Sarah Palin named as McCain's VP

[Treacle Toes]

No! Don't open the door

Too late!

 

[newharper]

Hey Jessie, here you go.

And here's his running mate, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, last week: "It's not negativity. It's truthfulness." And here are some of those random "truthful" quotes from people attending Palin rallies in Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

"Charles Manson was a community organizer."

"I'm afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. That's not Christian. This is a Christian nation."

"When you've got a nigra running for for president, he's not a first-stringer. He's definitely a second-stringer."

"He's related to a known terrorist."

"He must support terrorists. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it must be a duck."

"The whole Muslim thing and everything. A lot of people forgot about 9/11, but..."

"I don't like the fact that he thinks white people are trash. Because we're not."

"Obama - Osama: one and the same."

"Communism!"

"Obama is a socialist."

And just in case you forgot what decade -- sorry -- what century we're in, "Get a job!"

The AP reported that, "The Secret Service is looking into a second allegation that a participant at a Republican political rally shouted 'kill him,' referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama."

And the official Web site of the Sacramento County Republican Party compared Obama to bin Laden and urged people to "Waterboard Barack Obama." The Republican National Committee made them take it down.

Woof.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/22-9

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Palin is "all show and no go" which in Detroit parlance means a car looks fast and powerful but when put to the test its slow as a turtle with pneumonia

Is that what it means in Detroit?

 

[Boczkowski]

have 'we' seen this yet on here (did a quick search and couldn't find)

Porno inspired by Palin!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/03/nailin-paylin-hustlers-pa_n_131581.html?page=7

the article is safe for work

"Hustler Video is shooting a porn with a look-alike, titled "Nailin' Paylin." The spelling is sic and so is Hustler.


The faux Sarah is Lisa Ann, who "will be nailing the Russians who come knocking on her back-door." In another scene -- a flashback -- "young Paylin's creationist college professor will explain a 'big bang' theory even she can't deny!"

There's also a threeway with Hillary and Condoleezza look-alikes. The video is in pre-production, but is being fast tracked for release before the election."

 

[Boczkowski]

 

[Treacle Toes]

Some things cross a line for me.....^^^^^^^ is certainly one of them.

 

[nino_savatte]

Palin's going "rogue" says McCain aide.

She's beginning to worry Mac's campaign team with her ill-thought out remarks.

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue."

A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to "bust free" of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out.

McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

 

[Jessiedog]

She's beginning to worry Mac's campaign team with her ill-thought out remarks.

I heard on CNN today, that Palin herself is feeling that her promotion has not been properly handled by the party/campaign machinery.

They're at each others throats already.




Woof

 

[nino_savatte]

I heard on CNN today, that Palin herself is feeling that her promotion has not been properly handled by the party/campaign machinery.

They're at each others throats already.




Woof

Lovely.

 

[laptop]

they're at each others throats already.

as a long election season winds towards its conclusion, political journalists know to watch for one telltale sign that is the best indicator of how a particular campaign is feeling about its chances. To put it simply: Is it leaking?...

The Politico newspaper picked up the scent and reported on Thursday that "coordination between the McCain campaign and Republican national committee, always uneven, is now nearly dysfunctional". One of those unnamed "top Republicans" told the paper: "It drives you crazy."

here

a powerful democratic win could wipe out republican moderates. It could leave the party in the grip of its conservative and evangelical base who remain critical of figures such as mccain but who are wildly enthusiastic about politicians such as palin....

here

 

[david dissadent]

Link

Sarah Palin's home state Anchorage Daily News endorses Barack Obama

"despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth "

bin Laden better have something fucking spectacular up his sleave if he wants McCain in.

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Some things cross a line for me.....^^^^^^^ is certainly one of them.

Not quite sure which I find more tasteless, that or the comment about the Palinporn on Free Republic along the lines of -

'Larry Flynt: living proof that sometimes even a .444 Marlin isn't enough'

 

[laptop]

I haven't seen anything here - or anywhere else, about this:

Doctor estimates McCain's cancer death risk

...latest armchair doctoring comes in the pages of The Lancet, from a physician who has donated $4600 to the Obama campaign and another $28,500 to the Democratic National Committee.

John Alam, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician with 17-years in clinical research who now works as a biotechnology consultant, estimates that Senator John McCain has a 6% risk of dying of a melanoma recurrence each year – or about 22% over four years. "There is a one-in-four to one-in-five chance that he would not survive a first term," he told New Scientist.

 

[elbows]

She's beginning to worry Mac's campaign team with her ill-thought out remarks.

Another similar CNN story:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/palin.tension/index.html

The self-destruction of the McCain campaign would be a useful safeguard against the horror of McCain winning due to last minute bin laden surprise or race factor.

 

[elbows]

Another CNN article that looks at the Republicans future if they lose, features the following which I found amusing.

"Reagan had an immense faith in the power of ideas. But there has been a counter, more populist tradition, which is not only to scorn liberal ideas but to scorn ideas entirely. And I'm afraid that Sarah Palin has those prejudices," said Brooks, a conservative columnist for the New York Times.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/29/palin.gop/index.html

 

[nino_savatte]

Neptism rules. OK?

Well, here's a surprise.

* More than 100 appointments to state posts -- nearly 1 in 4 -- went to campaign contributors or their relatives, sometimes without apparent regard to qualifications.

* Palin filled 16 state offices with appointees from families that donated $2,000 to $5,600 and were among her top political patrons.

* Several of Palin's leading campaign donors received state-subsidized industrial development loans of up to $3.6 million for business ventures of questionable public value.

* Palin picked a donor to replace the public safety commissioner she fired. But the new top cop had to resign days later under an ethics cloud. And Palin drew a formal ethics complaint still pending against her and several aides for allegedly helping another donor and fundraiser land a state job.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-palinrecords24-2008oct24,0,7306906.story

 

[Balbi]

Great quote from McCain

"I'd like to thank Sarah Palin, she's ignited the party...."

Burn baby burn!

 

[nino_savatte]

Palin hoaxed!

As if Nicolas Sokrazy would phone her...really.

Perhaps Sarah Palin should have realised something was amiss when the caller purporting to be France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, referred to "my special American adviser, Johnny Halliday".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2008/nov/02/sarahpalin-johnmccain

It's unlikely that's she's ever heard of Johnny (I march with the FN) Halliday either.