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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 06:58 PM
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The National Review: Palin "tried to bluff her way through, pretending to know what she obviously
did not know."

http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmRkN2QwYjMxMmI1NjY2OGFhOThjZTdjOGEzYWJiNTY=

I expected I would go to my grave without ever saying these words: David Frum is right.
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CountAllVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:01 PM
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1. eh gads you are right!
>>But Palin never punted. She tried to bluff her way through, pretending to know what she obviously did not know. It's an understandable impulse, and in the context of a single interview, not so very terrible. But is it an impulse that she'd lay aside once in office? Or is it a deeper habit? A lot may turn on the answer to that question.

:kick: & recommend!!

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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:02 PM
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2. National Review? Isn't that far RW item?
Or am I confusing it with something else?

:shrug:
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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:06 PM
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7. FAR right wing.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:03 PM
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3. Wow..
That is all I can say...
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:04 PM
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4. If she were straight up she would have
admitted it and gone on from there. She'd have gotten a lot more respect from charlie.

As it is..all anyone is talking about is her foolish attempt to coverup.."In what respect, charlie?"
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:04 PM
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5. Even conservatives are scared shitless of this fundie airhead!
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:05 PM
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6. Who wants to be a VP?
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:07 PM
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8. Why Bush never asks questions:
Somebody who knew President Bush well once remarked to me. "You'll notice he never asks questions."

"Why not?" I said.

"Because he doesn't know what it's okay for him not to know."
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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:08 PM
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9. Wasn't that candid revelation shocking?
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:12 PM
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11. Amazing, but dead accurate! I'll admit I've felt that way myself... nt
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:11 PM
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10. Seen any flyng pigs?
I never thought I'd see the day when the NR dissed a neocon.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 08:01 PM
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22. And were they wearing lipstick?
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:12 PM
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12. Holy shit.. maybe some repubs love their Country MORE than winning.
And decidely, the McCain ticket is THAT bad, and frightening. OMG.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:14 PM
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13. I saw David Frum on Canadian tv,he is appaled by Palin.
If someone like that is appalled,that kinda scares the hell out of me.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:18 PM
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14. of course it's a deeper habit
she's a bullshit artist through and through. that's all they do, is bullshit their way up the career ladder. until their incompetence catches up with them.
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:25 PM
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15. It's plain to see this woman is way out of her league.......
Anybody that says she isn't it is counting on uninformed or dumb people to believe their bullshit.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:26 PM
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16. I must say this is a turnaround for Frum
After all, he WAS a speechwriter for Puddin' Head and is widely believed to be the author of the "axis of evil" speech. He was a "Bushie" before being a Bushie was cool in the GOP.

But he's been remarkably frank about his dislike for Palin right from the time it was announced.

I'm thinking it must be the few molecules of Canadian left in him.
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:26 PM
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17. THE NATIONAL REVIEW?!!! Wow.
Just Wow. Never thought they would have open eyes.
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madaboutharry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:35 PM
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18. I think that northernlights is correct
Edited on Sat Sep-13-08 07:35 PM by madaboutharry
in saying that this is a "deeper habit."

This is her way of being in the world. She is so incredibly ego based, that her
instinct is to constantly prove how great she is, even when she doesn't know what
she is talking about.

Ed Schultz said it the other day: "She doesn't know her ass from third base."

The fact that McCain allowed this is evidence how unfit he is to be president.
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kurth_ Donating Member (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:41 PM
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19. She's unfit to be dogcatcher
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:53 PM
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20. Anyone with her track record of LYING is unfit to work in my
cat hospital cleaning cages and scooping litter boxes.

And she's an idiot. She'd be downright dangerous around my patients and medications.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 08:47 PM
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24. Palin was already over her head when she was the mayor of
Wasilla. This political campaign has become bizarre.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 08:48 PM
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25. I never dreamed that the Republicans could field two candidates
who were dumber than Bush.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 07:59 PM
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21. And McCain is attempting to bluff his way into the White House.
:kick:
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Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 08:05 PM
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23. So the National Review would be fine with a stupid bimbo as long as she admits it.
The female candidate should fawn over the superiority of her running mate:

"What should we do about a nuclear Iran?

Charlie, that's an incredibly difficult question. That's why I am so grateful for the leadership of John McCain. I think we'll all feel safer with President McCain deciding on issues like these than we would with an untested and unready candidate like Senator Obama."


:puke:
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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 04:09 PM
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30. They like their female candidates subservient
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 08:53 PM
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26. Whoa, there's a surprise.
Nice to see they're not all idiots.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 08:57 PM
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27. Frum and Ramesh Ponnuru don't seem to like her one bit.
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dansolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 09:10 PM
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28. Probably because they dislike the Christian fundamentalists
Don't get me wrong, they love getting them all frothed up, but they never have any intention of actually following through with any of their promises. They like that the right wing is agitated, and the middle is apathetic. But, start to implement Christian fundamentalist policies, and suddenly the situation becomes reversed, which would make things really bad for the Republicans.
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Stop Cornyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 12:56 PM
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29. Who could blame them?
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