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slate9 months ago
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That's right only an old hag can be take seriously. Pretty sexist to say looks are a draw back with a woman politician isn't it? After all, even men get thrills up their legs with the good looking man we have as president. Nahhhh good looks don't help politicians of any sex do they?
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Tcaros9 months ago
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Slate you are delusional.
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Did you watch the campaign? Did you see her answers on Foreign Policy, the VP Job Description, or the Katie Couric interview?
Palin was disqualified by "her answers" and "inability to demonstrate intelligence on important issues." She became comical.
(Her winking 7 times during the debate made her look intellectually small and contrived)
Tina Fey didn't even need material; she just repeated her answers.-
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Hhussk9 months ago
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Did you watch the campaign? Did you see her answers on Foreign Policy, the VP Job Description, or the Katie Couric interview?
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Do you even know who Joe Biden is? According to him, J-O-B-S is a three letter word.
Your problem is that your comparing Sara Palin to Obama, and not Biden.-
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Charlson9 months ago
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Let's compare the two, then.
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Biden has 7 terms as a senator in Congress.
Biden served on the following committees in the 110th U.S. Congress:[
* Committee on Foreign Relations (chairman)
As chairman of the full committee Biden was an ex officio member of each
subcommittee.
* Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs (chairman)
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees
Subcommittee on Technology Terrorism and Homeland Security
* Caucus on International Narcotics Control (co-chairman)
* Biden was co-chair of the NATO Observer Group in the Senate.
Sarah Palin was elected twice to the city council of Wasilla. She served two terms of Mayor of Wasilla.
Palin was appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and served a year in that post.
She is governor of Alaska elected in 2006.-
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Hhussk9 months ago
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And what's wrong with that comparison?
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You've just pointed out that one person has held an executive position, while the other has held a legislative position?
And you've boasted that Joe Biden has been part of Washington for over 20 years while Sara Palin has never been a part of Washington, ...which is the PROBLEM. Washington is broke.
Joseph Biden, an honorable man, has never successfully managed. Sara Palin has spent her life managing.
And don't forget, the VP is an executive position. Only Sara Palin had executive experience.-
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Charlson9 months ago
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What the hell does managing a small town and a small state (in population) have to do with the qualification for national office that requires an understanding and experience in national and international affairs?
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You and the rest of the Republicans make such a big deal about managing with executive experience but that doesn't mean a thing when you don't understand national or international issues and have no experience in those feilds. Prime example: George W. Bush.-
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Hhussk9 months ago
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You and the rest of the Republicans make such a big deal about managing with executive experience but that doesn't mean a thing when you don't understand national or international issues and have no experience in those feilds. Prime example: George W. Bush.
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And see? Now that I've pointed out how foolish and stupid your comparison is, you've gone changed the comparison to George Bush.
You're an idiot for falling into that simple trap.-
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Charlson9 months ago
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My explaination is as follows: you called me an idiot in comparing Bush's executive experience as governor of Texas to Palin's executive experience as governor of Alaska as invalid qualifications for national office and you see where those qualifications got us. Bush has made this nation weaker and left a big mess for Obama to clean up. I made a comparison and so did you. VP to VP and executive qualifications to executive qualifications.
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You won't answer my questions but throw up tangent statements of your own to muddy the water and make your comments sound logical but you're evading and attacking which are the tools a demagogue uses.
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willottica9 months ago
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First: executive does not equate to THE Executive. Her experience in Alaska compared to government of the US is like running a 100-person company vs running a million-person one. Meanwhile Biden has been a member of the million-person company, and has worked with and directly for the executive thereof. I'd expect he'd know a little more about it.
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Secondly: If Joe is tainted by Washington's 20 years, the Sarah must also be considered tainted by Alaska's corruption. If you excuse her, then you should excuse him.
Third and finally (since your last point is the same as your first): You say Biden has never successfully managed, but many would argue that neither has Palin. Her mayorship of Wasilla resulted in debt where none existed before. Her governorship of Alaska is plagued with scandal. Sure, she's been a manager, but has she successfully managed? Don't confuse them as being the same thing.-
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willottica9 months ago
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On the contrary, the lack of experience isn't damning. It's the lack of wisdom. Sometimes the experience can directly show that lack of wisdom.
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McCain wasn't a horrible person; neither was Palin. I think most of us those on the left just though Obama more fit to be President.
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Beau78909 months ago
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I think part of the point is that the way the public looks at attractive men and attractive women is different--men who are attractive are seen as strong, confident and intelligent; attractive women are seen as bimbos who are good for one thing only, and it's not politics.
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I'm not saying that's the way people should see beauty; I'm just saying that I'd bet if I had the energy this early to find studies on the subject, they'd bear me out.-
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Hhussk9 months ago
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i think you've made a decent point, but I also believe you're overlooking what's occurring here.
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The reason Palin stories are coming up right now is not because she's trying to insert herself into the media. It's because she, and other GOP or conservative figures, are being "tagged" to distract us from arguing about our economy.
The longer the country can be distracted, the easier it will be for all these programs to be passed.
I actually have arguments and research that I can list to show what's going on.-
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Beau78909 months ago
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My comment wasn't meant to shed any light about why Palin stories are coming out--it was just to say that public responses to Palin's and Obama's attractiveness aren't comparable.
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But since you bring it up, Palin was trying to insert herself into the media for a while. She seems to have slowed down over the past couple of weeks after there was so much backlash, and I think the backlash has also slowed.
But if you have research about exactly how opinion pieces about conservative figures are being used purposefully to distract us from the economy, I'd be interested in seeing it.-
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Hhussk9 months ago
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I can start here, but I'm about to leave. I'll gladly continue in another thread or later today.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.ht...-
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Beau78909 months ago
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That's a credible theory that the Democrats have purposefully set up Limbaugh as the "boogeyman" of the Republican party.
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But it doesn't make the link to an intention to distract from the economy. Seems more likely to me that the strategy is meant to galvanize support for Democrats, not necessarily to distract from issues.
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sinophil499 months ago
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Hhussk - "The reason Palin stories are coming up right now is not because she's trying to insert herself into the media." I disagree.
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Palin is eager to insert herself as much as she can into the national scene to keep her name recognition up. She is, has been, and will continue preparing herself for the 2012 or 2016 elections.
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vor9 months ago
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As men we all have roving eyes. But seldom are mine caught straying on mothers of 5! Much less one with such backward views. In other words, her sex appeal is vastly overrated.
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Beauty involves a whole lot more than what is on the outside. And to me Palin is about as ugly on the inside as you can get. But she does appear to be a pinup girl for neocons and other misanthropes.
If Palin were ever elected would public schools be required to teach that the Earth is 5000-6000 years old? I mean, that would then be the president's belief. Would common sense win the day? Hopefully we never find out.
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