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12 New Stomach-Turning Revelations About Sarah Palin

By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. Posted October 10, 2008.


Palin has taken to smearing Obama. But it's her own record that continues to yield alarming information, undermining her skills and credibility.
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Sarah Palin has had a lot of ups and downs in her time in the national spotlight. When she was first nominated, the Alaska governor exceeded expectations by successfully reading from a teleprompter at the Republican National Convention. Then, she sat down with CBS's Katie Couric to disastrous results -- disastrous, hilarious or downright frightening, given your point of view. Any way you look at it, Palin's awful interview with Couric set the bar so low that her embarrassing performance at the vice presidential debate, where she refused to answer the questions and flirtatiously winked at the camera, was deemed a success by many commentators in the corporate media. At least she didn't vomit on stage, seemed to be the general consensus.

Since the debate, though, Sarah Palin has dropped to new lows. She has maliciously gone after Barack Obama, using hate speech, dog whistles and every inexcusable attack in the book.

But no matter how ridiculous or sensational Palin's attacks on Obama are, her venomous words cannot hide all the skeletons that keep pouring out of her unvetted closet. And these are the things that should give the American public cause for concern.

1. Palin's Fearmongering Attacks on Obama

Palin's attacks on Barack Obama over the past week have been sickening. She has questioned his patriotism and manufactured a bogus association to terrorism. Her hateful rhetoric goes far beyond dirty politics.

Palin is a "demagogue in a skirt," says Susie Hoeller of the Huffington Post.

"Webster's Dictionary defines a demagogue as 'a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace,'" Hoeller writes. "Governor Palin, in her stump speeches this week, fits this dictionary definition."

The McCain-Palin campaign has said that it does not condone the use of Obama's full name, but given that almost everyone who introduces either McCain or Palin at their official rallies is doing just that, many are wondering if it may be an order straight from the campaign.

Jeffrey Feldman goes even further, asking of Palin's recent hate speech, "Is Palin Trying to Incite Violence Against Obama?":

Palin's new rhetorical strategy signifies an alarming new development in the 2008 presidential election, and one that has been not only been documented by such high-profile newspapers as the Washington Post, but confirmed by the McCain campaign itself.
"It's a dangerous road, but we have no choice," a top McCain strategist recently admitted to the Daily News. "If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we're going to lose."
2. Palin Lied About Darfur

During the vice presidential debates, Palin claimed to have helped spearhead a measure protesting genocide in Darfur:
When I and others in the Legislature found out we had some millions of dollars in Sudan ... we called for divestment through legislation of those dollars to make sure we weren't doing anything that would be seen as condoning the activities there in Darfur.
That's a noble stand to take. Too bad Palin wasn't the one who took it. Palin's administration publicly opposed the bipartisan effort to divest Alaskan holdings from Sudan. According to the Washington Post:
During a committee hearing in February, a Palin administration representative, deputy revenue commissioner Brian Andrews, testified against the legislation on the grounds that it would do nothing to help "the afflicted in Sudan," and would add to the fund's administrative costs.
Palin officially changed her position in April. But by that time, the bill had died in committee.

3. Sarah Palin Hearts Dick Cheney

During one of her sit-downs with Katie Couric, Palin was asked to name the best and worst things that she thinks Dick Cheney has done as vice president:
Worst thing I guess that would have been the duck-hunting accident -- where you know, that was an accident. And I think that was made into a caricature of him. And that was kind of unfortunate.
Kind of unfortunate? He blew a friend's face off. But that is not the worst thing that Dick Cheney has done while in office, which is saying something. When shooting your friend in the face is low on your list of the worst things you've done, you know you're in trouble.

What does Palin think is the best thing Cheney has done?
He's shown support, along with George W. Bush, of our troops.
Are you kidding me? The man helped concoct and sell a massive lie to the American people, which ended up placing thousands of U.S. soldiers in harm's way in an illegal war in Iraq. How does that constitute "support"?

But based on Palin's remarks in the recent vice presidential debate, it seems her real love for Cheney is based on the power he's given the position she's running for. Asked if she believes the "executive branch does not hold complete sway over the office of the vice presidency" and if it should also be a member of the Legislative branch, Palin replied: "Yeah, so I do agree with him that we have a lot of flexibility in there, and we'll do what we have to do to administer very appropriately the plans that are needed for this nation."

Joe Biden responded to the same question: "Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history."

The fact that Palin doesn't realize that, and worse, actually applauds the man, is downright scary.

4. Sarah Is a Totally Down-to-Earth American (Who's Got More Than a Million Bucks)

In these times of financial crisis, many politicians are scrambling to seem like one of the people, folks who understand the hardships of economic struggle. Sarah Palin is no different, except maybe that she isn't having that hard a time of it. With her roughneck, sea-fishing, moose-hunting Alaskan image, many people don't find it hard to think of Palin as working-class. And she's milking that image for all it's worth by calling herself an "everyday, working-class American."

Too bad that's total B.S. The governor of Alaska gets paid $125,000 annually (a paycheck that isn't exactly working-class), and according to the AP, she and her husband's combined 2007 income and estimated property and investment values are worth at least $1.2 million:
The Palins' assets seem enviable: a half-million-dollar home on a lake with a floatplane at the dock, two vacation retreats, commercial fishing rights worth an estimated $50,000 or more and an income last year of at least $230,000. That compares to a median income of $64,333 for Alaskans and $50,740 for Americans in 2007, according to the Census Bureau.
Show me a millionaire who claims to be working-class and I'll show you a liar. Show me a self-described "working-class" person with a plane, and I'll show you somebody with burning pants.

5. Palin Doesn't Like to Pay Taxes

Republicans love to whip up the GOP faithful by railing against taxes. At last week's vice presidential debate, Palin attacked Biden because earlier he had dared to suggest that in a time of national crisis, the very least we could do for our country is pay our damn taxes.
You said recently that higher taxes or asking for higher taxes or paying higher taxes is patriotic. ... In the middle class of America, which is where Todd and I have been all of our lives, that's not patriotic.
Touche.

Here's one case of Republicans practicing what they preach: The Palins' tax records, released last week, reveal that the first family used a variety of creative loopholes to get out of paying much of their taxes. According to the New York Times:
One big issue that tax attorneys are pointing to is the fact that the Palins did not report as income the $43,490 that the state gave the family to cover travel expenses for Mr. Palin and the Palin children. Had the Palins reported these payments as income, the couple would have had to pay taxes on it.
The Palins also deducted expenses incurred from Todd's snowmobiling, claiming it as a business:
The Palins deducted $9,000 in business losses from snowmobiling. This tax loss would not be allowed if the activity is a hobby. The IRS rule is that if an activity produces a profit in three of the past five years, is a businesses and not a hobby. But the Palins released tax returns for only two years, so it is impossible to tell. One year showed a $9,000 loss, the other year a slight profit.
6. First Dude Had Extraordinary Power in Palin's Administration

Last time we checked, "First Dude of Alaska" was not an official government post. But you wouldn't know it from recent revelations that Todd Palin had an extraordinary amount of access and pull with top Alaskan officials. What did the first dude do with his (unconstitutional) power? He campaigned to get his former brother-in-law, state trooper Mike Wooten, fired.

As the Times Online UK reports:
Sarah Palin's husband campaigned for years to help get his former brother-in-law kicked off the state police force, newly released affidavits show.
The documents were released as part of the so-called Troopergate Scandal, in which it is alleged the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her position as governor of Alaska to settle a long-standing family feud.
Walter Monegan, Alaska's public safety commissioner, says he was dismissed by Mrs. Palin, after refusing to fire Mike Wooten, a trooper involved in a bitter divorce and child custody battle with her sister.
No doubt, the intent here is to divest Sarah Palin of responsibility by having her claim ignorance and pinning the blame on someone else. Reagan would be proud.

7. "Wink! Wink! I'm Not Answering Your Questions!"

When Palin managed to make it through most of the vice presidential debate without looking like a scared deer, conservatives rejoiced. Many commentators even praised Palin for her ability to connect with voters through her folksy gestures and language. It's unclear whether Palin's winks and dropped "g"s resonated with voters. But as Michelle Goldberg at the Guardian points out, any other candidate would have been eviscerated in the media for acting the way Palin did:
Had a male candidate with a similar reputation for attractive vapidity made such a brazen attempt to flirt his way into the good graces of the voting public, it would have been universally noted, discussed and mocked.
One also wonders what conservatives would have said had Hillary Clinton brazenly tried to get out of answering debate questions by flirting.

8. "Look! I Can See Russia!"

In her first interview on the national stage, Palin claimed, with a straight face, that she was qualified to make complex foreign policy decisions because she could "see Russia from Alaska."

Lots of people in the McCain campaign, also with straight faces, echoed Palin's claim that Alaska's proximity to Russia gave her an adequate understanding of international affairs.

Here's a fun coda to one of the McCain campaign's most embarrassing ploys to whitewash Palin's inexperience: It turns out that Palin has never actually seen Russia from Alaska. The only place in Alaska from which Russia is visible is an island called Little Diomede -- an economically depressed town with a 40 percent poverty rate that Palin has never, ever visited.

Unlike Palin, CNN's Gary Tuchman went to the island, where he interviewed townspeople who had barely heard of the Alaska governor. Here's the video:



As Jed Lewison at the Huffington Post writes, it's going to be "fun watching Tina Fey parody it."

9. Palin's Foreign Policy Experience: About 20 Meetings for About 12 Hours

Speaking of Russia and foreign policy cred, Sarah "I want to be one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency" Palin insists that there are other things, aside from Russia's proximity, that give her experience in the field. There have been trade missions with Russia and many other interactions with foreign governments, thanks to Alaska's shared border with Canada. While speaking with Katie Couric, she said, "We have trade missions back and forth. We -- we do -- it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia."

David Corn over at Mother Jones used, well, facts straight out of Palin's own governor's schedule to paint a different picture:
... the calendars tracking Palin's official meetings during her tenure as governor contain not one listing indicating she ever met with a Russian official. In fact, the 562 pages of her daily schedules -- obtained by Mother Jones under Alaska's Open Records Act -- indicate that Palin had few meetings at all with any foreign representatives and rarely dealt with any topic related to foreign policy. The schedules include about 20 meetings, events, or phone calls in which Palin interacted with foreign officials. And in many instances, these interactions were cursory or ceremonial and did not involve policy details.
According to the schedules released, Palin spent roughly 12 hours over the course of 19 months on these meetings. (This doesn't count what happened during a four-day trip she took to Kuwait to visit members of the Alaska National Guard. The schedules for those days do not detail whom she met.) The calendars show no meetings between her and a trade delegation from any nation.
Maybe Palin has a different definition of the word "experience" than the rest of us. Here is the full list from Palin's schedule.

10. Palin Used Oil Industry-Funded Scientists for a Global Warming Study Against Polar Bears

As everyone now knows, Sarah Palin is not exactly on board with the rest of the world when it comes to the basic science behind global warming. Well, now we know why: She's getting her numbers from a rather shady source.

The Guardian recently published a story about how the Alaskan governor came to the conclusion that global warming did not pose a threat to polar bears. Apparently, she relied heavily on global warming deniers funded by Exxon Mobil and other oil insiders for a study by the Alaskan state government.

As the article says:
Her own Alaskan review of the science drew on a joint paper by seven authors, four of whom were well-known climate change contrarians. Her paper argued that it was "certainly premature, if not impossible" to link temperature rise in Alaska with human CO2 emissions.
I guess she must have missed the world's leading scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change coming to a consensus on that one already.

Why is this a big deal? From the Guardian again:
The status of the polar bear has become a battleground in the debate on global warming. In May the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected Palin's objections and listed the bear as a threatened species, saying that two-thirds of the world's polar bears were likely to be extinct by 2050 due to the rapid melting of the sea ice. Palin, governor of Alaska and the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, responded last month by suing the federal government to try to overturn the ruling. The case will be heard in January.
What's at stake, of course, is money. Oil money, that is.
In its lawsuit, Alaska said it opposed the endangered label partly because the listing would "deter activities such as ... oil and gas exploration and development." Oil companies recently bid $2.7bn (£1.5bn) for rights to explore the Chukchi Sea, an established polar bear habitat.
Hmmm, choosing what's good for big business, not for America or the environment. Wonder if the McCain-Palin campaign will put that in its next ad.

11. Palin Thinks Being Gay Is a Choice

In one of her many embarrassing interviews with Katie Couric, Palin made it clear that, though she doesn't judge, she thinks being gay is a choice:
I have, one of my absolute best friends for the last 30 years who happens to be gay. And I love her dearly. And she is not my "gay friend." She is one of my best friends who happens to have made a choice that isn't a choice that I have made. But I am not gonna judge people. And I love America where we are more tolerant than other countries are. And are more accepting of some of these choices that sometimes people want to believe reflects solely on an individual's values or not. Homosexuality, I am not gonna judge people.
Here's the video:



Sorry, Sarah, but just like your views on global warming, that nasty little thing called science isn't on your side. Amanda Terkel at Think Progress notes:
Homosexuality is not a choice, as all major mainstream medical and mental health professional organizations have concluded.
According to the American Psychological Association, "Most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation." Also, despite saying that she won't "judge" gay people, she backed a state constitutional ban to deny spousal benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees.
And Palin's church views homosexuality as a choice, sponsoring a conference to, ahem, pray the gay away. Such conferences are widely opposed by major medical associations.

But good for you Sarah, for that one gay friend you've got that you totally don't judge.

12. The Rape Kit Story: Not Getting the Media Attention It Deserves

OK, we've reported on the rape kit story before, so it's not exactly a revelation, but the fact still stands that this is a terrible story that deserves more attention, especially given very recent developments. Eric Boehlert over at Media Matters has discredited the claim (used as an excuse by many media outlets not to report on the story) that Palin's rape kit story has been, well, discredited:
Writing for the Huffington Post's Off the Bus, and crossposting at Daily Kos, (Jacob Alperin-Sheriff, a 20-year-old blogger and junior at George Washington University) posted by far the most specific and factual analysis of the rape kit story in terms of Palin's role as mayor and the final say she had over the budget.
Combing through Wasilla's budgetary documents, which are posted online, Alperin-Sheriff showed that Palin had clearly signed off on a fiscal-year budget that reduced by three-quarters the amount of money the town set aside annually for rape-kit costs and that the rape-kit reduction was spelled out before the fiscal-year 2000 budget was approved by Mayor Sarah Palin on April 26, 1999.
And yet the corporate media says nothing. Of course, perhaps if Palin offered a little more access to the media, they'd be able to ask more questions about this disturbing fact. Until then, there are many in the independent media, like the filmmakers at the Wasilla Project, who are asking: If someone's home is burglarized, the tools of investigation are not paid for by the victim; why was rape considered different in Wasilla?



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Sarah Palin - Worse Than We Thought
Posted by: eskit on Oct 10, 2008 1:05 AM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
At first it looked like Palin was just a charming know-nothing from Way Up North. But she's turning into a downright little sadist right before our very eyes. And a lying little sadist at that.
For a response to Palin's tackiness, go to youtube.com and search for the equally tacky "palin music video eskit".

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» 2008 ELECTION FORUM Posted by: Brandon
There's Something About Sarah
Posted by: Tom Degan on Oct 10, 2008 1:40 AM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
When John McCain nominated Sarah Palin to be his running mate, I immediately started to do research on her. the one (and only) thing that struck my eye was the date of her birth: February 11, 1964. I distinctly remember that day! I was five years old at the time. That was the day my beloved, maternal grandmother, Loretta Doran Clements, passed away in South Bend, Indiana. Other than that little, poignant fact, there was nothing in the Palin resume` that registered on the old gravitas meter. Nary a blip.

Then, as soon as she opened her mouth, I jumped for joy. "THIS ELECTION IS OVER, BABY!" Such a total, empty suit was she, I thought the electorate would never place her "a seventy-two year old heart beat away from the Oval Office. Then I checked myself....

J. Danforth Quayle!

Twenty years ago, Poppy Bush nominated a man who had all the substance of a department store mannequin - and yet the GOP won that election!

The Democrats have every reason to be cautious. Given the American people's absolute genius for doing the wrong thing in the voting booth, anything can happen between now and Election Day - and probably will.

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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An Alaskan comments about McPalin
Posted by: susheela8 on Oct 10, 2008 2:08 AM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
I'm a 31-yr Fairbanksan who's been tortured living in this huge ignorant Red State the past 31 years. Didn't vote for her, but did like some of the cleaning house she'd attempted with the Corrupt Bastards Club, as they call themselves. She's becoming an embarrassment to Alaskans. Don't believe everything you read about in mainstream media, not all Alaskans like her. Those of us outside her tiny little town of Wasilla (7,000 pop), are finding a hell of alot more about her than we ever wanted too, and it's frightening. Course many are excited because they think it's puts Alaskan on the map, and they'll finally get to drill in ANWR. Remember Valdez? Drilling safe? What an oxymoron! Please, please, drilling in ANWR will not reduce our dependence on oil. It's all about unions and filling State coffers (I am not anti-union, been a member of two.). She'd be far safer back in AK than VP! She's definitely being groomed for Pres. In 2012, that's why most Repubs will vote for McPalin, not because of him, but her. And the moral, Christians, conservatives? What hypocrites. That's why I find so offensive about the Right, that I'm not moral or conservative fiscally or environmentally, or couldn't be Christian because I believe in life AND a women's right to choose? Like only Dems are the one's getting pregnant, having unprotected sex, (oops can't use birth control because god forbid you talk about sex at home), and having abortions? And forced marriage for your teenage daughter is the answer? It's embarrassing, and frightening seeing what McPalin is doing to incite hate-mongering towards Obama. Every American should be outraged. How is that any less than terroism, what she and McCain doing? Any credibility he had is completely gone. He's a desperate old man, using an ex-beauty queen to prop himself up. God help us, I hate to say it, but if Americans are STUPID enough to elect another Repub to the highest office in the world, at this critical juncture, we will be hit with far worse than 9/11. We are headed for a great Depression, unlike the previous. It is going to be difficult for those of us in "middle" America, and lower. There will come a revolt out of it. In the meantime, what the hell are we ALaskans going to do with Attila the Mom? She won't settle for Gov, now that she's had a taste of the limelight. Maybe she'll just slink back and go back to baking cookies and babies in Wasilla.

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» "Attila The Mom" - Perfect! Posted by: Tom Degan
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At least Americans get a choice!
Posted by: lizard010 on Oct 10, 2008 2:19 AM   
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That's right , Americans get a choice - you can vote for or vote aganist her.

As a Australian I could get stuck with a fucking rabbit one step away from the big button and I've got no say!

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Call me paranoid, but Palin makes me think about the original "Manchurian Candidate" movie
Posted by: NoMcCainPalin on Oct 10, 2008 2:53 AM   
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In my updated version of the 1962 thriller, John McCain plays Sergeant Shaw (Laurence Harvey), supposedly a Korean War hero. In reality. he is a Communist sleeper agent whose brain was not only "washed," as one character in the film says, but "dry-cleaned."

Sarah Palin plays Shaw's mother, Eleanor Iselin (Angela Lansbury) who is the driving force behind a subversive scheme to take the White House and install a secret Communist regime.

In my movie, Palin represents rightwing GOP extremists -- i.e. neocons. While the original "Manchurian Candidate" film involved an assassination plot and several killings, no overt violence would be necessary in the real-life version with President McCain's advanced age leading to an early demise, such as a "stress-induced" heart attack.

On second thought, the 2009 "Manchurian Candidate" with Palin becoming president should be called a horror flick, not a thriller.

One more thing for NEW AlterNet visitors. If you're an undecided voter, learn the truth about Scary Sarah and her Manchurian Candidate running mate (including and his so-called "heroic" war record) by clicking on: Vote Against McCain (one of the HOTTEST anti-McCain sites on the Web)

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Yuck.
Posted by: J_Mo on Oct 10, 2008 3:26 AM   
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I don't like one thing about this woman. I haven't since she came on the scene. She's scary, digusting, and goes against everything that is right and good. Electing these two would be a huge mistake.

I agree with the poster who said we'd be in for much worse than we've seen if "Laurel and Hardy" are elected!

I'll be so happy when this stupid election is over. :(

J-Mo

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Irony is fun
Posted by: bgroat on Oct 10, 2008 3:34 AM   
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Has anyone realized this:

The logic they use to paint Obama as a terrorist is this - working with someone with associations to terrorism makes you a terrorist. Therefore, they say, Obama lacks judgment, or is even a terrorist himself.

By that very same logic, the fact that McCain has worked with Obama for the past four years puts him in the same boat. In other words, they can't paint Obama as a terrorist using their logic without simultaneously painting McCain as one, as McCain, through working in the Senate with Obama, has done exactly the same thing they accuse Obama of doing.

I don't know, I just think that's amusing.

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The strength of the chosen one!
Posted by: Karl.Ben on Oct 10, 2008 3:45 AM   
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"the Alaska governor exceeded expectations by successfully reading from a teleprompter at the Republican National Convention" -

democrats and Obama supporters all over must be furious - reading from a teleprompter is supposed to be Obama's strength!

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Why are you people worried about Palin? She'll go back to AK once the election is over, PERIOD !
Posted by: maxpayne on Oct 10, 2008 4:00 AM   
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Mccain has to be the one to show that he is a dedicated candidate, not Palin. She's just a VP running mate although, sure, Mccain would likely give her the keys almost immediately after entering office just the way Sonia Gandi gave Mahoman Singh his seat in India despite her being elected. Still, if she were a man, she wouldn't be exposed this far. Now go back to bed because Obama will win and you all can keep dreaming "happy". CASE CLOSED !

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STOP THE PALIN EXPRESS-Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds.
Posted by: LOVELYT. on Oct 10, 2008 4:38 AM   
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PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified.
Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and is flooding the
voting with YES votes.



The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream
media. It can influence undecided voters in swing states.

Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds.



1) Click on link and vote yourself.



Here's the link:

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html



2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you
know, and urge

them to vote and pass it on. Note: Only one vote/computer
will be

counted.



The last thing we need i s PBS saying their viewers think
Sarah Palin

is qualified.

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Attempting to Dull the Impact of new 'revelations'
Posted by: Purple Girl on Oct 10, 2008 4:41 AM   
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Sarah has some Ideologies which are akin to some rather notorious Domestic Terrorists- McVey ( Hated US Govt Too), Charlie Manson (End Of Dayer, with Death Valley as the 'Refuge'), and of course the 'Pro Lifers' who thouhgt nothing of Bombing Planned Parenthood Clinics, assasinating MD and Blowing a Pipebomb Off in the middle of the Atlanta Olympics.Strike 3 Sarah , YOU ARE A BONAFIDE SOCIOPATH. Terrorist Doctrines spew out your mouth, and have been unearthed from your Recent History.
But Mac has taken a far more active Role in Undermining US- Financially (Keating to Gramm), Economically (High Oil Prices (Profits) causing Layoff's skyrocketing food prices...) and Internationally- '80's support of Bin Ladens "Afgahani Freedom Fighters" aka AQ! 'Leaking' Anthrax came from Iraq, 'Liberator' LIE, and continued demand to stay in Iraq even after we have 'Liberated them' and they are Telling US to Leave!So why are we hearing 'Traitor','Terrorist' at McCain/Palin Rallies- because they are Planted there so when the AX falls, Those Terms will have a lesser impact.
MCCAIN IS A TRAITOR, has a long histoy of association with Terrorist and those who have undermined this Country, With forethought and Malice-Bin Laden to Phil Gramm

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Bisexual
Posted by: bobconway on Oct 10, 2008 5:28 AM   
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Sister Sarah says, "And she is not my 'gay friend.' She is one of my best friends who happens to have made a choice that isn't a choice that I have made."

If it truly is a matter of choice for both Sarah and her friend, then both women must be bisexual.

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» RE: Bisexual Posted by: peacefullaim
» Bisexual friends Posted by: zipper696
» snicker! Posted by: WhuThe?!?
» RE: Bisexual Posted by: helenwheels
» Excellent point! Posted by: WhuThe?!?
Get it into the media
Posted by: Bob Horn on Oct 10, 2008 6:02 AM   
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I knew most all of this and many who already know who to vote for will find it familiar. We need to get CNN, AP, rock and even country radio stations,...etc to cover a lot of this too.

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Mooselini
Posted by: kroenung58 on Oct 10, 2008 6:04 AM   
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Somebody on a blog yesterday called her "Mooselini", which is about as perfect as it gets.

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» RE: Mooselini Posted by: helenwheels
» RE: Mooselini Posted by: ConnecttheDots
two Peas in a Pod
Posted by: RedFoxOne on Oct 10, 2008 6:16 AM   
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McBush and Failin are like two peas in a pod. Public and very well documented LIES. Seems it is just lie after lie yet there are still idiots out there who support them? I really dont get it.

Jiff
Is your ISP watching you?

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Yet, more reasons........
Posted by: Spiritgirl on Oct 10, 2008 6:22 AM   
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More reasons why the McShame/Failin ticket should not be rewarded for their efforts! These tactics of appealing thru peoples fears are straight out of the Lee Atwater/Karl Rove book, they are despicable and dangerous! Since they cannot run on the issues, they should both just sit down and shut up!!!

These are extremely desperate attempts by two very unqualified individuals to get into the Oval Office! Their theory of divide (the body politic) and conquer appeals to those sheeple that want to be led around, and hopefully they will lead themselves and their sheeple off a cliff!

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» RE: Yet, more reasons........ Posted by: ConnecttheDots
what a fox!
Posted by: Quasar on Oct 10, 2008 6:23 AM   
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Anyone notice how she looks more and more like a Fox anchor? That's it. This is just one long job interview.

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» what a faux! Posted by: zipper696
Republican soccer-mom
Posted by: zooeyhall on Oct 10, 2008 6:31 AM   
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Palin is the EXACT image of some of the Republican soccer moms where I live (Nebraska), particularly in the upscale parts of West Omaha. The cheery, chirpy manner and frozen plastic smile are the same. So is the constant robot-like conservative party-line talking points that any conversation with them deteriorates into. Their husbands are shallow but mean-spirited types who are corporate VP's or business owners around here. Women who have a horror of sex and haven't had an orgasm in 15 years. However, they certainly came close when Palin visited Omaha here a week ago. I was watching it on the local (adoring) news coverage and some of these bitches were almost orgasmic in response to Palin's speech. It was unbelievable--the way they (and their hubbys) acted you would have thought it was Jesus' second coming.

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» RE: epublican soccer-mom Posted by: VZEQICVA
» Republican saviour-mom Posted by: zipper696
» RE: epublican soccer-mom Posted by: counterpoint
The Age of Positivity and Community is coming!
Posted by: thinkverybig on Oct 10, 2008 6:35 AM   
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Your help is needed. If you're ready for change, please share this video with all of your family and friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM58nqX1ehE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN_pGy_1bEg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD0iAQN7VPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpfHz_WeXHw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH9BtZwTyHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVGsuNecYg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UssvnQMn-EM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdfvQmh3b90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Enn5yiY-0



Go to youtube and do a search for "thinkverybig" and watch all of those videos. The one called "We Must Change" would be fitting to recite at Obama's Inauguration.

Here's a community organizer that's reached out to over 20,000 youth and has a goal of touching a million by teaching them the game of life using the game of chess. Click below to watch video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLFENGymr34

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#13
Posted by: OceanDog on Oct 10, 2008 6:39 AM   
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Palin's a liar. She knows she lies but doesn't give a rat's a@@, or maybe she has begun to believe them all. Ya know, maybe that's just kinda the mavericky thing to do, sayin' stuff that makes no sense because ya know, these fact checker thingies are biased and what people are writin' are ya know really biased and also because...

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PUBLISH THE NAMES AND ORIGINS OF EVERYONE IN ...
Posted by: sallyride on Oct 10, 2008 7:01 AM   
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. . . the McCain Campaign, and in the bailout team including those making 'investments' with our $850,000,000,000.00! We need to investigate them, and watch them closely. Interestingly, some strange bed-fellows will rise, like yeast in warm water.

The next thing we know, the phones, and Internet will 'shut down' and China, Russia, or Iran will be 'suspect.'

If Palin was a fully functioning human, she'd step out the fray, and go home to learn more about life, but it's hard to change those 'ways' once they're ingrained. Sad. A wolf in sheep's clothing?

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McCain's DIRTY LITTLE SECRET in Arizona
Posted by: X-POLYGAMIST WIFE on Oct 10, 2008 8:11 AM   
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I wonder if Palin knows about this...

Watch the video:

http://www.bankingonheaven.com/

BANKING ON HEAVEN . COM

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kraftielady
Posted by: toots on Oct 10, 2008 8:24 AM   
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She is ONE FINE LINE AWAY FROM HATE SPEECH

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» RE: kraftielady Posted by: helenwheels
» RE: kraftielady Posted by: helenahanbasquet
Who really chose Palin?
Posted by: truthteller on Oct 10, 2008 8:27 AM   
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I've heard this on Air America, but really not many other places. Palin was chosen by the religious, neo-con group Council for National Policy, run by Weyrich, Land and Dobson, among others. McCain is a weak candidate and doesn't have the clout to totally be his own man (which is what a Maverick is to me), so they were able to dictate who his running mate would be in return for their much-needed support. It did wonders to turn around his flailing campaign. The tone changed overnight, and totally took the post-convention attention away from Obama-Biden. It turned what looked to be a rout into a real campaign.

I've been saying for a long time that I believe the fix is in and McCain is going to "win" another stolen election. I just couldn't see how they could get it close enough to steal before the Palin selection. Now, I can. All the arguments are in place to explain away the theft like they were four years ago - religious voters make last-minute turnout surge, they don't like talking to exit pollers, or lie to them to fuck with the results. You name the lame excuse, they will use it. Just the way the corporate media is totally promoting the voter fraud stories against ACORN (saw another one on CNN this morning).

Finally, I think that sometime before Nov. 1, something will happen, some false flag terrorist attack, foreign policy crisis (Israel bombing Iran maybe?), that will make voters perceive McCain as the "Adult" here on foreign policy and shift just enough votes for the Rethugs to easily pull off another massive election theft. Then in a few months, McCain will die a "tragic" premature death, and Caribou Barbie will become the 45th and possibly last POTUS.

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» I think Cheney chose Sarah Posted by: foreverhope
» RE: I think Cheney chose Sarah Posted by: canadagirl
» RE: Who really chose Palin? Posted by: MeiLing
The pattern has been clear since Reagan...
Posted by: ShrubtheWarcriminal on Oct 10, 2008 8:34 AM   
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Repukes will nominate essentially low intelligent sociopaths, that will appeal to their base. To be outraged at this point is meaningless, because that IS their game plan. It is NOT an accident.

The only way to stop this corporate, theocratic destruction of the constitution, and everything I thought this country USED to stand for, is to APPEAL to the progressive base and WIN, at any cost. To play nice with these people is to walk quietly to your "showers."

While I feel that the votes are there for Obama, the Democraps have done little to nothing about voter fraud and suppression. This I fear will be the Achilles heal for the third election in a row, especially if the election is close.

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What about Obama supporters...
Posted by: JohnJlws on Oct 10, 2008 8:41 AM   
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We hear all the time about these republican rallies and many of us have friends who are republican and some get all agitated and excited whenever they begin to think about “that one” being President.

I haven’t heard, however, much in terms of what happens from his supporters, if Obama is not elected. In the past I’ve been pretty supportive of our President, even when we’ve elected an idiot like the current one, or a criminal like Nixon, or an actor like Reagan.

However, if Obama is not elected I won’t be participating under the rule of this pathetic duo. I’m a strict pacifist, but I will be involved in civil disobedience and resistance not unlike the oppressed people of India under Gandhi since I will feel a lot like an oppressed person working enslaved in a backward country. For example, I’ve never used my sick leave and I’ll use it all. I usually work very hard and I’ll work a lot less hard. I won’t shop any of the businesses that currently have these two candidates posted on their property. I am usually supportive of stupidity after we’re in the stupidity (although I never have been supportive of the misadventure in Iraq) and I won’t be going forward. I usually let the President and his (or her) Administration lead with limited question and I’ll question everything through my representative, constant phone calls, and constant editorials. I’ll work twice as hard to register twice as many voters and will get twice as many people to work polling sites. I’ll put together a website demanding civil disobedience and get others to help generate ideas on how to peacefully overthrow this uncaring, non-listening government of, by and for the corporations.

There is no reason to participate as a part of our country when it is run by an ignorant, uncaring monarchy and controlled by imperialists. If the outcome of this election is to put these two buffoons in control, then it is time for a peaceful revolution to reclaim our country.

I do fear what will happen if this election is stolen from Obama for whatever illegitimate reason, be it the republicans disenfranchising voters (which is already happening in dramatic fashion to tens of thousands), or be it the evil ignorance of racism rearing its grotesque head. Most of us are pretty damned fed up with this nonsense from the right. I’m glad I have a bumper sticker on my car and a sign in my yard so perhaps I'm identified as part of the "good guys." I know, too, my pacifism doesn’t run as deep amongst a few others of his supporters.

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» RE: What about Obama supporters... Posted by: helenwheels
Krim
Posted by: krim on Oct 10, 2008 9:17 AM   
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We need to stop making an issue about the non-taxable income. The governor's expenses in any state (transportation, food, etc.) are covered by the state. This is the case everywhere. Sarah Palin opted to spend the bulk of her time away from the capitol. While I think we can take exception to trying to run a state hundreds of miles away from everyone else trying to run the state, the fact remains that she is still entitled to have those expenses paid for. It's paid in the form of per diem, which is not taxable income. She wouldn't be paying taxes on the money used to pay the governor's chef's salary or the money used to buy groceries for the governor's mansion - why should she pay taxes on that same money when it's given directly to her?

There are plenty of issues to be up in arms about - let this go. PER DIEM IS NON-TAXABLE INCOME. End of discussion.

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» RE: Krim Posted by: Sandy2842
» RE: Krim Posted by: luckypuck
» RE: Krim Posted by: counterpoint
For all the discussions we've all had here about the ...
Posted by: donl51 on Oct 10, 2008 9:19 AM   
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....negative results of voting McSame/Palin.....I'm going to laugh my ass off after it's all said and done and they're our next chosen leaders!!...then I'm going to pick up stix and leave this mess of a country....I'm thinking Haiti....it's still a better choice than here!!.kidding...moving to Belize!!......just because we happen to be born in a given land does not mean we owe it or must die in it!!...I gave ,it gave some in return and has been screwing me on the rest...if we're a nation of corruption,then I want no parts of it.....plain and simple is all I've ever asked....if I wish to smoke pot,have a,beer and am no threat to anyone else then it's no one else's goddamned !business!

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» good plan Posted by: foreverhope
We can hope.....
Posted by: foreverhope on Oct 10, 2008 10:31 AM   
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...Sarah is cursed with numerous bunyons from traipsing around in her stilettos.

CINDY MCCAIN: I wish Obama could put himself in my shoes for one day.

I think Barack would look pretty darn funny in Cindy's very expensive designer shoes. But he would still win.

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Airhead Veep
Posted by: luckypuck on Oct 10, 2008 11:05 AM   
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I have to wonder if McCain's choice of Palin is based on his fear that any QUALIFIED running mate might turn into the real power behind his throne. Did he trump the GOP's power bunch before they forced him to accept another Cheney? One who would run the presidency for him in the absence of any real competence on his part?

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George W. is the anti-midas
Posted by: foreverhope on Oct 10, 2008 11:30 AM   
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Everything he touches turns to shit.

Jon Stewart

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» I thought that was Dave Mustaine Posted by: hurricane hugo
Demogogue - Thanks for pointing that out
Posted by: jreal on Oct 10, 2008 11:56 AM   
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Lets see. The Bush/Cheney administration, is a complete rulership of demogoguery (work with me here).

The history books of the future will show that the Repbublicans from 1980 to present and probably at least 10 years into the future is a party of dangerous demogoguery.

Sarah Palin, and the acceptance by the majority of people in her own party shows that a demogogue mentality can get you far within this sector of the popolation no matter your true and obvious intelect.

This also shows that if you can magnify this demogogue quality, then it can replace inteligence as a matter of accepted quality; and any opponent with a bit of intelligence is a liberal elite, no matter how much more humble they are than the subject.

This is why many liberals can be seen as radical; they can connect the dots of all this nonsense to facism and the qualities of Hitler.

These people are dangerous.

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FMAinMass
Posted by: FMABBI on Oct 10, 2008 12:51 PM   
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McCain will lose this election because of his reckless selection of this unvetted VP pick. It was his first major executive decision and it was a HORRIBLE decision. And EVERY decision he has made since in this campaign has been HORRIBLE too. He would make a terrible leader and it's obvious to most voters.

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A Nation Commentary
Posted by: LeeAnnG on Oct 10, 2008 1:11 PM   
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This is slightly off-subject, but anyone who hasn't read Rosanne Cash's article on The Nation home page concerning Palin should do so. It's downright awesome!

I'd been thinking I might be VP material due to my visit to Canada 30 odd years ago and the fact that I can see the moon really, really well from my hilltop in West Virginia (making me an expert on space travel and therefore the star wars project). In addition, even though I didn't have a pregnant teenage daughter, I actually became pregnant myself at the age of 15 and chose, with the assistance of my parents, to have and keep my child.

I can speak English pretty well, but I also have a deep understanding of colloquial dialects, having been raised among both the Pennsylvania Dutch and east coast Italian Americans and also having lived in rural WV for 27 years.

I've been a programmer for the local school system for years, I'm a part-time artist, and a pretty decent poker player - making me highly eligible for the ins and outs of the stock market. I've cut firewood, butchered deer, run a tractor, and grown most of my own food while holding down a fulltime job and building my own home. You betcha I have a good idea of what you are aposta do. Dontcha know.

But it all pales next to Ms. Cash's extensive experience, so I concede to her.

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Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney
Posted by: ikonoklast on Oct 10, 2008 1:23 PM   
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should go hunting together. No matter who shoots whom in the face, we all win!

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What about the Fact, that "GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER", can be Corrected,
Posted by: One American Lady on Oct 10, 2008 1:48 PM   
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Most of the Time...
Hormonal Imbalance, is a Basic Cause of "Gender Identity Disorder"... Linked to the Pituitary Gland & the Hypothalamus Gland... & the Endocrine System, that Controls the Regulation of Hormones to the Body / Brain..
"Re-Occurrent Episodes" of "Mental Illness Symptoms- Behaviors" can take take place, When there is Any Percentage of Hormonal Imbalance...
PEOPLE "CHOOSE TO LIVE... WITH A GENDER-IDENTITY-DISORDER"... instead of doing all they can to "correct it by Supplements of Hormone... HRT".
How do they know if it can be Reversed, if they Don't Choose to give it a try?
The Constitution guarantees each of us a Right to be who we are, but when there is a Genetic Factor by birth ... or thru trauma to the body, & we do Nothing to Correct any Mal-Function of the Body, whose fault is it, that anyone chooses to Live in a classification of "unhealthy lifestyle"... (having intimacy that could put the person *At-Risk of Infections & Diseases*)
There are Many Individuals, born with "Inability to Fully-Detox their Body of Harmful Chemicals - Metals, absorbed by the body..." & this puts the person At-Risk for Infections.
Some people are born with "inability to Grow & Mature, at the Standard Expected Rate of Development"...
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NEED "PROPER HEALTHCARE MAINTENANCE"... but aren't getting it.
Anyone can follow around some of the workers of the Personal Care / ADvantage Program, & see How Much They Really Have Become Educated, & then Get Paid $3.63 per Unit (Unit=15 minutes)... = $14.52 per hour, for BEING ON THE JOB TO "WASH DISHES / MOP A FLOOR / VACUUM A FLOOR / FOOD PREP"... All WITHOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIOR TRAINING... IN PROPERLY PERFORMING A JOB DUTY.
It is "$30,000, annually, for Homehealth Care & Personal Care, for ONE INDIVIDUAL"... IS THE HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUAL, GETTING THE BEST-BENEFIT, FOR THE ACTIONS FROM THE HOMEHEALTH NURSES / PERSONAL CARE WORKERS?
And the Government Leaders / Candidates for Offices at National & State Level, are All Promising a "Change & also, Cuts in the Budget", but No One is Examining, HOW THE TAXPAYER'S MONIES ARE BEING WASTED.
How can they Promise to Resolve an Issue, if they don't have any idea, where / how the money is being Misspent, unless they find out, First Hand... what is Happening in the Real World, of People's Lives?
Politics are Not Only "Disruptive to Citizens of America" at the National Level, they are the same at a State & County Level, too.
Some of Our Leaders & Candidates, are Spouting Off, about Topics / Subjects, of Which They Know Nothing About... & Expect the Public to Vote for Them, to Represent the Citizens of America....
NO WONDER THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, CAN / COULD BE A BIT CONFUSED... with so many Untrue Stories Floating Around...
One American Lady

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Alaska court rules that Troopergate investigation will move forward
Posted by: fanny666 on Oct 10, 2008 3:04 PM   
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Lilly
Posted by: Lilly on Oct 10, 2008 4:33 PM   
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PROTEST PALIN'S SNL APPEARANCE: Here's another stomach-turning fact about Sarah Palin: according to Christian Science Monitor, she has been "signed, sealed, and delivered" to appear on Saturday Night Live on October 25. An SNL appearance usually raises a candidate in the polls. After a week of inciting her mob until her supporters call for the death of Barack Obama, Sarah Palin has gone beyond being a joke. A demagogue should not be rewarded with free public exposure. Contact NBC now and tell them NO PALIN ON SNL. They can tell her "thanks but no thanks".

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I honestly don't think they want to win this one
Posted by: animalleaderisgreat on Oct 10, 2008 4:34 PM   
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Here's what I think: the Republicans are throwing this one. They're tossing the upcoming depression (cross my fingers not) and war & every other horror to the Democrats; in this context, Palin doesn't really matter. In other words, the Republicans, masters of the short con, are going for the long con this time; their desperate, and scared.

Palin's important insofar as she enables Republican anti-social and pathological behavior to become doctrine, which is also a long con. But at the moment, she's just a side-show freak attracting like minds. Just my thoughts.

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» right Posted by: foreverhope
Alaska Legislature spanks the little wise ass's ass.
Posted by: HPipe on Oct 10, 2008 5:56 PM   
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Poor little Sarah. Now her next act will probably be to play the martyr.

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The Epitome of Hypocrisy, willful ignorance and cruelty
Posted by: Shelley on Oct 10, 2008 8:38 PM   
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Palin is the nightmare all of us not so perfect females had to face in high school and went on to face in the PTA when we had children. Mean, cold, cruel, nice to superiors but kicks the dog at home and the first one to stick her foot out when you walk by. They lie to make themselves look better and manipulate friends and family against each other for pleasure. My reflexive disgust of that chicken shit helicopter hunter, Anti-USA seccessionist and end timer who is itching to push that red button so we can be "saved" will never be dulled, but I take comfort in knowing that money doesn't make you smart and subtle revenge in the form of an educated and street smart child is very, very sweet.
I also take comfort in the fact that most of us who were awkward and less than beautiful as teens grow into beautiful strong women who generally age better because we don't put on pounds of make up or follow deadly beauty regimes. We don't have to worry about looking perfect so we have more time and freedom to think and decide for ourselves. We don't mind if we are less than perfect because we DON'T want our children at work.
If we have a disabled child we are humane enough to realize that that child did not choose to be born - we made that decision and therefore turn our attention to making sure we take care of them, which more often as not means staying at home. Having made that decision we move heaven and earth to give that child the emotional attention that is every bit as important as medical care by putting family first, not our work.
I'm not talking about all Soccer/Hockey moms, but I'm sure you know the ones I AM talking about. The women voting for her are the ones who like being humiliated and think that if they do whatever the popular girl wants they'll be popular too. Stop trying to please people who don't deserve you and either vote Obama or 3rd party. Just don't vote McCain/Palin. McCain won't make it through the term and if Palin takes the reins she will kick her supporters to the curb and continue her abuse of everyone she considers not perfect. Even worse, her ego will allow her to think she's calling the shots while her handlers pull her strings like a puppet and it will be Bush all over again except worse.

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Palin Chose Heterosexuality
Posted by: sissymonster on Oct 10, 2008 8:48 PM   
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Palin thinks her gay friend chose homosexuality because Palin chose to be a heterosexual.

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But WHO put her in the national spotlight
Posted by: dayahka on Oct 11, 2008 1:48 AM   
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I think you've been rather easy on this cretin, but the larger question is: Who put her on the national scene? With this one bizarre pick, McCain established himself as a fool, a man without honor, devoid of credibility or judgment. Palin will shortly return to Alaska and will probably be recalled, impeached, censured, and/or jailed. But what of the reckless fool who put this scum on the national scene?

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Distorting what Palin said in the ABC Interview
Posted by: VeryBlessed on Oct 11, 2008 12:01 PM   
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“In her first interview on the national stage, Palin claimed, with a straight face, that she was qualified to make complex foreign policy decisions because she could ‘see Russia from Alaska.’"

ABC has excerpts of the Palin interview posted at abcnews.go.com/print?id=5782924. Where does she say that?

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Homosexuality as Choice
Posted by: jcvelson on Oct 11, 2008 1:59 PM   
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I just wanted to point out that there is very little scientific evidence that homosexuality is biologically determined. The studies referred to are psychological/social science studies, the vast majority of which were done on men and bear little relevance to women and even less relevance to bi-sexual people. Having said that, whether or not homosexuality is a choice is irrelevant and continues a dangerous discussion. If homosexuality is a choice, no matter how complex,if one person chooses to be with another of the same sex, does that mean that homosexuals are somehow not entitled to the same protections as anyone else. Are we only entitled to protection if our sexual identity is biologically determined? The point is that the nature of sexual identity is very complicated and I doubt that we will ever understand how it works. The point is that regardless of whether its a "choice" or not, homosexuals, transsexuals, transgender and other sexual minorities should never be subject to deprogramming, hatred, intolerance or discrimination on the basis of sexual identity.

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11th point choice or compulsion?
Posted by: whealeydj on Oct 12, 2008 7:23 AM   
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the gay lobby (GLBTQ if are politically correct contend it is not a choice to encourage acceptance. I am ok with acceptance but if not a choice, therefore it must be a compulsion. I dont know but I have seen some gl and bis claim on one level it is a choice.. I dont thin SP should be called on the carpet on this one.

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Sarah's Sexcapades
Posted by: chris.morton on Oct 12, 2008 7:46 AM   
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Sarah is very ambitious. She has jumped from Hockey Mom to Vice Presidential candidate in a few short years. Who helped her? Who did she give sex to to open her pathway? Do you think that she screwed McCain and/or some of his aides to get what she wanted? An ambitious investigative reporter should see what they can find on Sarah's sex life. The smile and the wink that republican men find so enticing may well have been used for just that: enticement.

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Considering Kennedy & Palast have identified that the 08 Election is already stolen
Posted by: BlueBerry PickN on Oct 12, 2008 9:43 AM   
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for Republicans...

perhaps the light-hearted approach isn't nearly enough.

If you want a global legacy that extends beyond sheer disgust with the USA, perhaps now might be the time to get serious.

its not a game, you've been killing & oppressing peoples for decades.

this isn't a joke: you've ruined the global economy...


Billions are watching: clean up your act, folks.

nobody is making excuses for you anymore & we're tired of taking the crap & being told to be grateful for it.

" ...Those who build walls are pretending
That forever they can defend them

Those who dam streams can build fountains (yes they can)
But those of us who just let them run free...we can move mountains
But I know they never gonna tell you why, no
They only wanna tell you lies, no
Never ever gonna tell you why, no
They only wanna tell you lies, no
Never ever gonna tell you why, no
They only wanna tell you lies
Its time...it's time to go home
...How many people were they runnin from and
How many people never saw it comin
How many people never heard the warning
How many people never stayed at home and
How many people never heard the call and
How many people never saw it all and
How many people did they spend it on and
How many people got to sing this song and
How many people never heard the cry and
How many people gotten pushed aside and
How many people never saw the doves fly
How many people never said goodbye and
How many people never saw the fall and
How many people til we end it all and
How many people never saw the wrong and
How many people did we drop the bomb on...
" - M.Franti & Spearhead, Time To Go Home

Spread Love, not corporate dependence...

BlueBerry Pick'n
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"We, two, form a Multitude" ~ Ovid.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire
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Facts of Alaska
Posted by: Blacktiger on Oct 12, 2008 1:52 PM   
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Fact:Alaska has an installation named H.A.A.R.P.
Fact:Earthquakes in China, epicenter at 6.21 klm deep into the earth crust, or 10 miles for those not aquainted with metric. Go check with your earthquake monitoring centers, you will find this is true!
Haarp is responsible for these atrocities! Many quakes within the Ring of Fire in the last 2-3 years all have the same signature.
Palin is privy to the installation's abilities and McCain is privy to the same information, that's why he picked her!! She has the POWER TO CONTROL THE WORLD WITH HER POLISHED PINKIE!!!SHE HAS THE POWER TO DISTROY THE WORLD, NOT WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BUT WITH RADIO WAVES.SHE IS A PITBULL WITH LIPSTICK, AND SHE KNOWS WHAT POWER SHE HAS!!!.
I suggest you consider well your vote and where you place your mark.

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» yup... H.A.A.R.P. Posted by: BlueBerry PickN
Why Bother?
Posted by: beautifulady2003 on Oct 12, 2008 2:15 PM   
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Why bother wasting time or space on Palin? It's not as if you have to persuade anyone on Alternet that she's worthless. Why not write something significant about the important issues surrounding this election instead? I mean, do we need to waste our time trashing this woman when she's doing such a great job of it on her own?

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PALIN'S SEDITIOUS ASSOCIATES
Posted by: Jest2007 on Oct 12, 2008 5:10 PM   
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With the continuous drumbeat of the Ayres rant, why haven't the media given any attention to Ms. Palin's association with the Alaskan Independence Party(AIP). The premise of the McCain's McCarthy-esque attacks on Obama, apparently, is guilt by association. Maybe this would be a good time to examine Palin's association with the AIP. The AIP's creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler. The central purpose of the AIP is to drive Alaska's secession from the United States. In 1992 Vogler renounced his allegiance to the United States explaining that, "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government." He cursed the stars and stripes, promising, "I won't be buried under their damned flag...when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home." Palin has never denounced Vogler or his detestable anti-Americanism. The AIP has stated that Palin was not a member, and the McCain campaign has denied that Palin ever joined this organization. However, Dexter Clark, vice Chairman of the AIP, stated at the AIP 2008 convention that "she was an AIP member before she got the job as a mayor of a small town – that was a non-partisan job."

Palin's husband Todd remained an AIP party member from 1995 to 2002. Sarah can be described in McCarthy-era palaver as a "fellow traveler." While retaining her Republican registration, she attended the AIP's 1994 convention where the party called for a draft constitution to secede from the United States and create an independent nation of Alaska. The McCain Campaign has reluctantly acknowledged that she also attended AIP's 2000 Convention. She apparently found the experience so inspiring that she agreed to give a keynote address at the AIP's 2006 convention and she recorded a video greeting for this year's 2008 convention. In other words, this is not something that happened when she was eight!

So when Palin accuses Barack of "not seeing the same America as you and me," maybe she is referring to an America without Alaska. In any case, isn't it time the media start giving equal time to Palin's buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?

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SHOWTIME WORLD WIDE?
Posted by: Tobruck rock on Oct 13, 2008 4:18 AM   
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I wish from all my heart that McCain wins the election.
In less than a year he will be out of office (either with a stroke or worse given his age) and sweet Sarah will be the president of the mighty UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Sorry, i mean the Commander in Cheif).

its going to be showtime for the whole world.

You Americans really deserve what you get.

The absurd sitting in the White House. HA HA.

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Palin=Danger
Posted by: nesstoria on Oct 13, 2008 6:11 PM   
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For Palin claiming to be christian,as she ALWAYS has,she sure spreads alot of HATE and LIES.It so happens that those are 2 of the 10 commandments.Either she doesn't know or she doesn't care.If Palin is what being a christian is all about,then I don't want anything to do with christianity.Based on all that Iv'e learned about her,I have to say that the bible is one more thing,on the very long list of things,that Palin OBVIOUSLY,absolutely ,positively knows nothing about

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ACORN
Posted by: hawthorne930 on Oct 13, 2008 6:21 PM   
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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

It should actually be called Barry Hussein Obamas association of dead/false identify voter registration committee. Wake up people, this guy is involved in pimping votes out of “under privileged” non tax paying (tax taking) Americans some of which are so uniformed they will probably vote for him because he sounds good reading a speech, it worked for Clinton….what ever it is their vote right? My issue is this guy is going to get elected partially because of this fraudulent organization. America will be one step towards socialism once he is elected mark my words.

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» RE: ACORN Posted by: nesstoria
ACORN
Posted by: hawthorne930 on Oct 13, 2008 6:21 PM   
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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

It should actually be called Barry Hussein Obamas association of dead/false identify voter registration committee. Wake up people, this guy is involved in pimping votes out of “under privileged” non tax paying (tax taking) Americans some of which are so uniformed they will probably vote for him because he sounds good reading a speech, it worked for Clinton….what ever it is their vote right? My issue is this guy is going to get elected partially because of this fraudulent organization. America will be one step towards socialism once he is elected mark my words.

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whaaaaaaaat!
Posted by: vconcerned on Oct 15, 2008 6:01 AM   
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how can this person even be considered to play any part of the running of a country.come on america,use your heads.

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Twiggy (UK)
Posted by: Twiggy on Oct 16, 2008 5:33 AM   
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Does anyone know if Sarah Palin has ever travelled outside North America and, if so, to where? It strikes me that with hundreds of US military bases around the world, some experience of other countries is essential in any candidate who might be given the chance to formulate America's foreign policy. Does she even own a passport? It would be most interesting to know.

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Just part of the show
Posted by: truman on Oct 18, 2008 10:24 AM   
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Sarah is just part of the election show and once I realized she is just a perky distraction to keep the republicans from going to sleep when the football games aren't airing. Sarah is just half time entertainment for the deflated war party

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Palin: An undercover Democratic operative...
Posted by: shockman on Oct 18, 2008 11:09 AM   
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Is Sarah Palin really an undercover Democratic operative, masterfully disguised and elegantly portraying an inept and brain deficient Republican political candidate? Or is she really as stupid as she sounds? The more one analyzes her public performances since being selected VP running mate of John (old Charlie Brown) McCain, the more clear the picture of her as a wannabe high priced hooker becomes. Here is a (sort of) cute, overly made up, smooth talking, (well rehearsed) winker, who is barely competent at reading a script, let alone incapable of carrying on an intelligent conversation, intelligently. And she is more than willing to do ANYTHING for money, for public attention, to stay in the limelight. Some how she has been selectively hired by some political pimp to try to use sex appeal, blatant lies, ignorant innuendo, religion, political double standards, and racism, to seduce the country's remaining Bush-whackers into believing McCain is the country's redeemer and savior. And if, God forbid, McCain were elected and should pop a blood vessel at 3 a.m., that SHE, a nobody from Northwest nowhere, is the absolute best candidate the Republican party (What an insult to the GOP) has to offer to fill his shoes. McCain also wants us to believe that she has the common sense, courage, intelligence, and responsibility to carry the little brief case of nuclear codes with her everywhere she goes. Or maybe because her arms would be busy cuddling and coddling little Trig (Short for Trigger), that she would let First Dude Todd carry the attache case of atomic codes.
What hard working, well-established, and truly patriotic American, which McCain wants us all to believe he is, would, in his right mind, pick such a dimwitted, gammy legged, homely, former ALASKAN beauty queen, as his VP? And believe me, Alaska is not over flowing with a great deal of beauty queen material. If the choices are a baby seal, a female moose, and Sarah Palin, yeah Sarah Palin would win Miss Alaska, almost every time. Does McCain not know, or just does not care how many Republicans he has pissed off and alienated by choosing Palin as his running mate? Unless, of course, it is McCain who is truly a closet Democrat and he is doing everything possible to insure that Obama gets elected. If that is the case, then Senator McCain, you truly are a great American hero.

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Sarah should become a regular on SNL
Posted by: lil ole me on Oct 18, 2008 10:46 PM   
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Her act actually plays pretty well there , or maybe her and Tina Fey could do a sitcom together. With Hubby Todd in a supporting role. I would probably enjoy watching. However, her bid to become VP I dont even want to go there.
This woman has a promising future, I just hope its not in politics.

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