Pallin' Around With Palin

Typical ignorant reaction from Barnes a person who would get no executive jobs in Washington DC, being simply a bloviating hack. Sarah Palin as a city mayor had no responsibility for services and schools, and the only project she implemented, a hockey rink, is a boondoggle. When she left the city it was millions of dollars in debt. As governor she has appointed many unqualified cronies in return for contributions to her campaign, and her abuse of power is too well documented to bear repitition. Barnes isn't talking about what Sarah Palin really knows on foreign policy, because she is an ignorant know nothing.

"My advice is ignore the critics who know far less about Palin than she does about foreign policy."

Most of her critics aren't the ones that have accepted a job which they are unqualified for.....as for her getting a any job, please! Who would hire her for anything?! If a normal person went into an interview and displayed a lack of knowledge for the job he/she had applied for, the interview would be cut short. Therefore, her as a VP is laughable and damn sad.

Jake, put all the clothing, make up, troopergate, and qualifications issues aside...it is painful to hear her in an interview. She cannot compose her thoughts or a complete sentence. Granted, since she was removed from the lime light and coached, she has become much better, but you know what they say about first impressions. I, um, wanted to, um, like her, ya know, but Katie Couric and, um, Obama, and those taxes, um, and I'll get back to ya on that and let ya know.

Jake,

Did you know Sarah had 2 separate ethics complaints against her under investigation at this time.

I had missed this, but in addition to the Troopergate, according to the LA Times (and noted by a poster below):

"Palin drew a formal ethics complaint still pending against her and several aides for allegedly helping another donor and fundraiser land a state job."

Apparently 100 friends and donors got plum jobs in the Palin administration, though most were laughably unqualified.

I guess when you turn your campaign over to lobbyists, you get a very different interpretation of the value of ethical governance.

OBAMA PROMISED TO CUT TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS IN CHICAGO X 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAPPENED. EMPTY PROMISES. CHICAGO IS IN SHAMBLES. IF HE IS ELECTED, USA WILL BE THE NEXT CHICAGO, FULL OF CRIMES AND WELFARE RECIPIENTS. NO PRO GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. GO MCCAIN/SARAH!!!!

OBAMA=KOOL AID. LOOK IT UP!!!! GO PALIN!!!

Sarah Palin has done some pretty highly questionable acts in Alaska. History of her political service in Alaska reveals problems strong enough for a possible FBI investigation. Wonder is FBI will be indicting her?? Question if her own appointed Ethics Board can conduct a non-biased second investigation - the second step of process??? Her appointed inexperienced Attorney General from her own small town of Wasilla has not demonstrated non-bias. But then the FBI are handicapped and under direction of Republican George Bush. FBI has been in Alaska since 2004. Sarah Palin never cleaned up Alaska political corruption. FBI was doing this alone. Actually Alaska government and their lawmakers were ones being investigated.
Go check it all out. Google it.

Tell Sarah Palin to go home. She has already been found to have committed "abuse of power" as Governor of Alaska. Her political record has produced lots of problems and no new self proclaimed good news will change my mind. New stories keep coming out of more problems. Another that has not yet hit news - how her and Todd's new house was built at same time Wasilla Sports Complex was built a couple of blocks away. Contractor of Complex has/had lien on their house. Were they getting free building materials on sly from sports complex??? Were contractors working for free on their house on sly?? She is friends of Ted Stevens and seems he got some freebies for his house remodeling on sly. Stevens case is still in jury deliberation. Stevens indicted by FBI. Seems some of Alaska government politicians practice possible illegal activities. News investigative reporters keep finding new facts. Facts are not favorable and evidence does back up their stories.

Sarah Palin recently this summer did not support Measure 4 which put state pollution regulations in place for Pebble Mine pollution drainage. Pollution will affect one of largest salmon spawning streams in America. Palin was more interested in the money the state would generate than protecting the very people she was elected into office to serve. Instead she is saying it is ok for toxic chemicals from pollution drainage to get into the food chain. She is saying it is ok for her people to develop life threatening medical conditions. She is saying it is ok if they die. She is saying it is ok for another Erin Brockenvich movie. She is saying ok for astronomical law suit!! This is 2008 and we all know what toxic chemicals can do!! Another to recall is the "Five Mile Island." 2008 there is no excuse for this. Regulations and good planning would prevent this disaster against humans in the making. I am middle of road when it comes to environmental protection. But when money and corporate interests take priority over the health and very life of people I get very mad!!

Lady is not qualified, nor is she honest. Too much evidence to back my statements. I have discovered she is just another corrupt Alaskan politician. She joins the other 11 Republican politicians indicted by the FBI to date. To date no Democrats indicted.

This lady is not honest!! Her administration reveals her personal actions of "cronyism." She displays extreme vindictiveness. She uses and includes her husband as if he is part of her administration. And is just way too much, and way beyond usual and customary for spouses. Personal issues with Palin's become vendettas for Palins with personal/workplace/business attacks upon people. Alaska is small and everyone knows everyone. Jobs lost. Reputations ruined. List goes on and on. Some people are scared to speak out against her and her family. Large donors to her campaign receive large subsidized government loans or receive government contracts where bid contracts written favoring preferential treatment for her donors. Evidence exists for all of this. The Palin secrecy facts are starting to fall apart.

Sarah Palin is presently in midst of multiple ethics complaints lodged against her as Governor in Alaska. Already has been found guilty of one "abuse of power" complaint. Law Suits will come and point to probable court decisions against her. Top litigation attorneys were on TV saying all was serious for her. Worse is still yet to come for her.

I can not believe anything she says anymore. As a female my excitement at her selection has turned to alarm!! How can someone who seems to be so beautiful and personable, delivers wonderful crowd attracting speeches, be not who she really is? What we seem to have is a "wolf in sheep's clothing." Just can't seem to describe her any other way. This lady is scary!!

Attack dog with lipstick. That says it all.

Biden didn't know what the V.P.'s job was either and if you didn't know that,you didn't watch the V.P. debate. I find it hilarious when others mock Palin's experience. Obama has no experience whatsoever in any field of political life. Voting yea, nay, and present does not constitute experience. To those who think Palin is not qualified, let's put the top of your ticket against Palin and see who comes out ahead. I'm sure even at home Obama doesn't even make the decisions, Michelle does.

I have a question Jake how can Shaun Hannity go to a Sara Palin rally here in Tampa today I thought that fair and balanced to mean that news anchors did not get involved in the political process does not seem fair at all

This is what I know about Palin, from her own words: "See, under a big government, more tax agenda, what you thought was yours would really start belonging to somebody else, to everybody else. If you thought your income, your property, your inventory, your investments were, were yours, they would really collectively belong to everybody"

She is a liar - both about Obama's positions and her own history, she has destroyed McCain's campaign with her ruthless gutter politics, and she inspires the worst - not the best in her supporters. What do you hear from Palin rallies? Let's come together and solve these problems - we can do it together? No. Americans are good and patriotic, no matter where they live, no matter how they vote? No. I don't agree with my opponent's positions, but as a Christian, I respect every man or woman and see the light of Christ in them? No. This woman is the most ruthless, dishonest politician I have seen in my lifetime - and that includes Richard Nixon. Even Nixon did not stoop to saying that under his opponent's administration your property would not belong to you - it would belong to everybody. I suported John McCain. I am an independent - but it will be a very long time before I ever vote for a Republican again in a national election.

Ah well, thanks to the New Yorker article, we now know that Fred Barnes fell hard for Sarah on the Conservative Love Boat cruise to Alaska.

And as the first one on the Palin bandwagon, Barnes is obviously trying to salvage HIS reputation.

Sarah Palin is nothing but a very good cheerleader. But all the cheerleading does not matter if her team of choice is made up of "has beens" with old ideas and an abysmally sorry strategy (that is if there has ever been a viable strategy in the first place).

She has no idea what "policies" or "platforms" [she thinks those are shoes women wore in the 70's], so please don't try to tell us we can't form an 'objective' opinion about her unless we MEET with her. [She would be no different in person than she is on TV - a FAKE, FRAUD, AND PHONEY.} She agreed to be interviewed by Gibson and Couric, neither of whom asked "gotcha" questions as she prefers to profess. If any politician is unable to answer questions [in concise constructive sentences rather than jibberish] posed by press personnel, then they have no business being in the national arena. Palin does not have the KNOWLEDGE, THINKING ABILITY OR INTELLECT to oversee any government office. To KNOW that her husband [who is NOT even a government employee but who is frequently present in her office during meetings is able to listen to procedures, policies and problems] who advises her] behind closed doors simply tells me that he is running the governor's office, either due to her inability and/or due to distrusting her own instincts. This was the same type predicament that worried us about HRC being nominated.

I see a woman who has gotten through her life on her 'physical appeal' rather than on her intellect and it NOW SHOWS AND THE WORLD HAS SEEN IT! The American public is not STUPID and we aren't just going to 'accept' anything we're being told without finding out the underlying facts. It appears the more we hear and learn about the Palin's, the more reasons we find not to believe her on basically everything she says. During her rallies telling supporters [generally the lunatic fringe] that she likes being in the "pro-American" portion of whatever state she happens to be in equates to 'screaming' that the other parts of the state must be "anti-American". Nothing like inciting more hatred and bigotry!

I also read that she is very religious and yet by listening to her very hateful lies and innuendos about Obama, I'm certain that I would say there is nothing Christ-like about her. It's apparent she KNOWS she is lying, but that doesn't stop her from doing it, so she is a non-Christian in my view.

The "first impression" she made on many in the lower 48 was 'embarrassingly shameful' and she will NEVER have an opportunity to make A FIRST IMPRESSION again.

Sarah Palin having Elizabeth "The View" Hesslebeck on the campaign trail with her merely highlights the fact that she's an empty skirt.

Caribou Barbie and "Survivor" Barbie!!!

Obama/Biden 08

Wonder how much it cost to get the endorsement of the Anchorage newspaper?

Obama has to trash Palin because she is not only a threat now but will be in 2012.

Besides she made a fool of BHO at the convention--by telling the truth.

Obama can't handle the truth.
And he certainly can't handle strong women.

Barnes and Adelman in one story?
well, well, well, both have been soooo very accurate with their prognostications on foreign policy since 2000............ suggesting that Barnes be taken seriously on anything is inane.

That New Yorker article was very interesting.

Seems like the whole Palin episode is a little like an internet romance gone awry.

Remarkable! Today's NY Times Magazine article discusses the Palin pick. Fred Barnes has spent as much time with her as McCain did before selecting her.

Couldn't someone ghostwrite a substantive article for her so she'd at least seem to know something about something?