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Check out First Read’s breakdown of how candidates endorsed by Palin fared. About half of the candidates she endorsed in the House and Senate won with a higher percentage in governors’ races.
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Talking and endorsing is one thing, doing is another. Palin doesn't have a strong track record of doing, outside of a term as mayor and half a term as governor. As much as I would like the dems out, I don't think Palin is the answer, or even an answer.
Palin will be the next President.
...of the local PTA...
not of the local PTA...she's not that engaged as a mother.
To the tune of Mel Brooks' "Inquistion" Song:
Assassination! Let's begin!
Assassination! Look out Palin!
We have a mission -
To snipe the refuse! Re-re-re-re-refuse!
(I'd have done more, but I am le tired.)
sarah the quitter palin is a loser just like the two witches that got waxed tuesday, hey sarah the quitter palin hows that workin for ya, this beat broad lies everytime she opens her yap and the media is scared of her maybe shes a witch, sarah the quitter palin is who the media should refer to her but are scared because fox news might pick on them for calling her a quitter, witch is the truth, but dont tell the truth about sarah the quitter palin
I'm assuming the withches you refer to are Pelosi and Lincoln. By the way libs, tea has been served! LOL
Palin reminds me of Bush...a perpetual campaigner who is uninterested in the details of actually governing. She is attractive, though.
Amy,
You just described Obama.
"You just described Obama."
Except that Obama was a constitutional law professor, the sole author of two books, editor of the Harvard Review, an Illinois State Senator, a U.S. Senator, and now President of the United states, but, yes he is also attractive and charismatic, just like Palin.
I don't follow...you said
Where in any of that do you mention not being a law prof, author, etc.? I'm not questioning his resume, just your tactics.
"I'm not questioning his resume, just your tactics."
The President has to go out at a certain point and campaign for members of his Party. President Obama has hardly done more of that then any other President. In fact he has been criticized (what's new) for not doing enough campaigning for his Party. George Bush loved the campaign trail, but working in the office, not so much. My point is, that Palin and Bush are both more interested in the competition of beating a political opponent, as opposed to President Obama, who is more engaged in the actual work of governing than either Republican was or would be.
Is that why his fellow dems were avoiding him on the campaign trail?
Or why Obama starts every speech with "The republicans are bad, mean people who just say no to everything" Finger pointing is not governing, no matter how you spin it.
Obama Vs Palin - wow, that would be exactly what the Democrats would like. Obama would get voters who did not like him, but are afraid of Palin, to come out in droves to vote for him. She can easily be made to look frightening. And, her experience...
Chairman of the local PTA
Mayor of Wasilla
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Alaska's Governor (incomplete term)
vs Obama experience
Chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Foundation
2 term Senator
1 term and sitting President
...is not good for Palin. I think Obama wins on this and it will be a big deal.
The voters will be asked, "Sure she says she can do this or that, but what has she done that supports she can do any of her assertions?"
Against Clinton in 2016 she would even be a bigger loser!!
Telling comparison. Just to be clear before the right wingers attack this, by two term Senator, you are talking about his State experience, correct? He only did a half term in his US Senate position. Also, that half term was because he ran for and won The Presidency of The United States of America, not because he quit in frustration.
You also forgot to add his graduating with honors from two Ivy League universities (Columbia in International Relations and Harvard Law) compared to her barely passing and getting her Bachelor degree in Journalism after attending 6 colleges. Nothing against a Journalism degree but which prepares you better to deal with international relations and issues? A Journalism degree or a International Relations degree? Which degree better prepares you to understand, write and enforce (one of the specific job requirements of being President) laws? A Journalism degree or a Law degree?
Community Organizer? How better to know what a community is thinking, suffering through or needs than to work in the community? How better to be in touch with what ordinary people want than by working directly with them?
IMHO, metaphorically speaking, Sarah Palin isn't good enough to polish Barack Obama's shoes.
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really dan? I have attended four universities and have degrees from three and have never been in yearbook...I think you are confusing it with High School
P.S. Obama is the most vetted man in U.S. history...why can't the tin foil hat brigade move on..He is not muslim, socialist, kenyan etc........ go stake out area 51
He has accomplished so much at an early age only because of reverse discrimination, and the fact that there are 4 Obama clones operating independently in Kenya, Kansas, Hawaii, and Washington DC. Damn it, I want to see all four birth certificates!
...how did you find out about my super-secret darkie cloning vats, Forrest? @!$%#! ABORT, ABORT...!
Fox news.
Ahh, that would explain your obtuseness, spelling skills, grammatical skills and ignorance.
Congratulations on your success with your business if, indeed, you accomplished what you say you accomplished. However, running a successful business does not imply intelligence, just a certain kind of talent. Do you know what an idiot savant is? I've actually worked for one and the guy was a complete doofus. He has forgotten more physics than I will ever learn but he was still a complete doofus in every other way.
And if you think that he has not produced those things then you have been asleep for the last 3 years and 20 months . . . or you are just plain stupid.
I hear that the majority of Alaskan people have turned against her-- did her guy Joe Miller win? don't think so -and that is her state!-they don't like a quitter in Alaska
Oh yes. The Alaska result should make you feel better. We got a moderate republican instead of a conservative one. Yeh, that turned out very good. Where is the liberal Democrat ? Cleaning fishes?
As a tea party member.... the idea of her as president doesn't sit well...The woman is a joke ...Even the republicans are done with her ....but now what to do with her !!
I'm thinking, you know, the compost heap.
The GILF tour?
Oh yes, the Republicans did not do well with her. Just look at the bloodbath on Tuesday. LOL!
Republican control the House Democrates control the Senate. Bottom line it's Boner and Obama (BO)! If Boner works with Obama, Obama takes the credit (he is the President!), if Boner fights him Boner gets the blame, after all he is Speaker of the House. Obama wins in 2012! Old saying Tea Party "be careful what you wish for it just might come true".
Justsan
Sarah Palin elected as president of USA never gonna happen, Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin might work.
I remember people saying People's gonna love Obama and his policies but look at what happened.
Did MSNBC missed Tuesday night? So how many seats the Democrats lost? Sarah Palin + The American people gave the Democrats a very good wipeout. If this is called a "mixed record" by people in the Media, I would take this kind of mixed record every time.
This political ball, is going to bounce back and forth for the next few elections or at least until unemployment, begins to significantly reverse (which whatever party in power will take credit for and will have done no more or less than the other party to reverse). Politics, or political success, is becoming timing, or maybe it has always been...
Navy,
I think you are right to an extent. I believe that we will have this bouncing back and forth between parties, because neither party represents the people. Two examples that continue to irritate the average Joe that both parties are responsible for; and each party blames the other are 1) immigration issues and 2) export of American jobs. On the first, there is no enforcement of existing immigration law and no meaningful reform because the Repubs want to provide low cost labor (even if it is illegal) to their business friends, and the Dems want to court the Hispanic vote. On the second, the Repubs again want to help their business friends with low cost labor or low cost goods (hence "free trade"). The Dems, as we speak, are actively advocating sending "green jobs" to China, by promoting an initiative to make "green products" duty free. China owns the Dems becuase they keep spending borrowed Chinese money. As of today, America has a trade deficit (we import more than we export) with 90 countries in the world. This is an embarrasment and a destruction of US jobs that both parties are responsible for.
Free trade will never really be free trade until workers in china, india and elsewhere are not exploited and simultaneously unions stop demanding wages and benefits that thwart business success (e.g. GM).
If all the illegal work force left the country, who would do what they are doing now? No one, even at 9.6% unemployment, people will not work for $15 a bushel to pick apples for example. Then let's watch the economy free fall as the low cost wages that have been keeping prices down vanish and prices increase substantially.
Everyone benefits now and everyone loses later, that's why nothing's happening on the illegal immigration front.