Comments on: The Sarah Palin Rorschach Test

By: james r.

james r. — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:30:39 +0000

Since,the ‘chosen one’s’ election our media has put the greatest of effort! & energy defining Gov. Sarah Palin in the most inhuman, & negative terms. Perhaps next year?,when america views their sons,& daughters marched off to die in a confrontation with a nuclear armed! Pakistan, lead by our fearless leader the untested one,or just maybe when?,our are troops still in Iraq as trainers?, get attacked! by a suicide bomber, they won’t be ‘dead!’,because Obama the man who ‘campaigned’ for 20 months telling the sheeple of america he would end the war,but privately, & so secretly1 promised Iraqi officials hw would maintain US troops levels,do you think???, our media might attempt to define Obama for what he is??, did you say no!…,then your right.

By: Marc Malone

Marc Malone — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:31:01 +0000

#118 Javelin – Yes, McCain chose her for her anti-earmarks stance, among other reasons. As Mayor, she sought earmarks for public inffrastructure projects. These were not spurious projects put into place to enrich her buddies. They went to solid projects, like roads and such.

Alaska got so many earmarks, because it is a huge State with a small population. In order to exploit the resources and develop the land, they need outside capital infusion. Yes, she built a hockey rink, among other things. I lived in AK for a year. Guess what? It’s not frozen all the time. Really. I believe she used a bond issue to bild it. That has to be directly voted in by the people. Seems they went for it. You got a problem with that? These earmarks are what allowed the city to become the fastest growing town in Alaska.

There’s nothing wrong with earmarks in principle, but rather in practice. Not everyone is ethical like Palin. The system gets abused. So, as Governor, she has reduced the number of earmark request dramatically. She’s picking and choosing the requests, and you can bet they won’t be wasted dollars.

Any more questions?

By: jane

jane — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:24:46 +0000

You’re actually somewhat right Javelin. I do see many – not all but many of the Obama supporters as shallow freeloaders who are so emotionally needy that they are looking for a keeper rather than a leader. IMO many Obama supporters remind me of the people who followed Jim Jones.

You seem to have no difficulty insulting the people who do support Palin so why call me on dismissing those who support Obama? You think it acceptable to say this about Palin supporters “your average two bit talk show scum or mindless worshippers of redneck schtick” and yet imply that I must think I’m better than they. At least I’m not the one who got sucked into a mindfog by a guy who only mirrors back whatever his audience wants.

By: John Williams

John Williams — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:29:58 +0000

Kevin 107,
Whether or not I eat meat is immaterial. Most people, in the US and in the World, eat meat. So the most that we can hope for is that the animals are well looked after then killed quickly and cleanly.

That doesn’t happen in hunting. All too often the animals die in terrible agony because most hunters are not good marksmen and rarely produce clean kill shots.

Maybe Sarah Palin is an excellent markswoman, but even the experts don’t kill with every first shot. I used to hunt but What turned me against it was seeing so few hunters ever showing the slightest remorse for the suffering they inflicted. It’s nothing to be admired.

By: Javelin

Javelin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:08:33 +0000

If supporting Palin is the measure of today’s conservatism,, as defined by talk show hosts and big mouths, then count me out. I have never been part of the base, not being either reactionary, stupid or Christian. I live in the real world and want nothing to do with mental midgets and moral hypocrites who gave us W and all the mess his ideologically driven incompetence brought us.
Though I will still vote for McCain, but it’s pandering to the W and Palin loving dimwits of the base that has ruined McCain’s chances!

By: Javelin

Javelin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:51:13 +0000

So Jane, is that how you feel about most of America, I guess this country will never live up to your pristine moral and intellectual standards.

Like I said before, the reactionary dimwits who admire and support W are the same ones who admire and support Palin, they see a fellow small mind but prettier; pure identity politics!

By: jaimeshawn

jaimeshawn — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:53:27 +0000

Love Palin.

Can’t stand the other candidates.

By: jane

jane — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:53:16 +0000

This is the way I see it;
The Obama supporters are basically the lazy shallow reactionary insipid do-nothings who see themselves in Obama, like your average non-productive hateful freeloaders or mindless worshippers of an empty suited unqualified crook out of the Chicago machine.

See how easy it is?

By: Javelin

Javelin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:29:07 +0000

So Peg, are you saying that a person can be judged as good or evil depending on whether they like Palin or not, or Palin is hte measure of all things good in the world? If that is what you mean, then you are truly a small mind of dimmest wattage, a true sap.

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