What is less wonderful is the fact that thus far there has been precious little discussion of whether Palin is qualified to be president beyond her personal charm.

Glynnis, were you absent for 2008? We seem to have had quite a bit of discussion on that topic.

She’s not going to win the nomination. Mathews wishes.

Congratulations, Glynnis. You have been successfully trolled by Chris Matthews once again.

If you think Matthews is hyping Palin’s candidacy because she gives him the honest-to-goodness thrills up the leg, then you are too fucking stupid to be commenting on the news.

Two words regarding Palin’s nomination: fingers crossed.

Chris needs a brain transplant . It needs to be a cheap one , since he has no trade-in .

Matthews is simply hoping for this, because it’s going to be the only way he and MSNBC can improve their ratings. They’re failing at criticizing a Democratic President. They’re failing at criticizing a Democratic Congress. They’re failing at continually blaming Bush for all the countries woes.

What they need, selfishly, is someone to kick around like they did for Bush. Someone who they can mock and insult endlessly and classless-ly. They realize their ratings grew a bit under Bush, so they’re trying to repeat that cycle. It’s all about Matthews and what he wants… the actual political landscape has nothing to do with his opinion.

For those of you keeping score, Matthew’s has said:

“It’s our job to make sure Obama succeeds”

And

“The media will try to destroy Palin”

Hey Glynnis, did you and Tingles go to the same school of journalism?

The key is an early knock out according to Matthews, who also notes: “the media will try to destroy her, of course.”

“the media will try to destroy her”

Are you kidding? they have been doing that for nearly 2 years now.

Chris Matthews picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.

The tingle has finally hit the brain…pity.

She’s as qualified to become president as the guy in office now and the guy he replaced. When they’re done, all three can eat glue in the sandbox, as far as I’m concerned.

Maybe the “tingle” has run up or down Mathew’s leg again but Sarah Palin won’t win the Republican nomination for Prez.in 2012.

He’s just hoping to be still relevant.

$arah knows she can’t win BUT she might HAVE to run to keep the momemtum up. She has created a money making machine and it has to be fed….

The GOP actually don’t even want her to replace Steele. Everyone is just watching and waiting to see just HOW ridiculous the show can get.

She’s as qualified to become president as the guy in office now and the guy he replaced. When they’re done, all three can eat glue in the sandbox, as far as I’m concerned.
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Gee, I hope that is not the criteria for choosing candidates.

woah typos. who’s the editor here?

(also if sarah palin runs for president i’ll kill myself)

Promises, promises!

Most pre polls show she couldnt even beat mitt romney let alone win the nomination…idk what mathews is smokin, and or why but the left should probably be concerned when it comes to mitt rather than sarah….if he runs….
I love sarah, but even i know she doesnt have what it takes to be our president….yet….

He is speaking his wish list to hand BO another four years. She will never be the nominee Repubs know she is unelectable. In 8 years maybe but not now.
Matthews is finally smartening up though. I could never figure out why the left continued to thrash her when they should be accommodating the Repubs to nominate her.

Sorry tweety. Palin has an approval in the 30s and 70% of Americans think she is NOT qualified to be president. Another media manufactured debate. Pathetic

mikepower said:
Matthews is finally smartening up though. I could never figure out why the left continued to thrash her when they should be accommodating the Repubs to nominate her.

That’s a very good point. The broadcast journalists are “thinking” they have the ideal foil for the 2012 Presidential election. The public has 2+ years to decide.

Let’s wait and see. It could be (in no order) Mitt Romney,Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindhal or even Newt Gingrich or Jeb Bush.

But Mr. Mathews sees Sarah winning the nomination?

More power to ya!

Erika Templeton said:
(also if sarah palin runs for president i’ll kill myself)

In general, don’t do that…however, it would be different.

If she wins the election….?

Let me tell Chris, if you think she can’t win a debate with the President, how in heck will she get through one with her fellow Republicans? Do you think they will let her get away with her trademark deflections, her “back to energy” tactic, her winking? She barely made it through her ONE debate with Biden, and he is a creampuff compared to Pawlenty, Huckabee and Gingrich. These guys are not after the office…they want to change the country…she is after the limelight.
Here are the otehr reasons she will not run:
1. She won’t accept the pay cut.
2. She would have to do real work, every single day…no flying back to Wasilla to pout from behind Facebook.
3. She would have to spend four years in the same residence as her kids.
4. Todd would NOT be permitted to be shadow President, as he was her shadow Gov.
5. She would, before being even nominated, have to hold real live unrehearsed press conferences, with people not her co-workers.
6. She would have to quit her lucrative Fox mouthpiece job.
7. Which of the aforementioned men do you think could swallow his pride and run as her VP? Right. (And if you think the Republicans will EVER run two women on a ticket, you really are nuttier than she is!)

But at least she isn’t a Community Organizer!!!

LOL

American politics is crazy enough to put Palin in the White House. Afghanistan is Obama’s Achilles Heel and if the dems don’t come up with someone to oppose him during the next presidential primaries, a lot of the youth vote that boosted him into the presidency wil fall back into apathy and not even vote. Then you get those of us who wouldn’t consider voting for him again because of his upping the ante in Afghanitsan and trying to fool everyone into believing that he’s ending the war in Iraq by bringing combat troops home and just leaving about 50,000 troops labeled other than combat troops behind which ends nothing. So the backlash against these wars might very well have someone like Palin take office and all as a form of protest due to apathy etc. You have choices though when it comes to the democratic nominee and your conscience needs to kick in if you want these wars ended and have nothing to do with a party that tells you they want the war reallly over and done with yet continues to fund these wars. Let the DNC and your representatives know now that you will no longer be the cogs in the wheel of these wars and maybe, just maybe, they might wake up and get frightened enough of losing the power they hold to end them. As for me, I’ll write someone’s name in if I have to; I won’t vote for someone who says we’re going to be in Afghanistan for a long time to come and I want to walk out of the voting booth with my hands clean instead of bloody.

Dona Barone said:
She’s as qualified to become president as the guy in office now and the guy he replaced. When they’re done, all three can eat glue in the sandbox, as far as I’m concerned.___________________________________________Gee, I hope that is not the criteria for choosing candidates.

It’s certainly the criteria for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and has been that way before and after Bush. Throw whatever you can against the wall about why we need to go on with these wars and see what sticks. If that doesn’t work, try and try again.

Sarah Palin can win that is not a problem at all..She reflects the will and views of the ‘silent majority” and a lot of white liberals and white woman who no longer have any interest in the agenda of people of color and related enthic groups themes..

AT the core of Sarah plain is an America that longs for its past standing a place where white folks ruled the world…Sarah provides that narrative for the majority..Of course this view can only be spoke out loud in the secrecy of a polling booth..

Yes, there are some people totally obsessed with the idea of Sarah Palin as a candidate for public office. For example, the hosts on MSNBC, who can’t seem to go more than fifteen minutes without talking about Ms Palin.

But Chris and company should ponder the following. The election in 2012 will be determined by President Obama’s track record more than by the Republican’s choice of nominee. But who can blame the MSNBC fellow-travelers from not wanting to accept that fact.

It was pretty revealing when he said the media would try and destroy her. I noticed none of the other media types at the table disagreed with that prediction. Their silence was an admission that the media does try to destroy candidates they don’t like (meaning Conservative Republicans). Media bias? What media bias?

As for Palin holding up against Obama in the debates, Matthews is wrong. I don’t think the American people are going to be fooled by the smooth talking empty suit a second time. His rhetoric didn’t live up to reality once he was elected. He pretended to be a moderate, but once in office he became the radical leftist we all knew he really was.

The last thing Sensational Sarah wants is any kind of endorsement from sputtering loon Tweetybird Matthews.

Glynnis writes;
” It is a bit hard to swallow hearing him cheerlead Sarah Palin as the GOP’s.”

C’mon Glynnis that is a misrepresentation and I would have expected better from you. You even fooled some of the posters here.

He is not “cheerleading”. He is simply advancing a scenario.

I think the Yankees will win the American League East, but that doesn’t mean I am a fan … or that I am cheerleading for them.

Jeez.

Michael_T said:
I think the Yankees will win the American League East

You my friend, Michael, are a brilliant poster!

According to the well proven theory that the worse the candidate, the greater the winning chance……the Palin woman will be a the next US President.

Find me a worse aspirant for the American Throne than the Palin woman, and I shall have her become Vice Presidential candidate again.

AT the core of Sarah plain is an America that longs for its past standing a place where white folks ruled the world

LIberal moron, stop with the race baiting. You guys jumped that shark a while ago.

SArah Paylin …..pleeese run for president…i will donate to your campaign

sincerely
Barrack Obama

Nice try spittle Matthews. You can try the playing the gaff game game about Sarah Palin, but we have a plethara of gaffs by our idiot President! Obummer cant do anything without that damn teleprompter. This idiot with that stupid baritone voice, has to be scripted to speak. Everything is written for him, to avoid errors. The Matthews media and MSNBC et. all are proping him up. This Pres and his administration are sabtoging this nation. He has to be removed, or there will be no USA as we know it left! Obummer has managed to set race relations back 40 years. He has used the Alinsky plan of race baiting the general public, disgusting!

Dear “niner.”

Before you call anyone an “idiot,” it might be good to learn how to spell.

(hint, “plethara of gaffs” is only 100% wrong…try plethora of gaffes, instead)

MichelleF said:
For those of you keeping score, Matthew’s has said: “It’s our job to make sure Obama succeeds” And “The media will try to destroy Palin” Hey Glynnis, did you and Tingles go to the same school of journalism?

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Michelle F. – Good, cogent posts throughout; you should be writing headline articles here!

Its absolutely astounding to me that someone like Sarah Palin,, a platitude spinning opportunist, can get as far as she has not nothing but winks and bullshit. She cant even answer simple questions, refuses to take any questions without prior approval, travels in a private jet, makes millions pretending to be just an ordinary mom and the people believe this Barnum and Bailey crazy elephant act? What has America come to? Are we really this desperate?

Does psychology discriminate against political conservatives?
http://www.psychology-advice.net/does-psychology-discriminate-against-political-conservatives

oh god no sarah palin for president were doomed she didnt even know what Paul revere did he warned the british we werent putting our arms down. were down shit creek if she wins. Sarah palin is a joke Im for herman cain all the way. jump on the Herman Cain train. I may have not spelled Paul Reveres name right but at least i know he warned us the British were coming lol. Sarah palin what a joke> I hope she looses.

vote for Herman Cain sarah palin for president what a joke might as well let Micky Mouse run or Donald duck. hell id take Yosamity Sam  any day. lol  Herman Cain rules