"Brilliant." Local Experts Think You're Stoopid, Too

She likes earmarks (4.00 / 1)

She ran for office with a plan to raise sales taxes, she used Eminent Domain to (over)pay for the hockey arena.

And now her lawyer the lawyer she hired with state funds is complaining that the investigation of her apparent abuse of power with the state troopers is a "witchhunt [like] Ken Starr".

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by: elwood @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 05:40:56 AM CDT

"A witch hunt like Ken Starr" (4.00 / 1)

Does that mean Governor Palin acknowledges the fact that the Clinton impeachment was a completely baseless political stunt meant to undermine President Clinton's ability to govern and his place in history?

I'm guessing no.

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 06:33:00 AM CDT

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Quotes from the NYT (0.00 / 0)

Perusing the Times story on Palin, or more correctly, one of the Times stories,, I found a couple of odd quotes. First, this one from Palin's advisor Tucker Eskew.

"We are going to flush the toilet," said Tucker Eskew, who is a senior adviser to Ms. Palin, describing the campaign's plans for Labor Day, when much of the nation was busy with family and social activities.

Then somehow, the reporter dug up NH's own Fergus Cullen, who came up with this deep analysis.

"I am a high school coach, I interact with 17-year-olds every day," said Fergus Cullen, the New Hampshire Republican chairman. "And there are a lot of parents out there of 17-year-old high school students. If anything, this is a reminder that Sarah Palin is a real person who has the same experiences that regular Americans do."

"There is no such thing as the perfect candidate," he continued. "She is an outstanding choice, very helpful to the ticket."

I have to add that though Obama is being gracious in admonishing the media to back off families, it shows the complete lack of judgment on Palin's and McCain's parts.

Palin had to know the media would lap up the teen pregnancy story. Illicit sex, babies, and Elmer Gantry rolled into one. She knew her daughter was pregnant and accepted this position anyway. Either she's very stupid or very reckless, never mind selfish  and the same for McCain.

I may be alone in this, but Sarah Palin is to blame for dragging her daughter and daughter's boyfriend (he's all over the Daily News and the blogosphere now) through the mud.Nobody else.

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 06:56:06 AM CDT

Maverick, Mavwreck,..Mavreckless n/t (4.00 / 1)

www.KusterforCongress.com  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 08:08:28 AM CDT

What's the deal with Donahue? (0.00 / 0)

Every time I've seen her quoted, she spouts what could best be described as the Judd Gregg/Tom Rath/GOP Establishment line.

What's her background? Did she work for Gregg at some point in time?


America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. -Harry Truman

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by: Peter Sullivan @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 10:33:54 AM CDT

I'm curious too (0.00 / 0)

Is the IoP going downhill, or are reporters just choosing the most ridiculous quotes?

It could be the second, you know. Often you get talked to for a half hour and they pull something you don't even remember saying.

Still, a disturbing pattern recently.

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by: Mike Caulfield @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 21:01:12 PM CDT

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You made me curious. (0.00 / 0)

So here's some more expert analysis I found:

Either Central Casting and Candid Camera have teamed up to trick cable television, or this is the best real choice and the best hidden secret the republicans have made in decades.

In decades!

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by: Dean Barker @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 21:13:54 PM CDT

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Just lost (0.00 / 0)

any respect I had for Jennifer Donohue.

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 07:37:04 AM CDT

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McCain's political career has been based on (0.00 / 0)

secrecy, subterfuge, deception and intimidation.  He recognize a soul-mate in Palin.  End of story.

Character flaws are not gender specific.

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by: hannah @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 13:02:46 PM CDT

Just plain Brilliant! (0.00 / 0)

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by: hannah @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 14:38:33 PM CDT