She was pretty hot though. For a cougar.
She was definately easy on the eyes, but I don’t think it can be argued that had the party roles been reversed, she would not have been lambasted and misrepresented the way she was…
It just showed though that NOW and others like them stand up not for women’s right, but women they agree with…
The Couric interview was chopped up specficially to make Palin look bad… Palin striked me as a person who rises to challenges, not shrink from them…
What I liked about her was that I felt that she had not been corrupted by politics and power yet. I honestly fely that if she made it to Washington she would have bucked a lot of the trends that are in place now.
So palin did’nt impress you,and had no experience,but obama did???Checkout howobamagotelected.com for a real look at palin.And while there you can checkout the reasons why some clueless voters picked obama,its ridiculous.One of obama’s major “accomplishments” was teaching acorn how to twist laws with banks and get unqualified people into houses which done wonders for the industry :rolleyes we are in when it turned out they could’nt ay,surprise,surprise.So really,I don’t remember hearing of palin doing things like this to her state,she had an approval rating through the roof.Also the state has no income tax,sales tax,and the citizens get a check from oil co. yearly,let’s see how well chicago has done in comparison.Perhaps the deals with resco,or bill aires can compare.Also when a research team puts together a speech then axelrod puts it on the teleprompter,its really not exactly true “vision”.I did’nt really love mccain,but to say he had no suggestions…I’ll take his proposed cap gains lifted and corp tax cut(keep jobs)over obama’s $1trill "stimulous"gamble which has failed,anyday.I do agree with you christopher,its a shame that good people who could really help us don’t want all the BS politics put them thru(especially conservatives)…good point.But in this election I believe we picked the worst of 2 evils,in a while.If you don’t see it now,you will.
Christopher,
Thank you,thank you my friend,you are exactly right.We need "real change"in washington…bad!!!She is easy on the eyes,and you are’nt gonna buy her out or change her mind.Can you imagine the threats from big oil she must’ve had?
Palin has no clue. Her partnering with McCain really would have been a third term of Bush (W). The Republicans were easily swayed by bad influence - (Cheney, Rove, social issues like gay marriage, gun-control, abortion… :bs
Before McCain picked a running mate, Obama was actually picked to lose the election. Most of America agrees on that.
That’s why when McCain announced Sara Palin as a running mate, Obama and all the Dems eventually won.
Palin is a great tool for social agendas for the Extremely Right Winged bunch, but when you only cater to those groups, you polarize yourself from the rest. Which is why we saw a large number of independents vote Democratic.
Here is what most Right-Wing individuals fail to realize:
Washington is about money. Where it is spent, who controls it, and where it ends up. That’s it.
They don’t care about the social issues unless it’s going to bring them votes in an election. (Republican politicians included)
Take for example:
When you have an election based on silly social issues (like 2000 and 2004), Republicans win. Most people are typically conservative when it comes to social topics, that’s why Bush was elected in 2000 and then re-elected in 2004.
Even after the worst war in history, Bush still won. That election was won by Bush based off the social agendas. John Kerry tried to counter with social agendas but he lost handedly. Why? Because most people are typically conservative when it comes to social topics. However, at the local congressional areas, the Republicans started losing seats because of the MONEY they failed to raise/spend.
Which is also the reason you won’t see Obama cut the so called “pork” projects!!!
In 2008, the Dems learned this lesson and ran all their elections based on the failed War and the economy. Things that matter to everyone involved. The War is real, the economy is real. People woke up and saw through the clouds. Their pockets were hurting.
Social issues prevailed in 2000 because the economy was sky high and the public lost trust in Dems due to another silly social issue (Clinton - adultery).
If Republicans are ever going to win, they will truly need to show that they have some real answers for the economy. Tax cuts were done by Bush, so regurgitating this in their Alternative Stimulus Plan will not help their cause.
Actually reedmaca, the reason McCain lost is the economy tanked before the election and most of the undecided voters went with “change we can believe in”. Yeah, that’s a joke! At least it will be another one-term president. Pelosi and the other idiots are making sure of that :flush
Actually, that makes point even more valid. The Dems platform was still based on the economy, while Republicans ran on the silly social issues.
Also, McCain did not change his platform until after the debates when Obama started rising in the polls. He kept focusing on his “experience” and “war hero” status.
What made Americans vote for the so-called “change” was the constant regurgitating tax cuts and the statement he made about keeping the soldiers in Iraq for 100 years.
The very same ideologies that the Dems were tying the Republicans too - more tax cuts and more defense spending… :banghead
So I guess you are one of those people who were just born in '08,right?As I’ve said before!, the myth that the last eight years have been economicaly terrible(created by obama’s teleprompter)is a flat out lie.If Sara palin doomed Mccain how come a team of lawyers were displaced two days after her announcement in alaska to "find dirt"on her.They found nothing by the way.I wonder how much they could find on “the messiah” in two hours?And the attacks the media put on her,yeah you’re right sir they knew she would destroy mccain :rolleyesThe fact is sir,they were terrified that she was drawing as much momentum as "the one"and by god we can’t have that.Wise up sir,really.
“I wonder how much they could find on the “the messiah” in two hours?”
You mean in ADDITION to the TWO YEARS they had prior to election day???
These right wingers crack me up…Bush and BUSH ALONE cost them THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, and the WHITE HOUSE…ALL of it because of the outright LIES the American public was told regarding IRAQ. Add in an economy that was destroyed due to BUSH ERA fiscal policy (drop interest rates to avoid a minimal recession & regulate NOTHING) and you end up with the FACT that they lost a TRIFECTA election and now they’re all crying like little GIRLS!!
The BEST PART is… The current economy seems to be finding it’s footing. Guy’s like Rubini, Schuller, and other permabear economists are acknowledging that things HAVE improved. Obama’s numbers are 3 to 4 TIMES what Bush’s were, and the REPUBLICANS are digging themselves into a deeper and deeper hole as they look like a broken party with no direction.
The BEST part??? Look who these NIT WITS are parading out as their SAVIORS…RUSH, PALIN, and NEWT…O H M Y G O D. Can you all say FOUR MORE YEARS!!! Because with that list of LOSERS you can GUARANTEE Obama gets 4 more!!
I LOVE watching the PANIC and desperation!!!
Sellnbama,
See this is the exact reason why people can’t identify with you guys. When facts come out - you resort to attacks. Why do Republicans do that?
During the election when everyone wanted Republicans to talk about real issues (as a matter of fact - I’m still waiting), all the Republicans wanted to do is mudsling - something they are good at, and focus on the same silly social agendas that got them elected in 2000 and 2004.
Look, I am just as conservative on most items like the rest of you. But if you think the country hasn’t had a bad 8 years, something is terribly wrong. And with the Republicans thinking tax cuts is going to help, answer this question?
If your income is being cut due to job cutbacks/layoffs, how will a tax cut help you?
I honestly thought when the WH came out with the stimulus plan, the money should have been given back directly to the people instead of the failing companies as a bailout. That’s right - write a check to every TAX paying individual - no SEC 8.
That way, the people would have decided which companies to save and which will fail. Those who needed the money to pay the mortgage to prevent foreclosure would have done so. Those who wanted to save for a rainy day, would have put the money in a bank. Those who wanted invest, would have done so. And those who wanted to spend the money on consumption items, would have done that also.
All the business that needed the money - all they would have to do is advertise to get the people in - they would have come if they had the money.
:beer
fdjake,
I don’t remember saying i was a republican,since I’m not.I don’t play the party games.I’m glad you are enjoying seeing our economy torn apart and massive unemployment,yeah I’m real sure with this only being five months into this he’s gonna win another fours :rolleyes But just sit back and watch,I guess,I feel soosoooo sorry for people like you that can’t get a grip on reality.
Reedmaca,
Once again,I don’t remember saying I am repub,since I’m not,THIS IS A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEMS,THE BLAME GAME!!I’m 100% with you on the bailouts going to the same people bush sent it too,so how’s that a “change”.Bush done stimulous too,it did nothing,so why if something’s proven not too work,would anyone do more of it?Have you seen the big corps that have left this country because we have the 2nd highest corp tax in the world?Also not to forget the unions costing jobs.We just had a big plant close and move to singapore because they were being forced to unionize.So thats how tax cuts create/save jobs,businesses have to have a reason to produce/stay in this country;these are $bill businesses they can move anywhere and still sell product and cut thei overhead down and in hard economies like this thats what they have to do to survive.Do a little research into how reagan changed carter’s mess from double digit unemployed and 20%intrest rates…ding,ding, tax cuts again.It does’nt help you or I with personal cuts but is a big thing with corp america.I just wonder how many years of tax cuts or no taxes we’ll have to offer the corporations to come back here,and how much that’ll make our taxes on you and me skyrocket.It’s serious mistakes,that’ll take years to fix that are being made right now.
First off…
My grip on reality has nothing to do with who sits in that Oval office.
Second…I never said you were a republican. Even if you were, I have no problem with it.
Third…Never, EVER…count this country OUT…TOO many have made that mistake only to see the U.S. rise to it’s feet and LAY THEM OUT!!!
We’ve got BIG PROBLEMS here…NO doubt about that…BUT…We have ONE THING that other nations DON’T…
A M E R I C A N S!!!
Have you ever watched any type of ceremony were the National Anthem is played??? Why is it that AMERICANS tend to sign along with the anthem while others just stand there when their national song is played? Why do AMERICANS get so emotional when the Anthem is played??
It’s because WE ARE DIFFERENT…Perfect??? NO…But completely different than other people from other nations. Americans tend to be OPTIMISTS…They tend to root for the UNDERDOGS, they tend to pull TOGETHER when things get very bad (911)
I don’t know where our current situation will lead us…But I know it was caused by people in this country that FORGOT how wealth is REALLY BUILT. It doesn’t get built OVERNIGHT. It takes SACRIFICE on a HUGE scale. It takes smarts, and It takes persistance.
I see what we are currently going through as almost a BLESSING for this country. I know that sounds completely insane, but hear me out…
We we’re headed down this path…It was GOING to happen. It’s GENERATIONAL…The lessons our grand parents learned from the depression were LOST. We THOUGHT we were SMARTER than that generation…WE WEREN’T!!!
Now it’s time to PAY UP…The only DEBATE here is almost NOT worth making. That is…What would have happened if NOTHING was done??? The answer is simple…
WE WILL NEVER KNOW…That ship has sailed…Now we are left with what we have…Personally, my business is better than it has ever been. The deals out there right now on Real Estate are ONCE IN A LIFETIME buying opportunites. This is EXACTLY how a market place works. The STRONG hands always win out over the weaker hands.
How do you become a STRONG HAND???
That’s EASY to say, but very difficult to achieve.
First off…You learn to SAVE YOUR MONEY.
Next you learn to MOVE FAST when opportunity presents itself. You don’t GOOF off rehabbing a home you can make money on. YOU GET IT DONE…Because every SECOND you own that house is an opportunity for a disaster to occur. Your POTENTIAL profits can be taken away as easy as they are given.
Once you make a profit, you GUARD that profit as if it was one of your CHILDREN. Because it WILL BE…It will become a CHILD that works for you NON STOP…It will protect your family…It will provide for that family…But this “child” is EASILY LOST. This CHILD won’t complain if you trade it for a BOAT…It won’t complain if you use it to buy a sports car.
The only one that WILL COMPLAIN is the FATHER of that profit (child) when it is GONE and he realizes how much he could have DONE with it.
We need to start TEACHING OUR CHILDREN how money is REALLY made and STOP sending them to COLLEGES where they are tought how to be PART of a MACHINE!!!
These kids spend 4 or 5 years in COLLEGE and come out…and they DIVE into DEBT!!! They are actually told they are SUCCESSFUL if they have a new car, a new house, and a good job. They just BLEW IT!!! They put themselves on a 30 YEAR TREADMILL before they even got a SHOT at running in the RACE!!!
In REALITY…THEY’RE BURIED…They’re NOT SUCCESSFUL…They are LITERALLY BURIED IN DEBT. They owe TENS of THOUSANDS in students loans, add in car loans, then they buy a house (at RETAIL)…MORE DEBT. And they STILL have NO CLUE how to create CASH if they lose their JOB!!!
It’s AMAZING!!!
How’s that for a GRIP on REALITY???
I agree with your post.But how can you hoestly say it was only caused by the last eight years,and by one party.Both parties have been screwing us for a while,and deffinitly before bush.Its the same direction with them both,thats why I checkout individuals,I wish there were no parties it’s only a curtain for curruption.I have full faith in americans,it’s just with posts that scream at this party or that it gets me frustrated to see,thats what they want.They want you to follow that soap opera crap so you don’t noticed you’re really being screwed either way.I knew whoever got elected probably would’nt prevent this,but atleast we would’nt have seen the experimental spending(that was done before& did’nt work)that will prolong this cycle.It was FDR that turned a recession into a ten year deppression,all other nations had a year long recession.Spending your way out of debt does’nt work in your house or mine,and it won’t work in govt.I think you already know this.
I never said it was caused by one party. But THAT party is RESPONSIBLE for the current BACK LASH that cost them the House, The Senate, and the White House…That’s a FACT!!! You don’t have turn over of that magnatude without a WHOLE LOTTA people being VERY DISSAPOINTED with the sitting parties performance. But…There’s plenty of balme to go around.
That IDIOT Barney Frank is almost SOLELY responsible for the SUB-PRIME disaster!!!
The DEMS have as much BLAME in this as anyone…THAT’S MY POINT!!!
When will WE as AMERICANS, finally REALIZE that WE ARE PLAYING the GAME these politicians WANT US TO PLAY???..The BLAME game!!!
As long as we play it…We keep them IN THERE…
I have a problem with George W. Bush…I think he LIED to this country and was a terrible leader. That is just MY opinion. I was a BIG Republican supporter during His fathers Presidency…Also really respected Ronald Reagan.
DUBYA…on the other hand…was a freakin’ JOKE…
100% agreed on everything. Great post.
The problem with the Republicans is that they arent embracing the ideas of poeple like Limbaugh(who are actually Conservative) and they listen to guys like Guiliani and John Mccain and Michael Steel. If the Republicans expect to win next election, they better become strong fiscal conservatives, or they are out.
I agree.Barney,and alot of dems were appaled in I think 04 when the oversite comittee told congress of fannie/freddie headed this way.Maxin waters,barney,schumer,etc raised hell,it was all caught on film.I am with you 200% on the ridiculous blame game,neither one want you to see the facts,they want us to trust them to tell us whats gonna work.In reality the majority of our govt belongs in jail,especially pelosi,frank.Glad we can agree on the real problem,the puppet show.
Sellnbama,
Yes, Carter was an idiot. :shocked
NAFTA did work in the beginning (Reagan), but now we are seeing the effects of no regulations on NAFTA from the US.
We are seeing more aggressive unions due to them trying to protect assembly workers - and distrust of corportations of shipping American manufacturing jobs over seas. (I personally know how that feels)
That’s what happened and continues to happen. Tax cuts are only a stimulus themselves when you have cashflow. Money was flowing back then.
On the other hand, if your company is operating at a loss before taxes, a tax-cut will not help. Even a stimulus won’t help.
What businesses need is more income. The only way to do that is place restrictions on poor-quality, foreign manufactured product, and start making it back in the US.
Hoosier,
What are you doing with yourself???
What are your plans for the future??
I’m taking you on as my “PROJECT”
The goal is simple…
You listen to what I tell you…DO IT…and let us know how much money you make!!! Got it???
Let the LEARNING BEGIN!!!
Oh…One last thing…
If you think you’re gonna get rich and retire by the time your 25…
YOU’RE NOT!!!
This is LONG HAUL buddy…think MARATHON. Listen and you will EARN.
I think you’ve got potential…Hell you’re HERE aren’t you??? Not spending HOURS playing some doofus play station.
So…Exactly how much CA$H do you have right now??? Because in the REAL WORLD, that number REALLY MATTERS!!!