Sarah Palin: The Barracuda

[Garpal Gumnut]

Of course Calliope, the 'right', including stand-outs like yourself, don't engage in snide innuendo. Or 'dig up dirt'. Get down off that idiotic horse of yours mate.



Actually I found you the most fearful people on earth. Whether it be of 'red China' as it was referred to me, back in 1997 no less, or the dude out to enter your house that you need to sleep with a magnum for, I found your populace to be overwhelmingly scared. Guess you need to just get out and spend a bit of time in the world to compare.

Nash, mate,

Less personal attacks would serve your argument better.

Lighten up and argue the topic not the person.

I have known many of the left, e.g. 2000hindsight to argue well and often to change entrenched opinions.

We are willing on ASF to hear all opinions.

Denigration is not acceptable.

gg

 

[nomore4s]

hi nomore4s,
bit like this one maybe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rpNX5YWYA

lol, 20/20 I'm sure you spend too much time on YouTube.

 

[brianlc]

Sarah Pailin may be appealing to to independents who know very little about her. And she will certainly bring out the evangelicals to vote.

But after that ugly performance at the convention, I'm not sure how any minorities can bring themselves to vote republican.

So, its all up to Obama, can he get out the vote? We'll see.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Obama is imploding for sure. As for America, I suspect we will be here and leading the world for many many more years. You have to be an American I guess to know just how strong and resilient this country is. Go ahead, take your potshots at us. We are strong enough to take it. We are the most optimistic people on earth.

The USA is a great democracy

Sarah Barracuda Palin sure has set the cat amongst the pigeons. The Democrats had to make the worst choice in the world for them, an african american or a woman.

Had they chosen Clinton, they would have been portrayed as racist. Now they are being portrayed as anti-woman.

And Palin is such a cleanskin, and will attract 10-20% of Democrat women plus 100% of Republican women.

Poor Obama.

Beaten by a Vice Presidential candidate and his own party.

The polls say it all.

gg

 

[Nashezz]

Nash, mate,

Less personal attacks would serve your argument better.

Lighten up and argue the topic not the person.

I have known many of the left, e.g. 2000hindsight to argue well and often to change entrenched opinions.

We are willing on ASF to hear all opinions.

Denigration is not acceptable.

gg

Sorry GG,

When you make your many ludicrous and extreme comments about the 'left' and left voters, you are talking about me (and many others). So while you may limit yourself to only directly calling me a 'sad puppy' and other such things (which apparently is not denigration), you are calling me all the other things you seem to associate with someone from the left of politics. I take those comments as personal attacks, as they are.

You also regularly fail to argue my points so I don't see how you can expect different of me. Please refer to Bradk's comments about yourself for better understanding.

I agree about your 2020hindsight comments. I cant' be him though.

I also only asked Calliope to get off his high horse. It WAS idiotic to try and pretend that only the left side of politics engages in dodgy tactics.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

A good indication of the low morale of the Democrats is the lengths the party and their admirers will go to to dig up dirt on Sarah Palin. And where they cannot find dirt they will use snide innuendo.

She may not be everybody's cup of tea, but she has more guts than her detractors.

Let us spare a few thoughts for a mother returning to her home state after a great effort at the RNC to farewell one of her sons as he heads off to war.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080911130151.s1h89p33&show_article=1

gg

 

[ZzzzDad]

Actually, Chuck IS happy. He is a big McCain-Palin supporter. He was very happy about the Palin pick.

See they are even spinning of Chuck facts for Palin now. It's all getting a bit silly.

Chuck won't be happy.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris_Facts

Sarah Palin Facts Spin-off

Michael Turk, Ben Domenech and Joshua Treviño have initiated a spinoff on Chuck Norris Facts entitled:[31]

* Sarah Palin Facts: Little Known Facts About the Alaska Governor, including:
* Sarah Palin used to wrestle kodiak bears in Alaskan bare knuckles fight clubs.
* Sarah Palin once bagged a caribou by staring it down until it died.
* Sarah Palin turned down a job as skipper of a Deadliest Catch boat because it wasn’t challenging enough
* Sarah Palin fishes salmon by convincing them it’s in their interest to jump into the boat.
* Sarah Palin once guided Santa’s sleigh through an Alaskan blizzard with the light from her smile

As I said above, Chuck is VERY happy with Sarah Palin:

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28450

The 'Maverette'

by Chuck Norris
09/09/2008

I'll be honest with you. I'd been giving consideration to third-party candidates. As a conservative with a renewed pledge to bear the legacy of America's Founders, I wasn't going to simply concede to the McCain ticket unless he made a credible (and what might be viewed as a radical) choice for vice president.

McCain is a good man, solid in character, and fully capable to lead our country into the future. But America also needs a fresh, reputable outsider who isn't afraid to confront Washington corruption, government gridlock or partisan paralysis. When I heard Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was McCain's choice, I knew she was a woman whom Americans could support and trust. Sarah is tough, smart, competent, credible and confident enough to fight those even in her own party. I believe she even will help to keep McCain accountable and in check.

Gov. Palin comes from a small town with small-town values. Sarah was sworn in as Alaska's youngest and first female governor, in 2006. This mother of five was tired of seeing government running amuck and awry and stepped into public service to reform it. And she has a clear and long record of doing just that: bucking the status quo, cutting taxes and government waste, reducing big government, establishing ethics committees, pursuing alternative energy, and being pro-family and pro-life (as witnessed by her choice to cherish her baby with Down syndrome and to support her 17-year-old daughter keeping her baby and marrying the father).

The fact is far-left liberals don't know how to respond to strong, conservative female political leaders. They hail Hillary but try to impale Palin. But Sarah has sparred them many times before and has come out of the ring without a scratch. Sarah is so tough that she inspired a new tongue-in-cheek Web site (www.PalinFacts.com), which parallels the "Chuck Norris Facts" folklore Web site (www.ChuckNorrisFacts.com). It gives some mythical, yet complimentary "facts" about Sarah Palin's life, potential, character and career.

Here are three of my favorites:

-- Sarah Palin once carved a perfect likeness of the Mona Lisa in a block of ice using only her teeth.

-- Sarah Palin doesn't need a gun to hunt, because she can throw a bullet through an adult bull elk.

-- And my favorite: Sarah Palin is courageous and tough enough to shave Chuck Norris's beard -- and face off against his third fist disguised as a chin.

All joking aside, one real fact about Gov. Palin is that both Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are shaking in their boots over her candidacy and prospective appointment to the vice presidency. Obama talks about change, but McCain further lived out his commitment to reform with his choice of Palin to be his running mate. Obama chose government-as-usual Sen. Biden. McCain chose Washington outsider and corruption confronter Gov. Palin.

Obama and Biden not only know that Palin supersedes Biden's finesse and potential but also that (if called to the task) she's even more qualified and tenured in life and government to assume the presidency than Obama himself. As Pat Buchanan explained: "The lady has more executive experience than McCain, Joe Biden and Obama put together. None of them has ever started or run a business as Palin did. None of them has run a giant state like Alaska, which is larger than California and Texas put together." And I might add that none is better suited to serve as president of the Senate than "Vice President Palin," who would keep it more accountable to "us the people."

Forget the cheap talk about change; Gov. Palin is a proven reformer who can help us restore our country and rectify constitutional revisionism and apostasy. Sarah is small-town civil and Texas tough, with a Southern elegance and an urban savvy. If McCain is a maverick, then there's no doubt that Sarah is (if you will) the maverette! Even Oprah seems to be acknowledging the power in Sarah's prowess by refusing to have this hockey mom turned VP nominee on her talk show until "after the campaign is over" -- though she's had Barack (and Michelle) Obama on twice.

Gov. Palin comes to civil service in the spirit of our Founding Mothers. She represents an early-American patriotic spirit that I believe lies sleeping among millions of Americans today and needs to be reawakened. She is the type of revolutionary who will help to wake up and revitalize America and about whom I write in my new book (available now at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble), "Black Belt Patriotism": "Today, we see women incredibly active in every arena of society. They are often wearing multiple hats, as mother, homemaker, professional, spiritual leader, and community leader. Many serve God, family and country with the same fervor as those valiant female patriots of yesteryear. Women like Abigail Adams, Margaret Corbin, 'Molly Pitcher,' Catherine Ferguson, Dolly Madison, Mercy Warren, Martha Washington, and Betsy Ross."

Well done, Sen. McCain. You have rallied the conservative base and others who were still on the fence. You have thrown a political Hail Mary into the end zone of the District of Columbia and scored a touchdown.

So move over, Mr. Smith, because Mrs. Sarah is going to Washington. Give 'em hell, Sarah! Give 'em hell!

Ha! With Chuck on our side, how can we possibly lose!!

 

[websman]

Obama is imploding for sure. As for America, I suspect we will be here and leading the world for many many more years. You have to be an American I guess to know just how strong and resilient this country is. Go ahead, take your potshots at us. We are strong enough to take it. We are the most optimistic people on earth.

I've been all over the world and I have found no place better to live than America.

 

[Bushman]

Uncle Sam's acolytes are alive and well it seems. Good for you. Just don't confuse patriotism with nationalism.

America was a once great democracy until it developed a nasty dependency on bombing third world countries to grease the engines of its economy and appease the blood lust of its right. Stop the war mongering and you rein in your deficit and win the true respect of the world. Simple, no? Oh sorry I forgot about the paranoid pursuit of the abstract 'evil doers'.

At least McCain has been to war and will think about sacrificing 18-year olds from the rust belt to satisfy the neo-con establishment. He wont think twice about inflicting further 'collateral damage' though especially with his gun loving 'patriot' by his side. Halliburton's Board must be wringing their hands together with glee.

Tired of war, tired of Britney and most of all, tired of those blood loving elephants (or whatever the creature is that the Republicans identify with).

 

[gfresh]

Psychopaths.. I'm quite worried at what will happen if McCain gets in actually..

http://www.theage.com.au/world/palin-ready-to-be-president-20080912-4ezs.html

Palin 'ready to be president'

* September 12, 2008 - 10:01AM

Republican vice-presidential candidate and Sarah Palin has turned warmonger and revealed her hardline stance on foreign affairs, saying she is willing to go to war with Russia over the Georgia conflict if necessary.

In her first interview since becoming the vice-presidential nominee for the Republicans, the Alaskan Governor told Charlie Gibson of ABC news that she was ready to step in as president if called upon, despite her lack of foreign affairs experience.

A defiant Mrs Palin admitted that her experience of the outside world was limited to Canada, Mexico and a trip to Kuwait in 2006 to visit the troops - but said she was up to the job.

Answering questions on Israel's right to strike Iran - saying no one could presume to second-guess Israel - and seemed to leave open the idea of a unilateral raid on Pakistani soil against al-Qaeda if it were necessary to keep America safe.

 

[ZzzzDad]

Uncle Sam's acolytes are alive and well it seems. Good for you. Just don't confuse patriotism with nationalism.

America was a once great democracy until it developed a nasty dependency on bombing third world countries to grease the engines of its economy and appease the blood lust of its right. Stop the war mongering and you rein in your deficit and win the true respect of the world. Simple, no? Oh sorry I forgot about the paranoid pursuit of the abstract 'evil doers'.

Apparently, according to you, there are no evildoers in the world (with the exception to the bloodthirsty U.S.A.) You need to live in the real world. There really are terrorists that want to blow us (and you) up. Living in a fantasyland of "can't we all just get along" is not going to convince the terrorists to stop trying.

 

[ZzzzDad]

Psychopaths.. I'm quite worried at what will happen if McCain gets in actually..

http://www.theage.com.au/world/palin-ready-to-be-president-20080912-4ezs.html

This is an opinion piece. The article linked above is a complete distortion of the actual interview. Watch the interview, not someones distorted take on the interview. The author of this piece put in snippets out of context.

Typical.

 

[Nashezz]

Apparently, according to you, there are no evildoers in the world (with the exception to the bloodthirsty U.S.A.) You need to live in the real world. There really are terrorists that want to blow us (and you) up. Living in a fantasyland of "can't we all just get along" is not going to convince the terrorists to stop trying.

Yes Zzzzz, but why do they want to blow you and me up??? There would be no reason for people to gravitate towards that kind of extremism unless they had a serious gripe.

Didn't Rummy and the rest expect Iraq to welcome them with open arms after getting rid of Saddam? It's this kind of (lack of) thinking that is a bit disturbing. Wouldn't it be nice if the US actually worked out why people are going to these extremes and worked on that, instead of commandeering its economy to fire up the war machine and go bomb the piss out of a load of mostly innocent people.

 

[Julia]

Republican vice-presidential candidate and Sarah Palin has turned warmonger and revealed her hardline stance on foreign affairs, saying she is willing to go to war with Russia over the Georgia conflict if necessary.

Oh, God! Can't she just stick to killing the native Alaskan wildlife?

 

[nomore4s]

Oh, God! Can't she just stick to killing the native Alaskan wildlife?

lmao.

A bit of a worry if she ever gets into power.

She seems like a bit of a redneck to me. Maybe she is like a pitbull after all, wanting to fight everyone and everything and if not kept on a short leash becomes a danger to all around it.

 

[gfresh]

. There really are terrorists that want to blow us (and you) up. Living in a fantasyland of "can't we all just get along" is not going to convince the terrorists to stop trying.

Yes they are everywhere, behind every rock, behind every tree, we are doomed! Terrorism is probably not as much a root of the world's evil as your government likes to make out.

To put things in perspective. Many more people die in car accidents,suicide,drug addiction each year than terrorist acts against the West ever have... Never mind just as many soldiers have been killed on the "war on terror" as civilians in the September 11 attack, which really is saddening. Blood begetting further blood really moves nothing forward at all, and history has shown this time and time again.

There's only one country living in fantasy land here, and that is the mighty USA, of whom the world has lost a hell of respect for over the last decade.

 

[ZzzzDad]

Oh, God! Can't she just stick to killing the native Alaskan wildlife?

Julia, that statement about going to war with Russia is totally out of context. Don't believe these biased opinion pieces. Watch the interview yourself. They are leaving stuff out. The question was if Georgia was in NATO, would the U.S. be obligated to go to war with Russia if they attacked Georgia. Hypothetical question. NATO is an alliance that if one country in it is attacked, then the rest of the NATO members come to their aid. McCain, Obama, and Biden have all said the same thing.

The Alaska lifestyle includes eating moose, caribou, etc. They are plentiful up there and there is a balance that needs to be kept. She actually eats what she shoots. Unless you are a total vegetarian or vegan, then what difference is it if it is a moose, caribou, cow, chicken or fish? They can't raise cows in Alaska, nor chickens. Meat has to be imported, and is double or triple the cost of lower 48 meat.

If she were just killing wildlife for the sake of killing it, and just leaving it there to rot, that would be one thing. The fact that they eat it is the important point.

 

[Timmy]

While I wish Mr. McCain well, the parallels between Palin and Thatcher (yes, yes, differences too) have me intrigued ....

Thatcher's nomination was greeted with fear and loathing .....The country was in the grip of a dreadful economic times.... She talked very tough on Russia .... Thatcher was an outsider ......

Don't think Thatcher did much moose huntin' ....

Palin could be just what the US needs now.

 

[ZzzzDad]

Yes they are everywhere, behind every rock, behind every tree, we are doomed! Terrorism is probably not as much a root of the world's evil as your government likes to make out.

To put things in perspective. Many more people die in car accidents,suicide,drug addiction each year than terrorist acts against the West ever have... Never mind just as many soldiers have been killed on the "war on terror" as civilians in the September 11 attack, which really is saddening. Blood begetting further blood really moves nothing forward at all, and history has shown this time and time again.

There's only one country living in fantasy land here, and that is the mighty USA, of whom the world has lost a hell of respect for over the last decade.

No, they are not everywhere behind every rock, etc. blah, blah, blah. They are not because we have taken action against these nutcases, and thus haven't been attacked again in seven years. We have decided to fight the war proactively, on their ground, so it won't come here. We have been successful - despite the protestations and doom and gloom of the left.

 

[nomore4s]

No, they are not everywhere behind every rock, etc. blah, blah, blah. They are not because we have taken action against these nutcases, and thus haven't been attacked again in seven years. We have decided to fight the war proactively, on their ground, so it won't come here. We have been successful - despite the protestations and doom and gloom of the left.

lol, you don't work for the US government do you? Or maybe the media? :

While I wish Mr. McCain well, the parallels between Palin and Thatcher (yes, yes, differences too) have me intrigued ....

Thatcher's nomination was greeted with fear and loathing .....The country was in the grip of a dreadful economic times.... She talked very tough on Russia .... Thatcher was an outsider ......

Don't think Thatcher did much moose huntin' ....

Palin could be just what the US needs now.

Could also be the thing that tips them over the edge.

Disclaimer: I don't really have a view either way, don't know enough about US politics or Palin herself.