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During the Lewinsky scandal, Time magazine White House correspondent Nina Burleigh expressed the prevailing view of liberal journalists when she notoriously said, “I’d be happy to give him [oral sex] just to thank him for keeping abortion legal.”
The obverse of such abject obseqiousness to Democrats is a ruthless hostility to Republicans, a media tendency that nowadays manifests itself as Palin Derangement Syndrome. Having studied the phenomenon at close range — I visited Alaska last year to explore the native habitat of the original Palin-haters — I am familiar with the symptoms of the disorder. Those in the thrall of PDS are willing to believe the very worst about the former Alaska governor, and will say or do anything that they think may hurt her, politically or personally.
Even good news for Palin gets turned against her. Earlier this month, the Bio cable network announced a new reality series, starring daughter Bristol Palin:
BIO has ordered ten half-hour episodes of an untitled Bristol Palin/Massey brothers docu-series from Associated Television International, it was announced today by David McKillop, Executive Vice President, Programming, A&E Network and BIO Channel. The series follows Bristol Palin’s move from Alaska to Los Angeles with her son, Tripp, to work at a small charity in need while living with her good friends Chris and Kyle Massey. The series is slated to air in late 2011.
She’s the most famous single mother in America. And she became a national media darling during her odds-defying, ratings record-breaking run on “Dancing with the Stars.” Now as Bristol Palin gears up for her work in this charity, she is allowing cameras exclusive access into her personal life for the first time.
While on “Dancing,” Bristol became extremely close with fellow contestant, actor Kyle Massey. Since the show, Bristol, Kyle, and Kyle’s brother, actor Christopher Massey, have become best friends; so much so, that since Bristol and Tripp have to move to Los Angeles for her new job, she decides to move in with the Massey brothers who are also about to realize how much their lives are about to change.
“Bristol is the kind of personality BIO is drawn to,” said McKillop. “Her personal life has been playing out in the media for several years but this will be the first time she’s opening up her real life, with her son and her friends the Massey Brothers.”
Kyle Massey, 19, is an ex-child star best known for his role as the pesky little brother on the Disney Channel sitcom, That’s So Raven (2003-07). Bristol’s new reality-show gig with Massey should be good news for her and her family, but Palin Derangement Syndrome dictates otherwise. A National Enquirer story that got picked up and elaborated by the London Daily Mail this week carries the headline, “Mama Grizzly strikes again: Sarah Palin ‘furious’ at Bristol’s new Disney Show star boyfriend.”
As might be expected, this rumor-mongering story cites unnamed “sources” about an alleged romance between Massey and Bristol: “Sarah is furious at Bristol for going so quickly from man to man. She is doing her best to prevent Bristol’s new relationship from being featured in the reality show.”
Which would be very interesting, if true. But it’s not true, according to Massey’s mother, Angel Massey:
“They are not dating,” she reveals while laughing. “They’re good friends. I understand the media wants to push sales or whatever, but no, they’re not dating.”
Angel goes on to say, “Both of our families gelled during Dancing with the Stars. Sarah would be in the audience cheering for Kyle, and we’d be in the audience rooting for Bristol. We all became close.”
Mama Massey adds, “The Palins are really funny, nice and genuinely warm to us.”
“Funny, nice and genuinely warm”? No wonder the liberal media ignored Angel Massey’s denial. It would ruin their anti-Palin narrative.
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Al Adab| 5.27.11 @ 12:51PM
All the popular press and national media do is rumor monger. Perhaps the Russians had it right with their proverb, "There is no News (Isvestia) in the truth (Pravda) and no truth in the news".
Even those of us Conservatives who hope she does not run, admire her grit and wish her well.
sister frances| 5.27.11 @ 1:46PM
It doesn't matter if there is a relationship beteen Bristol and Massey- What she is doing is wrong. She is doing it for money - no other reason. Sarah Palin is not a politician - even her own party knows this - she is a cheerleader (nothing wrong with that - just call it what it is. I find it all very entertaining!! - put her up against Obama.
Al Adab| 5.27.11 @ 2:12PM
What is wrong with doing it (whatever it is) for money?
sister frances| 5.27.11 @ 3:19PM
Yeah, what is she doing? - I really don't care - conservatives need to get that throught their heads. Her and her mother are merely entertainment. I heard plenty about her job performance in Alaska. She may have had the titles but she was neither a mayor or a governor
SDN| 5.27.11 @ 3:26PM
Heard it where? Daily Kos? Kieth Olberman? Ed Schulz? You are a liar.
Nick| 5.27.11 @ 3:32PM
Sister Satan,
Go peddle your drivel somewhere else, okay?
Al Adab| 5.27.11 @ 3:42PM
Sis, If you don't care then why all the interest in her comings and goings? Why spend the energy talking with us about her?
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:22PM
Sounds like sister francie has a bolt loose. lol
Rush says the left attacks those they fear most, and sister francie's moronic rants prove it.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 2:15PM
Why is it wrong? Why do you get up every morning to go to work? Why does a television producer, dancer, artist, truck driver...
For the frig'n money! Get real. That's your argument? Is there something wrong with making money? Palin is not a politician. That is a good one too. I guess mayor and governor were parts in a movie. Why are you so threatened by a cheerleader?
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:23PM
Probably because francie couldn't make the cut.
Jake| 5.27.11 @ 1:55PM
Why is it that anyone who thinks Palin is not qualified to be president is suddenly a hater or the victim of some derangement syndrome ?
Can't we just have the opinion that she's unqualified
without being labeled
and attacked in an ad hominem fashion ?
Isn't this the same tactic the media sometimes employs against Palin ?
How is it that when someone says they don't think Romney or Pawlenty or Bachmann or
Cain is a great choice ,
it's treated as their opinion and
not a personal attack that must always be avenged ?
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 2:09PM
Unfortunately there is a cult-of-personality aspect among many Palin followers. These people believe it's a personal affront when they feel she is treated unfairly by the press.
I'm very precise in my objections to Sarah. Not to mention the same traits I deeply dislike about Obama are one's Sarah possesses as well.
Quite simply, if she enters the race the party will be split, thus guaranteeing Obama an easy victory. If this occurs, I will boycott Rush, Hannity, and FOX news for being enablers.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 2:34PM
I will tell you why, Bob and Jake. It is this...they object strongly to the idea that the progressive ruling elite and their sycophant media machine should decide and pick who the GOP candidate is. They object to the idea that this media has the power to destroy at will any candidate they find as a threat and be damned what the public wants or thinks. They object to the idea that this media machine can get away with libeling and slandering a candidate or any person for that matter and abusing their responsibility as a free press. They object to the reality that conservatives and republicans buy into these destructive narratives and roll over to these narratives throwing their candidates overboard. The object to the inability of conservatives to rally around and defend one of there own while the socialist liberals fight tooth and nail for their guy whether he is running for president or not. They object because they smell a rat here within this so-called objective, and just simple belief that she is unqualified. They object because they are just sick and tired of smarmy, snarky, obscene, ridiculous, over reactive, libelous and slanderous remarks of a human being. They object because they are smart enough to realize that if they can do this to her they can do it to the pauls, the cains, the romneys, the pawlentys, and on and on.
Nick| 5.27.11 @ 3:02PM
Jack,
You, sir, are arguing with a straw man.
Everyone "who thinks Palin is not qualified to be president" is not treated as you say. This is a gross exaggeration.
Nick| 5.27.11 @ 3:03PM
Sorry, I meant "Jake."
David| 5.27.11 @ 3:08PM
There is a similarity between Obama and Plain. If you express your dislike of Palin, you suffer from PDA. If you express your dislike of Obama, your racist. The difference is in legitimate and illegitimate attacks. Attacking Palin for how shes speaks or attacking her family as being too low class is PDS. Attacking Obama for playing basketball or being too haughty sounds a bit racist. Let's stick to attacking ideas and both have ideas worth attacking. And, as you say, let's keep the ad hominem attacks out of it.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:08PM
There is no similarity between Obama and Palin.
Palin is the Anti-Obama.
Polar opposites.
Yin and Yang.
They have literally nothing in common.
SDN| 5.27.11 @ 3:27PM
As you have sown, thus shall ye reap.
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:25PM
Why is Governor Palin unqualified to run for POTUS, but businessman Herman Cain is?
Illogical.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:06PM
She is qualified.
She is a natural born citizen of the United States of America, she is over 35 years old, she has never been convicted of any crimes.
All other so-called "qualifications" are entirely subjective.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:40PM
Jake, why do you tar Palin with the unqualified brush, but none of the others? Perhaps it's your hostility toward Sarah Palin that annoys people.
Why is she unqualified but not the others you've listed?
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 2:41PM
Simon,
By picking someone other than Palin does not mean the media has chosen our candidate.
Lets not allow paranoia destroy our party.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 2:49PM
You did not "hear" one word I wrote. I do not appreciate the cheap shot of calling me paranoid to dismiss me. You are going to sit there and deny a century of evidence of what I am talking about. Fine. Then go to the convention, vote in the primary for who you want, and just keep doing what you have done most your life. Don't be too surprised when that thing gets re-elected. Then we can sit around moaning and blaming each other and arguing over who is more conservative. Maybe Palin should leave the planet..then we would be safe from the media and the liberals.
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:27PM
It's not personal, Simon, Bob's just got a nervous tic when it comes to Sarah Palin. He can't help himself.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 2:52PM
It has nothing to do with picking someone else than Palin, picking her or picking a can of coke to run. You automatically assume I am a supporter.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 3:09PM
My comment wasn't necessarily directed toward you.
I just fear if this Sarah phenomenon grows any larger it will swallow up the republican party and any conservative movement.
You COULD argue the mainstream media created this phenomenon by understanding the emotional attachment by some to her. By attacking her, they (the mainstream media) know her followers will dig in their heels even deeper.
This can only mean an eventual split of the republican party because if she enters the race her followers will NEVER believe she will get a fair shake. From any media outlet!! If she loses, they will take their marbles and go home.
We - the opposition to Obama - need every vote to unseat him. This includes Palin supporters.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 3:57PM
You are only telling one side of the story, Bob.
If Sarah Palin does get in the race, I will be supporting her over all the others. Period.
I like her stance on the issues, her record in office, her courage against the libelous left, I even like her accent.
Now, if there is a split in the Republican Party because of this as you say, why in the hell is it Palin's fault or my fault for supporting her?
Why the hell isn't the theoretical split the fault of the weak kneed coddled and pampered DC GOP elite effite snobs who can't bring themselves to get behind a real honest conservative for once?
If I remember correctly, it always seems to be the squishy RINOs who take their ball and go third party when they don't get their way.
Conservatives are always expected to unite behind the nominee when our person loses, but when the conservative actually wins, the damn RINO will stay in the race as an independent and screw everything up for everybody but the liberals.
May I ask, why is that?
There are plenty of examples I can think of right off the top of my head, from Anderson in 1980 all the way to Lisa Morecokeski last year.
I'm sick and tired of being told it's my fault or my chosen candidates fault that there are problems in the GOP.
The problem in the GOP does not lie with the conservative side of it.
Quite the opposite.
If Palin get in and wins, I expect all the Republicans who lecture the conservatives every cycle about unity to practice what they preach and get their butts down to the local precinct and volunteer for Palin 2012.
No excuses, I'm sick of it.
If she is our choice, we could do a hell of a lot worse for our country.
Dave| 5.27.11 @ 5:12PM
Well said, brother.
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:34PM
Excellent post. We ran a RINO in 2008--how did that work out for us? It's insane to run another RINO this time and expect a different outcome.
You listening Bobby?
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 5:50PM
Yeah, we nominated Colin Powell's favorite Republican and he went and endorsed the most liberal Democrat who has ever had a chance to be President.
That was brilliant.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 6:24PM
Fine, lets run Michelle Bachman. I would have no problem supporting her.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:37PM
I would. She is a Representative. This is not an executive position. I want someone who has been a Governor of a State.
One of my biggest moments of frustration in 2008 is when McCain had the GOP nomination wrapped up, and Obama and Hillary were the two on the donkey side. This of course meant that whoever won the remaining elections our next President would be a Senator. I was saying then that Congress is not where I think a President gets good leadership experience.
I like Michele Bachmann, but I like her where she is now. She can rise in influence in the House and do a lot of good there.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 6:43PM
The worst president in my lifetime was Jimmy Carter...a governor (an EXECUTIVE).
Now to be fair to Obama, I'm sure he'll bump Jimmy Carter at some point.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:48PM
Obviously, liberal Democrat Governors do not count because they are liberals.
We are talking conservatives here.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:43PM
Sarah Palin is much more qualified for the presidency because she has held executive office before and Bachmann hasn't.
What's your real beef with Gov. Palin, Bob?
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 6:45PM
I'm aligned with her political views but think she has personal deficiencies that would make her a lousy president.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:52PM
I have the absolute opposite view.
I suspect that the Sarah Palin you think you know is at least in part a fictional creation, not the real person.
I think she has just the right combination of charming warmth, sunny optimism, sense of humor, balanced by a steel of character and a certain fearlessness that would make for a terrific President, especially at this time.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:58PM
The last time I wanted to work for a Presidential candidate was Ronald Reagan in 1980, but I was too young. It's been pretty depressing since then--until now.
I'm all in for Sarah Palin. She only has to say the word and I'll join her campaign. Whatever it takes.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 6:58PM
Uh...I'm waiting for you to tell me to go to conservatives4palin for an objective analysis of Sarah.
Sunny optimism? ...come on!!!! ....get over the notion that she's NOT the second coming of Ronald Reagan. If you're going to use descriptive's, try not to steal them from the '84 Reagan campaign.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 7:01PM
Bob, it's okay to hate if you want, we just don't care.
Volunteer for Myth or T-Paw if it floats your boat.
We certainly won't insult you for it.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 7:17PM
I was not aware that that phrase had been ruled off limits since 1984.
Did I say she is the second coming of Ronald Reagan? No, I did not. I am describing Sarah Palin to you as I have come to know what she is all about. Do you deny she is sunnily optimistic?
Of course she is. Just listen to her talk about America for 5 minutes and there you have it.
I did not say she is the second coming of Reagan, but Micheal Reagan did say that.
So gripe at him about what he said, not to me about what I did not say.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 4:59PM
Bob, The split in the party will not happen. Her supporters are reasonable people. If she runs and does not get nominated she will back the chosen candidate and work like hell to get him/her elected as she has done for others all over the country. I believe her supporters will jump in willingly and help. Brian is right. Unity, whatever happens, must be our rallying call. One thing is for sure...WE ALL WANT THIS POSER OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. We, Conservatives, not the ruling elite, the beltway, the pravda media will be choosing who this will be. When you hear liberals ditzing our candidates whether it's Ron Paul, Palin, Cain, whoever, we need to come at them like a ton of bricks. Are you with me?
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 5:27PM
Yes, if Palin runs, I'm behind her all the way.
If she gets beat fair and square, then I will be paying close attention to where her endorsement goes when she drops out.
Sarah Palin has millions of Americans on her side.
Many are unclear about whether she intends to run or not at this point, so the polls will move dramatically when her intentions are clear one way or the other.
This very obvious effort from the Democrats, the sickeningly corrupt media, and some Republicans to intimidate her out of running at all is only getting me angry as hell at them, and steeling my resolve that this damn sorry party needs to be shaken up, reformed, made to be more responsive to it's own voters.
The more they try and steer me away from Sarah Palin, the more suspicious I become of them and their true motives.
We are not sheep, we will not be led around by the nose any more.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 5:35PM
I want you in the trench with me when the firing starts..great post.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 5:43PM
Thank you. I am a little steamed, if you couldn't tell.
I'm ready for a fight. First, the idiots in the GOP in Washington need a good old fashioned butt kicking in this primary. 2010x10.
Then, after THEY have no choice but to unify with their own voters, US, we take the battle to the President's doorstep, and the left in general.
That includes the phony frauds that are posing as objective journalists. They are not impartial observers, they are the enemy. Let's make that clear to them, and everyone else.
Who among this field has the guts to do this, and the charismatic ability to do it with good humor while being ruthless?
I see only one.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:53PM
Me too.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 6:17PM
This is exactly what I'm talking about. With just a HINT of criticism - "the more they try to steer me away from Sarah..." - you've decided to dig in your heels. Also, I'm not so sure who "they" is/are?
This mindset is spooky to me and, yes, smacks of a little paranoia. Either the Socialists or the RINO's are out to get Sarah, and by extension,...YOU!!
I'll give you credit, at least you didn't say "my Sarah" .
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:44PM
Do you honestly believe there is not a coordinated effort in Washington to bury Sarah Palin once and for all?
Of course there is. It is so plainly obvious.
Politico even had a full feature story on unnamed "GOP insiders" talking about how to stop Sarah, why we must stop Sarah.
Rush has talked about it extensively many times the last few months.
It is not paranoia, it is the truth that almost all of the media, the Democrat Party, and part of the Republican Party all have their reasons for wanting to do away with Sarah Palin as a public figure, and any others like her who might want to follow her path in the future.
Open your eyes, it is all around you.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:48PM
You're outnumbered, Bob. There are a lot of us who believe as Simon and Brian do. It's okay if you don't feel the same way; you're free to vote for Romney or Huntsman if you wish.
Palin most embodies the Conservative values and principles I hold dear.
That's why I'm a Palinista and am willing to fight for the Governor.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 2:42PM
Robert S McCain..thanks for a great article..good observation and insight and a lesson to be learned here whether she runs or not.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:49PM
Sarah's going to run.
Nick| 5.27.11 @ 3:29PM
Remember, it was Andrew 'Brokeback Mountain' Sullivan who pushed (is still pushing?) the kook theory that Trig was actually Bristol's baby and that there was a huge Kennedy Assassination-type conspiracy.
Let's see, a small percentage of those on the right are birthers, but, large numbers of those on the left believe Sarah Palin faked a pregnancy and that President Bush was part of/covered-up the attacks of September 11th, 2001.
Who are the extremists, again?
Ken (Old Texican)| 5.27.11 @ 3:36PM
I pray Sarah is our next president.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 3:45PM
An article commenting on a Palin Derangement Syndrome from a site that has raised the Obama Derangement Syndrome to a power of 10.
What a hoot.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 5:07PM
Yeah, my lord are we deranged? Shit, so deranged that we do not want the government running the health care industry, that we do not like 14 trillion dollars of debt, that we do not want the Fed taking over auto companies, banks, etc., that we do not like a president bowing and apologizing to foreigners...the list is endless. But your liberal mental disability would not allow you to comprehend it so why bother. Why don't you go back to thinking up new ways you can make fun of Palin's disabled son.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 5:14PM
Yawn!
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:29PM
Excellent, well-thought out response, troll.
Let's see if you yawn when Sarah's inaugurated in 2013! Yeehaw!!
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 5:44PM
Sarah Palin. Political burlesque at it's best.
James, I understand that you prefer medical rationing (death panels) be conducted by insurance companies (market place) instead of the government, but until we get a handle on the rapidly increasing cost of medical care, it won't make much difference where the locus resides. I found Simon's litany, well, boring.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 5:58PM
Oh it won't make much difference if you don't care about the role of government, and what the Constitution actually means, and where this sort of program will inevitably lead.
Exponentially growing, consuming, controlling, dominating, crushing government.
Nothing will ever be enough. More, more, more every session of Congress more.
At what point in this progression does America cease to be the America laid out in the Founding Documents?
We are, sadly, a lot closer than many will admit to the point of no return.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 6:29PM
Yawn!
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:50PM
More profound thought from the troll. Your rock is missing you--please crawl back under it.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 8:35PM
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
James| 5.27.11 @ 10:29PM
Mutual, troll.
DRed| 5.27.11 @ 5:24PM
Run, Sarah, Run!
James| 5.27.11 @ 5:30PM
Yes!! Couldn't have said it better, troll.
RUN SARAH RUN!!
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 5:31PM
What, did you see the word Palin in the headline and rush here like a shark smelling blood. Little PDS?
DRed| 5.27.11 @ 5:46PM
Rush here five hours after it was posted? No, I wouldn't say I rushed. Ambled on over is what I'd go with.
I hope Sarah runs for two reasons. One, I think it's great that a woman could go from running for mayor of the Wasilla City Council to credibly running for president of the most powerful country on earth in 15 years. Two, I think her campaign will be a tremendously entertaining train wreck. I sure don't want to spend a year arguing with you guys about Tim Pawlenty.
Brian72| 5.27.11 @ 6:00PM
This is exactly the sort of attitude that Sarah Palin exploited to her great benefit in previous campaigns.
Keep on thinking that, it is just perfect.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 6:51PM
Because everyone knows you should allow your adversaries to choose your candidate, right?
Not this time.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 8:22PM
Like she "exploited" it in the 2008 election? LOL. If you were referring to her landslide victory in the 1998 Wasilla School Board election. If so, good point.
James| 5.27.11 @ 10:30PM
The real clown is the Community Organizer in Chief!
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 8:18PM
The only thing close to the unintentional comedy produced by Snooki Palin is the hilarity generated by the hillbillies and fools of American Spectator. Keep the belly laughs coming!
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:35PM
You've got to be kidding me after watching President Doofus make an ass of himself trying to squeak out a toast to the Queen. Badly.
Keep the belly laughs coming Bamster.
bellagrazi| 5.27.11 @ 8:26PM
The MSM will always try and turn a positive Palin story into a negative one. They are trying to destroy this woman. And they have no problem if her kids are collateral damage. But Sarah Palin will not sit down and shut up. She is going to run for President. And she will win. She will not only beat Obama at his own game, but the MSM's, as well. The woman is a brilliant strategist. She is 10 steps ahead of everyone else.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 8:36PM
Cocky bravado...where oh where have I seen this before???...Oh yea, the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania ave.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:36PM
Buzz off, Romneybot.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 8:40PM
You know what is even funnier, Mike, dred, and jokester? Trolls like you coming out here to conservative web sites and making the assumption that any of us here give a damn what you think..what am I saying, think.. you don't think...your useful idiots. The only reason any of us respond to you is for the sheer entertainment value, the practice in dealing with the liberal mentally disordered, and a bit of a chance to blow off some steam. I want you to know that it is NOT because I think that I could ever convince any of you of anything or that I have the foolish idea that you are redeemable or could learn anything. Dred, I told you once, I know you. You and your freinds are snot nosed, insecure little shits who when things get rough you getta runnin. You all have deep axes to grind and feel the victim in one way or another. The Lefties offer you a way to feel superior and vent that rage without really having to know anything or work at it. Thus, the little snarky remarks, the childish superior yawns, the lack of substance on anything.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 8:49PM
LMAO...more macho bs from a little puss like you Simon is entertainment at it's finest. Bring it on, asswipe. I'll cap you and your entire family.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 8:55PM
Spoken like the true communist thug you are. Showing your true colors? You know what, you will never get off your couch.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 8:57PM
I'm off it now, puss boi. Bring it. Your fat ass is laughable.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:01PM
Keep it spewing. Everyone can hear it. Now, I ask you independent voters..you want this running our country?
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:30PM
I'm not running and Independents sure don't want any part of Snooki Palin. If you think so you're delusional.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:37PM
What an ugly little POS--typical nasty liberal tool.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 8:59PM
You are ill, little boy..seek some help. This is too easy. Case in point.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:28PM
Zzzzz.....the only thing easy is your daughter. Did you know she takes it up the ass?
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:38PM
Eat dirt, troll. I'm sure your boyfriend is tea-bagging you right now.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 8:51PM
So James, are you agreeing with me that Sarah Palin is great political burlesque?
She has to show a little more thigh now in order to keep the boys interested. I hope DRed and Ken (Old Texican) can withstand the teasing.
By the way, what happened to Bachmann?
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:46PM
Political burlesque was watching Moochelle next to Prince William's beautiful new wife.
Moochelle stuck out like a sore thumb with that huge ass of hers dressed in a table cloth.
Obama looked like a fool too; signing the year as 2008 and butchering his toast to Queen Elizabeth.
They looked like no-class trash next to all that REAL royalty. The Obamas are proof you can't make silk purses out of sows' ears.
I hope to God Moochelle doesn't show any more thunder thigh!
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 11:24PM
NoBama,
And conservatives just love REAL royalty, don't they?
NoBama| 5.28.11 @ 12:27AM
It was painfully obvious to all that posers Moochelle and the Bamster were lovin' them some royalty. Pathetically painful to watch and you know it. LOL
You can't buy regal bearing no matter how much money you throw at it.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 8:52PM
I know you Mikey and Dred! Met thousands of you insecure shits in my fellow traveler days at demonstrations, coops, campus parties, earth day celebrations, art schools, and all the other rocks.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 9:15PM
Simon,
You admit to your "fellow traveler days." What you don't seem to comprehend is that you are still a fellow traveler. You just jumped from one extreme to another.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:28PM
No. I grew up. Stopped being conned by the likes of you and came to realize that you were as I said a little snot nosed, insecure, self destructive, self deluding shit. Nothing you say can be trusted. You know nothing of what you say or even where your ideas come from. See, I took the actual time and years of study to arrive where I am today. I walked away, did not jump. Unlike you, I know both sides of the street very well. I do not kowtow to anyone or follow any ideology blindly.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:32PM
You know both sides? Like Larry Craig?
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:39PM
I am going to pretend to be a superior socialist liberal. Here goes, YAWN!
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:43PM
Appropriate coming from you. You're human Ambien.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:47PM
At least Craig didn't screw around on his dying wife, dirtbag.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 11:26PM
NoBama,
I thought you liked Newt.
NoBama| 5.28.11 @ 12:28AM
At least Newt never raped anyone like that pig Clinton, your dirtbag hero.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 8:53PM
Palin's 16% approval rating is going to be tough to beat. I can't wait for the debates. Let the winking and nonsensical rambling begin!
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 9:11PM
Jokester,
Your moniker is well well chosen.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:48PM
Assclown is better.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:16PM
Then why are you talking about her?
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:59PM
He's probably a tranny and he's mad because he can't be her.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:13PM
You know what is really funny? All the insane vitrol, childish criticism, lies, and slander that our little trolls drop on Palin which in reality and in fact sound like they are describing their LEADER. You know what would they do without Sarah? Sounds like a broadway play. They would be left standing there with their incompetent, two years in the senate voting present, community organizer who never ran anything. It really is absurd.
Bob Grant| 5.27.11 @ 9:17PM
Palin and obama have much more in common than you realize.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 9:24PM
Bob,
At last, an interesting comment.
In what ways?
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:34PM
Bob. I have been very patient. Give it a rest. Stop helping the trolls here. They may have some things in common as you say but that was not the point of the article. Her qualifications or nomination is for you and I to decide not these useful idiots, liberal trolls, and their statist machine. Bob, you do not have to vote for her..no one is trying to force you or convince you.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:38PM
Attn: Simon
REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE BUNKER AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM DICK CHENEY. DOOM IS IMPENDING.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:41PM
Yawn!
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 9:50PM
You know, Simon, that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Thank you.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:53PM
You are welcome, Mikey. Now, go to bed and don't wet it, if you can.
NoBama| 5.28.11 @ 12:32AM
Too late!
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:42PM
See. I am now talking liberal. How am I doing?
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:45PM
The only language you speak is fascist.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:49PM
Oh, come on you can do better than that. It is too cliche of a retort...as well as being so lame.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:51PM
Why don't you say, I am worse than Hitler..it has a little more pizazz.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:53PM
Spoken by Mr. "Transparency."
rdman| 5.28.11 @ 10:28PM
The only language you speak is garbage in, garbage out...
rdman| 5.29.11 @ 5:21PM
Garbage in, garbage out was for the Joke!
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:43PM
My gosh, I feel smarter already.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:36PM
Bob, do not be played by our little Mike and his socialist pals.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 9:57PM
Bob,
Ignore Simon. I really want to know the similarities you see between Palin and Obama.
This analysis will either redeem Obama or doom Palin.
I wait with bated breath.
DRed| 5.27.11 @ 10:21PM
If I could take a whack at it, they both are from outside the continental US, neither had a significant amount of previous executive experience, both enjoyed meteoric rises, they're both (given the right crowd) excellent public speakers, they both have a particularly rabid base of supporters and both of them have proven adept at using new technology to cultivate a fundraising base outside of their parties traditional power centers.
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:49PM
Palin was born in our country and Obama wasn't.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 11:29PM
NoBama,
Besides geography, what other middle school subjects did you fail?
NoBama| 5.28.11 @ 12:30AM
Besides reality, what else aren't you in touch with?
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 10:51PM
DRed,
This is a very good analysis.
Care to take a shot at how they are different?
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:55PM
Sure. Unlike the Bamster, Palin is a small government patriot who believes in American exceptionalism. Obama believes our best days are behind us.
Sarah would never bow and scrape to assorted despots and tin-horn dictators around the world.
Mike| 5.27.11 @ 11:31PM
Yawn.
NoBama| 5.28.11 @ 12:31AM
I wasn't yawning, I was laughing at Mochelle's big ass covered in that flowered tablecloth.
The Jokester| 5.27.11 @ 9:39PM
Both are rumored to enjoy fish taco
NoBama| 5.27.11 @ 10:51PM
Sarah Palin is a Tea Partier and rumor has it Obama's a Tea Bagger.
simon templar| 5.27.11 @ 9:55PM
Goodnight, my little trolls....do not have any Palin nightmares and remember to brush your little fangs.
Oldefarte| 5.28.11 @ 2:16PM
These type stories are unnecessary and distractful pieces of political garbage. Palin is a political force that may be what's needed to run El Chosen One off the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Ave, but again, this garbage would/would be used against her candidacy. Her children need to get their friggin act together and join the cause of their mother. The little twerps should be Gibbsed and are in serious need of an attitude adjustment from someone. The similar asinine activities of the youngest two Reagan children were equally distracting and damaging to their father's presidency!!!!!!!!!!
Brooke| 5.28.11 @ 3:44PM
Who needs an attitude adjustment? Could it be Track, Sarah's oldest son, an Iraq war vet; a hard worker who just married his high school sweetheart?
Perhaps you mean Piper who is 10 years old, three year old Trig or 17 year old Willow? I haven't heard a peep from these three delightful kids. Have you?
Oh, you must mean 20 year Bristol who had the national spotlight suddenly and unexpectedly focused on her at 17. Well, Bristol's had a few bumps and bruises, but really not that many more than most young American adults. Bet you had more than your fair share, OF.
I think you're the one who needs an attitude adjustment. Please get a grip, refrain from running like a scared rabbit from LameStream Media lies and stop exaggerating about the Palin kids.
Screw liberals.
If the survival of our country depends on the behavior of Sarah Palin's young children we are more screwed up than I thought.
The Palin children sound like normal, happy and healthy American kids to me.
rdman| 5.28.11 @ 6:40PM
Why the Leftists, Establishment RINOs like Bob Grant hate Sarah Palin:
Inner-directed, authentic and genuine, self-acceptance, everything she seems to be. Self-assured, self-generating, energetic, adaptable, physically attractive and popular. Ambitious to improve self, becoming outstanding, a kind of human ideal, embodying widely admired qualities. Others are often motivated to want to be like her in some positive way.
In short, Sarah dazzles!!
Leftists (Democrats, Progressives, Socialists) & Establishment RINOs, like Bob Grant:
Impress others with their spurious superiority, constantly promoting themselves. Narcissistic, with grandiose, inflated notions about themselves and their talents. Arrogance and contempt for others as a defense against feeling envious and jealous of others and their success.
Exploitative and opportunistic, devious and deceptive so that their mistakes and wrongdoings will not be exposed. Untrustworthy, maliciously betraying or sabotaging others to triumph over them. Delusionally vindictive, attempting to ruin others. Relentless, obsessive about destroying whatever reminds them of their own shortcomings and failures.
Crystal Clear… Run SARAH Run!!
PALIN 2012| 5.28.11 @ 7:20PM
I think "Bob" is just afraid of strong women. You know, he's got "issues" with women, probably his mother. LOL
rdman| 5.28.11 @ 10:25PM
I think you are right... still waiting for the similarities between Palin and Obama... Bob, Bob!!
Bob, hey Bob, all I hear is crickets... Bob????
Bob Grant| 5.28.11 @ 11:42PM
So this is the strategy to win over fellow republicans? ...hmmm...
Y'all ask what I meant by saying Obama and Palin have many things in common? ...Obama supporters tend to use the race card, Palin supporters uses the gender card.
Identity politics at it's worst.
PALIN 2012| 5.29.11 @ 2:22AM
Since when is it our job to win you over? You flatter yourself sweet cheeks. If you want to vote for Obama--go for it; it'll be on your conscience, RINO boy.
When and where was the gender card used on Palin's behalf? Link please. Your word isn't enough.
It's not about race or gender, it's about principled leadership--something you obviously know nothing about. You're the one pushing identity politics--you hold Sarah's gender against her. Creepy.
Bob Grant| 5.29.11 @ 2:00PM
"you hold Sarah's gender against her. Creepy..."
????
Huh, thanks for making my point.
PALIN 2012| 5.29.11 @ 3:44PM
My point is you are the one engaging in identity politics, numbnuts. I understand now--you're just stupid.
rdman| 5.29.11 @ 5:04PM
Bob, you're really embarrassing yourself... and now you are feeding the trolls. That's what's creepy, Bob... you've lost all perspective!
Bob Grant| 5.29.11 @ 9:36PM
This is getting silly.
NoBama| 5.30.11 @ 12:28AM
You left silly behind a long time ago--you're a moron now.
Michael L. Hauschild| 5.28.11 @ 11:18PM
She is far too much of a lady to do this but I would cut off a little finger (not my own, but someone who throws around the word “slut”) if she would don a Seven of Nine spandex suit and do a ten second campaign spot, and simply say “Resistance is Futile.” The firecracker sounds accompanying this would be the heads of all the MSM pundits heads exploding.
PALIN 2012| 5.29.11 @ 2:23AM
Men are crazy; you are absolutely out of your minds.
And you guys say we're nuts!
Bob Grant| 5.29.11 @ 2:02PM
You've become unhinged. Calmed down.
PALIN 2012| 5.29.11 @ 3:45PM
You and Olde Farter need to grow a pair, weenie.
rdman| 5.29.11 @ 5:10PM
Michael, that's really weird and strange, assuming that you're a grown man...
Michael L. Hauschild| 5.29.11 @ 5:40PM
Full growed fer shur. Last gig was as a research scientist in a graduate program, but my brain pan is not really all that important. I have a PI license and have worked part time as a bodyguard and bouncer since 1976 (Newt, Cher, Fergie, Dylan, Willie, Tommy Lee to name a few) and I always have fun; sometimes it is with you folks. Life is short, it gets shorter if you take things too seriously.
NoBama| 5.29.11 @ 6:01PM
Full growed horndog fer shur. Down boy! ;)