Oh, I understand EXACTLY why morons voted for this idiot in 2008.
Liberal White Guilt
Anger over the War
The economy was going south.
So let’s ignore the fact this guy has the least amount of experience of anyone who has run for the office, ever. And even though Republicans knuckled under and nominated a moderate RINO, like you always begged them to, you weren’t going to vote for that guy despite his decades of experience. No, no… Hopey-Change, Hopey Change.
Now we are in EXPANDED wars, the economy is completely in the shithole, and frankly, I guess you can still play on the liberal white guilt thing, but that ain’t gonna get you over the top the next time.
Most people are conservatives. They might vote as liberals, but they live as conservatives.
Most people do not hand over their money to the lazy and irresponisble willingly, but liberals are happy when the government does it.
Do you think Public Education would be as mediocre as it is if people had to write out a check themselves for little Johnny to go there? Do you think they’d write out a check if L’il Johnny can’t read, but he comes home with a box of condoms? Of course not. They’d hit the roof.
Conservatives call themselves what they are. You call a liberal a liberal, he’ll run like a scalded cat.
And with 9.2% unemployment, >1% GDP growth, and “The One” at a popularity rating of less than 40%, you simply won’t be able to guilt them much longer or blame the other guy.
Even Fox is bailing on Palin. Now they admit they have gone easy on her in the past. For Fox, that is a huge admission. Her fans are getting smaller and smaller.
I agree. Washington had been around the block once or twice before he became President.
A more apt comparison might be to Lincoln. Both lawyers, they each served eight years in the state legislature, and Obama beats Lincoln at the federal level, four years to two. And of course, neither were universally loved.
Regardless, the statement of RR’s that was being responded to was just another one of his factually inaccurate “asides”.
Next Season: 'Palin Running: In High Heels." I’d tune in.
The season’s climax: “Palin Running: In High Heels and NO BRA.”
After that, she strips off various bits of clothing and goes into a random rant about whatever political nonsense pops into her popcorn-filled brainpan, and starts running again.
Seriously–she gets everything she wants, a load of money, attention, rightards justifying all the tastelessness by citing the high ratings, plus she doesn’t really have to work. And at the end of her run, she announces:
The full-length movie: Palin Runs–Naked in High Heels.
And then she screws everyone by appearing fully clothed for two hours, yakking about how she decided not to appear nude to save the voters in Alaska money, or some such shit, but implies that she may go nude in a future movie.
Still not very apt - Lincoln had at least a few months experience in the military, and in a leadership role at least. And of course, Lincoln had one hell of a lot more experience in the private practice of law. Private business in general, in fact - he was the only President to hold a patent.
Well it’s an extraordinarily apt comparison if you limit it to experiences that actually matter with respect to being president. Why would anybody care that he had a patent? Maybe there’s a good reason he’s the only one. The comparison also breaks down when you consider that Obama has in fact never worn a chin strap beard and was born OVER 150 years after Lincoln. But in terms of meaningful factors, pretty damn apt comparison.
If you don’t consider military experience. leadership/managerial experience, or private business experience, as things that matter to being President, well, that explains a lot of the support for Obama hereabouts.
It’s just mildly entertaining to watch the flip-flops. Clinton runs against Dole or Bush Sr., and military experience is meaningless. Kerry gets the nom, and suddenly it’s vital. Now it’s Obama in the White House, and all of a sudden he is better qualified than Washington.
Certainly is-- Clinton runs against Dole or Bush Sr., and military experience is everything. Kerry gets the nom, and suddenly it counts as a negative–he’s not a war hero, he’s a traitor, is what he is!!!. Now it’s Obama in the White House, and all of a sudden he needs experience in a hot war to run a government again. Why? So you can besmirch his service record again?
Even by the standards of today’s GOP, she’s proven herself to be a one-woman clown show. Her fans have other places to go (Bachmann, Perry), and will for the most part go there, to the extent that they haven’t already.
When Palin announces she will absorb all of the available oxygen. The current Republican wannabees have exhausted their audience. They’ve all been seen and heard. They’re all overexposed and boring. A real snoozathon!
Palin will enter at the last minute and draw all the crowds and all of the media attention. She’ll be the new clown act on the midway.
She can not win the nomination but she can steal the spotlight. She never has enough of that. she is still just after money. There can not be more than 100 people who are dumb enough to vote for her.