The Palin 2012 Draft. Let the Games Begin.
It has happened. The first official group to register to raise money to draft Sarah Palin for President in 2012 has reared its head. “Where is this group located?” you might be asking yourself. Wasilla? The neighboring town of Palmer? Somewhere in Utah? Oklahoma? Arkansas?
“Nope. Keep guessing,” I tell you.
“Alabama? North Carolina? Texas?”
(shakes head)
You’re starting to get frustrated. “West Virginia?”
“Getting warmer!” I say.
Alright, I’ll spare you the rest of this 50-state guessing game.
Connecticut. Yup, really.
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut group says it is the first in the nation to register to raise money to draft Sarah Palin for president.
Paul Streitz of Darien says the Federal Election Commission has confirmed the “2012 Draft Sarah Committee” is the first to file papers.
Streitz says all donations collected by the committee will be used for grassroots organizing to build support for the Alaska governor and John McCain’s running mate last year.
Streitz says the committee so far has collected about $3,000. He says donations will be shared with Palin’s organization once she declares her candidacy, which she has not so far done.
The only people more excited than Sarah Palin’s fans, are Democrats. The notion of watching a series of debates with President Obama may be infinitely amusing, but remember, she’ll have to get through the angry mob of Republican contenders first.
Who needs a debate? I am already amused.
This would be a (heaping) sampling of Paul Streitz. Don’t consume this all at once or you will no doubt regret it.
http://www.magic-city-news.com/Paul_Streitz_67/index.shtml
At least he’s an equal opportunity hate-monger.
I don’t believe she’ll get as far as a debate with Obama–although it would be crashingly funny. Palin will be chewed up by Romney and/or Gingrich.
Ah, AKM, I should have sent this to you when I found it this morning on KINY and posted it on the Forum. Scary, isn’t it?
Oho – sounds like Joe the Lieberman wants to be on the 2012 ticket!
Ohhhh, now i get it! Connecticut, huh? That’s why she added Bristol, Conn to why she named her oldest daughter what she did.
Bring it on Granny…she can’t possibly survive a GOP primary with all of her “gates”…a new one pops up daily. She won’t even get reelected in Alaska, kind of sad, because she is so entertaining.
Does SP even know that Connecticut is part of the US? Maybe she’ll look it up on a map (oops forgot that reading things isn’t a strong point) when she gets this news. So, do we now have a Connecticut-stan in our country?
@Problem Child – thanks for the link to Paul Streitz. Why, if he lives in Maine, is this being done in Conn? Maybe because those folks in Maine have the sense to elect moderate Rebublicans like those two fine lady Senators.
In the article on Pat Buchanan: “There was a Draft Pat Buchanan campaign that I ran and he called me up and told me he was not going to run. No reason. Just not going to run.” So, does this guy run around starting Presidential campaigns without the person’s knowledge/consent?
oh, to funny….Connecticut??? Would never have guessed it.
By 2012, GINO will have so much wreckage trailing behind her the Repubs will probably give her those clothes just to keep her out of the race.
AKM – OK, just because you are on the mend doesn’t mean you can leave us all in the dust again with your quick wit and quick posting! I call FOWL! Oh wait, that was SP I was thinking of – you know that Turkey blessing and butcher scene just pops into my head at the strangest of times.
Now where were we? Oh yeah, Connecticut-stan where the koolaid flows freely through the countryside.
I’m feeling a little woosy. Dramamine please.
The GOP is going to entertain many pundits and prospects, as it tries to get its bearings.
Its a little like the death throws of the terminator as he is consumed in molten metal, or the slow motion train wreck that makes horrible noises, and never stops crashing.
Consider the curious case of Jonathan Krohn, who wrote a book defining conservatism, for past present AND future generations, and addressed the CPAC. Apparently even a bright 13 yr old kid can ape the gestures demeanor and message of the conservative ‘movement’, and conservatives lap it up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vz1TVpwme0
I expect we will see more disjointed idea and sentence fragments cobbled together to express the current right wing philosophy.
The question isn’t whether Palin will be considered for high office, its a matter of when will they figure out WHY we won’t buy it despite her ‘obvious appeal.’
%^O
whoops gotta run ….
Make sure to take the “no drowsiness formula”. You don’t want to miss any of this! AKM
Oh boy, SP in 2012! If that’s the best the Repugs have to offer by then, they will truly be in dire straights.
I don’t see it happening, but I would love to see her go head to head with President Obama in a debate.
Just the titles of his articles had me leaving his site………glad he started this now……..this will be gone that much sooner…….
Slightly OT: After listening to D.L. Hughes, author of “Crazy for God” on late night news, last night, I’ve decided to just let the 20 million Crazy 4 Nutbots play their silly games. So now the rest of us, 340 million – Yes We Can, folks can get on with putting the country back in order. Good work on the stem cell bill this morning, Pres. Obama.
The “Crazy 4 God” folks will eat each other alive for the next 8 yrs, trying to shame, blame and mame the other guys. Good luck CO trying to turn a pitbill with lipstick into a real President, AK hasn’t even been able to turn her into a real governor.
Oh dear, Ripley and Karin, both of CT, must be SO embarrassed today!
Dr. Chill – Young Mr. Krohn had an article about himself in the NYT Magazine yesterday. Little rascal speaks Arabic. According to the article , there is quite a lovefest between he and Bill Bennett.
Thanks for the link, the problem child:
Seems as if Streitz is a Minuteman, and anti-immigration. Does he think Palin fits in with his philosophy, given her attitude toward/treatment of the Alaskan Natives? Can’t tell if he’s an evangelical wingnut also-
I wonder if CT has different (ie more relaxed, less oversight) rules governing PACs than other states.
You have my condolences, Mona Lisa and any other CT mudpups out there-
Maybe I need a new title for my book, “Lowering the Collective IQ of Connecticut one Joe Lieberman at a Time”.
“Slightly OT: After listening to D.L. Hughes, author of “Crazy for God” on late night news, last night, I’ve decided to just let the 20 million Crazy 4 Nutbots play their silly games.”
Just for sake of clarity – “Crazy for God” author is Frank Schaeffer, Very interesting guy, yes and I agree, I think we should just let them run their course and keep our eye to the sane work that needs to be done.
And, just because some guy in Connecticut started up a fundraising effort doesn’t mean he is working on behalf of the GOP – Just like the guy that started a website to ‘draft’ Sarah for VP, I believe that only means the guy is working on his own. What happens to the money if she doesn’t run??
Totally off topic but there is an article in McClatchy that indicates that the postal service is going to increase postage charges for rural Alaska by as much as 50%.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/63541.html
“Postage rates are headed up, and in rural Alaska”
Good grief – Just for a quick bit of research, found this article about Paul Streitz
http://ctconservative.blogspot.com/2006/01/interview-with-paul-streitz-2004.html
He thinks Queen Elizabeth I had a son at the age of 14 who went on to be the real playwright behind the Shakespearean plays and who also wrote the King James bible. Could be true for all I know, but it is an interesting sidelight that he used to be a Shakespearean scholar.
austintx (10:45:48) :
Dr. Chill – Young Mr. Krohn had an article about himself in the NYT Magazine yesterday. Little rascal speaks Arabic.
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he studies Arabic with a tutor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/fashion/08conserve.html
From what I saw he barely speaks english. He appears to have learned from the likes of Limbaugh, who streaches out sentences, injects subordinate clauses, tangents and asides, without much substance.
Get past the cute novelty of it and you’ve got Palin’s and Limbaughs love child.
%^O
wooops! bathroom !
Because of our font, just want to make clear that is Queen Elizabeth the first – he doesn’t think I had a child at 14 – ha!
OT: Poll is in good shape, wink wink.
Do you think Gov. Sarah Palin should appoint Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, to replace Sen. Kim Elton in the Senate?
Yes (79%) = 1897
No (21%) = 510
More research into this gentleman’s writing – this guy isn’t worth the type on a page as far as intelligent dialogue goes. If she has his support, she can completely count out people of color – and people of intelligence. ’nuff said
(10:11:56) :
Ohhhh, now i get it! Connecticut, huh? That’s why she added Bristol, Conn to why she named her oldest daughter what she did.
How astute of you to have caught this. I read just one of Paul Streitz’s “musings” and was turned off by the end of the second sentence.He is precisely the type of person who would think she’s just wonderful. And if he’s a “bright” man, he should know that they are CANADA geese, not Canadian.
Oh yeah, Mona Lisa too, must be embarrassed also. Our apologies to all you CTers (what are you? Connecticans?)
DrChill(11:01:24) :
“With some skepticism, they gave him a spot on a Friday panel of grassroots activists. But Jonathan, an experienced child actor, rocked the house with a three-minute speech, which was remarkable not so much for what he said, but his electrifying delivery.”
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Thanks for the link; how like the Conservative Republicans, wowed by an actor with little substance. Perhaps this is stereotyping, but I’ve had child actors in my classes, and they are usually so impressed with themselves and their potential career, that education is not a priority- and they are the center of the universe, no room for anyone else.
tigerwineNo Gravatar (10:23:21) :
@Problem Child – thanks for the link to Paul Streitz. Why, if he lives in Maine, is this being done in Conn?
I don’t think that this is necessarily where he lives. In fact, I believe he has been a GOP candidate for office in Connecticut and at least in 2006 lived there still. http://ctconservative.blogspot.com/2006/01/interview-with-paul-streitz-2004.html
Nope, that Maine page (very close to where I live — on a clear day, I could see Mount Katahdin from the place I grew up) was just a nicely compiled collection of his wingnuttery I thought I would share.
Granny said: “The “Crazy 4 God” folks will eat each other alive for the next 8 yrs, trying to shame, blame and mame the other guys. ”
Ohh yes. That is what they do best, and is always what they have done best, minus a little 30 year experiment called The Religious Right.
The Palin 2012 people will be a big boon to the Dems, as she’ll take her 30K screeching minions into 3rd party land obscurity where they belong. Perot syndrome, bring it on.
……..sigh……..speaking of Liebermann……….http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/09/lieberman-now-gushing-for_n_172995.html
@ Marnie – My mom’s folks were all from Aroostook County. My Grandmother lived in Dover-Foxcroft!
InJuneau (11:20:28) :
Oh yeah, Mona Lisa too, must be embarrassed also. Our apologies to all you CTers (what are you? Connecticans?)
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We’re Connecticuties.
One thing that occurred to me immediately was this: These freaks feel quite free to do this in my State. What if I were to go to one of theirs and start a PAC to get Sarah Palin out of politics? How safe would I be?
CO almost native (11:24:14) :
Thanks for the link; how like the Conservative Republicans, wowed by an actor with little substance. Perhaps this is stereotyping, but I’ve had child actors in my classes, and they are usually so impressed with themselves and their potential career
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“He still has the zeal of a missionary. His voice rising to a wobbly squeak, he grabs any opening to press the cause. “Barack Obama is the most left-wing president in my lifetime,” he said.
Mr. Krohn buried his face in his hands. “Oh, Jonathan,” he sighed.”
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His utter lack of humility and perspective is the most disturbing. Like AKM mentions about Palin; how she does not give any regard to how others perceive her. This kid may be amusing act now, but may be discarded like a pet rock later, or even worse, he may find the means to sustain the illusion that what looks cute and amusing in a precocious kid can sustain him through adulthood.
After reading the NYT article, I was expecting more from his 2 minute speech at CPAC. It was bizarre, as though he wasn’t just the product of the talk radio they themselves promote; as if to say ” See ? Out of the mouths of babes! We must be on the right track!”
Johnathan Krohn is Sarah Palin’s and Rush Limbaugh’s love child. I love that line. I’ll repeat it often … heh heh heh
sorry…..try this.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/09/lieberman-now-gushing-for_n_172995.html
Oil is Not Dead Fossils
By Paul Streitz
May 21, 2008 – 12:41:11 PM
From Mr. Streitz, who seems not at all rational.
Oil is not decayed fossils. Oil prices are the same as eight years ago, measured in gold.
Oil is made by a biological process of converting helium that comes from the nuclear reaction at the earth’s center. The helium is a result of the atomic reaction and is thrown toward the surface by the rotation of the earth. Some evidence for that would be: 1) oil exists at 30,000 feet, far below the 18,000 feet at which organic matter disappears; 3) dry wells are later opened; 3) the amount of oil pumped out of the earth to date can not be accounted for by organic matter.
Steitz has a history of claiming to be many things. Some of these things he has actually been. But a scholar?
Hahd-dlee.
The guy is a self-centered antagonist. I’m surprised he’s not quoting any number of Ayn Rand bibles and calling himself a Rand scholar.
Dover-Foxcroft isn’t in The County, is it? Thought it was a bit south and west of Millinocket – which is in Penobscot County.
I’ve been to D-F several times. Get off I-95 at Newport and take Rt 7 straight north thru Dexter.
In the party of the out-of-sight nutties, who will garner the most votes: Huckabee, Paul or Palin? Will they lunch on each other or will Palin walk all over the other two? Will Huckabee slice and dice Palin, or is she too stupid to understand his words?
I’m going to start stockpiling my popcorn now.
I have a feeling there is going to be a popcorn shortage, in 2011/2012.
my goodness….I know that we canadians are not the brightest lightbulbs in the lamps, but somw americans really have us beat.
Who..please tell me who…in their right mind could possibly think the GINO is fit to be president of the united states? I am baffled…and more than a little concerned, cause I live on the same continenent.
Laurie
Oh hell ya’ll she’ll just throw that leg up over the podium and give us all a wink or two and we’ll fall for it!!! OMG I watched that debate and nearly fell of the couch. What a maroon.
@ Godenstein – No, D-F is in Piscataquis County – sorry for the confusion. My mom’s folks were all from Caribou, Ft. Fairfield and Presque Isle in “The County”. You gonna get to go up this summer?
*shoots self now*
Good thing Waterbury is on the other side of the state! It’s icky there, just sayin’.
When I saw this in my local online paper, I nearly spit. Ok, I did spit.
Aye Karumba… what is wrong with those idiots!?
New Thread.
CNN coverage of Emmonak.
AKM’s on a roll.
From Wiki – a little about Darien, CT
Darien is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut’s “Gold Coast”, it is one of the most affluent towns in the United States. The population was 19,607 at the 2000 census.
Situated between the small cities of Norwalk and Stamford, the town is a bedroom community with relatively few office buildings. Most workers commute to the adjacent cities, and many also work in New York City. Two Metro North railroad stations — Noroton Heights and Darien — link the town to Grand Central Terminal and the rest of the New Haven Line. Although Darien has an increasingly vibrant downtown, residents often shop at the big-box stores and chain stores in neighboring Norwalk and Stamford. For recreation, the town includes four small parks, two beaches on Long Island Sound, four country clubs, a hunt club, and two yacht clubs.
With a median home price of approximately $1 million, Darien is one of the most expensive places to live in North America, and was rated one of the best places to live in America by CNN in 2005.
By the way – most of those clubs are still restricted. Palin wouldn’t make it past the front doors – not enough money.
As a former CT resident (Waterbury and Bristol), I was ashamed at first…then I remembered: it’s DARIEN for gosh sakes!! It’s pretty much a suburb of New York anyway.
@Ripley in CT – the Waterbury part was just the newspaper byline. The story probably came from the Waterbury Replubican-American newspaper. As a native Waterburian – I wouldn’t be allowed into Darien – I don’t have the pedigree.
I think CT has the most millionaire per capita than any other state. They must be needing a tax deduction.
Tigerwine: Those 3 towns you mentioned in Maine, my husband’s relatives lived there, or do still. Small world isn’t it? Yes, that’s familiar territory for sure. That’s where I had my great moose experiences.
@Aussie Blue Sky (11:51:50) :
Ah, I’d forgotten that you live there too! Our sympathies to you ‘cuties (
)from here in The Great Land!
Gotta get Sarah an “interview” on Rush Limbaughs’ radio show! He’ll get so excited, he’ll swallow his cigar! Sarah MUST pay homage to their new fearless leader…………all bow to Rush…….in order to carry out her “presidential agenda”(my coffee just came out my nose). Sarah simply MUST kiss his ring and receive his blessing. Sorry can’t go any further, the images this brings to mind are just too funny ’cause it’s all too true!
This is PART OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY TODAY;
After declaring that the “continual playing to stereotypes must stop,” Limbaugh says “everybody knows it was the vacuum cleaner that liberated women more than the pill”
Published Mon, Mar 9, 2009 2:17pm ET by Media Matters staff
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Listen to the short clip at the following link;
http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903090019?f=cf_clips
I just finished digging my head out of the sand. This is so embarrassing!
Seriously, of ALL the states—Connecticut get this honor? We’re as blue as blue can be.
kerryann63 (12:39:39) : Right you are. I was blinded by my tears of grief and frustration.
And Darien is very affluent. I think they keep all the horses there. Last I knew, CT had the most horses per capita of all the states. Of course, those are all the foo foo horses… I used to ride and teach on those foo foo horses…. and those people have some mad money.
I’m so saddened by this turn of events. It must be about the taxes!
InJuneau (11:20:28) :
We’re New Englanders
Oh, Ripley, you’re a funny one! Aussie Blue Sky says you’re all Connecticuties!
Your post says it all, AKM.
Aussie Blue Sky, please start with Alaska.
Hey New England was so B L U E in 2008 election!!!
Connecticut 2008 results: Obama/Biden 997,772 vs. 629,428 McPalin
I’ll like to laff a wee bit more; Who will ‘be’ the running mate?
Will s/he be vetted as good as GINO [was]?
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I USED to say ‘Connecticutie’… but no, it’s plain to see, now.
NOW, I know why we’re also called ‘NUTmeggers’!
*takes gun from Ripley’s cold, lifeless fingers*
(*Ka-POW!*)
*thud*
OK, Nutmeggers it is then (clearly this is the correct term, given the events of the past two days!)
Will she do interviews with the gotcha media? Also too, I can’t wait for the debates……Oh, bring it on Sarah, I could so do with a good belly laugh.
Mona Lisa and Ripley,
Calm down…doctor’s orders. Laughter is the best medicine.
Fairly Off Topic: i don’t know if you all are tweeting, but this person has SP down to a ‘T’:
http://twitter.com/NotPalin... well worth following.
AKM ~ i wish you had time to tweet more [sigh]
Ann ~ you would probably love twitter because it’s so fast-loading.
Before I found the ‘flats, I wasn’t just a political newbie, I was a poli-zygote! Oh, how I WISH I had the cogent, expressive skills of so many here
I’m not far at ALL from saying, “Anybody want me to be their ‘resident mouthpiece’ here in my lovely little, dismayingly misguided state? I will happily plagiarize you!”
~Mona, torn between wanting to sit back and just enjoy the coming freak-show, and upholding a 388-year family tradition of being an American….
To my fellow NUTmeggers (thanks for that Mona Lisa!):
Mona Lisa–I get next dibs on the gun.
Ripley–This must have something to do with tax write offs for the Darien/Westport crowd. I wonder if they all still have mad money these days. Hope not.
Aussie Blue Sky– I love the name of your book!!! Joe is now kissing Obama’s rear end. Senator LIEberman must have dementia or something. He used to be a good guy.
Where do you all live? I live in Clinton and grew up in Madison. My son is up in Storrs attending UCONN and getting high on cow manure fumes.
GOD!!! Mathews just showed that clip of Rush jumping around and chanting his own name again. I wish someone would destroy that tape once and for all. Also just noticed how tiny his hands are–just sayin’.
Oh no! Say it aint so.
I can see Connecticut from my house………
Will someone for gawd’s sake take away the gun from the CT crowd!
I seem to remember a passage from the play “Auntie Mame” where she rails at her nephew for becoming boring and conventional, and accuses him of wanting to be “an Aryan from Darian”. That play was written back in the late 40′s, but sounds like it’s still pretty accurate!
karin in ct (14:45:58) :
Also just noticed how tiny his hands are–just sayin’.
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hehehe
Does Liebermann live in Darien ??
@ Frank in LI, NY
Haha! Sure, you can see us from your house, but YOUR state wasn’t the first one to begin raising money for the pin-head to run for president. I’ve been in state of complete dismay all day. I fear that if I don’t stop shaking my head, it may become a permanent disorder.
@Mag the Mick (14:49:47) :
Hm, I must have missed that line when our high school just did the play. Of course at the fime I wasn’t listening for any references to Connecticut!
@austin
Joe lives in Stamford, which is very close to Darien. He has to live in metro area so he can walk to his synagogue on Saturday.
MonaLisa (in CT) (14:13:42) :
*takes gun from Ripley’s cold, lifeless fingers*
(*Ka-POW!*)
*thud*
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I laughed out loud at this!!! Oi… what are we gonna do…..
My family origins are all New England… came over on the freaking Mayflower! I’d hate to move…..
And Karin, I also attended UCONN and played in the barns all day long!!! BS in Animal Science!
Karin,
It would take us five years to scrape up 3 grand.
its not that his hands are small….just the rest of him so BIGGER! And didn’t stop his attraction to his PILLS
Oh and PS to Karin…. I live in a little town about 20 minutes north of the “the biggest casino in the WOOooooooooooRRRRRRRrrrrrrllllD.
Ripley – been there ??
austintx: are you kidding? Is Austin in Texas?
$3,000. Big deal Streitz. That’s almost enough to buy her pantyhose. Better get that fundraising thing going ’cause Todd needs a new pair of boxers.
PO ignored her through the campaign and she should have noticed this. He knows that there is no satisfaction in engaging in a war of words with the unarmed.
@Ripley
I live in a little town about 20 minutes north of the “the biggest casino in the WOOooooooooooRRRRRRRrrrrrrllllD.”
Such a joke. Have you read “Without Reservation”?
Cool about you going to UCONN too! My son doesn’t spend any time in the barns though. He’s very involved in the USG (undergraduate student government) and playing killer intramural basketball.
@ Frank
Guess you don’t live in the Hamptons:(
I hate to say it but I’m not real sure our country is smart enough to not elect her
Trini – That is my new favorite quote! Did you come up with that just now?
“there is no satisfaction in engaging in a war of words with the unarmed.”
I am SO going to use this!
Oh New England! Can we make a song like “Oh Canada!”?
Or how about we wag the moose and “Blame Connecticut”?
Time for some serious campfire songs.
editorial on Huffington Post said Rush thinks Sarah is his ‘SPIRITUAL BRIDE’. OMG!!!! And in another article about Sulaman , (with the 8 babies) people are comparing her to Sarah, another Miss photo op, media idiot.
This still scares me! How could this stupid, ignorant, nutjob, etc, etc, have been chosen for the VP candidate? It didn’t make sense, but it happened.
So, this worries me anyway, even though logic tells me otherwise…especially when the limbaugh followers, and all the crazy followers of other celebrity conservative, political figures plan to form a coalition and take back the White House under ANY means!
So, this worries me anyway, even though logic tells me otherwise…especially when the limbaugh followers, and all the crazy followers of other celebrity conservative, political figures plan to form a coalition and take back the White House under ANY means!
Whaddya mean “when”?
No, we won’t let them do that.
People should stop being afraid and stand up to these people. Here’s one suggestion: focus on the young girls. A lot of them idolize Sarah. We have to make an alternative for them before they are of voting age in 2012 and 2016.
Don’t write off the tweener girls — they are the most marketed-to group of people in the country, just ask Marjorie Dannenfelser, creator of the Team Sarah Sarahjugend.
Lainey – Dobson picked her……..told McCain that would be the only way that he ( Dobson ) would rally the troops. No jokin’.
Nutmeggers, please, put the firearms away. Someone could get their eye put out!
@Trini– You beat me to it. $3,000 could almost cover a stylist for a day or two, and you know, it’ll probably cost more in 2012 than it did when she was younger. Four more years of that harsh Wasilla climate is going to take its toll. Moisturize, Sarah, moisturize!!
OhCrap – you are right about tweener girls – been to big mall lately ?? or two words “Hannah Montana”
wired differently – boatloads of stress don’t help the wrinkles either……..and don’t forget those 2 cycle fumes to go along with that cold air…….
@OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin——–
I heard different Repugs (on TV panel news shows) stating that they NEED to form a coalition…like getting all the limbaugh fans (fanatics) to join the palin fans to join the huckabee fans to join the steele fans, etc…mob mentality/power in numbers. BUT, you’re right…we won’t let that happen…we can’t let that happen. Good point re: focus.
@austintx———-
aaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh
That Frank Schaeffer guy warned that ‘they’, (the conservative, religious right-wing whacko’s) will vote for ANY one of their own to lead and have power…regardless of qualifications or experience or benefits to the United States.
We need to start an ANTI-religious movement in politics…the two things just don’t belong together. Nothing against religion at all, but not in government is what I believe and all I’m saying. ;D
womanwithsardinecan (16:21:07) :
Oh New England! Can we make a song like “Oh Canada!”?
Or how about we wag the moose and “Blame Connecticut”?
Time for some serious campfire songs.
This is what had me shaking my head about all day long!
I hang my head for my native soil. *sigh* Understand something about Waterbury. Located in the dead center of the state, it’s the anchor city for what is called “The Valley Area.” This is a depressed post industrial town with healthy crime rates and a nightmarish school system. The population works in service, blue-collar, and corporate support type jobs. THis does not imply a smear; rather, in my experience, I have found minds to be… less ope there than in other areas of the state. It’s right near Meriden, and the area used to be the home of a Grand Dragon Vizier-KKK type, or so the story goes. If there were a place in proudly New England/liberal Connecticut that would be home to the kind of nutbars that would support GINO, it would be there.
I grew up closer to New York City, in various Fairfield County towns.
@Lainey
Do not worry. Obama is taking care of that Bush error.
I’ll try not to worry, karin in ct. eeeeekkkk…sorry, one slipped out.
I hear you Lavender. For such an “affluent” state there are armpit areas galore here in CT, Waterbury being one of them.
As much as I appreciate the plight of native Alaskans, I prefer to help people right here in my own state. And AKM, NO offense for your efforts!
Guess the point being is that we need to help our neighbors–whomever we consider them to be…
Could we send the committee a supply of “Where’s Sarah” buttons till they get their own? They probably want some freebees to pass out to supporters and volunteers.
However scary I find the prospect of her escaping from Alaska into the rest of the US (just look what happened when Texas let Bush out of the insane asylum)
I just don’t think she can keep from sabotaging her self.
She can’t keep her mouth shut.
She is not a team player.
She climbs over other people’s bodies after she has stabbed them in the back.
She does not do her homework.
Her intelect is at best skin deep, and she’s OK with that.
She is not a good listener.
She does not get it, that disrespecting other people’s religious values is insulting and ticks them off no end.
She does not get it, that other people are as sincere in their beliefs and values as she is and that they resent her bad mouthing them and their beliefs.
Once she gets beyond her dozen of so talking points, Sarah really has nothing to say.
I don’t think even Karl Rove could get control of her or keep control of her for long enough to keep her from self destructing.
The longer she shows what she is made of the better.
However, we must never take our eyes off her. People like her and Bush are very dangerous when they have power.
Lainey
Check out
http://www.au.org/site/PageServer
Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Its not an anti-religion or anti-faith sight. Just a group that believes as our founding fathers did that the two don’t mix well.
There are few things more different than faith in a spirit God and a bureaucracy.
Historically, when combined they have caused enormous suffering and destruction.
Lainey – I heard different Repugs (on TV panel news shows) stating that they NEED to form a coalition…
What Frank didn’t mention (I know, I came out of the exact same millieu growing up, just on a smaller scale) is that their little experiment was almost over and practically imploded last year with the Palin pick.
I said somewhere else – I’ll be laughing at all the Southern Baptist Convention males who can’t even bring themselves to warm up to female pastors, having to choose between the woman, the Indian Catholic who changed his name, and the Mormon.
If it’s anything these people are good at, it’s circular firing squad over dogma.
They put those dogmatic squabbles aside for the past 30 years, to hate on the gays, abortion, and The Libs. Next they’ll have “the socialists”….it’s always something with these people.
But history is on our side, not theirs. It’s why they run around angry, clinging to their Bibles and guns all day…
They, the Palinoids, Jindalites, and other fundofascists are afraid of us — deathly afraid. So afaic, let them try yet another one of their little “coalition” experiments like they did with the failed Moral Majority and Christian Coalition.
We do not have to fear them, not one bit. It’s why they HATE us. Freaks.
i thought she named her daughter bristol after bristol bay alaska. i know i read that somewhere
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/138963
The nasty is back and it’s asking for Democratic ‘volunteers” for the future Truth Squad. Get yourself nominated or apply, and you too can join Team Scarah.
Drew from little ol Texas and Lainey—
I get worried too, sometimes. I am surrounded by McCain/Palin bumper stickers (still) and by Palin 2012 stickers (2 different versions!!). I am in the middle of the Bible belt. Lots of people around here are “religious” like GINO. I’m near Georgie & Laura (eeekk).
I’m glad to hear you folks from the blue states sound so sure. It makes me feel good. Not kidding!
austintx has it easy. (Austin is blue) The rest of us are living near rushes and sarahs…….
”’help save us from the attach of the rushes and sarahs””
I don’t blog very much but I read all of your great wisdoms and laughs! BUT I think it is a waste of time and money to even think about GINO as a candidate in the coming years when we are going to be hurting still from all that is happening in the world. She is poison in the system. God help us all!
Want a real hoot….Palin/Jindal….two of the worst speakers in the free world.
What a ticket of entertainment that will be.
@TX Lisa
I wouldn’t last in the Bible belt…the ‘law’ would be after me for unorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
And it’s going to take a lot of ‘organizing’ and hard work to keep palin (and crazies like her) off the national stage…she caught us off guard the first time, but we’re ready this time for anything & anybody ‘they’ have to throw at us. I’m doing this for my grandkids! palin can talk about mother bear all she wants… she ain’t seen nothing yet!
God will help me, too. HE knows the sincere from the hypocrites.
@OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
But history is on our side, not theirs. It’s why they run around angry, clinging to their Bibles and guns all day…
They, the Palinoids, Jindalites, and other fundofascists are afraid of us — deathly afraid.
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Good points! I say ‘be very afraid’. We are all tired and disgusted with their unreasonable & childish challenges. The way they’re going, they will destroy themselves…good enough for me.
TX Lisa – Funny thing – yesterday morning I was taking my 15 yr. old to school and right in front of us on the bumper of a car were a – McCain/Palin , Drill here-Drill now , AND one of those little “fish” thingey’s……….as we passed the car and my son looked at the guy he said “………funny how those creationists look so unevolved”. I almost ran up on the curb I was laughing so hard !!
It might make good tactical sense for the GOP to offer her up as a sacrifice in ’12 and save their more coherent prospects for ’16. She’d never know the difference, her failure would energize the base (and they are base indeed), and they’d have all the publicity about getting smarter for ’16, because just about anything short of Francis the Talking Mule would look better by contrast.
The Connecticut group was not the first to file for Sarah with the FEC. I blogged about this on January 27, 2009 – the filing was there, image posted, and then 3 days later it was gone.
http://threebrain.blogspot.com/2009/01/off-with-gloves.html
and
http://threebrain.blogspot.com/2009/01/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont.html
Look at the problems we have now. Obama, as much as I love him, has his very capable hands more than full. How could Palin possibly execute the job of President of the United States?
Isn’t is just a joke even to say it?
Geneve, you are correct. I too think that if Obama is doing well, and people are still pretty broke, how could anyone raise money for a lost cause? Except of course, radical fundies will give their last dime to any charlatan preacher, so why not her?
OH CRAP, you are too funny!!!
I said somewhere else – I’ll be laughing at all the Southern Baptist Convention males who can’t even bring themselves to warm up to female pastors, having to choose between the woman, the Indian Catholic who changed his name, and the Mormon.
Lilybart – The woman with a witch doctor no less…….
Lilybart,
I hadn’t even thought of that but how true that is. The GOP needs to start looking elsewhere for the next Reagan if they want ounce of a chance in 2012.
lol – I am from CT and I AM NOT AMUSED…………..
Since the election I visit the site often – but don’t normally respond. But to think that CT (the little blue state) has enough morons to raise 3 grand is frightening. This is gonna be a long 4 years. Maybe she can choose Rush as her running mate. Now that would be a SNL dream……
Keep up the good work!
@TXChick4Obama (16:17:55)
Use away to your great delight! The phrase has been kicking around in one form or another for sometime. Either that, or I’ve been saying it for a long time. Don’t know which.
’round here, it’s phrased, “I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.”
I find it interesting that this group is holding onto their money until she decides, then it sounds like they still maintain the fund. SaraPAC might see more of these groups forming, 4 years is a long time to place a bet on a winning horse, especially in politics. Maybe her supporters need a little more security behind their money than SarahPAC has to offer.
…just came across this at http://tinyurl.com/bw67dd (race2008.com)
bob Says:
March 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Now here is what has been happening recently: For somebody who trolls or opponents consider ‘damaged beyond repair’ Sarah Palin:
1) finished first in the CNN poll 10 days ago for GOP nomination for 2012
2)is currently running away with vote in ‘Who is the leader of the Republican Party?
-now sitting at 37% and Rush Limbaugh at 28%
3) and currently leading another poll at shotsonthehouse.com
Who are your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for the Republican Nod in 2012?
Sarah Palin (52%) 285 votes
Bobby Jindal (37%)201
Mitt Romney (36%) 195
Newt Gingrich (21%) 112
Mike Huckabee (18%)97
NB: The polls at Hot Air and shotsonthehouse.com are still open so I would invite everybody to go over and register your votes.
Well, CT has it’s share of whack-jobs too. I live in central Pa and once in awhile you see a McCain-Palin sticker on a car, but not too often. I also see the occasional W 2004 sticker – it’s the same people, basically. Sarah’s followers are hard-core Christian Fundamentalists, some of them “End of Days” types, from what I can tell.
Well, perhaps the majority of Sarah’s followers are “End of Days” Christians. I think so, but I know the majority of Christians are not this extreme.