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10-30-2009, 01:29 PM
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Sarah Quaylin
Sarah Quaylin
Sarah Quaylin | The New Republic Actually, Dan Quayle is looking pretty good right now.Ever since John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, I've gotten confused about all the reasons I'm supposed to dislike Barack Obama. The previous reasons, in rough chronological order, were his lack of experience, his empty rhetoric, his flip-flopping, and his "celebrity." But Palin has made each one of those critiques moot. The "celebrity" attack on Obama has a particularly Dada quality right now as starstruck Republicans bask in the charisma of their adorable veep. (Coldest state, hottest governor, read signs at her rallies.) With her hunky husband, touching family life and plucky personal story, she is the candidate of the People. And by People, I mean People magazine.The flip side for Republicans of losing most of their attack lines was supposed to be a series of virtues Palin would bring to the ticket: She's a reformer, a steadfast opponent of earmarks, a proponent of transparency and clean government. Subsequent reporting has revealed that Palin embodies the precise opposite of every one of these virtues. She appointed unqualified cronies, abused her power to punish personal enemies, and has displayed a Cheney-esque passion for government secrecy. Her boast of having put the state airplane on eBay was undermined by subsequent revelations that she failed to actually sell it on eBay.  (JAG, be nice!)
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10-30-2009, 01:43 PM
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(Laughing at your last comment, not the graph itself.)
I think Palin has gotten a raw deal--lots of those ethics charges were trumped up (at last count, some months ago, 13 out of 15 had been dismissed, or some such number?), and I think we'd be better off with Palin riding shotgun than we are with Obama in the driver's seat. I'm inclined to believe that she's fundamentally a decent individual with an inspiring personal story. But that doesn't qualify her for the White House. (You read all of the newspapers, lady? Every day? Really?) A decade ago, she could have reinvented herself and been a viable candidate in excellent form by the next election. But unless YouTube's server irretrievably crashes, I don't think that's possible now.
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10-30-2009, 02:09 PM
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10-30-2009, 02:28 PM
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Beautiful. I'd never seen that before.
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10-30-2009, 04:20 PM
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What is it about her that drives so many crazy?
Long-time White House reporter Carl Cannon “bluntly declared that the political press gave Sarah Palin a raw deal in the 2008 campaign, and seriously failed to scrutinize Joe Biden, especially his fact-mangling and odd statements in the vice presidential debate.” The political left made the most vicious attacks against Sarah Palin and her family from the moment she appeared on the national scene. Almost everything the establishment media said about Palin was either slander or tawdry innuendo. From Andrew Sullivan promoting conspiracy theories about how her daughter (not Palin) delivered the baby, to David Letterman ‘joking’ about Palin’s 14-year-old daughter having sex with a baseball player. Maureen Dowd said, “Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy.” You can find more examples of the left’s nonstop hatred and character assassination, including the recent hit piece in Vanity Fair. The most obvious answer is that she so energized the Republicans in light of an uninspiring McCain, and thus threatened the media’s preordained coronation of Obama. But it goes deeper than that. The pathological hatred of Palin is more likely due to what she represents; she doesn’t just talk American values, she lives it. Sarah Palin is essentially a middle-class, down to earth, tell it like it is person who reflects real America. She can shoot a gun, is married to a blue-collar worker, can raise multiple children, is pro-life, and can still climb to the governorship of a state. She managed to beat well-funded Alaskan politicians despite not having family connections and great wealth. That certainly takes some degree of smarts and natural talent. Take a look at some of Palin’s biggest critics. Most come from married wealth, inherited wealth, or politically connected families. Their upper class snobbery is revealed by the contempt and condescension toward her middle-class roots. This is the same attitude the intelligentsia has toward so many other Americans in suburbia. Palin does not come across as arrogant, nor elitist, and does not talk out of both sides of her mouth. Yet, they viciously attacked her while giving Joe Biden a free pass. Biden is a typical Washington insider and career politician of over 30 years, towing the standard party line - nothing to fear there. They know how to work Biden and what to expect of him. Palin however would be less susceptible to cronyism, lobbyist influence, and corruption in general. Observe the current Obama administration and you’ll see the politics-as-usual crowd working hard for themselves and their allies. Everything from the broken promises of no lobbyists in cabinet positions to the serial tax evaders, points to an administration of the privileged, by the privileged, and for the privileged. Or is it just a coincidence that the majority of the ’stimulus’ money is going to democratic strongholds? According to this report, Counties that supported the Democratic candidate have received twice as much money per person from the administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for Republican John McCain, according to a USA Today analysis. Obama administration officials are denying a political motivation behind the billions flowing disproportionately to regions that supported Obama on Election Day. An honest person from Middle America who believes in God, guns, and glory is about as threatening to a secular statist as you can get. The entrenched elite will always attack that kind of authenticity. (National Scene, Steve K)
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10-30-2009, 04:31 PM
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10-30-2009, 04:34 PM
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YES!!!! Are you kidding? No way would have signed the massive spending bills. Obama is bankrupting our country. The dollar has fallen 16%....why? Printing money!
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10-31-2009, 12:49 PM
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The issue isn't Palin vs Obama, and the Republicans were foolish for pushing it thus. The issue is whether, after an indeterminate amount of time as Veep, Palin or Biden would be more ready to step into the shoes of the President (whoever he may have been). Neither Palin nor Biden gives me a lot of confidence. But based on the principles each purports to espouse, I think I'd have to break for Palin.
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