palin proves you can't fix stupid

[Danzig]

beauty fades, dear sarah, dumb is forever.

ffs, would news organizations all decide to just leave her be, and not talk to her ever, ever again? the more i think on the fact she was almost the vp of this country, the more amazed i become. john mccain should have been removed from office as a senator, he's obviously senile and demented. how else explain choosing her as his running mate, and forever installing her as a punch line?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...or_leaves.html

[alysheba4]

dont care about her one way or the other but she has that HATE her or LOVE her thing going.......

[bigrun]

Back in 08 i posted the top ten reasons why McCain lost the election..

10-9-8...John McCain
7-6-5-4..Sara Palin
3-2-1.....G. Dumya Bush

[hi_im_god]

john mccain suffers from the disease that, with any luck, we will all suffer. he's old.

it's the one prejudice we hold that we also hope we'll be victim of. if only we got darker, poorer, and gayer with time.

he's hardly alone in the responsibly for sarah. you really need to go back to august 2008 and look at the political landscape he faced. it's not as if he could have nominated joe lieberman without an actual walkout at the republican convention.

he rolled the dice with a young, female, conservative pinup. that quelled the potential rebellion in his own party and gave him some hope that women (a vital cohort that his party had been steadily losing) would support his ticket in the general election. it's easy to look in hindsight and see what we all learned the last 5 years about palin.

i know the post was about another phenomenally stupid thing she said. but i hate to see a guy who i still think is the best candidate for president i didn't vote for get another "senile" shot.

he's a veteran and pow who dedicated his life to public service. she's a wanna be pageant queen who's living the dream on his dime. i don't excuse the choice he made, but i can understand it.

[Danzig]

john mccain served, but he's no hero. his actions in the banking scandal back in the day got conveniently forgotten-but then, we do have bigger and better banking scandals to worry about.
if he wanted to go for a woman, he could have at least chosen one who was capable, and had more than just a pretty face. her lack of experience took away any realistic chance he had to call out obama for that same lack.
i don't care for mccain, i think he's gotten more respect for outlasting people than because he actually has done things to earn it. he's another that if you do more than scratch the surface, you won't like what you find. that rolling stone article a few years back was scathing, and factual.
but you're right, we all hope to age well. some day i plan to be an old bat who eats at the country kitchen buffet, and then hopefully makes it home in one piece.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

john mccain served, but he's no hero. his actions in the banking scandal back in the day got conveniently forgotten-but then, we do have bigger and better banking scandals to worry about.
if he wanted to go for a woman, he could have at least chosen one who was capable, and had more than just a pretty face. her lack of experience took away any realistic chance he had to call out obama for that same lack.
i don't care for mccain, i think he's gotten more respect for outlasting people than because he actually has done things to earn it. he's another that if you do more than scratch the surface, you won't like what you find. that rolling stone article a few years back was scathing, and factual.
but you're right, we all hope to age well. some day i plan to be an old bat who eats at the country kitchen buffet, and then hopefully makes it home in one piece.

I'm already there (remember that song by Lonestar) and so is the ole lady.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

I'm already there (remember that song by Lonestar) and so is the ole lady.

there's a song? lol it was a south park reference! my not so grandmother used to get on us for making fun of old people. you'll be old some day, she'd say. i hope you're right was always my reply.

I'm with big.

[joeydb]

Unfortunately for the libs, it's apparent that Palin would have done a better job than Obama. In fact, it's hard for anyone to do a worse job.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Unfortunately for the libs, it's apparent that Palin would have done a better job than Obama. In fact, it's hard for anyone to do a worse job.

C'mon even I don't believe that....

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

C'mon even I don't believe that....

Why? Obama has demonstrated that's he's an incompetent buffoon. Palin didn't get to demonstrate anything. She didn't do great on some TV interviews, but also wasn't asked softball questions like Obama.

So you have a known failure (Obama) vs. an unknown (Palin). Why would you be so quick to trash Palin?

It is a reasonable possibility that she would have been better. We'll never know.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Unfortunately for the libs, it's apparent that Palin would have done a better job than Obama. In fact, it's hard for anyone to do a worse job.

it is? how is it apparent? what would she have done differently with everything that has occurred during his term plus one year?

when i consider everything palin has done over the time since she first hit the national scene, what is apparent to me is that mccain and his people didn't perform due diligence before selecting her, that she is a lightweight who thinks her lack of intelligence and knowledge is somehow a positive. she has no clue regarding national policy, foreign policy, the government, etc. her interviews are hilarious, but certainly not events that engender confidence in any of her abilities.

am i happy with obama? hell no. i think he was a naive neophyte who has been smacked down in a brutal way with reality. would i prefer palin? not in a million years. romney either. christie shows promise, but with his moderate stances, he'll have a hard time getting the nomination.
you blaming obama for everything you don't like is not based in rational thought. i suggest you take a long look at your legislative body, especially the house, which has done NOTHING of substance-hell, they can't even pass a goddamn farm bill, which has been standard legislation for years.

[joeydb]

If it's hard to do a worse job than Obama, the converse is that it's easier for most people to do a better job.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Why? Obama has demonstrated that's he's an incompetent buffoon. Palin didn't get to demonstrate anything. She didn't do great on some TV interviews, but also wasn't asked softball questions like Obama.

So you have a known failure (Obama) vs. an unknown (Palin). Why would you be so quick to trash Palin?

It is a reasonable possibility that she would have been better. We'll never know.

oh, so now it's not apparent, it's a reasonable possibility? based on what? her term as mayor?
her abbreviated term as governor? what else is there?
softball questions. ha!

i'm quick to trash palin because she's a complete and utter joke. and she has no one to blame but herself for that opinion. she can't speak, can't string together a complete sentence, she has NO clue about anything that a leader would be expected to know.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

If it's hard to do a worse job than Obama, the converse is that it's easier for most people to do a better job.

that would be incorrect. your logic is flawed.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

that would be incorrect. your logic is flawed.

Based upon his comments it is either a traumatic brain injury or trolling. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say the later.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

Based upon his comments it is either a traumatic brain injury or trolling. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say the later.

lol

joey, you're assuming it can't be worse. of course it can. also, just because you have a difference of opinion with the president, doesn't mean he's bad.
and i don't think you really consider everything that has happened, and are judging every occurrence on its merits.
i think you view people as good or bad based only on whether they have a 'd' or 'r' next to their name.
since many obama policies are continuances of bush policies, i'm not sure how someone can say bush did ok, but obama is bad. the only change in the last 5 years is the aca coming into being.
i know people don't like to be told this, but the individual mandate was a repub idea, and it was included in the bill-but because dems were putting it together, suddenly repubs rejected their own idea, that they had originially supported! that is a fact, not an opinion. one fact that repubs wish people would forget.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

oh, so now it's not apparent, it's a reasonable possibility? based on what? her term as mayor?
her abbreviated term as governor? what else is there?
softball questions. ha!

i'm quick to trash palin because she's a complete and utter joke. and she has no one to blame but herself for that opinion. she can't speak, can't string together a complete sentence, she has NO clue about anything that a leader would be expected to know.

Well Obama's failure was predictable from his 2 year stint as a Senator before running for president. This "community organizer" lacks just about every quality necessary to be president except for good enough ocular acuity to read a teleprompter.

Your guy strings together prose just fine as long as someone else writes it for him to read off the prompter, and hasn't had an original thought for his whole term. Saul Alinsky and other socialists have said it all before. He's a recycled retread.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

that would be incorrect. your logic is flawed.

Care to explain why it's flawed? This guy will go down as one of the worst presidents ever, far surpassing in negative magnitude Bush 43.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Care to explain why it's flawed? This guy will go down as one of the worst presidents ever, far surpassing in negative magnitude Bush 43.

yes. you have no idea how bad it could be. you're assuming it's as bad as it could be, that no one could do worse, and that anyone else would be an improvement. it can always be worse. however, i can't prove a negative, and hopefully we'll never find out how well or badly palin could do.
also, history dictates whether someone turns out bad or not. your opinion isn't shared by everyone, so there's no way of knowing if he's going to be judged so harshly.

you're also completely ignoring the fact that the president isn't the only person in charge of our government. you're placing no blame elsewhere.