Posted on 08/27/2010 11:49:37 AM PDT by onyx
It’s a classic movie plot. Think “Woman of the Year,” with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. At first the man and the woman hate each other, then they fall into each other’s arms? Well, feature the fight that has erupted between the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, and Governor Palin of Alaska.
The leader of Big Labor went to Anchorage to give a speech and attacked Mrs. Palin, accusing her of doing everything from writing notes on her hands to coming out with conspiracy theories about President Obama and his “death panels” to getting close to calling for violence. “Sometimes — about Sarah Palin — you’ve just got to laugh,” Mr. Trumka said. “ . . . But it’s not really funny.”
Mrs. Palin turned around and gave as good as she got, or better, in one of her patented Facebook postings, a demarche headlined “Union Brothers and Sisters, Join Our Commonsense Cause!” She wrote as a one-time card-carrying sister of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and United Steelworkers, cards she held by virtue of her husband’s membership in the two unions.
She asserted that it was “kind of ironic that a union boss has the gall to accuse anyone of threatening violence,” particularly in light of what she called the “violent attempts” by the Service Employees “to intimidate those who wanted to make their voices heard in last year’s town halls.”
She argued the real jobs problem was being caused by the policies of President Obama. Suddenly the Internet came alive like the silver screen, so much so that a columnist of the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne, issued a long complaint.
Seems that Mr. Trumka can’t get anyone to listen to, let alone write about, his usual speeches about what Mr. Dionne characterizes as “social CONTINUE
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Yep.
Trust me, she's not the media candidate.........
And what does Romney and the rest have to do with this thread anyway?
Yep, you betcha! Good editorial too!
IF Sarah runs, she will be outflanked on the right by someone in all liklihood. If it’s her against the usual suspects, then she has a shot.
LOLOLOL.
I guess you are both nominating yourselves for the list, then?
You’ve actually made my point.
I made a benign comment to pissant and now I’m being flamed.
People are even calling for pissant to be banned from FR.
Anytime Sarah is criticized (real or imagined) the claws come out. It’s part of the overall tenor of FR.
Just my observation. Not calling anyone out.
If you disagree, let’s see if you can resist replying further.
You suck at guessing. Try card tricks next time, instead.
Thank you for posting this EXCELLENT editorial!!!
Awesome!!!
YOU
ARE
THE
ONLY
ONE
COMPLAINING
I doubt it, but we’ll see, I like DeMint but he’s unlikely to be capable of “outflanking” her, they agree on too much. There are quite a few who might do well, but she’s the only one I see that can unite the TEA party and the GOP. No one else does that.
I’m not complaining in the least. I’m offering up Bachmann as the best choice for the August edition of the 2010 Woman of the Year. I’ve heard nothing BUT complaints ever since.
Have I missed anyone? :)
Yes, I understand your “Sarah Only” sentiments. It’s shared by many MENSAs here as well. I can’t believe I missed the latest SE Ohio young guy’s vanity to that effect during my week off.
I can think of one poster that falls into that category -—
long screen name and NOT a member of Sarah’s ping list.
Sharky will know whom I’m speaking about. N0 need to name him.
Lol, no one is flaming you (yet), but putting that in so you can gloat over a response sure makes me want to.
The only point that's been made is you can't back up your claim that most of her supporters deify her. You've been challenged to make a list and you won't.
The ball's in your court Chucky, and if you hit it back by posting a reply it means you're an incompetent drooler....
nice trick huh? I just learned that one.....
Couldn't say. Have any posts handy where I've done this, or are we simply responding to fellow FReepers entirely at random, now...? ;)
Gotta love that one, huh? "You replied to me, after I just now posted to you! That means I WIN AT TEH INTERNETS!!!!!1!1!!!" ;)
She stands with Israel and against the murderous tyrants in the M.E. and throughout the world, that's for sure.
I don't know that anyone can defeat Islam's stranglehold on women, except the women themselves, with the help of "moderate" Muslim men, if there's such creatures.
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