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Friday, July 10, 2009 12:00 AM

The losers who gave us Sarah Palin

The GOP operatives who championed her should be held accountable for endangering the country

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Saturday, July 11, 2009 06:27 PM

Praising Conason

Such a fine piece by Joe Conason on Palin as of today...and I can think of nothing better to express my appreciation than to repeat his final paragraph. (Though I fear for our future because too many of us, especially our "leaders," never learn, or, perhaps more accurately, are doing what they PREFER to do, and to blazes with the people, the nation, the world.

In any case, the quote from Joe Conason:

"Rarely is anyone in Washington, from politicians to operatives to journalists, held accountable for the damage they inflict on the body politic. Those who banged the drum for disastrous war flit from one editorial page to the next; those who insisted on ruinous deregulation return as economic advisors to the president. The men who told us that Sarah Palin should be next in line of succession to the presidency may quarrel among themselves now, but they will all be back with yet more stupid advice -- and we can only blame ourselves if we listen."

Saturday, July 11, 2009 07:46 PM

My dear terkoy (without a star & still without a clue),

A dumb bouffon praising another dumb bouffon.

Keep entertaining us.

Even if we never take the words of dumb bouffons seriously.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 07:59 PM

@ Stinky

You wrote to Terkoy, "A dumb bouffon praising another dumb bouffon. Keep entertaining us. Even if we never take the words of dumb bouffons seriously."

How amusing! You're the pot-"bouffon" calling the kettle-"bouffon," um, "dumb."

See why so many folks can't take you seriously?

Saturday, July 11, 2009 08:47 PM

Entrenched politicians in both parties fear Sarah

It's obvious from what she did in AK party doesn't matter.

She may not stop at water's edge.

If a Brit is messing up she'll call attention to it and the Brits can take it from there.

Saudis etc. would dread Sarah cuz they do not want to deal with a woman.

They don't mind dealing with a man (wink, wink.)

But they think women should wear burqas, and...

Women should not be in positions where they can kick ass.

Many long-time entrenchments in both parties and in the press would lose power or disappear.

Like Napolitano, it's a good thing for the drug trade she would not try to legalize drugs, take the profit out of it thus having it disappear as a source of great illegitimate wealth (and the nation missing billions in tax dollars.)

All of Washington is quaking in their boots at the thought of Sarah.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 08:49 PM

Sarah is dreaded by partying Dems

Bush went to bed every nite at 9 but now Dems have their party town back again.

And would be greatly averse to losing it when Sarah takes the reins.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 08:52 PM

@Trisha08 -- Could Sarah see a teleprompter from that distance?

I doubt it. All anyone saw was a podium with notes. She is very good speaking extemporaneously, unlike O'Bama.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 09:03 PM

@something stinkier -- Glad you enjoy my posts

Keep reading them and something may penetrate the concrete between your ears.

Then when Sarah takes the country back you will rejoice as will we all.

All Dems care about is the power base and themselves (limousine liberals, as it were, OK for us but not for you.)

Fortunately they can't help themselves and can't keep it.

This time Republicans won't let go of it, and like O'Reilly

said, will keep it for a very long time.

Pelosi, her entourage, minions and hangers-on, will all go by the boards.

This will happen to old-line Republicans as well who have had cushy berths for decades.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 09:07 PM

Like Reagan, squashing Sarah is a heady task that can't happen

Even Salonista posters who stand on the sidelines with names for me like "buffoon" (or however they choose to continually misspell it.)

Saturday, July 11, 2009 09:17 PM

Old Joe is not old enough to figger out man can't do it

Man has nothing to do with changes in climate.

That is if you read the research of intelligent people.

And not morons sucking up to the likes of Al Gore.

China and India are sending their polluted air to Arnold's clean green bankrupt state of Mexico.

At least they tried to clean Beijing for the Olympics.

Greenland got its name cuz it was once green. Just dig beneath the surface of the barren territory.

Long before our dreaded Hummers were humming.

Joe, what have you done lately to warm the planet? Huh?

Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:46 PM

Kristol's motives rather simple

Kritol is a neocon. His passion is Israel. He saw Palin as a useful idiot that would energize the Christian extremists that see Israel as part of Biblical prophecy. While I'd think an Israel supporter might prefer Israel not bring on Armageddon by having a war with Iran, Kristol and his fellow travelers want the US to back Israel 100%. The Christian GOP base is the most diehard supporter outside of the neocons themselves. That McCain's team listened to Kristol shows hard desperate the GOP has become.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 11:15 PM

thanks, Guestofguest!

...for posting the whole Andrew Sullivan article. It is excellent.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 02:14 AM

True Americans Tell the Truth

Is Joe Conason mincing words, or does he have this "high-profile" writing job, where the World Trade Center towers were obviously dropped by controlled demolition, without realizing PNAC co-founder Bill Kristol and Steve Schmidt are just flacks for the treasonous sectarian faction which gave us 9/11?

On margin, the good men and women, who may have ever had anything to do with the Gay Old Pervert party, won't continue pushing politically on behalf of a force which any of intelligence and integrity knows is the Roman Anti-Christ's "Fifth Column;" so it will be necessary to find, what to the well-informed is nothing but inbred whitetrash like Palin: mental defectives with ambition.

The truth is obvious. President Obama knows it and is brilliant. The good and decent of America must "get out in front" of him and hang Bush and Cheney and expropriate/extirpate their backers to prevent what Bush1 and Nixon accomplished at Dallas and Memphis.

Death for Treason - Let's not mince words. There is no substitute for righteousness in America.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 03:07 AM

Science to the rescue!

Late-breaking news from across the waters! A possible clue to the demeanor and sophistication of Salonistas' political analysis (which is roughly vintage angry white male circa Selma, Alabama, 1960)! "Swearing Can Reduce the Feeling of Pain" screams the headline of today's London Telegraph! Who knew! Would you like to know more? Check it out at www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5803300/Swearing-can-reduce-the-feeling-of-pain.html

Sunday, July 12, 2009 04:12 AM

Palin haters

oh, look, dkooks on parade

LIBERAL VITRIOL AND HATE toward a Real American

But, then all you liberal losers know that the courts wont enforce the hate law against Real Americans. Like liberal hate, the hate law is only to be used against Real Americans and not for Real Americans

More liberal hypocrisy from the intolerant left American hatriots

bet you guys are freaking now that America is waking up to the obama fraud and lies

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