Sarah Palin

MattKeil · 2010-08-31T20:27:46.000Z

godhugh:

Bush, for all his many, many faults knew how to play to the middle (especially in his first campaign).

Further, Bush knew how to play the political game overall and had exceptional advisors who were even better at it. He was also smart enough to listen to them. Palin does not demonstrate nearly the same level of competence in this area.

Jason_McCullough · 2010-08-31T20:38:44.000Z

corsair:

Fear her? I keep hoping she’ll run for president and win the nomination. She’ll be an utter catastrophe! Obliteration of the reactionary right is exactly what I want.

I mean, if I thought she was electable I’d weep for the country that there are that many morons. Now, I do admit morons voted for Dubya because they figured he was one of them (and I won’t argue their wisdom on that). But at least he could serve out a term as Governor of a non-backwater state.

That’s what a lot of people thought about Nixon and Reagan. More pessimistically, what’s the chance Obama implodes in some sort of scandal? 5%? 1%? Whatever it is, it’s way the hell too high to make Palin winning the GOP nomination anything but dangerous.

And what’s this standard issue ego-defense mechanism of “she dares to be both female and conservative”? Conservatives have been having a titanic hissy-fit about Hillary Clinton for a lot longer time (and far more vociferously) because she dares to be female and liberal.

Projection, probably.

tomchick · 2010-08-31T21:04:37.000Z

"brettcmd":

the majority of the reason she is hated and feared so much by liberals is that she dares to be both female and conservative.

I don’t fear Palin, nor do I hate her. In fact, in the pantal region, I pretty much feel the opposite of hate, and it has a lot to do with the fact that she’s female. As for the conservative part, well, I think you’re inferring far too much about her actually having any political conviction one way or the other.

-Tom, who would hit it

P.S. How do you spell that growling noise Kellywand makes on the Qt3 movie podcast? Rrrr? Rrrl? Rorrl?

Lorini · 2010-08-31T21:22:06.000Z

And that’s the final thing. She quit a job she was elected to. So I can’t possibly see her getting elected to a job as big as the President of the United States. There are a lot of conservatives out there that are not nearly as stupid as Sarah Palin. I can’t stand Karl Rove nor Dick Cheney, but both of them are 20 times as smart as she is.

Orangist · 2010-08-31T21:35:30.000Z

TomChick:

I don’t fear Palin, nor do I hate her. In fact, in the pantal region, I pretty much feel the opposite of hate, and it has a lot to do with the fact that she’s female. As for the conservative part, well, I think you’re inferring far too much about her actually having any political conviction one way or the other.
-Tom, who would hit it
P.S. How do you spell that growling noise Kellywand makes on the Qt3 movie podcast? Rrrr? Rrrl? Rorrl?

How about “rowr?”

::edit:: And you know, these “objectify Sarah Palin” posts of yours are getting more and more explicit. First you were just talking about how hot she was, but now we’re hearing about your “pantal region.” What’s the upper (lower?) limit on these things, Tom?

corsair · 2010-09-01T00:00:19.000Z

Orangist:

How about “rowr?”

::edit:: And you know, these “objectify Sarah Palin” posts of yours are getting more and more explicit. First you were just talking about how hot she was, but now we’re hearing about your “pantal region.” What’s the upper (lower?) limit on these things, Tom?

‘’

Spanking. He would be into spanking.

“-Tom, who would hit it”

Timemaster_Tim · 2010-09-01T03:22:06.000Z

Jazar:

What qualities of Plain should we admire?

I believe it is her milfiness.

Equis · 2010-09-01T05:22:56.000Z

Jazar:

What qualities of Plain should we admire?

Timemaster Tim:

I believe it is her milfiness.

But she’s just plain man.

Skipper · 2010-09-01T05:49:11.000Z

Orangist:

How about “rowr?”

::edit:: And you know, these “objectify Sarah Palin” posts of yours are getting more and more explicit. First you were just talking about how hot she was, but now we’re hearing about your “pantal region.” What’s the upper (lower?) limit on these things, Tom?

The lower limit would be feet. If anything, Tom is NOT a foot guy.

In his own way though, Tom’s actually calling Sarah for what she is, charismatic. She brings her very own sheeple to the movements and political nominees who she backs. I think she serves that role well, if nothing else, she can play the role of the hypocritical, condescending cheerleader all day long.

arctangent · 2010-09-01T06:13:59.000Z

Lorini:

There are a lot of conservatives out there that are not nearly as stupid as Sarah Palin. I can’t stand Karl Rove nor Dick Cheney, but both of them are 20 times as smart as she is.

Skipper:

Tom’s actually calling Sarah for what she is, charismatic. She brings her very own sheeple to the movements and political nominees who she backs. I think she serves that role well, if nothing else, she can play the role of the hypocritical, condescending cheerleader all day long.

Let’s see, intelligent men want to run a large powerful country so they back a charismatic attractive candidate with a built in constituency while keeping said candidate’s wilder urges under control, making sure they have the power to control the candidate once in office. Yeah, that’s never happened before in politics.

Palin is just stupid enough to fuck it up royally, though, so I doubt it will happen.

Lorini · 2010-09-01T06:32:00.000Z

They would be pretty stupid if they trusted her to implement anything they wanted done. The shit that Cheny/Rove want done is way above her head.

Skipper · 2010-09-01T06:34:19.000Z

I dunno, I’m betting she can shoot better than Cheney.

mrmolecule88 · 2010-09-01T08:08:10.000Z

Skipper:

I think she serves that role well, if nothing else, she can play the role of the hypocritical, condescending cheerleader all day long.

In the boudoir.

Skipper · 2010-09-01T09:54:00.000Z

mrmolecule88:

In the boudoir.

These are the things Tom Chick dreams are made of.

Shadarr · 2010-09-01T12:23:34.000Z

I would pay cash money to see the Daily Show interview Palin, and treat her like a high-functioning retarded woman overcoming her disability to try to live a normal life.

Angie_Gallant · 2010-09-01T12:54:04.000Z

I look forward to Sarah Palin’s vigorous Twitter defense of this guy’s first amendment rights.

bago · 2010-09-01T13:19:24.000Z

Nobody has linked the Vanity Fair article? Slackers.

Lum · 2010-09-01T13:45:00.000Z

Especially the bit about Glenn Beck’s 9/11 rally in Anchorage.

Eric_T_Cheng · 2010-09-01T13:51:28.000Z

Angie Gallant:

I look forward to Sarah Palin’s vigorous Twitter defense of this guy’s first amendment rights.

Did that guy quit his radio show and go on Larry King about losing his 1st Amendment rights?

bago · 2010-09-01T16:06:05.000Z

Two words. Cake. Ink.