things our mothers say about Sarah Palin

"that dizzy broad from Alaska"

I just did something interesting - I used Google Scholar (admittedly an uppity elitist institution) to search for national and international policy statements and original publications authored by Obama, Biden, McCain, and Palin. Guess who has the most? Guess who has the fewest? Guess who has NONE ! If you guessed that the order of appearance of these names in my list is the actual order of original, self-authored publications WITH IDEAS IN THEM, you'd be correct. Wake up, America. Love, Mom

"Where did she get those shoes?"

my mom thinks she's bossy and shrill. which is totally otm of course.

(Eric, did you take any photos of SP's shoes?)

I didn't ever see her. They really are keeping her under wraps.

I was worried my mom would buy into Palin's schtick - she's lived most of her life in rural-ass Michigan, which is basically Alaska Jr. She surprised me and called her out for being a shallow out-of-her-league hypocrite. She also mentioned how she knows tons of women like her (there are literally hundreds of hockey moms around) and she sure as hell doesn't want them running anything. Topping it off was her opinion that if McCain wins it will finally prove her theory that everyone is stupid.

Thanks mom!

my mom forwarded me Gloria Steinem's appropriately harsh column about Palin so there ya go

my mom is a wacky liberal cultist tho

I think my mom was feeling pro-McCain/Palin right after the nomination, but I don't know if she's learned more since that would change her mind. Sometimes I'm really amazed that two literate, connected people with internet and cable and educations and OPTIONS are so uninformed. It's not that they're stupid, it's just that they don't know anything.

"they really are doing everything they can to blow this thing"

"Where'd they *find* her? The North Pole?"

"she may be competent but her religious zeal scares me and i can't get over that"

"She's more real than Barack Obama."

at what point did the word "real" in some contexts come to mean "didn't bother with any of that book learnin shit"

"OOOH IM JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL OOOH"

my mom likes her even though mom is a jewish democrat :/

My mom will not shut the fuck up about how much she hates Sarah Palin. Geez, mom.

good on her ffs

sarah palin is probably the most instantly revolting politician to come out of a western democracy in years

Would you hatefucker her, bro?

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Charles and Daniel HATE Sarah Palin!

Don't forget..it's grandaprents day!

Love,
Mom

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If you can get the Washington Post online, read Richard Cohen Hilarious!

"they really are doing everything they can to blow this thing"

― will, Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:38 PM

Surely this was about the Dems?

Sarah Barracuda
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I just heard the most revealing story about Sarah Palin, told by a Republican
operative who thought it showed her great character. As you may know, she chose
NOT to abort her youngest baby (now 4 months old) when she found out it had
Downs. Here's the story

She was flown down to give a speech at a Republican energy conference in Texas
this Spring. Before the meeting she approached one of the organizers and said
she needed to fly back right after the meeting. She gave her speech, then flew
back. They found out later that she realized she was going into premature labor.

Now, let me just ask you, if you thought you were going into premature labor
(the baby was months early) and you really cared about that baby, would you give
a speech and then fly all the way to Alaska or would you, perhaps, find the
nearest hospital? And, furthermore, should anyone (male or female) with a 4
month old, special needs baby, be on the road campaigning 24-7?

Sarah Barracuda (her high school nickname) indeed!

Love,
Mom

haha, way to not actually block my e-mail address properly.

only if she subsequently recanted all her bigoted principles xxxxxpost

"What a joke."

my mom really hates her too

Oh btw, this Palin, who doesn't appear to know what the VP job entails, will be the President of the Senate and has the power to tie-break a/an hypothetical 50-50 Senate vote. Totally irresponsible of McCain - the pundits say that this impetuous style is his mgmt frame - help ! Love, Mom

our moms should have coffee

i mean there are plenty of older ladies in the world who aren't uptight hateful cunts with the sex appeal of a gorse bush, if that's yr thing

idk her opinion but knowing my mom she probably strongly dislikes Palin's personality & politics but is still going to vote for McCain because she doesn't like progressive taxation

sex appeal of a george bush

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THIS WOMAN IS A TOTAL NUT-JOB.

love
ted"

"Dear Ted,

Yes, it is.

This is not what I think of when I think of a spiritual person.

Do you that it is a refuge for those who cannot face tough times?

Much love,
Mom"

great thread idea, btw

idk her opinion but knowing my mom she probably strongly dislikes Palin's personality & politics but is still going to vote for McCain because she doesn't like progressive taxation

― krots tphns (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:03 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what is her objection to obama's tax plan?

yeah what the fuck is a gorse bush

mccains plan is more regressive deej

btw i am crut's mom

I'm not sure, we haven't really talked about it -- pretty sure we'd be paying less in taxes under Obama's plan than McCain's!!!!

she supports the FairTax :|

"Fair Tax" is such a horribly blatant misnomer

no shit!!!

me & mom email each other links about the awfulness of palin like everyday

"Wow, she's great!"

(NOTE: My mother will only vote Republican if someone completely changes her personality so plz no freakouts)

You know you're in trouble when they have to put "Fair" in the name of a policy.

at what point did the word "real" in some contexts come to mean "didn't bother with any of that book learnin shit"

sometime around the 1800s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism_in_American_Life

Dan's mom is a sucker for "stewardesses"!

sometime around the 1800s

lolz yeah fuckin Andrew Jackson

My mom is a mean librarian so I think there was some primal "crush YOU" instinct that gave her instant affinity with Sarah Palin even though she thinks the woman is slightly less qualified to be Vice-President than a stick.

wow my mom's a mean librarian too and the whole book banning thing made her blood boil. kinda figured most librarians would react that way...

I understand what dan is saying. I am v entertained by ppl like Palin who have forceful personalities, just scared when they start wielding power & influence

To be fair, if she wasn't serious then that's a pretty good joke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7Xhg0WIbU

its also a bumper sticker that she's probably seen on the back of a pickup in alaska

xp

oh well

"If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote.

aw she wd make me a fucking salad, it's a date!

and i get a lecture, too!

That joke was old in the Catskills. At least as old as 'Fur is murder. To clean.'

it's a pretty good joke, for Palin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_h28PAIinU

those clips fucking bum me out.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22they%27re+afraid+of+her%22

ha WOW

ok this slice of time is worth preserving for the thread:

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AP on Palin: They're afraid of her « DPGI – the aftermath
Nov 18, 2009 ... AP on Palin: They're afraid of her. November 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment. via AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact ...
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Rush: 'They're Afraid of Her Because She Can Win'. By Mel Bryant. Rush Limbaugh talks about Gov. Palin on his show this afternoon: ...
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Michelle Malkin » Who's afraid of conservative American women?
Nov 16, 2009 ... RINOs, and the media are all ganging up on Palin this early in the election cycle is a pretty good indicator that they're afraid of her. ...
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AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact
They're afraid of her ignorance and stupidity and the fact that she was almost elected to Vice Presidency. TheRedNewt, on 11/18/2009, -5/+80Please, yes. ...
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American Thinker: Why the Left Fears Sarah
Nov 18, 2009 ... The reason they're panicking is because they're afraid of her connection with regular folks who work for a living, pay their taxes, ...
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Jun 15, 2009 ... They're afraid of her. They're afraid of that 20000 people she can draw anywhere, any time, when she shows up to make an appearance. ...
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second to last one there: gross? poignant? metaphorical?

PALIN MAN 2012

why won't ilx talk about Palin Man: they're afraid of him

Is she the most experienced person in the world? ...

"If I see her face one more time I'll scream."

I'll have to ask my mom later this week. But assuming this woman is a mom:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Video-Catches-Confrontation-Between-Palin-and-Alaskan-Teacher-4643

latest gaffe about paul revere is classic!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS4C7bvHv2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8NUUWTn1h0

something about her tone of voice in the second clip sounds like dignan from bottle rocket

"warn the british that we're already there" lol oh really?

"you are not going to beat our own well-armed person's individual private militia" WHAT?

note how her eyes narrow and lips purse when she hears the question

mentions arms/militia/ammunition 6 times in 50 seconds

Kind of baffled by my own post upthread with my mum apparently loling at Tina Fey as Palin. When the heck would my mother watch such a thing. Do not recall!

one if by land
two if by sea

I happened to watch this just this past week, so the Palin clip above sounded immediately familiar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8BODTA3Kn8&feature=related

you gotta hand it to Obama's optics-management via sounding (relatively) smart, and then doing mostly what Palin would do.

Palin does't have any interest in "doing" anything fwiw

what she says she would do, Archbishop Shakey

I didnt see that in the article, please add if I am not dumb and it is not in there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.112.247 (talk) 00:51, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

An exercise in failed expectations.

November 2008 -- in the wake of the election, one Erick Erickson, noted angry person, establishes Operation Leper: "We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin"

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2008/11/05/operation-leper/

September 2011 -- Erick Erickson is a rather disenchanted individual:

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/today-is-p-day/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-6am-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-7am-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-8am-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-9am-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-10am-et-sarah-palin-still-has-not-announced/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-11am-et-its-7am-in-wasilla-ak-still-no-sarah-palin-announcement/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-12pm-et-still-nothing/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-100-p-m-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-she-is-running/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-2pm-et-nope-not-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/breaking-news-palin-supporters-claim-she-never-said-it-or-meant-it-or-something/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/its-4pm-nope-sarah-palin-does-not-appear-to-be-running/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/its-5pm-everyone-tune-to-fox-i-guess/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/its-6pm-still-no-smoke-on-the-horizon-for-palin-2012/

And from 2009, the glory days!

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/17/redstate-interviews-gov-sarah-palin/

hahahahaha

ever get the feeling you've been had, erick?

Is it really an interview if there are no questions or answers?

The circle is now complete:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_296w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/07/25/Style/Images/NUP_151089_0095.JPG

“God has absolutely blessed us with wonderful opportunities,” Sarah Palin told Jam!’s Bill Harris. “One of our mottoes is to live life vibrantly and that is what we’re doing in participating in different forms and formats that have been presented us.”

her bangle, UGH

http://greginhollywood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/P1070584-400x304.jpg

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/806558/thumbs/o-SARAH-PALIN-NATIONAL-ENQUIRER-570.jpg

woah, steven tyler's looking rough...

underrated tabloids i have read

Unemployed

is NRO hiring

Too bad she didn't run 2012.

mitt understands; he's unemployed too, my friend

romney rather less likely to be promoting cash-4-gold in the near future tho

happy 50th, u lucky gal!