Sarah Palin to the rescue

Well let's see.  She's on a tour to sell a BOOK.  That's one of those items you can only do so many things with.  The publisher's research may have shown that those who live in Democratic infested cities already own a lot of paper weights, so there's no use going there.  That same research may have shown that book sales would be better in areas where the people know how to read.  That would be one of the other uses of a book.

Now that the libs are figuring out that the "chill up their legs" was really something running down their legs, perhaps they should find one of those ancient mariner ships, ignore the siren call of St. Sarah, and just sail away.  Far, far away.

If it wasn't for the uneducated white male  voters of the southern states who make up a large part of the GOP's uneducated base nationwide,  McCain and Ms. undereducated herself Sarah Palin  would of suffered a even worse electoral  defeat to President Obama. So the bypassing of cities where people actually read, think and vote in the interest of their own family is in some ways a wise move by Palin.

Now I'm even more confused than usual.

"Going rogue"?

Is that what"mavericks" do? Do you have to be a maverick before going rogue?  Or does one become a maverick by going rogue? Does one have to travel north to Alaska and "go native" in order to "go rogue"?

And aren't rogues like, I dunno', rapscallions? I don't know if that's such a good idea.

Mr. Henry,

I usually enjoy reading your colums to get an opposing viewpoint to my beliefs. However, lately(this column especially) you have become very nasty and elitist. What exactly is your definition of "a regular book reading person"? I guess it is someone who reads only what is acceptable to you.

regular books aren't typeset in crayon

Ghostwritten is alright though?

So Sarah Palin is a maverick going rogue.  Does that mean that she is becoming more of a dishonest and unprincipled or worthless person than she already is?

No more unprincipled than a man who has never held a job, whose principles are are for sale to the highest bidder. Everyone says Sarah Palin is dumb, but at least she isn't on tape talking about 57 states

Hey Reg and others with at least two neurons that fire in sequence; I thought you might enjoy this exclusive excerpt from Sarah's new, uh, papery thing between hard covers::

Chapter One: “I Am Therefor Such As”

By Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Say it ain’t so Joe! My name is Sarah Palin. Recently several year I the State of Alaska had the pleasure, north the hugeness, am the zealous public servant! My husband and I have blessed with many attractive children. In 2008 I even has the pleasure is presidential candidate’s John the McCain running mate! I enjoy the hunting wolf and the moose. Is the wife and the mother also.

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I would imagine she'll draw a large crowd wherever she goes. I don't know what her aspirations are, but if all she wants to do is make money she is positioned to cash in big-time.

Titan, do you really want to compare Conservative brain power to Liberal brain power? You do realize each Ditto head counts, you don't get to just count them all as one, right? And last I checked Washington County was known for many things, but not a high percentage of intellectuals.

Titan - To your point about selling books: In the 2008 election, McCain/Palin received 270,000 votes in "Democratic infested" Allegheny County, and only 49,000 votes in what we might call "Republican infested" Washington County.   Seems like she might sell more books in Allegheny County, if indeed her main purpose for the tour is to sell books.  After all, wouldn't she want to go were the most potential customers were?  

Good morning, mugsy:

I’m bringing this forward from the last batch and switching the order of three of your statements:

“As for Governor Palin, she is a populist candidate, and as such she has a stronger relavance than you would prefer but she is hardly so enigmatic in her popularity as to be incomprehensable to you.”

“I am sure, however, that she resonates with alot of voters in a way that you will never fully appreciate, but you see it, and it concerns you.”

“I know that you (when I say you I mean collectively) are dismissive of Governor Palin's intellect, but it may surprise you to learn that I, like others who I know, are equally dismissive of VP Biden, also a heartbeat away from the Presidency.”

I will not claim to know precisely what Palin is thinking, but I can make several reasonable guesses, so, no, she is not incomprehensible.  Nor am I entirely baffled by how she resonates with her supporters.  It’s a powerful show, and if people like what they hear, and how she makes them feel, they have every right to claim her voice as theirs.  Springsteen fires me up.  

What “concerns” me (as you used the word) is not her, but them.  I don’t like what she gets away with (“death panels” is a lie), but I am more worried that so many seem willing to graft her message onto their anger and impute global leadership qualifications to the messenger.

Vote for Bruce?  I don’t think so.

Feel free, of course, to disparage Biden.  There’s a lot to mock.  I think most politicians end up being caricatures in some way or other.  But to “dismiss” him as equally unfit to be president as Palin – seven-term senator, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, *et cetera*, versus “when Putin comes into our air space” and “what’s the Bush doctrine?” – is . . . is precisely the kind of reality inversion that causes some of us to sometimes take some of you less than seriously.  

Except, again, that the number of those yous is quite serious.

There you all go again - including Reg - talking about a woman that you don't care about at all.

And then you wonder why her book is a best seller before it hits the shelves.  I laugh at you, just as she must be laughing on her way to the bank.

And Reg - do you make $100,000 per speech?

My reply, I think I agree with you. You are right, Sarah Palin has reached a level of celebrity rarely achieved by politicians in this country, and her name always gets a reaction. I think both the left and the right use her as a symbol-obviously of different things. The more the left insults and denigrates her, the more she can serve as the right's righteous martyr. She and her message remind me of the last iconic leader of the right, and Ronnie did OK, you betcha.  

Plus, let's face it, she's pretty hot. There's no denying that helps her cause.  

I don't understand why the Libs on here spend so much time, anger, insults and hate for a person they say is so insignificant.  Let it go.  You keep that ball in the air.

I agree that she did not have enough expereience to be a VP in the 2008 election; however, she had more executive and practical experience than the guy that became president. She was not ready for VP and we are finding out the hard way he was not ready for pres.

Here is the editors note from the reference msite.

Now remember this is on the Huffington post and they got it from PinkoMag.com

Editors Note: Below is the exclusive first excerpt from Sarah Palin's forthcoming autobiography, Going Rogue. This post first appeared at PinkoMag.com, where it was translated from Sarah Palin's original english by Stirling McLaughlin.

The fact that is says it was "translated" from Palin's original english by Stirling McLaughlin may, just may, make what is there a little suspect.  Just like her quote that she could see Russia from her front pourch "which she never said".  If she is that bad, you should not have to make things up.  As far as the interviews with the giants like Katie Couric etc, let's wait and see what the next round brings.  I believe she know the rules now.

I admit, I have no clue as to how she will do in anything she plans to move forward with, but it will be interesting to see.

There is a book coming out this month that is something of a liberal criticism of her. It is called Going Rouge. The cover is very, very similar to the cover of Going Rogue, with Palin in her red jacket. The book was developed by editors of the Nation.

Just a warning for any ditto-heads that might confuse crazed elephants with make-up.

my opinion:

You said under “The shame game,” two topics back:  “Libs have a tendency to give a lecture when asked for a specific number.”

Here’s my lecture:  It’s not my job as a citizen to figure out the details of how healthcare will be paid for, or what a minimum wage should be, or how it should be applied and administered, or what market evolutions will follow.  It’s my job as a citizen to make clear to my representatives that I want healthcare for everyone and that I’m concerned for the plight of the two-shift waitress.

The decision was to go to the Moon.  The rest was small stuff.

Commit to healthcare, then work it out.

And so on.

P.S. – I understand that “Democrat” rather than “Democratic,” as in “the Democrat Congress,” is supposed to make people think subliminally of “rat,” but I don’t get what y’all are trying to do with “libs.”  Ribs?  Fibs?  I’m not saying I mind.  I suppose we could call you “cons,” but it would be kind of obvious and silly.  Anyway, you have to agree that “wingnut” has a nicer ring than “moonbat.”

thescarletpumpernickel:

The theory you and I were discussing under “Bush gave Obama the Nobel” on October 9 after everyone else had gone home is looking less fanciful:

“The rehabilitation of the beleaguered Large Hadron Collider was on hold tonight after the failure of one of its powerful cooling units caused by an errant chunk of baguette.

***

“Scientists at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva noticed that the system’s carefully monitored temperatures were creeping up.

“Further investigation into the failure of a cryogenic cooling plant revealed an unusual impediment. A piece of crusty bread had paralysed a high voltage installation that should have been powering the cooling unit.

***

“A spokeswoman for CERN confirmed that baguette was responsible for the latest hiatus, but she conceded that mystery surrounded the way it got into the vital power installation, which is protected by high security fences.

“‘Nobody knows how it got there,’ she told The Times. ‘The best guess is that it was dropped by a bird, either that or it was thrown out of a passing aeroplane.’”

***

www.timesonline.co.uk/.../article6905250.ece

callsigntourist -

Yes!

Of course, if the darned thing is goping to keep pooping out, we need to find a rational explanation, even if it is a crumb of a baguette dropped by a flying rat. I doubt it was thrown from an aeroplane. They generally don't serve meals these days.

Hey, even better. This from the Brits:  www.theregister.co.uk/.../hawking_british_and_alive

Callsign -  your right, its not your job to figure out how to pay for the things you want. I thought we were in discussions and debates and when someone made a statement they would provide data/facts to support it.  I was wrong.  Since I quit asking for other people to pay for what I wanted when I left my mom and dad's house I mistakenly thought everyone did. You keep asking for things and leave it to other to figure out how to pay for it.

my opinion:

My mommy said I could stay up for this.

Facts to support my position?  Is it not a fact that we are the greatest, richest and most powerful nation in the world?  Is it not a fact that virtually every other industrialized nation, each inferior to us is so many ways – oh, those poor people – manage to provide full healthcare in various forms?

I don’t like recycling me, but this what I already said, under “Who is right about rights?” on September 1:

“By virtue of being born American, one is under an obligation to obey all laws, pay all taxes, and present oneself for jury duty and military service sometimes – not many obligations, but substantial ones.  In return, one is allowed to survive if one can.

“That, I think, is the simpler argument for health care:  Cannot the 'greatest nation on Earth' do better for all, including the least among us, as Jesus said?”

Are you saying it can’t or are you saying it shouldn’t?

And where, please, did I say I don’t want to pay for what I want?  (1)  I am not talking about me; I am talking about us.  (I think there is still an “us.”)  (2)  I’m sure I will be making my proper contribution to the commonweal.  (3)  I said only that it was not my job to work out the specifics, as those are secondary to the commitment, which must come first and which your side is unwilling to make.

Latest Congressional Republican cry:  “Not One Vote for Healthcare.”

Yes, we are having a debate.  It’s on what kind of country we are.  

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For whatever interest it may have, I’m reprinting a reader’s comment that appeared elsewhere to an article about a Japanese gangster getting a liver transplant in Los Angeles.  It’s not my position or entirely my understanding – just for another perspective.  Everything from here down is a quote:

I thought it was a kidney... but it's a liver....



Well first, that explains a lot. There are pitifully few healthy livers to transplant over there. Japanese men tend to drink like fish... fewer healthy livers available. I'm sure they came here for that reason, not because the procedure or the care is particularly better here (although, we are pretty darned good at organ transplants compared to most places).



Still, I'll take Japan's health care system over ours any day! I lived there for almost 12 years, enrolled in their national health (single payer) system, and it was flat out awesome...... affordable, flexible, full coverage of everything, medical, dental, vision, you name it. And only cost me $300 a month (my company picked up the rest, another $400 on top).... $700 a month to cover me and my immediate family. No deductibles, co-pays, bankruptcy potential, denied care, unexpected major expenses, etc. etc... 



Why wouldn't anyone want that? Ignorance? Greed?



I am fighting to get something like that for us here. Universal single payer health care for all!

Bring it! :)

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Callsign, I didn't say that I was dismissive of VP Biden's accomplishments, but rather his intellect. It's not to say he's stupid, but would you take on defending that he is a good candidate for President?

As for naming exact numbers for healthcare, pay and so on, in the last thread somebody mentioned that the wal-mart workers were exploited. Having said that, I asked how much they would have to be compensated to not be exploited. I think in that case it was more than fair to ask for a number. It's all well and good to want whatever we want, but sometimes it is a fair argument to say that it doesn't seem financially feasable, unless those for it have a number to offer and a path to get there.

I want a Lear jet. Whay can't I have one?

Mugy, there was a time when I thought Biden was the second best candidate for 2008, behind only the guy who cheated on his wife who had cancer (Do I know how to pick 'em or what?). I still think Biden had the best plan for getting out of Iraq successfully, but his actions over the past year and a half show that no matter how smart Biden is, it is just a bit less smart than he thinks he is. As a great man once said, "A man needs to be aware of his limitations."  

mugsy:

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Sorry, but I don’t find Learjets in there, though, if you can afford one, feel free.  I do find police and fire departments, public schools, a military, food safety, fair labor, and, by the standards of the modern world we live in, a reasonable level of healthcare, not just for those who can afford it privately.

By all means, let’s do it efficiently and so on.  But for the 84th time, too many other countries do it successfully with excellent results for there to be any room to say that the United States cannot afford to, which is why I remain totally comfortable refusing to get bogged down in a game of dueling dollars in advance of the commitment to just do it – do what it takes – like we do for wars.

I asked above:  Is the position that we can’t or that we shouldn’t?

Can’t is wrong.  Shouldn’t is shameful, and in some respects ugly.

What I also said:  It's about the  kind of country we are.

The short answer on Biden is that I would have no problem with him as president.  He was never my first choice for that, but he was, in fact, my first choice as Obama’s vice president.   Short answer.

Callsign  Not sure you can say we are the greastest nation if we don't provide healthcare as other "lesser" nations do.  What say you on that.  One other thing, don't take some moral high ground that you and those that support your positions are the only ones that care about others etc etc.  and those of us that disagree on the approach are evil, selfish selfcentered etc etc.  If you are going to be mean to me I'm going to have my mom wipe your mom

Bottom line is we all want the same thing, question is how to get there, so drop the I/we don't care crap and let's move forward to address the issues. Get off your high horse.  You don't care anymore than the rest of us.

my opinion:

I *am* taking the moral high road.  It’s long, wide, and he’s my brother.  Plenty of room.

If we all want the same thing, wonderful.  I accept that we can then differ on how to get there.  

I want universal healthcare.  Say it.

What say I to your first line?  I’m not sure what it means.

Your last line may not be the clearest statement of what you meant, either, so I'll leave it.  I don't play that dirty.

We want good healthcare for all at the least cost possible.  I think we can agree on that.  How that is done is up for grabs.

As an aside I just heard that President Obama sent a note to Sarah Palin asking her if her book tour would take her to all 57 states. As a courtesy to him and to not sound like a bigot she sent a note back saying she would try to match his accomplishment. Now see everyone can get along if they try.

my opinion:

"Good" is relative; "least" is absolute.  

We agree as long as an argument that there might be an even less expensive way is not used to thwart the whole shebang.

Do we agree?

my opinion:

Posts crossed.  I hope you’re right, that Palin was just being gracious.  I worry, though, that with “57 states” Obama was signaling to her his secret neocon agenda.  If he and she find common ground there, maybe Biden should watch his back.

My Opinion - Don't wonder why the libs. spend so much time, anger, insults and hate on insignificant Sarah Palin. It's just what they do. Let's not forget that they do this to Rush, Hannity & Bill O'Reilly on a daily basis.

Insignificant? HA!

Kevin Morris - Don't worry about the ditto-heads being confused, I think Yinzerati has already shown his confusion by his post from the HuffingtonPost. That "exerpt" probably was from "Going Rouge" NOT "Going Rogue."

I'm sure that was the intention of the copy-cat book.

It will by interesting to see if the media can keep the two straight.

Oh, goody!

Ladyburg:

You’ve been more help than you know.

my opinion:

Is she with you?

Ladyburg:

Reg writes about Sarah Palin because his other blurbs don't get much of a reply.  The others on this site blog about her because they have nothing else to talk about, and they are good at putting others down.

And yes, the media will get the two books confused - on purpose.  The media needs something to fill the 24/7 cycles and what care they, if it is right or left.

RUN SARAH RUN!

RUN SARAH RUN!

10:30 AM, Monday, and 36 hits for Sarah Palin.  Do I see 40?

Dear Governor-Until-You-Quit-Because-You’re-No-Quitter Palin:  

You are reported to have said in a speech in Wisconsin (where recording devices and cameras were banned, with which you said you had nothing to do):  “Who calls a shot like that?  Who makes a decision like that?  It’s a disturbing trend."

You are said to have been referring to the changed placement of “In God We Trust” on $1 coins.

On the Internet, which is where eBay is – you know, where you listed the jet, losing your state even more money by the time it was eventually sold – there’s a lot of stuff about something called the “Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005.”

So the answer, I guess, is that the shot was called by the 2005 Congress and the 2005 president who signed the act.

I look forward to your passing this, too, along to your fans.

Glad I could help.

How many of you on this site get $100,000 per speech?  How many of you actually give speeches?  How many of you would actually be even considered to give a speech?  How many of you have run for office?  How many of you actually won an election?  (the children on this site are exclued in these questions).  

Now, how many of you have been governor of PA or whatever state you live in?  How many of you have been elected to dog-catcher in your borough?  

Get back to me when you make that $100,000 speech.  That's one speech I would love to hear.  Oh, and let me know about the book that you write - I'd love to read it.

She needs to do some work if she wants to run for national office.  We'll see over time how she does. To pound on her now the way some are doing is silly.  I am looking forward to her rematch with perky Katie Couric to see how that one comes out. I think she understands the rules now.  She may lose, but it will be fun to watch.

Opie gave us 40 - for the woman no one thinks is important.  Care to go for 50 - all ye who don't think this woman is worth talking about.  Does writing count?

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - Amid the publicity blitz for her new book, Going Rogue, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said today that "she was looking forward to reading it, big time."

Gov. Palin said that the book caught her interest as she was promoting it on Oprah last week.

"From everything I've said about it, it sure seems to be a page-turner," she said. "As soon as I'm off this book tour I can't wait to sink my teeth into it."

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean echoed Gov. Palin's sentiments: "I am also looking forward to reading my book."

www.huffingtonpost.com/.../palin-looking-forward-to-_b_358595.html

Call

It might help you if you would read some of your posts.

my opinion:

That feels like a shot, possibly a good one.  But help.  I don't quite get it.