Palin In 2012?

[Neopythia]

People commented back in the day that Reagan wasn’t very bright, that he had no original thoughts and could only read what was placed in front of him, etc.

He looks pretty good next to Palin, though.

Maybe our standards for what is a “dumb” politician are changing as the years go by.

Vice Presidential candidate in 2028: “Buh wuh gumble gumble spuzz. Voop voop wah wah diddly dee dingle. Yawa yawa zoo.”

Commentator A: “I tell you, he’s just not that bright.”

Commentator B: “I dunno, I thought he was surprisingly articulate.”

It sounds like something from Idiocracy.

[RepoMan]

Nice piece in Seattle Times today:

Criticizing Sarah Palin is truly shooting fish in a barrel. But given the huge attention she is getting, you can’t just ignore what she has to say. And there was one thing she said in the debate with Joe Biden that really sticks in my craw. It was when she turned to Biden and declared: “You recently said paying taxes is patriotic. In middle-class America, where I have been all my life, that is not considered patriotic.”

What an awful statement. Palin defended the government’s $700 billion rescue plan. She defended the surge in Iraq, where her own son is now serving. She defended sending more troops to Afghanistan. And yet, at the same time, she declared that Americans who pay their fair share of taxes to support all those government-led endeavors should not be considered patriotic.

I only wish she had been asked: “Gov. Palin, if paying taxes is not considered patriotic in your neighborhood, who is going to pay for the body armor that will protect your son in Iraq? Who is going to pay for the bailout you endorsed? If it isn’t from tax revenues, there are only two ways to pay for those big projects — printing more money or borrowing more money. Do you think borrowing money from China is more patriotic than raising it in taxes from Americans?” That is not putting America first. That is selling America first…
I can understand someone saying that the government has no business bailing out the financial system, but I can’t understand someone arguing that we should do that but not pay for it with taxes. I can understand someone saying we have no business in Iraq, but I can’t understand someone who advocates staying in Iraq until “victory” declaring that paying taxes to fund that is not patriotic.

How in the world can conservative commentators write with a straight face that this woman should be vice president of the United States? Do these people understand what serious trouble our country is in right now?

We are in the middle of an economic perfect storm, and we don’t know how much worse it’s going to get. People all over the world are hoarding cash, and no bank feels that it can fully trust anyone it is doing business with anywhere in the world. Did you notice that the government of Iceland just seized the country’s second-largest bank and today is begging Russia for a $5 billion loan to stave off “national bankruptcy.” What does that say? It tells you that financial globalization has gone so much further and faster than regulatory institutions could govern it. Our crisis could bankrupt Iceland! Who knew?

And we have not yet even felt the full economic brunt here. I fear we may be at that moment just before the tsunami hits — when the birds take flight and the insects stop chirping because their acute senses can feel what is coming before humans can. At this moment, only good governance can save us. I am not sure that this crisis will end without every government in every major economy guaranteeing the creditworthiness of every financial institution it regulates. That may be the only way to get lending going again. Organizing something that big and complex will take some really smart governance and seasoned leadership.

Whether or not I agree with John McCain, he is of presidential timber. But putting the country in the position where a total novice like Sarah Palin could be asked to steer us through possibly the most serious economic crisis of our lives is flat out reckless. It is the opposite of conservative.

And please don’t tell me she will hire smart advisers. What happens when her two smartest advisers disagree?

And please also don’t tell me she is an “energy expert.” She is an energy expert exactly the same way the king of Saudi Arabia is an energy expert — by accident of residence. Palin happens to be governor of the Saudi Arabia of America — Alaska — and the only energy expertise she has is the same as the king of Saudi Arabia’s. It’s about how the windfall profits from the oil in their respective kingdoms should be divided between the oil companies and the people.

At least the king of Saudi Arabia, in advocating “drill, baby, drill,” is serving his country’s interests — by prolonging America’s dependence on oil. My problem with Palin is that she is also serving his country’s interests — by prolonging America’s dependence on oil. That’s not patriotic. Patriotic is offering a plan to build our economy — not by tax cuts or punching more holes in the ground, but by empowering more Americans to work in productive and innovative jobs. If Palin has that kind of a plan, I haven’t heard it.

[bago]

Also, http://pa.lindro.me/.

[Abiding_Dude]

Hey guys, this thing’s not in the bag yet. Let’s not talk about Palin 2012. There’s still a reasonable chance (should something unexpected happen, and we have 4 weeks to go) that it could be re-elect McCain 2012. If Gore and Kerry taught us anything, it’s that it’s not over till it’s over. (And even then, we usually have to hold our breathe to let the courts sort it all out.) So let’s keep the eye on the prize and not worry about anything else right now, capiche?

I still think there’s a 50/50 chance for either candidate (because a political week is a lifetime and because of the “Bradley Effect”). I still can’t think of a reason that a reasonable independent would choose the McCain/Palin ticket over the alternative BECAUSE of Palin.

I will admit she’s hot in a VPILF kind of way, but why would she generate any other kind of excitement which would change a person’s mind?

[Athryn]

I don’t think the Bradley effect is going to have as much of an effect. It’s been 26 years since that election, and things have changed quite a bit in this country.

[krise_madsen]

Dumbest VP candidate in the history of the United States of America or not. I’d still like to bang her.

Respectfully

krise madsen

[RepoMan]

Dumbest VP candidate in the history of the United States of America or not. I’d still like to bang her.

Respectfully

You’d like to bang her respectfully. Of course.

[krise_madsen]

You’d like to bang her respectfully. Of course.

Always.

Respectfully

krise madsen

[Abiding_Dude]

I don’t think the Bradley effect is going to have as much of an effect. It’s been 26 years since that election, and things have changed quite a bit in this country.

I guess we’ll see. I’m old-enough and cynical-enough and pessimistic-enough to think we haven’t “evolved” that much. But I’m optimistic-enough to hope we have.

[MarinusWA]

Dumbest VP candidate in the history of the United States of America or not. I’d still like to bang her.

Respectfully

krise madsen

Would you like to bang her more now then back then?

It is quite sad though that the person who could be president only has being a MILF as a redeeming factor. I would cry for your souls if I was religious.

[krise_madsen]

Would you like to bang her more now then back then?

Dude, I was only like, 13 back then.

It is quite sad though that the person who could be president only has being a MILF as a redeeming factor. I would cry for your souls if I was religious.

I gather her fans consider her conservative views (anti-gay, anti-abortion etc.) the most redeeming factor. Also, for some the fact she doesn’t have a penis is ample reason to vote for her. And by “some” I mean disgruntled Hilary fans.

Though, since I’m not American, my interest in Sarah Palin doesn’t really go beyond the MILF factor. Well, that and the entertainment value of her inteviews.

Respectfully

krise madsen

[Abiding_Dude]

my interest in Sarah Palin doesn’t really go beyond the MILF factor. Well, that and the entertainment value of her inteviews.

It’s all good fun until the MILF becomes VP.

[Prodigy]

Anyone who would vote Sarah Palin for President deserves the resulting idiocracy.

That would be totally OK if the said idiocracy did not have major influence all over the world.

[AlanSmithee]

Respectfully

krise madsen

Please stop doing this. I don’t think you understand what it means to put this under every post you make.
Yours Truly
Peter

[krise_madsen]

I don’t think you understand what it means to put this under every post you make.

Maybe I don’t. Would you care to enlighten me?

Respectfully

krise madsen

[JM1]

It’s unnecessary and quite annoying :)

[Mike_O_Malley]

It’s cute and beats tildes, though I was a bit disappointed to find out that Krise is not a real name.

[extarbags]

Dude, I was only like, 13 back then.

So definitely back then, you’re saying?

Anyway, the notion of her running for President in 2012 or any other time is an absolute joke.

[krise_madsen]

It’s cute and beats tildes, though I was a bit disappointed to find out that Krise is not a real name.

If it’s any consolation to my critics, I got the nick because I totally sucked at racing games (it means “crisis” in Danish).

Anyway, the notion of her running for President in 2012 or any other time is an absolute joke.

Yes probably. Also illegal.

Anyway, the notion of her running for President in 2012 or any other time is an absolute joke.

If it wasn’t for Dubya serving two terms, I’d agree.

Respectfully

krise madsen

[extarbags]

Yes probably. Also illegal.

Not for you.

If it wasn’t for Dubya serving two terms, I’d agree.

For all his faults, Dubya wasn’t as inexperienced as she is, wasn’t involved in an unsuccessful vice presidential bid already, and (and believe me, I never thought I’d be saying this) is actually not quite as stone-cold stupid.