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Title: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 12, 2009, 02:01:03 PM
Good.   :)

Palin says she's not leaving politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she's not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.

The former Republican vice presidential nominee said she plans to write a book, campaign for political candidates from coast to coast -- even Democrats who share her views on limited government, national defense and energy independence -- and build a right-of-center coalition.

"I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation," she said during an interview published Sunday in The Washington Times.

Palin shocked critics and allies alike when she announced on July 3 that she would leave the governor's office while in the middle of her first term. The governor chose not to seek re-election and suggested it was unfair to hold onto the office as a lame duck. Instead, she will step down July 26 and pursue a national profile. She has not said whether she is building toward a presidential campaign for 2012.

Republican Women Federated of Simi Valley announced Palin was scheduled to speak to the group's private gala on Aug. 8 at the Ronal Reagan Presidential Library in California. The event -- reporters will not be allowed to attend -- will take place in an airplane hangar that houses a retired presidential aircraft Air Force One and will stir more questions about he curious resignation.

Palin defended the decision because "pragmatically, Alaska would be better off" if her state weren't spending time on ethical complaints against her. She also said the plan to resign had been in the works for months.

Her 2008 running mate disputed suggestions the telegenic and plainspoken soon-to-be-former-official was a quitter.

"Oh, I don't think she quit," said Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 who plucked Palin out of near-obscurity and made her a household name. "I think she changed her priorities."

For now, though, Palin isn't detailing those priorities.

"I'm not ruling out anything. It is the way I have lived my life from the youngest age," she said in the Washington Times interview. "Let me peek out there and see if there's an open door somewhere. And if there's even a little crack of light, I'll hope to plow through it."

The self-described hockey mom plans to write a memoir but declined to discuss any potential deal for her to become a television commentator.

"I can't talk about any of those things while I'm still governor," she said.

Yet she's already reminding audiences of her bipartisan and family-oriented appeal.

"People are so tired of the partisan stuff even my own son is not a Republican," Palin said.

Like his father, 20-year-old Track Palin is registered as "nonpartisan" in Alaska, she said.

McCain said he believes Palin will play a major role in politics, telling NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that "she has the ability to ignite our party and to galvanize us and get us going again and give us a strong positive message."

That said, McCain declined to endorse a Palin for President campaign.

"We've got a lot of good, strong, young, attractive, articulate spokespersons for our party and our principles," McCain said, citing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

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Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 02:03:30 PM
well she is a pathological liar so I wouldn't put much credence in anything she says



Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 12, 2009, 02:05:29 PM
well I am a pathological liar and I wouldn't put much credence in anything she says





fixed

I'm glad she's not canning herself completely.  Real conservatives loved her and the level of liberal hatred just endeared her even further.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 2ND COMING on July 12, 2009, 02:06:29 PM
Real conservatives loved her and the level of liberal hatred just endeared her even further.

so much fail in one sentance
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 12, 2009, 02:08:36 PM
she served 60% of her term as governor.

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 12, 2009, 02:09:36 PM
so much fail in one sentance

Every lib on this board hates and fears Palins draw on a lot of Americans.  I laugh every time some spineless lefty socialist on this board goes on and on about how awful she is, how much they want to kill her, how much they can't stand her.. yadda yadda yadda.

Cracks me up.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 2ND COMING on July 12, 2009, 02:11:02 PM
she served 60% of her term as governor.



ill play along

"does that mean she will only serve 60% of her term as president? We need a president who is in it for the long haul"

im 240 and i approve this message
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 02:12:36 PM
fixed

I'm glad she's not canning herself completely.  Real conservatives loved her and the level of liberal hatred just endeared her even further.

Liberals mostly just laugh at her, especially when she talks

It's the people in her own party who actually hate her

It's pretty obvious that she's dumb as a box of rocks, pathological liar, extreme narcissist and probably a sociopath.

Her supporters share many of those same characteristics which is why they like her in the first place

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 02:13:44 PM
Every lib on this board hates and fears Palins draw on a lot of Americans.  I laugh every time some spineless lefty socialist on this board goes on and on about how awful she is, how much they want to kill her, how much they can't stand her.. yadda yadda yadda.

Cracks me up.

Dude - don't kid yourself. 

Liberals would LOVE it if she ran.

I think she should start her own party and run in every election for the next 30 years
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 2ND COMING on July 12, 2009, 02:15:10 PM
Every lib on this board hates and fears Palins draw on a lot of Americans.  I laugh every time some spineless lefty socialist on this board goes on and on about how awful she is, how much they want to kill her, how much they can't stand her.. yadda yadda yadda.

Cracks me up.

i think youre over exaggerating things a little bit. Many hate her, sure. But i dont think they want to kill her or actually in fear of her.

however

"real conservatives" did not like her and libs were not the only ones who couldnt stand her. My dad is an evangelical right wing new yorker and he cant stand her. It's important we dont clump 160 million voters in to 3 groups.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 12, 2009, 02:15:34 PM
Every lib on this board hates and fears Palins draw on a lot of Americans.  I laugh every time some spineless lefty socialist on this board goes on and on about how awful she is, how much they want to kill her, how much they can't stand her.. yadda yadda yadda.

Cracks me up.

I agree.  The extreme reaction by liberals is irrational.  I'm glad she is sticking around, because she is a good person to challenge the establishment.  

Sarah Palin is a great American.   :)  
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 12, 2009, 02:16:44 PM
Sarah Palin is a great American.   :)  

do you feel she is the most qualified repub for president in 2012, beach bum?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 02:18:13 PM
I agree.  The extreme reaction by liberals is irrational.  I'm glad she is sticking around, because she is a good person to challenge the establishment.  

Sarah Palin is a great American.   :)  

Congratulations Bum - you've finally made me laugh and it only took 2+ years
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 12, 2009, 02:19:01 PM
do you feel she is the most qualified repub for president in 2012, beach bum?

I don't know.  Depends on who is running.  I'm not sure whether I'm voting for a Democrat or Republican in 2012.

But that has nothing to do with the fact she is a great American.    
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 02:20:11 PM
I don't know.  Depends on who is running.  I'm not sure whether I'm voting for a Democrat or Republican in 2012.

But that has nothing to do with the fact she is a great American.    

by what standard is she a great American?

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 12, 2009, 02:26:43 PM
by what standard is she a great American?



 ::)  I'm only responding because I'm going to let you humor me a bit, but it's fairly obvious that the woman is great success story.  She didn't come from money.  Worked hard.  Elected to the city council, elected mayor, elected governor, voted the most popular governor in the country by her peers, and selected as a VP candidate.  Throughout all of this has a successful marriage and family.  Gave birth to a disabled baby (i.e., she walks the talk).  Anyone who works and has a family can appreciate how hard it is to raise a family and maintain a career.  What she has accomplished in her life is remarkable.   

I'm very happy she is sticking around.  We need her anti-establishment voice.     
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 02:38:04 PM
::)  I'm only responding because I'm going to let you humor me a bit, but it's fairly obvious that the woman is great success story.  She didn't come from money.  Worked hard.  Elected to the city council, elected mayor, elected governor, voted the most popular governor in the country by her peers, and selected as a VP candidate.  Throughout all of this has a successful marriage and family.  Gave birth to a disabled baby (i.e., she walks the talk).  Anyone who works and has a family can appreciate how hard it is to raise a family and maintain a career.  What she has accomplished in her life is remarkable.   

I'm very happy she is sticking around.  We need her anti-establishment voice.     

ok - just curious what your standards were.  I give her credit for successfully winning elected office but then thousands of people have done that.

I give her no credit for giving birth to a disabled baby (that's not an accomplishment) and I give her no credit for raising a family (lot's of people do that and her parenting skills are dubious).   Her marriage is no one business but her own and again, plenty of people all over the planet have successful marriages.   I'm not sure being vote "most popular" makes her a great American.

All you've got left is getting elected to office and of course quiting.



Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 12, 2009, 02:51:54 PM
I'm not sure being vote "most popular" makes her a great American.






I agree.  Obama is a perfect example.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 12, 2009, 02:56:45 PM
I agree.  Obama is a perfect example.

Correct - hilary and other were a lot more prepared than Obama.  He won because he was the most popular, and we're doing worse as a result.  If president hilary was running things, there's a good chance we would have had more moderate spending.  She's a hawk, but not the welfare champion that obama is...

Palin is more popular than newt, Mitt, pawlenty, and others. 

Is she more prepared or qualified?  Goodness no...
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 12, 2009, 03:00:53 PM
Correct - hilary and other were a lot more prepared than Obama.  He won because he was the most popular, and we're doing worse as a result.  If president hilary was running things, there's a good chance we would have had more moderate spending.  She's a hawk, but not the welfare champion that obama is...

Palin is more popular than newt, Mitt, pawlenty, and others. 

Is she more prepared or qualified?  Goodness no...

Best post from you in about 6 months.  What bugs me is we're sitting here arguing about someone who's all about done with the spotlight because socialist, anti-american radicals like Straw Man are obsessed with their hatred while someone even LESS qualified and prepared bludgeons the constitution, capitalism, and the tax-payer from the white house.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 03:17:13 PM
I agree.  Obama is a perfect example.

perhaps but by Bums metric Obama is also a great American.

He didn't come from money yet won elected office, appears to have a successful marriage and family life, etc.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 03:18:25 PM
Correct - hilary and other were a lot more prepared than Obama.  He won because he was the most popular, and we're doing worse as a result.  If president hilary was running things, there's a good chance we would have had more moderate spending.  She's a hawk, but not the welfare champion that obama is...

Palin is more popular than newt, Mitt, pawlenty, and others. 

Is she more prepared or qualified?  Goodness no...

we have no way to tell if we're doing worse or better than if we would have had Clinton
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 03:19:34 PM
Best post from you in about 6 months.  What bugs me is we're sitting here arguing about someone who's all about done with the spotlight because socialist, anti-american radicals like Straw Man are obsessed with their hatred while someone even LESS qualified and prepared bludgeons the constitution, capitalism, and the tax-payer from the white house.

that's hilarious
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 12, 2009, 03:20:24 PM
I'd like to see voters from BOTh parties start choosing the most qualified candidates, and not the one they'd like to drink with or bang.

If Palin looked like Madeline Albright, would she have gotten the VP nomination?  Would everyone be excited about her for 2012?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 03:23:42 PM
I'd like to see voters from BOTh parties start choosing the most qualified candidates, and not the one they'd like to drink with or bang.

If Palin looked like Madeline Albright, would she have gotten the VP nomination?  Would everyone be excited about her for 2012?

I believe voters do choose who they think is the most qualified based on what they hear on the campaign trail and how the candidate present him/herself.

I probably would have voted chosen Kucinich over Obama if I had the chance and he was hardly the popular choice
Title: PALIN says she`ll stump for DEMOCRATS. :/
Post by: The True Adonis on July 12, 2009, 05:30:38 PM
Wonder how the GOP will take kind to this...

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=8064710&page=2
Palin Says She'll Stump for Conservative Democrats
Palin Would Campaign for Conservative Democrats Who Share Her Values
By RACHEL MARTIN
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2009

While Sarah Palin has publicly deflected questions on whether she plans to run for president in 2012, it's becoming clearer she's not stepping out of the national political arena anytime soon, even though she is resigning as Alaska governor.



The Washington Times reports that Palin plans to stump for conservative issues and even for Democrats who share her values on limited government, strong defense and energy independence.

"I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation," she said in an interview, "People are so tired of the partisan stuff -- even my own son is not a Republican."

Palin's son, Track, 20, is registered as "non-partisan," according to the Times.

So far, according to the newspaper, responses from Democratic candidates have been lukewarm.

Just recently, another two ethics complaints were filed against her, bringing the total number of such complaints to 19.

A complaint filed early last week alleges that the governor misused state funds by accepting a housing stipend even when she stayed at her own home in Wasilla instead of at the governor's residence in Juneau.

Another complaint filed Saturday reportedly contends that Palin was paid for giving certain media interviews.

Palin's office issued a statement late Friday refuting the charges.


In it, Palin's chief of staff Mike Nizich fired back: "Although the governor would not have thought it possible, the latest complaint rises to a new level of absurdity in alleging that she has been paid for interviews that she has given to the news media. It is amazing to me that anyone could think that, let alone put their name behind it and once again seek to distract state officials and needlessly increase their work load." Palin said one of the primary reasons she is resigning July 26 is to put an end to the seemingly endless string of ethics complaints levied against her.


In an interview with ABC last week, she said she has been unfairly scrutinized ever since being picked to run with John McCain for the Republican presidential ticket.

"You know, conditions have really changed in Alaska in the political arena since Aug. 29, since I was tapped to run for VP. When that opposition research -- those researchers really bombarded Alaska -- started digging for dirt and have not let up. They're not gonna find any dirt," she said.

"We keep proving that every time we win an ethics violation lawsuit, and we've won every one of them. But it has been costing our state millions of dollars. It's cost Todd and me," she said. "You know the adversaries would love to see us put on the path of personal bankruptcy so that we can't afford to run."

Palin's office confirms that the mounting legal bills associated with the myriad ethics charges have cost the governor and her husband more than half a million dollars. The governor's critics say she is leaving the state high and dry in order to plot a presidential run in 2012.

And while Palin maintains that she's keeping all doors open at this point, she insists that her departure had nothing to do with personal ambition and everything to do with what's best for Alaska.


In response to this latest ethics complaint Palin issued a statement saying, "I hope this will be a wake-up call -- to legislators, to commentators and to citizens generally -- that we need a much more civil and respectful dialogue that focuses on the best interests of the state, rather than the petty resentments of the few."

The highest profile complaint focused on whether the governor tried to unfairly oust the state's director of public safety for refusing to fire a state trooper who had been married to Palin's sister.


In a report released last October, Alaska's Legislative Council found that Palin had "abused her power as governor." But the governor's office is quick to point out that of the 19 total ethics complaints filed against Palin or her staff, 15 have been resolved. But there are still four pending.

Earlier this week, Levi Johnston, the former fiance of Palin's daughter Bristol, lambasted the governor for stepping down from office.


In a press conference Thursday, Johnston claimed that he heard the governor say several times how much she'd like to take advantage of the lucrative media offers that came in after the 2008 campaign.

"She had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people had been offering us and, you know, just run with it, say, 'Forget everything else,'" he said.

A spokeswoman for the Palin family responded to Johnston's claims in an e-mail to The Associated Press, saying, "It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills."

Johnston, 19, is reportedly pursuing his own book and a possible movie deal.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 12, 2009, 05:39:36 PM
This is where palin tries to go against the grain to win moderates.

The truth is, moderates rejected her in 2008.  now, she's only opening the door for a 'true' repub to step in for the 2012 nod.  Moderates aren't going to change their mind on her.

She's following the Arnold/Crist/Ridge path now with the dem/lib sympathy.  This means that 20% of the nation that loves her is gonna fall in love with someone else. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 06:54:29 PM
Liberals mostly just laugh at her, especially when she talks

It's the people in her own party who actually hate her

It's pretty obvious that she's dumb as a box of rocks, pathological liar, extreme narcissist and probably a sociopath.

Her supporters share many of those same characteristics which is why they like her in the first place



Let's see about this straw.  If Palin were prez would she:


1.  Propose cap & trade taxing people more on their energy use?
2.  Spend and borrow more in 6 months than all presidents combined?
3.  Apologize to every country in the world over every time we farted?
4.  Takeover the auto industry?
5.  Try to take over health care?
5.  Propose card check which even McGovern says is the wrong thing to do?
6.  Push a lie called the stimulus bill which is destined for failure since it is big govt spending?
7.  Promise 8% UE without the stimulus bill and then see it race to over 10% with the stupid bill?


Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 06:55:39 PM
do you feel she is the most qualified repub for president in 2012, beach bum?

Right now, no.  She needs a lot of work but can be ready at some point in the future.  By Obama's election, anyone can be president since he has never even run a lemonade stand or even held a paper route. 

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 06:57:11 PM
perhaps but by Bums metric Obama is also a great American.

He didn't come from money yet won elected office, appears to have a successful marriage and family life, etc.


Until Obama produces a real BC, not some phoney certificate of live birth, I am not convinced he is an american citizen by birth. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 07:00:16 PM
I believe voters do choose who they think is the most qualified based on what they hear on the campaign trail and how the candidate present him/herself.

I probably would have voted chosen Kucinich over Obama if I had the chance and he was hardly the popular choice

He ran Cleveland into bankruptpcy as mayor.  Nice job Straw.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 07:04:27 PM
Let's see about this straw.  If Palin were prez would she:


1.  Propose cap & trade taxing people more on their energy use?
2.  Spend and borrow more in 6 months than all presidents combined?
3.  Apologize to every country in the world over every time we farted?
4.  Takeover the auto industry?
5.  Try to take over health care?
5.  Propose card check which even McGovern says is the wrong thing to do?
6.  Push a lie called the stimulus bill which is destined for failure since it is big govt spending?
7.  Promise 8% UE without the stimulus bill and then see it race to over 10% with the stupid bill?

I have no clue what she would do and neither do you.

I'm sure whatever she did it would be embaressing and stupid and we'd be in much worse shape than we are at present

in short - she'd be a f'ng trainwreck just like she always is
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 07:07:16 PM
This is where palin tries to go against the grain to win moderates.

The truth is, moderates rejected her in 2008.  now, she's only opening the door for a 'true' repub to step in for the 2012 nod.  Moderates aren't going to change their mind on her.

She's following the Arnold/Crist/Ridge path now with the dem/lib sympathy.  This means that 20% of the nation that loves her is gonna fall in love with someone else. 


If she does that, fuggetabout it.

We need her to stick to the basics, freedom,

Freedom of speech (1st amenst)
Freedom of right to bear arms (2nd amend)
Freedom of states not be under the thumb of Fedzilla (10th Amendt/0
Freedom to keep your own money from the welfare leeches and corporate lobbysits.
Freedom of life liberty and pursuit of happiness.  


If she does that, she can be a winner.  

Especially after the wannabe slavemaster Obama who wants to control every aspect of your life.    
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 07:09:33 PM
I have no clue what she would do and neither do you.

I'm sure whatever she did it would be embaressing and stupid and we'd be in much worse shape than we are at present

in short - she'd be a f'ng trainwreck just like she always is

How is that UE doing Straw?

Even Powell and Buffet are bailing on Obama's policies.  He is a disaster and going to be a one termer the way he is going/  I heard on the radio tonight that health care is DOA and nothing will be done this year.  Cap & tax is going to have the same fate.  Even claire mccaskill said this is stupid and makes us look like chumps.

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 07:20:38 PM
He ran Cleveland into bankruptpcy as mayor.  Nice job Straw.

really - now we're going to argue about Kucinich?  Imagine how quick Palin would have quit if she faced this shit he did (at 31 years of age no less)

Kucinich was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1977 and served in that position until 1979.[13] At thirty-one years of age, he was the youngest mayor of a major city in the United States, earning him the nickname "the boy mayor of Cleveland".[14] Kucinich's tenure as mayor is often regarded as one of the most tumultuous in Cleveland's history.[14][15] After Kucinich refused to sell Muni Light, Cleveland's publicly owned electric utility, the Cleveland mafia put out a hit on Kucinich. A hitman from Maryland planned to shoot him in the head during the Columbus Day Parade, but the plot fell apart when Kucinich was hospitalized and missed the event. When the city fell into default shortly thereafter, the mafia leaders called off the contract killer.

In the book Best and Worst of the Big-City Leaders, 1820–1993, Melvin G. Holli, in consultation with a panel of selected experts, claimed Kucinich to be among the ten worst big-city mayors of all time, while Kucinich's supporters say that Kucinich kept his campaign promise of refusing to sell Muni Light to CEI and was brave for not giving in to big business. Specifically, it was the Cleveland Trust Company that suddenly required all of the city's debts be paid in full, which forced the city into default, after news of Kucinich's refusal to sell the city utility. For years these debts were routinely rolled over, pending future payment, until Kucinich's announcement was made public. In 1998 the council honored him for having the "courage and foresight" to stand up to the banks and saving the city an estimated $195 million between 1985 and 1995.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 12, 2009, 07:24:45 PM
Then he went to Congress, disgraced his office, had a close encounter with an alien spaceship, and got a handful of votes as a presidential candidate. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 12, 2009, 07:31:24 PM
I have no clue what she would do and neither do you.

I'm sure whatever she did it would be embaressing and stupid and we'd be in much worse shape than we are at present

in short - she'd be a f'ng trainwreck just like she always is

BS and you know it.  She sure as shit wouldn't screw up nearly as bad as Obongo is doing.

Epic display of blind hatred, immaturity, and ignorant posting.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 12, 2009, 07:32:39 PM
At thirty-one years of age, he was the youngest mayor of a major city in the United States

That as big an accomplishment as Obama getting elected to be the first black president.  In other words.. not an accomplishment at all.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 07:33:09 PM
Then he went to Congress, disgraced his office, had a close encounter with an alien spaceship, and got a handful of votes as a presidential candidate. 

He didn't disgrace his office.   You must be confusing him with Palin.

He didn't see an alien space ship.  He saw an unidentified object.  Just like many pilots, military officers and at least 2 Presidents.

You forgot to mention he's got a smoking hot wife

I know you're scared of people who are more accomplished and smarter than you but, IMO, he's a perfect example of a great American

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 12, 2009, 07:52:52 PM
He didn't disgrace his office.   You must be confusing him with Palin.

He didn't see an alien space ship.  He saw an unidentified object.  Just like many pilots, military officers and at least 2 Presidents.

You forgot to mention he's got a smoking hot wife

I know you're scared of people who are more accomplished and smarter than you but, IMO, he's a perfect example of a great American



Actually, i like DK even though i dont agree with him on much.  He strikes me as an honest person and says what he really berlieves, not dc doublespeak and lies.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 12, 2009, 08:00:43 PM
Kucinich is one of the biggest idiots in Congress.  This is the same nut who refused to meet with the troops and criticized the president on foreign soil, while at the same time running for Commander in Chief. 

He's a loon.  Or to quote one of his fellow Democrat Congressmen (Al Hastings):  Kucinich "is on a quest of his own. He sees flying saucers and he acts like one," Hastings said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308738,00.html

lol
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 12, 2009, 09:08:07 PM
Kucinich is one of the biggest idiots in Congress.  This is the same nut who refused to meet with the troops and criticized the president on foreign soil, while at the same time running for Commander in Chief. 

He's a loon.  Or to quote one of his fellow Democrat Congressmen (Al Hastings):  Kucinich "is on a quest of his own. He sees flying saucers and he acts like one," Hastings said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308738,00.html

lol


not too suprising considering he was the only person in Congress with the balls to suggest and pursue impeaching Bush and Cheney.

His words were consistent with his deeds.  I know this is something that is very confusing to a lot of Repubs
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 13, 2009, 06:26:34 AM
Too bad she has cemented her reputation as a professional quitter.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 06:44:08 AM
Too bad she has cemented her reputation as a professional quitter.

Yet,you libs praise Powell who stepped down as secratary of state DURING a war.Amazing!She is a quitter,he is noble.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 13, 2009, 07:33:33 AM
Powell doesn't have a history of quitting.

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 07:34:25 AM
Powell doesn't have a history of quitting.



I thought you libs hated Powell for the WMD speech?

And what about his saying that Obnama's spending is unsustainable?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 07:36:09 AM
Powell doesn't have a history of quitting.



HE QUIT DURING A WAR AS SECRATARY OF STATE!!!!!!So,he quit once,she quit once.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 13, 2009, 09:13:53 AM
she quit once.

Quit once on that board she served, quit once as mayor, quit now as governor.

That's not counting the 4-5 colleges she quit before finally limping out the door.

As stated, she has a history as a quitter. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 13, 2009, 09:15:22 AM
I thought you libs hated Powell for the WMD speech?

And what about his saying that Obnama's spending is unsustainable?

What has this got to do with either Powell or Palin quitting?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 09:19:39 AM
Quit once on that board she served, quit once as mayor, quit now as governor.

That's not counting the 4-5 colleges she quit before finally limping out the door.

As stated, she has a history as a quitter. 

So,going for higher office is quitting.Fine,Obama quit as a community organiser,then quit his church,then quit his friend rev. Wright,then quit as state senator,then quit as senator.He has a habit of quitting.Your a silly person.Going for higher office is not quitting.By your standards every single guy in politics is a quitter.

Tranfering from one college to another is quitting?Wow,hey,Im sure IF you work,you have left one job for another,or one position for another,do you consider that quitting,or advancing your own career.Brock Lesner quit pro wrestling for pro football,then quit pro football for MMA is he a quitter or a guy who is advancing his life.Try not to post foolishness.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 09:25:11 AM
she's not a consistent person.

She quit college a few times. 

She quit her job to start a family, returned 15 years later, then jumped from job to job until becoming governor, which she promptly jumped to be VP.

When that didn't work out, she quit her Gov job to be in TV, or whatever.


She's ambitious, but she's one of those folks who uses every job as a springboard to the next.  Obama took major criticism for this - but he did spend OVER TEN YEARS on state and national senates.  Palin has 2 years of national experience, 2 years of "city" experience, and a whole lotta spunk.

She's a great voice for certain republican ideals.  But Americans want someone who is CONSISTENT to be their president.  mccain 'suspending" his campaign to solve the financial mess, then sitting quietly in all the financial mess meetings - people saw taht as inconsistent, like he can't do 2 things at once.  And palin, quitting her job to be on TV, looks the same.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 09:31:45 AM
she's not a consistent person.

She quit college a few times. 

She quit her job to start a family, returned 15 years later, then jumped from job to job until becoming governor, which she promptly jumped to be VP.

When that didn't work out, she quit her Gov job to be in TV, or whatever.


She's ambitious, but she's one of those folks who uses every job as a springboard to the next.  Obama took major criticism for this - but he did spend OVER TEN YEARS on state and national senates.  Palin has 2 years of national experience, 2 years of "city" experience, and a whole lotta spunk.

She's a great voice for certain republican ideals.  But Americans want someone who is CONSISTENT to be their president.  mccain 'suspending" his campaign to solve the financial mess, then sitting quietly in all the financial mess meetings - people saw taht as inconsistent, like he can't do 2 things at once.  And palin, quitting her job to be on TV, looks the same.

At least she will be on the private tax rolls instead of drawing a govt salary.  This is stimulus to the economy since she will now have to pay a crap load of taxes on the millions she will make.

Obama should be thrilled over this since the stimulus bill is failing and he can use all the tax revenue he can get.     
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Colossus_500 on July 13, 2009, 09:33:05 AM
Palin's audacity of the unconventional
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist - 7/13/2009


I don't know if Sarah Palin intends to run for president in 2012.
 
Certainly, resigning her job as Alaska's governor is a politically unconventional way of doing it.
 
But whereas pundits have now almost uniformly written her off, 70% in a new USA Today/Gallup poll say Palin's resignation has "no effect" on their opinion of her. Of the remainder, 9 percent say they now see her "more favorably" and 17 percent "less favorably."
 
Moreover, in the same poll, 43 percent (and 72 percent of Republicans) say they would at least "somewhat likely" vote for her if she runs in 2012.

 

It has got to gall the many political geniuses -- the journalists, consultants, bloggers, academics -- that so many at America's grassroots refuse to see what is so obvious to them.
 
Surely everyone, they think, should understand, as do they, that Palin is a vacuous shooting star whose selection by John McCain as his running mate showed nothing except McCain's questionable judgment.
 
But we're still left with the fact that fresh out of the Republican convention, with Sarah Palin on board, the Republican ticket moved out front. They were in the lead.
 
Then, of course, McCain showed his mettle to the many around the country looking for a Republican leader who actually believes that government is the problem, by suspending his campaign to go back to Washington to talk to politicians about a government stimulus package. That was the end.
 
Now John McCain and Sarah Palin have moved in very different directions. McCain has shown what a maverick he truly is by announcing that at the age of 72, after leading his party to defeat, he'll run for yet another six-year term in the Senate.
 
And Sarah Palin, at age 45, has announced she's resigning her job as governor.
 
More astounding than Governor Palin's audacious move is the fact that her political base appears unfazed. It appears as strong as when the McCain-Palin ticket surged into the lead after the convention.
 
So why, after Palin has partaken in what is supposedly forbidden political fruit, do so many not readily grasp that her death sentence is pre-ordained?
 
Pundits live in the world of the conventional. They assume if you know what happened yesterday, you can predict tomorrow.
 
But life is art, not science, and freedom is about enabling the inconceivable. It's where principles, faith, and courage depart from expertise and analysis.
 
Reagan's experts didn't want him to speak those historic words in Berlin -- "tear down this wall." The words stayed in the speech because of Reagan.
 
Reagan himself drew derision from the media and the pundits, not unlike what Sarah Palin gets. Even though he served two terms as California's governor, he still was an ex-actor who went to Eureka College. How could he be president?
 
But grassroots America heard him. As they do Sarah Palin.
 
American entrepreneurship -- whether in business or politics -- is always unconventional. The experts then step up and write how-to books after entrepreneurs break the mold.
 
These are not usual times. Many, legitimately so, are deeply concerned for the future of this country. It's more than the latest economic statistics. It's knowing that what will drive the future is freedom and values -- and both are disappearing.
 
Genuineness and conviction are more critical in these challenging times than resumes and appearances.
 
So stepping down from a job in which you are no longer realizing your ideals to reconnect with family and self is not necessarily political suicide. But doing what everyone says you are supposed to do, compromising your values, and letting pundits and experts run your life is.
 
So far, Sarah Palin's audacity of the unconventional is playing just fine.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 09:35:12 AM
At least she will be on the private tax rolls instead of drawing a govt salary.  This is stimulus to the economy since she will now have to pay a crap load of taxes on the millions she will make.

Obama should be thrilled over this since the stimulus bill is failing and he can use all the tax revenue he can get.    

I'm very happy for her.  I don't think she's ready to be president - the only defense for her is "well, she's better than obama!" which is very poor reasoning for supporting a candidate.

I just reallllllllllly hope the repubs choose a winner - a consistent winner - in 2012.  Don't "settle" as you did in 2008 for a mixed-up moderate and an extremist inexperienced VP who hides from interviews as she did.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 09:36:02 AM
I'm very happy for her.  I don't think she's ready to be president - the only defense for her is "well, she's better than obama!" which is very poor reasoning for supporting a candidate.

I just reallllllllllly hope the repubs choose a winner - a consistent winner - in 2012.  Don't "settle" as you did in 2008 for a mixed-up moderate and an extremist inexperienced VP who hides from interviews as she did.

HEY 240 - OBAMA IS NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 09:39:01 AM
she's not a consistent person.

She quit college a few times. 

She quit her job to start a family, returned 15 years later, then jumped from job to job until becoming governor, which she promptly jumped to be VP.

When that didn't work out, she quit her Gov job to be in TV, or whatever.


She's ambitious, but she's one of those folks who uses every job as a springboard to the next.  Obama took major criticism for this - but he did spend OVER TEN YEARS on state and national senates.  Palin has 2 years of national experience, 2 years of "city" experience, and a whole lotta spunk.

She's a great voice for certain republican ideals.  But Americans want someone who is CONSISTENT to be their president.  mccain 'suspending" his campaign to solve the financial mess, then sitting quietly in all the financial mess meetings - people saw taht as inconsistent, like he can't do 2 things at once.  And palin, quitting her job to be on TV, looks the same.

Your definition of quitting is FAR different then mine.By your logic,Huckabe is a quitter because he isnt a full time preacher anymore.Going from job to job is not the defintion of a quitter.Leaving a job TO DO NOTHING is a quitter.Obamas community is a community of quitters.Leaving one job,for another job is not quitting,its improving your quality of life.Most people have a variety of jobs in their lives,I know, not people in the UAW because they found a job where you get paid for not working,but most.

As far as transfering schools,this is a very common thing to do.Its not quitting,its finding the right fit for you.If you left school and never went back to school,THATS quitting.

Neither Obama nor her,nor anyone that leaves one job for a better opportunity is a quitter.They are people looking out for their best interests.I thought that was the very definition of America.Ive had 6 different jobs where I work,in 6 different places[the one now was leaving CT for Indiana].I made more money with every transfer.Is that quitting?Should I have stayed at my initial job and continued to make a low wage in a high wage area?Or should I have done whatever was nescassary to move up,make more money and get my family in the best situation possible?THats not quitting,thats being smart.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 09:40:58 AM
I'm very happy for her.  I don't think she's ready to be president - the only defense for her is "well, she's better than obama!" which is very poor reasoning for supporting a candidate.

I just reallllllllllly hope the repubs choose a winner - a consistent winner - in 2012.  Don't "settle" as you did in 2008 for a mixed-up moderate and an extremist inexperienced VP who hides from interviews as she did.

Which would you choose?

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 09:43:02 AM
GOOD...





















FOR DEMS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Colossus_500 on July 13, 2009, 09:45:04 AM
HEY 240 - OBAMA IS NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D  H A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Straw Man on July 13, 2009, 09:45:50 AM
Which would you choose?

for what?

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 09:48:12 AM
for what?



If this woman ever wins national office you guys are going to fly to Canada.

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 09:53:19 AM
Your definition of quitting is FAR different then mine.By your logic,Huckabe is a quitter because he isnt a full time preacher anymore.Going from job to job is not the defintion of a quitter.Leaving a job TO DO NOTHING is a quitter.Obamas community is a community of quitters.Leaving one job,for another job is not quitting,its improving your quality of life.Most people have a variety of jobs in their lives,I know, not people in the UAW because they found a job where you get paid for not working,but most.

As far as transfering schools,this is a very common thing to do.Its not quitting,its finding the right fit for you.If you left school and never went back to school,THATS quitting.

Neither Obama nor her,nor anyone that leaves one job for a better opportunity is a quitter.They are people looking out for their best interests.I thought that was the very definition of America.Ive had 6 different jobs where I work,in 6 different places[the one now was leaving CT for Indiana].I made more money with every transfer.Is that quitting?Should I have stayed at my initial job and continued to make a low wage in a high wage area?Or should I have done whatever was nescassary to move up,make more money and get my family in the best situation possible?THats not quitting,thats being smart.


Pawlenty, Huck, Romney, and others all served out their Gov terms.

palin only served 60% of her term, and she missed a few summer months doing CNBC and FOX interviews to pump up her profile, then August thru November campaigning.  Since being back in alaska, she's missed a lot of big meetings because she's at a DC ball or in Indiana speaking on Abortion.

So you have a person who served maybe 40% of her term?  Maybe less?
Then you have candidates who served FULL terms. 

Personally, I'd choose the person with more executive experience.  Maybe you like the one who wore the Gov title while pursuing other goals.

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 09:57:41 AM

Pawlenty, Huck, Romney, and others all served out their Gov terms.

palin only served 60% of her term, and she missed a few summer months doing CNBC and FOX interviews to pump up her profile, then August thru November campaigning.  Since being back in alaska, she's missed a lot of big meetings because she's at a DC ball or in Indiana speaking on Abortion.

So you have a person who served maybe 40% of her term?  Maybe less?
Then you have candidates who served FULL terms. 

Personally, I'd choose the person with more executive experience.  Maybe you like the one who wore the Gov title while pursuing other goals.



Did Obama serve out his full term as senator?Yet,you voted for him.

Im not going to support Palin.I would if she ran against Obama,but Im going to wait and see who runs in the republican primary before I decide.I dont like Pawlenty at all.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 10:04:34 AM
Did Obama serve out his full term as senator?Yet,you voted for him.

obama resigned after winning, just as palin would have done.  This is a wash.

Palin quit not to move to higher office, but to be on TV.  Big difference to the people of alaska.

Besides, i voted libertarian.  i support your right to use as much halotestin as your liver can endure.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 10:15:43 AM
obama resigned after winning, just as palin would have done.  This is a wash.

Palin quit not to move to higher office, but to be on TV.  Big difference to the people of alaska.

Besides, i voted libertarian.  i support your right to use as much halotestin as your liver can endure.

But she moved to further HER career.Again,is this not what the very defintion of the American way of life?

I voted libertarian on every position BUT president.There I could not support Joe Biden,THE MAN that made steroids a controlled substance.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 10:18:48 AM
But she moved to further HER career.Again,is this not what the very defintion of the American way of life?

If Obama was offered a job as a consultant for some European company at $100 million per year, and left after 2 years to take that job, would it be a big deal?

of course.  Even though he's only making $400,000 per year, and it'd be to further HIS career and $ interests.  It would be selfish.


American 'way of life" = get rich?  or serve your country?  Palin is choosing the $, but abandoning Alaska when her influence could actually help them in a big way with slumping oil prices and a sagging 2009 for the alaska economy.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 13, 2009, 11:12:00 AM
Palin did not quit for higher office you dimwits.

She quit (her words) because it was in the best interest of Alaska.

So instead of acting like she has even a sniffing chance of emerging from the first round of primaries on the GOP ticket, you can explain how leaving office 18 months early was for Alaska's better interests.  Hmmmm?  What is improving with her dropping out.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 11:13:33 AM
Palin's audacity of the unconventional
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist - 7/13/2009


I don't know if Sarah Palin intends to run for president in 2012.
 
Certainly, resigning her job as Alaska's governor is a politically unconventional way of doing it.
 
But whereas pundits have now almost uniformly written her off, 70% in a new USA Today/Gallup poll say Palin's resignation has "no effect" on their opinion of her. Of the remainder, 9 percent say they now see her "more favorably" and 17 percent "less favorably."
 
Moreover, in the same poll, 43 percent (and 72 percent of Republicans) say they would at least "somewhat likely" vote for her if she runs in 2012.

 

It has got to gall the many political geniuses -- the journalists, consultants, bloggers, academics -- that so many at America's grassroots refuse to see what is so obvious to them.
 
Surely everyone, they think, should understand, as do they, that Palin is a vacuous shooting star whose selection by John McCain as his running mate showed nothing except McCain's questionable judgment.
 
But we're still left with the fact that fresh out of the Republican convention, with Sarah Palin on board, the Republican ticket moved out front. They were in the lead.
 
Then, of course, McCain showed his mettle to the many around the country looking for a Republican leader who actually believes that government is the problem, by suspending his campaign to go back to Washington to talk to politicians about a government stimulus package. That was the end.
 
Now John McCain and Sarah Palin have moved in very different directions. McCain has shown what a maverick he truly is by announcing that at the age of 72, after leading his party to defeat, he'll run for yet another six-year term in the Senate.
 
And Sarah Palin, at age 45, has announced she's resigning her job as governor.
 
More astounding than Governor Palin's audacious move is the fact that her political base appears unfazed. It appears as strong as when the McCain-Palin ticket surged into the lead after the convention.
 
So why, after Palin has partaken in what is supposedly forbidden political fruit, do so many not readily grasp that her death sentence is pre-ordained?
 
Pundits live in the world of the conventional. They assume if you know what happened yesterday, you can predict tomorrow.
 
But life is art, not science, and freedom is about enabling the inconceivable. It's where principles, faith, and courage depart from expertise and analysis.
 
Reagan's experts didn't want him to speak those historic words in Berlin -- "tear down this wall." The words stayed in the speech because of Reagan.
 
Reagan himself drew derision from the media and the pundits, not unlike what Sarah Palin gets. Even though he served two terms as California's governor, he still was an ex-actor who went to Eureka College. How could he be president?
 
But grassroots America heard him. As they do Sarah Palin.
 
American entrepreneurship -- whether in business or politics -- is always unconventional. The experts then step up and write how-to books after entrepreneurs break the mold.
 
These are not usual times. Many, legitimately so, are deeply concerned for the future of this country. It's more than the latest economic statistics. It's knowing that what will drive the future is freedom and values -- and both are disappearing.
 
Genuineness and conviction are more critical in these challenging times than resumes and appearances.
 
So stepping down from a job in which you are no longer realizing your ideals to reconnect with family and self is not necessarily political suicide. But doing what everyone says you are supposed to do, compromising your values, and letting pundits and experts run your life is.
 
So far, Sarah Palin's audacity of the unconventional is playing just fine.

Good article Colossus.  This woman writes very well.  
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 13, 2009, 11:18:36 AM
You claim she was doing so great for Alaska but she says that Alaska would be better without her.

DUH! 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Grape Ape on July 13, 2009, 11:31:22 AM
the only defense for her is "well, she's better than obama!" which is very poor reasoning for supporting a candidate.


Right.  Plus we just went through an election with that mentality.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 12:08:35 PM
You claim she was doing so great for Alaska but she says that Alaska would be better without her.

DUH! 

Very simple,the idiotic left wing libs kept bringing ethics charges against her.She could no longer do her job she had to fight charges all day,it cost the state millions.By the way,EVERY single charge has been proven to be a lie as EVERY attack on her has been proven a lie.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 12:09:34 PM
Very simple,the idiotic left wing libs kept bringing ethics charges against her.She could no longer do her job she had to fight charges all day,it cost the state millions.By the way,EVERY single charge has been proven to be a lie as EVERY attack on her has been proven a lie.

why did she re-pay $8000 to the state that she used to move her family around?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 12:33:56 PM
why did she re-pay $8000 to the state that she used to move her family around?

Because she owed the money.Any charge against her?How about the trooper gate charge,thrown out.EVERY charge thrown out.Every rumor exposed as a lie.Can you imagine that?Imagine if the left wing media machine REALLY went after Obama.Think they might find some dirt that could stick?With this women,nothing but lies.Its amazing that people ,like you,who get on here and praise Ted Kennedy have the balls to knock Palin.A murderer[with a drug addicted son] is somehow a great man,but a women THAT PAID BACK money she owed is a bad person.Incredible!!
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 12:53:17 PM
Palin:  "Hey Lurker, Straw, 240, Mons, Benny, TA, Jag, I'm coming for you."



Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 01:03:43 PM
why did she re-pay $8000 to the state that she used to move her family around?

Palin:  "Hey Lurker - how is a .223 up your ass"

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 01:07:33 PM
Because she owed the money.

but a women THAT PAID BACK money she owed is a bad person.Incredible!!

Why did she wait 1+ years to pay it back, and only after a big stink had been made about it?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 01:30:44 PM
Palin PAC raises $730K in six months
Posted: 04:20 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) – Just over a week after announcing her intention to resign as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin's political action committee reports raising close to $730,000 in the first six months of the year.

According to a report filed with the Federal Elections Commission Monday, SarahPAC raked in $732,867 from the beginning of the year through June 30. The former GOP vice presidential candidate's PAC further reported more than $450,000 cash on hand with no debts owed.

The FEC report shows the majority of contributions, $420,000, has come from donations of under $200. By law, the PAC does not have to identify those contributors. More than 700 individuals meanwhile gave over $200 to the committee.

But Palin, who has pledged to spend her days out of the governor's office supporting conservative candidates, has yet to dig deep into the coffers for many candidates.

According to the report, the PAC has only made two political contributions this year: $5,000 to John McCain's Senate reelection bid and $5,000 to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's effort.

Palin's largest expenditure, just over $100,000, was to Virginia fundraising firm Edonation.com.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 01:41:43 PM
Palin PAC raises $730K in six months
Posted: 04:20 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) – Just over a week after announcing her intention to resign as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin's political action committee reports raising close to $730,000 in the first six months of the year.

According to a report filed with the Federal Elections Commission Monday, SarahPAC raked in $732,867 from the beginning of the year through June 30. The former GOP vice presidential candidate's PAC further reported more than $450,000 cash on hand with no debts owed.

The FEC report shows the majority of contributions, $420,000, has come from donations of under $200. By law, the PAC does not have to identify those contributors. More than 700 individuals meanwhile gave over $200 to the committee.

But Palin, who has pledged to spend her days out of the governor's office supporting conservative candidates, has yet to dig deep into the coffers for many candidates.

According to the report, the PAC has only made two political contributions this year: $5,000 to John McCain's Senate reelection bid and $5,000 to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's effort.

Palin's largest expenditure, just over $100,000, was to Virginia fundraising firm Edonation.com.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

PALIN:   "I'M A BIG GAME HUNTER & COMING FOR ZERO"

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: grab an umbrella on July 13, 2009, 01:43:43 PM
Why did she wait 1+ years to pay it back, and only after a big stink had been made about it?

So if Obama left his office early to be president, coupled with the fact that he wasn't there for at least half of the votes, where does that put him percentage wise doing his job?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 01:59:43 PM
Hey beach. Do you Think that palin is qualified to be president?

Palin PAC raises $730K in six months
Posted: 04:20 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) – Just over a week after announcing her intention to resign as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin's political action committee reports raising close to $730,000 in the first six months of the year.

According to a report filed with the Federal Elections Commission Monday, SarahPAC raked in $732,867 from the beginning of the year through June 30. The former GOP vice presidential candidate's PAC further reported more than $450,000 cash on hand with no debts owed.

The FEC report shows the majority of contributions, $420,000, has come from donations of under $200. By law, the PAC does not have to identify those contributors. More than 700 individuals meanwhile gave over $200 to the committee.

But Palin, who has pledged to spend her days out of the governor's office supporting conservative candidates, has yet to dig deep into the coffers for many candidates.

According to the report, the PAC has only made two political contributions this year: $5,000 to John McCain's Senate reelection bid and $5,000 to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's effort.

Palin's largest expenditure, just over $100,000, was to Virginia fundraising firm Edonation.com.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:06:11 PM
Why did she wait 1+ years to pay it back, and only after a big stink had been made about it?

PALIN - "DONT TEST ME 240"

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 02:11:51 PM
33,

eew.

that is all.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:13:55 PM
33,

eew.

that is all.

Ha ha, just doing this for a laugh. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 13, 2009, 02:15:32 PM
Ha ha, just doing this for a laugh. 

She's a good american story.  She is quite the overachiever.

I just hope she becomes a TV star and doesn't ruin things for repubs in 2012.  I hope they run a great candidate - and if he's better than Obama, I hope the guy wins!
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:16:26 PM
Hey beach. Do you Think that palin is qualified to be president?


Yes. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:18:17 PM
PALIN - "DONT TEST ME 240"



Does that mean. She can make a mean face? Dude she quit. Dude she sucks...and yall said she could be president...


this is your girl


Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:19:50 PM
She's a good american story.  She is quite the overachiever.

I just hope she becomes a TV star and doesn't ruin things for repubs in 2012.  I hope they run a great candidate - and if he's better than Obama, I hope the guy wins!

Took my GF to the range this weekend for her to shoot the 10/22 i got her and now she wants a GSG5 for herself since she shot better with it.  

 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:20:17 PM
Yes. 

amazing..seriously
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:22:23 PM
Does that mean. She can make a mean face? Dude she quit. Dude she sucks...and yall said she could be president...


this is your girl




Palin to Big Mal "Do you want to end up like this poor moose?"

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:23:15 PM
amazing..seriously

Not really.  In fact, aside from her lack of military experience, she has the ideal qualifications to be president:  outstanding work ethic, private sector experience, city council, mayor, and governor.  And don't forget a terrific basketball player.  :)  
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:24:18 PM
Palin to Big Mal "Do you want to end up like this poor moose?"



She busts off the automatic from the chopper...she is a beast...not a president.

Not really.  In fact, aside from her lack of military experience, she has the ideal qualifications to be president:  outstanding work ethic, private sector experience, city council, mayor, and governor.  And don't forget a terrific basketball player.  :)  

she dosent have good work ethic...she quit her job remember
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:25:16 PM
amazing..seriously

PALIN TO MAL:  "WANT TO END UP ON MY COUCH OR COFFEE TABLE BITCH????"

  

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 13, 2009, 02:25:44 PM
Does that mean. She can make a mean face? Dude she quit. Dude she sucks...and yall said she could be president...


this is your girl




Ummm,ever see Joe Bidens grades?Ever hear him speak?Ever hear him blame a guy for killing his wife because of drunk driving when that story has been PROVEN to be a total lie.YET,you think hes qualified to be president.Hes so stupid that everytime he speaks the prevailing thought is "thats just Joe".By the way,he quit,he won as senator and left to be a gaffe machine for Obama ,yet you voted for him.The guy who thinks Delaware can beat THE ohio state unniversity in football.What a dope he is,yet you think hes qualified to be president.

Lastly,I still wait for Obamas college transcript and college papers.Never been releasesd yet.I guess they dont have a grade for reading off a teleprompter.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:28:42 PM
Ummm,ever see Joe Bidens grades?Ever hear him speak?Ever hear him blame a guy for killing his wife because of drunk driving when that story has been PROVEN to be a total lie.YET,you think hes qualified to be president.Hes so stupid that everytime he speaks the prevailing thought is "thats just Joe".By the way,he quit,he won as senator and left to be a gaffe machine for Obama ,yet you voted for him.The guy who thinks Delaware can beat THE ohio state unniversity in football.What a dope he is,yet you think hes qualified to be president.

Lastly,I still wait for Obamas college transcript and college papers.Never been releasesd yet.I guess they dont have a grade for reading off a teleprompter.

dude seriously.. he went to columbia and harvard law...not wasilla community college...im gonna go out on a limb and say he might be a tad bit smarter than palin
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:30:46 PM
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in history and political science in 1965,[2] ranked 506th of 688 in his class.[15]

He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968,[1
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:32:10 PM

she dosent have good work ethic...she quit her job remember

For the greater good.   :)
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:33:21 PM
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in history and political science in 1965,[2] ranked 506th of 688 in his class.[15]

He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968,[1


lol.  Big Mal if academic performance is something you're focused on you might want to delve a little deeper into Biden's record. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
lol.  Big Mal if academic performance is something you're focused on you might want to delve a little deeper into Biden's record. 

Come on Beach, what is a little plagerizing here and there? 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:38:01 PM
lol.  Big Mal if academic performance is something you're focused on you might want to delve a little deeper into Biden's record. 

its better than palin...also.. i like stability



After graduating from high school in 1982, she enrolled at Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu. She left after one semester and in 1983 transferred to North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d'Alene.
In 1984, after attending North Idaho College for two semesters majoring in general studies,  wtf is that Palin competed in and won the Miss Wasilla Pageant,[13][14] then finished third in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant[15][16] receiving a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award.[11]

In August 1984, Palin transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, where her older brother, Charles Heath, was majoring in education.[17] After two semesters at UI, Palin returned to Alaska and attended Matanuska-Susitna College, a community college in Palmer, for one term in the fall of 1985. She returned to the University of Idaho in January 1986, where she spent three semesters completing her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism, graduating in May, 1987.[17]




fucking amazing
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:38:47 PM
Come on Beach, what is a little plagerizing here and there? 

 :)  Yeah.  He only did a couple times.  Even Dubya was a better student than Biden.   :)
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:41:08 PM
its better than palin...also.. i like stability



After graduating from high school in 1982, she enrolled at Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu. She left after one semester and in 1983 transferred to North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d'Alene.
In 1984, after attending North Idaho College for two semesters majoring in general studies,  wtf is that Palin competed in and won the Miss Wasilla Pageant,[13][14] then finished third in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant[15][16] receiving a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award.[11]

In August 1984, Palin transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, where her older brother, Charles Heath, was majoring in education.[17] After two semesters at UI, Palin returned to Alaska and attended Matanuska-Susitna College, a community college in Palmer, for one term in the fall of 1985. She returned to the University of Idaho in January 1986, where she spent three semesters completing her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism, graduating in May, 1987.[17]




fucking amazing


How did Biden do in undergrad and grad school? 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:44:15 PM
How did Biden do in undergrad and grad school? 

please beach. dont tell me that you are even making the argument that palin is better in academics out of biden and palin. Dude biden=2 schools law degree

palin=5 schools ba in communications...

Biden >  Palin
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:45:26 PM
its better than palin...also.. i like stability



After graduating from high school in 1982, she enrolled at Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu. She left after one semester and in 1983 transferred to North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d'Alene.
In 1984, after attending North Idaho College for two semesters majoring in general studies,  wtf is that Palin competed in and won the Miss Wasilla Pageant,[13][14] then finished third in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant[15][16] receiving a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award.[11]

In August 1984, Palin transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, where her older brother, Charles Heath, was majoring in education.[17] After two semesters at UI, Palin returned to Alaska and attended Matanuska-Susitna College, a community college in Palmer, for one term in the fall of 1985. She returned to the University of Idaho in January 1986, where she spent three semesters completing her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism, graduating in May, 1987.[17]




fucking amazing


PALIN TO OBAMA:   "GET A REAL BIKE YOU METROSEXUAL  PUNK"

Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:49:13 PM
PALIN TO OBAMA:   "GET A REAL BIKE YOU METROSEXUAL  PUNK"



She should have taken a picture on the bikem, straddling it...biting her bottom lip.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 02:55:34 PM
please beach. dont tell me that you are even making the argument that palin is better in academics out of biden and palin. Dude biden=2 schools law degree

palin=5 schools ba in communications...

Biden >  Palin

You've dug up Palin's high school test scores.  You've researched her college academics.  Have you done the same for Biden? 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 02:56:18 PM
You've dug up Palin's high school test scores.  You've researched her college academics.  Have you done the same for Biden? 

I want to know the doc who did his hair plugs.  Those things are horrible. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 02:57:31 PM
You've dug up Palin's high school test scores.  You've researched her college academics.  Have you done the same for Biden? 

Has a law degree

she has a ba in communications...thats enough
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 03:01:44 PM
Has a law degree

she has a ba in communications...thats enough

Nah.  A person isn't necessarily smarter, more qualified, or more accomplished solely because they have an advanced degree as opposed to an undergrad degree. 

But you were just dissing her academic performance.  That was a large part of your analysis.  How was Biden's academic performance?   
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 03:02:51 PM
Has a law degree

she has a ba in communications...thats enough


Bro, i have a law degree and graudated near the top of the class.  I would not trust any more than 5% of the people I graduated with running anything, including a garage sale.   
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 13, 2009, 03:07:36 PM
Nah.  A person isn't necessarily smarter, more qualified, or more accomplished solely because they have an advanced degree as opposed to an undergrad degree. 

But you were just dissing her academic performance.  That was a large part of your analysis.  How was Biden's academic performance?   



basically...he got in law school...she shouldnt have
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 13, 2009, 03:12:38 PM

basically...he got in law school...she shouldnt have

Mal I have been through higher ed, as have you.

I have business clients who never went to college who in my mind are far more capable of running a business and organization than most of the people I have met who went to law school. 

Higher Ed is important, but it is not the end all and be all.     
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 06:20:14 PM

basically...he got in law school...she shouldnt have

Pulled this from a website:


Checkout the four blatantly false boasts that Biden made about his academic record:

Full Academic Scholarship - Biden actually received a partial scholarship from the university based on financial need.
Top Half of His Class - Biden finished 76th in his law class of 85.
Graduated With Three Degrees - Biden received a single degree, from the University of Delaware
Outstanding Student in the Political Science Department - Biden was considered, but the award was given to someone else.

http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2008/08/26/62599.aspx
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Dos Equis on July 13, 2009, 06:26:55 PM
Regarding Biden's plagiarism and academic performance:

''I was wrong, but I was not malevolent in any way,'' Mr. Biden said. ''I did not intentionally move to mislead anybody. And I didn't. To this day I didn't.''

The faculty ruled that Mr. Biden would get an F in the course but would have the grade stricken when he retook it the next year. Mr. Biden eventually received a grade of 80 in the course, which, he joked today, prevented him from falling even further in his class rank. Mr. Biden, who graduated from the law school in 1968, was 76th in a class of 85.

The file also included Mr. Biden's transcript from his days as an undergraduate at the University of Delaware. In his first three semesters, his grades were C's or D's, with three exceptions: two A's in physical education courses, a B in a course on ''Great English Writers'' and an F in R.O.T.C. The grades improved somewhat later but were never exceptional. Biden's Defense on Speeches

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: grab an umbrella on July 13, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
How come no one has addressed the fact that Obama graduated 506 out of 688.  I thought we were calling him smart.  He isn't even in the middle of the bell curve. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: the_steevo_uk on July 13, 2009, 11:17:18 PM
fixed

I'm glad she's not canning herself completely.  Real conservatives loved her and the level of liberal hatred just endeared her even further.

Real conservatives loved her did they? Well considering most of those 'real conservatives' you talk about wouldnt know what conservatism what if it hit them in the face with a 2 by 4, so I'll take what you mean by that is, evangelical christians and white folks who hated obama loved her.

Ive said this time and time again, and I think Beach Bum agrees, she will not win any presidential race, if you cant move past your base your fucked, because you'll never have more than 1/3 of the vote.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Brixtonbulldog on July 13, 2009, 11:19:04 PM
evangelical christians and white folks who hated obama loved her.


Right, because that's the definition of conservative right there, smart guy. ::) ::)
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 14, 2009, 12:28:36 AM
i betcha if Palin had a law degree and Obama had attended 5 colleges before getting  a degree in "journalism"... suddenly education would matter.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: the_steevo_uk on July 14, 2009, 03:24:37 AM
Right, because that's the definition of conservative right there, smart guy. ::) ::)

Well done for proving my point...they arent conservatives, never have been, never will be

so think before you start posting 'true conservatives', because the vast majority of 'conservatives' ran miles from her

next...
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 04:38:43 AM
i betcha if Palin had a law degree and Obama had attended 5 colleges before getting  a degree in "journalism"... suddenly education would matter.

Not if Obama was a governor, mayor, business owner, president of an oil commission. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 14, 2009, 06:32:05 AM
Very simple,the idiotic left wing libs kept bringing ethics charges against her.She could no longer do her job she had to fight charges all day,it cost the state millions.By the way,EVERY single charge has been proven to be a lie as EVERY attack on her has been proven a lie.

She couldn't do her job because she was too busy parading her lame self through the lower 48 states with no good cause.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 14, 2009, 06:38:30 AM
Not if Obama was a governor, mayor, business owner, president of an oil commission. 

And what if he QUIT all those?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 14, 2009, 06:49:02 AM
Not if Obama was a governor, mayor, business owner, president of an oil commission. 

LMAO.... weak, weak resume.  Sorry, but she's mediocre all the way.  She did every job just long enough to take the next job.

And please, stop saying "it's better than barry!" because it's entirely possible they are/were BOTH underqualified for the job, right? 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 06:51:50 AM
LMAO.... weak, weak resume.  Sorry, but she's mediocre all the way.  She did every job just long enough to take the next job.

And please, stop saying "it's better than barry!" because it's entirely possible they are/were BOTH underqualified for the job, right? 

Qualifications are one thing, but I dont think Palin would be pursuing the utter madness and insanity that Obama is. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 14, 2009, 06:55:51 AM
Has a law degree

she has a ba in communications...thats enough

Ok,then you admit that George Bush is MUCH smarter then Biden as he got his degree from Ivy league schools and Biden went to second rate colleges.If education is a real issue then Bush was also smarter then Kerry as he did better at the same schools taking the same cource load.As soon as we hear you libs say "Bush was MUCH smarter then Biden and Kerry" then I will say Biden is smarter then Palin based on education.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: 240 is Back on July 14, 2009, 07:01:38 AM
here's the problem.

You have a pile of dog crap in your yard.  It's the 2008 GOP ticket.  And instead of saying "Hey, let's clean up this crap and we'll have a nice yard", repubs say "Dude, the crap in your yard (obama) smells WAY worse than our crap, so therefore we will leave the feces in our yard - and even defend it!"

I'd like to see Hilary or even an Evan Buyh challenge Obama for the 2012 nomination.  And I'd like to see the Repubs run a much stronger candidate than they did in 2008.  Look, no matter how you feel about Palin, you gotta admit most Americans don't think she's right for the job.  Accept it, and please vote in a GREAT repub candidate in 2012.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 14, 2009, 07:19:28 AM
here's the problem.

You have a pile of dog crap in your yard.  It's the 2008 GOP ticket.  And instead of saying "Hey, let's clean up this crap and we'll have a nice yard", repubs say "Dude, the crap in your yard (obama) smells WAY worse than our crap, so therefore we will leave the feces in our yard - and even defend it!"

I'd like to see Hilary or even an Evan Buyh challenge Obama for the 2012 nomination.  And I'd like to see the Repubs run a much stronger candidate than they did in 2008.  Look, no matter how you feel about Palin, you gotta admit most Americans don't think she's right for the job.  Accept it, and please vote in a GREAT repub candidate in 2012.

The problem there is that the dog crap is guys like McCain and Powell and Crist.Once we clean the party of that crap,then we can get on with buisiness.We dont need democrat light to win.We need conservatives like Paul Ryan.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 14, 2009, 07:58:52 AM
When the majority of your party embraces and supports candidates like Crist, I think the message being sent is that the party doesn't see the need to keep crap like you around.  Which is exactly why moderates and independents are going to be the deciding future of the GOP.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 08:08:15 AM
When the majority of your party embraces and supports candidates like Crist, I think the message being sent is that the party doesn't see the need to keep crap like you around.  Which is exactly why moderates and independents are going to be the deciding future of the GOP.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 14, 2009, 08:48:12 AM
When the majority of your party embraces and supports candidates like Crist, I think the message being sent is that the party doesn't see the need to keep crap like you around.  Which is exactly why moderates and independents are going to be the deciding future of the GOP.

Please show me the poll that shows the majority of the party supports Crist.Over who?Certainly not Romney,or Hukabee or Palin.The guy wouldnt place in the top 6 right now.Lets see,the last two times republicans nominated moderates were Dole and McCain.How did that work out for republicans.As usual,you are wrong.The country is moving conservative which is why Cali. voted NO to new taxes,which is why gay marriage gets crushed EVERYTIME its on the ballot,which is why the country is now more pro life then pro choice.

Again,I will be waiting for you to show me the poll that states Crist is the frontrunner OR a frontrunner in te party.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 14, 2009, 09:00:04 AM
How come no one has addressed the fact that Obama graduated 506 out of 688.  I thought we were calling him smart.  He isn't even in the middle of the bell curve. 

he went to columbia and harvard......if he would have went to wasilla community school he would have graduated at 12
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 09:02:30 AM
he went to columbia and harvard......if he would have went to wasilla community school he would have graduated at 12

No one denies his academic credentials, however, that is not the end all and be all of things as there are plenty of educated idiots who are too book smart and have very little common sense or street smarts.   
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 14, 2009, 09:06:33 AM
How come no one has addressed the fact that Obama graduated 506 out of 688.  I thought we were calling him smart.  He isn't even in the middle of the bell curve. 

Really...he isnt smart?

Look chump. You make yourself sound like a slap idiot by saying shit like that...even inferring that obama isnt...

Columbia, Harvard (president of the law review) and University of chicago... those arent wasilla comminity college and idaho state...Come on bro..i know you dont like the guy but dont be a fuckin moron...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988. He was selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review at the end of his first year,[34] and president of the journal in his second year.

also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 14, 2009, 09:31:23 AM
Really...he isnt smart?

Look chump. You make yourself sound like a slap idiot by saying shit like that...even inferring that obama isnt...

Columbia, Harvard (president of the law review) and University of chicago... those arent wasilla comminity college and idaho state...Come on bro..i know you dont like the guy but dont be a fuckin moron...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988. He was selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review at the end of his first year,[34] and president of the journal in his second year.

also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.


So,again the school makes the differance?Please tell me what big time academic school Joe Biden graduated from?Yet,many on here say Bush is an idiot and Biden is smart.Compare their schools.

Now,when will Obama release his academic records and papers.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 09:35:31 AM
So,again the school makes the differance?Please tell me what big time academic school Joe Biden graduated from?Yet,many on here say Bush is an idiot and Biden is smart.Compare their schools.

Now,when will Obama release his academic records and papers.

Obama's actions thus far show anyone with a brain that going to an Ivy League school does not = common sense, wisdom, and foresight. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 14, 2009, 09:37:04 AM
So,again the school makes the differance?Please tell me what big time academic school Joe Biden graduated from?Yet,many on here say Bush is an idiot and Biden is smart.Compare their schools.

Now,when will Obama release his academic records and papers.


Joe Biden
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in history and political science in 1965,[2] ranked 506th of 688 in his class.[15]

He went on to receive his Juris Doctor (Thats his law degree) from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968
So he=Lawyer


Palin went to Idaho
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 14, 2009, 10:29:15 AM
Please show me the poll that shows the majority of the party supports Crist.Over who?Certainly not Romney,or Hukabee or Palin.The guy wouldnt place in the top 6 right now.Lets see,the last two times republicans nominated moderates were Dole and McCain.How did that work out for republicans.As usual,you are wrong.The country is moving conservative which is why Cali. voted NO to new taxes,which is why gay marriage gets crushed EVERYTIME its on the ballot,which is why the country is now more pro life then pro choice.

Again,I will be waiting for you to show me the poll that states Crist is the frontrunner OR a frontrunner in te party.

The fact that you haven't had a conservative emerge from the primaries in the last elections show that your party is leaning more moderate and liberal.

You can't win an election with a 14% base or whatever it has dropped to now.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 10:33:09 AM
The fact that you haven't had a conservative emerge from the primaries in the last elections show that your party is leaning more moderate and liberal.

You can't win an election with a 14% base or whatever it has dropped to now.

Dont worry, 1994 repeat is coming. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 14, 2009, 10:35:48 AM
Dont worry, 1994 repeat is coming. 

WTF IS THAT ABOUT?...why is his hand there?
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 10:36:31 AM
WTF IS THAT ABOUT?...why is his hand there?

That is Barney Frank and his boyfriend. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Option D on July 14, 2009, 10:43:49 AM
That is Barney Frank and his boyfriend. 
Shittin me right...
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 14, 2009, 10:45:49 AM
He's changing the oil.  LOL
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 14, 2009, 10:47:24 AM
Shittin me right...

Nope. 
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: LurkerNoMore on July 14, 2009, 10:49:28 AM
WTF IS THAT ABOUT?...why is his hand there?

Imagine a though bubble over the younger guy with your words in it.  Now that is hilarious.
Title: Re: Palin says she's not leaving politics
Post by: BM OUT on July 14, 2009, 01:30:20 PM
The fact that you haven't had a conservative emerge from the primaries in the last elections show that your party is leaning more moderate and liberal.

You can't win an election with a 14% base or whatever it has dropped to now.

In the last elections?Bush won two terms you dunce.Now,he ended up governing as a neo-con/moderate but he CLEARLY ran as a conservative.Low taxes,less goverment[didnt follow that]pro life,pro school prayer etc etc.The guy socially was farther to the right then Reagan.Once again you show your foolishness.Nice try though.