Sarah Palin?

Palin's only shot was that she was able to spew the right-wing spin on things regardless of what's right or wrong, true or false. Her dedication to feces-laced spin usually bent toward fear, hatred and war is really all she has and the reason she was embraced by the neocons. A very good dumb-as-rocks, zero-conscience puppet.

I remember people were saying things like "She must have really scared the democrats to have them so upset... there must be some validity to her." But I think really people were just in shock that an obvious mentally retarded female chimp in a red dress would be walked on stage and sold to the public as a viable candidate. I think that blew everyone's mind... followed by the horror of how many people bought into that chimp.

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Fascinating and information worthy of it's own thread. Seriously, there are claims made I was unaware of but no links provided for me to confirm. Unfortunately, this thread is about "The Enigma from Wasilla" and I am often accused of derailing so I'd prefer to remain on topic.

ON TOPIC:

I continue to believe she is not qualified for POTUS since her bra size is larger than her IQ. Funny if you stop and think that if Ms. Palin is so worthy of all the respect and adoration, shouldn't she be Vice President right now? Did she somehow transform into the savior of the Republican party as a result of bailing on her elected position as a half term Governor and penning her books or reality TV Show? She has had ample time to brush up on world politics and economics while cruising around signing books on the Tea Party Express bus and writing talking points on her hand.

I suppose I just don't get her mass appeal. But if somehow she got a brain transplant between now and 2012, I might offer her my consideration.

Regards....kk

reply to post by kinda kurious


I was thinking about threading it on its own when I looked for a thread to link to and found none.

We can derail this thing together, or move it over to the new thread once i feel like expanding it a little bit more

I look forward to more debate the closer we get to Nov 2012! Many people here take the debates as insults (as we can see throughout this thread), I might lean right, but I try to stay intellectually honest, as I can tell you do too.

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YouDidntSeeMe

What I find incredible is the basic premise that Palin is stupid.
Obama smart, Palin stupid.

Who says Obama is any smarter than a box of turnips?

Why can't people just be honest and say, "I hate Sarah Palin because she might end the socialist meal-ticket I'm currently getting".

C'mon folks! Be honest. Palin might bring about smaller government. She might have to bring about personal responsibility.

OMG! PALIN MIGHT MAKE ME WORK? BETTER CALL HER STEWPID!

Just because political ideologies differ, do the members of ATS have to stoop to the level of the MSM?

Debate the issues. Unless you proctored her IQ test NO-ONE has the ability to determine her intelligence. Unless you are all magic and can divine her IQ.

Anyone who is educated will tell you the same thing. She is simply a media face and is not to be taken seriously. In fact, most candidates should be ignored. They have big business at heart, no grasp of the constitution, want constant war and protect the major interests far ahead of the peoples. We need someone to dismantle the machine instead of maintaining or, like past presidents, building upon it. Things have to change for real, otherwise the next hundred years or so is going to be one miserable descent into poverty and control that would make Orwell vomit.

Both the left and right won't question their candidates unfortunately. Just look at this thread, arguments over her vs. Obama! They ARE BOTH FREAKING TERRIBLE. CUT THE CRAP AND DISCUSS THE REAL ISSUES LIKE OUR LACK OF FREEDOM, UNJUST WARS AND OCCUPATION, BODY SCANNERS, PRIVATE PRISONS AND LOBBYISTS E.C.T

Originally posted by beezzer
What I find incredible is the basic premise that Palin is stupid.
Obama smart, Palin stupid.

Since YOU raise the point, let's review shall we?

Sarah Palin:

1987 BS Degree / Journalism

Barrack Obama:

1981–1983 Columbia University New York, New York
Political science major with international relations focus B.A.

1988–1991 Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts J.D. magna cum laude
President, Harvard Law Review

SOURCE

If I were you, I wouldn't "Go There"

I question the intelligence of anyone who thinks Sara Palin is a viable candidate. She has little experience leading people. She's a talking head - that's all.

Originally posted by kinda kurious

Originally posted by beezzer
What I find incredible is the basic premise that Palin is stupid.
Obama smart, Palin stupid.

Since YOU raise the point, let's review shall we?

Sarah Palin:

1987 BS Degree / Journalism

Barrack Obama:

1981–1983 Columbia University New York, New York
Political science major with international relations focus B.A.

1988–1991 Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts J.D. magna cum laude
President, Harvard Law Review

SOURCE

If I were you, I wouldn't "Go There"

edit on 13-2-2011 by kinda kurious because: condensed

edit on 13-2-2011 by kinda kurious because: clarity

I went there.

Obama has said a lot of stupid things lately. Here's a list of some other stupid things he's said that aren't getting much press coverage:

* "Bush doesn't care about China because it's full of black people."

* "We don't have to worry about the cost of my federal programs because at my last visit to Long John Silver's I got a map to pirate treasure."

* "I'm running for mayor of the U.S.!"

* "Countries in the Middle East don't like the Jews since they took for themselves the largest country."

* "My favorite type of pie is devil's food."

* "My grandfather was a ninja turtle."

* "My middle name will help me in foreign affairs because it will make other countries think I have a bushy mustache."

* "Ow! Fire hot!"

* "I do."

People also reportedly thought they heard Obama misidentify Minneapolis as a state, but he actually said nothing stupid at that time. He was just misheard since his head was stuck in a bucket.

www.imao.us...

"We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you're providing a good product or providing good service. We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy." —on Wall Street reform, Quincy, Ill., April 29, 2010

"One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world -- Navy Corpse-Man Christian Brossard." –mispronouncing "Corpsman" (the "ps" is silent) during a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2010 (The Corpsman's name is also Christopher, not Christian)

"The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries." --Tampa, Fla., Jan. 28, 2010

"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009

"The Cambridge police acted stupidly." —commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at a news conference, July 22, 2009

"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009

"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." --confusing German for "Austrian," a language which does not exist, Strasbourg, France, April 6, 2009

"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." --making an off-hand joke during an appearance on "The Tonight Show", March 19, 2009 (Obama later called the head of the Special Olympics to apologize)

"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." --after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2008 (Obama later called Nancy Reagan to apologize)

"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." -- defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama's policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008

"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." --in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying "your Christian faith," which Obama quickly clarified (Watch video clip)

"I'm here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis." --speaking via satellite to the Democratic National Convention, while in Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 25, 2008

"Let me introduce to you the next President -- the next Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden." --slipping up while introducing Joe Biden at their first joint campaign rally, Springfield, Illinois, Aug. 23, 2008

"Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee -- which is my committee -- a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon." --referring to a committee he is not on, Sderot, Israel, July 23, 2008

"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." --Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008

"How's it going, Sunshine?" --campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."

"Hold on one second, sweetie, we're going to do -- we'll do a press avail." --to a female reporter for ABC's Detroit affiliate who asked about his plan to help American autoworkers (Watch video clip)

"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon (Watch video clip)

"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" --after being asked a foreign policy question by a reporter while visiting a diner in Pennsylvania

"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." --explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters

"The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society."

"Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions." --exasperated by reporters after a news conference

"You're likeable enough, Hillary." --during a Democratic debate

"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people

politicalhumor.about.com...

Yup. Pure geenius!

reply to post by beezzer


Thanks for your reply. I've wasted no time in reading it.

This thread is about Sarah Palin's credentials or lack thereof to serve as POTUS. Nice try to derail though.

Originally posted by kinda kurious
reply to post by beezzer

 

Thanks for your reply. I've wasted no time in reading it.

This thread is about Sarah Palin's credentials or lack thereof to serve as POTUS. Nice try to derail though.

edit on 13-2-2011 by kinda kurious because: (no reason given)

I've just illustrated what a seated presidents "pronouncements" were. Ignore me? Fine. Ignore the issues? Then you have the problem, sir, not I.

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Not ignoring the issues sir just following ATS T&C. I've had many posts removed "Off Topic" and don't want to waste my time typing to have things go missing. I like it here and don't care to lose posting privileges.

But if you'd like to start a new thread, I'd be happy to chirp in.

Originally posted by kinda kurious
reply to post by beezzer

 

Not ignoring the issues sir just following ATS T&C. I've had many posts removed "Off Topic" and don't want to waste my time typing to have things go missing. I like it here and don't care to lose posting privileges.

But if you'd like to start a new thread, I'd be happy to chirp in.

edit on 13-2-2011 by kinda kurious because: (no reason given)

I might.

But since you provided Obama's college history as a reference to Palin's, I thought it pertinent to the debate.

Originally posted by beezzer
But since you provided Obama's college history as a reference to Palin's, I thought it pertinent to the debate.

Hmmmmmm. I wonder how we ended up there?

Originally posted by beezzer
What I find incredible is the basic premise that Palin is stupid.
Obama smart, Palin stupid.

Let's just say that I think of Palin the way you think of olives.

reply to post by beezzer

"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon

That was one of my favorites. I think what he meant was; he had been to 50 states in 7 different states of mind and only has one bottle of scotch left.

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She is no less qualified as the current POTUS. I would not support her as President because I don't think she is a serious person, in the same way I would not support Ron Paul because I don't believe he is a serious person either.

1/2 term as Governor of Alaska is insufficient experience. A bunch of years tossing spiff to unions and ethnic minorities coupled with two years as US Senator is as insufficient, as the results of the past two years have shown.

I would certainly hope that after this folly with a lightweight, the voters of the US will actually elect someone who has demonstrated competence as an executive, either within the government or private sector. That certainly no guarantee of leadership however, as demonstrated by the complete failure, Jimmy Carter who did have executive experience.

She would be a terrible candidate, either for President or Vice President. She is over exposed, that tired, home spun BS is very old and at the end of the day, I don't think folks would take comfort the thought of her sitting across the table from Putin. Putin would be laughing, as would Ho were Palin or Paul to get elected. The international community would rip the bark off of both of them.

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I agree with ya. I'm sick of hearing about her to be honest and she has no experience, which is actually why I posted the question. Why do they even bother talking about her running It's a joke.

I agree - we need someone with experience as an executive to fill the -executive- office of the national government. I would prefer it to be someone with primarily private sector experience over being brought up in the culture of government (the military has shown me that people who have nothing but military/agency experience tend to be some of the worst in leadership positions).

Palin doesn't have that experience. About the only thing she is good for is endorsing a valid candidate as those who like her will appreciate her endorsement, and those who don't will just wish she'd shut up (like they already do).

Leaked Palin College Algebra Test:

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I kid.