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Sarah the Diva, Looking Past John the Runner-Up
Wash Post ^ | 10/27/08 | Dana Milbank

Posted on 10/27/2008 8:46:35 PM PDT by pissant

Add this to the Republicans' lessons learned in 2008: One man's maverick is another man's diva.

John McCain thought he was being clever picking a fellow maverick to be his running mate. The problem with mavericks, however, is that they don't follow instructions. Pretty soon they go rogue and before you know it you've got a full-fledged diva on your hands.

When Sarah Palin, looking sharp in a black suit that could have come from Neiman Marcus, took the stage at a campaign rally in Leesburg yesterday, it didn't take long for roguish elements to creep into her speech.

She was introduced by a construction company owner, Tito Munoz, whose name is common among Hispanics but not to the governor of Alaska. "I'll tell you, Tito," Palin said, "not since the Jackson Five has the name Tito been used so often."

The Diva then introduced the Dude. "Someone I'd like you to meet, and that is my husband, Alaska's 'first dude,' Todd Palin," she said. When the crowd answered with chants of "Duuuuude! Duuuuude!" she added: "It's about time we had a dude in the White House."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: danamilbank; hystericalmedia; mccain; palin
The only Diva in this equation are the effeminate MSM types with names like Dana, Pinchy, Maureen, and Anderson.
1 posted on 10/27/2008 8:46:35 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Winning this will only make the Lefist meltdown all the better


2 posted on 10/27/2008 8:48:55 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: pissant

Winning this will only make the Lefist meltdown all the better


3 posted on 10/27/2008 8:48:57 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: pissant

I see our dear little Dana received his talking points fax this evening.


4 posted on 10/27/2008 8:49:38 PM PDT by manapua
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To: pissant

This is an article that speaks more of scrappleface than the Washington Post.... I swear this has gone from sad to bad to pathetic..


5 posted on 10/27/2008 8:51:11 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: pissant

GO ROGUE SARAH! GO ROGUE! The new buzz word for truth in the liberal play book is ROGUE.


6 posted on 10/27/2008 8:53:20 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: manapua

Amazing how the maggots echo each other. This is obvious non-sense and a distraction from Obama outing himself as a Marxist-Leninist.


7 posted on 10/27/2008 8:54:07 PM PDT by Moorka
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To: teletech

I wish she would go commando and talk about that racist wright!!


8 posted on 10/27/2008 8:54:16 PM PDT by italianquaker (Fake polls do not equal real votes(as one freeper put it))
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To: pissant
A BARF alert would have helped me from “revisiting” my dinner...

What a condescending prig Dana Millbank is....

9 posted on 10/27/2008 8:54:41 PM PDT by NYC_BULLMOOSE ("extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" -- BG)
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To: pissant

So let’s see, Gov. Palin is no longer the country bumpkin who’s in over her head but rather the cunning, street smart politician who is wisely plotting her next political move.

It’s funny how that happens.


10 posted on 10/27/2008 8:54:47 PM PDT by Harry Wurzbach (Joe The Plumber & Rep. Thaddeus McCotter are my heroes.)
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To: pissant

Out of all the wretched beltway columnists who have been slandering Governor Palin, I guess I find Dana Milbank to be the most despicable. And that’s no mean feat!


11 posted on 10/27/2008 8:54:48 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: pissant

Yes, I find this article an interesting psychological study. A man named Dana spends two thousand words or so railing about an imaginary slight by Palin, who he thinks is making fun of people’s first names. He seems to be lashing out at everyone from childhood on who’s made fun of his first name. He should watch some old Dana Andrews and Stuart Smalley movies and spend some quality life-affirming time healing his self-esteem. Sarah and me just want you to feel good about yourself Dana. No hard feelings.


12 posted on 10/27/2008 8:55:14 PM PDT by purplelobster
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To: pissant

I so look forward to the day when hacks like Mr. Milbank find themselves standing unshaven and dressed in rags standing in the soup line, because nobody pays attention to them anymore.

What exactly is the point he’s trying to make in this?


13 posted on 10/27/2008 8:55:19 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (I've got the fevah! McCain/Palin 2008!!! I AM JOE! I'll bet you are, too!)
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To: pissant

God I can’t wait to see all these elitist asshats with egg on their faces come November 5th.


14 posted on 10/27/2008 8:55:48 PM PDT by TheZMan (Admin Moderator, "No. We dumped it because it was stupid.")
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To: Arizona Carolyn
This is an article that speaks more of scrappleface than the Washington Post.... I swear this has gone from sad to bad to pathetic..

Hey this is Dana "Mountebank." He is a total Lefty shill. I can't believe how nice Laura Ingraham is to him when he shows up on her show.

15 posted on 10/27/2008 8:55:59 PM PDT by Lysandru
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Amazing how everything fits exactly into the pretend narrative that Obama has won already. It is like all the articles were written 2 months ago and scheduled to drop en mass on selected dates, regardless of the actual circumstances.


16 posted on 10/27/2008 8:56:01 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: italianquaker

I only got halfway through your sentence...

...OK, I’m going to stop now.


17 posted on 10/27/2008 8:56:11 PM PDT by RockinRight (Obama who?)
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To: Harry Wurzbach

It’s like Bush. He was 2 IQ points above an imbecile, until he became Machiavelli and conned the country into two wars and 3 major tax cuts.


18 posted on 10/27/2008 8:56:50 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
Dana-—what kind of pathetic , wussy name is that?
Sniveling little weasel. This “guy” is a total wimp.
I despise these media girly men. POS
19 posted on 10/27/2008 8:57:06 PM PDT by scott says (MSM-- Morons Spouting Misinformation)
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To: italianquaker

The image you evoked of Sarah “going commando” — has conjured a whole range of impure thoughts... I think I’ll spend more time in confessional this week than I had planned... :)


20 posted on 10/27/2008 8:57:12 PM PDT by NYC_BULLMOOSE ("extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" -- BG)
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To: italianquaker
I wish she would go commando and talk about that racist wright!!

She will when the time is wright.

21 posted on 10/27/2008 8:57:24 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: Harry Wurzbach
"So let’s see, Gov. Palin is no longer the country bumpkin who’s in over her head but rather the cunning, street smart politician who is wisely plotting her next political move. "

That is a rather obvious contradiction- now that you mentiond it.

22 posted on 10/27/2008 8:58:39 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: italianquaker

Mmmmm...Sarah going commando....


23 posted on 10/27/2008 8:59:12 PM PDT by RichInOC (McCain/Palin '08: Got It Bad , Got It Bad, Got It Bad--I'm Hot For Gov'nor!)
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To: pissant

Where would the McCain campaign be right now w/o Palin?

About 15 to 20 points behind in the polls.


24 posted on 10/27/2008 9:00:31 PM PDT by GQuagmire (Giggety,Giggety,Giggety)
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To: pissant
And now pissant will entertain us all tonight by playing the One Note Samba.
25 posted on 10/27/2008 9:00:35 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Rudder

What are you bellyaching about?


26 posted on 10/27/2008 9:02:06 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Lysandru
He is a total Lefty shill. I can't believe how nice Laura Ingraham is to him when he shows up on her show

I think she is civil to idiots like Milbank solely to have an ear inside the belly of the beast.

27 posted on 10/27/2008 9:04:13 PM PDT by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: GQuagmire

“Where would the McCain campaign be right now w/o Palin?

About 15 to 20 points behind in the polls.”

Not only that, but if McCain hadn’t bumbled the bailout issue, he would be expected to win because of Sarah. When he wins, he’ll owe it to her. She is the one dragging him over the finish line.


28 posted on 10/27/2008 9:04:25 PM PDT by laxcoach
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To: pissant

The hit keep coming L0L

Hey MSM. We like her “because” she thinks outside the box


29 posted on 10/27/2008 9:08:21 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: italianquaker
I wish she would go commando

Be still my heart....

30 posted on 10/27/2008 9:09:02 PM PDT by freebilly
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To: pissant

That kind of thinking always amazed me.


31 posted on 10/27/2008 9:13:11 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Crimson Elephant
Amazing how everything fits exactly into the pretend narrative that Obama has won already. It is like all the articles were written 2 months ago and scheduled to drop en mass on selected dates, regardless of the actual circumstances.

Was Baghdad Bob continuing to do live broadcasts, or did he prerecord them? The latter might have saved him some grief.

32 posted on 10/27/2008 9:13:12 PM PDT by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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To: freebilly; All

Can’t help you and the others on the ‘commando’ stuff, but you’ll find some quite nice pics of Gov. Palin in jeans by following the link on this thread:

http://beta.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117139/posts


33 posted on 10/27/2008 9:14:58 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (I've got the fevah! McCain/Palin 2008!!! I AM JOE! I'll bet you are, too!)
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To: pissant
It’s like Bush. He was 2 IQ points above an imbecile, until he became Machiavelli and conned the country into two wars and 3 major tax cuts. Not to mention masterminding 9/11.
34 posted on 10/27/2008 9:18:18 PM PDT by Tidbit (Shoot low boys, they're riding Shetland Ponies.)
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To: pissant

Who’s bellyaching?


35 posted on 10/27/2008 9:18:55 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Tidbit

ROFL. I forgot about that. He is MENSA material.


36 posted on 10/27/2008 9:19:11 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Rudder

You apparently, unless the call for a one note samba is a compliment


37 posted on 10/27/2008 9:20:31 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: italianquaker
I wish she would go commando...

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

38 posted on 10/27/2008 9:21:56 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: pissant

wow, diva and rogue are the new buzzwords, eh?...;)


39 posted on 10/27/2008 9:27:01 PM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem (Biden10/19/08: "I probably shouldn't have said all this because.. the press is here")
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To: callthemlikeyouseethem

It was rougue first, until they realized people like rogues like Sarah. So they had to invent the Diva angle. Bet me money that it was a focus group tested word.


40 posted on 10/27/2008 9:29:16 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Charles Martel
Wow ,looking at a photo of Milbank it's clear why he can easily point out a Diva. It's good to see the post has already called the election for O , i must have missed the vote count. You gotta love the word Diva , if it's a guy he is forceful and direct , ahh but a woman is of course a Diva . We know with his ilk what that moniker is code for , don't we Miss Dana.
41 posted on 10/27/2008 9:30:14 PM PDT by fantom
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To: pissant

I love the One Note Samba, especially as a musician playing it.


42 posted on 10/27/2008 9:38:33 PM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Rudder

Better than the skin flute, I guess.


43 posted on 10/27/2008 9:40:13 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: callthemlikeyouseethem

I used to feel all ‘maverick-y’...now I feel all ‘rogue-y’!

/channeling Tina Fey.


44 posted on 10/27/2008 9:50:39 PM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: pissant

Sorry...just can't take Milbank or his "talking points" seriously.

45 posted on 10/27/2008 9:53:19 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: pissant

A few days ago, after reading a Washington Post, I had a sudden urge to force it through a shredder. Tossing it in the trash didn’t seem adequate.


46 posted on 10/28/2008 1:27:18 AM PDT by TChad
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