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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

News Anticipating Palin's Speech

Posted by Matt Davis on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM

I don't know about you, but I haven't been able to think about anything else all day...will she make a fool of herself? Will she triumph? Will she mention Jesus? Teen pregnancy? Being under an ethics investigation? Will she clarify? Or further confuse? You can catch the speech live at 7pm Oregon Time, over on CNN, meanwhile excerpts reveal she's going on the attack...

"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities."

"Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change."

Ouch. Notice the insertion of the words "I guess" and "sort of like" in that first ripper. I guess they sound sort of colloquial, or is it straight up nassty? I'm going with nassty. But sort of, suburban nassty.

I have a horrible feeling this woman is going to win the election. You?

 

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It's just the media momentum of the moment, is what I attribute my own (sort of) fear, I guess we might call it. I certainly hope the opposing side can generate a bit of their own momentum immediately after St. Paul cycles out of the networks...
Posted by ben (of army public affairs) on September 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM · Report
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She really hasn't had anything positive happen yet. For chrissakes McCain's staff is telling the media to quit looking into Palin's history and Republican pundits are already saying this is election is over when they think the mics are off. She can make a speech and it may help a bit...then everyone will go back to talking about her unwed pregnant daughter, etc...
Posted by BlackedOut on September 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM · Report
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she's not even up and I've already thrown up on myself twice.
Posted by DLS 3.0 on September 3, 2008 at 6:43 PM · Report
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Remember up north, when it was "just a mom in tennis shoes?" It's kinda like that.
Posted by martin on September 3, 2008 at 7:28 PM · Report
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"You know the only difference between a pitbull and a hockey mom? The lipstick."

Wow, poor pitbulls...
Posted by DLS 3.0 on September 3, 2008 at 8:16 PM · Report
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Matt -

I share your concerns. Fact of the matter is, at least here in the Midwest, there are a LOT of folks that are going to swallow this jive hook, line and sinker.

I also see a good deal of Rove-ian "If we say it's the truth, it is" rhetoric in play. Throw in a batch of MSM hatred, a splash of Bin Laden wanting to disrupt PTA meetings and a touch of class warfare and you have the all the makings of a BushCo trifecta.

Stay vigilant kids or this thing could get way the hell outta hand...
Posted by Hoosier on September 3, 2008 at 8:54 PM · Report
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Bonus points for the Patty Murray reference, Martin.
It is like that, but way creepier.
Posted by billyjack on September 3, 2008 at 9:22 PM · Report
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I'm not a prude or anything, but I'm actually kind of peeved that they flew Kid Dad out for a photo op with McCain. It's one thing to screw up as a kid. It's quite another thing to get a meet and greet with a major party presidential candidate as a reward. Seriously, what kind of message does that send to kids? If you fuck up really badly--no matter what we say--you get a big prize? What's next? Having a special seating section at the GOP Convention for all of the kids who get DUIs? What a bunch of flaming, asshole hypocrites.

People should be most concerned about the real possibility of her as President. Even the greed wing of the GOP (most of it) should be $hitting their pants at that thought. That giant sucking sound will be the sound of foreign investors pulling all of their stakes out of the tent at the same time. The GOP is completely fing delusional.
Posted by gsug on September 4, 2008 at 6:10 AM · Report
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DRILL

BABY

DRILL
Posted by ben on September 4, 2008 at 8:09 AM · Report
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DRILL

BABY

DRILL
Posted by ben on September 4, 2008 at 8:10 AM · Report
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HELLO,

She left her small town of 5400 people
$20 MILLION IN DEBT!!

Does ANYONE do journalistic research ANYMORE?!?


She is their 'perfect' whore.
Posted by the people on September 4, 2008 at 8:59 AM · Report
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And is ANYONE really paying attention to what is happening to the peaceful protesters being contained, sprayed, framed and detained in the "Fair" Twin Cities???

PLEASE!!
SOMEONE report the REAL news! One shocking account of terrifying NAZI SS police tactics:
http://twincities.indymedia.org/2008/sep/right-be-here

Amy Goodman & team being charged with obstruction and FELONY RIOT??
WATCH it happen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnTtZOy5hO4


I'm NOT even mentioning the flash grenades...
WAKE UP!!
Posted by the people on September 4, 2008 at 9:12 AM · Report
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I hope she keeps this rhetoric up. I am hopeful that the more she opens her mouth with attacks, she will come across as smug and whiny, thus alienating those who she was supposed to win over.
Posted by ex-vegan on September 4, 2008 at 10:48 AM · Report
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Peaceful protesters my a$$. I was there.
Posted by D on September 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM · Report
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I bet you were, D

as a PROVOCATEUR.


nazi sell out
Posted by the people on September 8, 2008 at 9:54 AM · Report

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