Palin: If I die politically, so be it

For someone who espouses abstinence, please look back to the time Sarah and Todd eloped and their first child was born less than nine months later. She speaks out of both sides of her mouth.

I think there is a place for Palin in the political arena and likewise for McCain. I don't think it's the oval office however. I knew the second McCain announced her as his running mate we had lost. The very second. I can't repeat here the explitives that went through my mind, but I knew we'd lost. I have believed for months now that she just needs to go away. She is doing us no favors. I hope we have a strong candidate coming into 2012. This country is spiraling down into over-taxation, and over-spending. Look at California. Our Gov. can't pursuade the legislators to make the necessary spending cuts to save this state. Pelosi and her minions are drunk with power and are determined to bankrupt us. Take a good look America, this state is a model for where the rest of this country is headed with Obama at the helm.

How long before she poses for Playboy?

I find it incredible that the same people bashing Palin for not being a political heavyweight and qualified to be governor of Alaska (as if you were more qualified to make that determination than the people of Alaska) bash her for stepping down. If you think she's not qualified, then stepping down is the RIGHT THING TO DO.

Liberal hypocrisy on display.

I think there is a place for Palin in the political arena and likewise for McCain. I don't think it's the oval office however. I knew the second McCain announced her as his running mate we had lost. The very second. I can't repeat here the explitives that went through my mind, but I knew we'd lost. I have believed for months now that she just needs to go away. She is doing us no favors. I hope we have a strong candidate coming into 2012. This country is spiraling down into over-taxation, and over-spending. Look at California. Our Gov. can't pursuade the legislators to make the necessary spending cuts to save this state. Pelosi and her minions are drunk with power and are determined to bankrupt us. Take a good look America, this state is a model for where the rest of this country is headed with Obama at the helm.

I love how people here are calling the Palin critics "vicious" and mean.

Are some of you reading the comments directed at "Liberals" in general, and not anyone in particular?

"carpet munching liberal leftist feminist sows and heifers..."

How about this one: "The Scumocrat National Committee says Palin is bizarre, what a laugh, what's bizarre is the current spending by Barry Obama bin Lying and the scumocrats in office. Take a look at current scumocrat leaders: Botox head Nancy Pukelosi..." Lovely huh? How old are you people? And you want people to take your opinion seriously? *snort*

Or:"I can only think that all of these comments were sent by one person. I can describe this person: very short, obese, zit-faced, bad breath, a monumental loser and on the public dole. Did I mention a 24/7 viewer of ABC news?" Cute.

Or this: "cheesy little homo's... If a conservative had attacked obamas illigetimate little whelps, the liberals would have crapped themselves."

At least she believes in the constitution and is an American Citizen, which is more than you can say about that club-head, coke snorting Kenyen."---You are a sick, angry, pig, whoever whore that.

To the person who posted:Then why does America have Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, and Katherine Sebelius? And how could we forget the amazing Obama as president?

None of the above finished out their full term, thus, they are all quitters! "

HELLO, MCFLY???!!!! They left ONE position FOR another. Duh.

Oh- and the person that thinks many we should have a president with a high school education? Good luck with that. Personally, I'd want my leader to be learned.

UAW: Did you happen to notice how well managed Obama's campaign was? That management gave a bit of a clue as to the presidency to come. I will grant you that Obama had not had an executive position, and that Palin was mayor and a short term Governor. Watching his campaign assuaged my fears of his readiness and ability to manage the White House. But as to qualifications? Palin's educational history and experience pales in comparison to Obama's. Not Even Close.

And, while he may have lacked the experience, there is now no question as to who is running the White House. It isn't Joe Biden.

If clay (277) doesn't care about politics or either party, why bother to post. What is your hidden agenda, pal? I don't even want to speculate. "Leave her alone..." and she wants to hold national office - can't stand the heat now.

The Left and a great portion of the middle are concerned about Palin's being in the political arena the same way a farmer is concerned when a weasel is lose in the the chicken-coop. She is a useless waste of skin, only supported by doctrinaire Rightists and Taliban type Christians, who if they are allowed to capture the unimagination of the great unwashed "independent voters" , those so clueless that they walk into voting booths to vote, while undecided, will just saddle us again with a dangerous buffoon like, or worse, than the one they blessed us with for the last eight years.

It would take too ,long to personally respond to all the comments on this article made by people who clearly haven;t looked at the facts. One fact that Palin supporters forgot. When Charlie Gibson asked her what she thought about the "Bush Doctine" she had a blank stare on her face and said "In what respect, Charlie?" She was clueless. WHen Katie asked her what she papers she read, her response was "All of them" because she couldn;t think of one to name (since she clearly didn't regularly read any. She told Katie "I'll get back to you" in regards to John McCains votes in Congress!

I still can't comprehend why there are people who bashes her AND her children on a daily basis. Life MUST be so boring... OR... people can't understand the more complicated dynamics of world events; hence debates on "social" preferences of politicians are more their level. Funny thing is, she hasn't done ANYTHING to make these people despise her so. But people act as if they know her personally.

Ah, Sarah, Don't you have job, still?
"I want to work, right now..."
So get to your office and work for the peole you've deserted.

And why is it that you consistently refer to Alaskans and Americans as two distinct and seperate groups?

Todd whispering secessionist sweet nothings in your ear?
Sarah, you're a moron from hell.
i can see the moon from my house.

I am so glad she has done Alaska a huge favor and resigned. She is the worst public office person I have ever seen in my life. She is a huge embarrassment and should never be allowed to speak in public.

In regards to "quitting for a higher calling" and how others are allowed to do this, but she is held to different standards. Obama did not quit the senate UNTIL he was elected President; Hilary did not quit the senate UNTIL she was secretary of state; Sebelius did not quit as governor of Kansas UNTIL she was appointed by Obama - see the difference? Palin couldn;t even finish a term - but "you betcha we are going to believe she can run the country.

If only this was the last we'd hear of her and her wretched brood...

Food for thought - Parading your family around is going to put them in the view of the media, and unfortunately that can be good or bad, The Bush girls had their issues but do you ever remember Bush parading them around? Did Obama parade his girls around? The Clintons never paraded Hilary around......She should have kept the kids home in Wasilla.

Oh SNABS did you read the part about your comment have to be ACTIVATED?

We get your point.

Guess what? Thoughtful, progressive, moderate, intelligent people here don't fear Sarah Palin.

Those of you who are accusing anyone of criticizing Palin as just jealous, or afraid of her, or calling *us* nasty names like carpet munchers and scum, re-read posts #315 and #334--- valid criticisms of her, and what you called "Elitist Americans" saw.

And yet, what's funny, is that all you can do in these posts to *defend* Palin, is to turn around and attack "liberals" and post rants about Obama and other Democrats. The story isn't about Obama. You can't debate Sarah Palin's quitting or her record by turning things around and trotting out the so called "other side". I swear to God, is that the only way you people know how to make a point?

After reading some of these posting I realize how incredibly stupid and narrow minded most MA residents really are. So much for the intellectually superior , tolerant, progressive liberal.

#313... Amen Brother! ANYONE and I Mean ANYONE who feels this Ditz Loser and Quiter will be President one day has their head burried so far in the sand that if they opened their eyes they'd see downtown Hong Kong. Palin will NEVER be elected President of anything but in her dreams.

#319 ROFLMAO! Well you're not too bright are you? No lawsuits will be brought against anyone and if she's stupid enough to pursue it they will be dismissed which is just more proof of how utterly stupid this woman is and that She QUIT!

There is an old saying! “Winners NEVER Quit and Quitters NEVER Win!”

# 302 - You talk about what a "retard" Sarah Palin is...well, just for your reading pleasure, I have copied your entire comment. Please re-read and take notice of all of the errors...maybe it's YOU who isn't too smart:

"I see that now the american public is lacking atleast the ones backing a quiter sorry it wasnt the media it was Sarah P that put herself in the media. Dont like it dont be dumb enough to put yourself out there and if ya do dont complain about!!!! Learn the topics of our world news and what is going on and stop trying to act like you know what is really going on "What paper do you read?" " All of them" ok your so smart you can every paper made come on now. Another thing we live in a free country thats founded on seperation of church and state She needs to remember that. God i hope the american public is smart enough to see this lady is a retard and we can do so much better than her. Choose another woman thats actually strong and smart not a weak and stupid one."

Whether you like her or not, you shouldn't be able to bankrupt a politician by repeatedly filing frivolous ethics complaints. And look at them, they were in general frivolous, and all that have been reviewed so far have been tossed (except, perhaps, for one that involved traveling with her family, where she paid the money back).

Sara Palin is a standard bearer . . . for what politics in a democracy is as opposed to a dictatorship. While I admire many things about the Palin family - I'm from the Colorado mountains - I also cringe at the thought of her as a national leader because of her provincial life experience and attitudes. She seems utterly oblivious to the effect she and her "flock" had on the majority of Americans when she stooped so low during the campaign. The attacks she made on Obama are inexcusable and as far as I know she has never apologized. He lack of empathy to others - from different walks of life - is at the root of many of our challenges in being able to bring peace to the world. As a standard bearer for the Republican party, she magnifies the major problem they have appealing to more voters. Democracies are most effective when honest, thoughtful debate between opposing sides is done in a respectful way. Palin could be a major force for good in her party if she reached out, apologized, and took a humble path showing she is capable of understanding humanity. My guess is pigs will learn to fly before she learns these hard lessons.

The only thing she seems to be good at (judging from these posts) is bring out the right wing crazies. Not "conservatives" with a brain in their head, but nut cases who are obsessed with Obama's birth certificate. It's sad that someone who represents that wing of American political life could become so well known.

McCain lost my vote because of Palin. She is quite simply not fit to be a VP never mind a President. I could not in good concious vote for that ticket. However,
I do like her and respect what she has done with her life. I like her mostly because of her ability to get the far-left moonbats foaming at the mouth. It is the most perfect display of hypocrisy that is the modern American left who preaches about being open-minded as long as you agree with them. Just because Palin loves her guns, is religious and pro-life she has been demonized visciously. Although Palin cost McCain my vote, she did the conservatives a favor by moving this voter more to the right after observing the treatment she has been given.

Are you Obamacrats serious? Unqualified? Out of her element? Please Obama has NO executive experience ZERO. He had never ran anything on his own. While other states are bankrupt Alaska is in a surplus situation..Due to her management. He is a great public orator...as long as the teleprompter is working. Sarah delivered an awesome speech...without the teleprompter. All we get from Obama is uh..ahh..um...ooo...ahhh. He is only as good as his handlers. He is just like trained seal. He barks when told, honks a horn to their tune, and claps when they throw him a fish. In addition all of Sarah's "scandal's" have proven false. Total fabrications by the dems and their media attack dogs. Obama's have all
proven true. He surrounds himself with unethical, immoral frauds. Liberals have no inexperience card to play because Obama's experience is a JOKE. So stop showing how stupid you are with that argument. Try looking stupid in some other way for awhile.

#378 Hahahahahaha... Still waving the Confederate flag with the sheet over your head??? Let me ask you MORON... How much a month are we spending for the little ego boost your last leader started there over in Iraq? Seems to be 10 Billion a Month. Man that's a lot of cheese I'd say. Sure is funny how Georgie Porgie single Handedly flushed this country down the toilet in a mere 8 years and You Right Wing Nuts continue to blame all the problems on the Liberals and while you conveniently brush your garbage under the rug for no one to see. You Right Wing Nuts sure have short memories.

Sure is also funny how you Wing Nuts brag about Faith and being such upstanding citizens and yet all your elected officials seem to have this infidelity problem... Hmmmm Go Figure!

You Drudge nuts that complain about Obama should have been screaming your flat heads off over the least qualified and dumbest president of the past 200years GWB. Your complaints about Obama and his intelligence make no sense. Obama was a constitutional scholar. The closest you've come to someone with a profound knowledge of the constitution was Dick Cheney because he wiped his ass with it. You'll have a hell of a time reclaiming the executive branch if the best you got is a hayseed religious nut that qualifies her international experience as sharing the border with Canada and seeing Russia across the Bering sea.

She's dumb. 'Nuff said.

Let's get something straight here; WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF PALIN. WE ARE AFRAID OF SOMEONE SO UNDERQUALIFIED, WHO KNOWS NOTHING OF THE WORLD BEING PUT INTO POWER!!!

Posted by jj July 7, 09 01:15 PM

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And so you elected a junior senator / lawyer with absolutely no experience and made him president??? Palin was only going to be VP.

#406... Awwww Geezzzzzzzzz the Tori SPELLING and Kelsey GRAMMER Police is on point everyone! Watch what you say or you will get the finger pointing from a Grammer Police Wing Nut!

To all brain dead rightists:
Right, the economy is where it is not because of the billions of dollars the Bush Administration dumped into Iraq. Blame the people who have been there for the last 6 months. Why should anything be the fault of the Republicans? No, they didn't break laws left and right and cover all their misdeeds up. Of course not; let's show how "intelligent" we all are and rally behind the most ignorant person to hit the campaign trail. The fact that she is pro-life and her daughter ends up having a child doesn't make her a hypocrite.Of course not.

#335 is probably the smartest comment in here. I think the leftoids are pissed because there are still some people in this country that dont need to suck the govenments teet to survive. But they wont stop until we all are.

#411 Ah Brucie... Typical Winger dragging up the "Experience Crybaby argument..." Better go do your homework Dweeb!

Palin was grossly inexpwerienced, which is obvious, but most store managers at McDonalds have more time on their job than Obama had on his before becoming president. A great orator indeed, but the one thing worse than an intellectual midget with a grasp of his or her own limitations is a self proclaimed intellectual giant who actually believes he is one.

“Most candidates, most public officials get to look into a camera and say, 'You know you better leave your hands off my kids."

Perhaps Sappy Sarah might just give some thought to who it was that ragge those kis onto the stage in the first place....what, did she think she coul use them for PR purposes and then say "King's X?" What a moron.

"After reading some of these posting I realize how incredibly stupid and narrow minded most MA residents really are. So much for the intellectually superior , tolerant, progressive liberal."

"lukebusy" stock answer #7

We love you Sarah!
We'll see you in 2012...

Dawn said: "Palin is telling us flat-out that we are clearly not standing up for our own values any more, and the fact that you are either so blind or so ignorant as to not recognize that statement for what it is says more about this country than you might think".

Like Alaska's ex-governor, the above statement is big on puffery and galactic generalities but void of specifics. Gee, I wonder why?

#350 said it very, very well.

418.

#335 is probably the smartest comment in here. I think the leftoids are pissed because there are still some people in this country that dont need to suck the govenments teet to survive. But they wont stop until we all are.
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It's the "government's teat".

And yes, spelling and grammar DO go a long way in taking someone's opinion seriously. A lack of them shows ignorance. As in most of the posts ranting at the "leftoids" here.

At least you didn't use "libtard". That one really, really hurts my feelings.

Love,
Tori

Truth hurts peter, #422. Narrow minded is as narrow minded does.

Post 320: "You idiots, take a look at the clown you put in the oval office! He has done more damage in 6 months than anyone in the history of this country! "

This is an excellent point -- witness the 100,000+ dead Iraqis, the million+ Iraqi refugees, the $686 billion already spent on the Iraq war, and the predicated $2 trillion to be spent on the results of the invasion of Iraq, not to mention the huge boost to radical terrorism spawned by the Bush II administration's invasion of Iraq, not to mention the trillions of $$$ in damage to the infrastructure of Iraq that followed (quite predictably) from the Bush II invasion.

So, yes, it is clear that the Obama administration has already accomplished in 6 months the pointless destruction of the Bush II administration.

I just wish more politicians would take a clue from her and quit. Wouldn't that be something?

RSN,

Are you equating Sarah Palin's resignation to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ? LMAO !

Post 328: "Not to mention that daily [Obama] is taking away your freedom".

Really? Gee, I travel for a living, and in the past 4 months have spent days at a time in San Diego, Des Moines, San Antonio, Miami, Akron, Trenton, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Dallas. And I have yet to meet anyone who can show me, specifically and concretely, how their "freedom" to do damn near anything in this country has been "taken away" since (and only since) Obama took office in late January.

Last time I looked, you are free to speak your mind, practice your faith, publish, buy and sell property, start a business, quit a job, run for political office, retire and go fishing.

So, stop whining about "freedoms" being lost and start contributing to society.

History will judge Sarah Palin as a political joke. She was an attempt by the Right to sell the American people an image that was suppose to look pretty (different from the normal republicans) and occasionally shout out a republican battle cry like "drill baby drill". I hope she doesn't go away from the national spotlight because every time she opens her mouth it is pure comedy. All the Tina Fay dialogue on Saturday Night Live, were actual Palin words, not a scripted joke. If any of you think she is anything more than a cheesy TV personality who will one day pose for playboy (if not her then one of her daughters), then you are the same people who would have thought that "separate but equal” was a fair way to deal with racial equality.

Democrats, Tax and Spend
Rethuglicans Borrow and Spend.

Nuff Said

"Truth hurts peter"

"lukebusy" stock answer #8

343: "Do you not watch the news??? N. Korea is kicking us in the crotch right now because they know he is weak. "

Typical bullet-headed American arrogance. You assume that because another country reserves the right to develop weapons to defend itself, therefore, other countries are being assaulted. Last time I looked, North Korea did not maintain over 800 military bases around the world; N. Korea did not have nuclear aircract carriers, submarines, hundreds of nuclear warheads scattered across the globe pointing everywhere. Last time I looked, N. Korea had not invaded (let's make a list): Guatemala, Hondurus, Panama, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Chile, Viet Nam, Lebanon, Iraq, etc.

But then, I suppose it's hypocrticial business as usual for ideologues of U.S. power. Rule #1: reject the principle that we apply to ourselves the standards we apply to others.

# 428 - Training and Funding those ba*tards is just as bad as the act itself.
Iraq enabled the them and was the funds behind the invasion of the US and reason the twin towers hit the ground killing thousands!! Have you already forgotton about what led up to us kicking his ass??? Like all the Liberal idiots out there, you second guess and have forgotton about what happened on that day.

N. Korea is loading up now and these morons in charge have no idea about how to handle the situation. What a joke, Hillary is over trying to shut them down. hahahah... wow.

There is a reason his platformed shoed wearing DA did not step up while W was in charge. Now that we have these clowns running the show, they see the time is now. Hell, they already threatened us and the administration did nothing! They think we can all hold hands and get along ---- wrong! And no Mr. obama, a nice speech with some 50 cent words sprinkled througout will not work! You actually have to do something.

post 370 -- maybe she has a few more months of "executive experience" than Obama in terms of time -- but she also happens to be retarded.

Quitter, that's what obama was going to be about Iraq. Apparently someone knocked some sense into his head and did what John McCain and Sarah Palin said they were going to do. Amazing how many promises obama made in his campaigning that he quit on upon election and is doing some things that Palin and McCain said.

It's astonishing that anyone as unqualified to be President should even be remotely considered as a serious candidate for the job. Most of us can think of countless others eminently more qualified than this individual who demonstrated what a fraud she is during her brief time on the campaign trail. John McKain must have been completely off his feed or totally indebted to the GOP ultra-conservative fundraisers when he made her his VP selection. Let's get serious and hope that this is the last we've heard of Palin. The thought of her as a legitimate candidate to lead this country is comical at best. Anyone doubting that need only to look at her July 3rd announcement for confirmation.

Post 418: " I think the leftoids are pissed because there are still some people in this country that dont need to suck the govenments teet to survive."

Fact: the so-called Red States received a much higher % of tax dollars per capita than do the Blue States. Indeed, a study by a major tax policy institute revealed that the most "liberal" states (NY, Mass, Vermont, etc.) receive about 65 cents per person for every dollar of tax revenue contributed by those states' citizens, as compared with Red States, which receive from $1.25 to $1.65 per person in federal tax dollars for every $1 contributed by those Red State citizens.

In brief, the Blue States are subsidizing the Red States.

Alaska is one of the worst offenders, with its citizens receiving nearly $2 per person from the federal "teat" for every $1 dollar Alaskan citizens pay in federal taxes.

In other words, Sarah Palin is governor of one of the biggest gov't welfare states in the Country. Some "maverick", eh?

To #431. Since when did "contribute to society" mean tax the heck out of the people who can make it on thier own,and who make smart choices, so it can be given away to idiot crackheads that truely dont contribute to society. Just so they can have more idiot crackhead babies. and so on and so forth.

She uses her kids as props and then complains that the media doesn't leave her kids alone? Talk about a double standrard. Please. I'm glad that she doesn't care if her political career dies, because it may be dead already.

This is all too bad. I thought she had some promise.

Post 436. Your remarks border on incoherent. who is "they", "them", etc.? Learn to construct an argument.

By the way, what grade are you in?

It is amazing how many people still support a woman who rarely tells the truth. I'm not just talking about criticism from the left about her speeches, but any fact-checking reveals outright lies and she does it habitually. Even her interview in Runner's World revealed lies told for no particular political gain (i.e. the injury to her hand).
The only plausible way for people to support her is that they don't actually care about facts. She's banal, pathetic and dangerous and so are her supporters.

To many of the conservative comments about immigration and welfare:
The statue of liberty says:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
The immigrants that are entering America are hard working individuals seeking a better life for their family. You’re not special because of where you were born. They too were created in God’s image. We are humans first and Americans second. It’s our responsibility to ensure the welfare of all mankind. It’s noble to oppose abortion to save a child’s life, but to be against welfare so that poor child then starves to death is a sin. Of course some people will and do abuse immigration and welfare, but it does a tremendous amount of good for others and they will eventually be judged for their sins. If you only oppose the two because you think it’s going to take away from your paycheck and you won’t be able to buy that new SUV, remember that Jesus once said “it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to pass through the gates of heaven.”

# 435 --- you trust some tin pot country with nuclear weapons or even the ability to create them??? And yes, they are!

Amazing when they have the weapons built they start test firing. What is next? Defend itself, --- against what? They are the agressive ones! Who threatened them? S. Korea just wants to be left alone. We did not threaten them, the tree hugging liberals are in charge! We want to hold their hand now!

The next one they fire will probably be at our head -- better run for cover honey!

What a maverick.

omg, who cares about this crazy hick woman. now she has plenty of time to shoot wolves from planes and keep tabs on russia... hahaha

#428 "Iraq enabled the them and was the funds behind the invasion of the US and reason the twin towers hit the ground killing thousands!!"

What are your sources for this information other than you heard someone else speak it? Be honest, you have read zero documentation; you are just stating what you heard a fox news journalist or Rush say as a way to earn ratings. By the way, who is "the them"?

The following is from Factcheck,org and claims intelligence at the time of the attacks said that Iraq may only turn to terrorists as a desperate measure if Iraq was ever attacked by the United States. Nothing says Iraq had anything to do with funding there operations previous to our invasion of their country.

Al Qaeda: The intelligence estimate said that – if attacked and "if sufficiently desperate" – Saddam might turn to al Qaeda to carry out an attack against the US with chemical or biological weapons. "He might decide that the extreme step of assisting the Islamist terrorist in conducting a CBW attack against the United States would be his last chance to exact vengeance by taking a large number of victims with him," the NIE said.

.....(Yawn).....Oh, bye Sarah, good luck...

#426 Governmet teat, liberals? Do you know anything about Alaska? They get the most federal money out of any state in the union. Besides not paying taxes in the state, every resident actually gets a federal check, JUST FOR LIVING THERE. So how can you possibly make any claims of liberals "living off the government teat" when that is what Alaska has been doing since it's entry into the union? Nice try, but epic fail.

#343... Hahahahaha... Typical Repugnant North Korea is looking for the knee jerk reaction that they would get from you Repugnant War Mongers... Is that the same attitude you use when your children are mis-behaving? You're probably one of these parents with screaming kids in the mall and you are beating them within an inch of their life. North Korea wants a knee jerk reaction and guess what... They ain't gettin' it because we no longer have a war monger in office.

#411 Brucie... Experience... Let me see. Palin bopped around to several community colleges for an associate or bachelors in Journalism. Meanwhile Obama goes all the way and finishes at Harvard with a law Degree. Then Newsweek had this little snippet I'll share with you...

Newsweek is at it again (see here, here, and here for starters). Virtually any positive angle its writers can come up with for Barack Obama, it'll take. The latest comes from "special guest columnist" Alan Ehrenhalt who argues -- and then doesn't argue (you'll see what I mean) -- that Barack Obama's experience as a state legislator makes him more qualified (to be president) than John McCain's twenty-two years as a U.S. Senator (and his four years as a U.S. Representative before that).

But here's something I bet you didn't know: If Obama becomes president, (which he did) Obama will have spent more time serving as a state legislator (eight years) than anyone who has occupied the White House since Abraham Lincoln.

# 449 - sorry, typing to fast. 'the them' is al-qaida.
They later in the post refers to N. Korea.

Enough already. She really likes to shy away from the spotlight, give me a break.

Governor Sarah Palin brings out the worst in snotty effete eastern liberals, who predominate in Massachusetts.
It's a class thing; they despise her.
One can only hope for a long political career for anyone who can drive the moonbats even battier.

#451. I agree completely. The Fox News-watching conservatives have no idea where their tax money actually goes and how much they benefit from it. Just like in Canada where the separatists in Quebec whine while Ontario supports them. Once Alaska faced a difficult budget, Palin left. It's easy to ferment discord than to govern.

# 446: "The next one they fire will probably be at our head".

What a laughable crock. Even if the "Dear Leader" were clinically insane, neither he nor his gov't lapdogs would be so utterly, absurdly stupid as to launch a nuclear missle "at" the U.S. As everyone (including N. Korean intelligence) knows, the U.S. has the most powerful, most technologically advanced military in human history, with thousands of nuclear warheads, and could incinerate N. Korea almost instantly. What possible reason would N. Korea have to commit instant suicide by "attacking" the U.S.?

Do us a favor. Think things through. Do your homework. Stop watching tv. Read a book. You might find it a refreshing change.

# 449 - Google 'Deroy Murdock on Iraq on National Review Online' OR
'Murdock Saddam was tied to terror'

I assume Governor Palin's headed to Fox News, where her skills will be rewarded. And she'll succeed there, no doubt. But let's all agree on what she is and what she isn't. She's a lightweight who has never worked hard and always got by on her looks and patter.

Don't get mad at me, let's look at her record. Couldn't buckle down and excel in college, where going to class and doing the readings gets you on most Dean's Lists. Graduates and eventually gets involved in politics, a field that often rewards style over substance. Has success getting elected (the easy part) and grandstanding (the fun part) but never governing (the hard part).

Then McCain makes the monumental blunder of thinking that American women are so dumb that they'll vote for anything in a skirt. She says yes, and who can blame her? But even then, even when faced with the opportunity of a million lifetimes, instead of buckling down and doing the hard work of learning policy, she blows off her prep work and advisors, and instead tries to bull**it the American people. It doesn't work. She gets turned inside out by policy, political and media pros who expose her as uneducated and immature. She then heads back to Alaska, but realizes that it's no fun to grind out the hard work of governing that she was elected to do. It's more fun (and way more profitable) to be Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh. She quits.

Sadly, it's an American story.

Before you say that I don't understand or that I'm an idiot, tell the truth: if you needed a heart bypass and Dr. Sarah Palin was the surgeon who showed up at your hospital bedside the night before the operation, and she demonstrated as little knowledge about anatomy and surgery as she showed about foreign and domestic policy, would you have let her operate on you? Truly?

Well, don't the American people deserve the same level of competence in their leaders as you'd want in your surgeon? At the very least, don't they deserve a better version of Sarah Palin?

Shame on the McCain people.

Palin couldn't find Korea on a map of Asia.

A wise man once said "If you can't stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen.

So she did!!!!!!!!"

$458 - you really thing Kim Jong-il has enough sense not to launch one???? Kim Jong-il is a nut, do you really think he cares what we have??? Hell no! N. Korean intelligence --hahahha --- what is that? They are "yes men", no way they would tell the 'nut job' anything but what he wants to hear.

Go back to saving the toothless tribes of S. America or some other worthy cause that makes you feel better.

Hmmm, interesting reading in these comments. Or really, just a lot of opinions.

What are the facts?
1) Sarah Palin ran for office of mayor and was elected and served effectively.
2) Sara Palin ran for office of governor and was elected and served ineffectively, and finally threw in the towel.

She isn't the first to leave office before the term was completed and usually its been by people leaving for greener pastures (such as Obama abrogating his senate seat to become president). But, its not a law that the term be served, so she used her rights as an American and as an Alaskan to choose to leave office.

Those are the facts. Believe her or not. Like it or not. Those are the facts.

Why should that insense so many people? I'm just flabbergasted. It's not like every politician of either major political party was a genius, and then there was Sarah.

There is something about her that makes people polarized. I'm not sure she is the divider, but people certainly are divided as the nearly 500 messages here prove.

Here is my advice. Be kind and considerate and pray for those in office as well as the governed.

Sarah Palin is, quite simply, an idiot.

A 'higher calling' ... a don't think so ...

She like a so many reality show contestants ... she hasn't got a clue.

To those of you who wonder why people won't just let her go away, it's simple - SHE WON'T ACTUALLY LEAVE.

"Ok, I'm going now! Going away!... Far away from the libral media now. Yep, back to where people are real...
So loooong. Not gonna see me for a while.... Oh, no, don't throw me a party or anything, just leave me be now! Don't want a big production or anythin...
First I'm gonna go on the tv and tell everyone that I'm not here, so you can all stop watchin me now... Not Katie's show, though. She's part of that libral elite media.
Yep, here I go! For real now. Just about to walk through that door... You betcha!"

I, for one, will miss the Human Highlight Reel. If she ever leaves.

Boston.com; please, just close this whole thread down. It is appalling.

I'm still wondering what exactly the MSM did to her children that was so vicious. Links would be nice. Thank you.

PLEASE someone tell me that she and her family are going to become the next Fox reality tv show!

How much you wanna bet that Former Governor Palin probably has an offer to be
How much you wanna bet she was offered to be a talk show host on Fox? I think she'd pull in more ratings and cause more "controversy" on her show than any of the male blowhards currently on there like Hannity et al. Frankly, it might be pretty funny to see her interview Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Al Franken, VP Joe Biden, Newt Gingrich, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton... I'd actually tune in to watch. Wouldn't you? Just having them in the same room with her... Come on... That's already putting a smile on your face, admit it. It would be like NASCAR for political wing nuts - you'd watch it just to see how she would crash... and she'd have her own catch phrase, "You betcha..." saying"

I really don't care why Palin quit. I'm just so bloody glad she's gone. I just wish she would really go away -- no more publicity stunts, no more media coverage. Just silence.

She was a disaster from the beginning -- a true nut case -- who exploited her family and then griped when they became fodder for the media. An ex-beauty queen without a brain in her head, her ego was bigger than Alaska while all of her intelligence and knowledge could be held in a thimble.

I just hope against hope that the media will do all of us a big favor and just not report on her any more. However, I doubt that will happen. Sigh.

Go away, Palin. Far, far away where no one can hear you any more!!!

The runner who only finishes the first 50 yards of a 500-yard race is a quitter by any name, even if the person involved is Sarah Palin.

Team Sarah is wondering how she can best serve the nation? She already has by quitting and ensuring that she'll forever be labeled a quitter and will never win another election. Whew- all us non-Alaskans have really dodged a bullet there, you betchya!

# 463: Try presenting an argument rather than simply proposing a position and letting it stand as if self-evident.

As any child could tell you, were it true that Kim Jong-il was as hopelessly deranged as you suggest, he would have exercised himself accordingly years ago and North Korea would presently be a radioactive wasteland and ruin.

As for North Korean intelligence, you apparently know something that the CIA does not. Your cavalier arrogance and bold presumptions belie precisely the kind of conduct you decry. In fact, whatever their limitations the intelligence gathering organizations of most countries produce a combination of very valuable fact and dubious fantasy. The CIA and North Korean Intelligence Agencies are no different.

To assume (as you apparently do from the comfort of your cubicle) that the intelligence agencies of official U.S. enemies are run by a bunch of morons and "yes men" is foolish, self-destructive and dangerous. Such an attitude would not be tolerated for a second in any respectable intelligence organization -- least of all the CIA. You do a disservice to your country by assuming as much.

In any event, one does not need to have access to sensitive gov''t documents to know that the U.S. possesses enough nuclear arms to incinerate the planet a thousand times over.

So, please, stop wasting our time with petty evasions and demonstrably false flatulence.

She's hot. She should pose in Playboy.

# 474 - Mr. Flatulence if I may ....
Compare N. Korean Intelligence to our CIA???? How much weed did you smoke in the 60's? Why would anyone assume they have a great intelligence agency?

Your response sounded like an Obama speech - you said absolutely nothing

What I love most about the Republicant's is that they think everything wrong with the country happened in the past 5 months that Obama has been President or that the Dems have had more power in the House and Senate. What about the EIGHT YEARS of Bush and SIX YEARS of Republican control of the Senate AND the House that lead brought us to the mess we have before us today???? The economy was in the tank LONG before Obama came along. How about the fact that we ran up our HIGHEST deficit in history under REPUBLICAN control of EVERYTHING. Hypocrites.

I can just see Sarah Palin interviewing the Pope for Fox Noise, "Say there, can I call you Benny?".

Sarah Palin in 2012! Go woman of God!

Palin died politically when she ran with McSame, saying stupid things practically every time she opened up her mouth. She simply cannot hide her ignorance, lack of tact, and lack of appropriate things to say, and while the dumber 3rd of the USA likes this about her... ...the smarter HALF of the USA likes it as well because she does herself in over and over again.

I hope she doesn't quit on the national stage...if only for the Tina Fey impressions. It's not like enough of the country would ever take her seriously enough for her to get anywhere.

..after the Katie Couric interview of her last year.. that was it for me and I was really being objective. Even my sister who lives next to Wasilla (were Palin served as mayor) could no longer persuade me to vote for the McCain/Palin ticket. I hope she quit to take care of her children and nothing more.

Best looking politician we have had in awhile. Love watching her with the sound down.

She is prettier than Obama which is why Democrats fear her.
She's a better covergirl.

To #389 --

The question put to her by a very snooty Charles Gibson regarding "the Bush
Doctine" was clearly a gotcha-type question put to try to embarass her.
I keep up on the news and consider myself to be well-read and I have no
idea what the Bush Doctrine is ... and, truth be told, neither do you or you
or you or you or ........!

Spare Alaska, spare the USA. Its OK to be an Alaska hillbilly. Leave the lower 48 alone. Go fish, take care of your flock. Stop with the whiny victim voice. How about a coherent interview.