Well you know the old saying: Fight fire with an M1 Garand....oh...ok....maybe that's not such an old saying but you get the drift. lol
Posted on 12/05/2009 9:54:41 AM PST by ikeonic
Sarah's explanation of why she legitimized the birther conspiracy theorists feeds right into her victimhood storyline:
Voters have every right to ask candidates for information if they so choose. I’ve pointed out that it was seemingly fair game during the 2008 election for many on the left to badger my doctor and lawyer for proof that Trig is in fact my child. Conspiracy-minded reporters and voters had a right to ask … which they have repeatedly.Ah yes... Palin was a victim of a massive left wing conspiracy that forced her to courageously step down as Alaska's governor. So it's only fair (to her mind) that Obama be hounded by an equally loony right wing conspiracy -- the birthers. Well, you just can't argue with logic like that!
Rick Moran at Pajamas Media takes Palin to task and then some. Here's a sample:
I note that some Palin fans are trying to spin the fact that she never called on the president to produce his birth certificate or questioned his citizenship. They are missing the point. Sarah Palin has said that these questions are legitimate, that voters have a right to know, and that “a lot” of citizens are concerned about it.Moran continues:She didn’t say what any rational person on the right or left believes: that questions about the president’s birth have been settled by the state of Hawaii, that only a very small group of citizens are even concerned about the issue, and that an equally small number of people were even aware of the ridiculous controversy over Trig’s origins.
Those who are tempted to say that Sarah Palin’s attempt to legitimize the birther movement will destroy her campaign should forget it. It will never happen. She is immunized against such career-ending gaffes by her loyal followers who don’t want to listen to anyone when they criticize, laugh, or beat their heads against a wall over the latest evidence that as presidential material Palin would make a good candidate for the mayor of Wasilla.
The problem is, unless the GOP — and that includes Rush Limbaugh and the other cotton candy conservatives who wield a lot of influence — stand up and denounce her in no uncertain terms, birtherism will have gone completely mainstream in the Republican Party. If that happens, you might want to forget about any significant gains at the polls for the GOP in 2010.
By her stupidity, she is now going to force every GOP candidate for the House and Senate to come out and declare whether they are birther nuts or not.Indeed. Read the whole story here.
The only reason I bother these days to post anything about Palin is merely to declare that I rue the day McCain ever picked her as his running mate (stupidest decision of his adult life) and pray that someday soon she will return to Alaska and disappear. Palin is the poison pill that threatens to sink the entire GOP and I refuse to take that pill and go down with her.
I'm not going to hold my nose and vote for Palin. I can not go to my grave with that vote on my conscience. It was bad enough holding my nose and voting for her to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. If she is our nominee in 2012 or 2016 or 20xx, I will vote for a third party or none of the above. If she's all we got, then we deserve to lose. It's that simple.
Now some might call me hypocritical for supporting Palin while she was the nominee. True enough... but I'll leave it to Chuckles Johnson to offer up an explanation for anything I wrote in support of Palin last year:
Says Chuckles: "I was skeptical of her, but I was ready to defend her, because it was hyper-partisan time."
On that much, I'll agree with Chuckles -- and I agree with little Chuckles has to say these days. In hyper-partisan mode, I too said a lot of things to defend Palin. I swallowed hard and praised her just as I know it pained others to praise McCain during the campaign.
But once the election was over, I pulled few punches with Palin. Just as every RINO hating social conservative wasted no time in spouting their hatred for McCain once the election was over. I was always a McCain supporter (and wish he'd beat Bush in 2000), but never liked Palin for anything other than her ability to regurgitate sound bites (more like bait) to appeal to the base.
I always preferred Pawlenty and think McCain would have been far better served to lose with honor with Pawlenty at his side than to throw a Hail Mary with Palin and unknowingly launch the career of the all but certain destructor of the modern day GOP. In the end, the shadow of Sarah Palin may well drawf all the good McCain accomplished in the US Senate.
Tyvm
I don’t think I’ll get married again. I’ll just find a woman I don’t like and give her a house.
-Lewis Grizzard
So again, changing them the way that she did was a mistake.
Well you know the old saying: Fight fire with an M1 Garand....oh...ok....maybe that's not such an old saying but you get the drift. lol
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!
In the meantime, however, it appears that the original Butthurt Boy has wandered off to delve further into the mysterious, lore-enshrouded archives of my news-to-me "blog." I do hope you'll all bear me in mind next year, when nominations for the annual Weblog Awards are being made! ;)
Though I disagree with you, I respect your opinion, and appreciate your posts.
I guess it comes down to: would I like to buy this person a beer and some cheesy fries and discuss things and perhaps learn, or am I just being confronted by a comatose talking points jerk, which is about all I gleaned from the original poster and his subsequent replies. Beer's on me.
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Shoot lower, they’re riding Shetland Ponies!
Yeah, but she’s only human, just like everybody else. No one’s perfecft.
Also, I suspect that she just didn’t expect the Left to abuse the law in that manner that they did.
LOL! This thread is pretty much dead now.......but I always enjoy your responses to subjects. Have a great rest of the day! I'm on my way to get a bottle of wine (fruit of the vine :) ) and a pack of smokes and THEN fix a nice porterhouse steak (with onions and real butter) and a baked potato. All in my little shoebox with a fire burning in the woodstove! lol
Outlaw Woman signing off (temporarily)
You, too! ;)
“I like to buy this person a beer and some cheesy fries and discuss things and perhaps learn”
I would like that, if you’re offering.... er could I get chil on those cheesy fries.
Old guy that owned a bar near where I used to live had a sign posted at the entrance that said “Kelly ain’t mad a nobody”, that’s the way I try to be.
Top of the day to you.
That may be but it was a mistake in governance that she didn’t correct and used as an excuse for quitting.
We agree!
I guess I'm more into debate than you are. I'll put it this way, if you want to be a good fighter, you fight. You spar with your fellow marital artists in your dojo. It makes you stronger. The blows you take from your sparring partners make you a better fighter and readies you for the big competition. Politics is the same way.
Everyone who praises you is not necessarily your friend and everyone who criticizes you is not necessarily your enemy.
Backatcha, and btw, the mom and pop non-corporate spoon I frequent has double fried fries (the only way to make em), and the best homemade chili in the area. They have ‘classic car’ night every Thursday. Sadly, I sold my Vette, but they don’t turn my Dodge truck away, and they’re still clearly the best in town.
I’m putting my time and money towards Palin, so we shall see what we shall see...
Best.
... none of which I have, as already (and plainly) stated.
You've now exceeded your MLB regulation three strike limit. Game Over, and good night.
For twenty four years, I taught Kali, Penjak Silat and Escrima.
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