WHY IS McCAIN RUINING THIS LADY’S LIFE? “As a cheap political stunt, McCain dragged this nice lady he doesn’t even know into his doomed campaign, and already the TV commentators and op-ed writers are calling her a dimwit, an amateur, a hapless tool. McCain is such a cruel creep that he’s making Sarah Palin debate Joe Biden.” [Political Machine]
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Just heard her give a speech at a rally. Ha. It really is like an awful Frances McDormand impression. I think I have a better grasp of the big issues. yikes.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Buchanan_Palin_was_a_brigader_for_me_in_96.html
And she hates the JOOS
Plan B was a midget and the slogan ‘Standing Up for the Little Guy.’
You demorats are running scared! Stuck in Obamaland with Tony Rezko, you have to insult politicians wives and
Oh man, my prostate is inflamed. What was I saying?
Does anyone else find her voice REALLY, REALLY annoying? She makes Hillz sound like Billie Fucking Holliday.
It’s Gidget Goes to Washington only stoopider.
[re=76459]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3CWACel4c
she may make, ross perot’s, james stockdale look brilliant.
stockdale seemed like a nice guy and i would like him taken off the all time loser vp list.
Judgement. McCain picking her. Her accepting. What the hell is going through their brains? (should it be proven they are not some kind of androids)
…the way you know WALNUTS! made a horrible decision is by the fact that everytime he introduces her he feels the need to justify his choice. You hear him say things like “she is exactly what I need” or reads off a quick laundry list of things she has accomplished. He is going to spend more time justifying why she should be one heartbeat from the presidency than why he should be elected. That being said, as a VP Palin is suppose to attack Barack Obama but in all honesty she doesn’t seem cut out for that role. This woman is in waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over her head and doesn’t even realize it!
[re=76461]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: gidget was really cute – 1965, the dawn of history. cute trumps stupid.
A diary on Daily Kos suggests that Palin might actually not be the mother of her youngest child, but the GRANDmother:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/121350/137/486/580223
This is the only way McCain can show he’s man enough to drill in Alaska.
I just heard her again. I decided that Mccain really hates America because he is forcing her obnoxious voice on us. It is a nasally exaggerated North Midwestern accent that will turn our brains into ghee.Wait. Could she be Walnuts secret plan to end the war in Iraq? Broadcast her voice talking about Moose hunting and babies — the whole Middle East will fall to their knees.
Brilliant plan or reckless desperation…you decide.
[re=76468]MBSF[/re]: …we are already on top of that angle. Check out this link!
http://wonkette.com/402360/did-john-mccain-know-that-sarah-palin-is-in-the-middle-of-a-scandal
OMG, check out the editorial at WashPo and the posts and comments at Politico – the mix of desperate optimism and psychopathically avoided self-doubt wrt Vladimira Palin is like watching a moebius strip trying to mate with an escher staircase.
Eeeewww.
John McCain standing next to Sarah Palin makes me think of my grandfather eating at Hooters.
It might be unfair to use the fact that Steve Douchey thinks she has foreign policy experience because she lives closeish to Russia against her. But after seeing that “what does the VP do?” speech of hers, I still think she’s a doofus. Biden will need to be somewhat nice to her – if he completely annihilates her, it will be seen as “bullying”.
Also, you have to love AOL commenters. When did Barry make his skin colour the centerpoint of his campaign? And why is he a monster for not selecting Hillary? Awesome.
“I’m going to shake up Washington!”
Don’t worry, Sarah. They’re shaken.
You’ve just set women’s issues back about 25 years, but no prob. Those cunts don’t deserve any better than this. You’ve set the bar for overbreeding pretty high, reminding us once again of the true and only role for women. If I were you I’d hurry up and get fake-pregnant again before the debates.
This could be gruesome.
[re=76468]MBSF[/re]: God bless the good souls at Daily Kos for slandering and humiliating a 16-year-old-girl for their political purposes. The discussion of the distribution of her belly fat shows what true patriots they are.
I’m still astounded by the NY Times article. For those who missed it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/politics/30palin.html?_r=2&em&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
What’s all of this VPILF/MILF talk? This chick is clearly cross-eyed. I can’t wait for Tina Fey to play her on SNL.
I smelled Desperation in Dayton when the Palin news started yesterday and it hasn’t let up yet. I think we can all agree: She seems like a nice lady. Down to earth in her Marge Gunderson way. Five kids with ridiculous names and a boy goin’ to fight in Iraq (a country Gov. Palin seems to think is just past England). “I was just a PTA mom who got interested.” Hmmm…not a lot of Rice Krispie treats at the G8 summit. Plus, it’s not like Cindy McCain can keep lying that “John’s still alive, just sleeping” for the final two or three years of his term once he’s expired, so she would take charge. Uh, thanks but no thanks. I’ll take my chances on Hopey and Talky Joe.
[re=76483]smellyal8r[/re]: With some rouge, a simple system of levers and pulleys and 15 feet of good rope, I’ll bet they can make it seem like John is still alive for a good six months, “Weekend at Bernie’s”-style.
Why’s everyone being so mean to John McCain? All he wanted was to use his position and authority to score some hot crazy fecund tail about half his age — is that so wrong? Oh, wait — he picked her for vice president? He remembers he’s running, right?
“Whenever times are bad — and the past eight years have been horrific — it’s nice to have a Happy Subject to write about, something harmless and nice to look at. That was Sarah Palin.”
This is such condescending bullshit. Would you write this about a man? Boy, that Tim Pawlenty is harmless and nice to look at. Screw you. I’m tired of polite discourse on this issue. I’m not talking about all of the VPILF, GILF, etc. Wonkette makes fun of everyone. But, this little piece is incredibly patronizing.
[re=76484]El Bombastico[/re]: It’s worked with Dick Cheney.
[re=76485]SayItWithWookies[/re]: So is that the new pick up line? “Hey Baby, I’ll make you my VP…”
[re=76479]El Bombastico[/re]:
Agreed. Leave the kids out of this. That kind of shit is for the Limbaugh type assholes. Then again, you have to wonder how much thought Palin put into her decision. The world is looking at her, the kids and her husband now and all those little nasties, true or false, are going to be stinking up the media. Alaska seems kind of small now don’t it Palin.
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: Take gender out of it and do you think there is any way Gov. Palin is asked to be VP?? Beauty queen, gun toting NRA lifer.. just too much fun! She said “yes” to Walnuts now it’s her turn to get media/blog-bashed.
Ken is always harangued by retards on AOL.
*hugs*
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: This is such condescending bullshit. Would you write this about a man?
Have you never read the posts where we drooled for hours on end at Barry’s man-titty pics?
One AOL commenter replied- “It amazes me that democrats the “supposed” champions of women are so down on Sarah Palin. You call her a pretty girl who had life handed to her. I think maybe you are confusing her with Hilary (sic).”
Hahahaha! Don’t you remember all those times that everybody gave Hillz a free pass because she was so damn cute and fluffy and lovable? Hmmm?
[re=76482]TexasCowGirl[/re]: That would take her away from 30 Rock, and then I would cry bitter tears.
[re=76479]El Bombastico[/re]: Sort of reminds you of Karl Rove’s BS in 2000 over the McCain’s daughter.
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: your denying that she’s pretty vapid otherwise?
Dick Cheney is the Anti-VPILF.
[re=76491]Twinkle Twinkle Lil Star[/re]: no kidding…they climbed tight out the aisles at Wal Mart and lambasted the poor bastard…I had to slink away and come home to Wonkette to get their smell off of me…
[re=76494]Clancy_Pants[/re]: I wonder why his friends at Faux News don’t ask about that. Seems odd, no?
[re=76488]mothermaven[/re]: Hey, it worked. If they win the election, they can start the divorce proceedings on November 5, then inaugurated in January and married in May. Kinda one of those fairy-tale romances, like if Woody Allen did a political drama based on Pretty Woman.
He just wants to have a go at getting in her pants. That’s all. WALNUTS! just wants to get laid.
[re=76489]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: …ok, but the incestuous-baby-gate is just too delicious to be left alone.
Last time I checked, running for political office was voluntary. McCain isn’t ruining Sarah Palin’s life, only his chances to be elected. Whatever egg/jizz ends up on her face at the end is her doing alone, by being stupid enough to accept his offer. Forget “What was HE thinking?” and ask instead “What was SHE thinking?” Clearly, neither of them gave it a second thought, nor should we.
If McCain postpones the convention, that leaves the field open for 10,000 Paultards to run rampant in the Twin Cities, soaking up media coverage that otherwise would have been denied them.
And after the Palin pick, count on a number of disaffected/dissatisfied/disenfranchised Repubs to park their vote with Barr or to write-in Paul.
And if you’re a REAL Hillary deadender, vote Green. They’ve got TWO chicks on the ballot.
Leave it to McCain to make the otherwise “safe” choice of Biden seem positively genius.
As Oscar Wilde said: “The suspense is killing me. I do hope it will last.”
[re=76495]sailingthestyx[/re]: The idea of Palin as VP is terrifying and this has to be the worst decision made by a presidential nominee in the history of ever, but I, as a rabid Wonkette fan, have to agree with marykick on this one. Layne’s post comes across badly to women who have to fight to be taken seriously while the older men at our companies continue to refer to us “that pretty little gal.” I’m all for making fun of cunts, the blacks, retards, etc., but I didn’t much care for Layne’s post this week. IMO, YMMV, ETC.
[re=76490]Clancy_Pants[/re]: I agree she signed up for this. I also think she’s a lightweight and unqualified. And I am not trying to be some kind of kill joy wet blanket. What I was commenting on was Ken’s political machine piece. It was totally obnoxious and the quote demonstrates a very condescending attitude toward women. I say bloggers have at it. I just question the Political Machine piece because it was not posted on Wonkette and does not seem to be tongue in cheek, etc.
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: I don’t think being pretty is the only reason Ken is being condescending to Palin. She governs a state with about the same population as Fort Worth, TX with quaint small town traditions involving moose hunting. That just makes her all the more adorable and under qualified for the national scene. But she does remind me I need to wash my parka.
Hopey’s brilliant move of doing commercials about McCain’s VP pick without dignifying it with the mention of a name is beyond genius.
I finally bothered to watch her acceptance speech (I prefer to focus on the rumor and innuendo first).
My god, she really is just a PTA mom. McCain, dude, just have a lottery if you’re going to pick someone like this. Every wonkette would be a more interesting pick. And, we probably would be upfront about our drinking, drug use, STDs, hidden children, etc.
[re=76499]smellyal8r[/re]: Exactamundo. They won’t say anything if they still want their daily Rove talking points.
Actually, there’s a more prosaic reason, come to think of it. There’s only one state where more politicians are nicely snuggled in the pockets of Big Oil than Texas: Alaska. Does the choice seem odd? Well, not so much when Halliburton made the pick. I think WALNUTS! had absolutely nothing to do with choosing Sarah Palin. The order came straight from Dubai.
[re=76458]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: Sort of like the characters of Fargo, except shouting all the time.
Really, fucking annoying!
[re=76511]kudzu[/re]: Ah, McCain… a puppet just like Bushie-poo.
As it turns out, he may have picked her for her sweet, sweet can (a la Homer Simpson and the Gummi Venus de Milo.
I think this is the first Real You Tube Presidential Election. Now, I’m readeez for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUVQDmLf7s “Don’t look at that sweet ass” LOLZ
God Bless America. God Bless You Tube. God Bless Jeebus.
I just can’t get over this picture. There’s no frikin way that little lass aint preggers. I wouldn’t care one bit if granma didn’t want to force her twisted moral views on the rest of us
http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/26264-stunning_rumor_mccains_vp_choice_may_have_hid_daughters_pregnancy__claimed_the_baby_as_her_own_.html
what is the age of consent in alaska? is there some statutory rape going unpunished or pardoned?
Layne’s article was tongue firmly planted in cheek. Irony is really a lost art.
And yeah, I can’t stand Palin’s voice. It sounds like cats being castrated.
She was just booed for complementing Hillary. Nice, that’s gonna win over people.
[re=76506]springfield_meltdown[/re]: And if it was an unqualified male who governed a backwater it would just all be good old wonkette mean fun. Instead we have Ken lamenting that fact that John McCain is being mean to this poor little kitten, Palin. After this election round I’m just sick to death of patronizing males. ugh.
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: I think most comenterers are Equal Opportunity Snarks. And proud. And not going away. If Pawlenty had been the pick he would have been gold. It’s just that Juan King Lear gave us opportunity to go 100% refined platinum.
There’s condescending bullshit for everyone involved, including the Wonkette Executive Branch for their their secret law committee which took *big hugs* princesssparklepony off to the glue factory and effete Wonkette One limo pretensions. Inelastic demand, maybe, but maximum elastic supply. That’s ekonomics, BTW. Buy condescension futures! Go long. Short the optimistists.
No more iz this cuz she’s a girl? Mother Mary I implore you, intercede for the love of criminy. You can. As far as I know….
[re=76517]Borat[/re]: how fucking VC Andrews would it be if the First Dude turned out to be the father…
WHY DO THOUGHTS LIKE THAT ENTER MY HEAD?
I can haz more boxed wine?
[re=76518]limama56[/re]: OMG, Layne wasn’t totally serious?!?
[re=76517]Borat[/re]:
THE GREATEST SHOW ON FUCKING EARTH!
Thank you Walnuts! Thank you! Thank you!
[re=76523]Twinkle Twinkle Lil Star[/re]: OMFG I love it. How Chinatown is that? Retarded incest grandchild!
I honestly believe they knew how much we’d make fun of her and figured the majority of Americans, whom the Repubs believe to be stupid due to the education they have underfunded, will vote for her because they feel sorry for her.
By the way, I really hope I used “whom” correctly, but since my education was underfunded, whom knows?
[re=76520]marykick[/re]: To be honest, as a woman, the snarky commentary doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the fact that McCain just plucked a woman whose only experience is governing polar bears and moose and using them to threaten her ex-brother-in-law and picked her to be his VP for the sole reasons that she’s female, young and relatively good looking. (Well, and for his now-obvious senility, but that’s a whole other point.) He OBVIOUSLY picked her precisely because she is a decent-looking woman, not knowing or caring about her qualifications. THAT is far more patronizing and condescending than any snarky comment making fun of that decision by Layne or anyone else.
I agree with El Bombastico, though the rumoring is funny, not nice to mock a 16 year old for being a little chubby bellied. In that linked pic of the family, Sarah is also wearing a padded vest that’s baggy at the bottom and could totes be preggers. Plus little Trig Van Paxton or whatever has downs, which is way more common in older moms than teenage moms. Wiki says: Maternal age influences the chances of conceiving a baby with Down syndrome. At maternal age 20 to 24, the probability is one in 1562; at age 35 to 39 the probability is one in 214, and above age 45 the probability is one in 19.
But yeah, she totally knocks feminism back, like old unqualified Harriet Myer(s?). If he had picked someone like Kay Bailey from my home state, I would have detested her, but she’s totally respectable as a Repub. candidate and doesn’t make women look bad (she’s just evil).
This preggo story is so great. Photos and speculation shit…and it goes in the f’ing Libary of Congress! (I think about that everytime I read an excellent Wonkette post, and weep for joy.) I SO hope it’s true, except for the minor involved, of course.
[re=76527]Vanity Smurf[/re]:
Forget it Walnuts, it’s Wassillia City.
[re=76517]Borat[/re]: About 4 months, in my experience. It’s a wonder she can hold her bile in. And the pregnancy would only make it worse.
Like I sed, we haz platinum.
[re=76518]limama56[/re]: More implorations, no further mention of Layne’s tongue. Mother Mary. Criminy. You know the rest. Perhaps we can agree on “bulging cheek” as an alternative?
AAAHH, no, delete delete delete, please please make the headpictures go away.
An actual transcript of a dude interviewing GILF-cum-VPILF:
News Anchor: So, Governor, people say you’ve had no international policy experience…
HotVPILF: Uh, hello? Russia? Bering Strait? We have guns and stuff?
News Anchor: Er…well…some people say your resume is a bit thin…
HotVPILF: Two words for you: Obama barely through first term in Senate.
News Anchor: Huh? So, these rumors about your daughter’s bastard child…any truth to them?
HotVPILF: John Glenn….glass ceiling…Hillary…. must…drill…ANWR…..son in Army…
News Anchor: Very fresh. I can see why Waln…er…Senator McCain passed on those “experienced” politicians. Back to you in the studio.
Here’s the story of a lovely lady
Who was bringing up 5 crazy fundie bratz.
As the freshman governor, from Alaska,
The reporters asked, “Who’s that?”
Here’s the story, of a man named Johnny,
Who was busy losing election on his own,
He was forced in, to a bad decision,
By the evil one Karl Rove.
And then one day when the lady met this fellow
He uttered an offer at her feet,
Sarah Palin, put the final nail in,
Come along and be my VeeP.
Be my Veep, yes, be my Veep,
Oh, please won’t you be my Veep!
McCain’s general response to everything is “I’m a POW”
Palin’s should be: “But we must drill in ANWR”
[re=76538]MBSF[/re]: Totally. The bromide for any Juan King Lear utterance is: noun + verb + POW.
[re=76520]marykick[/re]: Is it even possible for a white hetrosexual male to get elected anymore. Seeing as they’ve fo’ed up the country so much, they’ve lost my vote.
ok, her wikipedia entry has been changed from Assemblies of God/Pentecostal (as of Friday morning) to Christian/non-denominational today. This hardly helps people striving to understand the complexities of Vice President Hockey Mom.
Holy RNC Convention, Batman!!!!
CNN Breaking News: Mayor Ray Nagin orders New Orleans evacuated, calling Hurricane Gustav “the mother of all storms.”
Wonder if this is the storm Rev. Dobson was calling for Denver last week?
[re=76523]Twinkle Twinkle Lil Star[/re]: boxed wine is all you’re having, I’ve finished that and have broken into the duty free scotch.
[re=76542]Sonic Former Youth[/re]: Yikes, by next week her Wiki is going to say she’s a soccer mom from New Jersey and a former Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
From Andrewhalcro.com:
‘Yesterday in her Dayton acceptance speech, Palin stated, “…I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress — I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves.”
This was not true.
Not only did the state keep the money that was earmarked for the bridge to be used on other transportation projects, but Palin had been a strong supporter of the bridge during her gubernatorial run in 2006, claiming Alaska needed to seize upon the seniority of its congressional delegation.’
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/what_palin_has_to_do_to_help_mccain
I urge anyone who actually gives a crap about the true Palin to follow along with Halcro. Ignore the comments posted to his blog, since they’re like comments to anything and relatively biased. Halcro deals in facts. McCain should have read his blog before this decision was reached.
This means no complaining if Cindy Sheehan runs for president after 1 or 2 years in some public office.
[re=76456]Scarab[/re]: Is you is or is you aint my constituency?!?
Just saw on MSNBC site that Sarah (then Heath) was a news anchor:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26461777#26461777
Oh, did we all have tragic hair like Sarah Heath in the 1980s?
The experience argument is bogus. For politicians who’ve been around forever only means they’ve learned to play well in a corrupt system. I know 18-year-olds who would have exhibited better judgment than W in the wake of 9/11. Palin will be tested every day till Nov. 4. In today’s environment, that is trial by fire. She may falter badly, and that will destroy McCain’s candidacy. But she may show poise, charm and possibly some leadership qualities. What is important to me is that she is on the wrong side of important issues, and an extremist on several matters, such as evolution and climate change.
Also, let’s not hope for anything except for Gustav to peter out or hit some sparsely populated coastal area that has been completely evacuated. I’d be happy to see the Republicans put on their show without a disaster looming and let them fail on their own merits.
It’s good to see she’s been so thoroughly destroyed in every fucking way within 24 hours of receiving the “nomination.” This is an important moment in American comedy.
If she was smart she would have turned down WALNUTS! handsome offer to destroy her political career. Stupid is as stupid does I guess.
My prediction:
If this woman can just show up at the lectern during the VP debate, can memorize the Repub playbook, and stay out of trouble, there will be a fight. She MUST do all three. A draw is a victory for her. Any ganging up or patronizing glances from Biden will piss off women on both sides of the aisle. (Noone wants to touch her yet–the Obama female surrogates have already had to back pedal—ergo the Obama ad. The soccer/hockey moms are watching). I suspect she will be able to get a few good lines off herself. Unless she is a female Quayle. And lest I remind you, he was STILL elected. Oh, a puzzlement! Or at least his Prez was. I suspect the Dems are hoping she will turn out to be such a lightweight that they can ignore her, and keep the focus on McCain/Bush.
She doesn’t need to hit anything out of the park. She needs to play it down the middle, & stay on message (wahtever it will be). “Mavericks For Change”?, anyone. A “New” Republican Party? A point can be made that A VP can be TOO powerful.
McCain needs the gift of Bush saying “I have fucked up”. Of course, those kinds of things tend to destroy a man’s legacy…if party actually means anything to these clowns, he will fall on his sword or at least let 10,000 people line up on Pennsylvaia Avenue, where he must run the gauntlet of a good old-fashioned ass paddling..
Americans love a second act.
[re=76552]Delicious[/re]: Totally agree! The bureaocrats run the business end—the pols make the pretty package. And with ya on the other points.
[re=76545]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: and, All of what appear to be carcasses on or about her person or sofas are actually FunFur! synthetic products, and are not trophies of the prematurely ended lives of sentient creatures created by our loving Creator in the name of sport or recreation. Obviously. Because Sarah just wouldn’t do that, right? The Honorable Governor of Alaska would never use the dead carcass of a living thing with feelings as decoration for her sofa, especially for a photo shoot, because that would be so…. Mengele… right?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/politics/30palin.html?scp=6&sq=palin&st=cse
also, it is especially a little Joan Collins/Dynasty via Bette Midler/Big Business. I don’t care if your Daddy did kill it–who the hell keeps a bear carcass on the sofa for a New York Times photo shoot? WTF? I think this lady is smarter than all of us. She scares the crap out of me. She knows those people in Idaho, and she knows how to get their votes.
[re=76491]Twinkle Twinkle Lil Star[/re]:
Saying “retards on AOL” is like saying “asshole in a pickup truck”.
It’s simply redundant.
Jerry w
http://www.boskolives.wordpress.com
just a thought. has anyone considered that this was maybe the best McCain could do? Perhaps all the others actually thought twice before accepting a doomed nomination?
[re=76561]thewalrus[/re]: That thought crossed my mind…
By the way “Feminists for Life” is, as I suspected actually “feminists FOR LIFE”, an anti choice group, not a feminist group. I wish the MSM would get this accurately.
[re=76556]Wagamuffin[/re]: From The Simpsons (The PTA Disbands):
Very old man Jasper takes over Lisa’s class and holds a paddle in his hands.
Jasper: “Talking out of turn…that’s a paddling. Looking out the
window…that’s a paddling. Staring at my sandals…that’s a
paddling. Paddling the school canoe…ooh, you better believe
that’s a paddling.”
[re=76561]thewalrus[/re]: No, Mittens would have taken it as a set up for his 2012 run. First loser is the winner next cycle in GOP prez primaries.
[re=76558]professor.cj[/re]: So true…
I grew up in NYC, where the only people who had guns were the police and the occassional mobster in our neighborhood who was rubbed out.
When I moved out to the country I was a little put off to be surrounded by hunters and gun owners. However they quickly taught me that there was a huge difference between hunting for FOOD and hunting for a room decoration…
Now crabs are a different matter!
[re=76561]thewalrus[/re]: No, reports say Romney and Pawlenty were pissed.
[re=76556]Wagamuffin[/re]: Absolutely – I said in a previous thread that the Biden attack could go tough but gentlemanly. The other options raise firestorms. This doesn’t de-fang Biden, but it would frame the debate.
BUT DAMMIT. I was looking forward to a series of beef sushi moments from Joe in which the front row is flecked in red. Divest in laundromats!
Hey, you said puzzlement. WashPo editorialistists also were “puzzled”. This is DC dialect for “this is absofuckinglutely incomprehensible, I’m mad as hell, and there’s gonna be asses on the line over this. And pull the check to the RNC”.
Bit like when John Bolton says he’s “baffled” about some action. Means he’s gone thermonuke for 24 hours before settling down.
[re=76565]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: For the anti-gun folks here…(not you)
I recently bought a Glock and regularly train with it.
If you think you’re going to retire and eat at the Olive Garden every night, well, I guess I’ll be taking your food supplies, too.
[re=76563]Delicious[/re]: Love it!!! Win!
[re=76567]DC Spring[/re]: Someone, somewhere, will say, “You CAN fool all the people, all of the time”…
[re=76567]DC Spring[/re]: I don’t believe in this kid-gloves worry.
If she says something profoundly dumb, he has license to rip her.
And give her this look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Y8AFctpjo
And he can break out a sandwich while thusly ripping her.
I love Sarah Palin:
Palin: “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place; I want assurances that we are doing all we can to keep our troops safe.”
Seriously, she is beyond the best thing that has happened for the libtards since Watergate. Soon hordes of bitters will feed me grapes from their unwashed hands and wash my feet in their drinking water.
The latter part of the comment entails a disagreement with the War thing, but now that Walnuts is in charge, it’s going to be really, incredibly and invariably easy for the black guy to destroy. When Barry wins the election, do not thank America. Thank Walnuts.
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: I understand what you are saying, sistuh.
For anyone who is interested in packaging, women, politics, and the tyranny of stereotype, here is today’s column from Robert Fiulford, National Post newspaper, on Michelle Obama. Sometimes Fully can be a gasbag, but I think he nails this one.
http://www.nationalpost.com/search_results.html?q=fulford
[re=76568]Delicious[/re]: I imagine in a few years we’ll be baracaded in here, hunting the Moose that have come south to New Jersey to escape the rising floodwaters and defending our dwindling supply of gasoline for the generator with our last remaining bullets while President Palin negotiates another Russian withdrawral back into Canada.
I still think they went looking for a crazy-fundie certifiable candidate who the pro-lifers would get behind, and then were excited to find one with a va jay jay. If McCain had his druthers he’d have picked Leiberman or Ridge, but he’s already losing and can’t afford to lose all the fundies.
[re=76574]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: Sarah Palin is to furs as Ron Paul is to gold as Putin is to big muskels.
Et es a fakt.
Alaskans are saying, Is this a joke?
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/
Also, besides Tina Fey, Sarah Plain looks an awful like the late Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam:
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/4/2/bush_cheney_mapplethorpe.jpg
ooops, sorry, wrong Polaroid….
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/abc_dcmadam1_070430_ssh.jpg
[re=76572]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: Actually, I can’t tell the difference between her response from Britney Spears (‘Republicans are great; I trust my president; we should all support him’). (Although I doubt Britney could have pronounced “Condoleeza”._
It’s like when Bush tried to appoint his Avon Lady to the Supreme Court. What is it with these people’s obsession with appointing inexperienced idealogues to important positions (see Monica Goodling, George Deutsch, etc), don’t they WANT government to work? Oh, that’s right. They don’t.
I’m putting on my Garanimals and going to sleep. Night nite.
[re=76571]Delicious[/re]: Yeah, nice approach, for a guy who’s supposed to know the stuff. But still open to the Reagan barb at Carter in a long debate if he does this too much: see – there you go again. Having flipped it as a condescending attack on a down-homey hockey mom wanting to put the world to rights, by her maverickal standards. Gotta be rippin with finesse on this one. Dum and goofy statements are another thing, deserving rips, undertows, and a long slow salty death en route to Tierra del Fuego. MSM should be asking her the standard 101 questions about the foreigns as of about NOW.
Then we can play! Still perky right now. Platinum in reach.
BTW MSM has goofed comprehensively on econny and financial stuffness. Fannie Mae CEO for Juan King Lear’s Treasury Sec! Huzzah!
Nice to see the woman-hating Obama supporters are out in force again. Enjoy your circle-jerk.
[re=76576]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: Palin is a Paultard!
from MTV Interview:
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-republican-vice-presidential-nominee-plugs-romney-paul-but-not-mccain-in-mtv-interview/
Back in February, on Super Tuesday, MTV News Street Teamer Dani Carlson did a Flixwagon interview with Alaska Governor — and now presumptive Republican vice-presidential candidate — Sarah Palin…In this interview, Palin calls controversial Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul “cool.” “He’s a good guy,” she added. “He’s so independent. He’s independent of the party machine. I’m like, ‘Right on, so am I.’
[re=76581]DC Spring[/re]: Everyone’s right that Biden is going to have to tread lightly and not make Palin a sympathetic character, but the media should be under no such dictates (and will mostly take it out on McCain). I think the “fine line” is going to be reminding the public that Walnuts is 72 and Palin is someone who could be called upon to take over on Jan. 22. Then what happens? This isn’t a Lifetime movie where Diane Keaton cries with her husband then goes toe to toe with Vlad Putin. There are questions she needs to answer. Biden can’t “Al Gore” her with the eye rolls and the loud sighs, but he can really demonstrate his competence. Nancy Pelosi, HRC, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Claire McCaskill, etc., are going to have to work her over and not leave it to the menfolk.
[re=76573]Wagamuffin[/re]: What, that’s Canuck? You’ve auto-outed Canuckery aforethought? Wow, canuckery in the US. Annie get yr gun. (Because they won’t have one, they’ll have maple syrup, but that’s for the after-party).
[re=76583]Darehead[/re]: The worst part of her response is more of a combination of her responses:
“He’s a good guy, “He’s so independent. He’s independent of the party machine. I’m like, ‘Right on, so am I.’ ”
And a year later:
“So I’m like totally being a politician right now for sure, and like, I get this phone call from like, that guy running for President or something, and he’s like, “I want you to come on board.” and I’m like “holy shit,” that’s awesome! We all totally got along, and it was BTW SUPER SPECIAL.”
It will be entertaining to watch the real children of the lord next week rationalize Hanoi Boy’s VP selection.
Remember, no democrat ever a) came from AK b) rode a snowmobile c) competed in a beauty contest (except for G. Ferraro) and d) stayed faithful to their spouse.
Could somebody tell Walnuts he crapped his pants? He be all excited when he got Mrs. Butterworth as his running mate.
[re=76582]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: Hey, I’m a woman & I don’t hate women. I do hate the fact that Walnuts thinks anyone who supported HRC will support anyone with ovaries. I also have kids & am in the PTA (who are a bunch of dumb asses BTW), but am not capable of being VP or a cancer-stricken 72-year-old heartbeat away from being the leader of the free world. No, I’ve never been Miss Wasilla, but I have been in the active duty US Army for 4 years, so hey, maybe I am more qualified than Mother Sarah.
[re=76585]DC Spring[/re]: We’re everywhere, hon…we’re pouring maple syrup over those freedom pancakes in Afghanistan even as I write this.
You know, I’m surprised that this hasn’t crossed a lot of people’s minds or been thrown out there at least as a slight possibility:
What if she was the backup pick? Or, like, 4th pick, or the first person asked down the line who said yes? I can imagine situations where Mittens, Pawlenty (?), Giuliani. etc. were like, “Fuck no!” when McCain asked. (Maybe they think they can do better in 2012? Hate McCain? Scurred of Obama? Who knows?) Maybe even Lieberman decided he couldn’t sink that low. This whole last-minute scrambling thing seems so odd and stupid even for McCain.
Sarah Palin: a noun, a verb, moose hockey.
[re=76591]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]:
you sound “bitter” that you never won Miss Wasilla…:)
[re=76585]DC Spring[/re]: PS. When we find Osama in that cave, we’ll be sure to let you know…
[re=76589]Rush[/re]: Eat a dick.
[re=76556]Wagamuffin[/re]: Well said. I agree. Palin is Untouchable, as it were, at least for now. Joey B. and the Demtards will have to play nice and easy and wait for her to make a goof or comment on something. In fact they will all have to bite their tongues to keep from belly-laughing for a while. I don’t know if Joey was practicing today in Dublin OH, but while Hopey was talking JB was quiet and still as a mouse, not effusive, but mild mannered. I think he’s up to the task of going from low gear straight to high if he needs to. This is his shot to y’know, so he’s going to put his entire repertoire on display. Still I hope they don’t try to finesse it too much.
[re=76595]Rush[/re]: Sorry, was it so obvious? Actually, I just got pissed thinking about the hypocrisy of how the Repubs treat women (choice, equal pay, children’s health insurance, etc.) to suddenly tote out Miss Moose Muffins as an example of how empathic & caring they suddenly are. Bastards…
[re=76579]flyingspaghettimonster[/re]: Try Dick Clarke’s “Your Government Failed You”, there’s a fabulous quote where his team dude at NSC comes in, and this is anti-terrism stuff, we’re not talking terrapin stock management in the Chespke right here, and says the gummint ain’t workin. Dang! And Dick sez, it’s not supposed to. That’s the way it’s designed. Priceless. Platinum.
[re=76584]smellyal8r[/re]: Big hugs. Some strong women have got to join it with Barry to show that it’s not just about Vladimira Palin as the exemplar. Record, record, record. Everyone.
That’s like, stand on your record, not be a record, or have a record, natch…
She’s still nursing!
http://usera.imagecave.com/destonio/Destonio_Nursing.jpg
From the real queen of snark and goddess of all that is good and true:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/opinion/31dowd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
(shortsshortsshorts – i think you misinterpreted my sarcasm bud)
Sooooo, this back and forth between those pointing out that Sarah Palin is unqualified in every sense of the word and those pointing out that some of the language used in saying that she’s unqualified is obnoxiously sexist… it’s just not going to end until November, is it?
Also, can Sarah Palin respond to all critiques and difficult questions by shrieking, “FIVE CHILDREN, ALAN!!!!”?
[re=76602]Rush[/re]: I haven’t enjoyed her columns recently, but this one made me smile. Particularly, “Putting away her breast pump, she points her rifle and informs [Putin] frostily that she has some expertise in Russia because it’s close to Alaska. ‘Back off, Commie dude,’ she says. ‘I’m a much better shot than Cheney.’” But the Jon and Sam Bee did it better last night.
[re=76604]itgetter[/re]:
Agreed. Columns lately seemed lazy. However, I only wished I could have thought of some of those lines she used today.
The Palin nomination will come to be seen as it really is: cynical and desperate attempt to change what internal pollsters likely already know.
[re=76596]Wagamuffin[/re]: You take that maple syrup bait to OBL and get him the hell outta the mountain. Arrest and submit to due process. I’m serious. Not dubious shit in the mountains, A COURT OF LAW. This is important.
Canucks have died in frkn droves doing the do in the Great Gamery, and strength to yr arm as you apply it. Shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, no fkn wonder when there are maple around. As ya catch ‘em throw the book at ‘em. Best best best option. Avoids those nasty court martials too. And the prison ships.
Can we all get sweet now?
[re=76598]DoctorCulturae[/re]: You, sir, much geniusness. It’s gonna be about Jo-biwonkenobe changing gear.
The thing I keep coming back to is how incredibly stupid Walnuts! has to be, if he thinks that ovaries alone will sell this thing. Overactive ovaries, at that. Samantha Bee had it right on TDS. Proud vagina ‘mericans need to just say “no.”
If Tina Fey doesn’t come back to lambast this fundie PETA-nightmare, we’ll need to start a draft movement.
[re=76607]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: VUMA, anyone? (Vagina Unity My Ass)
That Sarah (Heath) Palin clip on MSNBC (this one) has just made my night, my Labor Day weekend, my fall, my 2008, and my twenties.
I LOVE SARAH HEATH I WANT TO MARRY HER BANGS.
[re=76613]loquaciousmusic[/re]: Sorry, I couldn’t get past the Valtrex (genital herpes) commercial & talk of the Iditarod. Seriously, after that dog race is over, what do they have to talk about in AK?
[re=76612]itgetter[/re]: VUMA forever. Seriously. And I own boobies.
[re=76606]DC Spring[/re]: Of course, hon. “Children Of A Common Mother”, remember. Mwah, luvs ya, even if we do have our little tiffs once in awhile (and my maternal grandfather was from Minnesota so we are, like, nearly relatives). Glad to hand OBL over to the Hague. Happy Days!!
[re=76613]loquaciousmusic[/re]: I’m getting a Melanie Griffith/Working Girl vibe off that clip …
[re=76614]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: Jeebus. It simply cannot be an accident that the clip is paired with a Vatrex/”Do you have genital herpes?” ad. In other news: Semper Iditarod!
is this the wonkette comments board or me am in bizzaro world?
we can has snark pleez?
[re=76615]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: As do I. We should get some bumper stickers printed up.
I’ve come to realize that the news media is going to enjoy writing Palin headlines:
Is Palin Failin’?
Nailin’ Palin (in the debates. get your minds out of the gutter)
Derailin’ Palin
Palin Flailin’!
etc…
[re=76561]thewalrus[/re]: been crossing my mind as the only logical reason behind having to settle for someone with so little experience. There are so many other female choices, each each with a load of experience, charisma and eye appeal (forgive the chauvinism, but Palin’s looks are part of McCain’s plan)…ALL the alternatives had to have said, “No”…how else do you explain such a pathetic decision on McCains part?
[re=76619]Norbert[/re]: Go read Maureen Dowd’s column for tomorrow if you want snark. She’s on fire today.
OMG, I think I want to go girl-on-girl with Maureen Dowd. It’s not easy to do that sort of put-down without looking like a complete bully. Kudos. You and Samantha Bee are my new heros. If you haven’t found it yet, look here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/opinion/31dowd.html?_r=1&oref=login (hope it works if you don’t have teh magic NYT login powers).
[re=76619]Norbert[/re]: Hell’s fuckin bells I’m gonna snark the NYT login site. What a heckuva job brownie that is.
OMG, (20 mins of clearly precious human life later), the most annoying online process aside of PEPCO. (Fkn PEPCO!. Pse I’m gettin all cassandrine again). Argghh, aholiness.
Can someone with a login get Dowd’s piece down?? Pse pse. I’m implory.
Wanna wanna wanna hear dowdy snarky. What fun!
is it bad that i’m kind of hoping for walnuts to have a castro “i’ve fallen & i can’t get up” moment just to remind everyone how damn old and senile he is, and how fucking scared they ought to be that there’s a real chance that this woman could be president? it’d be icing on the cake if it happened while he tries to use the victims of hurricane gustav as a prop by delivering his convention address via satellite from amidst the storm’s rubble.
[re=76582]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: I haven’t been here for long so I don’t know if you’re male or female. However, I’m beginning to think that you’re a bitter, ugly chick who believes that not getting asked out on dates is because every man you encounter is a woman hater. And you’re lack of girlfriends is because because chicks hate other chicks. You need a best friend and dick in your life, but you can’t get either so everyone else must suffer with you. I could be wrong, but that’s the vibe I’m getting.
Some confidence-inspiring quotes re: Sarah-with-an-H from Alaskan Repubs by way of Politico:
State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to tell her the news.
“She’s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?” said Green, a Republican from Palin’s hometown of Wasilla. “Look at what she’s done to this state. What would she do to the nation?”
Green, who has feuded with Palin, brought up the big oil tax increase Palin pushed through last year. She also pointed to the award of a $500 million state subsidy to a Canadian firm to pursue a natural gas pipeline that’s far from guaranteed.
House Speaker John Harris, a Republican from Valdez, was also astonished at the news. He didn’t want to get into the issue of her qualifications. “She’s old enough,” Harris said. “She’s a U.S. citizen.”
So since pointing out that Palin is vapid is sexist against women, is pointing out Dan Quayle was a fucking moron sexist against me?
Seriously, some of the people complaining about sexism in this thread are being foolish.
[re=76582]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]: “Nice to see the woman-hating Obama supporters are out in force again. Enjoy your circle-jerk.”
I will. Thank you for your warmest wishes of my satisfaction in said circle jerk.
Enjoy your complaining about how everything ever done is sexist.
[re=76616]Wagamuffin[/re]: Hey Waga, relove back. My maternal grandfather was from a galazy far far away like near the imaginary SOUTH pole. Big ups! He spent an entire existence crawling around on his balding scabbed pate cos gravity is unkind down there!
Sounds like a POW! Plaudits!!
Anyone got Turkmen relatives? I’ve so got to get a meme going on that.
Hey Democratica – this is cold hard nasty brutal and short, which is a great post but let’s have yr commenterer angle too huh?
[re=76486]marykick[/re]: Yeah, I’m with you. The ageism/sexism ticket is getting a bit thick to swallow. At least when folks bashed Hillary it was because she was a “bitch.” No one much questioned her ability to be President, they just didn’t like her. But with Palin? Oh boy. Let the condescension begin. I may have to wait this election out hiding in a bomb shelter somewhere. I dig canned peaches.
[re=76625]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: I would pay to see any chick and Maureen Dowd going girl-on-girl. Except Greta Van Sustern…that jaw thing gives me “half mast syndrome”.
“And here was this fresh-faced new governor in Alaska, a nice honest pretty librarian-type gal with family values…”
Librarians are total fucking FREAKS. Forget The Music Man, fergawdsakes!
[re=76531]pickleandcake[/re]: Kay Bailey? Please. She cries at the drop of a fly off a horse’s tail. I can just picture it: Joe Biden says something mean and Kay Bay bursts into crocodile tears. Gaaaack.
Hey,
I’d do her, but I’ll need one of those ball gag things, her voice
could shrivel the dick off Ron Jeremy (this is a hidden plug, go see
“The One Eyed Monster”) at half a mile.
And to quote from “Roger and Me”, “That’d be the butt Bob”.
Jerry w
http://www.boskolives.wordpress.com
Saw Miss Thang today once more. Where were they? Anyway, she said the exact same silly stuff that she said yesterday. She has one speech and only one speech! Lets keep tabs and see if she ever says anything different. I bet she relates the same f’ing speech at the convention next week. OMG, so lame, so same, so sad.
[re=76633]glamourdammerung[/re]:
If you’d pointed out that Dan Quayle was a fucking cunt, maybe.
True beyond question, but sexist.
Dumber than two Irish Setters he was (maybe still is?).
No one seems to mention that the Repugs will usually put in some
sort of moron (Quayle, Reagan, Bush II, McDustfarts, etc…), easy to
manipulate and to leave holding both the bag and the blame when it
all goes to shit.
Jerry w
http://www.boskolives.wordpress.com
[re=76625]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: Whatever the assertions of your personal preferences, this is for some soon to be re-committed good and loving friends of AK websites. Or not. There’s a good Steny Hoyer interview on the ol you-tube:
s lost ol bastard).
@sananonerose
@marykick
@cammon
Gender disparagement gives me pulsing veins in the head – not good or good enough. Just wrong.
But on the site, the basic premise is that the commentariat has as go at EVERYONE, boys, girls, lbgt, tree lovers, donkey enthusiasts and the rest because of their situation and performance, and their goofs and mistakes.
It’s not sexist. Everyone gets shredded. It’s the Way.
Do you folks get this? Cuz it’s important.
So,John is flying into a category 5 hurricane so he can do the wet raincoat in the pounding rain video we old people like to watch on the weather shows. That will be six planes he’s crashed unless Cindy knocks him out in time. Why didn’t he pick Cindy for vice president?
With respect, my vagina’d friends, any woman that would defend that woman who wants Creationism taught in public schools, seeks abortions being outlawed, is against equal pay for equal work and hasn’t had the natural curiosity (while being Mayor and Governor, no less) to learn enough to have an opinion on the Iraq war… Frankly needs to turn her bosoms and love-pouch in.
They’d also lose the right to cite Sisterhood, equality or “xx” in any sentence to anyone, ever again.
Think of Palin as a lighter, straighter-haired Clarence Thomas, with larger – or at least more shapely – breasts.
She may be the worse thing for Feminism. Basically, as long as you’re female, nice-looking and have a cute family, an old guy might pick you for his running mate to steal a few female voters. Oh and you should go along with it, be used politically for your gender and just nod along. No self-respecting feminist should support her agenda. I don’t care how much you wanna see a woman in high office; if she wants to roll back Roe v. Wade and teach creationism in school, she should be confined to jobs in Alaska (since I don’t plan on going there.. ever). Anyone who cares about women or humanity in general wouldn’t touch her agenda.
[re=76636]DC Spring[/re]: And don’t forget that at the South Pole, water goes down the drain COUNTER CLOCKWISE!!!
Friggin’ elitist toilets.
[re=76672]moviechick[/re]: This reminds me of a joke…
Doctor to GILF: I have something to tell you: you have acute angina.
GILF: Thanks!
The end.
[re=76645]jerryw[/re]: Well, it annoys me that certain people are obviously so insecure as to scream about how calling a moron a moron is sexist because they happen to have a vagina. I can think of several reasons I do not think McCain, Palin, and Hillary would be awful leaders and yet not a single one of them involves what set of genitals they got.
I always thought that asking someone about their stance on ‘offshore drilling’ might possibly be the worst pickup line ever.
Perhaps McCain will use it on Palin.
. . .I died when I saw the banana clip in her hair.
I mean, grow up, use bobbypins. It’s not 1989.
[re=76461]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: On August 29th, Palin’s life became a complete ick…her new Moondoggie is a complete square.
HEY, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN?
She’s great. She’s really exotic! She’s a princess! She’s Polynesian – well, half Polynesian, and half American. She’s… Amnesian.
On that note, Palin reminds me of the fictional veep-as-cipher Gary Nance (Sir Ben Kingsley) from Ivan Reitman’s 1993 faux-POTUS scandal comedy Dave:
Maybe,just maybe, it’s Bristol’s baby?
Palin makes me think of the Seinfeld episodes when Elaine was caretaker for Mr. Pitt.
Once they lose, and after a small grace period, this can make a great tv show. The sweet and sexy governor who becomes VP, and then Pres after her much older running mate drops dead immediately after the inaugaration from a bad case of old man diarrehea. Think of the laffs as she tries to manage international crises while attending to her fifty-five children. And then there was the time the US nearly got into a nuclear war with Russia, because her good-for-nothin’, horn-dog husband was too grabby with Russian women during their trip to Moscow.
Once you step out of the current spin about Palin from the GOP, you realize the potential morass we’ll be in if this ticket becomes reality. Even if you are a conservative, but realize you need to play nice (e.g. cooperatively) with the balance of the country, do you really wish to have someone as veep or prez to have the mile wide extreme views (total disrespect for the environment and creationist ignorance) and the inch-deep street cred? At least sites like http://palinfacts.com or http://sarahpalinisyournewsnowmachine.org help us keep our sense of humor.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s Bristol’s baby
but grandma don’t want us to know
So she took Bristol out of school
as soon as she started to show
She told her staff that it was hers
and they were all surprised
For 7 months it had escaped
Their staffly prying eyes
Well, she was down in Texas, supposed to give a speech
Perhaps about the Christian values, that she likes to preach
That was when her water broke
if we accept her word
but this is where the story
starts to get a bit absurd
She went ahead and gave the speech
Good God, this lady’s tough
but to have the kid in Texas,
just wasn’t good enough
So she flew back to Alaska
stopping once, and changing planes
and she never told the airlines
she was in the family way
Was that irresponsible?
Doctors disagree
but it sounds, if I may say,
a bit bizarre to me
There are hospitals in Texas,
where a pregnant gal could go
Or maybe, just maybe, it’s Bristol’s baby
and grandma don’t want us to know.
Does Wonkette track troll rates? It seems that the trollish comments are spiking and perhaps infecting usual suspects who were borderline [re=76582]Canmon (the Inadequate)[/re]:, for example, wouldn’t usually be this obviously douchy. I’m just curious if you’ve noticed anything.
[re=76462]njdon[/re]: I would have had a beer with Stockdale.
[re=76674]Wagamuffin[/re]: That’s where the arugula goes when it gets all floppy.
Counterclock down the John.
OMG, codes and secrets of the universe! Wilting arugula down the John!??
The next thing you godless heathen libruls is a-gonna be doin’ is postin’ photos of her participatin’ in th’ swimsuit competition in th’ Miss Alaska Contest. Sad, really. . . .
She’s on the McCain ticket because she has a vagina. End of story.
[re=76700]slavojzizek[/re]: Grambo and the GILF. Normally, I’d watch that show, but it’s a little too “Mr. Roper trying to stare down Chrissy’s shirt…while attempting to teach her foreign policy.” One part sad, two parts pathetic.
[re=76721]Rev. Dr. Billy Bob[/re]: Have you seen the photos? Are they that bad?
[re=76553]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: Wonkette and allied forces in New Media have now achieved the operational goal of “Total Spectrum Snark”.
Raise a glass of boxed wine or duty-free scotch in honor of this achievement!
[re=76722]disgustedcitizen[/re]: After the confusion with the number of houses, he decided to get a new accuntant.
[re=76542]Sonic Former Youth[/re]: Gramps heard she spoke in “tongues.” Nuff said…
I agree with the other joyless feminazi bonerkillers upthread: this piece was patronizing and sexist, Layne.
[re=76685]Fun-filled[/re]: I am so glad somebody else noticed this! I thought I was being a “fashion-snob.”
Now who looks like a mommy, and has the appearance of just giving birth, and is wearing and engagement ring???
http://stupidcelebrities.net/wp-content/palin_family.jpg
[re=76711]RuperttheBear[/re]: I suspect that Canmon the Inadequate is an advance troll, a troll scout if you will. He or she can appear reasonable most of the time.
I would not be in favor of banning trolls, or even people who are “out” about being Republican. If they can spell and occasionally say something funny while spouting their right-wing bile, then I say “welcome.”
[re=76752]gurukalehuru[/re]: Well, let’s assume that Canmon the Inadequate is/was a strong supporter of HRC…as I freely admit I was.
I am seriously annoyed (okay, I’m wildly pissed) that the Repugs think that I will support McWalnuts because he picked a downhome blue collar hockey mom to be his running mate simply because she has the same equiptment I do!
Barry and Joe are smart. Hillz was maybe smarter than both of them. Sarah Palin can’t even play in the same ballpark as those three.
Claire, Barbara, Diane, Hillz, go get her!
“Sara Palin is the Governor of the LARGEST STATE OF THE UNION!”
That is my favorite quote from wingnutteryville.
Assembly of God folk use snakes in their worship don’t they?
[re=76752]gurukalehuru[/re]: Yesh. Agreed. Is there an earnest filter our Wonkette overlords could slap on the comments?
[re=76714]DC Spring[/re]: That’s as succinct as you can get it, baby!. Win!
She is stupid for accepting.
[re=76456]Scarab[/re]: I hear that was Plan A, and the midget turned him down because he didn’t want to be humiliated.
[re=76516]professor.cj[/re]: Kitbash your McCain YouToobs pick with Groove Armada’s “I See You Baby” (non-radio edit, por favore)…Daily Show-ready…
[re=76751]Borat[/re]: …the plot thickens!
[re=76751]Borat[/re]: They let siblings marry in Alaska? /keeping the incest angle going as long as it’ll go
Seriously, though, this is delicious. Truly delicious. I have nothing personal against Palin, other than I disagree with all of her politics on anything. I just want to see the Repugs DEMOLISHED this year, and I want McCain to be crushed by a landslide come November. This, along with the other shady stuff, seems like just the sort of faultline that can crack and collapse the whole foundation of the ticket this year.
Wow, who opened the door to the tsunami [no offense to the poster who trades under that handle] of first-timer unfunny that snuck in? Do we need a remedial tutorial banner at the top of each page to remind visitors that this site specializes in demolishing all frauds, whether they swing a dick OR tuck a twat? We are stridently equal opportunity offenders here.
To say that gals are off limits simply because they are gals is the equivalent of saying gals ain’t ready for the bigs, and hence should what? Stay in the kitchen? Or is criticism OK for the men, just not for the girls?
No, we’re NOT misogynists. We are misanthropes.
Feel better now, ladies?
[re=76881]AngryBlakGuy[/re]: Here’s even a better mommy photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ordeman/2811378566/
[re=76914]Strictly for the Tardcore[/re]: I’m really not bothered by the incest angle – from the way I see it Sara’s screwed if she’s mom or granma.
That being said, the incest angle would really be icing on the cake. What’s with pro-lifers wanting to protect the unborn while at the same time shipping their 19 year old sons out to be targets in Iraq
[re=77008]Borat[/re]: …yeah, the whole 16 year old pregnant daughter thing is enough. However the incest angle would be EPICALLY awesome. The key to this situation(blog/gossip-wise) is when did he enroll in the military? Does it happen to coincide with the time that “Bristol” went missing from highschool? If so this could be the final nail in the political coffin of “evangelicals” and so-called “conservatives movement” who wish to forcefully impose their beliefs on the entire populace. Especially after all the scandals that are currently dogging the GOP!
Personally, I find the negative comments about Gov. Palin to be sexist and completely inappropriate.
Her qualifications to be VP are at least as good as Clarence Thomas’ qualifications to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, or Harriet Meyers’ for the same position.
At least as good as George Herbert Walker Bush’s qualifications to be President of the United States.
Or the assistant manager of your local MacDonald’s.
Whatever.
[re=76600]DC Spring[/re]: “talking terrapin stock management.”
NEVER mention turtles (or terrapin) around Ken Layne.
It may trigger another one of his “Mojave Tortoises And The End Of Western Civilization” pieces.
He’s still shell-shocked.
SHE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE TINA FEY DAMMIT.
[re=76602]Rush[/re]: [re=76622]Vanity Smurf[/re]: [re=76625]Cogito Ergo Bibo[/re]: Sarah Palin would make an awesome Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 3:
http://dowdreport.blogspot.com/2008/08/miss-congeniality.html
She knows how to handle a gun, after all.
[re=77032]Neilist[/re]: Heh heh. Shell shocked. Bit like the RNC regarding Palingate.
Have blithely walked into this mine-field. What’s he got against turtle soup? I mean, it’s got bones and the shell needs to be boiled for about a week before consumption, but otherwise a perfectly viable and legitimate form of nutrition.
Oh my God! Is Vice President the new Real Estate License?
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