Posted on 10/24/2009 2:20:04 PM PDT by presidio9
Failed GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whose new memoir, set to be released on Nov. 17, emphasizes her supposedly "maverick" tendencies with its title Going Rogue, has just dipped her toe into New York State politics. By endorsing a right-wing third party candidate, Doug Hoffman of the Conservative Party, in the Nov. 3 special election for the state's 23rd Congressional district seat, she has indeed bucked the party establishment--in order to advance a hard-line social conservative agenda. In the nonsensical Palin universe, that's what "rogue" means: walking in lockstep with the Christian right.
The Republican Party's candidate in the race, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, is pro-choice, pro-gay marriage and has pledged to support the pro-union Employee Free Choice Act. While Scozzafava has been depicted as a radical leftist in the right-wing blogosphere, in fact she is a centrist with conservative leanings. The net effect of Palin's "rogue" intervention may be to split the conservative vote and help elect the Democrat in the race, Bill Owens, who maintains an edge over the other two candidates in the polls. Still, Hoffman has been gaining momentum, and--in a testament to Palin's enduring appeal to her devoted base--he's been raking in the campaign cash in the wake of her endorsement.
In her Facebook posting announcing her support for Hoffman this past Thursday evening, Palin wrote, "Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a ‘time for choosing.'"
I might not have put it exactly like that, but I agree.
When Palin's book Going Rogue comes out on Nov. 17, we're launching Going Rouge: Sarah Palin--An American Nightmare, a collection of pieces on Palin that I co-edited with Nation senior editor Richard Kim. Despite internet chatter suggesting that we might be trying to dupe unsuspecting hockey moms into buying our anti-Palin book, I think it's pretty clear from the thunderclouds and the subtitle that the cover's a satire. But the book is not a parody: it's a serious look at Palin's record, her policy positions, the meaning of her candidacy for feminism and her future in American politics.
It's also fair to ask who has been practicing the politics of deception here. Palin's entry onto the national stage was a Hollywood-style production, replete with a ready-made storyline, a speech carefully crafted by others and a brand new wardrobe. Many remarked at the time that she seemed more like an actress playing a candidate running for Vice President in a romantic comedy (albeit one who sometimes had trouble remembering her lines) than an actual candidate. And the image, more often than not, contradicted the reality. Given the misleading use of "rogue" in the title of her new book, it seems likely that it will merely offer more of the same.
Our book, by contrast, is reality-based. No ghostwriters or pricey political consultants were employed in its production, just hardworking journalists. Our purpose is to not to deceive but to clarify--to show Palin beneath the gloss. And to give people a choice on Nov. 17.
Sorry I've wasted your valuable time... not!
I sympatize with your inabuility to to read and comprehend even the simplest sentence contructions, but I wrote SOME moderators, not THE moderators. Ask your teacher to explain the difference to you in English class tomorrow.
Your attitude is trollish,
Demonstrably untrue. The only reason that I have ever heard of you is because you came after me and insulted me.
and not much better than the liberal infiltrators who sign up here every day just to cause trouble.
And then get kicked out. This hasn't happened to me in ten years, so you're also fantasizing here.
Like I said, I won't go away, and you can check my posting history to confirm (as I'm sure you've already done).
Haven't. Can't. Won't. I don't know how to make this clear to you: I'm not interested. I think you're an idiot, and you're ego is making you look like a bigger one. You posted without reading the thread, now you're just being an ass, because you're ego is bruised.
Have a good day and I'll see ya around.
Every time you return to this thread after threatening to leave, you just look like a bigger pinhead. If you train yourself to read a thread before posting something everyone already knows we won't have this problem. And I'll probably never have to be subjected to your personality ever again.
You made your point. I made mine. Leave it at that.
Have a good day.
If you're not interested, then why do your waste your "valuable" time coming back for more helpings of crow?
BTW, I never said I was leaving the thread---I said I can keep this up for months.
Have wonderful day!
When the author is trying to claim Scuzzy is a centrist with conservative leanings, she might want to consider listing some conservative positions held by the candidate, rather than listing only liberal positions.
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