Palin has been dipping in Alaska's Funds

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I can't bring myself to watch the Daily Show link.

How very fair and balanced of you.

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

Actually, it's other members of the GOP on the Daily Show link. It's quite funny b/c at one point, one member of the GOP is knocking a Democrat for holding the office at a tiny city with slightly over 100,000 people in it yet he then praises Palin for running the 2nd largest city in Alaska with slightly over 9,000 people. It's not about her hypocrisy. It's about the hypocrisy of members of the GOP.

It was Karl Rove and the city in question (Richmond) has pop. of about 200K, not 100K.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

How very fair and balanced of you.

It was Karl Rove and the city in question (Richmond) has pop. of about 200K, not 100K.

I have an obligation to watch the Daily Show?

The Daily Show is political entertainment. I don't find it entertaining so why would I watch it?

It's just kind of "Oooh, Republicans, burn" kind of humor. Perhaps if Obama wins, I will find new enjoyment, who knows?

(It's not like I'm Rush, Fox, O'Reilly-ing it up either.)

ETA: Only because you threw out Fair and Balanced, do you really imagine that a comparable clip couldn't be put together with Democrats, maybe on the topic of the value of experience or women in positions of authority?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I have an obligation to watch the Daily Show?

The Daily Show is political entertainment. I don't find it entertaining so why would I watch it?

It's just kind of "Oooh, Republicans, burn" kind of humor. Perhaps if Obama wins, I will find new enjoyment, who knows?

(It's not like I'm Rush, Fox, O'Reilly-ing it up either.)

ETA: Only because you threw out Fair and Balanced, do you really imagine that a comparable clip couldn't be put together with Democrats, maybe on the topic of the value of experience or women in positions of authority?

I didn't say you have to watch the Daily Show, but if you're going to weigh in on every single post that comes across, maybe you'd make some effort to expose yourself to more opinions, influences, sources. Yes, I think that link exposes some critical HYPOCRISY (which you and the KSigs have made big points about this evening) on the GOP side which might explain why many of us who are not pro-Palin have good reason to pshaw at all the spin and grin coming from the McCain camp. Saying you "just can't bring yourself" to watch it is dismissively rigid. Maybe you'd actually learn something if not from then maybe about another point of view? The fact that you think it's all "ooh, Republicans, burn" humor speaks to your lack of familiarity and understanding.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I didn't say you have to watch the Daily Show, but if you're going to weigh in on every single post that comes across, maybe you'd make some effort to expose yourself to more opinions, influences, sources. Yes, I think that link exposes some critical HYPOCRISY (which you and the KSigs have made big points about this evening) on the GOP side which might explain why many of us who are not pro-Palin have good reason to pshaw at all the spin and grin coming from the McCain camp. Saying you "just can't bring yourself" to watch it is dismissively rigid. Maybe you'd actually learn something if not from then maybe about another point of view? The fact that you think it's all "ooh, Republicans, burn" humor speaks to your lack of familiarity and understanding.

Really? I did?

As I said, if I had enjoyed the Daily Show when I watched it, I would be a regular viewer. I didn't, so I'm not. I don't need to see a string of Republicans contradicting themselves. It's not at all surprising, educational, or entertaining that they would do so. It's just the way stuff goes in a two party, highly partisan system.

What I wanted to point out was that Palin herself hadn't yet played that game.