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Kevin 07-22-2009 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by UGAalum94 (Post 1828009)
You know that she's polling higher than that right now in some polls, right? http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...ma_48_palin_42

Frankly, I'm kind of amazed by those result post-resignation, but whatever.

Wow.

Maybe this is a good time for me to switch my registration to Democrat, huh?

Dreadloc'd Diva 07-22-2009 08:31 PM

Other than being a crack shot and a fashionista?
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Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1828005)
If there is anything good and holy in this world, in the event that Palin runs for the Presidency, she will never poll higher than 15% at any time. She is completely unqualified. She ran the least populated, most subsidized state in the country and couldn't even get that right.

Besides being a MILF, what are her qualifications?


KSigkid 07-22-2009 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by UGAalum94 (Post 1828009)
You know that she's polling higher than that right now in some polls, right? http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...ma_48_palin_42

Frankly, I'm kind of amazed by those result post-resignation, but whatever.

Wow - I'm simultaneously happy at the results for Romney (my #1 choice in 2012) and moritified that Palin is polling so well.

Dreadloc'd Diva 07-22-2009 08:33 PM

Look at Bush and Cheney. After they got out of the White House...lots of things came out about them. So I wouldn't be surprised if some kind of scandal surfaces about her.
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94 (Post 1828007)
So you were addressing the possibility of future behavior?

It just seemed weird because this issue didn't seem to be about cover-ups and conspiracy theories.


KSigkid 07-22-2009 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadloc'd Diva (Post 1828024)
Look at Bush and Cheney. After they got out of the White House...lots of things came out about them. So I wouldn't be surprised if some kind of scandal surfaces about her.

I wouldn't say that lots of things came out about them. I think it would be more accurate to say that more information arose about things that the public was already aware of, or that the public had some inkling had occurred. Unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think there have been any surprise bombshells about either (except for maybe the talk about Cheney and pushing for assassinations).

Dreadloc'd Diva 07-22-2009 08:39 PM

Let's not forget about waterboarding. Isn't Cheney also in trouble for that?
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Originally Posted by KSigkid (Post 1828027)
I wouldn't say that lots of things came out about them. I think it would be more accurate to say that more information arose about things that the public was already aware of, or that the public had some inkling had occurred. Unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think there have been any surprise bombshells about either (except for maybe the talk about Cheney and pushing for assassinations).


KSigkid 07-22-2009 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadloc'd Diva (Post 1828028)
Let's not forget about waterboarding. Isn't Cheney also in trouble for that?

Yeah, but that was known while he was still in office. I thought you were focusing on information that came out after leaving office.

UGAalum94 07-22-2009 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid (Post 1828023)
Wow - I'm simultaneously happy at the results for Romney (my #1 choice in 2012) and moritified that Palin is polling so well.

I'm perplexed that she's polling so well, except for this: I think 42% of the American public at this point might vote for anyone running against Obama.

ETA: I don't think she'll have a chance in the primary. She might draw a decent percentage in a lot of states, but I can't see her really winning a single one. I honestly hope she doesn't run so I can salvage some of my appreciation of her.

UGAalum94 07-22-2009 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadloc'd Diva (Post 1828024)
Look at Bush and Cheney. After they got out of the White House...lots of things came out about them. So I wouldn't be surprised if some kind of scandal surfaces about her.

I disagree. I honestly can't think of a single thing that came out after they left office that wasn't discussed before they left office. What are you talking about? You can find waterboarding articles going back years, I think, and certainly before the 2008 election.

Again, what are you talking about?

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Originally Posted by KSigkid (Post 1828032)
Yeah, but that was known while he was still in office. I thought you were focusing on information that came out after leaving office.

Not to mention that it wasn't covered up or involved in a conspiracy theory.

ETA: When did Andrew Sullivan start talking about waterboarding? I thought it was back when I was still reading him, which would make it a long time ago. EATA: well it looks like it was 2005/2006. I don't know if that's really that long, but it's way pre-leaving office for B and C.

VandalSquirrel 07-23-2009 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1828005)
If there is anything good and holy in this world, in the event that Palin runs for the Presidency, she will never poll higher than 15% at any time. She is completely unqualified. She ran the least populated, most subsidized state in the country and couldn't even get that right.

Besides being a MILF, what are her qualifications?

You are incorrect, Wyoming is the least populated state. In the 2000 census Wyoming had 493,782 people in comparison to Alaska's 626,932 and Vermont was the next smallest at 608,827. The projections for 2010 show Alaska increasing by almost 70,000, Wyoming by 26,000, and Vermont by 44,000. North Dakota is projected to lose over 5,000 people, bumping Alaska up to fourth least populated.

http://www.census.gov/population/www...tepyramid.html

RU OX Alum 07-23-2009 02:11 AM

Okay, so, slight hijack. But, the other day I was driving and I saw someone, a woman in honda suv, for what that matters, with a bumper sticker that said Palin 2012, with a moose for the party symbol with an American flag motif, like tacky political bumper stickers are wont to do.

I laughed. Uproariously. And then I thought: Wait! This might be serious.

So is it serious? Or is it a joke? I really can't decide.

Lil' Hannah 07-23-2009 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1828005)
If there is anything good and holy in this world, in the event that Palin runs for the Presidency, she will never poll higher than 15% at any time. She is completely unqualified. She ran the least populated, most subsidized state in the country and couldn't even get that right.

Besides being a MILF, what are her qualifications?


She's a GILF helloooooooo

Munchkin03 07-23-2009 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by UGAalum94 (Post 1828037)
I disagree. I honestly can't think of a single thing that came out after they left office that wasn't discussed before they left office. What are you talking about? You can find waterboarding articles going back years, I think, and certainly before the 2008 election.

Again, what are you talking about?




I don't know what she's talking about either, but I know what she's talking out of.

BabyPiNK_FL 07-23-2009 12:34 PM

I don't know if this was already posted:

Vanity Fair published an edited version of her resignation speech:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/f...?currentPage=1

UGAalum94 07-23-2009 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL (Post 1828226)
I don't know if this was already posted:

Vanity Fair published an edited version of her resignation speech:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/f...?currentPage=1

Doesn't it just seem cheap and kind of grade school? Is there anyone who thought this was actually funny/witty/astute commentary? Wow, Sarah Palin wasn't well-spoken? Who could have guessed?

I used to enjoy Vanity Fair too.


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