Sarah Palin: Clothing, Africa and 2012

Arnie from California is looking to get the Constitution changed so that foreign born US citizens can run for the Presidency. Obama is a great believer in equal rights and he now has the power to make such amends in the constitution should the rest of government agree to it.

If Obama makes those changes so that US citizens like Arnie can run and Palin has to run against him, I am not sure she would be in as a candidate, VP or otherwise.

Putting aside all the rumours, I think that voters outside of the extreme right-wing core of the Republicans find Palin's views on some things difficult to swallow (she stated herself on camera that she thinks rape victims should not be allowed a choice if they find themselves pregnant which most people find rather harsh).

Palin also seems a bit too divisive on the national front - it is one thing to put down your opponent but quite another to put down large sections of the American people to the point where you have a "them and us" mentality.

I don't think the GOP party will have her back again for those reasons - she seemed to really alienate a lot of the independent voters.

I can't vote in the US but if I could, I would not for Palin for the reasons stated above.

Excellent article, excellent interview. Thank you Sarah.

Bye-Bye Sarah. You are so stuck in the 1940's view of America and we can never go back!

Fox News Interview? You mean Fox News Propaganda starring Sarah Palin.

The greatest gift to the Democratic Party is Sarah Palin.

Did she think she was helping herself?!!

thats the beauty of sarah palin..so down to earth ! so well explained...such a breath of crisp ,clean ,fresh air ....amongst those alligators and wolves and foxes !! Keep your chin up Sarah and do all the good you can ...in all the places you can ...as well as ever you can . You are brilliant ! If you run on the next ticket I and my family guarantee our vote for you...!

Sarah Palin is much too extreme in her opinions about birth control and many other issues to ever again be chosen as a candidate for national office.

Sarah Palin. I Guess you can understand how hurtful to say negative things about people that is not true so the World can turn against them. Election over now and you all by yourself. Get over it. Look like you got used!!! What goes around comes around.

One of the most critical skills of a leader is being an articulate public speaker. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, is incapable of forming a coherent thought about anything. Two thumbs down.

Why are we still talking about this woman?

She's a liar who did not recognize the name of Canada's Prime Minister during her prank phone call with Montreal comedians who impersonated President Sarkozy. I would not put it past her to not know Africa is continent. She does those fake "dang gonit" lines during her debates and interviews... and we can all clearly see that is a fake hick accent. She is a fraud and the state of Alaska should find a smarter Governor.

The Republican party will continue to get smaller until it understands that Americans want a social safety net. Period. No American should ever worry that they may not be able to afford food for their children. That's not part of freedom.

Is America a country or a continent?

Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain and a 100% of Fox News staff flunk this question on a daily basis.

"Is America a country or a continent?
Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain and a 100% of Fox News staff flunk this question on a daily basis.
Posted by: Edmond Dantès"

America is short for United States of America. The country. There is no continent called America.

Is this your best effort at justifying that Palin's confusing between Africa being a continent and a country?

[Pelosi] also seems a bit too divisive on the national front - it is one thing to put down your opponent but quite another to put down large sections of the American people to the point where you have a "them and us" mentality.
Opps, I guess it got THAT one the leadership of the majority party! I'd take Sarah over Nancy ANY day. Character over caricature. Slightly unpolished over polished clear through the plate and down into pure brass years ago.

She like could have been the like valley gil like VP. I don't question that she got an education, however, to have her daughter and the father to be quit high school because of a baby in this day and age speaks volumes of where her head is at. I hope she is never in an elected national office that would affect me.

In other words, "I plow around." Cuz, you know, whether some supernatural power is opening a door, or if the door just happens to be open, or one imagines its open -- there is no way of knowing.

Palin says clothes were waiting for her when she and the rest of her clan arrived at the convention. And that more were ordered for her. I happen to believe the adviser who said it was "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman-Marcus from coast to coast." Upon entering the national scene, her first whopper was telling Congress "Thanks, but no thanks for that Bridge to Nowhere." She lied about firing the town librarian. She lied about firing the Alaska commissioner because he wouldn't sack her former brother-in-law. To document all the others would take me the rest of the evening. John (Country First) McCain should be ashamed for trying to foist this nitwit on us.

By 2012, she'll be nothing more than an obscure trivia question.

By 2012, she'll be nothing more than an obscure trivia question.

Sarah,
Don't let that open door hit you on the you know what on the way out.

Sarah keep that "beauty pagent" mentality going.

Atta girl.

The woman is just one terrible run on sentence after another. Please spare us any more of her pablum. The voice is like fingernails on the blackboard. Slam the door. Please, slam the door.

There is another factor I have seen no one mention about the election. Conservatives blame the choice of McCain for losing the election. They wanted someone further to the right. Has it even occurred to them their own party rejected right-wing extremism, which is why McCain was nominated? That if an extreme right-winger had been nominated that the election might not have been as close as it was? I also urge liberals not to be too hard on McCain. I honestly believe he is a decent man that was practically gagging on some of the crap his campaign advisers made him say the last month of the campaign, because they convinced him he had no other way to win. He did even look comfortable trying to be mean and he wasn't good at it. I wouldn't even mind if Obama found a place for him because the right-wing fringe will never allow him to be out front again.

I would like nothing better than to see Sarah Palin re-emerge 4 or 8 years from now with some innate intelligence and the conscience that generally attends intelligence, but she is a buffoon, and by definition, does not possess the intelligence to value intelligence enough to acquire intelligence.

But whenever and wherever we se her, she will be good for a laugh.

I tried to watch this Greta interview but it was just PAINFUL. The woman is a stuttering, incoherent, trivial, repetitive bore. The idea that she could host a tv show for more than one episode is laughable (and run this nation? Oh my God!). She was mildly interesting for a short spell because she was McCain's incomprehensible pick, but she is just truly awful to listen to. The average suburban mom pushing her shopping cart down an aisle would be more compelling to talk to. Go fade away into that Alaska sunset, PLEASE!

Who ever is saying these things about Sarah Palin should have the guts to say them on the record. Stop hiding say who you are, be up front.

VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com

This was a very good interview. It is a breath of fresh air to be able to see her in a different light (not filtered by soundbites and other attention getters).

Sarah Palin remains a force to be dealt with. While the GOP regroups, it is looking for leaders. Perhaps, Palin is the type of psychological, positive, individual that the GOP needs right now. However, the current Palin may not be the type of candidate the GOP needs in 2012.

I think she will become more of herself now that she can disassociate with McCain and I think individuals that are critical of her will soften a bit in their criticisms.

You wrote-
Arnie from California is looking to get the Constitution changed so that foreign born US citizens can run for the Presidency. Obama is a great believer in equal rights and he now has the power to make such amends in the constitution should the rest of government agree to it.

If Obama makes those changes so that US citizens like Arnie can run and Palin has to run against him, I am not sure she would be in as a candidate, VP or otherwise.

Putting aside all the rumours, I think that voters outside of the extreme right-wing core of the Republicans find Palin's views on some things difficult to swallow (she stated herself on camera that she thinks rape victims should not be allowed a choice if they find themselves pregnant which most people find rather harsh).

Palin also seems a bit too divisive on the national front - it is one thing to put down your opponent but quite another to put down large sections of the American people to the point where you have a "them and us" mentality.

I don't think the GOP party will have her back again for those reasons - she seemed to really alienate a lot of the independent voters.

I can't vote in the US but if I could, I would not for Palin for the reasons stated above.

HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION?

Lochnessmonster,

The fact that Sarah Palin's kids made decisions that she or you might not have says little about Sarah Palin. The fact that she remained supportive of a kid that chose a certain path and did not force anything on her or her husband-to-be says a lot about her.

Your guilt by association logic is convincingly lacking in maturity. Perhaps, you will or do have children and they will make bad decisions. Should we then exercise the same logic that you do and conclude that your child's decisions must make you a bad (or stupid) person? In the off chance that you don't have or plan to have children, maybe you'll have a pet that poohs in the neighbor's yard. That would, or course, mean that you must exhibit that same bad trait--I don't think so. Be a little kinder and less rash in your judgments.

I don't know but when my mother says. "She is a embarrassment not only to the Republican party but to women too". I must whole heartedly agree.

Her 15 minutes of fame have been overspent. Turn out the lights on this lightweight Bush imitator. Please....

Sarah who?

Sarah Palin - The Gift that keeps on Giving... Please do us dems a favor and run again in 2012. You will be good for more laughs. The real sad thing about her is she doesn't understand that shes stupid...

IRONY: Had the Palins worn hunting gear from Mossy Oak and NASCAR tee shirts their approval ratings would likely have been 20% higher.

Nothing wrong with a politician being "Down to earth"......but couple that with "stupid" and "incoherent", and you've got a real disaster.

I'll take intelligence over "fresh air" any day of the week.

I like sarah and always have. I took her seriously, she's a country gal just like me and we have more to offer than spreading our wings.

Gee Marconi, our friends in canada will be surprised to find that they're actually citizens of a country which is the northern part of our country, won't they? Not to mention all of our spanish and portugese speaking friends who, according to you, live in the southern portion of our country, too.

Get a globe, marconi.

You seem to need the same education that ms. palin needs...

Palin is a real woman, with all of her multi-tasking. What a threat that obviously is to some of the foregoing blogsters whose idea of multi-tasking is drinking their lattes without the spoon in them. And by the way, if Swamp is going to continue to quote Palin so directly -- which is fine -- why doesn't it do the same for Obama with all of his grammatical and pronunciation mistakes?

By The Democrats

ATTENTION REPUBLICANS: RE: SARAH PALIN

Obviously there has been a HUGE mistake…..

Palin’s Dribble, Weasel Wording, Mush-Mush, Asssss-Backwards speak Cleary demonstrates who carries the Down Syndrome trait in her family, because of this we (the democrats) will allow you to send her back to Wacky-silla without prejudice and select another candidate.

For this consideration the Republicans agree to sell Alaska to Russia (with Palin) and never mention the State of Alaska or her again.

P.S. Why does Palin repeat herself in the same sentence and add extra words that don't belong!! Reading a Quote from her makes me feel like I am in the advanced stages of dyslexia. Does Anyone else have a problem with this? Is there anyone out there from the North Slope who speaks Wacky-silla?

Plus, McCain and Palin aides who are quoted by name have said that Newsweek story is utter rubbish. See www.redstate.com for the interviews The Swamp never does--because they don't want to pick up a phone and talk to a Republican.

Which is why she spent last weekend trying to figure out which pairs of underwear for her children she paid for herself and which pairs were purchased using RNC credit cards.

source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/6105009.html

Sarah Palin thinks faster then she talks. She just need to learn a few tips from Pres-elect Obama and master the art of UMMMM.

I live in Wasilla, Alaska, only 3 miles away from the Palins, and while I don't know them personally, I know Sarah & Todd better than all of you who have posted messages. I also had an exchange student from Germany living with me, and she went to Wasilla High along with Bristol Palin. Due to my past experiences with Sarah Palin, I can honestly speak up and be a positive reference. Here is some information you won't necessarily find in the news:

I have had interaction with her on both a personal level, and when she was my Mayor several years ago.
On a whim, I sent a letter into the Mayor's office which included a magazine article about a city that became debt-free. When I called the Mayor's office a week later, I had no idea that the city was looking into moving the overcrowded police station, or that Wasilla City Council was undecided on what to do about it. Even though Sarah and I had never met up to that point, she still took my letter, copied it to everyone on city council, and as a result, city council choose to renovate an old bank building instead of constructing a new building, which saved the city a couple million! I even got a thank you letter from Sarah in the mail. Basically, I'm living proof that she listens to people, and gets the job done!

I know where she goes to church, I know lots of the same people she knows, and, I've spoken with her several times. As a result, I have learned that she is a person of integrity, she isn't a liar, and she has been a very hard worker and a genuine server of others in our beautiful state. She blew the whistle on politicians in Alaska that were crossing ethics lines (one was a Democrat, and the other was a Republican), she also worked to raise the bar on ethics standards in Alaska - all of which was reported in Alaska news as very commendable, and a whole bunch of other wonderful things that people have been led to believe and know nothing about as shown by their negative opinions in their message posts - and things that they THINK are facts. People who live outside of Alaska haven't been able to follow Sarah Palin as closely as Alaskans have and so it kind of stings a little for us to just sit and watch people believe the false negative spins that they get fed from the media. For example, one post I read from another website makes makes mention about "that Bridge story and other fictions in her convention speech"...don't you know that Sarah's speech actually did contain all accurate and truthful information? All you have to do is ask a resident from Ketchikan, Alaska to find out about why they needed a bridge. It wasn't a "Bridge to Nowhere" like the national media spinned it. It was a way for Ketchikan to connect to their airport! I was okay with Sarah choosing to put the money into something else that was a much higher priority. However, I got pretty hot mad when the media called it "The Bridge to Nowhere" because their airport is on an island since they don't have enough room in their city for an airport which is tightly nestled between mountains and ocean. They have to pay money to take a ferry in order to get to it, and I have been on bridges across our country for lesser reasons than an airport. Ketchikan residents have been working very hard on that bridge for many years to try to get it passed through. So, why did Sarah "say no to the Bridge to Nowhere"? Because that money was needed for even more important things like for example, energy for our great nation, and all too often leaders have no choice but to make difficult decisions based on order of: priority, balancing the budget, and other people's input/judgements - because leaders can't always do it all. Also, do you know what really happened to the jet plane Sarah mentioned in her speech that she sold in order to save money? She WAS telling the truth because I live up here, and I remember hearing it reported in the news when it happened - because it was so funny - and, it still is! I remember when Alaska news confirmed that she tried to sell it on E-Bay, and when it didn't sell, she sold it to a broker, saving the state lots of money. Also, did you know that most Alaska politicians have to fly from Anchorage to our capitol in Juneau just to get there since there aren't any roads between the two cities, and it's way, too far away to be driving that much distance anyway? Just look at a map. Did you know that several times Alaskans have voted on whether or not we should move our capitol to a different location? Did you know that Sarah found a way to do most of her work in Anchorage (only an hour drive from her house), except when she must be in Juneau, so it doesn't cost so much, which allows her to sell the jet, thereby once again, costing the state even less. This also meant that she didn't need the cook at the Juneau Governor's residence, thereby saving the state more money - this was also reported in Alaska news at the time that it happened, which was also BEFORE she was announced for the VP ticket. Since all these changes saved the state lots of money, the changes were good ones that made sense and served Alaskans well. She also took the power away from big oil companies, and put it in the hands of us - the people! Also, I got a check in the bank from all her hard work! I already knew about all this stuff in Alaska before Sarah was ever announced on the VP ticket - I already knew all the things that Sarah mentioned in her convention speech were all true statements! And, these items were reported in Alaska news before she was ever aware of the possibility of being selected by McCain's campaign.

This kind of proven track record doesn't sound like someone who is flippant with money. So, it's just as someone else's post said on a different website - this "snippy girl gossip" about clothes is very silly and immature. No matter who the celebrity or candidate is, how does someone who needs so many body guards go around to do their own shopping without attracting a large crowd? I thought that people who needed lots of body guards didn't go shopping since it's too dangerous - someone else always does it. And, aren't they too busy working anyway to go shopping? Also, didn't the campaign always know where the Palins were at all times? The accusation is so directly opposite with the Sarah that I have come to know.

Those of us who live in Alaska and in Wasilla and the surrounding areas are so tired of the negative untruthful smears that people across the country have been fed about Sarah, and all of the candidates, that many of us started to tune the national news out over a month ago. For example, when the media reported the size of Wasilla, I finally realized how facts can get spun out of whack. While it's true there are 7,000 people - that's not the whole story! Wasilla is soo spread out! But, city limits are only about 3 - 5 miles in diameter, and the media didn't include all the people living in the surrounding area which is also regarded by residents as being part of Wasilla and they too depend on the city. Nor did the media report that people living within a 25,000 square mile radius also traffic to Wasilla since it is the only city close enough to get what they need - food, clothes, etc. Otherwise, they have to drive an extra hour to Anchorage to get what they need!

Anyway, many Alaskans, like myself, see how much value Sarah has brought to Alaska, and while we were somewhat reluctant with the possibility of having to try to find someone to fill the Governor's shoes who was of Sarah's high quality character, we were also willing and excited at the prospect of sharing her with the rest of the country. Many people have questioned her experience, but what we tend to forget is that our nation has had popular Presidents with substantially less experience than either Palin or Obama. And, many of us figured that since she is so well respected here for all the service she has done for Alaska (opinion polls were 80% earlier this year) , she would also have pretty good ratings across the country. And while it would have been worthwhile and exciting to send her off to the White House, I'm very glad she is home again, and I hope and pray for the very best for her. I really don't think that we have seen the last of Sarah. So, hopefully, the Republican camp will get themselves in gear quickly, and this whole thing will boil over very soon. It appears that the Democrat camp worked together pretty well this time around. And, it looks like the timing of the economy situation helped them out. In any case, we have a new President and VP elect now, and it's time to put the negatives aside, join together as Americans, and support / pray for Barak Obama and everyone working the White House for the next 4 years!