by Mark Silva
It's been one of those days in the Swamp.
Server crashes, comment shut-downs: All in the name of popularity.
You might have found, at one time or another today, that you couldn't get in the Swamp door, or you couldn't leave a comment at the biggest draw of the day -- the post on that ongoing dispute between Barack Obama and WGN radio (you still can't, for tech-reasons beyond us scribes.... Pssst, go ahead and comment on it at this posting!)
So, for a little diversion, we thought we'd recommend this pursuit: Seeing as how Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for president, has bounded onto the political stage with a whole new catalog of names for children -- Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow, and Piper-- we were lured by the new Sarah Palin baby name-generator at Polit Tsk Tsk Tsk.
"Ever wonder, What would your name would be if Sarah Palin was your mother?'' they ask there. And they have the answer: "Well now you can find out!''
Click for yourself (and come back here and report in on your new Paliname.)







Comments
My name would be:
Falter Locust Palin
The only fun thing about her!
Posted by: lochnessmonster | September 16, 2008 4:44 PM
According to the definition of palindrome you can read a name or serval words backwards or forwards and it is the same. So my name Harold would be Dlorah.
Posted by: Harold Reimann | September 16, 2008 5:12 PM
According to the definition of palindrome you can read a name or several words backwards or forwards and it is the same. So my name Harold would be Dlorah.
Posted by: Harold Reimann | September 16, 2008 5:12 PM
Here's a comment I added to the WGN site that got shut down. I read the first post on that site and someone mentioned that the SWAMP is not reporting on the story we've been hearing about Obama trying to make deals with Iraq and Petraeous to hold out on returning troops until AFTER elections. Here is the story I found on the internet.
NEW YORK POST
Last updated: 2:34 pm
September 16, 2008
Posted: 4:02 am
September 15, 2008
WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.
According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.
"He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington," Zebari said in an interview.
Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops - and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its "state of weakness and political confusion."
"However, as an Iraqi, I prefer to have a security agreement that regulates the activities of foreign troops, rather than keeping the matter open." Zebari says.
Though Obama claims the US presence is "illegal," he suddenly remembered that Americans troops were in Iraq within the legal framework of a UN mandate. His advice was that, rather than reach an accord with the "weakened Bush administration," Iraq should seek an extension of the UN mandate.
While in Iraq, Obama also tried to persuade the US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, to suggest a "realistic withdrawal date." They declined.
Obama has made many contradictory statements with regard to Iraq. His latest position is that US combat troops should be out by 2010. Yet his effort to delay an agreement would make that withdrawal deadline impossible to meet.
Supposing he wins, Obama's administration wouldn't be fully operational before February - and naming a new ambassador to Baghdad and forming a new negotiation team might take longer still.
By then, Iraq will be in the throes of its own campaign season. Judging by the past two elections, forming a new coalition government may then take three months. So the Iraqi negotiating team might not be in place until next June.
Then, judging by how long the current talks have taken, restarting the process from scratch would leave the two sides needing at least six months to come up with a draft accord. That puts us at May 2010 for when the draft might be submitted to the Iraqi parliament - which might well need another six months to pass it into law.
Posted by: LATEST NEWS REPORTS | September 16, 2008 8:34 PM
I love my Sarah Palin name! Apparently Melissa turns into Pie Gallon Palin. I think its funny that it rhymes! lol
Posted by: Pie Gallon Palin | October 1, 2008 8:46 PM