Thread: Sarah Palin

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Is it a crime for her to look good?

No-one said it was a crime. It is just bad timing considering the state of the economy and thousands of people losing their job.

Remember the fuss about what's-his-name's $200 haircut? No crime, just inappropriate.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Remember the fuss about what's-his-name's $200 haircut?

More like $1250.00 for a haircut!

Originally Posted by panama red

No crime, just inappropriate.

I disagree it's entirely appropriate if it's her job to look good. Which it is.
Sound to me like "sour grapes" seeing that she's doing a great job already.

Originally Posted by Mid

military service equals going to war ?

If the need arises, isn't that what the military does when called on.

Originally Posted by panama hat

^ It is turning into a real circus with them . . . can it get worse? The woman must be punch-drunk by now . . . has anyone actually seen her lately?

Saw her on an interview today.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Is it a crime for her to look good?

No-one said it was a crime. It is just bad timing considering the state of the economy and thousands of people losing their job.

Remember the fuss about what's-his-name's $200 haircut? No crime, just inappropriate.

Do you think the campaign would return that money, if it wasn't spent on her cloths.

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

it's her job to look good

Her job wold be to be the potential president . . . not to look good.

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Sound to me like "sour grapes"

Not at all

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

she's doing a great job already

links, quotes, anything to substantiate this? Yes, she does look good, admittedly

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

More like $1250.00 for a haircut!

Stupid and pathetic . . . did he at least pay for it himself?

Originally Posted by RPETER65

If the need arises, isn't that what the military does when called on.

Yes, but it is not the same

Originally Posted by RPETER65

Saw her on an interview today.

Was she any good, which channel?

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

I disagree it's entirely appropriate if it's her job to look good.

Must have been an ugly bitch before if it took $125.000 to make her look good

I'm confused about this...

do people actually find the old strumpet even remotely attractive?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I'm confused about this...

do people actually find the old strumpet even remotely attractive?

Relatively speaking*, yes.





























*Relative to say a block of festering, mouldy cheese carved to resemble a gargoyle.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

a block of festering, mouldy cheese carved to resemble a gargoyle.

There you go speaking of Jet again . . .

Originally Posted by Bugs

Sure she is not bringing in the far left, but she has helped to bring in the far right.

But wouldn't the far right have voted for him anyway . . . the alternative being the spawn of satan socialist black fella.

Originally Posted by Bugs

Even with all that has happened I think the Palin pick was not a bad move for McCain. This is not to say that I think she was the best pick. But I think she has been more positive for McCain then negative. Sure she is not bringing in the far left, but she has helped to bring in the far right.

I don't quite follow your rationale there; there would have to be a sudden and spectacular drop in the thermal dynamics of Hell before anyone in the far-right would vote for a Democrat - much less a black one - anyway. So what's the point in pandering to them?

Also I can't agree with your assessment, Palin's been nothing short of disastourous for McCain and encapsulates everything that's wrong with his campaign (the negative tactics etc). Other than the expected and predictable boost post-nomination it has unravelled since then as Palin's been shown to be entirely unsuited and unsuitable for the position of VP.

The Palin pick will encourage the religious right to vote rather than sitting this election out.

Biden despite being in the Senate for 30+ years is still a dope and a despicable liar. Those may be qualifications depending on what it is the Democrats wish to achieve.

The previously lauded 'Pitbull in lipstick' is rapidly becoming an albatross around McCain's neck. In the midst of a severe economic crisis:

Republican party spent $150,000 on Palin's wardrobe

You hear it on the campaign trail everywhere, but now a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll appears to confirm it. No longer a net asset to the Republican ticket, Sarah Palin may in fact be weighing John McCain down.

Those voters crucial to the final outcome n the undecideds and independents - don't quite like her, think her selection was cynical and political and cannot imagine her ever being president. And to make matters worse, details emerged yesterday of the Republican Party splurging $150,000 (NZD$253,000) since Mrs Palin became Mr McCain's running-mate to revamp her wardrobe.

Lipstick and Armani on a hockey mum sounds fine, but at that kind of cost? After "troopergate" in Alaska, another mini-scandal attached to Mrs Palin is not what is needed. The Republican Party did not dispute the wardrobe findings of the US website Politico, moreover.

By perusing the campaign's financial disclosures for September, the site found that Mrs Palin's fashion expenditure included almost $50,000 doled out at branches of Saks Fifth Avenue in St Louis and New York, as well as more than $75,000 on clothes at high-end Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, the host city for the Republican Convention. "With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses," said a Palin spokeswoman, Tracey Schmitt. "It was always the intent that the clothing goes to a charitable purpose after the campaign.

"Ms Palin, of course, has attracted a lot of favourable comment for her dress sense. It has certainly helped her get into the pages of magazines such as People. But questions may be asked whether, in purchasing so many fancy outfits for her - for husband Todd and possibly even for Trig the baby - the campaign may have violated federal election laws governing the use of campaign cash for gifts.

Her surprise arrival on the Republican ticket at the end of August initially electrified the Republican base and gave what might have been a dour party convention in Minneapolis-St Paul a shot of adrenalin. That was a good thing, but the question was always this: would she tear independents and former Hillary Clinton supporters away from Barack Obama?

The latest NBC poll is shocking because for the first time, Mrs Palin is seen with a net negative favourability rating among voters, while a majority - 55 per cent n said she would not be qualified to serve as president should anything happen to the anything-but-youthful Senator McCain.

Indeed, questions about her qualifications emerged in the NBC poll as the biggest single concern voters have about the McCain ticket.

"What's their problem?" an exasperated Mr McCain asked after hearing on the Don Imus radio show that even some Republicans disapprove of his running-mate. "She's the most qualified of anyone recently who has run for vice-president, to tell you the truth ... I'm frankly entertained at the elitist attitude towards a person who is a proven leader.

"The NBC poll also put Mr McCain behind by 10 points nationally among registered voters. However, private concerns in the Obama camp that the race may be tightening appeared to be backed by a new Associated Press poll that separated the two candidates by a mere one percentage point. Mr Obama was on 44 per cent to Mr McCain's 43 among likely voters.

Mrs Palin, with her folksy, attack-dog stumping style, continues to draw large crowds and her growing number of interviews shows she has freed herself from the protective cocoon that was spun around her in the weeks straight after her nomination.

But exposure brings new perils for Mrs Palin, who was back in gaffe territory yesterday after responding to an eight-year-old on a Colorado television station asking what it is exactly that a vice-president does. Not for the first time, she responded that the Veep runs the US Senate, which is more overblown than the federal deficit. A vice-president is on hand to break a tie-break vote in the Senate, but that is all.

The kid was called Brandon and in answering him about the Veep's duties, the Governor really rammed the mistake home. "They're in charge of the United States Senate, so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.

"And on CNN on Tuesday, Mrs Palin had to apologise for implying on the trail that some parts of the US are more "American" than others. "We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation," she had told a crowd (in a small town) in North Carolina last week.

Asked if that wasn't a bit offensive to those "other parts" of the country, she told CNN: "If that's the way it has come across, I apologise."
- INDEPENDENT

Republican party spent $253,000 on Palin's wardrobe - 23 Oct 2008 - NZ Herald: International and World News

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I'm confused about this...

do people actually find the old strumpet even remotely attractive?

In a weird kinda MILF way - kinda. But she would have to promise not to speak. About anything.

By bringing in the far right I did not mean to imply they were going to vote for Obama - but I think qutie a few of them would have simply stayed home. Now I don't think there will be many of them skipping this vote - and I think Palin has alot to do with that.

Originally Posted by Bugs

By bringing in the far right I did not mean to imply they were going to vote for Obama - but I think qutie a few of them would have simply stayed home. Now I don't think there will be many of them skipping this vote - and I think Palin has alot to do with that.

I agree with what I've read.

Palin alienated a lot of moderate, "fiscal" and "corporate Republicans."

There are a few reasons for the coming McCain loss.

Picking Palin is one of the top reasons, IMO.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Republican party spent $150,000 on Palin's wardrobe

You hear it on the campaign trail everywhere, but now a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll appears to confirm it. No longer a net asset to the Republican ticket, Sarah Palin may in fact be weighing John McCain down.

Those voters crucial to the final outcome n the undecideds and independents - don't quite like her, think her selection was cynical and political and cannot imagine her ever being president. And to make matters worse, details emerged yesterday of the Republican Party splurging $150,000 (NZD$253,000) since Mrs Palin became Mr McCain's running-mate to revamp her wardrobe.

Lipstick and Armani on a hockey mum sounds fine, but at that kind of cost? After "troopergate" in Alaska, another mini-scandal attached to Mrs Palin is not what is needed. The Republican Party did not dispute the wardrobe findings of the US website Politico, moreover.

By perusing the campaign's financial disclosures for September, the site found that Mrs Palin's fashion expenditure included almost $50,000 doled out at branches of Saks Fifth Avenue in St Louis and New York, as well as more than $75,000 on clothes at high-end Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, the host city for the Republican Convention. "With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses," said a Palin spokeswoman, Tracey Schmitt. "It was always the intent that the clothing goes to a charitable purpose after the campaign.

So she must stay within the image the left wishes. She must attend meetings with the President of France dressed in the clothes she purchased in Wasilia, Alaska.

This sounds like more Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals strategy. Define your enemy and then attack the traits you ascribe to them. I got to remember this Alinsky stuff and use it too. I bet Rove has read Alinsky. I know Obama has mentioned Alinsky. I'm sure Clinton has read Alinsky. Alinsky's non-profit organization offered Hillary Clinton a job when she graduated.

Could BO walk a mile in Sara's shoes?

I doubt it...

Anything to nitpick. I'm waiting for the stories that BO would usually only pay a buck for a buzzcut but his barber gives it free for a campaign donation. Another piece of lefty press jabberwocky.

Heh, that pic should go with the hick videos.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Well, if I can get my absentee ballot in on time - thinking of voting Democrat!

you have been bitching about the election for months and you haven't even sorted out your absentee vote?
Jet would give a lung for a change to vote.

Sarah Palin: Not fit to serve

Originally Posted by flash

Jet would give a lung for a change to vote.

We can hope she gives both . . .