legal thinkers consider Roe v. Wade a terrible legal decision?

Um yeah Bob, the VP is in charge of the Senate and thus can set the agenda. It would behoove you to read the Constitution once in while instead of letting others do the thinking for you. I believe it is laid out in the duties of the VP.
Funny, you would take the word of a liar and plagiarist like Biden over Palin.

Carrie Prejean? Carrie Prejean? what does she have to do with Palin?
Hmmm ...... Bob, can you think ...... on your own?

PS.... you have been schooled again by someone without your presumed educational pedigree. You should sue for educational malpractice.

Try harder next time.

Kingsmill| 7.4.09 @ 10:59PM

The Palin Derangement Syndrome trolls are going at it fast and furiously all over the blogosphere. All this effort (on a holiday no less) for a woman they claim is an absolute dolt. To expend that sort of effort in opposition to a person you haven't any respect for rises to a level of utter buffonery. Or, does this woman scare these witless trolls to no end?

Old Texican| 7.4.09 @ 11:41PM

Kingsmill
She DOES scare the bejeebers out of them...!

Worse...she holds up a mirror to them and simply embarrasses the crap out of them as they peer at themselves in that mirror.

McCain's campaign was dead on arrival. Sarah lit her candle. With her help,McCain had a shot until he tripped over his johnson with the first TARP.

I'm personally glad I heard her speak...and live...as a decent American mom.

Slunky| 7.5.09 @ 5:22AM

It's hard to win an election when 30% of the people love you and 70% think you're a total nutball.

Patriot| 7.5.09 @ 5:28AM

Skunky--nice post, loser.

Liberal Reader| 7.5.09 @ 7:45AM

Sarah Palin claimed that tasteless and cruel jokes were being aimed at her son Trig. She cited this as one of many reasons she was resigning as governor.

Is this true?

I'd like to see some evidence.

Lettermen's joke was foolish and shallow, and I know some other people on blogs and elsewhere have made remarks.

However, has any prominent Democrat or any credentialed journalist made any remarks about her children -- particularly about her son Trig?

I doubt it.

I think this is a strategy Palin learned from Hillary Clinton, who frequently claimed attacks that never happened when she was running for president.

I know there are a lot of Palin supporters here. Please link to or point me to a credible source that records any attacks against Palin's son or any of her other children (other than those against Bristol that we already know about) by professional journalists or any politician.

If no such attacks exist, it means that Palin is willing to exploit her own children for victim status, which would be really low.

Bob| 7.5.09 @ 9:18AM

Basil - have you ever read the Constitution. THERE IS NO RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE CONSTITUTION. Depending on who you are, there might be an IMPLIED right. The question was asked to her in regard to Roe. By the way, even though I am pro-choice, I also believe that Roe was wrongly decided.

And Basil, the job of the VP is enumerated in the Constitution. I would suggest reading it -- it says nothing about setting the agenda in the Senate. In fact, the only thing the VP can reasonably do is to break a tie vote. I would suggest a remedial reading class fella....

With regard to Prejean, Palin said that she had a CONSTITUTIONAL right to free speech in regards to her anti-gay comments. Do you have dial-up or can you use Google?

Palin does not understand the Constitution. Give it up -- your blindness regarding Palin is overwhelming. There are lots of Republicans who are qualified to be President. Perhaps you should now support Michele Bachmann for President.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 9:28AM

Liberal Reader

You are so so clever ain't ya?

You know, guy, if your bassakwards view of things prevail, what then for you?
Seriously?

You write here a lot and snipe at we constitutionalists constantly.

What kind of country do you picture YOU living in if your views prevail?
Do you plan on being a mini-czar (soviet) somewhere?
Will you join the blueshirts?

Will you enjoy the grocery store down the block closing?...or the drugstore? or the gas station?

Will you enjoy the fact that your dentist, or your doctor might be forced out of private practice and into some sort of "assembly line" organization at much reduced wages?

(If that occurs of course...you become a "unit of work" before the five o'clock whistle...instead of an appreciated "customer".)

I'm sure you have heard it a million times, but it does bear repeating here..."Smal bussiness creates ? percent of all jobs in America...especially the good jobs where you can earn the respect...and the compensation increases from a "boss" who really appreciates your efforts and doesn't want to lose you."

Are you a "trust-fund baby" above all of this nitty gritty stuff?

Can't you find a positive "life-task...or tasks" worthy of some of your life-span?
(other than sniping, I mean.)

So, when all we productive types "go Gault"...and even if you are blessed with an inherited stipend and your views prevail...what then for you if none of us will work for you to the best of our ability any more?

I would truly like to know your worked for picture of the world...and your place in it.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 9:33AM

Bob
You have become simply an "aching-nit-picking bore."
(scroll button from now on.)

Jeremiah| 7.5.09 @ 9:33AM

Bob, just shut the f.uck up.

Bob| 7.5.09 @ 10:12AM

Old Texican -- so now the truth is considered "nit-picking"? That's a clever response to fact.

Jeremiah -- Congratulations on an intelligent response.

Ran| 7.5.09 @ 10:59AM

Basil old chap, Old Tex,
Bob thoroughly discredited himself with this little porky early last December: "MRB -- I am familiar with the Pope's Regensburg speech. I studied religion when I was young and translated the original five books of Moses from the original Aramaic when I was 10." Oh? Although the Wellhausen Theory points to at least four distinct styles comprising the Five Books (Pentateuch), all of them are entirely in Classical Hebrew. Aramaic, a regional dialect, evolved afterward.

His lies became too much for Quin Hillyer a few weeks later... "I hereby ask you to stop commenting on my columns. Every time I write a column, you make a comment not based on anything I have written but instead on what you accuse me of meaning or believing even though there is no actual language in my column that says what you accuse me of saying. In short, you lie."

So much for Bob's claim to Classical scholarship. There goes, too, his claim to Ivy League provenance, his claim to War Veteran status and his claim to being a captain of industry. (Newsflash to Bob... Come in Bob... Auto-hagiography is not therapy. Telling lies won't heal you. Get professional help. Or an editor. Something. Your schtick is running joke. No one here believes a damned thing you say.)

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 11:35AM

Hey Ran
Thanks for the history on Dufus.

Roy| 7.5.09 @ 11:46AM

Re:Ran

ROFLMAO!!!!

I missed that. Yeah, and then points everybody to a wikipedia article which says the opposite of what he says it says, while calling everybody else "anti-intellectual".

Goes to show why believing anything you read on the Internet is a mistake. I hereby promise to link to that article every time "Bob" posts on anything from now on.

Basil Plumley| 7.5.09 @ 12:07PM

Bob, you are now becoming obtuse.

You mean the police don't need a warrant? You mean I can be forced to testify against myself?

You nitwit, you have taken over two hundred years of Constitutional Law and hundreds of years of Common Law and tossed them out for a cheap political point.

As to the VP, they are the PRESIDENT of the Senate. It has mostly been ceremonial as of late but it does mean they can set the agenda. Read your History, as well as the Constitution.

I know who Carrie Prejean is but what in the Hell does she have to do with Palin? Try to stay on point or translate it into Aramaic. Either way, your obtuseness has been dismissed.

Run, Bob, run ......

Basil Plumley| 7.5.09 @ 12:19PM

@ Ran

Thanks for that post. Outside of the Aramaic, I had pretty much figured out he was a phony. If one has to impress others who he is, he probably isn't.

When Bob posts about Palin, he gets me going. I was taught to respect women and all others for that matter. His absolute contempt for Palin, others, as well as his lack of knowledge of this subject is deserving of "mau mau" treatment.

You would think he would "bone up" on the subject or have some humility but like a moth to a flame, he can't help it.

Thank you for your scholarly work. I do enjoy your posts.

Bob| 7.5.09 @ 12:43PM

It is interesting to note that Ran, Basil, and Old Tex seem to lack intellectual comprehension. For whatever reason, Ran, my Rabbi did tell me that some parts of the bible were written in Aramaic. As I've said before, I am NOT a biblical scholar, but I do remember what I've been told. Again, here is the link on biblical Aramaic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Aramaic

I'll admit you know far more than I about Hebrew -- I married a Mexican Catholic when I was 20 -- that was over 40 years ago. But I do know what I was told -- and my Rabbi was one of the few men I respected. I'll let those who are intellectually competent come to their own conclusions given the references.

With regard to Quin, he is a narcissistic writer who cannot take criticism and calls people "liars" who interpret his writings as inferring more than he would like. And yes, I said I wouldn't comment in his columns, but I thought it would be nice on the one time I did agree with him to say so. Perhaps those of you who can't comprehend well would object. Nuance is not your strong point.

Poor Basil who can't seem to understand the Constitution. There is no provision for the VP to set the agenda in the Senate. Perhaps you can point to some reference for that statement? I didn't think so. And here I thought you at least were a tad bit brighter than Palin -- perhaps not.

Regarding Carrie Prejean, here is what Palin said:

"And I respect Carrie for standing strong and staying true to herself, and for not letting those who disagree with her deny her protection under the nation's First Amendment Rights."

Do you actually know what the First Amendment says? How were Prejean's First Amendment rights broken? Inquiring minds want to know....

Basil, Ran, Roy -- if you were not so blind to fact, you would be quite hilarious.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 1:00PM

OMG! Please, Bob--I can't take another historical review of your life. I've barely survived the first 1000.

Bob, c'mon, you know you've got to give it up to Ran--his was a singularly hilarious post. What's a 'porky'? I think it's a lie but I've never heard it expressed quite that way. Kudos, Ran--you're in rare form today.

Nuance may not be our strong point, Bob, but unlike you--integrity is.

Bob| 7.5.09 @ 1:12PM

Angel, it was Ran who brought up my life, not me. But then again, you probably wouldn't know the difference.

Regarding integrity -- disregarding fact is the absence of integrity. By the way, Ran said he would never respond to any of my posts and so did Basil. Do you want to challenge them on their integrity? I didn't think so. Integrity is not variable.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 1:18PM

Basil, Bob the buffoon doesn't hate ALL women, (his adoring wife would knock the snot out of him), just Socially Conservative women like Palin and Prejean--and me. His nasty bigotry toward Sarah got real personal last fall, that's why he still holds such a very special place in my heart. Right, Blobbo?

By the way, Bob, nice gratuitous slam on Quin. He's the narcissist? Worm.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 1:30PM

I guess I can discern the difference between the many heated remarks among posters and a formal request made by an AmSpec writer, Quin, and your promise to abide by his request.

But, then again, lacking integrity--you probably wouldn't know the difference.

Basil Plumley| 7.5.09 @ 1:46PM

@ Bob
I think Tennyson wrote this about you

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the foolish Bob
"Forward, the Light in the Facts Brigade!
"Charge for the Sarah Palin!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the foolish Bob.

After the hundreds of posts you have written about yourself, you have the temerity to blame Ran for bringing up your past. Exceptional thinking Bob; right up there with the devil made him do it.

Umm Bob, what exactly is a "President" and what does that title infer?
However, Bob ...... this is absolutely priceless:

"With regard to Quin, he is a narcissistic writer who cannot take criticism and calls people "liars" who interpret his writings as inferring more than he would like."

If you replaced Quin with Bob, it may be the only truth you post on this thread. You are crying for help Bob; get some. Your guy Obama will even pay for it.

Ran| 7.5.09 @ 2:51PM

Angel, yeah, a 'porky' is British slang for a 'fib.' Around our house it means a lie that demands incredulity, or at least, er... That's how we used the term when I served in the SAS at Dunkirk... (Tip o' the hat to Bob for the inspiration.)

;-]

Jim Anderson| 7.5.09 @ 3:02PM

People should read transcripts of Palin's on-air interviews. Then they should compare them to interviews with Obama and Biden. Palin's grammar is far superior to either of those men. She does not hesitate in her speech. She does not have to re-start answers two or three times. In fact - neither Obama nor Biden has much intellectual firepower when it comes to the unscripted spoken word. Their foibles are the signs of disorganized minds that lack core values and principles. Palin's command of English is the sign of a well-organized mind. The transcripts of the television interviews for which she was lambasted clearly show that no one paid attention to what she said and how she said it - just as no one paid attention to Obama's incoherence.
I remember watching a 'clip' of Obama at a 'real' townhall meeting when he was campaigning. A little girl - about seven year old - hit him with a stunning trick question. It caused him to utter 'uh's and well's'. He didn't catch his stride for approximately thirty seconds. This little girl was - perhaps - a student of presidential history. She 'hit' Obama with th same question with which Roger Mudd hit Ted Kennedy back in the '80 Presidential campaign. It was this same question that caused Kennedy to stumble and yammer with incoherence and which is oft' times cited as helping to sink his presidential candidacy.
The question? "Why do you want to be President?"
Sarah Palin knows who she is. Obama only dreamed of what he wanted to be. Now he is what he wanted to be - but he still has no idea who he, himself is - and he surely has not a clue as to who the American people are.
Another point regarding both Biden's personality and ability with the spoken word:
When Biden was - himself - a candidate in the Presidential primaries last year, I heard him interviewed on a Boston radio show. The host asked about him plagiarizing the life of British MP Neil Kinnoch in his speeches. His answer?
"I was an immature forty-six year old at the time." And this was not a statement given as part of a sarcastic line or as a joke with a follow up. THAT was his answer. He stole someone else's life story for his '88 campaign for president because he was an immature forty-six year old at the time. God help us!
Say what?

somnolence| 7.5.09 @ 3:26PM

Anyone who doesn't believe that Carried Prejean's first amendment rights were NOT violated must be dyslexic.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 3:36PM

SAS at Dunkirk--makes you about 90 years old, right, Ran? You're doin' real good, old man. Real good.

You must have incredible genetics.

Siegfried X| 7.5.09 @ 3:39PM

We are definitely "beyond the Palin". She has self-destructed, both with her resignation and her attempts to censor the internet. It wouldn't have mattered anyway because Sarah Palin is dumber than a fence post and tells lies with every breath.

She's the typical dumb bully control freak who tries to control smarter people by pushing them around. But she lost in Alaska and she'll lose in the primary two and a half years from now.

The ultimate blame goes to another dumb bully, John McCain, the one who chose her. Then the entire Republican Party sold its soul in the last election by pretending that Palin was ready to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 3:49PM

Siegfried the liar strikes again. Admit you lied about Palin when you accused her of making violent threats against Letterman. You're seriously unhinged, dude. Freak.

Are you Bob?

Steve Lee| 7.5.09 @ 4:33PM

Although many Republicans are critical of Sarah Palin, especially Ed Rollins, Governor Huckabee's campaign manager, she is very popular among the social conservatives who were left without a champion when Senator John McCain was the presidential candidate, "Sarah Palin Again Has Surprised The Media":
http://www.communati.com/node/5319

Basil Plumley| 7.5.09 @ 4:33PM

@ Siegfried X

Are you the Kaos guy from Get Smart?

In another thread, you defended Letterman's descent into misogyny and sadism as no big deal. Now, you call Palin a dumb bully. Yeah, you have a unique insight into morality. Letterman jokes-no big deal. Palin-the Devil incarnate.
The breadth of your posts show no depth other than hate Palin.

Why must the Left constantly be a slave to hate?

Steve Lee| 7.5.09 @ 4:37PM

I thought the URL's automatically link on the spectator:
Sarah Palin Has Surprised The Media Again

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 4:50PM

Basil, lol. You guys are cracking me up today.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 5:57PM

Hey guys
Let's all go over to the nastiest communist blog sites where they like to trash nice people.
Let's all sneak in there, play pretend we are of their ilk...and ask quiet questions.

Questions like: "are we sure we are right?
or..."what if all small business just shut their doors?" or..."what if my boss retires and closes the doors?"
Just a thought.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 6:16PM

Hey, who turned the libtroll, Jeremiah? When did he come over from the darkside?

OldTex, would love to take you up on your offer if I could hold my temper. :)

Aaron| 7.5.09 @ 6:45PM

Clearly Gov. Palin thought this through with her handlers and this was their best choice. I still like the Governor and this is the first move of many that we will have to judge her and her's on over the next few years. I got to wondering today if she has a lot of competent people surrounding her, one or two, or maybe... none? We all know that it takes more than just the "one" to make a candidate, I think its time to start looking at the others behind her decision. Of course the MSM doesn't give a rat's behind about the politics of it all, just the dirt and scandal.

On a side note... My wife and I a long time ago starting referring to people who were irritating, really not worth our time and any further discussion as "Bobs". For example, a customer who asks way too many questions, is incredibly demanding and who apparently is only possibly/maybe committed is a "Bob".

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 7:18PM

Aaron, that's a hoot! Guess Bob is more than just a legend in his own mind now.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 7:40PM

Aaron
No offense, but I don't think Sarah will ever have "HANDLERS".

Say what you will about her, she is her own woman, with evidently a fine husband who will back her to the hilt.
Advisors? yes She has the pick of the litter when it comes to solid "Constitutionalists".

That is another of my pet peeves...

God bless Rush, but we are no longer "conservatives". Two more bills passed, and we become "Constitutionalists"...or convicts in their camps...or both.

Aaron| 7.5.09 @ 8:14PM

I believe as well that the Gov is a strong, independent politician, but who is she allied with? Who are the people that she is strategerizing with aside from God, her children and Todd?

Bush the elder's administration was Reagan all over again.
Clinton, good God... he pulled out all the dems for that administration.
Bush the younger's was the elder's recycled.
Obama is Clinton recycled.
In between you had Gore and Kerry trying to recycle Clinton's and I don't know what McCain was trying to do other than be just McCain (that worked out well).

So again I ask, Who is Palin going to rely on? Obviously not on Bush's people (maybe a few here and there), but they are going to be radioactive for a while.
Its a good thing to have fresh blood, but is it high quality and battle ready?

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 8:21PM

I don't know if there is anybody Sarah can trust from Bush's administration. Can you think of anyone?

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 8:25PM

Mary Matalin wrote a great piece about Sarah--said Palin made a brilliant political move (with caveats). I've always liked Matalin, aside from her freakish husband. Would you trust her?

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 8:35PM

Aaron, I think she will go outside the box...again, (grin).
I don't know their names, but a couple of writers right here on the Spectator wouldn't be all bad, would they?
General Pretrayus (sic) might be neat.
Rush Limbaugh WILL be one...though certainly not officially.
Our (Texas), governor, Rick Perry, is seriously trying to grow a pair.
(and of course...I myself am battle-ready, and arguably the sneakiest, and possibly the smartest except for Dick Cheny.) He is the smartest man I have ever met and done business with.
My first cousin has been a dollar a year man (economist), for six Presidents...though he quit when Obama got elected.
All that to say this. Right here on this site, you would be shocked to know who are writing some of these comments. The same is true over at "American Thinker".

I was personally shocked to see the truly brightest of the bright showing up at two Texas Tea-parties now. We just smiled and nodded.

Sarah shall not want for brilliant...unsullied talent...with cajones.
God bless America

Aaron| 7.5.09 @ 8:41PM

Would I trust Matalin? I would have no reason not to. I'll have to go read that piece. Is she still with Carville though? She was purdy tight with Carl Rove at one point (for good or bad). I do think she distanced herself form G.W. fairly early in his first administration, I wonder what the real story there is.

I will say this, if Palin starts picking up cling-ons such as Matalin, Dana Perino and Matt Blunt I could see a real sh*t storm headed "O"s way.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 8:50PM

Brilliant, OldTex--Cheney is the one! I'd trust him in a heartbeat.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 8:52PM

Angel
God blessed you.
I do have to make a couple of comments about George Dubyah's Presidency and his "helpers".

Except for Dick, they were not the best he could have hoped for. That is why I think Sarah might go outside the box.

Dubyah himself made me want to box his ears from time to time...BUT!

As a new President having just found the executive restroom...he found himself President of a country at war.
I simply refer you to his State of the Union addresses. (youtube).
If you want to understand Dubyah, just read (or watch) those speeches.

...On the other hand...he is like the guy in divorce court saying to the judge..."Hell, Judge, I told her I loved her on our wedding day. Why in hell cain't she remember?"
(grin)

Aaron| 7.5.09 @ 8:53PM

Old Tex, I agree Dick is one smart cat, Gen. Petraeus on the other hand is a bit too liberal for the likes of Sarah. When Perry made those comments about succession, I thought wow, he's finally growing a pair. I've got a feeling though that Kay Bailey is gonna have em in her hand at the polls next time.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 9:03PM

Ah Hah! Aaron!
You got it! He has to grow a pair to stay in office.
Kay is a lovely lady, and I respect her immensely.

...but she is a lady.
We now need some cajones, like Sarah's and like Perry might be able to grow.
(by the way, Perry did NOT mention secession...that was the newsflake. Perry talked 10th ammendment.
33 States are now resolving to stand on the 10th.
Good start.

Aaron| 7.5.09 @ 9:07PM

Old Tex, True, you got me... he carefully danced around it. :)

Angel, where is that Matalin article about Palin? Can't find it anywhere.

Old Texican| 7.5.09 @ 9:17PM

Aaron
I truly was NOT trying to get you.
We all have to do some "dancing" in these days or get our doors kicked in at three in the morning.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 9:29PM

Aaron, I read it on Hot Air--Michelle Malkin's site. Talk about a smart Conservative; Michelle's one of my favorites.

Aaron| 7.5.09 @ 9:43PM

Thanks Angel, Michelle's readers leave the best comments, snarky and funny as hell. One liners that would give Alan Alda a run for his money.

Angel| 7.5.09 @ 10:05PM

Old Texican, I just want you to know that I will always love President Bush for his courageous defense of our country. He had the heart of a lion in that regard. And, yes, I've watched his speeches--they were beautiful and moving.

My problem with W was his stubborn refusal to answer the lies and deceptions of the Left which allowed them to define him and us! I believe it was a terrible mistake.

We have to be strong--we cannot allow the loss of our beloved country to occur on our (my) watch! Sometimes I wonder what my Dad would say. I would feel so ashamed that I hadn't stood up for freedom when it was my time to do so.

I have to do this--I have no choice: I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

grasshopper| 7.6.09 @ 1:38AM

Palin might have stepped down as governor, but it will probably take a year or two for her to be phased out of comedians' routines

Patriot| 7.6.09 @ 2:39AM

Who cares? The senate is one big comedy routine now with the clown Franken in residence. What a joke all of Wash. DC is.

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