Sarah Palin Was as Bad as We Thought
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Bonnie The Bigot
Bonnie, your bigotry is only matched by your misguided belief that you actually have an opinion that matters. I could provide the usual hate twitters that you gleefully evoke from the right-wing kooks, however, as you know it's a waste of time to think that a biased liberal, such as yourself, holds any compassion, let alone any possibility of serious contemplation to any conservative doctrine. You and the rest of your PBS ilk (and supporters of serfdom) are truly the current hate-filled promoters of the soft-tyranny that's overtaking the USA. Someday soon, when the governmenet has control of most every aspect of the freedoms we once enjoyed (plus control of all your money...Oops, I mean "the people's" money) you just may have regret for unwavering support of such tryanny as found in the current party of the Democrats.
New Leadership...
She was a good candidate for VP, but as a leader of the party, I'm not sure the mainstream media would allow her fairness in a run against the left-wing illuminati, as before.
Debt
I agree, we should stop the character assassination of Palin and McCain and start concentrating on how we're going to get out of this mess. Do you realize that the U.S. government owes $2.67 trillion dollars? That represents 20% of our GDP. We owe China, $541 billion— up from $61.5 billion in 2001 — a 9-fold increase. We owe Russia $74.4 billion — up from $10 billion in 2001— a 7-fold increase. We owe Japan, $585.9 billion; United Kingdom, $307.4 billion; OPEC nations, $179.8 billion; Caribbean banking centers, $147.7 billion.
It seems we need to go to a pay-as-you-go system which is a lot better than borrowing up to our eyeballs. Look what the Republican administration and the greedy Wall Streeters have saddled the next generation with. I think we need to be prepared to pay some taxes now and if we had payed some as we went along we wouldn't have this huge debt. Paying for what you get as you go like most Americans, would keep the budget balanced. I never have understood the wisdom or lack of it of borrowing instead of paying for it as you go. How about sending a bill to Iraq for them to pitch in and spend the $80 billion they have stashed. That would take care of about 8 months that we are spending $10 billion a month.
The debt ceiling has been moved upward three times during the Bush administration and it is now at $10 trillion.
Fine all those who got big CEO balloon deals and get the money back from them. Get the oil companies to invest some of their tremendous profits in alternative energy Wind Farms and Nuclear Plants and refineries. If everybody that ripped off the American tax payer was made to forfeit their big profits, we could start crawling out of the whole they have dumped us in.
The Bush administration has lied to the American people time and time again. When are you people going to understand that. Cheney has led us down the wrong path. I am so tired of hearing that he is a born again Christian — that would turn me off right there if that is the example. Quit drinking the kool-aid and think for yourself. I voted against every incumbent that was running. How about you? Throw all the bums out during the next election and in two more cycles, we could get rid of a bunch of the professional govt. people.
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'BLACK AND LOVE PALIN'
You will never get it Bonnie...........you are a bigot against palin the lovely woman you are sooo jealous of. JEALOUS...SERIOUSLY???? CRACKIN UP AGAIN!
You are an unattractive bitch who is so liberal and nuts. blacks who voted for obama voted for him becuase of his race............ that is racist!!! REALLY??? SERIOUSLY...IF YOU BELIEVE THAT...NEVER MIND...YOU ARE DEFINIITELY A STUDENT OF MS. PALLIN'S. RACIST AND HATEMONGERING. SHAME ON YOU!
Sarah is Bad
This political choice...was just that...a political choice. Gov. Palin should have gave the offer to run more critical thought. She allowed herself to be used...due to her own blind ambition. She did not have the breadth of knowledge nor the experience needed to become VP of this United States. I agree it is cowardly of the McCain staffers to do what they are doing...but I reiterate what others have said. She did this to herself and NEVER deserved to be seriously considered. Thank you Bonnie for calling it as you see it...Couric questions trickery...I AM CRACKING UP AT THAT ONE!!!
Sarah Palin and the Republicans
If the McCain advisors really want us to believe that Sarah Palin had such limited knowledge, and this fact was discovered shortly after she was named, shouldn't these advisors have taken the necessary steps (since their campaign motto was "Country First), to have found a way for Ms. Palin to step down as the VP candidate and find a more qualified candidate who was better for our country? Those steps truly would have been putting "country first"!!!
tired of Palin
I think that it's obvious who Palin is (and was) and that, unfortunately, now we get to hear the truth, ad nauseum. And women, really, don't kill the messenger who simply speaks the truth. Bonnie is not showing any great revelatory powers here--she merely speaks the obvious.
I would just like for Palin to go silently into the night. To think that we would have to deal with her in the future is, well, nauseating. I would be greatly surprised if she were somehow able to grow beyond her seemingly acceptance of her ignorance. And to those who want to see her to anything for the republican party in the future other than being quiet, I really question your grasp of reality. She was a disaster, not just to your party, but to women in general. For all who have fought for our place at the table, she was a sad misrepresentation of the "successful" woman and a setback to our ascent into the political arena.
Sarah's Smater Than Your Average Journalist
In reading over these comments I find it quite interesting that almost all negative comments on Sarah Palin have been written with angry, tasteless, ugly, disgusting sarcasm. Is this the best you can do? So far I've seen nothing of substance. And of course, no memory whatsoever of Obama's reference to our "57" states and Biden's notion that paying taxes is "patriotic." Funny how double standards work. That is, of course, to even assume that Palin is "dumb as a fence post" as several have claimed.
FYI, here are some factual quotes about Palin written by some of our more liberal journalists regarding her accomplishments and qualifications:
"With approval ratings consistently between 80 and 90 percent, Sarah Palin is... the nation's most popular governor."
Bill McAllister, KTUU-TV, Anchorage
Governor Palin "stands out in a state that has seen few fresh faces in politics. She is untainted by government and unburdened by political debt."
New York Times
"She's proceeding to shatter the traditional political mold."
USA Today
"Governor Plain is a tough executive who has deonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be President."
Huffington Post
"In her first year as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has plunged ahead with the fearlessness of a polar explorer."
Assoicated Press
In same article John P. Pitney, Jr. ploitical scientist said," What separates her from others is that at a time when Republicans have suffered from the taint of corruption, she represents clean politics."
So to all you hate-mongering liberals and journalists out there who have nothing better to than to spread your "elist" wealth, I can only assume that clean politics doesn't really interest you. Dirt does.
Don't believe everything you hear or read.
I certainly don't. Your choice to believe the anonymous gossip about Palin says far more about who you are than it says about Governor Palin.
OK, Palin supporters!
Do all the rest of us a favor: promote her, advocate for her, idolize her to your heart's content.
We would love nothing more than for you to put her forward as your candidate in 2012 and forever cement your place in the historical list of PAST, obsolete, forgotten, extinct political parties.
Your choice -- fear the future and try to live in the past!
