Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctional Political Class

[Chris]

"Barack Obama missed 314 (24%) of 1300 votes since Jan 6, 2005.  [He] sponsored 121 bills since Jan 24, 2005 of which 115 haven't made it out of committee and 3 were successfully enacted."

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400629

[Chris]

If Sarah Palin was a man named, for instance, George Palin, who was Governor of Alaska, taken on Big Oil and won, put corrupt politicos in jail, run a successful fishing business, and looked like George Clooney, would all the same people who are trashing Sarah be trashing George? Just askin'...

I think we found out who flips Daisy's switches.

Good point.  I'd like to see an answer to that myself.

[BlueStateSaint]

I'm of the mind that Sarah Palin will run for POTUS, and she'll win . . .

. . . in 2020.  Let's face it--Obama is going to do some serious damage to the USA.  Damage that may very well take 12 to 16 years to fix.  Sure, Obama doesn't think that he's doing damage, even when confronted with unemployment rates in the low teens (I heard something today that the unemployment rate could hit 13% soon).  He's trying to remake the USA into the European socialist mold, where unemployment rates are commonly over 10%.  How far can he get?  Let's look at Bill Clinton, who also tried to ram his socialist vision of health care "refom" through Congress.  When Billy Bob's Dems took their bath in 1994, he adapted smartly and passed most of what the Contract With America called for.  Obama's not that politically smart, and he's far more arrogant than Clinton (once, I thought that that wasn't possible).  Obama will not change his political course, even though the House and Senate will be much more hostile to him.  So, he'll continue to screw up, and give the 2012 Republican contenders more grist for their runs.  Obama will get beat, and will likely see the Dems in the Senate lose the fillibuster, as 24 of the 33 Senate seats up for re-election in 2012 are held by Dems.  By how much is still a matter of serious conjecture.

To get back to my premise, I think that Tim Pawlenty is the frontrunner at the moment.  He gained some serious cred by supporting Doug Hoffman in NY-23 (which may still go Hoffman's way).  I also think that, as much as I want to not think this, that George Pataki will try to run, and he'll be supported by moderate Republicans like John McCain.  Pataki also supported Hoffman in the special election, but that won't be enough to get him the nomination from the conservative base.

[Splashdown]

You people are in her drooling about the chances of this women holding the highest elected office in the land, this is the same women who didnt care about the citizens of Alaska enough to continue being Governer claming that she was in the spotlight too much, then turned around and promptly wrote a cash grabbing book and embarked on a media tour thats puts her even more in the spotlight. Guess she wanted to get the "pub" but didnt want to have to actually do a real job for it, like being Governer of Alsaka. What is her job exactly? Why do you think she could handle the job of POTUS if she cant even govern Alaska for two years?
Im the retard, right?

I love how Gov. Palin sets these morons on their ear.

Stop huffing and puffing, idiot.

And yes, you're the retard. If you take the time to stop licking the windows of your basement and eating those colorful paint chips, you'd be better off.

[thundley4]

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[Eupher]

True, and I think every senator needs to work more, but Palin quit her job altogether and is now????????? A book hack? A talk show staple? A pundit? Please tell me what she does now?

Some things are more important than politics, bucko. Like family, for instance.

Sarah learned that she could be even more effective to her party and to her family by not having the office of Governor of Alaska hanging around her neck like an albatross.

Don't mistake her resigning her governorship as a sign of weakness - think of it as a ticket to freedom.

She is going to speak her mind on the issues as she sees them - and not have to worry about idiots from the AP and the Democratic Party who pick apart her statements, twist them into things she hasn't said, and take her to court at every occasion possible.

She is a gutsy lady - and a real threat to the Dems.

So tell me, bucko...why are you interested in Sarah Palin? Do you think of her as a threat?

How do you compare Sarah Palin with your hero Barack Obama? Palin, as a political leader who achieved the highest elected position in Alaska compared to Barack Obama, a communty "organizer" and sometimes-senator from a politically-corrupt state like Illinois?

That you apparently can't see the difference is a testament to your own blindness -- likely fomented as a result of drinking the Obama Kool-Aid.

Better be careful about that Kool-Aid, bucko. It'll kill ya graveyard dead.

[seabelle]

RedState has an interesting take on NewsWeak's attack on Sarah Palin.
 RedState

 As always, Erick is spot on. 

[seabelle]

If Sarah Palin was a man named, for instance, George Palin, who was Governor of Alaska, taken on Big Oil and won, put corrupt politicos in jail, run a successful fishing business, and looked like George Clooney, would all the same people who are trashing Sarah be trashing George? Just askin'...

Love it !  Also, add to the resume PTA President and Mayor.  Any ONE of those accomplishments would make "George" more qualified than Obama too.

[NHSparky]

Please explain how Obama had "far less experience" than Palin? Say what you want about Obama, but he never just quit being a senator because it was too hard.

He voted "present" over 150 times as an Illinois Rep.  Tell me he didn't think it was too hard.  Look at what he's done, or more importantly NOT done, regarding Afghanistan, the economy, health care, etc., etc., etc.

Then feel free to play Hide and Go **** Yourself.

[rich_t]

Did we pick up another liberal chew toy or did derportleberals merely pcik a new name to use?

[Eupher]

Did we pick up another liberal chew toy or did derportleberals merely pcik a new name to use?

Yes.

[Peter3_1]

Why is it that "modern" liberals all want to  CRIMINALIZE, DEMAND and FORCE  those who disagree to conform to their ideal? An ideal that lead to over 110,000,000 murders last cantury. Consult Dr. Rummel and the Statistics of Democide to confirm. An utterly bankrupt system of beliefs that "work" only with the majority deprived of anything resembling freedom. I find them despicable.

Yet 200 years ago, "Liberals" were our founsders. Advocates of rthe indivigual rights, life, liberty and the persute of happiness. Constructors of the most free and successful nation in world history, bar none.

Why do miodern liberals hate freedom, hate America's success and excitedly want to become serfs kissing Barry's ring to beg for adequate food, water, heat, light, medical treatment, shelter, indeed, they are DESPERATE to be dependent on Barry for their very lives, and the lives of their famlies.


A mental illness I think.