Palin interview with Couric

[Grace]

I just saw this on the news - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Q_7DpuQ3M


This is the person John McCain has chosen to be next in line???

[sasvermont]

She sounds so darn dumb. I am sorry. I cannot fathom why anyone would think she is prepared to be a VP or P. She is all fluff, at best. And .... she cannot speak without throwing in an "ing" drop. She sounds like such a red neck. Ugh. George Bush cannot complete a sentence either... I just don't get it. Sorry for being so negative. I just cringe when I hear her speak.

[lizbud]

Her comments seems to be things she's learned back in her old beauty
pagent days. You know how they ask the candidates at least 1 semi-serious
question to show their "smarts"? Palin believes she can say pretty much
anything & get away with it as long as she "appears" earnest enough.

[RICHARD]

There are a few politicians who cannot finish a thought or a sentence without having their words get stuck between their cerebral cortex and their epiglottis.

The mayor of Lost Angles is another buffoon with no sense of pacing and the Um and Ah speech pattern.

I watched a speech this weekend by a politician and he stumbled through 7 minutes of talking and umm-ed and uhh-ed a total of 70 plus times.

Public speaking is indeed an art and there are people who can get thru a sentence. Some people love to hear themselves speak-hence the stumbling around and making dumb statements. Sad when the only time you can get through a sentence is when it's projected on a tilted glass frame a few feet away.

As for SP's cringy, unmodulated, vocal range? Thank god pushing the MUTE button isn't a crime against that little Freedom of Speech Act.

The overstated wonder of the moment will wear off and SP will get caught, in one of those moments, with her bikinis down around her ankles.

Until then? I like the fluffy, puppy loving, moose killing, gun toting, 'pornstar' facade. I can hardly wait until she turns into a PMSing, sharp tongued, witless
Bee-yotch that everyone knows is hidden under the upswept hair, the business suit and smart set of shoes. She'll bark out orders like HC, Snap like Tah Rais ah Kerry, and blabber on like Nancy Pelosi.

Maybe we'll get a deal like the one we got with Dick Cheney. Never hear from him again! I heard that he has a paper-maiche likeness that goes to all the important meetings, it's so good that no one really notices!

Sometimes it's great to hear a woman's voice carry on,
That reassures us men that we aren't the only idiots on the planet.

[caseysmom]

OMG I thought is was Tina Fey doing a joke!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Sigh...

[Cinder & Smoke]

Sometimes it's great to hear a woman's voice carry on,

That reassures us men that we aren't the only idiots on the planet.

Richard,
You have a Way with Words!

So, might I surmise that you're leaning in some direction
OTHER than McCain / Palin ??

[RICHARD]

Richard,
You have a Way with Words!

So, might I surmise that you're leaning in some direction
OTHER than McCain / Palin ??

Where have you gone, Pat Paulson?


LOL, I have no idea where I'll be in 10 minutes, let alone where I'll be on Nov 4! All parties sound dumber by the moment. And all the people who rabidly support either candidate sound tired of the process themselves.

Everyone needs 15 minutes or four years, sometimes it takes that long to figure out that they bit off more than they can chew!

[Cinder & Smoke]

All parties sound dumber by the moment.

I can sure agree with THAT statement!

Is it too late for our Favorite Son, Cleveland's own
Dennis the Menace Kucinich
to return to the Presidential Follies?

Now he and Sarah would have made a really WILD White House duo!!

[Catty1]

In KA-NA-DA here, an election gets called and we're done 6 weeks or so later.

I just really feel for my friends here in the USA...ya gotta "hurry up and wait" for what? Two years???

I hope the next President creates a law that allows a one-year advance poll. It must be like watching paint dry awaiting the day you can actually VOTE. And it must drag out for the politicians also.

If the Republicans could vote for their Pres candidate and leave Palin right out of it, it might be easier. But - she comes as part of the package.

Here, the Deputy Prime Minister is chosen after the election.

Prayin' for you!

[Grace]

Candace, your post reminded me of something I read the other day from the Washington Times.

If there should be a tie in the Electoral College votes, it is broken by the Congress. The House decides the President. Since the House is heavily Democratic, it would seem that Obama would be selected as President. The Senate, on the other hand, with Lieberman voting with the Republicans, would be in a 50-50 tie. At that point Vice President Dick Cheney steps in to break the tie to make Republican Sarah Palin his successor.

How's that for a can of worms?

[Catty1]

How's that for a can of worms?

Makes my head really hurt......

[lvpets2002]

All I know is That I Like the way Richard words things.. Oh Oh Oh I know lets write in Richard for President.. Right now I dont thing I will be available on Nov 4th..

[Marigold2]

Hillary and Bill Clinton are intelligent people and can put two, three and four words together, as can Obama.
Bush shows his intelligence every time he opens his mouth.
Weather you agree with a person or not the way they speak does show intelligence. I might not always agree with whom I am voting for however I don't think I am always correct or know more about the subject then they do, in fact I doubt that any of us know as much about the economy, foreign policy, healthcare as these politicans do. They all have advisors that are often as smart or smarter then they are doing the back round work for them. The final decison on some things might be theirs but they have a lot of help. Having the intelligence to understand all the info that is given to them and then making the decisions needs great intelligence, Bush doesn't have it, I don't think Palin does, McCain yes, Obama yes.
I think most Americans vote for a person based on religion and weather they are a Rep or Dem they don't look at the whole package and they don't do their research. The extreme right wing often but not always listens to their pastor or minister never reading a Time, Newsweek, watching a debate or news program. The only reality for the is what they learn in church.
The extreme left are so afraid of losing any of their freedom that they also don't look at all the issues.
Thats why I always say and will continue to say that church and state need to as seperate as can be.
Religion has no place in politics. After all when we deal with foreign nations especially the Middle East their religion is so different from ours it affects their morals, and their way of life. Not too many Americans are ready to strap a bomb onto themselves walk into a crowd and blow themselves up for the good of the government. Religion is not a logical practice in any country. How you were raised how your parents prayed is most often how you will practice, most people don't go to other churches and pick one for themselves. That is not to say that religion is bad, but it is a personal choice and not a government issue. After all America came about for the freedom of religion. When you think about how desperate the Pilgrams were, how they risked their lives to come here, shows how deep their faith was. They were willing to die for this. Just as the people in the Middle East are willing to die.

[lizbud]

Another ex-supporter of Palin heard from......... No wonder they have been hiding her from the press.


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Palin: Withdraw "for your country"
September 26, 2008 8:25 AM

Syndicated conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, who once described Sarah Palin's candidacy as a "bright light," now is calling on her to withdraw. She is the first prominent conservative to stake out that position--bringing to mind Bill Kristol's early pronouncement in 2005 that he was "disappointed, depressed and demoralized" over the Harriet Miers nomination.

In a column titled "The Palin Problem," Parker says Palin's recent "painful" interviews with Gibson, Hannity and Couric show she is "clearly out of her league" and that "we'd all be guffawing" if she were a man.

"No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I've been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly," Parker writes. "I've also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted."

Palin, she writes, filibusters and fills the space with deadwood. "Cut the verbiage and there's not much content there," Parker concludes. And then she provides an example--an exchange with Sean Hannity.

Bottom line:

"Only Palin can save McCain, her party and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first," Parker writes.

"Do it for your country."