Palin claims the media was unfair to her

[LisaM22]

fox strating to release information on palin that they kept behind closed doors

"What Sarah Palin didn't know, as reported by Fox's Carl Cameron"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/what-sarah-pali.html

[LisaM22]

looking for a article that was just on fox, but they (fox) let out a lot of information

watch the video's

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/05/it-begins-palin-didnt-know-africa-was-a-continent-claims-fox-news/

[dinojen]

The election is over.. you have your President elect... CW has already closed down threads that are started to continue to bash Gov. Palin.. and yet this is a BLOG..

I don't see the need to continue to bash this woman especially by someone who is writing on a blog...

Time to move on and concentrate on your new President Elect..

[jessie50]

The election is over.. you have your President elect... CW has already closed down threads that are started to continue to bash Gov. Palin.. and yet this is a BLOG..

I don't see the need to continue to bash this woman especially by someone who is writing on a blog...

Time to move on and concentrate on your new President Elect..


OUR President Elect.....unless you are not a US citizen. :shrug:

[LisaM22]

Sources: McCain aide fired for 'trashing' staff

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/05/soruces-mccain-aide-fired-for-trashing-staff/

[LisaM22]

The election is over.. you have your President elect... CW has already closed down threads that are started to continue to bash Gov. Palin.. and yet this is a BLOG..

I don't see the need to continue to bash this woman especially by someone who is writing on a blog...

Time to move on and concentrate on your new President Elect..

this was just on fox news minutes ago :shrug:
this is current election news - you can see the actual fox footage on the second link I posted

[LisaM22]

I read that. It was kept pretty quite. This happened over a week ago. Must be he was the one that called Palin a diva and a whack job. Who know's everything that's in Newsweek (towel-gate) may have come from him also

they fired him because he was going rouge and supporting palin at the expense of the mccain campaign

[Mimi428]

fox strating to release information on palin that they kept behind closed doors

"What Sarah Palin didn't know, as reported by Fox's Carl Cameron"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/what-sarah-pali.html

Didn't know Africa was a continent. Ohhhhkaaaay.

Couldn't correctly name the countries in NAFTA. Greeaaat.

Why oh why does this sort of information NOT come out before the election?

[LisaM22]

Time to move on LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZHTJsR4Bc

yep, that was what fox reported, said she was a shopaholic and they thought she was spending too much especially sense the campaign provided everything she needed

and that she had temper tantrums.... wow

[LisaM22]

How could a Gov. NOT know Africa is a continent ?

guessing she thought it was a country with states inside? jmho

[ginamar]

The election is over.. you have your President elect... CW has already closed down threads that are started to continue to bash Gov. Palin.. and yet this is a BLOG..

I don't see the need to continue to bash this woman especially by someone who is writing on a blog...

Time to move on and concentrate on your new President Elect..

Blame Bill O'Reilly, it was just on his show. You can catch it when it repeats tonight.

Fox news, imagine that, seems they'll throw anyone under the bus when it suits them.

[jessie50]

Why do you ask?

I ask because I think he may have taken the results hard and I am concerned. :shrug:

[DesertWalker]

The election is over.. you have your President elect... CW has already closed down threads that are started to continue to bash Gov. Palin.. and yet this is a BLOG..

I don't see the need to continue to bash this woman especially by someone who is writing on a blog...

Time to move on and concentrate on your new President Elect..
I do believe that would ruin all the fun. Don't you realize some couldn't care less about the policies that are best for the country as a whole ... they're really only here to bad mouth others, be they posters or politicians, so that they can feel superior.

[CookieCutter]

OUR President Elect.....unless you are not a US citizen. :shrug:

I didn't vote for him, he is not my choice, and until he shows me something, I will not call him my president.

[CookieCutter]

Oh brother, so much for Democracy huh? :no: shame shame shame

What is shameful about it? I don't freely give respect to any and all that demand it. I have great respect for any and all that have earned it. When he earns it, I will gladly give it.

[CookieCutter]

I didn't vote for Bush and i don't agree with Bush but i respect Bush and he's MY President because i live in America and i'm American.


Thanks for the laugh. this is the funniest post I have read all day.

[LisaM22]

I can't believe McCain truly vetted her. He should have known ALL of that before nominating her.

fox said the vetting was cut short cause no one on the short list was good so the picked Palin as sort of a hail marry type of play

jmho

[LisaM22]

They couldn't discuss the issues when the election was going on, why should anything change?

I don't know why fox did not report this until today and not during the election, better late then never I guess

[LisaM22]

Temper tantrums? "Hard to control emotionally" from the video

watch the video again, they said both

[LisaM22]

I read somewhere that this is a breech of journalistic ethics - don't know. Yeah, I know they said both in the vid, my poor editing!

a breech to hold the news back or to report it? just trying to make sure I understand what your saying there

[LisaM22]

I guess to not report it in a timely manner, e.g., until after the Presidential election.

I would agree, but we are talking about fox here

[dref99]

I don't know why fox did not report this until today and not during the election, better late then never I guess

The information was supplied by an "unnamed" source on the basis it not be released until after the election.

O'Reilly attempted (not very successfully) to excuse her lack of knowledge - using the "she can learn it" reason. Gov Palin is not a child. She has had ample opportunity to learn basic history and geography in her life - she has chosen not to do this. My concern doesn't relate to what she doesn't know, but WHY she doesn't know - she has shown no interest in events outside of Alaska - not a good idea for a Presidential candidate.

reporters are spilling all the juciest, and previously off the record, gossip from the campaign trail
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html


jmo

[Alliekat]

Palin Didn't Know Africa is a Continent ...says Fox News reporter.

McCain aides have leaked stunning new details about Gov. Sarah Palin to FOX News correspondent Carl Cameron, who reported tonight that during debate prep, Palin did not understand that Africa is a continent rather than a single country, and was unable to name all of the nations in North America.

Cameron also shares anecdotes about angry "tantrums" Palin reportedly threw after viewing press clippings of herself in the morning.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html

[kellabeck]

She is even more frighteningly clueless than we thought.

But the candidate of "Country First" wanted to put this utterly unqualified, completely farcical nominee a chicken bone away from the nookewlar codes.

What a disgrace!!

[ortiga]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27568012/

more.

[Mosgranny]

Seems the election is now over, and Sarah is no longer an issue in what will be happening in Washington DC. IMO

Guess I am saying bashing of her is uncalled for now.

[ortiga]

Palin Didn't Know Africa is a Continent ...says Fox News reporter.

McCain aides have leaked stunning new details about Gov. Sarah Palin to FOX News correspondent Carl Cameron, who reported tonight that during debate prep, Palin did not understand that Africa is a continent rather than a single country, and was unable to name all of the nations in North America.

Cameron also shares anecdotes about angry "tantrums" Palin reportedly threw after viewing press clippings of herself in the morning.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html

That is a hilarious video of BOR. I liked the part where he said and what did they think was the problem with the Couric interview, as though there had been no problem. I wish we could have heard the rest of what the reporter was trying to say as BOR kept cutting him off.

[Alliekat]

Seems the election is now over, and Sarah is no longer an issue in what will be happening in Washington DC. IMO

Guess I am saying bashing of her is uncalled for now.

It is an issue. She is still being promoted by some of the RW's. Just turn on the news. She asked reporters about the future Iowa Caucus and NH. So if Palin continues to make news....she is news!

[ortiga]

Seems the election is now over, and Sarah is no longer an issue in what will be happening in Washington DC. IMO

Guess I am saying bashing of her is uncalled for now.


Obviously there is a huge battle within the repubs right now for who controls the party, which end of the spectrum they lean towards, etc.

Last night Chuck Todd said she has essentially 6 months to get her act together....take control....put herself in position for 2012. Then someone later on MSNBC, in analyzing the repubs, said the new RNC chairman would be announced in Jan around the time of the inaug.

The point was made that through the unveiling of this new RNC guy, the party would be announcing the image of the new RP.

IMO that means will Palin be able to consolidate support in the next 2 months, or will the others more to the center, ie Romney, be able to exert influence.

I expect MANY more revelations about Palin because of this. One news report this am said that she wanted to speak Tuesday night before McCain's speech, whether it be acceptance or conceding. The staff said no, (VP don't speak on that night usually), and she appeared in front of McCain with the text of her speech in hand, and was again told no by the staff.

IMO

Every campaign self destructs if their candidate loses. The power struggles right now, if made public, would rival the Lion in Winter.

[Alliekat]

That is a hilarious video of BOR. I liked the part where he said and what did they think was the problem with the Couric interview, as though there had been no problem. I wish we could have heard the rest of what the reporter was trying to say as BOR kept cutting him off.


Imagine that....asking what the problem was with Couric interview?? BOR acted dumb about the Couric interview....and it only made BOR look even dumber. Typical BOR!

[ortiga]

It is an issue. She is still being promoted by some of the RW's. Just turn on the news. She asked reporters about the future Iowa Caucus and NH. So if Palin continues to make news....she is news!

yep, and she was greeted at the Alaska airport with cheers of "2012"!!!

[ortiga]

There are already Palin supporters chanting "2012". I just do not see the top dogs in the Republican party ever letting the "Wasilla Hillbilly" back on the ticket. As a matter of fact, I think that is why McCain campaign aides are revealing more embarrassing details about her now. But if the Palin supporters prevail....I say bring it on. We will need another good laugh. My suggestion would be to send her back to school first.

If Stevens (sen) wins in Alaska, he may be expelled by the senate and then there would be a special election to replace him. Until a couple of years ago the governor could appoint a replacement, but when the then sitting governor appointed his own daughter as senator....lol they changed the law to require an election.

I don't see Palin wanting to be in the Senate, it would be far more work than the governorship is, and hard to be a "maverick" as a freshman senator who knows next to nothing, and is trying to build a power base.

I think she's pretty much off the chart for a future presidency right now. But still it's interesting to learn more about the woman who was really just one economic disaster and one heartbeat away from being president of the USA

[Alliekat]

I learned all the continents when I was in first grade!...

[Alliekat]

Palin was pushing to deliver her own speech just before McCain’s concession speech, even though VP nominees do not traditionally speak on election night. Palin met up with McCain with text in hand. She was told no by Mark Salter, one of McCain’s closest advisers, and Steve Schmidt, McCain’s top strategist.


This woman was out of control...IMO I think Palin believes herself to be politically savvy...and this is one of the many examples of her ignorance and narcissism.

[Lyvia]

She'd already written the speech! Goodness, what a nerve.

I posted this in the President-Elect Obama supporters thread, but that thread moves so fast, I'll put the link here as well. The Palin as President (http://www.palinaspresident.us/) website has been update.

(It doesn't make me laugh anymore...sniff)

[psbperu]

Tell ya':

Just loved the video of BOR defending Sarah Palin ...in his own inimitable way. It was a hoot!

It is so difficult to watch him for any length of time...like 2 or 3 minutes..lol.

I think Palin was chompin' at the bit to be part of the concession speech making. She did look like she was sucking on lemons. No way was McCain going to let that happen.

[Alliekat]

I would agree, but we are talking about fox here


FOX has its own set of rules. Fox has lost its job as the annex to the WH now! :eek: :D

[Alliekat]

More today is coming out about the Palin shopping spree from coast to coast.... $20-30,000 on clothing spent for the First Dude! Designer shoes for young daughter, etc. "Wasilla hillbillies shopping Neiman Marcus from coast to coast".

[Lyvia]

Allie, I'm going to keep checking for the FEC response to the CREW complaint about the travel expenses. There's no update yet, and I didn't expect one before the election. But there should be some action on the part of the FEC, since the complaint was official.

[Lyvia]

Interesting that you'd talk about how hard men make it for women to succeed in one breath and then say slam Michele Obama for her taste in clothes in the next.

Palin's taste in clothes or how she looks in them isn't the issue. It's not what most of us are discussing and it's not why this is news. It's how those clothes were paid for, which may violate election law. Her gender shouldn't excuse her from following the law.

[beattherap]

The election is over.. you have your President elect... CW has already closed down threads that are started to continue to bash Gov. Palin.. and yet this is a BLOG..

I don't see the need to continue to bash this woman especially by someone who is writing on a blog...

Time to move on and concentrate on your new President Elect..
palin expects to stay on the national stage... some self-destructive republicans even think palin 2012 is a Good idea... everything about her ignorance of the world is relevant, not 'bashing.'
imo.

[Lyvia]

I didn't hear any questions about who Trig's mother was from the media.

:shrug:

[joolz]

Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh air to the Republican party, of which I am a second generation member. Having been in the governor's office at various levels, men really resent any female that invades their turf.

Try operating in a men''s world.

I have found men to be vindictive, gossip mongers and nasty, even in a professional setting.

I kept thinking "These are educated men. What are they doing?"

For the press to indicate that Sarah Palin's son actually belonged to her daughter was absolutely unacceptable. Why did the public stand for that?

If you want to see someone that doesn't take direction and doesn't know how to dress, take a gander at Michelle Obama.


Forget style critiques. Forget the nasty gossip and innuendos that swirl around any candidate in a bottom feeding campaign. You are saying that you would be fine with a VP who doesn't know that Africa is a continent?

As for operating in a man's world, ask Hillary Clinton, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Madeleine Albright or any other woman who has actually worked to get where she is just how tough it is if you want a real clue. Not this proudly ignorant opportunist who believes in witches and thinks she is entitled to election on her winking, her bigotry, and her word-salad, cheerleader nonsense. JMO

[Alliekat]

I don't know why fox did not report this until today and not during the election, better late then never I guess

As I understand FOX was given this information by the McCain camp about Palin only with the promise that it would keep it under wraps until after the election! It was an easy promise to keep by FOX -- after all they were supporting Palin.

[psbperu]

Forget style critiques. Forget the nasty gossip and innuendos that swirl around any candidate in a bottom feeding campaign. You are saying that you would be fine with a VP who doesn't know that Africa is a continent?

As for operating in a man's world, ask Hillary Clinton, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Madeleine Albright or any other woman who has actually worked to get where she is just how tough it is if you want a real clue. Not this proudly ignorant opportunist who believes in witches and thinks she is entitled to election on her winking, her bigotry, and her word-salad, cheerleader nonsense. JMO


Joolz:

You are so "Coolz" & as usual on the money with your comments.

Thanks.

Do love that "word-salad" descriptive.

[joolz]

Joolz:

You are so "Coolz" & as usual on the money with your comments.

Thanks.

Do love that "word-salad" descriptive.


:seeya: In my best Elvis imitation, thank you, thank you ver' much!

I can't take credit for word salad, I know I've heard it before, just not sure where. :patriot:

[joolz]

Thats right: the Mouth of the House! What will they do now?

2 things struck me about Palin on the Today show this am.
She was told to buy 3 suits: she went rogue and outfitted her whole family.
And, the convicted criminal Ted Stevens probably will not be allowed to serve in the US Senate. Palin, as Governor, can appoint herself to that post for an interim term. And by the way - what does it say about Alaska - they vote a convicted criminal into the US Senate and they want Palin for president in 2012 ? Brain freeze?

That they should be allowed to secede? j/k:D

[Lyvia]

:seeya: In my best Elvis imitation, thank you, thank you ver' much!

I can't take credit for word salad, I know I've heard it before, just not sure where. :patriot:

Heh, I always use that to describe her speaking style, but I didn't make it up and I'm sure someone else used it about Palin first.

[joolz]

Heh, I always use that to describe her speaking style, but I didn't make it up and I'm sure someone else used it about Palin first.

LOL, it fits her jumbled nonsense perfectly, but it predates her by years. I just looked it up:

"Word salad is a mixture of seemingly meaningful words that together signify nothing;[1] the term originated as the common name for schizophasia, a symptom of various mental illnesses. When applied to a physical theory, "word salad" is a derogatory description that labels the theory as senseless or utterly devoid of meaning.":D

[Lyvia]

Oh, yeah, I didn't mean to imply it's a new term, just that I didn't want to take credit for using it first about Palin. I love it. I think I've used it about Bush, too, lol. I think even Bush would have to agree that some of his statements only lacked croutons and a splash of vinaigrette.

[joolz]

Oh, yeah, I didn't mean to imply it's a new term, just that I didn't want to take credit for using it first about Palin. I love it. I think I've used it about Bush, too, lol. I think even Bush would have to agree that some of his statements only lacked croutons and a splash of vinaigrette.

:lol: You're giving the lame duck a lot of credit!

[RayStar]

I wonder now if she still wants to go on Oprah's show or the View.:D

[Lyvia]

She couldn't name all the countries in NAFTA? <snip>?
I told a strongly anti-Palin friend about this and she actually thought I was kidding, like I'd have to have made it up because it's so outrageous.

[LisaM22]

looks like palin has talked to the press more after she lost then when she was running for vp - course nothing of substance, but she is talking more

[California]

I wonder now if she still wants to go on Oprah's show or the View.:DYes, she do.

imo

[ortiga]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/28356123#28356123

we are counseled that favorite is not always a positive thing.

[DenverDem]

Yes, Keith thinks long and hard before he chooses a \"favorite\" !

Sarah is most deserving, if not for her outright anti-intellectualism, but for her ability to motivate people to get out and vote against her.

[Mosgranny]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28245651/

Found this in the link provided in #1 post, it was interesting to read.

[DesertWalker]

Yes, Keith thinks long and hard before he chooses a \"favorite\" !

Sarah is most deserving, if not for her outright anti-intellectualism, but for her ability to motivate people to get out and vote against her."Keith" should have thought "long and hard" before his unanticipated demotion as a news anchor too. :wink:

[ortiga]

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/136392

Palin gripes at length, criticizes Couric, Fey, says some are capitalizing and exploiting her, really a bizarre drag-on monologue. Very ill-advised IIRC. For someone who wants a national office.

IMO

[ortiga]

I think it's just bizarre at this point. Why go around just blaming everyone else... the evil anonymous bloggers (? - supposedly left wing), the evil mainstream media, McCain, they didn't respect me as much as Obama, Fey and Couric used her for fame (what they did to her as the interviewer puts it), asking if it's sexism, how do I compare with how they are treating Caroline.... WOW, does the list ever stop? I've never seen someone point fingers at so many other people yet claim she's so strong and capable and has done so much good.

Here a link where the video is just down a bit on the page:

http://divasblueoasis.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=398

I notice she is even slamming the media because they only loved her in Alaska when she was going against the Republicans. :crying: Wah wah wah.

This one, this move, really baffles me. Can she not know how participating in this stuff makes her look? She reads USA Today??

[ortiga]

Well, evidently not. Didn't she use Entertainment Tonight to rebuff the turkey deal, yet was caught in a lie?

I think this is all an attempt to create herself as a celebrity politician (esp by continually comparing herself against others), but it's already in the 'overexposed' category. I'm thinking most people are finally wondering if she is even doing any work as Governor or even thinks that's important.


If she was serious about succeeding in the national spotlight she should limit her interviews to energy topics, how she is solving (if so) the budget crisis in Alaska, her various commissions and the problems the participants were appointed to solve. Her state's dealings with Canada and other northern countries, mutual problems and solutions. And so forth. That's what I would have done if I were her. Absolutely turn down any of the "he said she said she said they said spit ball" interviews, stick to things that matter. And refer to Barack Obama as PE Obama.

She has blown any perception that she is presidential material. And what was that bit about if she had been chosen to be Barack Obama's VP??? Was that for real? That she thought that would have been a possibility?

[ortiga]

The only "bizarre" thing I have found on this thread is not in Gov. Palin's interview, but in the obsessive nature of trashing her still.
I think she is correct in her assessments of how things are, and that there are still people who come across as clucking hens and meowing cats when it comes to anything about the Gov. Let it go - Gov. Palin isn't harming you. JMO


You should get word to her.....get to work, quit doing more and more interviews that are basically gossip sessions, quit providing fodder for comics and pundits. Really, did you see the video, and read the part where she shrieked that Olberman is EVIL? That came from the interviewer, on his site. He was there and heard her.

This is a current interview with her, she said all that stuff this week, she chose to, and man, this site is tame with regards to the ridicule she chose to subject herself to once again, and how it will be portrayed on the media.

IMO

[ortiga]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/08/palin-caroline-kennedy-ge_n_156335.html

And here it comes.....apparently just what she wanted.....

[jessie50]

The only "bizarre" thing I have found on this thread is not in Gov. Palin's interview, but in the obsessive nature of trashing her still.
I think she is correct in her assessments of how things are, and that there are still people who come across as clucking hens and meowing cats when it comes to anything about the Gov. Let it go - Gov. Palin isn't harming you. JMO

When people are running around saying Palin 2012 I think we have a reason to keep track of what she is saying and doing.

[daniel green]

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/136392

Palin gripes at length, criticizes Couric, Fey, says some are capitalizing and exploiting her, really a bizarre drag-on monologue. Very ill-advised IIRC. For someone who wants a national office.

IMO

Does she have anyone advising her???????????????????????

Anyone?

She should get some good staffers and good handlers who should advice her to zip it.

[daniel green]

Answer to my question. Guess no on handlers.

At 9 a.m., without a security guard or handler within sight, Bristol Palin, eight days removed from giving birth, politely answered the door and Governor Palin, not yet fully put together, rushed out to tell me and our crew to make ourselves at home.

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/136392

[daniel green]

snipped
She has blown any perception that she is presidential material. And what was that bit about if she had been chosen to be Barack Obama's VP??? Was that for real? That she thought that would have been a possibility?

"They would have loved me!" :blink::blink::blink:

WOW.

Now, she is a journalism major, right? With a BS in journalism, right? And worked in TV, right? And has run for public office many times, right?

And says this???????

PALIN: My question to the campaign was after it didn't go well the first day, why were we going to go back for more? And because of however it works in, you know, that upper echelon of power brokering in the media and with spokespersons and all, it was told me that yeah we were gonna go back for more. And going back for more was not a wise decision either.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/palin-olbermann-evil/#comments

[interested]

Answer to my question. Guess no on handlers.



http://community.adn.com/adn/node/136392


Didn't we find she fired anyone who disagreed with her or tried to "handle" her when she was mayor and again when she became Governor?

Sarah doesn't want to be "handled" she'd rather do things her way, she's a Maverick ya know.

Apparently Mavericks do whine endlessly.

[dref99]

No she doesn't, you are thinking of Joe Biden :tongue:

Her words get nit picked to death and then rehashed over and over again.

She is absolutely right. She, as Hilliary before her, is held to a different standard by the media while Obama continues to get a pass.

... snipped for utter irrelevance

How anyone can ever mention Hillary (note the spelling) Clinton in the same sentence as Sarah Palin is beyond me. Apart from major intelligence, experience and viewpoints differentials, Hillary can speak in sentences, Sarah cannot. As the name of the thread suggests- every interview Gov Palin has ever been part of has been bizarre

Her words are discussed (nit picked being your language) because they are so bizarre. Who thinks living close to anywhere makes you an "expert" in the internal affairs of the neighbour, the city, the state or the country that you live nearby. Who reads all the papers but doesn't know the name of any, who gives an interview while someone kills turkeys in the background, who believes children should be taught the only form of contaception should be no sex before marriage, yet was pregnant before marriage & has an unmarried daughter who has just given birth to her boyfriend's child.

Her interviews are entirely bizarre. Her reality is not one that is understood by anyone of intelligent thought.

jmo

(partly irrelevant, but interesting, the advertisement currently at the top of my IS screen is for "Dumb as a blog - a daily digest of the dumbest stuff people do" )

[dinojen]

And people wonder why every thread started about Gov. Palin get's "closed"..

Read the posts... that will explain CW's thinking...

:rolleyes:

While one starts out as a normal thread discussion it turns into a bashfest...

Have at it... just more work for CW...

[dref99]

And people wonder why every thread started about Gov. Palin get's "closed"..

Read the posts... that will explain CW's thinking...

:rolleyes:

While one starts out as a normal thread discussion it turns into a bashfest...

Have at it... just more work for CW...

When you disagree with the direction of a discussion, why bring up the forum moderator. The idea is to state your case & give valid links and information to support your case, not to scream for the thread to be deleted when you do not agree with the many valid remarks that have been made.

I see no "bashing" whatsoever - I see a very valid discussion on the bizarre nature of Gov Palin's interviews.

To support my case - read here - check Number 1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chez-pazienza/one-last-look-back-the-10_b_155821.html

jmo

[dinojen]

When you disagree with the direction of a discussion, why bring up the forum moderator. The idea is to state your case & give valid links and information to support your case, not to scream for the thread to be deleted when you do not agree with the many valid remarks that have been made.

I see no "bashing" whatsoever - I see a very valid discussion on the bizarre nature of Gov Palin's interviews.

To support my case - read here - check Number 1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chez-pazienza/one-last-look-back-the-10_b_155821.html

jmo


Sorry... but Huff Po... not bias at all are they... :rolleyes:

Doesn't matter the election is over.. move on....

[dref99]

Sorry... but Huff Po... not bias at all are they... snipped the unnecessary eye rolling

Doesn't matter the election is over.. move on....

Bias or not - they quote her own words - over and over - and what's with the move on - have you decided the moderator won't delete the thread so you need to find another way to avoid giving reasons for your view - or could it just be that there is no valid verification for your comments.

jmp

[catdoc]

I just kept hoping she would just go away. Go back to Alaska to the peope who elected her. Even though Greta insists on calling it "the biggest state in America". we all know that's based on square miles of mostly uninhabited wilderness. I thought if she stayed out of the lower 48, she would be mostly harmless. NOT. She's never seen a protected area she didn't want to mine. She made it possible and legal to shoot wolves from helicoptors and pays a $150 bounty for them. She sued the Feds to keep polar bears off the endangered list. The list in Wikipedia goes on and on. She's harmless nowhere in a position of power. Thank God she did not come within a heartbeat of being president. She is the main reason I lost confidence in John McCain.

[Tracker]

The only "bizarre" thing I have found on this thread is not in Gov. Palin's interview, but in the obsessive nature of trashing her still.
I think she is correct in her assessments of how things are, and that there are still people who come across as clucking hens and meowing cats when it comes to anything about the Gov. Let it go - Gov. Palin isn't harming you. JMO


Well said. I find it amazing how Tina Fey's routine are repeated as Sarah Palin quotes from people who call Palin stupid. What are you people so afraid of? Her honesty? Or her appeal?

[Tracker]

I think palin seems to think everyone else is wrong and her and her beliefs are right no matter what they are - maybe if she would take the time to think maybe she is wrong and look at what others are saying she would learn from her mistakes, doubt it though

Then you're putting her in the same circle as Hillary(vast right wing conspiracy)Clinton, who blamed everyone but her own womanizing husband. And some of these people who deride Palin's intelligence, which they've determined by listening to Tina Fey, are all for Caroline Kennedy, who if she spoke 50 words, 24 of them were "you know". She sounds like, you know, an idiot.

[Shells2]

I don't think this belongs on the other Palin thread, as it is a seperate issue, so I'll just put it here..


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/palin-accuses-media-of-personal-salacious-reporting/?eref=politicalflipper

(But look at how she criticized Hilary for doing the same thing back in September..

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/did-palin-call.html )


What I don't understand,is why she is firing back NOW? Why bring more attention to all of the things that were said during the campaign? Every single politician has gone through this.. why does she feel like she was singled out... ?

[Shells2]

I think from time to time. she will make comments just to keep her name in the news. Like other politicians who ran losing campaigns, she may comment on the current administration or just make policy speeches of her own.

There are historians who are just now writing books about the campaign. She has insight that others may not have. I suspect people writing about the campaign may seek her view.


imo


If she were to comment on the current admin, I could understand it, but to be completely hypocritical after what she said about Hilary, and after all this time say that the media "picked on her" and criticize Katie Couric et al, I just don't understand her motivation.

[Shells2]

That is a very good question. Perhaps she just wants to keep herself in the limelight any way she can since she might be running in the next presidential election.


I think she is ruining any chance she may have had by playing the victim card. Presidents need to be thick skinned IMO.

[MercedesV]

I don't think Palin ever stopped campaigning. She went back to Alaska after election day and never really stopped giving interviews, speeches and promoting herself. It seemed to me in the closing days of the campaign she shifted gears from running as part of the ticket to promoting herself. JMO. Using the election as a springboard for her future. And I think she wants to keep herself in the national spotlight and perhaps she thinks she is doing herself good by explaining things.

Palin had said she relies on her instincts, her gut, and I think that is what she is doing. I don't see how it is helping her but perhaps she has a bigger plan in mind for the next couple of years. I think what she is saying will endear her to her supporters but not sway anyone who wasn't already a supporter. One thing she is doing is keeping herself the focus of national press coverage and her name in front of a national audience.

[lunchlady]

Hmmmmm... Seems like the publicity thing is a double-edged sword. Fame helps bring you money and perks and power and fans, but it also brings scrutiny and satire and cartoons and stalkers. If you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen.
Caroline Kennedy just isn't comedy gold, sorry. And if Couric respects Kennedy I don't think its just because of her family and her money.

[rondouglas]

I like the media, why is she always complaining?

Did anybody treat her unfairly?

Silly question -I think I should ask: Does anybody expect the media to support them?

And the answer should be a resounding "no". Isn't that right?

[MercedesV]

That sounds very similar to John Edwards and others.

John Edwards? No, it doesn't sound like him at all.

[StillEG]

Hello 'surftofind'.... we have both a politics and a media board here.


Just fyi

[jenmito]

I don't think this belongs on the other Palin thread, as it is a seperate issue, so I'll just put it here..


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/palin-accuses-media-of-personal-salacious-reporting/?eref=politicalflipper

(But look at how she criticized Hilary for doing the same thing back in September..

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/did-palin-call.html )


What I don't understand,is why she is firing back NOW? Why bring more attention to all of the things that were said during the campaign? Every single politician has gone through this.. why does she feel like she was singled out... ?

She's the biggest hypocrite I've seen in a long time. She's STILL whining about everything she brought on herself. And she goes on to claim Caroline Kennedy is being treated with kid gloves because she's a Dem.?! Caroline Kennedy has been PUMMELED in the media! All anyone in the media talks about is how many times she says "you know" and how she is not qualified, how this is not a coronation, etc. Meanwhile, Palin uses the word "also" nearly as often as Caroline uses "you know," but that's NEVER mentioned in the media.

She blames Katie Couric for asking her tough questions like what she reads, and LIES about the question. Palin has claimed Couric asked her which papers she reads "up there in Alaska" which she NEVER said. I guess when you have nobody to blame but yourself, blame everyone else. :rolleyes:

[Bagerra]

I don't think this belongs on the other Palin thread, as it is a seperate issue, so I'll just put it here..


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/palin-accuses-media-of-personal-salacious-reporting/?eref=politicalflipper

(But look at how she criticized Hilary for doing the same thing back in September..

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/did-palin-call.html )


What I don't understand,is why she is firing back NOW? Why bring more attention to all of the things that were said during the campaign? Every single politician has gone through this.. why does she feel like she was singled out... ?

If I were Palin I would keep complaining, she has every right to the way she was treated. IMO

[daniel green]

But the thing no one seems to be able to counter Ziegler with is the fact that Sarah Palin's reversal of fortunes came not as a result of "liberal media" criticism. 'Twas conservatives -- Brooks, Krauthammer, Will, Buckley, Parker, and others -- that really ran Palin off the road. Why? Those aforementioned voices on the right thought Palin had shortcomings for which she wouldn't take responsibility.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/09/david-shuster-and-john-zi_n_156669.html

[gskrugs]

Well today it seems she's put out a press release on the recent clips being shown from the documentary, saying she thought they wouldn't be shown for 6 or 9 weeks from now. It was a Far Right person who did the documentary to be released next month, who released the clips to YouTube and media and is appearing on talk shows discussing them, and she's complaining about that! It's all so unimportant anyway int he scheme of things, but it's what get covered as "news."

[justaguy]

I don't believe this thread belongs here but Sarah has every right to speak out about her grandchild and the comparison to her being VP and Kennedy being Hillary's replacement. Every single right as much as we have to post a comment on this board.

i think she has every right to be outraged at those who speculated about her child but...send it in the right direction...malicious bloggers ect. i dont remember anyone in the MSM covering it as an actual issue (DOES anyone..?)...the only time i heard it was when THEY discussed how she was being portrayed in those blogs ect. ie they didn't do a report on whether the child was hers...they did a report on those that WERE reporting it. but she lumps them all together...as did greta tonight who of course..was doing damage control for her. (i dont blame her..i am betting she has been given a directive).

[interested]

i think she has every right to be outraged at those who speculated about her child but...send it in the right direction...malicious bloggers ect. i dont remember anyone in the MSM covering it as an actual issue (DOES anyone..?)...the only time i heard it was when THEY discussed how she was being portrayed in those blogs ect. ie they didn't do a report on whether the child was hers...they did a report on those that WERE reporting it. but she lumps them all together...as did greta tonight who of course..was doing damage control for her. (i dont blame her..i am betting she has been given a directive).

There was no mention in the main stream about her children until the McCain campaign came out of the blue with their announcement that Bristol was pregnant, explaining the reason for the announcement to the main stream press was to combat the internet rumors.

It was McCain/Palin who took the matter to the MSM dignifying with a response & bringing wide spread attention to the smear blogs.

There was no reason for her daughter or her situation to be discussed in the national news other than to create buzz in the media & they created it themselves with that announcement. The smear blogs should have been ignored in the same way the opposition ignored the stupid rumors about secret videos and forged birth certificates.

[Shells2]

I hope she keeps it up, too. Every time she opens her mouth, she looks worse and worse.

I don't blame her for being jealous of Kennedy. Caroline has class and brains.

ITA!

She makes herself look foolish complaining now, especially after chastizing how Clinton complained.

She was not "picked on" in the media any more than most other political figures IMO.

[jenmito]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/28/palin-claimed-dinosaurs-a_n_130012.html

[jenmito]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y

Contrary to what she claimed, she was NOT asked what she reads "up there in Alaska." :rolleyes:

[jenmito]

Remember when Palin was stumped by Katie Couric after being asked to name a Supreme Court decision.

Yup, even though there was just a SC ruling she disagreed with in AK.

[interested]

Remember when Palin was stumped by Katie Couric after being asked to name a Supreme Court decision.

She was asked to name one she didn't agree with other than Roe v Wade. She couldn't, even though there had been a recent decision that slashed the damages award against Exxon Oil due to the Valdez oil spill that drastically damaged the fishing industry & impacted Alaska's residents directly.

http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/06/25/supreme-court-slashes-25b-exxon-valdez-award/

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday slashing the damages Exxon Mobil (XOM) must pay as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill could have unexpectedly wide-ranging consequences. An award to Alaskan fishermen and other residents was reduced from $2.5 billion to about $500 million.

In its ruling, the high court grapples once more with an issue that has long dogged corporate America and its adversaries: at what point is a verdict that’s meant to punish a defendant and deter future wrongdoing — rather than to compensate the plaintiff for his actual damages — excessive?

[justaguy]

MOre drama??? When will that woman quit whining about everything? GEEZ! IMO JMO She must think someone cares, besides herself????? Well, most don't. IMO JMO welll i don't blame her on this one....a paper still going after her on is the baby hers..sickens me.

unfortunately palin lumps that low stuff in with couric, gibson ect when she talks about the media and how they have treated her.

rumormongers and legit interviews are completely different.

[justaguy]

Of course rumor-mongors, and legit media are completely different. All of her complaints are about the legit media, and interviewers. She lumps them together because she probably doesn't know the difference between the two. hahahahahahaha


IMO JMO no i think its on purpose..if she lumps them together she can try and just make "the media" to blame. if she acknowledges they are separate..then she has to defend the legitimate..and bad interviews.

[ortiga]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/13/palin-slams-bored-anonymous-pathetic-bloggers-who-lie/

If only she had told McCain that she'd be calling some of the shots.

:rolleyes:

Problem is that all of her excuses are to cover why she lost the campaign for McCain, and why of all the candidates she alone ended up as a politician "lite". She doesn't come across as having McCain in mind, just herself.

IMO she is taking the wrong tack if she wants a substantial role in national politics. Poor poor pitiful her.

IMO

[VC2]

the only thing i can think of, is that these interviews are to position her for 2012.

This really shows what a political neophyte and what political misjudgement she has.

I dont have the link bc i cant remember where i read it but it was a quote from a GOPer the last few days, essentially saying that anyone who wants to run in 2012 is out of their mind. Unless Obama manages to make the economy far worse (which is doubtful even if it takes 2 years to see it come around) it is difficult enough to imagine unseating him. With the shambles the GOP is in right now, it is going to take the 4 years to concentrate on new policies/directions and repairing its brand that as one so famously said "if we were dog food we would be recalled" and getting republican senators and house members re elected. A mammoth job and doubtful that it will be done in time to win the presidency back in 2012.

Sarah Palin doesn't even seem to realize that her style is manna to the far right but that it is the last thing the party needs at the moment. I hope she does run in 2012. She is a terrific campaigner and will get her base fired up but is going to send the party further into the wilderness.

Most moderate republicans are rather horrified by her and if Obama keeps to his policy of inclusion are going to stay in the "obama republican" tent if that is the choice.

You know who i think can run and lose but still have a good chance to win in 2016 if he becomes the face of the party? Scares the heck out of me but Senator Ryan. He may do what Reagan did for the party.

IMO

[CaféAuLait's]

,

AP story COPYRIGHT All INCLUSIVE

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28778319/page/2/

[emdragon]

Oh give me a fricking break- bloggers are NOT the media and they have no interest in her right now- more important things have been going on.

Someone say the spot light off of themselves and had to try and redirect it- perhaps she should put as much effort into feeding the starving people of her state.

I think it is time I go public and attack Palin for giving me an unending head ache and high blood pressure every time she shrieks about the media.

[theal3]

No one swore anything here, they posted links from news and internet stories from Alaska. It would have helped if McCain hadn't sprung her on America 4 days before the Convention with no information only to let America and the news outlets, explore on it's own on who she was when the election was so close at the time, and she'd be a heart beat away from the main job. IMHO Most of the stuff I read, came from Alaska newspapers or Alaska bloggers, and the links got repeated all over.

[CaféAuLait's]

Oh give me a fricking break- bloggers are NOT the media and they have no interest in her right now- more important things have been going on.

Someone say the spot light off of themselves and had to try and redirect it- perhaps she should put as much effort into feeding the starving people of her state.

I think it is time I go public and attack Palin for giving me an unending head ache and high blood pressure every time she shrieks about the media.

You are sorely mistaken if you think Blogs are not media:

Mass media
"Popular press" redirects here; note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press".
Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. These internet media may include:
• Television
• Personal web pages
• Message boards
• Podcasts
• Blogs • Video hosting services
The communications audience has been viewed by some commentators as forming a mass society with special characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render it especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass-media techniques such as advertising and propaganda. The term "MSM" or "mainstream media" has been widely used in the blogosphere in discussion of the mass media and media bias.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media



The Huffington Post is a BLOG and was used over and over as sources prior to the election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post

The Daily kos ( which tried to sell the horrible story about Palins children) is a blog too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Kos

[CaféAuLait's]

No one swore anything here, they posted links from news and internet stories from Alaska. It would have helped if McCain hadn't sprung her on America 4 days before the Convention with no information only to let America and the news outlets, explore on it's own on who she was when the election was so close at the time, and she'd be a heart beat away from the main job. IMHO Most of the stuff I read, came from Alaska newspapers or Alaska bloggers, and the links got repeated all over.

Yes they did swear the Trig was Bristols, it was horrible the rumors that family had to wade through.

An aside it seems by your words that you think that because McCain "sprung" her on the public it was his fault that the media made up rumors about her family?

No one should endure such, Obama, Palin, McCain, NO ONE! No matter where it comes from Alaska or Timbucktoo! The Daily Kos is on of the blogs that tried to market the rumors they even hit Saturaday Night Live in that horrible skit about the media. It was bad!

[theal3]

Mass media has changed since the founding father included "freedom of the press" over 200 years ago. Electricity spawned radio, TV etc.

When I grew up it was radio, 3 TV stations and newspapers, the internet became a force since like 2000 and blogs and websites just in the last 5 years. I'm sure it took the Gov. by surprise how fast info travels in the lower 48. She's learning fast that's for sure. She's all over the TV cable.

[theal3]

Yes they did swear the Trig was Bristols, it was horrible the rumors that family had to wade through.

An aside it seems by your words that you think that because McCain "sprung" her on the public it was his fault that the media made up rumors about her family?

No one should endure such, Obama, Palin, McCain, NO ONE! No matter where it comes from Alaska or Timbucktoo! The Daily Kos is on of the blogs that tried to market the rumors they even hit Saturaday Night Live in that horrible skit about the media. It was bad!

I saw it all. People did have questions, rightfully so, but that was on the internet, not MSMedia. I think the real Media was okay, the internet is another story. She seem to be blaming the internet then, right? I agree, but yike the stuff about Michelle, and Barack and Hillary, too on blogs and the internet and on MSM. Somehow they navigated it with press releases or appearances or PR people. She'll learn.

[juliekan]

The problem with this sort of "news" (gossip) is ignoring facts, and the internet and bloggers just ramp up the speed from when gossip used to be passed from neighbor to neighbor:

Maternal age influences the chances of conceiving a baby with Down syndrome. At maternal age 20 to 24, the probability is one in 1562; at age 35 to 39 the probability is one in 214, and above age 45 the probability is one in 19.[14] Although the probability increases with maternal age, 80% of children with Down syndrome are born to women under the age of 35,[15] reflecting the overall fertility of that age group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downs_syndrome

there isn't even any data stated here(surely it is somewhere else but ??) for births under 20. statistically it must be very rare. so this was just malicious gossip.

[LisaM22]

bloggers are not the media, but I am curious as to how she is putting the rumors to rest even though I am sure they are just that... rumors, is it via dna?

my guess is no one watched her the other day and she is now whining to get more attention - is she just trying to get this rumor back out there circulating again, cause I think the rumor had died until she brought it back up - just my guess

and did she ever release those emails or medical records yet?

[emdragon]

You are sorely mistaken if you think Blogs are not media:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media



The Huffington Post is a BLOG and was used over and over as sources prior to the election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post

The Daily kos ( which tried to sell the horrible story about Palins children) is a blog too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Kos

Bloggers are bloggers not MSM and they are not controlled by Palin. Huffington is a Blog warehouse, they pull stories from other news sources and individual opinion pieces.

I'm sorry Palin doesn't like what is written about her but the bigger scene she throws the more fuel she adds to their fire.

The original stories about Trig came straight from Alaska- and even those were stories she fueled herself by hiding her Pregnancy-
And this is why she annoys me so- she worked in Television and has a Degree in communication journalism and she doesn't understand how the profession works- what was she asleep the whole time she was in school?

She has made her statement and had a forum to outright deny the rumors and set the record straight- that should have been the end of it, but she keeps revisiting it which just gives the story longer legs.

She can't shut the bloggers up but she can certainly give them more to write about.

[RayStar]

The 8 hour plane ride was very telling. IMO

[LisaM22]

The 8 hour plane ride was very telling. IMO

I do not understand that either, but could be she did not worry because she felt her child was already going to be born special, it is hard to tell what was going though palin's mind

I just am not sure why Palin brought this back up again, that doesn't make sense either

[TellitTrue]

Palin is looking/sounding more and more pathetic as she rehashes what is over and done with. This is not the way to advance here political ambitions. She is like a soap opera and minimizes her own self, over and over again. Let it go Sarah, you lost...and it's your own fault...we all saw who you are, and what you had to offer to the people of our country. And we responded NO.:cool: for good reasons.

[TellitTrue]

Bloggers are bloggers not MSM and they are not controlled by Palin. Huffington is a Blog warehouse, they pull stories from other news sources and individual opinion pieces.

I'm sorry Palin doesn't like what is written about her but the bigger scene she throws the more fuel she adds to their fire.

The original stories about Trig came straight from Alaska- and even those were stories she fueled herself by hiding her Pregnancy-
And this is why she annoys me so- she worked in Television and has a Degree in communication journalism and she doesn't understand how the profession works- what was she asleep the whole time she was in school?

She has made her statement and had a forum to outright deny the rumors and set the record straight- that should have been the end of it, but she keeps revisiting it which just gives the story longer legs.

She can't shut the bloggers up but she can certainly give them more to write about.
Is she now competing for "Victim of the Year" award? boo hoo. Her behavior is totally unprofessional, imo.

[NYGalPal]

Palin is looking/sounding more and more pathetic as she rehashes what is over and done with. This is not the way to advance here political ambitions. She is like a soap opera and minimizes her own self, over and over again. Let it go Sarah, you lost...and it's your own fault...we all saw who you are, and what you had to offer to the people of our country. And we responded NO.:cool: for good reasons.

I totally agree with you. It sounds to me that she is mad her 15 minutes of fame is over for good reason. Doesn't she have anything better to do instead of sitting around reading what is said about her online? Sarah has no class. Can you imagine if she was voted in to the white house? Kiss freedom of speech good bye.

She's off her rocker. Sarah, you reading this?

[emdragon]

http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/index.html

Kudos to Palin for at least publicly saying Obama is her President and she is happy with the state of the country right now.

She also said nice things about Michelle and the girls.

Since the rest of FOX news is already trying to spread fear and division I have to give praise to Palin for refraining from being negative. At least for now.

[Lyvia]

Palin's statement is probably partly or mostly or entirely political. I'm sure she loves this country so there may also be some sincerity there. She cannot be happy that Obama is president, and we know that she's been in the press constantly trying to rehab herself from the mistakes she made during the campaign. Mostly, she's done more harm than good, which is unfortunate, because if she did what she said she was going to do and just went back to Alaska and did her job, she'd be a more viable candidate in 2012. But I appreciate that her words may help some of her more loyal followers cope with the outcome and give President Obama a chance. With people like Rush Limbaugh wishing failure on the president, Palin's words can do some good.

[Lady_Jean_La]

I loved her natural flowing hairstyle.
She looked happy and well-rested and as always is more than happy to promote her beloved Alaska.
I am amazed how she always seems to be so upbeat and positive.That was one heck of an attraction, her positive attitude. She is so refreshing and interesting.

[Bagerra]

http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/index.html

Kudos to Palin for at least publicly saying Obama is her President and she is happy with the state of the country right now.

She also said nice things about Michelle and the girls.

Since the rest of FOX news is already trying to spread fear and division I have to give praise to Palin for refraining from being negative. At least for now.

I'm not surprised by Palin's classiness and I think she was very unfairly portrayed in the media. I wouldn't worry about Fox News, it's just one media outlet out of thousands. IMO :)

[Bagerra]

That was one heck of an attraction, her positive attitude. She is so refreshing and interesting. I agree. As I get to finally know her as a person and politician I'm finding that alot of the media sources I was following were trying to shoot her popularity down. I am really appreciating her strong faith and how she doesn't project it on others, it's her own. She is a very strong lady to endure what God has given her, she is truly blessed. IMO

[emdragon]

I know what you mean. I remember seeing an interview with her that was done before she was ever picked for the VP campaign. She was in the kitchen with some of her family. Her youngest daughter was making comment that were so unscripted. Sarah Palin's reaction to them were just great and you could see the family interaction.

I believe you are thinking of the Greta (maybe Matt Lauer) interview and it was done after she was VP candidate-there was something about being back at home making Moose Chili.

[emdragon]

RE: "I really do think that Palin and Obama have alot in common..."

Really?

Please explain what she and Obama have in common.

TIA

I'd have to say Family- each in their own way but Family is important to both.

[LisaM22]

I'd have to say Family- each in their own way but Family is important to both.

good answer, I would agree with that

[Lady_Jean_La]

I'd have to say Family- each in their own way but Family is important to both.Both have a really upbeat attitude.

[Bagerra]

I loved her natural flowing hairstyle.
She looked happy and well-rested and as always is more than happy to promote her beloved Alaska.
I am amazed how she always seems to be so upbeat and positive.

That is something I've always liked about her as well, her up beat personality, natural beauty and pride in her state and country. Something I dont' see very often with politicians. IMO

[snookums1]

She needs to start doing her job in her own state and stop worrying about running for president. A large portion of rural Alaska is desperate right now.

[LisaM22]

Sarah Palin keeps fueling rumors that she's seeking a White House bid come 2012 by founded her own PAC.

http://www.wowowow.com/post/palin-expanding-political-reach-pac-185578


no doubt in my mind she's running for President in 2012

I hope she does and I hope the right nominates her, lol

[LisaM22]

Sarah Palin keeps fueling rumors that she's seeking a White House bid come 2012 by founded her own PAC.

http://www.wowowow.com/post/palin-expanding-political-reach-pac-185578


no doubt in my mind she's running for President in 2012

I hope she does and I hope the right nominates her, lol

she has 4 years to tell the american people about herself rather then whining about how unfair life is, what do you think we will hear in during the next four years

[ortiga]

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/01/27/sarah-palin-shoots-for-2012-bid-for-president-report.html

interesting list of books suggested for her

MSNBC has more to say about her new SARAHPAC

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/27/1762675.aspx

[Lady_Jean_La]

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Is Independent Group Home Living Foundation s Honoree of the Year 09

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Governor-Sarah-Palin-prnews-14164001.html

[ortiga]

I hope she does and I hope the right nominates her, lol

she has 4 years to tell the american people about herself rather then whining about how unfair life is, what do you think we will hear in during the next four years

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/27/palin-launches-political-action-committee/

more about her money-raising PAC

The name of the group processing her solicitation of funds is "campaign solutions".

[ortiga]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/palins_pac_first_step_to_2012.html?hpid=news-col-blog

additional explanation of her Political Action Committee, what these committees do, and who else has them (Romney and Huckabee, for example, who formed the PACs already). Also addresses some problems she must overcome, for example the way she is widely dismissed by professional politicians in the republican party, yet is dearly loved by the extreme right base.

The author of the article considers this PAC step as a precursor for her candidacy in 2012.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2009/01/sarah_palin_starts_a_pac.html

more on her PAC and "invisible primaries"....next stops on the way to declaring for pres.

[daniel green]

I saw yesterday on the news where she blocked protection for Begula whales or wants to stop their protection. :sad::sad::sad:

[jessie50]

I saw yesterday on the news where she blocked protection for Begula whales or wants to stop their protection. :sad::sad::sad:


OH NOOO! Not the Belugas they are like big puffy marshmallows that smile at you.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fs earch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26ni%3D18%26va% 3Dbeluga%2Bwhale%26fr%3Dslv8-acer%26xargs%3D0%26pstart%3D1%26b%3D235&w=371&h=500&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F2128%2F2784337075_956ae 4f812.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fgcpowe ll%2F2784337075%2F&size=93.9kB&name=Beluga+Whale+Encounter+Mystic+Aquarium&p=beluga+whale&type=JPG&oid=1a7779f1b7c357d6&fusr=gcpowell&tit=Beluga+Whale+Encounter+Mystic+Aquarium&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fgcpowe ll%2F&no=240&tt=29,399&sigr=11hfpuhai&sigi=11g50r3bh&sigb=13mb2kpnj&sigh=116rm8832

[ortiga]

I saw yesterday on the news where she blocked protection for Begula whales or wants to stop their protection. :sad::sad::sad:

Hey DG.

Here is a very good explanation of what she is doing to stop protection of the sub species of Beluga that lives in Cook Inlet. She is attacking the concept of computer modeling, and arguing that it is not really a subspecies.

The article points out that the oil companies joined forces with her to oust protection of polar bears, it's not known yet if they will also join forces with her to remove federal protection of the Cook Inlet Belugas.

http://uspolitics.tribe.net/thread/3ba26f58-4562-437d-aa94-7831027b3729

[ortiga]

OH NOOO! Not the Belugas they are like big puffy marshmallows that smile at you.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fs earch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26ni%3D18%26va% 3Dbeluga%2Bwhale%26fr%3Dslv8-acer%26xargs%3D0%26pstart%3D1%26b%3D235&w=371&h=500&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F2128%2F2784337075_956ae 4f812.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fgcpowe ll%2F2784337075%2F&size=93.9kB&name=Beluga+Whale+Encounter+Mystic+Aquarium&p=beluga+whale&type=JPG&oid=1a7779f1b7c357d6&fusr=gcpowell&tit=Beluga+Whale+Encounter+Mystic+Aquarium&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fgcpowe ll%2F&no=240&tt=29,399&sigr=11hfpuhai&sigi=11g50r3bh&sigb=13mb2kpnj&sigh=116rm8832


They are lovely, and considered signs of good luck, and are diminishing in number.

[daniel green]

The federal government on Friday placed beluga whales that live in Cook Inlet in Alaska on the endangered species list, rejecting efforts by Gov. Sarah Palin and others against increased protection.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/18beluga.html

[ortiga]

It's hardly ever mentioned that there is a second "bridge to nowhere" in the works. The bridge is mentioned in your link, that would connect her town of Wasilla to Anchorage so some people would not have to drive around the head of the bay, instead they could cross the bay on the bridge, if I am reading this correctly. Federal protection (our protection) of the Beluga may threaten this second bridge to nowhere.

IMO

[daniel green]

Hey DG.

Here is a very good explanation of what she is doing to stop protection of the sub species of Beluga that lives in Cook Inlet. She is attacking the concept of computer modeling, and arguing that it is not really a subspecies.

The article points out that the oil companies joined forces with her to oust protection of polar bears, it's not known yet if they will also join forces with her to remove federal protection of the Cook Inlet Belugas.

http://uspolitics.tribe.net/thread/3ba26f58-4562-437d-aa94-7831027b3729


Oh, how horrible. Just horrible.

I should have known. The article says that Palin thinks that safeguards will interfere with oil and gas production, among big money projects.

Thankfully, clearer, informed minds decided against her wishes.

[ortiga]

Oh, how horrible. Just horrible.

I should have known. The article says that Palin thinks that safeguards will interfere with oil and gas production, among big money projects.

Thankfully, clearer, informed minds decided against her wishes.

Not so fast....IIRC your link was in October, but I think she is challenging the listing, trying to get the protection reversed as she is with the polar bear, with help of the oil companies in that case. She lost the fight to stop the listing, so is continuing on by attacking the scientists' use of computer modeling, etc. Try Mother Jones, a rep was on Racheal Maddow last night, explaining what is going on. She didn't win the fight by saying that protection of the beluga would interfere with oil and gas production, so she is attacking the science behind the decision as she did with polar bears. IMO

[daniel green]

snipped She didn't win the fight by saying that protection of the beluga would interfere with oil and gas production, so she is attacking the science behind the decision as she did with polar bears. IMO

Oh, for the love of pete. :rolleyes: That's just reprehensible.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/27/Wasilla_church_to_reopen_after_fire/UPI-60471233092677/

More positive news as Governor Palin's home church reopens.

[Lady_Jean_La]

More good news as Governor Palin's shoes sell.

http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=9740748

[Len]

The only positive thing I can find about Palin is her glasses. They look good on her.

[Bagerra]

More good news as Governor Palin's shoes sell.

http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=9740748

I loved those Red Shoes ! :wub:

[Brentwood]

The only positive thing I can find about Palin is her glasses. They look good on her.

That is the only thing that comes to mind for me too.

[gemsbmw]

http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/index.html

Kudos to Palin for at least publicly saying Obama is her President and she is happy with the state of the country right now.

She also said nice things about Michelle and the girls.

Since the rest of FOX news is already trying to spread fear and division I have to give praise to Palin for refraining from being negative. At least for now.


Is that the only positive thing you find about her? :confused:

[penguin01]

for Republicans who like her. I assume it will give her the funds to travel to support conservative republicans running for office, I wish they would be more spedific about their goals and agenda. "Building America's future" is pretty vague. I don't know if they have any specific programs or plans to recommend. Perhaps as they go along they will be posting specifics along with how they are spending the money on their website.

[ortiga]

It looks like energy independence will be an important cornerstone. It is at least as specific as "change we can believe in".
jmo

She ran for governor 2 years ago on the platform, partially, of resource development. Nary a word about energy independence. During her first few appearances at the McCain/Palin rallies, she misstated the amount of "energy" produced by Alaska, changing that story 3 or 4 times before she represented that subject truthfully. IIRC the first version she presented was that Alaska produces 20% of the energy of the USA, and from then on she had to keep revising it downwards until she arrived at a much lower number, after doing some research into the subject, or after having purposely tried to mislead voters and backtracking, we'll never know which it was. Same story with one of the bridges to nowhere, with no mention at all of the "other" bridge to nowhere that would lopsidedly benefit Wasilla, if built.

I notice on the sarahpac.com web site, that "health care" is now a republican goal. I guess that sounds sufficiently vague.

IMO

I do think though, that she has done the right thing in forming the PAC, the way I understand it is that the donations can be used for her own activities, and those of candidates that she favors. That should, IMO, make the people of the state of Alaska less apprehensive about "who's paying for what" in the next couple of years.

[ortiga]

health care and republican's don't even go together IMO

Rush would blow a gasket if they did that .........LMBO

It just says that health care is amongst the republican party's goals. It doesn't say health care for whom. www.sarahpac.com

[daniel green]

http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2009/01/26/palins-180-000-wardrobe-stuffed-in-trash-bags-not-donated/?icid=200100397x1217813158x1201210621

[MiamiNice1]

http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2009/01/26/palins-180-000-wardrobe-stuffed-in-trash-bags-not-donated/?icid=200100397x1217813158x1201210621

Hey Daniel - this is SUPER!

Why don't you start a "Link Something Negative About Sarah Palin" thread? Then you would be complying with CW's request.

imo

[Lady_Jean_La]

Copyright 2008 Los Angeles Times

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/12/21/news/na-team-sarah21

Now there is an alternative for women who don't like the old choices.


JMO