tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post3379654499582251206..comments2024-03-22T02:37:10.429-05:00Comments on Political Friends: Palin Phobia?Andy Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-82373608610739522952008-11-05T20:55:00.000-05:002008-11-05T20:55:00.000-05:00Old thread, but had to share this breaking Palin n...Old thread, but had to share this breaking <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZHTJsR4Bc" REL="nofollow">Palin news</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-141045194830555562008-10-02T17:56:00.000-05:002008-10-02T17:56:00.000-05:00Why is this foreign policy answer such a deal brea...Why is this foreign policy answer such a deal breaker? I have listened to Obama attempt to answer questions in his own words just as as poorly, if not worse. (Specifically in last week's debate, when he couldn't remember the soldier's name...)<BR/><BR/>If McCain's VP choice is such a horrendous one, then the voters will not vote for them. I for one trust that the American People will make the correct choice on election day.chell12376https://www.blogger.com/profile/15762974979680391921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-76472330058531993942008-10-02T10:56:00.000-05:002008-10-02T10:56:00.000-05:00The foreign policy question, I don't have a proble...The foreign policy question, I don't have a problem with. I have talked about that time and time again here. In a nut shell, I don't think she is the foremost expert in foreign policy. I do think she has some experience because her state borders foreign countries.<BR/><BR/>I suspect she intentionally didn't answer the paper question because that is a pitfall. If she cites any particular paper (say USA Today) then people can use that against her, or read it as an endorsement of that papers policy. I personally don't read any newspaper because I think most of them are worthless, I look at their websites and really on other media for news.<BR/><BR/>I think the only people not letting Palin be Palin is the McCain campaign. I think they are trying to keep her on a tight leash, and it isn't working. The campaign needs to let her be herself.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-17165045555078475892008-10-02T09:31:00.000-05:002008-10-02T09:31:00.000-05:00In her now infamous series of interviews with Kati...In her now infamous series of interviews with Katie Couric, Palin couldn't recall ONE Supreme Court case she disagrees with other than Roe v Wade. She couldn't name one magazine or newspaper she read on a regular basis before being picked as McCain's running mate. She continues to site Alaska's proximity to Russia and Canada as foreign policy experience. <BR/><BR/>Couric asked Palin very straight forward questions and Palin was allowed to stumble through her answers in her own words. Nobody was stopping her from being herself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-62786136832445038082008-09-30T20:50:00.000-05:002008-09-30T20:50:00.000-05:00I think there are a lot of "Fly Over State America...I think there are a lot of "Fly Over State Americans" that really like her. I hope the campaign lets Sarah be Sarah on Thursday night.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-45938474922925659272008-09-30T12:40:00.000-05:002008-09-30T12:40:00.000-05:00and one more thing because I am still mad...way to...and one more thing because I am still mad...way to take a few days off House. That is right people are losing money, banks are failing, the world economy is taking a hit, etc.<BR/>The people that claimed that they needed to hurry to save the country are taking so time off. That is right they will not be back to work until Thursday at noon. I am so glad they are the house for the people. <BR/>I don't completely blame them...I blame voters too. Everybody knows they are awful but they never seem to get elected out of office.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095193381922042863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-22490742770272091702008-09-30T12:35:00.000-05:002008-09-30T12:35:00.000-05:00You know thinking about it perhaps there is a Pali...You know thinking about it perhaps there is a Palin Phobia but not because she is Palin but maybe because she is a she. I mean look at a current woman in power. The US House has never looked so bad. Lower than President Bush's approval ratings! <BR/>Wait that is not fair to Governor Palin or other women of the world. She is not a leader she is somebody who just wanted to the first at something. She could not even get 40% of her party to agree with her. <BR/>Also does it not seem really odd that Pelosi would say in a speech that this is because of "Bush administration's failed economic policies" and then ask people to vote for more of Bush's administration's economic policies? That is not a leader, that is not even a chicken with their head cut off. It is pond scum and that is probably an insult to pond scum. Sorry for getting off topic with that last little bit but it had to be done.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095193381922042863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-28013895534429864422008-09-30T12:23:00.000-05:002008-09-30T12:23:00.000-05:00I think people are scared of Gov. Palin. I wish s...I think people are scared of Gov. Palin. I wish she we be allowed to talk more and be herself. She scares people because she seems to care. I do not believe Senator Obama cares about Americans, I do not believe Senator McCain cares but maybe slightly more than Senator Obama. I think I can safely say Senator Biden could care less for being Vice-President. The way she talked in those first two speeches sounded like some one who cared. She gave a boost to McCain. People starting getting scared because the sure thing Democrat win in November was looking not so sure thing. So with out really knowing anything they claimed she was awful and has to be bad because they don't like her and were threatened by her. Yes, I do think the media and their bisas had a huge thing to do with it.<BR/><BR/>Here is an ironic thought...people said we know very little about Palin, although they seemed to know enough to know she was awful with that same very little bit of information.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095193381922042863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-1547300996037360902008-09-30T04:46:00.000-05:002008-09-30T04:46:00.000-05:00I don't think you will see many conservatives expr...I don't think you will see many conservatives express the kind of visceral crazy reaction to her I am talking about in my post, or that I mention in the comments above. There are some conservatives that are concerned with her. Others are not. She has united the party in a way McCain and everyone else running for President this year has failed to do. I think she represents the future of the Republican party, and we will have to wait and see how the election goes.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-74142638640429751932008-09-30T02:23:00.000-05:002008-09-30T02:23:00.000-05:00Frum also said, "...Dan Quayle never in his life h...Frum also said, "...Dan Quayle never in his life has performed as badly as Sarah Palin in the last month.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-55256548456042367002008-09-30T02:20:00.000-05:002008-09-30T02:20:00.000-05:00“I think she has pretty thoroughly — and probably ...“I think she has pretty thoroughly — and probably irretrievably — proven that she is not up to the job of being president of the United States,” David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush who is now a conservative columnist, said in an interview.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-3850029124369041152008-09-30T01:03:00.000-05:002008-09-30T01:03:00.000-05:00That's because at this point the conservatives are...That's because at this point the conservatives are starting to worry about the effect she's having on the ticket and the party. <BR/><BR/>If these conservatives were to freak out about McCain's pick like the liberals are doing, it would reflect even more badly on McCain. <BR/><BR/>So for now all they can do is politely express their concern and hope somebody in a position to make a difference will ask her to bow out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-23003600390335241652008-09-29T12:03:00.000-05:002008-09-29T12:03:00.000-05:00Anon,Those are all good selections to make this po...Anon,<BR/><BR/>Those are all good selections to make this point: Conservatives, Liberals, and Independents question John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as a VP candidate. I have no problem with that statement. If that is the point you are trying to make, I would agree with you. But there is a difference between having thought out concerns about her qualifications and the following statements:<BR/><BR/>"...Sarah Palin as a vice presidential candidate scares the holy living shit out of me."<BR/><BR/>"...and holy crap, what nonsense."<BR/><BR/>"She gives me the heebie-jeebies big time,..."<BR/><BR/>"If they get elected...my husband promised me we could move to Canada..."<BR/><BR/>"I am beyond appalled that she was allowed to speak at the UN. People in other countries may actually begin to believe that she is representative of our citizenry."<BR/><BR/>These are the type of comments I have seen on liberal blogs. These are the type of comments that caused me to write this post.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-44110900644195875822008-09-29T10:13:00.000-05:002008-09-29T10:13:00.000-05:00Chapter and verse:Parker: Palin should "bow out."K...Chapter and verse:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-092608-kathleen-parker-column-link,0,889134.column" REL="nofollow">Parker</A>: Palin should "bow out."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402845.html" REL="nofollow">Krauthammer</A>: "Palin is not ready."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2VhOWE0N2VkOWI3MDdlODRlZWE4ODljMDc2NjliZDk=" REL="nofollow">Frum</A>: "The Palin choice looks cynical."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090202441.html" REL="nofollow">Will</A>: "The man who would be the oldest to embark on a first presidential term has chosen as his possible successor a person of negligible experience."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/opinion/16brooks.html" REL="nofollow">Brooks</A>: Palin has "not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness."<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>One quick note:<BR/><BR/>I'm citing these people not b/c I think they're smart, but b/c it shows that it ain't just liberals who think Palin is a dangerous choice for the Presidency. I.e., it's not just "some on the left" who say she's not fit for office. Some big-time conservatives say so, too.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't mean they're right. But it means you're not honest if you frame this as some kind of liberal vs. conservative argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-74165647590522964732008-09-29T05:59:00.000-05:002008-09-29T05:59:00.000-05:00As an aside, your fact is incorrect if you are mea...As an aside, your fact is incorrect if you are meaning all people. There are a great number of people from both the middle and the right that like her the more they learn about her.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-57410921784117828922008-09-29T05:58:00.000-05:002008-09-29T05:58:00.000-05:00Why don't you site a few references to where these...Why don't you site a few references to where these commentators are in panic mode about Palin like the left is. I read Krauthammer and Will fairly often. I am not familiar with the rest. The most I have seen from any of them is a warning not to get to swept up in Palin. These warnings were quick after the announcement that she was on the ticket. I haven't seen anything close to "panic" from Krauthammer or Will recently.Andy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659445086323172664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366449.post-60205496141213020172008-09-28T21:37:00.000-05:002008-09-28T21:37:00.000-05:00Let's be honest, Andy.George Will, Charles Krautha...Let's be honest, Andy.<BR/><BR/>George Will, Charles Krauthammer Ross Douthat, Kathleen Parker, and David Frum are not "far left bloggers." Palin freaks them out, too. Got anything to say about that?<BR/><BR/>Fact: the more people get to know her, the less they approve of both her and McCain . <BR/><BR/>McCain is playing craps with the Presidency just like he gambled with the debate and the economy last week. He's lost his bearings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com