Comments on: Palin poop

By: Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:08:39 +0000

Palin is precisely what leaves me believing that this country has no future and, moreover, deserves none. We need not pull punches in this discussion. The woman is a fanatic creep whose personal and marginal political life appears to betray every “ideal” with she and her handlers have shamelessly attempted to associate her, other than the violent death of game animals. Her selection as a vice-presidential candidate is the most cynical piece of political calculation since George McGovern decided that he really didn’t stand behind Sargent Shriver “100 percent”; in addition, it’s a screaming alarm to the nation about how entirely anti-democratic it is to have a vice president appointed in this weird “by these hands I thee appoint” fashion as though this were a ministerial form of government–which might not be such a bad idea, but not just for this office, in this bizarre way. Constitutionally, the vice president was supposed to be the person who came in second. Which presupposes more than two people running. Is that so bad?

Palin is an extremist, a liar, an ignoramus, and likely to be corrupt, slightly now, but significantly upon obtaining high office. The suggestion that we might usefully pander to people who refuse to acknowledge, or to contemplate, the despicable aspirations of this person to maintain delusional levels of American owning class privilege on the backs of whomever must be viewed as expendable for such a goal, is hardly to be distinguished from the suggestion that we might share such aspirations.

Why aren’t the Democrats spending 5 million a week to discredit this odious pair? It would be so easy to do. He abandoned his first wife for a millionairess and was made a patsy in the Keating S&L scandal, doesn’t know shit from shinola about anything, really, and has never held a real job. Sorry about the POW thing, but at this point it might be useful to remember that some people thought that war wasn’t so complimentary to American ideals, and that if you fly planes over countries to bomb them, you ought to be able to discuss why it was a good idea then, but wouldn’t be a good idea now (when Vietnam has joined the WTO). She’s a raving lunatic who recently thought Alaska should secede (and it should; who needs it?). It’s either win at any cost or lose, as far as I can see.

By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:11:36 +0000

I’m not saying Dan wasn’t pontificating without any facts (*believe* me), but maybe he is on to something regarding Palin’s celebrity. This is amazing– I just checked YouTube and looked at the list of top-watched videos of the day. 6 of the top 8 were clips of Palin/Clinton SNL skit!! And 8 or the top 12 were as well. I’ve never seen anything like it. [and this might have more to do with the dynamics of how network shows end up pirated onto YouTube— several sources rather than one, i really have no idea… but i’ve never seen a “Most Viewed (Today)” page on YouTube look so monotonous. And tina Fey truly deserves the good press.
Anyway, I think Palin drives us crazy b/c she reminds us so much of Bush. Much more than McCain does. You would *think* that after 8 years, America would be wiser than this….

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:16:27 +0000

Once again, I was caught pontificating without any facts … I’m glad to see her negatives are rapidly increasing.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:39:41 +0000

Btw- I read Sean’s post and I do agree with him that logic won’t work against somebody whose opinion is emotionally based. However, people like the man he cited are probably dyed-in-the-wool Republicans who won’t be persuaded regardless. That tells me nothing about how to approach undecided voters and I’m not sure Sean has the answer. His idea, which Dan summarizes above, could be used just as easily against Obama and that makes it flawed. I do think the meme about Palin can be changed, though that must mostly come from the media. As people start to hear the “lier” meme, her numbers will drop (as they appear to have started to do) and they will stay down if people believe the meme. What Obama/Biden need to do, is focus on tying McCain to Bush’s failed economy, his right wing social agena, and his tax plan. Let the press eat Palin, while they focus on him.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:17:38 +0000

Actually, her popularity does not continue to rise. Here are Sarah Palin’s daily approval numbers from the Daily Kos/Research 2000 tracking poll:

Approve Disapprove No Opinion
9/11: 52 35 13 +17
9/12: 51 37 12 +14
9/13: 49 40 11 +9
9/14: 47 42 11 +5
9/15: 47 43 10 +4

In the span of five days, Palin has gone from +17 to +4 — a statistically significant shift.

I stand by my earlier predictions.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:57:42 +0000

Yeah, there’s nothing worse than getting all drunk and waking up the next morning next to a pig, or a big fat elephant.

-Chief from South Park

From:

An Elephant makes love to a pig. Wow, prophecy if I have ever seen it!