Palinism: Sarah is

In Mark Silva's world, not a day goes by without an attack against Sarah Palin.

I'd like to term the Mr. Silva's fact-free article a "disjointed," "rambling" "rant"--but that would be a personal attack, using words that Mr. Silva uses against Gov. Palin. In Mr. Silva's attack mode, "no thinking is required." Only hatred. It's what readers have sadly come to expect from David Axelrod's amanuensis.

The baked Alaskan certainly has a way of fluffing the mindless with a few patriotic words, no ideas and they love it. How could you not vote for apple pie, hotdogs, baseball, and the troops? Cast a vote for Webster!

I wish her a successful career in the Republican Party. However, under no circumstances should she ever run for public office, or for that matter serve the public in any official form. She is a quitter and she has forfeited that right.

Earth to Bruce, Palin left office and gave a speech with the media present--she WANTED the coverage and the attention. She craves it.

Silva isn't writing something just to write something--he's writing about a public event in the world of Palin.

Sarah is.......as manipulative and condescending as the media she takes umbrage with.

A sign seen at Sarah's speech yesterday:
"Quitting: the new American value." The other side read: "Thanks for the laughs."

All the video of her over the weekend, serving up BBQ, certainly looked like she was getting experience for her next job -- as a waitress! Now, can we please stop seeing stories about her? She's a quitter, let's move on.

Sarah Palin is a dimwit squared. She's a hypocrite and a liar. She's a coward and has betrayed the people of Alaska. Her supporters are as mindless and ignorant as she is. And Brucie boy, if you want to talk about hatred, lets talk about Wienerman Savage, druggy Limpbaugh, Mr. 'sexual harrassment' Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Butthead. Get over it loser.

Wally, Palin left the governor's office yesterday and there already was a Swamp attack yesterday. Today, she is a private citiizen and since Alaska is a few hours behind DC and this was posted at 10:35 am East Coast time, I highly doubt Palin gave a speech at the crack of dawn.
Anyway, Mark likes to say Palin speeches are "rambling." Funny, but I haven't seen that word used for an Obimbo press conference. His answers last 5-10 minutes per question.

Also, Mark has a thing for Miss Sarah. You see each day he can write about here is another day he gets to look at pictures of her. She is attractive and intelligent, so I will give him his props for at least having good taste!

You are just building up her power like the media did to Jesse Jackson and other people who are media darlings.

Keep it up and soon you'll see her flying around the country pushing her face into all the TV cameras to get her noticed even more. Then she'll start having her own talk show and then run for president.

Man, she is a 'Jesse' isn't she? I guess that means her kids are being groomed for the Senate.

Pretty pathetic typical biased liberal article.
How about Obama's joke of an administration and avoidance of constitutional law?
Let's see you write about that.

What's the point of this article? Is this really news? Seems just another chance for a liberal journalist, if you can even consider Mark Silva a journalist, to bash Sarah Palin. Why does she scare liberals so much that they need to continue bashing her when we are sitting here in 2009, 3 years away from the next election?

Palin would fit nicely amongst our Congress people. They don't know therefore they are. All she has to do is master the art of prop/chart making. I suspect Piper can help her out with the details like glitter and stickers. You do have to hand it to her. The more you take the time out to consider the type of politicking she embraces the more appealing she becomes. Now, if that which makes her genius, loose canon, wouldn't be that thing that makes her dangerous, lose canon.

After reading most of these comments it only assures me that Rush is correct when he said "the democrats are scared of Sarah Palin" and they should be. She stands for the people which most of Congress has forgotten.

Another day, another attrtack by Silva.

You quit.....say goodbye...go find a job more suited to your abilities. To think this person tried to con us into thinking she was qualified and had the stamina to be a part of the executive branch......"you betcha!!!" Not!!!

Give it a rest, Silva. You don't like Palin. We get it.

Unless you're willing to issue the same type of nose-out-of-joint polemic against Obama's recent "cops acted stupidly" with a similar denunciation over a failure to support is "with evidence of its correctness", then you're doing no one any service except the choir you're preaching to.

Substance, my man; leave ad hominisms to those with axes to grind.

I'm happy for the people of Alaska. Now they have a Governor who is willing to work for their needs, and their issues in these trying times, rather than a Governor who was soley focused on her needs and her career. If she no longer cared about the office that she took a solemn oath to fulfill, the people of Alaska are far better off without her. She showed her lack of dedication as clearly as possible by abandoning a position where she still had 18 months to work for the people she claims to care about.

The political class, that includes journalists, don't like former govneror Palin because she is not slick and well packaged. She says what is on her mind, she thinks like the average middle class American. While she may not yet be ready for prime time, she at least tells us the way she thinks.

After reading most of these comments it only assures me that Rush is correct when he said "the democrats are scared of Sarah Palin" and they should be. She stands for the people which most of Congress has forgotten.

Posted by: Don | July 27, 2009 12:26 PM

The only thing that liberals and the hard core right have in common is the pipe dream that Sarah will be the GOP POTUS nominee in 2012. Alas, there are not enough Republicans dumb enough to let that happen. Rats.

Scared? I hope and pray that Palin runs in 2012. that way Obama will win by ANOTHER LANDSLIDE so the 3% of morons who support her can blame the "liberal media."

Patriot Democrat

The political class, that includes journalists, don't like former govneror Palin because she is not slick and well packaged. She says what is on her mind, she thinks like the average middle class American. While she may not yet be ready for prime time, she at least tells us the way she thinks.

Sarah is a moron....how anyone could have put her up for VP is pathetic....but I'd welcome her on a ballot anytime...is there anyone easier to beat??? Way to quit on your own people mid term. Very classy.

I just don't get how anyone can be so crazy about Sarah Palin. Whether you like Mark Silva or not, he is right. She cannot keep her mind on one theme for more than two or three sentences. That she has any backers at all is sad; that she has so many is scary. The dumbing-down of America is becoming mainstream and not many seem to care.

To Rolland: Its the stuff she says that scares most Dems and should scare most Repubs if they would consider the words. You can't seriously think she represents middle America. She has no filter on what she says, it just all comes out. It's disjointed, just shoot from the hip (or lip) style. Look at the crap Biden gets for some of what he says. She seems like a fine person but she is not what I want representing me to the other world leaders. And, I consider myself middle of the road politically.

With Palin, it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. She never took any blame for her disastrous national interviews or admitted that her legal problems are at least partly her own doing. Say what you want about Obama, but he did make a lame attempt to admit his culpability in the Gates affair. BTW, what exactly has the liberal media been making up about Palin anyway? She loves to use that line, but has yet to point to any concrete examples. Most of their "made up" stories have turned out to be true.

I feel bad for all women in government because after Palin there will not be another. I think she is a moron. She waves the flag and says cute things. I can not believe that people in this country are so dumb to fall for it. I have met people persons before but I never said boy they should run for office.

One more thing if I was to run for office I would expect people to challange me on everything. Palin seems to feel that no one should go after her. She forgets that she work for the people!

Why did Michael Vick go to prison for hurting dogs, yet this woman brags about butchering moose and wolves and nobody seems to mind?

In Mark Silva's world, not a day goes by without an attack against Sarah Palin.

I'd like to term the Mr. Silva's fact-free article a "disjointed," "rambling" "rant"--but that would be a personal attack, using words that Mr. Silva uses against Gov. Palin. In Mr. Silva's attack mode, "no thinking is required." Only hatred. It's what readers have sadly come to expect from David Axelrod's amanuensis.

Posted by: Bruce | July 27, 2009 11:11 AM

Bruce....really, if you're going to be hyprocrital and so flying off on anything that comes out of the president's mouth, then Palin's fair game. Give me a break. She CREATES this stuff. It's made for dissecting.

Obviously you're the type of individual who believes that FOX News actually has journalists on the air too.

And to all you crybaby fringers out there? Your local store has tissues. I'd recommend buying some. The world needs less whiners like you. That goes for BDD, Don, Rolland Fitch and JohnD. Especially Don: what ARE you smoking today? If you approve of racial hatred and obstructionism then listening to RushBo is right up your alley, obviously.

Rolland? Hey, the only thing Sarah is ready for is a bookdeal (her main reason for leaving office - it was show me the money) and probably FOX News. That's the only place where someone will pat her on the head and say 'awwww...yes we know you're a quitter but we won't tell anyone. We'll just blame it on Obama like we usually do. And if we can't do that we'll blame it on Al Sharpton, or Michael Moore.' You can see it coming....

Scott:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the fact that you admit to being relatively centrist will mean nothing to Rolland. His autopilot will kick in and you'll be branded a liberal, regardless. You're going to always have apologists. And unfortunately you're looking at someone who's going to write a book that neocon fringers will buy, and she'll get a spot on FOX or something similar, because that's the only place her audience is - and the only place that will accept this weird speech. Everyone else is scratching their heads. And a note to all of your far right wingers out there, beware continuing in the path you're choosing: you're not going to be very convincing to the moderate republicans who you don't deem 'real' republicans anyway, and while independent voters are a little peeved at the president right now, it's not a guarantee that they'll vote automatically for the next GOP sacrificial lamb...oh, I'm sorry, the next candidate up in three years. Rolland? If Palin is not slick and well-packaged, there's a reason for that: she was a housewife with little political background. IF she didn't have any advisers to polish her up, "My Fair Lady" style - this is politics you know - then that's her own damn fault. Don't blame anyone else for how bad she looks doing ANYTHING in the public sector. You can't change what's already out there. You can't un-ring the bell.

I love seeing fake "conservatives" squirm and try to rationalize their support for this knucklehead mascot. Then again, that's what appeals to the baser group of Republican supporters: mindless mascots that speak in soundbites and platitudes that they can rally around since most "conservatives" don't have any true cause to rally around. So, they concoct these Palins and Joe the Plumbers to "stand" for what they claim to believe in because were it not for these mascots, the simpletons that support them might actually realize that the politicians that exploit their ignorance stand contrary to all of these ideals.

Keep following these ridiculous mascots and continue to be suckered, "conservatives."

It's amusing watching the fringe right wing cry and freak out over their "Sarah". Sorry...their "Sarah" couldn't stand the heat so she got out of the kitchen and blamed everyone but herself for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Yeah, that's someone you want in a major role in the Republican party. I do feel sorry for the moderates out there who have to deal with this. I don't blame you one bit for not voting at ALL come 2012.

"How about Obama's joke of an administration and avoidance of constitutional law?"

Very funny, an attack from the right about trampling on the constution--after the last eight years?

Your tinfoil hat is showing.

You fools are amazing !!!

Now that you've hounded Palin out I guess you'll have to redirect your whining and hatred back to President Bush.

Now don't forget...and this is very important he is to blame for EVERYTHING from global warming to AIDS to the economy to your smelly feet or the fact that your spouse turned you down last night !!!

This way you wouldn't have to deal with the mess obama is creating....yeah yeah yeah I know obama inherited these problems from President Bush.

Unfortunately for obama he's beaten that dead horse into the ground !!!!

NOW IT"S ALL obama !!!

Get you WHINE ON !!!!

"I think, therefore I am" is a quote from Rene Descartes and has nothing whatever to do with existentialism.

While there are plenty of loony comments from the Loony Left to choose from, this one takes the cake:

Why did Michael Vick go to prison for hurting dogs, yet this woman brags about butchering moose and wolves and nobody seems to mind?

Posted by: Paul | July 27, 2009 1:31 PM

Paul, are you that dumb? Vick went to prison because he was involved in dogfighting, an illegal crime.
Hunting is not a crime. Hunters are not criminals. In fact, hunting often helps the environment, not hurt it. As it is now, thousands of deer die a year because they can't find enough food to get through the winter. Hunting helps to keep the deer population down, which is at all-time highs anyway. There is nothing wrong with hunting animals, but there is lots wrong with taking dogs and training them to fight and kill another dog. Plus these dogs often hurt people too.
Do you not get the difference between hunting and dog fighting? Really? Good grief!

Maybe if she used a teleprompter you would like it better.

Perfect. Let the crackpots like Bruce and John D complain about their perceived bias of Silva's reporting. For the 99.5% of the rest of us, it's good riddance to an appallingly dumb-as-a-rock human being who somehow rose to a level of prominence in the new Bull Moose (GOP) party.

That she can't string together a couple of coherent sentences should be enough to scare off all but the most rabid wing nuts. It's already worked in her own state.

Now it's on to a book deal worth enough to pay her legal bills, and probably a spot on Fox "News"--where she'll fit right in with the rest of the crazies.

And to think that people voted for that nutty lady to be VICE PRESIDENT. What's wrong with folks???

We eat. therefore we massacre wolves from airplanes. It's the sporting thing to do, don't ya know?

Ooooops~The left leaning Zogby poll just came out with the same poll numbers as Rasmussen. Both polls show obama is now at a lowly 48% approval rating after only six months in office. Even Jimma Carter's numbers were better at the same six month time table...and we all know Carter was a one termer. So go ahead, amuse yourselves with Sarah Palin as obama continues his slide into oblivian.

Paulo

There is nothing wrong with hunting animals, but there is lots wrong with taking dogs and training them to fight and kill another dog. Plus these dogs often hurt people too.
Do you not get the difference between hunting and dog fighting? Really? Good grief!

Posted by: John D | July 27, 2009 2:17 PM

Vick should just have shot the dogs from an airplane like Palin shoots wolves, then everything would have been OK in John D's eyes.

Please stop writing about Palin, until she runs in 2012. At time point we can simply vote for anyone but her, an maybe we won't have to see her again.

cogito ergo sum

merci, Mr. Clarke.

I am a 43 year old, white, professional woman who'd love to be able to support a strong female, but Oh, my God. She's such an idiot.

I'm sorry, was this an editorial or a supposed "news" story. Gee, I hope it wasn't the latter...so much for "fair and balanced" reporting in the mainstream media, yikes!

"I can (still) see Russia from my back door."

Do we need to say anymore?

Run Sarah run! That'll ensure a Democratic sweep in 4 years!!

"She says what is on her mind, she thinks like the average middle class American?

Correction: like the typical trailer-trash American.

ALTERNATE PHOTO CAPTION

"Y'know the liberal media put this furry critter up here on the podium with me to provoke me to say something about Trig, Tripp, Trix, Trash, or Tetanus. But I'm tempted to grab my six shooter -- you betcha."

Wow, the fear of Sarah Palin is quite comincal. People...she is better than you. Get over it.

We leave Joe Biden alone because he is of no threat. Everyone knows he is a bafoon and no one takes him seriously. Same with Al Franken.

You people are freaked out by the fact that a strong, attractive, pro choice and pro gun, religious, family oriented woman will be the image for young girls to look up to. This scares the crap out of you. You want them to look up to angry man hating leftist like J. Garofolo.

I love reading these blogs where the left sounds like a bunch of frat boys making fun of the girl that won't date them.

Your messiah is stumbling and your fear of Sarah Palin won't help you.

wow, what a tard palin is. I don't mind seeing her on tv, I enjoy a good laugh.

And to think that people voted for that nutty lady to be VICE PRESIDENT. What's wrong with folks???

Posted by: Hails | July 27, 2009 2:29 PM

Um, you guys voted for Joe Biden and John Edwards 4 years earlier. Think about that for a minute.

I love that these supposedly tough minded, independently spirited, so-called conservatives constantly play the victim role. Boo hoo, you evil media. Boo hoo, you evil liberals. Funnier still is how ANYONE who disagrees is instantly branded a liberal. What makes it all the more amusing is that none of you could even define what liberal means. Just like you don't know what socialist or communist is. You people crack me up. Please continue with your mindless rants.

Rambling by who's sense, Yours the media. Come on and get a life. the media has had full aim on this womans family for a year now. She was in office, She was running for VP. yet some in the media kept going after her family, Knowing any parent would eventually step down to protect her children from the onslaught that was brought down on them, And why? because of the media push to control the out come of an election. Shame on the media and shame on the people that support there ends.

Is that fuzzy gray thing in front of her her brain?

Adjectives describing Sarah Palin: smug, self-righteous, stupid. That makes her uniquely qualified to lead the Republican Party for years to come.

I find it surprising that the Tribune affords space to a writer who misuses his allotment to pen unending diatribes and carry out what is obviously a personal vendetta against Ms. Palin. What goes? Why the animosity? What did she do to Mr. Silva to warrant such vitriol? And what happened to what passes for journalism at the Tribune? Is there, in fact, no sense of responsibility any more?

For all those taking a shot at this article, its author, the media, liberals or the Democratic Party, let me just say, as an avowed liberal, I pray, PRAY that Palin runs for president in 2012.

In fact, Palin-Sanford 2012!!! Where can I send my contribution?!?

Palin-Enign? Anyone? Buehler?

I have seen our own President ramble on aimlessly, whether or not his portable teleprompter is working. Not a word said about those occasions from the media. Yet Sarah Palin is regularly villified by the same media for much smaller gaffes. Oh, I forgot. She's a white woman and a Republican, so she's fair game for ugly, ad hominem attacks. And you wonder why respect for the media continues to be non-existent?

Hails,

And to think that people voted for that nutty lady to be VICE PRESIDENT. What's wrong with folks???
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And all of you liberals voted for Obama, who has even less political experience than Sarah Palin.

How's that working so far? Unemployment hit double digits yet?

Sarah shoots herself if the foot and blames the liberal media.

You betcha

I'm vegetarian and still, I would for vote her to anything she runs for. She is a REAL HUMAN BEING, a class of herself (as opposed to most of posters here).

You got to love her. She is pretty hot for an old lady and she's crazy as a loon.

My type of woman.

cogito ergo sum

merci, Mr. Clarke.

Posted by: Mark Silva | July 27, 2009 3:16 PM

Cogito, Ergo Spud:

I Think, Therefore I Yam.

I don't particularly like Sarah Palin, but I do admire her gutsiness. To call her comment rambling (I watched the entire farewell on TV).......is absurd IF you compare it to the "Messiah" without a teleprompter, Joe Biden at any time in his life, Barney Frank at any time in his life, Nancy Pelosi at anytime in her life, or any other politician actually. I don't care if you're Red or Blue....BUT, the more I think about it......she was much more intelligent than the Messiah without teleprompter or giving his "police acted studpidly" speech.

She's got more brains than the idiots running our country! Sad but true.

To Mr. Silva and all of you who have slammed Sarah because she "quit" - you didn't like her because she didn't have enough experience (Oh, but the annointed one did) You have called her a hypocrite (yet Obama promised transparanecy) You just plain didn't like her - she leaves and you criticize her for leaving - make up your crazy left wing loon minds already!

Support continues to grow for Sarah Palin For President in 2012 from conservatives across the nation who do not trust the GOP establishment. http://www.palin4pres2012.com

I think someone should put Palin in a ring with Reagan: Reagan's sound bites (lines from movies) vs. Palin's amusing and wondrous but meaningless spouts. Who would win?

I dislike Palin as much as the next guy, but this column is as painful to comprehend as one of her speeches. Way to smash us over our collective heads with the "I think, therefore I am" bit five different ways. I love the fact that you condemn her for sputtering out "well planned sound bites" for the cable news and in the same article incorporate and perpetuate 4 of her stupid soundbites. If you want to do the most harm to Palin, never invoke her name ever again! Articles like this keep her in the spotlight and fuel the fire of her supporters

You don't need a six shooter when you've got those fingers ready to aim. Oddly enough that's a sign of power. She's a quitter AND a fighter. No one is going to hold this lame duck to the ground. This mighty lame ducky will fly again.

The Palins have reportedly paid a half million dollars of their own in legal fees to defend themselves against baseless accusations by those who are still livid that she didn't exercise her right to abort her Down's child. Not only had it become expensive, it was tedious and time consuming to fight against the Soro's Leftist Loon Army.

Congratulations Letterman, Matt Damon, Silva and fellow Lefties. I'm sure you're celebrating your latest conquest.

I'm vegetarian and still, I would for vote her to anything she runs for. She is a REAL HUMAN BEING, a class of herself (as opposed to most of posters here).

Posted by: Tad | July 27, 2009 4:48 PM

You must be vegetarian for the diet and not the cause Tad. Tell me buddy.....think you ought to kill those critters by helicopter? Now there is a sport!

62 comments regarding this Idiot, wait, no 63..........God help Us, yes even the Republican God.

"How about... 'ya quit making things up?"

Why can't she just say that about FOX News for once?

"Um, you guys voted for Joe Biden and John Edwards 4 years earlier. Think about that for a minute." Posted by: JDaz
Really? It was Biden and not John Kerry? Wow..........

Palin for Pres. 2012-2014 1/2

She's still smart than the leading woman of the democratic party - Speaker Dimwit Pelosi

To all of you fringe-wingnuts out there here's the deal. I am an independent. I would certainly vote for a strong female politician. Now, that being said, when I SEE A strong female politician for president I'll be sure and let you know, doggone it! Palin's not it. Now....I'll wait until the heads start exploding. Afraid of Palin? For WHAT? And Toni? Like any republitard your general response is....'but but but....BARACK OBAMA did....or BILL CLINTON!!!!....or.....but but MICHAEL MOORE!!! or...but...but...but...AL GORE!!!! or....but but but...JESSE JACKSON!!!! You get the picture; you'll ignore it obviously, but you get the picture. You're about as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning, sweetie.

The Palins have reportedly paid a half million dollars of their own in legal fees to defend themselves against baseless accusations by those who are still livid that she didn't exercise her right to abort her Down's child. Not only had it become expensive, it was tedious and time consuming to fight against the Soro's Leftist Loon Army.

Congratulations Letterman, Matt Damon, Silva and fellow Lefties. I'm sure you're celebrating your latest conquest.

Posted by: ThepartyofOWE | July 27, 2009 6:01 PM

Yes...absolutely! You got a problem with it, fringeboy?

She's still smart than the leading woman of the democratic party - Speaker Dimwit Pelosi

Posted by: Terry | July 27, 2009 9:02 PM

Um...that would be 'smarter', dimwit.

Palin is the lipstick to my pitbull.

Without her looks we wouldn't even hear about her..She will not need to work after her book deal so hopefully she will fade away...Her lack of intelligence definately precludes any Presidential Aspirations..

Back in September 2008, we saw her wagging her finger at Hillary Clinton, that Hillary should not whine about tough media coverage, she was not doing women any good, she should just plow through it, she should have known what she was getting into and should just try harder and prove herself. “WOW”, I guess she loves measuring others by standards that she does not follow. What a hypocrite, but expected from most political false prophets types. I guess all other “lame duck” governors should take her lead and quit (cut and run). Thank you for leading by example.

Why doesn't Palin bleach her hair platinum blonde and finish the job?