George's Bottom Line

Hmm ... Governor Palin holding a major news conference to redress her image of clueless mouthpiece?

Let me guess ... she will somehow ensure that *all* questions to be asked are vetted beforehand and she will memorise answers produced by her staff and speech-writers?

"Palin doesn't want to let that image of her solidify in this post-election period."

Too late.

Get the Hook...please enough of her already...George put a lid on it & move on!

IF PALIN IS THE FUTURE OF THE GOP---WE WILL BE UNDER DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP FO A VERY LONG TIME----WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE NITWITS.

George!!!! Are you a patriotic American? Then speak out about the obvious filthy fraud that is going on in the Minnesota recount in the democratic districts---massive recount fraud. the FBI and DEPARTMENT Of JUSTICE must step in on this gigantic fraud or America will never survive because all people will know that we are nothing but a fraud as a nation. YOu do not have exactly 100 votes here and there and all in democratic districts without fraud, fraud, fraud. Democrats!!!! Are you proud of this fraud and don't answer with GOP steals elections for you know that is not relative to the Minnesota fraud and all America now knows that the party very well may be Machiavellian in that stealing is ok even in a nation that was supposed to be free and fair and guess what George, I am an independent and proud patriotic American who is digusted with this fraud and all fraud!!!!

If Sarah Palin is the future of the GOP, then the GOP is in serious trouble. Charisma alone just doesn't cut it. One needs brains as well.

Fraud, Fraud in Minnesota!!!!! Hey Minnesota People---Is this the state you want? Demand the FBI step in and arrest these frauds now and send a message to all Americans that fraud is not ok in Minn. or anywhere or let America go down the toilet with fraud of this level.

this article is a hit job by Stephanopoulis. The headline is misleading because she doesn't need to save anything. Stephanopoulis is afraid of Sarah so has already started the anti-Republican articles just like ABC did during the last election. If the fairness doctrine is implemented, ABC will have to fire half of their staff. I can't wait.

Sarah Palin is an Airhead. Please get her off of my TV.

rockychance: I think it's time for you to switch to decaf!!

Answer this: Was there ever a bigger fraud than the stealing of the 2000 presidential election? (Sound of crickets chirping)

Why is it that when Republicans win, it is fair and square but when Democrats win it is fraud?

counting crows: If one needs brains what happened to Obama's. I know. He left them at Harvard. If you use common sense, which I see you don't have, you would figure out why he wants the people from Clinton's administration in his. He need extensive training in politics and foreign policy to survive. He needs their help to make decisions. We all know his speech writer took the words out of the RFK book and added additional words of his own. Where do you think Obama got the words hope and change. Robert Kennedy was speaking them in his campaigning. For a Harvard graduate and a lawyer he tops the cake with the icing on it.

Hey GOP. Want to bring people back to the party? Kick all those NEOCON's out and go back to being the party of fiscal conservatism, small government, nonintervention. Dr. Ron Paul is waiting.

You can't recover from the nonsense she has said and done. I don't believe it's possible.

But I'm confident she'll draw the wrong conclusions and run anyway. An easy win for the democrats.

Pam: Why don't you just shut down your TV or change the channels. Better throw it out. Read a book and get a grip.

WHY ARE WE CONSTANTLY TORMENTED WITH THIS IDIOT---IS NOT AS SMART AS A THIRD GRADER---YET WE STILL HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT SCREECHING VOICE--
GIVE IT UP ALREADY---SORT OUT THE 200 THOUSAND DOLLAR CLOTHES AND DISSAPEAR ALREADY

Gov. Crist? He has overseen the collapse of the social services infrastructure in the State of Florida. High jobless rate, broken promises of lower property taxes, horrible finanical conditions for the elderly, school districts actually reducing the number of students (moving away from Florida likely answer) for the first time in more than a generation. Families in crisis and few resources to help them. Local government has been stripped of resources. Sorry, look somewhere else for good GOP leadership, there isn't any in Florida. The republican controlled State Senate and House in conjunction have brought the state to its financial knees. If this is leadership, then we don't need to spread this to other parts of the country. Florida is an example of how not to manage state government.

*Sigh*..I'm so sick and tired of seeing this idiot. And one does not have to question why they didn't want her to do more interviews...She's NUTS!...She couldn't wait to tell her side, she would have made the party look worse than what they look like now if they just left her to her own devices. If she's even a blip on the radar in '12, I'd be surprised. She needs to be worried about the future of her Governership, and not the possibility of running for President. If she even thinks she has a chance, the dems will lock-arms and make sure she doesn't even set a foot in the front door.

HEY MARIANNE---PALIN IS EXPERT ON FOREIGN POLICY------SHE ACTUALLY KNOWS WHERE RUSSIA IS, WONDER IF SHE HAS FIGURED OUT WHY THE FLY OVER ALASKA.
SHE IS ONE NIT WIT TO BE SURE. STILL TRYING OUT HOW THEY MADE HER GOVERNER OF ALASKA-----IT SURE WAS NOT BECAUSE SHE IS SMART IN ANY WAY.JUST THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD HER RUNNING OUR COUNTRY---SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A NATIONAL DISASTER--BUT THEN THE REPUBS ARE EXPERTS AT THAT.

HOW CAN ANYONE TAKE HER SERIOUSLY!?

brian: ABC never did have a good staff like FOX NEWS. George S. doesn't know what's he's talking about and that's why the Clinton administration had him step down. I don't know how he ever got in politics. But he is a democrat dog and that's what the democrats preach JUNK. Obama's key advisor stated yesterday that the tax increase is on the way and its not only for people making $250,000 like these dummies that voted for him think. Aren't they going to get a surprise when it happens. I don't care because I don't have to work for for the working class good luck on their paycheck.

Lily Bell: Why don't you run for office if you can do a better job. Get your butt busy and talk to the republican party. There's one thing possible, you might get thrown out the door. Only intelligent people are allowed in.

Mariannpepitone, You dont think Obama has a brain? I suppose YOU are a graduate of Harvard cum laude? I suppose YOU were the president of the law review? He has more brains than you and that nitwit Sarah Palin combined.

When is the playboy spread? That is all she is good for.

Sarah Palin is already " Quayled." she is now playing the blame game and excluding herself from any responsibility. As she likes to say "It's amazing that we did as well as we did" truer words were never spoken.

PALIN IS AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT----THE REASON MCCAIN LOST IS HER---HE COULD NOT STATE THAT SHE COULD RUN COUNTRY.
WHY DONT SHE SHUT UP ALREADY.I DOUBT THAT SHE WILL WIN IN ALASKA NEXT ELECTON.

The Republican party should do everything they can to stop this joke. "Is Sarah Palin the Future of the GOP?"...please, I don't know whether to LMAO or throw up...

enough is enough....Let's enjoy a couple of years without presidential compaigning.

LILY
--MARIANNE STATED ONLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE GET IN THE REPUB PARTY----(PALIN)

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Mariann Pepitone, when people like you make comments like that, you make our point for us better than anything...

Tired of Palin: The democrat dogs are only going to be in office for one term like Jimmy Carter. By the way why don't you turn in your resume and try running for office yourself but don't be mad if the door slams in your fool face. Palin don't have to worry about being governor for another term. You have to worry about accomplishing goals in your life which I doubt you can do. Most of the commentor's on this message board will never accomplish anything and will amount to what they are NOTHING. Many young people go to college to avoid working because they have sucker parent's paying their way and giving them the money for drugs and booze. That's what happened to Obama his grandmother gave him the money to buy them. Didn't you know he left his brains at Harvard.

Rodney - You are great!

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DRINKING OR SMOKING--YOU SOUND A LOT LIKE PALIN---JUST PLAIN STUPID OR DUMB

LILY
THANKS

Did anyone watch the interviews with Fox? I highly doubt it. You are merely looking for another attack on Palin from the headline of this article. As throughout history, humans tend to look for a source to vent their hate on. It looks like liberals have chosen Palin for now. If you noticed, the media had spread lies and rumors, and still is, about Palin throughout the campaign. Injustly, the media scarcely gave Palin a chance for rebuttal, and if they did, it was always too late to put the fire out. All of this being said, how could it not be Bush''s fault that the GOP failed to get re-elected?!!! I don''t care which Republican/Democrat I talk to, they all seem to agree that getting a GOP candidate elected after Bush''s 8 years was an uphill and impossible battle. You brainwashed liberals who can''t see this are a minority and you need to pull your head out of your butt.

QUICK! Lock the door!

Sarah Palin is like Bush. She is blaming everyone but herself for her failures. Time for that woman go go back to small town politics and let the rest of us move on.

So, I wonder if she is going to take all her kids to Miami for the Republican Governors Association annual meeting, I'm sure Alaska will foot the bill for all of them... It's warm there so they will all probably need new clothes too.

George, you are such a gentleman translating what Palin said into plain English so that we can understand.

The direct transcript of what she said is as follow:

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door ... And if there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door."

How many of you were aware of her political career prior to her nomination for the Republican VP?? I dare say little to no one...so where did you "learn" about Ms. Palin? OH, that's right! From the liberal media! The same media that leaned in favor towards Obama, no doubt aiding in his election of President of this country...I dare say before slamming this woman, you may want to check out the real facts surrounding her term as governor as well as her political past / future..or you could let the media make up your minds for you...very scary as to whose hands this election passed through...mindless sheep a.k.a. a majority of the American people.

You all sound like a bunch of high school girls who are jealous of the popular one that just happens to be both attractive and intelligent. I bet she does scare you. You don't want honesty and integrity - you want lies and deceit. Well I think you're going to get - at least for the next 4 years!!

PALIN IS AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF HOW IMPORTANT AN EDUCATION IS-----ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE MAKES BUSH LOOK LIKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST .WE KNOW WHY MCCAIN IS LAYING LOW----HE DONT WANT THE BLAME FOR HER.

Thank you Kathy! This is what I've been saying all along! :) See people: INTELLIGENCE ;)

YOU GLOSSY EYED IDIOTS! Your new "hero" is going to take YOU & ME for everything we have & then some..... SNAP OUT OF IT!! MY GOD PEOPLE HE'S A LAWYER !! You'll be begging for her as President by the time 2012 arrives! PALIN FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!

Hey MindlessSheep, don't forget McCain's aides. You don't have to be a Dem to dislike Palin.

KATHY
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NO ONE IS JEALOUS OF PALIN--NO WAY NO HOW.

For all the comment's about Sarah, I wonder if your mother's are dumbo's like you are or was it your father's. Or maybe your parent't are divorced and can't stand each other. One thing is for sure, none of you will ever accomplish anything in your lifetime, never get to the top and will always be what you are. NOTHING!! If any of you are in college, drugs and booze is the problem as stated on the news. Grow up and get a life. Clean up your own backyard before you start on someone's else's and get rid of the jealousy over someone that is better than you ever will be. I know many college student's are duds. Watch the Leno show when he's asking them simple questions that they can't answer. One question was who was the first president, the answer was I don't know. That's the college student's today. Know nothing, say nothing and do nothing.

If people are going to solidify an image of Palin based on the media elitist bias against her, they don't have a clue. With modern media, it is possible to manipulate and control the public's image of just about anybody. If you believe the things that were motivated by hatred against Palin for simply being an opposing force to Obama, then you are the biggest fool of all. Quit allowing yourselves to be blinded with a superficial stereotypes, or else you are being the biggots you think everyone else is. Palin is doing something right up there in Alaska, and in times like these, the state of Alaska will be an economic lighthouse. People can play the popularity game all day, but in the end, the numbers tell the truth: Jennifer Granholm (Obama advisor) - 10% approval rating as governor, weakest state economy. Sarah Palin - 90% approval rating as governor, strongest state economy. Call me crazy, but I guess I'm more of a numbers guy.

I am sooo tired of people trash Governor Palin. They should wait until they've accomplished something even close to what she's done. And, as far as her qualifications, could she have possibly have done worse than the highly educated, elitists who trashed our economy?! How much education do you need to know you don't give sub-prime loans to people who can't pay it?!

I hear that a 12th grader from Wasilla High School plans to debate GOV. Palin for the Senate seat!

This was dreamed up by a Mr. Jonson, the students' world history and legal studies instructor.

any woman who has a problem with Sarah is just jealous because she is beautiful and politically powerful. And of course, nimrod men are intimidated as well. everyone knowns George is a screaming liberal and never never says anything questionable about the democrats. Everything he says is as if he were hired by the Democrats. he should just work for them.

57 MILLION people liked Palin and there will be more now that she will be in the news and people will
get to know her better.

Later this week she is going down to Miami for the Republican Governors Association annual meeting where she will appear on a panel on the future of the Republican Party called "Looking Toward the Future" and holding a major news conference.
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This trip is intended to benefit Sarah Palin. Question(s): Will she bring her entourage which is her family and friends? Who is paying the way? The State of Alaska? Taxpayers? The Palins?

Who???

If you fools listened to her interview on Fox last night you may not be saying these things. Open up your NARROW ears and listen fools!!!! Where are some of you from? I'm sure your "accents" are foolish to some people?!!!! I have an aunt and uncle from Idaho who sound exactly like Sarah - he's a professor at a university - so were Sarah's parents teachers!!! So, rather than point fingers at someone, listen! She has a son who is fighting in Iraq for our freedom and YOUR safety and a son who may or may not understand your remarks when he gets older. GROW UP PEOPLE.

kathy-

Wow, you must really be hating the fact that Obama beat your precious puppet Palin!

You better worry about your own canidate. Did you hear his cell phone conversation on the plane. Who is going to run the United States him or the guy on the phone.

I think Palin should go on a goodwill mission to the country of Africa.

Seriously, Governor Avon Lady needs to go back to Alaska and never return. Of course, 100% of us Democrats would love it if Republicans thought that she's the future of the party.

KEEP THE DOOR LOCKED AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We know Obama won but that is not the PAST and we are looking on to 2012.

Mariann Pepitone - Dumbo? WOW, What do you have in your closet? Before you pass judgement on other people, Look in the Mirror!

You Dems are remarkable......the election is OVER.....and you still want to talk about her. That says volumes more than anything you all write. Bottom line is though she will be back...you all were too busy getting drunk on the Kool aid to see that she actually got McCain as far as he got. Before the repub convention he was all but dead in the water. I know you all don't listen or watch anything but the MSM but fact is she drew thousands....the visit she had in Leesburg Va drew over 12,000 in the middle of the week and Northern Va is heavily Dem. If you all want her to go away then you need to stop talking about her.....you all are keeping her in the news.

you know I am tired of all this Palin bashing ! The reason you left wing nuts don't like her because she is a thread to any lefty out there , here values are different and she doesn't care what anybody thinks
And the the new genius in the white house has to call on all old Clinton people to get his administration going I DON"T CALL THAT CHANGE I CALL THAT SAME OLD CRAP!!!
WATCH YOU WALLET THY WILL TAKE ALL OF YOU MONEY

Oh, grow up. I think Obama was the best pick - I'm not as narrowminded as the rest of you. I think he has a hard road ahead of him and I'm not sure Obama or McCain were the best pick but I support Obama in all that he does. However, I think Palin never had a chance right from the Gibson interview.

Thank you M S Long Beach!!!

You want to start slinging mud. Should we bring up the gafts on BIDEN????

JOBS in a THREE Letter Word

We had tv in 1929?????

Yes I ate at this restaurant. But wait it wasn't even built!!!

Fox refuted the claims of the "anonymous" accuser against Palin via a McCain aid who says no such conversations ever took place. We are still waiting for this "anonymous" child to come forward and attempt to back up their claims. It will never happen. It's so sad that Americans will believe an anonymous cry baby over more legitimate sources in their efforts to cast hatred that is entirely undue. You do not seem to grasp that, in the end, injustice grows until destroys everyone. Unfortunately in this case, we will reap what we sow as Americans. You make think that you are fighting the cause for tolerance, but ultimately, you brew intolerance that will one day explode on all of us due to people's selfish motives.

kathy: You said it all. These are not the democrats of yesterday. They are the fools of today. And it will all come to an end. Obama is going to shock the public by the changes he makes. Don't forget he is half Kenyan and that country has a ruler. It is in his blood and I could tell by the way he talked on the platform. However, those that are on drugs and booze have a twisted mind and wouldn't know the difference. Plus on Fox News yesterday Obama's advisor stated that the higher tax is on the way so that means when he becomes sworn in look out your pockets will be empty. Joe the plumber had him all figured out. 95% will pay the price and 5% will not. The 5% are probably on social security of SSI checks. He is a nightmare in itself. Michelle's mother is moving into the white house and next will be his other half brothers and sisters from Kenya. Call it the black house and it will become a mess. I can smell it now.

I knew so little about politics in Alaska before Palin. Now I know too much! Troopergate....just who does she think she is....exerting her power to "protect" her sister? What about the senator from Alaska who should be "drummed out of Congress". Yet Alaska may elect him again! And what about the organization in Alaska that wants to secede from the US? Altho Palin is not a member, she is very much aware of the group and in fact spoke at one of their meetings! And to think she has no regard for saving the polar bears from becoming extinct! Kill them, use them for trophies, or... anything goes!
John McCain thought he was being clever when he made her his running mate. If anything, she helped defeat him! She will trod on anyone to get what she wants! Send her back to Alaska to run the state....they deserve her as governor. Don't taint the remaining 49 states!

Georgie zip up your pants and get over your love feast for that one. You can never have him. Why don't you do some real newsy stuff like all the voter fraud that went on to buy your guy the WH. Go help nasty MO figure out how to dress or do they really like those black/red communist looking clothes they wear. Sarah really scares you Obots that are drinking the Jim Jones poisoned kool aid. Come on Georgie where is Nobamas BC, Harvard records, Kenya records, records of where him and that creep Ayers served. Why hasn't poor ole granny been buried yet? What year again did she die? Funny he had to go see her at the same time Martin filed that lawsuit in Hawaii. Now go get answers to my questions which is some real news instead of bashing a wonderful more intellegent woman than you are In the meantime come January I'm gonna go find a park bench for my address and wait for my checks to start arriving.

Jane-

I would love for the republicans to look to Palin as the leader of the party. That would give us democrats a guaranteed win in 2012!! I like how everyone likes to say that she is qualified and would make a good leader, but in reality . . . she is so popular because she is a woman. Why cant the conservative (whack job) republicans just be honest.

Brian said it best, nothing more than a hit job by Geo.!!!

"Sigh*..I'm so sick and tired of seeing this idiot."

You are an idiot for this comment. This is America for God's sake. She has a right to defend her self from YOUR liberal Jack off friends and all of these idiot Obama folks that just elected a Marxist snake who will govern this nation like a dictatorship! I am going to spend the next 4 years getting sick of your creepy looking, robotic acting, phony, President-elect. He has the lease experience to run any thing of the 3 other candidates combined. Did any one bother to check his record? God the next 4 years are going to be "just wonderful".

followthecultleader-

You might be the single most ignorant person I have ever heard! At least your not bitter that OBAMA is our next President! :-) how bout them apples HA HA HA HA

One again 57 MILLION people voted for Palin.

Obama is the President and Biden is Vice President for now.

On to 2012

Mariann Pepitone - hey you racist - go paint your house.

fool's gold-

Join the club, america has been run by a terrorist for the last 8, can't get any worse than what Bush has done to our country. I'll spend the next 4 years excited, happy and NOT feeling bad for you.

Have a great Jan 20 there buddy

I wonder why all these people want to interview her?
No one wants to interview a failure

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Gov. Sarah Palin hadn't been back home in Alaska for a full day and her staff had begun fielding requests Thursday for postelection interviews, including from Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King and others.

It's too late for her, she already got "Quayled." There is hope for her as a senator for Alaska though since it looks like Alaskan's are going to elect a convicted felon, how big of a stretch would it be to elect someone like Palin?

Jill is right, we need to learn to be charitable. Even though people of her ilk like George Will, Pat Robertson and half the conservatives say Sarah should never get near the White House, we can stop throwing barbs at her. After all, 'she' is charitable and I never heard a mean nasty lie come from her mouth, ever. So as long as she doesn't do something really stupid like run for President, we should be nice and ignore her.

Jim Bob

No one wanted to interview Quale.

She is a force that is going to be reckoned with and you guys are all scared.

Lol....Bobby Jindal.....isn't he an Indian? Does he see America the way Sarah PAlin does? Is he really catholic or did he convert for convenience? Aren't his parents from India and by 6 degrees of separation have probably come in touch with muslims since India has the 3rd largest muslim population in the world. I bet you he palls around with muslims. Let's see how that flies with the right wing base....talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

America's poltical commentators have a built in bias: many, like George, got their jobs because of their experience in the political sphere, meaning they have party and personal allegiances. I always enjoyed a sports column in the old Baltimore News Post called "As Others See Us", a compilation of excerpts from columns in the newspapers of other major league cities, and it gave fans a fresh and usually more objective look at their team the local writers did.

The BBC Blog on election night was much like that and the conclusion was that the GOP would have to take a different strategy and put together a somewhat different base if it was to grow and it would have to reach out to the Latinos that stopped supporting the GOP this year. And because of that it concluded that Sarah Palin is not the future of the GOP.

That makes more sense to me than anything I've seen our ex-bureaucrats write.

All of the reporters and magaines and $$$$$that went to ALASKA during the race never came up with one thing against her.

Which came first: the stereotype or the desire to form it? Palin was being attacked before she even said one word in the campaign. Some are so brainwashed that they would even find it hard to see this reality.

After 4 years of the nazi dems, who cares who the GOP run? 4 years of higher taxes for the middle class, and bail outs for the auto industry, as well as those who took out home loans they couldn't afford, will ruin this country. Seems we have already told the auto industry to take their gas guzzlers and "stick it". We are tired of supporting those who fail. My people work for a living and are no longer slave to anyone.

Mariann Pepitone: Your personal attacks on here show how immature and ignorant you are. Do yourself a favor and stop embarrassing yourself. You know nothing about anyone on here or what their backgrounds are so stop trying to lump everyone together. You are an embarrassment to yourself and your party; I guess you and Mrs. Palin have a lot in common. You should both be quiet and do your jobs.