# A shout-out? from a VP candidate? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304 "2008-10-03T13:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/81 "2008-10-03T17:52:07Z")
> [@frankzafka](#): > > So, if she becomes President, which I highly doubt, Creationism will rule the land and supplant all accumulated knowledge? Just like Obama has stated he doesn’t think same sex marriage is equal to het marriage. So gays will be outlawed? Come on idiot.. Think before posting next time. Look, I know I’m smarter than you… but you \*have \*to try to keep up. Do you think that getting the SCOTUS to overturn the prohibition against teaching creationism is a small thing? Aside from the fact that it’s stupid, it also would make the US the laughingstock of the world. You obviously aren’t trying hard here. Please, furrow those little brows and actually rub the few neurons you have that aren’t dedicated to being an intarweb failure together for a second. Of course if you have an argument that isn’t a strawman I’ll gladly listen to it. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/82 "2008-10-03T17:53:45Z")
> [@frankzafka](#): > > Western Illiniois–my point stands in your pronunciation, in spades. Hint: I like Ohio. We just think you’re quaint. And our Coulmbus friends say I speak like an Alambama sth or other. As an aside have you notice Appalachian drawl has crept towards you as of even date? Not particularly. I am prone to occasionally saying y’all, but would make it a point to not do so in a formal setting like a debate. Of course you have never heard me speak and are referring to generalities where my issues with Palin are in direct reference to her speech quirks. But then also, I am not running to be Vice President and if I were I would ensure that my speech patterns were as polished as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/83 "2008-10-03T18:00:05Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > Her performance was so ridiculously wretched that I can’t imagine how anyone with two functioning brain cells is buying it. 1. Shuffle talking point flash cards. 2. Deal out a spread. 3. Do a Tarot-style reading of the result. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/84 "2008-10-03T18:00:26Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I’ve heard it in the South mostly. I can’t say that I’m familiar with Alaskan regionalisms, so I don’t know if that is ‘typical alaskan’ or if it is an affectation she put on to sound more…down home I suppose is a term that would fit. I’m not sure either. To me Palin seems like she’d fit right in to the cast of Fargo, but as I understand it, the accents in that movie were far from accurate. I was under the impression that Chicagoans talk a bit like that, though. ---
**Author:** ![frankzafka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@frankzafka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frankzafka)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/85 "2008-10-03T18:05:09Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Look, I know I’m smarter than you… but you \*have \*to try to keep up. Do you think that getting the SCOTUS to overturn the prohibition against teaching creationism is a small thing? Aside from the fact that it’s stupid, it also would make the US the laughingstock of the world. > > You obviously aren’t trying hard here. Please, furrow those little brows and actually rub the few neurons you have that aren’t dedicated to being an intarweb failure together for a second. > > Of course if you have an argument that isn’t a strawman I’ll gladly listen to it. Listen up Shithead. I doubt you are smarter than me, whatever that means, nor better looking, nor richer. How’s that? If you think SCOTUS is that stupid or the D controlled Senate would approve of another far right appointee..well you get what you vote for. And then again you were never that smart anyway. Anywho, I’m in China and the one week vacation is coming to a close in 4 hours. Got to get to my factory in the am. Love it here in the SDMB, just wish I had the time to stick around. I really do appreciate the criticism, both personally and critically, as it will definitely give me sth. to chew on. I must apologize that I have to bow out for two days due to work commitments but certainly hope to be able see you all again in GD or IMHO as you have so many insights and opinions that are extremely weighty. I do apologize for being an ass, but I guess that is why we’re in the PIT. Zai Jian. Be Safe. Have Fun. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/86 "2008-10-03T18:05:39Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > The wolves were hungry at the prospect of the banquet last night. But then Sarah shot them from the lofty plane of her rhetoric, thus sparing the panicked Republican caribou from predation! An inspiring tale for the kiddies. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/87 "2008-10-03T18:09:29Z")
> [@frankzafka](#): > > I do apologize for being an ass, but I guess that is why we’re in the PIT. The common wisdom around here is that while it is OK to be an ass in the Pit, it’s not actually mandatory. One would think that your sole goal here is to alienate every single person on the board. You’d do well to pull back a bit and be civil. ---
**Author:** ![frankzafka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@frankzafka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frankzafka)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/88 "2008-10-03T18:10:01Z")
[RIGHT][/RIGHT] > [@tdn](#): > > I’m not sure either. To me Palin seems like she’d fit right in to the cast of Fargo, but as I understand it, the accents in that movie were far from accurate. I was under the impression that Chicagoans talk a bit like that, though. Very True.. In Western part of the state we have “hillbilly” speech mixed with “Chichago” and “Wishconsin/Michican/Canada” blush. Luckily we all like cheese, beer and mostly the Cubs(hail Mary, please!!) But the lazt tongue from the south is slowly taking over. ---
**Author:** ![frankzafka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@frankzafka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frankzafka)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/89 "2008-10-03T18:11:41Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > The common wisdom around here is that while it is OK to be an ass in the Pit, it’s not actually mandatory. One would think that your sole goal here is to alienate every single person on the board. You’d do well to pull back a bit and be civil. Good Advice..Very much noted. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/90 "2008-10-03T18:14:04Z")
> [@frankzafka](#): > > Listen up Shithead. I doubt you are smarter than me, whatever that means, nor better looking, nor richer. How’s that? If you think SCOTUS is that stupid or the D controlled Senate would approve of another far right appointee..well you get what you vote for. And then again you were never that smart anyway. > > Anywho, I’m in China and the one week vacation is coming to a close in 4 hours. Got to get to my factory in the am. Love it here in the SDMB, just wish I had the time to stick around. I really do appreciate the criticism, both personally and critically, as it will definitely give me sth. to chew on. > > I must apologize that I have to bow out for two days due to work commitments but certainly hope to be able see you all again in GD or IMHO as you have so many insights and opinions that are extremely weighty. I do apologize for being an ass, but I guess that is why we’re in the PIT. > > Zai Jian. Be Safe. Have Fun. We’ll be waiting. Have fun. On topic, slipping a conservative in could very well happen. They just have to find five of them. Five evangelical lawyers and judges willing to be evasive on the conformation block. Do you think the American public is going to sit still for five vote-downs? The democrats would look like they were partisan and “playing politics”. So no they can’t very well shoot down five nominees in this climate. So please, just because you can’t imagine how it would happen doesn’t mean it can’t, it means you have a weak imagination. ---
**Author:** ![frankzafka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@frankzafka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frankzafka)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/91 "2008-10-03T18:17:28Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > We’ll be waiting. Have fun. > > On topic, slipping a conservative in could very well happen. They just have to find five of them. Five evangelical lawyers and judges willing to be evasive on the conformation block. Do you think the American public is going to sit still for five vote-downs? The democrats would look like they were partisan and “playing politics”. So no they can’t very well shoot down five nominees in this climate. So please, just because you can’t imagine how it would happen doesn’t mean it can’t, it means you have a weak imagination. Uh…the Dems can be partisan as they have a majority and will have(I’m also hoping) a Dem Pres. They would have a mandate to be partisan. Think first. Post later. Good night. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/92 "2008-10-03T18:51:02Z")
> [@frankzafka](#): > > Uh…the Dems can be partisan as they have a majority and will have(I’m also hoping) a Dem Pres. They would have a mandate to be partisan. > Think first. Post later. > > Good night. Uh, the issue wouldn’t come up if they had a Dem president. Aren’t you following along? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/93 "2008-10-03T18:54:14Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > But then Sarah shot them from the lofty plane of her rhetoric, thus sparing the panicked Republican caribou from predation! OK, that’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/94 "2008-10-03T18:58:48Z")
Reality imitates art, such as it is: [Sinfest](http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2932) ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/95 "2008-10-03T19:18:37Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > Maybe I’m not following you here, but it seems the masses were salivating at the thought of a Palin gaffe-filled show of horrors. It didn’t happen. > > This morning all we got is “She made a shout out” and “She is trying to be too folksy.” Lean pickin’s on “enough meat-covered bones over the course of the 90 minutes to fill us for awhile.” > > It just smacks of desperation to find SOMETHING to keep the waters chummed for the sharks\* here. > > \*Ok.. last of the animal metaphors, I promise. It’s easy to miss particular posts around here; but I do believe I’ve posted more than just about her folksiness. I didn’t like the fact she wanted to expand the VP’s role–in fact, I believe I rhetorically asked if she wanted to change the title from Vice President to Co-President. Not funny, perhaps, but more than just, OMG! Look at her glasses! And she gave a shout-out to a third grade class and gave them extra credit! I think she did better last night than in the Couric interviews, but let’s face it: that’s not saying much. After all, she’s been at this, what? Five weeks? And it’s obvious she’s a Washington outsider. Maybe if she talks to us more often without being filtered by the media, then we can get to know her, and like her like we’re supposed to. In the meantime, we work with what we’ve got, and the McCain camp has kept her away from the tough questions, and it’s obvious why. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/96 "2008-10-03T19:26:33Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I could almost forgive the winking, the failure to fully pronounce nearly any word ending in G. I bet she pronounces the G when she says how tolerant she is of fags. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/97 "2008-10-03T19:28:41Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > I bet she pronounces the G when she says how tolerant she is of fags. Though I wouldn’t surprised if she emphasized the F. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/98 "2008-10-03T19:46:05Z")
> [@frankzafka](#): > > Listen up Shithead. I doubt you are smarter than me, whatever that means, nor better looking, nor richer. Smarter than _I_. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/99 "2008-10-03T20:03:56Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Smarter than _I_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304/100 "2008-10-03T20:18:40Z")
It bothered me when she ignored the questions, and does she not know what an achiles heel is or just not pay attention? It bothered me when she talked about all the things terrorists hate about our country because those are all the things she and her party would like to deprive us of. I thought her concept of more flexibility in the vp role was abhorent. But since we’re also talking about some of the little annoying things, I’m surprised no one else has mentioned her hair in her eyes - holy crap, I couldn’t concentrate on what she was saying for the first 20 min or so I was so distracted. It’s like talking to someone with spinach in their teeth. And ‘Nucular’ god help us all. I looked up the term “glad hander” and wasn’t surprised to find disingenuous politician in the definition. Way too chirpy Sarah. Oh, I don’t think this is horribly important but when Biden had his emotional moment, mentioning if his son ‘was gonna make it’, well, his son deployed to Iraq today so I’d judge it legitimate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304.md?page=6)