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Woman of the Year (Sarah Palin)
THE NEW YOUR SUN ^ | August 27, 2010 | Editorial of The New York Sun

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

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


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: abbrevisak; aflcio; alaska; cult; editorial; elections; news; newyorksun; obama; palin; palinmessiahsyndrome; pds; pissacid; sarahpalin; thenewyorksun; unionthugs; unionthugtrumka
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To: proud_yank
I have had people here tell me that she started the Alaska permanent fund dividend (PFD), sued BP over the Valdez spill, and designed and built a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the US that is already in service.

Realistically, Dennis Kucinich's UFOs are more plausible than the last one.

Sadly, I believe you.

421 posted on 08/28/2010 9:50:34 AM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: Lakeshark; pissant
I'm posting this just to imagine pissant and EveningStar wetting their beds simultaneously:

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She certainly did terminate her term as Governor.

422 posted on 08/28/2010 10:07:40 AM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: Darksheare; onyx; Old Sarge; humblegunner
I’m sure humble could use an extra set of ‘follow me’ eyes...

You volunteering?

LOL My knees hear you. And ankles, elbows, hips, neck...

423 posted on 08/28/2010 10:11:02 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: TheOldLady

There’s already a whole coterie of folks following me around waiting to see me Zotted.

Sadly, they just don’t get it.

Happily, the FR management team DOES get it.


424 posted on 08/28/2010 10:16:00 AM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: EveningStar
She certainly did terminate her term as Governor.

Cackle! Thanks, ES!

MaggieCarta, Backbencher for the Opposition

425 posted on 08/28/2010 10:18:08 AM PDT by MaggieCarta (Quitters never win. Winners never quit. MaggieCarta's life philosophy in 6 words.)
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To: humblegunner

Well said!
MaggieCarta, backbencher for the Opposition


426 posted on 08/28/2010 10:20:23 AM PDT by MaggieCarta (Quitters never win. Winners never quit. MaggieCarta's life philosophy in 6 words.)
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To: humblegunner
You aren't going to get zotted. Pablo is far too wily to let that happen. Intelligent too.

And that's not why I'm stalking you anyway.


427 posted on 08/28/2010 10:27:32 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: MaggieCarta
Updated!

This is an ongoing list of historical, Biblical, and fictional figures, that Sarah Palin has been compared to on FR:


428 posted on 08/28/2010 10:34:19 AM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: darkangel82
Lmao, that’s great. Zoteruni, and in orange no less. I’ll have to remember that one. IATZ.

Not sure if it is Italian...
Given the context and circumstances that Zoteruni © may be used, it is more likely Sicilian.
And it should always be in orange. :-)

429 posted on 08/28/2010 11:08:20 AM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: pissant

Your tears are yellow.

Fitting, in more ways than one.

Hunter is the one crying as you have destroyed his credibility. At least here.

Unless he repudiates you.


430 posted on 08/28/2010 11:52:01 AM PDT by Syncro (GO JOE MILLER GO!)
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To: Syncro

ROFLMAO. What a drama queen.


431 posted on 08/28/2010 11:57:44 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
Maybe you can Ping him to the posts accusing him of being under FBI investigation, or posts that site CREW who call him (and his son) corrupt, or the one yesterday calling him a "whining b*tch".

If any of that is true, it's all caused because of you. And pointed at you most likely. You are destroying Hunter's chances in politics just by supporting him.

Denounce Hunter if you want to help him.

Oh, and the cult thingie? LOL, you and your anti-freeper buddy Evening Star and a couple others are the ones here exhibiting classic cult behavior.

432 posted on 08/28/2010 12:02:48 PM PDT by Syncro (GO JOE MILLER GO!)
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To: EveningStar
Against better judgment, I actually began reading the above referenced article, but stopped at “Sometimes — about Sarah Palin — you’ve just got to laugh,” Mr. Trumka said. “ . . . But it’s not really funny.”

No, I most decidely am not amused. But, I will probably laugh anyway. Or, at least cackle.

MaggieCarta,
backbencher for the Opposition

433 posted on 08/28/2010 12:06:52 PM PDT by MaggieCarta (Quitters never win. Winners never quit. MaggieCarta's life philosophy in 6 words.)
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To: Boucheau

434 posted on 08/28/2010 12:30:29 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
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To: pissant
Please show me some of those derogatory posts "not supporting women candidates at all" on the Palin threads, or otherwise. Thanks

To: pissant
Advise you to back off Palin and back off about the womens's right to vote. Either back off or I give the green light to the mods to zot your account on the next offense. I'm the last defender you have on FR and you're beginning to piss me off too.
72 posted on Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:44:52 PM by Jim Robinson

436 posted on 08/28/2010 12:56:40 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Syncro
If any of that is true, it's all caused because of you. And pointed at you most likely.

I suppose it could be pointed at me. Though the Soros funded cabal known as CREW usually sticks to evaluating politicos, not private sector engineers.

You are destroying Hunter's chances in politics just by supporting him. Denounce Hunter if you want to help him.

Cool. I had no idea I was that powerful. Maybe I'll switch it up and join the cult of Sarah. That should knock her out of contention.

Oh, and the cult thingie? LOL, you and your anti-freeper buddy Evening Star and a couple others are the ones here exhibiting classic cult behavior.

Since you never bothered to note my posting history to and from ES, it would be beyond a stretch to call us 'buddies'. Though we might have common cause in opposing the Palin coronation crowd here, trying to do guilt by association amongst freepers would be nothing short of a cluster. But if you want to play that game, I'll be happy to consider you and SE Ohio Young conservative as two peas in a pod.

437 posted on 08/28/2010 12:58:01 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Jean S

Them’s ain’t my words.


438 posted on 08/28/2010 12:58:39 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
LOL, you ARE the Cult of Sarah...

Well, some posters hang on your every word, and support anti-freepers...therefore “buddies”

Sure, SE Ohio Young conservative and I are peas in a pod if that's what blows your skirt up...but who the heck is that?

439 posted on 08/28/2010 1:12:54 PM PDT by Syncro (GO JOE MILLER GO!)
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To: pissant

Ok then, Jim must by lying about you.


440 posted on 08/28/2010 1:16:53 PM PDT by Jean S
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