Alas, you are right, she did manage to say “wiped” as opposed to “wipe”. OTOH, she did put forth this statement (verbatim), and I swear I have no idea what she means by it.
Education credit in American has been in some sense in some of our states just accepted to be a little bit lax and we have got to increase the standards. No Child Left Behind was implemented. It’s not doing the job though. We need flexibility in No Child Left Behind. We need to put more of an emphasis on the profession of teaching. We need to make sure that education in either one of our agendas, I think, absolute top of the line. My kids as public school participants right now, it’s near and dear to my heart. I’m very, very concerned about where we’re going with education and we have got to ramp it up and put more attention in that arena.
She’s one of those politicians you can see wrestling quite vigorously with the English language before subduing it in her own special way.
Our Siamese cat put his ears back when she spoke for any length of time. I think it’s the same harmonics that come across to humans as a nails-on-blackboard overtone.
… and you believed anyone that fed you such a blatent attempt at character assasination? While I have serious reservations about Mrs. Palin’s competency to assume leadership of the country, I’ve no doubt she’s a loving mother, Todd a caring father and the likelihood they’re abusing the health of their young child when not only have they never shown an inclination to do so before but also when they’ve now got the additional resources of an entire party behind them is patently absurd.
It’s a month before voting in a heated, bi-partisan election. People are digging at Palin for anything and everything. This ugly assertion you bring forth simply shows the depths to which some will stoop. Are you going to allow yourself to become a part of that?
I don’t think Cheney’s position regarding document declassification was tenable, since that responsibility had been ceded to him by President Bush - placing it squarely within executive authority.
However, in other matters it isn’t nearly so clear - there is a Senate office called the Office of the Vice-President. It receives funding and staffing - those staffers are Cheney staffers who are paid by the legislative branch. Other Cheney staffers are executive branch hires. And since this setup goes right to the beginning of the Bush term according to the documents I’ve seen, it stands to reason that this is long-standing practice - Gore, Quayle, Bush and Mondale would have done the same.
It makes sense, since the Senate is the hub of the Vice-President’s legislative role, such as it is.
She came across to me as a grimly perky realtor, desperately trying to sell me a house I don’t like.
One part Marge Gunderson from “Fargo”
One part Annette Bennings character from “American Beauty”
One part Peggy Hill fron “King Of The Hill”
Been busy today - haven’t had time to read all the threads.
But did anyone else notice her demeanor changes? Not from question to question - but within a single answer.
She would start of all “Aw shucks”, showing a certain range of mannerisms and facial expressions.
Then, it was almost as tho a curtain came down, and she exhibited far less animation as she appeared to regurgitate a talking point.
Tho I won’t say it happened with every answer, it sure happened more than once, and sure looked weird.
One thing that annoyed me was the tact she took when discussing the financial market crisis. She framed the issue as if it were all about about a bunch of clueless people getting in over their heads due to sweet talking lenders. I’m not saying that this wasn’t a problem, because it was. But Joe Sixpack exploitation was a symptom of a much larger problem. Her little “never again” speech came across as a patronizing and not-so-subtle way of assigning ultimate blame to consumers, not to the institutions who turned the housing market into a casino and fucked everything up for everybody. But at the same time her spiel seemed to say “it’s not really your fault your stupid-ass got duped into getting that house, but let’s pledge to be smarter next time, mmmkay? Mmmkay.”
Here’s what I noticed: when faced with a tough question, she began with an almost blank expression until she figured out how to segue into her rehearsed talking points, at which time a big smile broke across her face. This happened on almost every question.
What you all witnessed last night was the creation of the first Stepford Candidate.
I noticed that, too. And the interesting thing was that that’s how you’d expect a Typical Democrat[sup]TM[/sup] to talk about it - and you’d expect a Republican to slam them for it.
Thank you; I had the same response. It seemed a way to subtly blame the “victim”. I immediately thought about Wasilla making rape victims pay for their own rape kits, although I try to be more fair than that.
Regarding her uneven style and delivery, she reminded me of some actors I worked with back in my early theatre days. On a community theatre level, you often see people who have a little talent, but you rarely see real heart. It also occured to me that she has a gift of being able to work a live audience, projecting her “character” outward, which is entirely different from communicating to one journalist in front of cameras. I am personally far more comfortable playing a role on stage; I border on socially phobic when I meet someone new in a situation where I don’t have a script.
I thought she got it from Mr. Burns on the Simpsons. You know, Joe Sixpack and Sally Housecoat? It is disparaging, but I guess Sarah Housecoat Palin isn’t bright enough to realize that.
