mediadoubt said:
Like Mr. Ziegler, I too look forward to a Sarah Palin bid for the White House in 2012. My reasons, however, are 180 degrees from his.

I do not admire Sarah Palin. She is a shallow, mean-spirited opportunist, intellectually lazy and dismissive of those who aren’t. Her principles are inhumane, arrogant, insular, impractical, and un-American. Her soul is about a molecule deep and her wisdom extends about as far as I can spit upwind.

The notion that Republicans would want this harridan to represent them, to be an icon to their beliefs, is the most revelatory fact about her existance I can imagine. By just drawing breath, she invalidates everything the wingnutariat (of which she is the glam-queen) has to say.

As a patriot and one who cares deeply about our country, I say, Run, Sarah, Run!

Stated accurately and without hate. Just the facts!

ndanielson said:
Nadine has a problem with the ONLY news outlet critical of ANYTHING on 0bama’s agenda??? Horror of horrors, Nadine. Can you name one more? Just one?

Why should a “news” outlet be partisan and be critical of anything? They should report the news.

But, if you insist, MSNBC has commentators who actually have been critical of Obama. Regulars include Pat Buchanan and Joe Scarborough. While Scarborough may be a moderate or maybe slightly right of center, Buchanan is a far right pundit. As much as you will deny it, even Keith Olbermann made comments about things he disagreed with that Obama was doing.

CNN has regular Erick Erickson, who is very harsh sometimes in his criticism of Obama. He is a far right nut. CNN, as do other networks, often have right wing pundits on their programs.

Even the Comedy Channel with Jon Stewart has made fun of some things Obama has done and said.

And, if you want to take it a step further, look at AM talk radio. The majority in the “top list” of AM radio shows is made up of Conservatives. The number one AM radio talk show host is Limbaugh. He is critical of every single thing Obama does. Heck, while Obama’s Tuscon speech was widely praised, Limbaugh had absolutely nothing good or nice to say about it. He criticized every thing about the ceremony, including the opening speaker, the “medicine man.” He even used that little girl who died, Christine Taylor Green, to bash Obama’s speech.

Other radio talk shows……Hannity, Beck, Ingraham, Boortz, Levin, etc. All of these pundits criticize Obama, and often, they are quite nasty about it.

You sure like cupcakes and clowns, don’t you?

Yes, she is very defensive almost any time she is criticized. She further is simply very immature (not the “WTF” comments with Greta van Susteren…..if Ms. Palin is a “family values” type of candidate, do you really think you would want your child listening to this type of stuff?”)

She has every right to defend herself, but my problem with her is that she goes on and on and on. She dragged on and on about the David Letterman joke (as did John Ziegler.) Again, she has every right to defend her family. I personally do not think Letterman’s joke was about the younger child; I personally think it was about Bristol. Nevertheless, yes, Ms. Palin has every right to criticize Letterman. But she went on for weeks on end.

In the case of the Tuscon shooting, while I can understand she is rightfully upset about how some tied her to the shooting, I just think it is being overly defensive the way she did it. She made her speech the day of the Tuscon Memorial. She did not in the slightest suggest that what she had said in the past might not have been contributing to the violent discourse in this nation. If you look at that speech again, she looks and sounds very defensive. Even some Republicans/Conservatives have criticized Ms. Palin for being so defensive.

I have 2 more points to make.

1. If Ms. Palin is so fond of Tweeting, posting comments on her Facebook page, having her daughter go on DWTS, showing up on Fox News often, having a cable TV show, etc., then she should expect some criticism. And every time I have seen her respond, she just comes across as being very immature. Former aides to Ms. Palin have said that she does not like criticism; she does not like dissent. And it is obvious that she cannot stand it when people disagree with her.

2. Frankly, Ms. Palin just doesn’t look or sound “Presidential,” and I’ve heard Republicans say this. If you look at all of the nasty thing those on the right have said about Obama, you rarely if ever see him even reply; he doesn’t dignify those nasty remarks (like calling Michelle Obama a “gorilla”) with any reply at all.

As far as what a “community organizer” is, I really do not care if it has a job description or not. The fact is, Ms. Palin made fun of community organizers. Wasn’t Martin Luther King, Jr. a “community organizer?” The fact is, Ms. Palin made fun of a group of people in this country.

Seems like Mr. Clown is very angry in this thread.

The quotation above is one I have seen almost verbatim on some other website. Either Mr. Clown goes by another name, or he likes to cut and paste!

I will have to say that what Mr. Clown is suggesting is that institutions of higher learning do not teach “critical thinking skills,” but that’s what a liberal arts degree (I did say “liberal”) tries to do, and I believe it works. I actually received an electrical engineering degree during my “entire indoctrination,” and you absolutely must have critical thinking skills in order to solve engineering problems. In addition to my EE degree, I also took a number of “liberal arts” classes, including English literature. In those English literature classes, you read an important piece of literature, and then you discuss it and go through the process of thinking about what the book you just read means.

To the blinder wearing Palin sycophants, 8% support from Republicans still not repulsed by her self-centered whining of the last two weeks, is “a large part.” Uh huh, sure. Do I sense a bit of fantasy based wishful thinking from the Palin camp?

msblkwidow said:

I believe, not only would Sarah Palin destroy any hope that her supporters have for her; but her run for presidency will hurt…maybe destroy the republican party. It is obvious that there is division in the republican party. She only adds to that division. I also believe Karl Rove et.al will NOT sit aside while Sarah Palin makes a fool of the republican party that they love so much.

If Palin wins the Republican nomination and the establlishment Republicans decide they will treat her as they treated many tea party chosen candidates, they will reap the results they deserve. Palin’s juggernaut of supporters will NOT “sit aside” while the same people who got the Republican party into this mess try to keep us there. If they chose not to embrace the new conservative movement, THEY are the ones who will be set aside. They can either learn from the results of the last election or they can forever make themselves irrelevant! If they want to test the resolve of Palin’s supporters, they can go ahead and do so, but they will have no one to blame but themselves for the results!

davefsf said:
Liberty_Hound said:
… when Clinton was President and he had all these legal bills he had all these rich liberals donate money for his legal defense fund. Had Palin asked we conservatives would have done the same in a heartbeat. I know I would have contributed. Maybe, and I understand, she didn’t want to ask for the money.

Go to Palin’s facebook page and you will find a place where you can donate to her legal defense fund. The courts did not stop her from creating a defense fund, the judge merely said she could not use the word OFFICIAL on her site as it implies her defense fund was sanctioned by the state of Alaska. He also said that Palin held on one bit of blame in the mistake as she had gone past what was required by law in setting up the fund. She had hired three lawyers to make sure it was set up correctly and someone sued her over one word! Can you imagine 27 lawsuits such as that? With more in the pipeline! Her choice was to stay and allow them to bankrupt her family and waste Alaska’s precious taxpayer dollars and leave the state management to someone else while she dealt with the frivolous lawsuits, or resign and reload! She made the right choice!

possumdearie said:
ROCKSTEADY said:
Hey jackass,ever wonder why she got so many serious allegations against her?
How serious could they have been when they were all thrown out? The only one that stuck was the one that said she could not create a PAC to pay for her defense. She would have to personally bankrupt herself, which was not her oath when she took office.

Actually, the lawsuit allowed her to create a legal fund to help cover her defense expenses. The ONLY negative thing the judge finally said was that while Palin had done everything within her power, even going further than required by law, to set up her legal aid funds correctly, she would not be allowed to have the word OFFICIAL on her legal fund site. Her original site was shut down and all funds were returned (she had not spent one dime while waiting for the judge to pass down his ruling on the case) to the donors. The greatest majority of these funds were re-donated to Palin’s new legal defense fund by the original donors, many increased their donation. If you want to donate, go to her facebook page and you will find a place to donate to help pay off her legal fees.

Jerps said:
The problem with Sarah Palin is she has no appeal to moderates.

Palin led the Republican take over in the election that took place just a few weeks ago. Moderates effected that takeover more than any other voting block. People are still thinking in terms of popular vote, because the media and their polls tell us we should, but we do not elect our presidents with a popular vote. Palin will win every state that she and McCain won in 2008 and she will go on to win many of the states which turned were turned red in 2008 primarily under the influence of her endorsement. If she choses to run, she has already said she will not make a token effort, she will be in it to win it and I personally believe she can.

I do not admire Sarah Palin. She is a shallow, mean-spirited opportunist, intellectually lazy and dismissive of those who aren’t. Her principles are inhumane, arrogant, insular, impractical, and un-American. Her soul is about a molecule deep and her wisdom extends about as far as I can spit upwind.

The notion that Republicans would want this harridan to represent them, to be an icon to their beliefs, is the most revelatory fact about her existance I can imagine. By just drawing breath, she invalidates everything the wingnutariat (of which she is the glam-queen) has to say.

As a patriot and one who cares deeply about our country, I say, Run, Sarah, Run!

Things I like about her: She is honest; she is brave; her patriotism is beyond question; she stood up for her constituents; she has a strong family; she is considerably more intelligent and has more “gravitas” than her detractors will admit; she had an amazing approval rating as governor that I believe she deserved.

Things I don’t like: Her science education leaves much to be desired (she disbelieves in evolution); she has no understanding of the global population crisis; she doesn’t think that rape victims have a right to abortion.

I am concerned that she has become such a lightning rod for attacks from both Left and Right, and that may prevent her from getting a fair hearing if she runs. She may not be the best candidate for the GOP, but she sets the gold standard in a lot of areas. If she is the nominee I’ll support her, and may support her in the primaries.

Liberty_Hound said:
… when Clinton was President and he had all these legal bills he had all these rich liberals donate money for his legal defense fund. Had Palin asked we conservatives would have done the same in a heartbeat. I know I would have contributed. Maybe, and I understand, she didn’t want to ask for the money.

Palin is an ordinary, hard-working middle-class person. She would have been embarrassed to have “rich liberals” (or rich conservatives) with possibly an axe to grind donating to her defense fund.

Letting the Left run riot in their mindless attacks on Palin has been very educational. Their total dishonesty and ulterior agenda have been exposed — by themselves. Amazing that some don’t see it.

“I still believe barring a disaster Obama will be reelected, but I now see nothing to lose and lots to gain by a Palin candidacy. She is the only candidate who has the ultimate freedom of having already faced her political death head on. As Winston Churchill famously said, “There is nothing more exhilarating than being shot without result,” and while thankfully Palin only knows this truth metaphorically, all that she has endured gives her incredible independence. Everyone else will inevitably melt (like even grizzled veteran John McCain did) when they get close to the blast furnace that will be going up against the Obama juggernaut. Far more than anyone else in conservative history, Palin has been forced to prove just how fireproof her convictions are and how deep her resolve is.”

Palin also doesn’t have enough palms and Sharpies to appear in that press conference she’s never had since her 2008 nomination.

“Fox News: Sarah Palin is an idiot ”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BXMv64EfU

I think you kid yourself about Goldwater – the man you want is McGovern.

BlackWidow said:
I just can’t wait for her first debate as a candidate. Such fun that will be.

She will do a Mccain and refuse to debate

MeD8R said:
Great article. Well done.

I for one was not a Palin fan and had no intention to vote for her for president. But after this vicious, totally unfounded attack, blaming her for something about which there is not a single fact upon which to create the case against her, I am inclined to shout her name and hail her as courageous, if she does run.

I may now vote for her, whereas I never would have before.

Seriously, well I’m going to vote for Obama because he has an education, he didn’t quit he job in the middle of his term, he doesn’t moan at the first bit criticism, he wasn’t the mayor of the city that was the meth capital of Alaska.

ROCKSTEADY said:
Hey jackass,ever wonder why she got so many serious allegations against her?

How serious could they have been when they were all thrown out? The only one that stuck was the one that said she could not create a PAC to pay for her defense. She would have to personally bankrupt herself, which was not her oath when she took office. Her Lt. Gov has kept her policies in place and is doing a fine job in her absence. He just doesn’t have the whole Democratic party trying to crawl up hi twat.

ROCKSTEADY said:
The Whinner from Wasila doesn’t have to worry about that now does she.Poor victim that she is has made more money than she ever would serving the good people of Alaska.Hey jackass,ever wonder why she got so many serious allegations against her.?Oh i know, she is such a victim.

Thank you ROCKSTEADY for everything you do for Mediaite. Your service is valued.

MeD8R said:
Great article. Well done.

I for one was not a Palin fan and had no intention to vote for her for president. But after this vicious, totally unfounded attack, blaming her for something about which there is not a single fact upon which to create the case against her, I am inclined to shout her name and hail her as courageous, if she does run.

I may now vote for her, whereas I never would have before.

Typical Palin voter, can be swayed to vote for her because people are picking on her. Go call a waambulance.

I for one was not a Palin fan and had no intention to vote for her for president. But after this vicious, totally unfounded attack, blaming her for something about which there is not a single fact upon which to create the case against her, I am inclined to shout her name and hail her as courageous, if she does run.

I may now vote for her, whereas I never would have before.