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Palin Choice - Breathtaking Recklessness

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Posted by Bobby 2008-09-01 08:37|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Given that she's running with McCain rather than Buchanan I would suspect she doesn't share his isolationist beliefs.

Hasn't he endorsed Obama this time around, anyway?

Posted by Phil 2008-09-01 08:51|| 2008-09-01 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Dionne's a fool and definitely in the tank for Bama. You don't get to work at the NYT if you're not; one more reason why they're collapsing as a business entity.

The sooner they're out of business, the better off the country will be.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-09-01 08:51|| 2008-09-01 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Now, as the speakers here make their case, the media will rightly be doing their job, trying to figure out who Palin is.

No worries, we already KNOW!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-01 09:14|| 2008-09-01 09:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I am sooo glad he brought up Miers.

Anyone else remmeber the sexist tag we got when Harriet Miers was considered an unknown quanity, not because of her gender but because she was, well, unknown?

I do. The Palin choice, while not perfect, is as good as it gets from our curmudgeonly yet lovable Johnny Mac. There were any number of candidates for veep that would have pleased me, but very few that would have pleased me and caused the left to lose all control of their bodily functions.

OODA loop my ass. McCain has shut down the left's observer portion of the loop; they haven't even decided what to do yet. They're still whining while McCain is planning his next move.

Posted by badanov 2008-09-01 09:18|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-09-01 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 the media will rightly be doing their job, ~~carrying the water of the Democratic Party to engage in character assassination~~ trying to figure out who Palin is

So, since you've skipped going anywhere but the O'man's campaign handouts to find out who he really is, you need to spend the time to manufacture controversy and conflict to kill this nomination. Every rumor, every unsubstantiated claim will be given the full blown multi-hour, multi-column coverage it doesn't deserve. The anti-Edwards MSM standards at work. Just remember if she doesn't have the paper for VPrez you've made the case that the O'man doesn't have the paper for Prez.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-01 10:15|| 2008-09-01 10:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Palin must be a perfect pick. The lefty moonbats are more unhinged than usual. This will give them a great opportunity to shine!

Why does E.J. think we would listen to him, just another disguised lefty?

Posted by SR-71">SR-71 2008-09-01 10:24|| 2008-09-01 10:24|| Front Page Top

#7 How do Palin and Miers compare?

And that's where I stopped reading!

Posted by Parabellum 2008-09-01 10:30|| 2008-09-01 10:30|| Front Page Top

#8 The lefty moonbats are more unhinged than usual.

They still haven't figured it out. They're committing all their time and energy fighting the O'man against Palin. Think about it. They're committing the attention of their primary against the other guy's secondary. They're violating the principles of Mass and Objective by allowing their resources [not just money, but the limited time till election day] to be diverted from 'The Message' to their efforts to blunt Palin's presence. However, Palin's play brings up the till now unenthusiastic conservatives who were never accessible for their game. Their efforts are also wasted upon that group who'll vote for a female regardless of party [just as there are blacks/whites who'll only vote on the color of skin]. Fear is a mind killer - litany of the bene gesserit

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-01 10:46|| 2008-09-01 10:46|| Front Page Top

#9 SR-71 says: "Why does E.J. think we would listen to him, just another disguised lefty?"

Umm, SR, exactly what is this disguise you're speaking of? E.J. Has been an out and out flaming loony leftie for decades.

Posted by AlanC 2008-09-01 11:24|| 2008-09-01 11:24|| Front Page Top

#10 E.J. is constantly telling us what "Conservatives" think or should do. Waste of ink

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-01 11:45|| 2008-09-01 11:45|| Front Page Top

#11 I,for one, am not inclined to take advice on how to think from the opposition.

Posted by Iblis 2008-09-01 11:59|| 2008-09-01 11:59|| Front Page Top

#12 IF all they can do is rumermonger, spread innunendo and lies, and generally resort to smears, then the lefty elitists are truly lost.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-01 12:56|| 2008-09-01 12:56|| Front Page Top

#13 EJ thinks he's on the stronger side of Twain's observation to Never pick a fight with a man who buys his ink by the barrel".

Somebody should ask EJ what a pixel is, and today's market price per pixel.

Posted by Halliburton - Idiot Suppression Division 2008-09-01 12:56|| 2008-09-01 12:56|| Front Page Top

#14 You don't get to work at the NYT if you're not; one more reason why they're collapsing as a business entity.

Dionne writes for the Washington Post.

That said, his "journalistic wringer" comment is ludicrous. Palin and family will get a far more invasive political-rectal-probe in the next 70 days than Obama and his has gotten in the past four years.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-01 14:15|| 2008-09-01 14:15|| Front Page Top

#15 Not much of a prediction -- the press will be more openly hostile and dubious of Palin than they've ever been of Obama.

For example, Palin already answered the bit about the Buchanan button, but the press in general will no more accept that answer than they've dug into Obama's relationship with Ayers.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-09-01 15:06|| 2008-09-01 15:06|| Front Page Top

#16 Bigoted coastal idiots showing condensation to all not power coast - be it flyover or outlands.

Being parasites/barnacles attached to the edges of a continent their sick point of view is understandable.

Posted by Bob Angains3148 2008-09-01 18:04|| 2008-09-01 18:04|| Front Page Top

#17 Palin's experience comes down to a couple of years as governor and six years as mayor.

Words fail.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-09-01 18:16|| 2008-09-01 18:16|| Front Page Top

#18 "Palin's experience comes down to a couple of years as governor and six years as mayor."

Which is 8 MORE YEARS than your messiah has.

Keep it up, idiots. Please, please don't throw her in that briar patch....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-01 18:31|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-01 18:31|| Front Page Top

#19 Palin's experience comes down to a couple of years as governor and six years as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town with fewer than 10,000 residents.

Which is infinitely more experience than a blowhard columnist with questionable fashion sense, but I digress.

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-01 18:35|| 2008-09-01 18:35|| Front Page Top

#20 Being parasites/barnacles attached to the edges of a continent their sick point of view is understandable.
Posted by Bob Angains3148 2008-09-01 18:04||

Whahhahahaa....Bob Angains! I love the nautical "FREE RIDE" theme.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-01 19:01|| 2008-09-01 19:01|| Front Page Top

#21 careful with the broad "coastal" brush, Bub, or I'll have Duncan Hunter come kick your ass

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-01 19:07|| 2008-09-01 19:07|| Front Page Top

#22 We all know that barnacles don't cover the entire coast Frank....
There are cluster points...

Posted by Bob Angains3148 2008-09-01 19:22|| 2008-09-01 19:22|| Front Page Top

#23 Whahhahahaa, "cluster points. This a banner Rantburg day. Dear Lord help me remember this spatial identifier.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-01 19:28|| 2008-09-01 19:28|| Front Page Top

#24 "cluster points"

Are the anything like cluster f*cks, bob?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-01 19:31|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-01 19:31|| Front Page Top

#25 Ok, Bob, I'm willing to concede on graciousness, and your deft reply :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-01 19:38|| 2008-09-01 19:38|| Front Page Top

#26 The latest proof Palin is unqualified is her teenaged, unwed daughter is pregnant.
Dem read: failure as a mother so would be failure as a president.
Rep read: failure as a mother because she neglected her duties raising her family.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-01 19:59|| 2008-09-01 19:59|| Front Page Top

#27 and a pox on both houses, Glenmore IMNSHO

Posted by lotp 2008-09-01 20:01|| 2008-09-01 20:01|| Front Page Top

#28 ....and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. .....where are those thine accusers?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-01 20:09|| 2008-09-01 20:09|| Front Page Top

#29 Got kids, GM?

Lot's come home preggers. It's natural. It's our culture that's unnatural, making them (us) wait till long after nature says it's time.

So, one of your daughters has missed a period or two. Whatcha gonna do?

I'm a trunk. I think this maybe part of the price the Palin family pays for her achievement. Or maybe not. She'll get to think about it the rest of her life as we all think about what we wish had happened better for our kids. I know plenty of stay at home moms and a dad whose daughters have come home preggers. They are their own selves, ultimately, as are we.

But the Palins, to their credit, have handled it the proper way given the cards they were dealt. I pray the young mother isn't too traumatized by her coming crucifiction in the MSM.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-01 20:15|| 2008-09-01 20:15|| Front Page Top

#30 May the Almighty send us more Palin's. We'll sort out the legal paperwork and family issues down here.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-01 20:20|| 2008-09-01 20:20|| Front Page Top

#31 Glenmore, this is kind of how my little niece got her start in this world. It is very common.

In fact, it is so common that if McCain/Palin got the votes from everyone who has been in this situation, it would make the McGovern and Mondale blowouts look like close calls.

To their credit, they are welcoming their first grandchild into their family and giving him or her a solid base of support. We already know what the Obamas would do in case of such a "burden" happening to one of their daughters.

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-01 20:52|| 2008-09-01 20:52|| Front Page Top

#32 Very correct NS - and I think you've hinted at the key - which is to essentially ignore the MSM. Others are already reporting how this is a non-issue, and locally known in Wasilla. The Palin's challenge will be to keep home there as much as possible, and I expect and cannot wait to meet the respective great-grandparents.

Posted by Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division 2008-09-01 21:11|| 2008-09-01 21:11|| Front Page Top

#33 And the kids plan to get married anyway. So single motherhood isn't an issue... although the poor baby will certainly have interesting old newspaper clippings for its own Golden Anniversary celebration.

Well said, Nimble Spemble!

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-01 21:20|| 2008-09-01 21:20|| Front Page Top

#34 I did not mean my comment as a criticism of Mrs. Palin, though it clearly came out that way.
In addition to the Dem and Rep spins, add
Pragmatist read: proves daughter's critical parts work so bride price should be raised.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-01 22:23|| 2008-09-01 22:23|| Front Page Top

#35 is that right? The real Glenmore? Name your home County

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