Sad to report that I am not, overall, impressed. Her heart’s in the right place, but her understanding still seems shallow, especially when it comes to Israel.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgizfYZFPC8[/youtube]
Also, here’s more of her interview with Rush Limbaugh, where she talks about taxes, NY-23, and more…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoQYdaFfNLc&annotation_id=annotation_764167&feature=iv[/youtube]
November 18th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Governor Palin is showing her Presidential timber here…
A robust increase in Israeli settlements.
Support of an extended mission and surge strategy in Afghanistan with NO timetables. A strategy for victory not cut and run.
Cutting taxes.
Straight talker.
Significant foreign policy experience with regards to Russia as Comander in Cheif of the Alaskan National Guard.
Against dithering on foreign policy.
…very strong performance and something all primary voters can rally around.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Alex, do you disagree with the same reason Netanyahu gave as to why existing settlement should be allowed to expand? I thought she was very solid, it was all generalized but it seemed to be a lightning round…what more can you expect?
November 18th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I don’t know about expanding the settlements – but I think we’re about at the end of the line for a two-state solution. I think its time to ditch the option that hasn’t, and won’t, work – and look to either a one-state or three-state solution instead.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I don’t think her Barbara Walters is substantively much different than her responses to Katie Couric. Her job-creation response evinced no substantive understanding of economics. It still seems she has only the most topical grasp of what she’s talking about. The depth with which Romney can talk about health care, for instance, is apples and oranges compared to this.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Here’s the link to the full transcript of Rush Limbaugh’s interview with Sarah Palin:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_111709/content/01125120.guest.html
November 18th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
On the Walters’ interview:
Low point: Seemed to be expending great effort to speak in trite platitudes. Also, we can’t afford tax cuts. Deficits are reaching critical mass.
High point: “back-asswards.” Never heard a Pres or VP candidate say that before.
Weird point: For some reason, the head shots during the first half of the interview made it look like she was wearing a “bump it”, but not the last half.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Pruce,
“Governor Palin is showing her Presidential timber here…”
Uh, yeah, and honestly it ain’t all that impressive. I really, really, really loved Palin when McCain picked her. But after a while, it became too hard to ignore, rationalize, or explain away her clear lack of depth.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
The notion of tax cuts were brought out based on a question on job creation. She is absolutely right. We need to lower taxes and provide a job growth playing field. Not only will lower taxes encourage corporate and small business growth it will also spur a little bit of consumer confidence. Sure I agree it was basic and generalized but I don’t think the lightning round warranted any further comments on any of the issues.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
MWS, I’m just not sure what you are looking for? Prior to this week she was criticized for not making herself available to answer policy questions. Now she has started to do just that and you criticize her on the depth of her answers to an interview that is based around human interest as opposed to policy. She has endless posts on FACEBOOK that displays a deep understanding of the issues and she has pretty much been on the right side of almost every argument facing this session of Congress and the last. What more do you want from the woman?
November 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
jersey,
Normally, I’d agree on the tax cut thing, if our debt wasn’t 80% of GDP and our deficit 50% of expenditures.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
jersey,
Well, maybe it’s because I’ve never been on her Facebook page, but I can’t recall Palin giving a really deep or insightful analysis to anything.
Honestly. I like her. I (mostly) agree with her. But most college Republicans would give answers like that.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
In any interview there is a time constraint. Sarah did fine with the time alloted. That is all you can expect from anybody being interviewed.
In the 21st c long-windedness does not sell very well.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Palin does platitudes too much. That was one of my big disappointments with her last year as the campaign went on. It weakened McCain, who is easily one of the most substantive Republicans out there.
Now, if she took the helm on a major issue or two, something the party has neglected, and made a good case with a focus on a workable solution, it would do her miles of good.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Perhaps Palin can have a talk radio show for the next few years. With all her fans she could probably do well.
I don’t know if that would be too time consuming for her.
Perhaps in 2014 she could run for Alaska Senator.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
10 – do you agree with letting the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010?
November 18th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
There’s a good conservative case to be made for letting them expire, as the deficit needs to be closed or it’ll import a whole host of issue. But it would probably be best to postpone that for one year to review in better economic circumstances. The negative impact it could have on the economy at a bad time like this shouldn’t be overlooked.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
she needs to slow down so people can understand. funny watching barbara struggle to keep up.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
jersey,
“do you agree with letting the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010?”
Yes. Is government too big? Yes. Should we be taxed less? Yes. Does it suck to raise taxes in the middle of a recession? Double yes.
But here’s the deal, the tax cuts are simply paid for by future taxes, since the government is simply borrowing the money. We pay for it with interest. And quite honestly, I think the deficit poses a greater risk to our economy- near term and long term- than letting taxes go back up to 2000 rates. Skyrocketing interest rates, inflation, and a crashing dollar would all be just like “tax increases,” in effect.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
And for those who doubt we are reaching some kind of critical mass with the debt, I ask:
Why did the Fed pledge to buy Treasuries this year, effectively printing money for the government to borrow?
November 18th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
This was almost as uncomfortable as the Couric and Gibson interviews. Just a hair better, but not much.
6. This thing was all cut up. Palin’s hair is the giveaway. It was one way, then another, and then back to the first way.
That’s about as much lip gloss as I’ve ever seen on any lips. Whew.
Palin just isn’t good off the cuff, and it doesn’t look like she’s ever going to be.
Back-asswards, that was painful.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Sarah Palin trashes ‘lamestream media’
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29693.html
Sarah Palin Tells Sean Hannity What Newspapers She Reads
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/sarah-palin-tells-sean-ha_n_362718.html
Palin floats possibility of joining forces with Fox News firebrand Beck
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iXcn9wDoKSzwq796UWd460DRKKlQ
Palin to Hannity: Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Should Have Been Profiled
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/11/18/palin-to-hannity-alleged-fort-hood-shooter-should-have-been-profiled.html
Famous for Being Famous: The Sarah Palin Show Is On the Air
I’m not sure what I have more contempt for. Sarah Palin’s pathological lying or the people who can say with a straight face that Sarah Palin is qualified for anything other than a reality show contestant or the the Edie McClurg role in a remake of Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
by Bob Cesca
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/famous-for-being-famous-t_b_362934.html
Levi Johnston: He’s hot, he’s cute, he’s playing hardball
by Meghan Daum
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum19-2009nov19,0,5280961.column
The Audacity of Dopes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-gurvitz/the-audacity-of-dopes_b_359454.html
“Going Rogue”: The 18 Biggest Falsehoods In Palin’s Book
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/going-rogue-the-18-bigges_n_359837.html
An Internal Struggle Over Palin at Fox News
http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/internal-struggle-over-palin-fox-news-10339
The age of Palintology
By Howard Kurtz
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111800835_pf.html
November 18th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Alaska is the gatekeeper for the continent? Is she expecting the next 20 million illegals to pour over the Bering Strait? Or maybe she thinks that the Chinese will conquer Siberia then come through Alaska to take Canada?
November 18th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Is There a Palin Doctrine?
If the former would-be veep’s memoir is any indication, the answer is no.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/18/is_there_a_palin_doctrine?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full
November 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I loved it at the end when she said that Obama had been guilty of “um, dithering and, ur, hesitation”. Classic!
November 18th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
“Sarah Palin has suggested Fox News firebrand Glenn Beck could be someone she’d consider as a running mate if she makes a bid for the White House in two years.”
Oh please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, tell me that was idle flattery……….
please.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
22 – read up on history. It will benefit your contributions to this site.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Bob is right in #12: The consideration of time is clearly significant. Also in the preparation. So either she didn’t figure she had enough time for a policy lecture (less likely, in my view) or she didn’t feel sufficiently prepared for policy specifics.
It would have to have been a combination of the two factors. And you certainly can’t get by with “You know, I’ll have to think about that” as an honest response in a political context. Even if it’s the most earnest answer. So there’s a good share of time filler in the responses.
What Aron and his surprisingly leftwing character witnesses — whom he would never consult when discussing Rudy Giuliani — completely miss is the fact that they are effectively lowering the bar for Palin at every turn. They constantly make her into a child-eating witch, and yety she regularly shows up without warts, lacking blood-stained teeth, and failing to ride a broom.
This makes her most ardent critics — who are tireless in spending great proportions of their productive hours belaboring the “we hate Palin” theme — look like the ones who are totally off-the-wall, mind-quakingly, insanely off their rockers.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Kris, just checking, do you actually agree that Alaska’s position makes the governor a key foreign policy player?
November 18th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Its quickly becoming apparent to me that one of Palin’s biggest problems is going to be her inability to move forward. She has now been out of the election for more than a year – and she has spent almost every minute of it either defending the indefensible, making enemies in the media and Republican organization, and engaging in very public spats with a 19 year old who is either a kid who got the short end of the stick in life, or a porn-posing-punk.
Her book and tour would have been a perfect opportunity to position herself as a new woman, learned from her mistakes and willing to move on.
she’s failed at all of it.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Kris, no crap. The Japanese invaded the Aleutians. Perhaps their least significant conquest in WWII. You’re as big of a joke as Palin.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
MWS I totally agree with you about the debt and not cutting taxes. The look of incredulity that Walters gave Palin when she started blathering about tax cuts was just priceless. I am sure Walters just couldn’t believe that Palin could be that dumb. McCain’s only idea for fixing the economy was tax cuts, and here Palin is saying the same asinine thing again.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
23. Didn’t Rush said this was one of the best books on policy he’s ever read?
November 18th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
“22 – read up on history. It will benefit your contributions to this site.” Well said Kristofer, it is amazing how little some people know about Alaska.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Beck in the Whitehouse? That is even more scary than another four years of Obama. Beck would make Nixon look like the Dalai Lama.
But then again, I am sure that there would never be any chance a ticket with Beck on it could get more than about 5% of the vote.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Oh please OJ, thou great fount of knowledge, please enlighten me on Alaska.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
“and here Palin is saying the same asinine thing again.” Yeah Conservatism is asinine, haha.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
This is turning into a a circus. I’m almost embarrassed for Palin, and actually starting to feel sorry for her. It’s like watching a slow-motion trainwreck.
It’s not doing the GOP/conservatism any good, either.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
She did a decent job on Hannity tonight. She is getting where she can handle the softballs better now I think.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I do not claim to be a fountain of knowledge, but it should not take rocket science to figure out the strategic importance of this great state. Some of us spend more time studying geography than listening to Ms. Fey on Saturday Night Live, that’s all.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I’d be interested in knowing why Alaska is so important to foreign policy. The fact she can’t move on from that statement is a worry for her supporters. She’d be smarter to do a Hillaryesque “misspoke” and refuse to answer more questions about it.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
OJ, if conservatism has fallen to the miserable depths of thoughtless platitudes and of the party of no, then heaven help us because the dems are more competent than such idealess conservatives.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
“It’s not doing the GOP/conservatism any good, either.” Huh? Any better ideas to promote Conservatism? Oh that’s right support card check and high taxes.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
OJ,
Conservatives should balance the budget first, then cut taxes, particularly when the size of our debt approaches the relative size of what it was in other countries (like Argentina) when they defaulted.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
NORAD: Sarah Palin has no role in guarding U.S. airspace despite claims in Katie Couric interview
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/09/30/2008-09-30_norad_sarah_palin_has_no_role_in_guardin.html#ixzz0XGpsBAIs
November 18th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Being the party of “No” certainly did not hurt the Dems in 2006 and 2008. Payback time is coming.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Yes, Aron, but if Russia actually invaded via Alaska then it would be Palin’s job as Commander in Chief of the Alaska National Guard to lead them to victory. She received daily briefings on that when she was Governor. That’s real foreign policy experience.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Sorry MWS, but I guess they are just going to have to cut spending. Raising taxes is counter-productive during a serious recession.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
OJ, I never watch SNL. I detest the show. Palin herself in the Walters interview that was linked referred to Alaska as the gateway to the continent.
We have 10-20 MILLION illegal aliens in the country that have come in from Mexico. The drug wars are spilling over into our border states. There are approximately one kidnapping per day in Phoenix. We nearly had a nuclear war over the USSR putting missiles in Cuba. Venezuela is posing the problem of being a likely staging ground for Russian imperialism in the Western Hemisphere. Alaska is the gateway to the continent? What a stupendously ridiculous statement. Might sell well in Alaska, but in the border states it should make her look like a complete idiot who knows nothing about the real threats that are not just facing our country but that are demonstrably and significantly damaging our country.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Oh, and here’s a sincere promise from avowed Palin-hater Megan McArdle:
Don’t guess Aron frequents the more level-headed sections of The Atlantic Anti-Palin Monthly much any more…
November 18th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
On Sean Hannity show Palin said that the Fort Hood shooter should have been profiled, but the killer was already under suspicion, there were signs that he was conversing with Islamic Fundamentalists among other things, they just didn’t follow up and investigate the guy. There was no profiling needed.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Dan,
I hope and pray that Republicans wake up and recognize that it’s not 1981, and that there are more pressing matters economically than tax cuts. I hope they find the courage to tell people that cutting taxes is not the magic elixir that cures all woes. I hope the party returns to its roots and recognizes that the conservative thing- the prudent thing- is to not buy more than we can afford. If this crisis has taught us anything, it should have taught us the peril of debt and the destructive power of leverage.
An economy and a society as leveraged as ours- which teeters on the brink of financial catastrophe- is not conserving itself. It is putting its own existence at risk with the hope that it can grab something more. Bear Stearns is a microcosm of our economy. They were leveraged 34-1, and posted their first quarterly loss in 84 years three months before they effectively went under.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
42 OJ, you are full of crap. I have never advocated card check or raising taxes. I have not voiced support for candidates who do.
I have voiced support for Pawlenty who is one of the very few republicans out there with real ideas that he has actually implemented.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
OJ,
“Sorry MWS, but I guess they are just going to have to cut spending”
Well, that would be nice. But we still have a problem.
1. 80% of our budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, defense, and interest on the national debt.
2. The government is only collecting enough taxes to cover about HALF of its expenditures.
So which of the above are you going to make deep cuts in? Of course, you can’t cut interest payments, so between defense, Soc. Sec., and Medicare, which ones get the ax?
November 18th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Rombots present in thread: Martha, DanL, WSU, JayPe, ConservativeRepublican.
Biggest disagreement amongst them: Who hates Palin the most and the most effectively.
Coincidence? You decide.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
NWS, you and I are on the exact same page with regards to the debt, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.
OJ, the debt has been created by both parties. It is a joint effort by the big government spenders and the tax cutters. It is just as irresponsible to be advocating tax cuts now as it is to advocate for more government. Both positions are immature, irresponsible, and immoral.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
OJ,
#53 already assumes that ALL non-defense discretionary spending is annihilated. That includes highways, parks, education, student loans, etc……
November 18th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
“Both positions are immature, irresponsible, and immoral.”
Absolutely. The debt is now not only an economic issue, but a moral imperative as well.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
#50*
Under no circumstance should Profiling ever be okay…..
November 18th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Just because Alaska does not have large numbers of illegal aliens and drugs to worry about, does not mean it is still a gateway. Does the following really sound like Alaska is just a sleepy insignificant place in the world?: Anchorage’s largest economic sectors include transportation, military, local and federal government, tourism, and resource extraction. Large portions of the local economy depend on Anchorage’s geographical location and surrounding natural resources. Anchorage’s economy traditionally has seen steady growth, while not quite as rapid as the rest of the country; it also does not experience as much pain during economic downturns. Widespread housing foreclosures seen around the country during 2007 and 2008 were generally nowhere near as severe.[citation needed]
The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is the world’s third busiest airport by cargo traffic, surpassed only by Memphis and Hong Kong. This traffic is strongly linked to Anchorage’s location along “great circle” routes between Asia and the lower 48 states. In addition, the airport has an abundant supply of jet fuel which is refined at refineries in North Pole, Alaska, or Kenai, Alaska. This jet fuel is transported to the Port of Anchorage either by rail or by pipeline to the airport. Either through direct or indirect employment the airport employs around ten percent of the city’s workforce.[citation needed]
The Port of Anchorage receives 95% of all goods entering the state. Ships from Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) and Horizon Lines arrive twice weekly from the Port of Tacoma in Washington. Along with handling these activities the port is a storage facility for jet fuel for Elmendorf Air Force Base as well as the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. In 2004 the Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Project was initiated which, when completed in 2014, will approximately double the size of the port, stimulating the local construction economy as well as providing a more efficient means of moving freight for future economic activities.[citation needed]
The United States Military has two main bases, Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson as well as the Kulis Air National Guard Base in Anchorage. These three bases employ approximately 8500 people and military personnel and their families comprise ten percent of the local population. During the Cold War, Elmendorf became an increasingly important base due to its proximity to the Soviet Union. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, Task Force 1–501 housed at Fort Richardson was upgraded into an airborne brigade to become the primary strategic response force in the Pacific Theater.[citation needed]
November 18th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
“42 OJ, you are full of crap. I have never advocated card check or raising taxes. I have not voiced support for candidates who do.” I did not say that you personally supported these things. I was being sarcastic because I fail to see what is so un-conservative about low taxes.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Cuts to government spending along with reforming the regulatory system are most important now.
The tax burden also has to be lowered, though, unless you’re okay with slow growth and high unemployment.
Barack the O-Mighty is far more wrong by orders of magnitude compared to Palin.
And if you want faster growth, tax cuts are the way to go. The higher the taxes, the greater the dead-weight loss, no matter how much government redistribution is given the “public investment” misnomer.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
OJ,
Borrowing money from our children and risking financial ruin to cut taxes is not conservative.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I just got done watching the Hannity interview. I thought Palin did a good job. She must have been working with a speech coach as her cadence was much easier to understand than in previous interviews from last year.
Palin’s goal was not to come out as a policy wonk. Her goal was to clear up the falsehoods from the campaign and to reintroduce herself to the public.
Will she win over some of the independents and democrats who did not like her in 2008? Will she be able to bring the republicans together and be a leader? Only time will tell.
I think her interview with O’Reilly will be more hardhitting and more focused on economic policy and national security issues. It won’t be as friendly as Hannity, but it will still be a positive interviewing environment.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Mark,
“unless you’re okay with slow growth and high unemployment.”
Too late. I think we’re stuck with that regardless for quite a while. The question is if we will become insolvent and our economy collapse under skyrocketing interest rates, explosive inflation, and/or a government default.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
“1. 80% of our budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, defense, and interest on the national debt.” Mr. Bush tried to deal with Social Security, but Mr. Reid blocked it. So while the Republicans are not totally clean, the idea of both parties are to blame equally is non-sense. But to the point at hand, yes Social Security needs to be cut, it is a freaking bail-out pyramid scheme.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
59 OJ, I highly doubt that the Ted Stevens airport is the third busiest worldwide for cargo traffic. It’s telling that you didn’t include citations for those stats. Regardless, the amount of shipping that goes through Alaska would be dwarfed by many states on the East and West coasts via ships, or the border states via trucking.
As to the military personnel, whoopty do. I am sure that there are quite a few states that are home to more military personel than Alaska. Also, please see Aron’s post at #44. Palin would have had next to nothing to say about military operations in Alaska.
But overall, nice deflection in 59. Way to not address the actual threats that the US is facing from foreign powers in this hemisphere.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Sarah did awesome in the hannity interview. Romney does not stand a chance after watching that interview.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
“And if you want faster growth, tax cuts are the way to go. The higher the taxes, the greater the dead-weight loss, no matter how much government redistribution is given the “public investment” misnomer.” BINGO!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Good night OJ, and may you have sweet dreams of your Alaskan Utopia.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
MarkG #5
Watch out when people are branded as being hateful when they dare to question or criticize politicians…
November 18th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
OK, take it up with wikipedia, they are not always right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska
“please see Aron’s post at #44. Palin would have had next to nothing to say about military operations in Alaska.” Aron’s post is a joke, perhaps he might suggest somebody who does have more FP experience instead of just being the person of “no” as in no Palin.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
“Good night OJ, and may you have sweet dreams of your Alaskan Utopia.” Thank you, it is a little too cold up there for me (even with global warming,) but at least it is better run than most states.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
MarkG, I said something good about her…guess I won’t bother next time.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Mark,
“And if you want faster growth, tax cuts are the way to go.”
Under most scenarios, I think that’s true. But in this case, I think the costs of the deficits make tax cuts more costly than the benefits- in interest, threat of inflation and rising interest rates, and the possibility of eventual default. Goodness the Fed is having to create money for the government to borrow because we can’t find the lenders!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Palin is clearly the frountrunner right now.
1.Palin
2.Huck
3.Romney
4. who cares
November 18th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
AKReport,
The report from the lower 48 suggests otherwise.
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/08/huckabee-continues-to-come-closest-for.html
November 18th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
AKReport, I think I agree with your statement. You are talking about frontrunner of book tours right? Palin definitely tops for booktour crowds. Huckabee second. Romney we don’t know yet because his book isn’t due out until spring.
Honestly, no one is the front runner right now. But they are each making their plans, setting their stage, and expanding their base.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
“MarkG, I said something good about her…guess I won’t bother next time.” Yes you did and if I remember correctly, you also said something good about Tea Parties this afternoon, to your credit. However, it take more convincing to show that a new leaf is turned. Perhaps you understand now why I am finished saying good things about Mr. Romney.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Ohio Joe, I had noticed before that you seemed like you were on the Romney bandwagon. What happened that made you decide that you were finished saying nice things about him?
November 18th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Sarah Palin and the conservative descent
by Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped1119chapmannov19,0,4222240.column
November 18th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
“Ohio Joe, I had noticed before that you seemed like you were on the Romney bandwagon. What happened that made you decide that you were finished saying nice things about him?” He may have been my second choice for a brief time, but I was never on his bandwagon. NY-23 was the last straw because it was an insult to the people. One would think that a guy who screwed the people by promoting TARP would try to make up for it, but he blew that chance.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
OJ,
You seem to have created your own reality about Romney to justify your support for Palin. You’re always coming up with wild assertions and not so subtle insinuations about Romney supporters. It’s all just so much BS.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I can imagine that Aron is quite enjoying himself these past 2-3 days.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
49. MarkG,
Maybe Palin should not have posed for those stupid Runner’s World pics in the first place. I just find it really hilarious that she’s now calling sexist to publish them. They were sexist from the start.
The MSM is going to do what it’s going to do.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
there is no way palin gets less then 35% of the iowa vote
Iowa projection
Palin: 35-38%
Huck: 30-32%
Romney: 22-25%
New hampshire projection
Romney 41-45%
Palin 29-34%
Huck 10-16%
Bank on it.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:08 am
66 – this old thing again. nobody ever said she had control over the military but it is proven that she had a very high security clearance due to the strategic location. we went through all of this months ago.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:57 am
ON THE UNITED STATES’ RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA
“Well, we have to start cleaning up our own house here in America and not so much — well, it’s going to be twofold — but we can’t just look at China and blame them for some kind of trade imbalance. It’s also our fault, because we had spent so much money.”
WTF????? This is the worst answer of the bunch. It is totally incoherent. It is true infamous Palinspeakue. Firstly, what in heck is she talking about? — Debt? — trade restrictions? — Pollution? And how in the world does that respond to her thoughts “On the United States’ Relationship with China?”
I understand that she laughed that she was going to be around all the time and probably giving lots of material to Tina Fey? Yeah, well — how did that turn out for her the last time?? I suggest her response on U.S.-Chinese Relations is the perfect place to start.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:05 am
87 – why dont you post the rest of the answer and post the entire question?
Palin basically said (in response to Hannity asking about Obama begging China to buy our bonds) that we needs to reduce our debt before we target China.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Sean Hannity interviews Sarah Palin
‘Dangerous Path’: Sarah Palin says decisions President Obama is making are not right for America
http://video.foxnews.com/11729698/dangerous-path
Palin’s trek takes her to the friendly land of Fox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111803806_pf.html
November 19th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Emotion Opinion vs. Fact Opinion…
Much of what has been said about Sarah Palin on radio, tv and online recently is mostly ‘emotion opinion’ that lacks depth, while the ‘fact opinion’ that is adduced is easily verifiable, such as corruption by come Alaska commission members.
Emotion opinion…
The way Sarah Palin talks is irritating (heard or radio from a well-known conservative talk show personality… no, not said by Rush or Sean or Laura or Mark).
Emotion opinion…
I like the way Palin talks, and her facial expressions, winks and hand gesticulations are endearing and memorable.
Emotion opinion…
Palin is not substantive when she speaks about any policy issues.
Emotion opinion…
Palin is definitely substantive when she speaks about all policy issues, from ‘drill here, drill now’ for oil and gas and energy independence [from future oil jihadists... my editorial opinion, not Palin's], and the reality of ‘death panel’ decisions by bureaucrats.
Fact opinion…
Sarah Palin speaks eloquently without ums and uhs (except for effect).
Emotion opinion…
The fact that Palin quit before her Governorship term ended is proof that she is a quitter.
Fact opinion…
Palin negotiated a multi-billion dollar energy deal in 2 years that has been hailed as substantive… before she quit… to protect Alaska’s interests and to protect her personal and family interests.
Emotion opinion…
Palin does not have the gravitas to be POTUS and handle herself in the big leagues.
Emotion opinion…
As Mayor, Commissioner, Governor, Palin had more ‘big league’ gravitas experience than Obama had as Senator or even has now 10 months as POTUS.
Emotion opinion…
Romney’s ‘big league’ experience is ‘more substantive’ than Huckabee’s or Jindal’s or Palin’s.
Emotion opinion…
I LIKE Mitt Romney.
I LIKE Mike Huckabee.
I LIKE Tim Pawlenty.
I LIKE Bobby Jindal.
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LIKE Sarah Palin.
Fact opinion…
Sarah Palin is the only LADY that has the GENTLEMEN scrambling for positions. (Why is that?)
Emotion opinion…
Sarah Palin has revealed herself as having a ‘Servant’s Heart’ that appeals to us “common folk”.
Emotion opinion…
Sarah Palin’s Influence In Perspective…
When she speaks, people listen
When she doesn’t speak, people wait for her to do so
No other political leader has this power
Emotion opinion based on Fact opinion…
No other political leader has this power…
Not Romney or Huckabee or Jindall or Pawlenty or whoever.
Emotion opinion…
I LIKE Sarah Palin.
I’m sure you get the picture…
What is your Emotion opinion?
What is your Fact opinion?
November 19th, 2009 at 1:24 am
“87 – why dont you post the rest of the answer and post the entire question?
Palin basically said (in response to Hannity asking about Obama begging China to buy our bonds) that we needs to reduce our debt before we target China.”
I thought I had posted the whole answer based on what was printed.
Honestly, though, taking it from your perspective, responding to Obama begging China to buy our bonds — and she says: Well, we have to start cleaning up our own house here in America and not so much — well it’s going to be twofold — but we can’t just look at China and blame them for some kind of trade imbalance. It’s also our fault, because we had spent so much money.”
Okay, so now that’s the real question == what the heck??? “Obama is begging China to buy our bonds — please respond” and the response is: we have to start cleaning up our own house??? It’s our fault??? We spent so much money??? These may all be satisfactory answers to certain specific questions but they most certainly do not answer the question about Obama begging China to buy our bonds. Come on??? I try always to be fair, but this answer is symptomatic of when she doesn’t know what to say — she gets nervous — and starts talkings in disconnects.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Fact Opinion: Palin abruptly left the office as Governor of the State of Alaska in her first term after 2.5 years.
Emotion Opinion: Her disconnected response to why she left the office leaves too many of us with dizziness
Fact Opinion: Palin presents herself for less government
Emotion Option: Until the funds dried up, most Alaskan citizens were receiving extremely healthy subsidies from the Alaskan State Government under her term
Fact Opinion: Palin did pose in running costume some would consider somewhat racy but for a running magazine
Emotion Opinion: Palin does not object to the publication of the picture, only to its placement in Newsweek
Fact Opinion: Palin constantly decries that her childeren are always in the limelight and played out by the media
Emotion Opinion: She keeps dragging her children everywhere that she would expect the media to be: to Opra’s taping (specifically pointing them out so that cameras rested on them multiple times; she brings her son Trig to the book signing; and she interrupts Bristol’s piece with Greata “On the Record”
Emotion Opinion: Palin is not a very good interviewee.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:46 am
80. “No one could be more pleased with her than she is with herself. Reading the book is like watching Palin preen in front of a mirror for hours as she tirelessly compliments herself for courage, gumption, devotion to family and maverick independence.”
That is the heart of the book right there.
November 19th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Dems hope Palin disrupts GOP’s game plan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/18/MNER1AMKDS.DTL&type=printable
November 19th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Clarity…
92…
Emotion words such as “disconnected” response and “dragging” her children contain more heat than light.
It’s a good start though for sorting out pet peeve opinion from substantive fact opinion.
Fact opinion that leads to satisfying substantive emotion opinion is what needs clarity.
Less heat and more light… I think this is what Palin supporters are trying to convey.
An emotion opinion that is based on a substantive fact is the best way to move the conversation forward… and win America back in 2010 and 2012 from the Obama agenda of “… fundamentally changing the United States of America.”
Barack Obama’s statement 5 days before his inauguration -
‘… we are 5 days away away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America’
( 8 seconds on YouTuge – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJJP9AYgqU )
Emotion opinion based on Fact opinion…
Palin’s success as Mayor, Commissioner and Governor is historical proof that Palin has the gravitas necessary and knows, she KNOWS by experience, how to deal with bureaucrats, corruption and unconstitutional conduct by elected officials who proceeded her in office.
If there is an emotion opinion response to these fact opinions re: Palin’s past experience, it will move the conversation forward if the emotion opinion is first based on fact opinion.
November 19th, 2009 at 5:16 am
“She asked about what I read, and I read,” Palin told Hannity in an interview to air Wednesday night on Fox News. “I read Newsmax and the Frontiersman and Wall Street Journal and everything online. I absorb the news via many, many sources.”
My followup question would have been to tell me a couple things she gleaned from each of those publications today…since she absorbs it so well and all….should be easy.
November 19th, 2009 at 5:19 am
“I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be in a position to really even seriously consider running for anything in the future, and I’m not there yet,” Palin told the conservative news agency Newsmax as she promoted her memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life.”
“But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He’s a hoot. He gets his message across in such a clever way. And he’s so bold – I have to respect that. He calls it like he sees it, and he’s very, very, very effective.”
OH MY GOODNESS!! That should help her campaign big time! lol…can’t believe this lady.
November 19th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I honestly think this week is turning into a disaster for SP.
I knew she never had a chance but I think we will look back at this week as the week where 99% of the country realised she has no chance of ever being President.
I mean compare her interviews to President Obama’s Garret interview. Ok we didn’t like what he had to say but at least he was thoughful and coherent! Can anyone imagine Sarah Palin in the oval office sending our children to war, or being told that LA had been the subject of a nuclear attack? NO!
November 19th, 2009 at 5:39 am
The people I really hate (sorry) on here are Kris and OJ as they actually used to be sane about Romney before they got besotted by sexy Sarah.
November 19th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Yeah, it is disappointing….seems once they go Palin, they loose their abiity to think rationally….it’s all about….who knows.
I will say after the Hannity interview that I do think she would have a decent chance of winning our local small town PTA presidency if she ran. She is getting better as long as they are soft balls.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:33 am
“The people I really hate (sorry) on here are Kris and OJ” While most people do not like to be hated;, in this case I take it as a compliment!
November 19th, 2009 at 9:44 am
101 – what they do not seem to understand is this – they feel they can say anything they want, no matter how divisive or offensive, about any other candidate and/or supporter of that candidate and expect it to be okay. If somebody says anything, remotely, bad about, or even questions, Romney then they are Public Enemy #1.
There’s an old saying that says – if you lie with dogs you get fleas. Is Romney the dog or the flea in this scenario? I’m not sure yet but his supporters are definitely not doing him any favors. IMO.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:49 am
85 – I think she may be able to take NH as well…not by a large margin.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Interesting point Jersey, as much as I have soured on Romneyism, I believe that Mr. Romney himself is a decent guy. I have not figured out why he attracts some of the characters he does because in real life, I have actually met some very decent Romneyites.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:52 am
104 – don’t worry Ohio…Romneyism is an ever evolving philosophy.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:53 am
jersey maybe you should be checking yourself for fleas. Yes I know that I am very inflammatory at times and I know that you and others don’t like me. Martha has many enemies. MWS can also be quite offensive, as can Alex Knepper. But, hands down, the most offensive and hateful people on Race, now that Flip and Knickers are gone, are Dotan, Kristofer “Race Pimp” Lorelli, and OJ.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:11 am
DanL – first off, I don’t know you, so I reserve my hatred for people I know. I don’t think you guys understand the ramifications of the jokes that are made at Palin’s and her supporters expense. Little comments get made daily and hourly about the stupidity and lunacy of Palin and her supporters…I’m sure some are meant in jest but if you beat a dog long enough…it’ll eventually bite you and I think that is what you are experiencing.
I was actually excited about this week and I thought there could be honest, interesting discussions about Palin but all we get is intellectual dishonesty and name calling. It’s just frustrating and it’s getting pointless to spend my time here.
I’m a Republican in New Jersey…I cannot have a political discussion with friends without them looking at me, or thinking, like I am some kind of stupid Conservative…why would I want to come onto, a supposed Republican friendly site and be looked at the same way? Why should I waste my time and give ad click revenue to a site where I get ridiculed for believing in a candidate? It’s stupid…that’s my fault.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:15 am
106 – DanL says – “jersey maybe you should be checking yourself for fleas.”
DanL maybe you should fleas yourself for checking…you…fleas.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am
jersey, keep fighting the good fight in New Jersey. I have respect for you for that. I have felt the same way you do when I was in law school.
Yes there has been name calling, as usual this week. But there has also been a great deal of honest criticism of Palin. I’m sure that it must drive you nuts that Aron links all those negative articles, but have you bothered to read them? Yes there are snarky articles, like the stuff from KOS, but there are also well thought out and honest articles, like one from Daniel Larison, and another from the Wall Street Journal.
Why do so many of us spend so much time attacking Palin. Because so many of you will never acknowledge any of the many and varied and vast flaws that she has. She can do nothing wrong. She has no fault for anything. It is all those evil people attacking her who are at fault for her failings.
I have acknowledged failings of Romney and Pawlenty, why can’t your camp ever acknowledge Palin’s failings? I would suggest that it is because if you start to, then the dam bursts because she has so very many failings.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Heath,
I was a McCain supporter for 8 years….I was never a Romney supporter.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:39 am
109 – Dan, I have said time and time again she has major obstacles to overcome just to get nominated, I cannot even imagine the height of the hurdles she would have to jump to become President elect. I just wrote this long explanation as to why we might be seeing Palin in a different light. As I was rereading what I wrote, for typos, I could hear your reply and I thought to myself…it’s not worth it. We just have to agree to disagree. I will try my hardest to be civil to as many people on this board and their chosen candidate and I can only ask that I get the same respect in return.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Given the aggression coming from the inhabitants of Planet Romney, I guess they either fear or loath Palin.
I’m not too concerned about her as she’s more likely to be a radio talk show host than a 2012 candidate.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
111. Jersey, you are pretty much the only regular alin supporter who admits she has flaws, and yes, you have always done so. I’ve said lots of things about Palin, but the only thing I usually say about her supporters is that they will love her no matter what she does. I think that it’s true.
106. Dan, I have many enemies?
November 19th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
113 – I guess it really depends on what she does. I am a fan of her persona, I am a fan of her speeches, ie. vp announcement and the convention. I can live with her colloquilosims(sp) I am really a fan of her record in Alaska, I know you aren’t as impressed…this is where we have to agree to disagree. I am tired of getting into arguments over candidates. I think she’s doing a great job this week at reintroducing herself to the nation She has plenty of time to go in depth about policy. Like she does on her FACEBOOK page. Right now it’s about fixing her image to average Americans. Will it work…I hope so. BUT the damage may already be done. I always say it’s about perception and people’s perception can be really hard to change. If you ask me…so far so good.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
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