Comments on: PalmGate: Sarah Palin’s Organic Teleprompter Revealed!

By: JNOVjr

JNOVjr — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:23:27 +0000

All of you radical, left-wing, politically correct whackjobs mocking Palin for this whole thing just don’t understand. You see, she was using those cribnotes satirically. She doesn’t actually need them, she was just being the maverick she is by making a point about all of the other politicians that the mainstream media loves so much that do.

By: mellbell

mellbell — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:16:54 +0000

@nojo: True, but it made for a great set-up:

Doc: Tell me, "Future Boy," who's President of the United States in 1985? Marty: Ronald Reagan. Doc: Ronald Reagan?! The actor?!

By: nojo

nojo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:38:35 +0000

@redmanlaw: And while yes, times are different, Reagan also primaried Jerry in 1976. Point being, by 1980 he was a well-proven quantity, and anybody sneering at the actor wasn't paying attention. Palin has won one, and only one, statewide election — in a state of 686,293. She didn't run in the 2008 primaries, but won instant fame for reading a canned speech days after being plucked from obscurity. Her endorsement in NY-23 was a bust, and Scott Brown kept his distance. Sully or someone nailed it the other day: Palin is the political Madonna, expert in drawing attention to herself. She can certainly draw a crowd, but there's yet no evidence she can win an election.

By: nojo

nojo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:28:12 +0000

@redmanlaw: Jersey Shore audience: 3.6 million Fox News audience: 3 million More broadly, I haven't seen any indication that Palin's appeal spreads beyond her core audience. That may be enough to tip a GOP primary, sell books, and put butts in ballroom seats, but even the teabaggers will desert her if she pulls a move like endorsing her runningmate.

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:19:35 +0000

@nojo: That was 50 years ago. Times are different now. Acheivement takes time, while fame can be manufactured over night. Who ever heard of these Jersey Shore people and their catch phrases six months ago? Who ever heard of Palin (well, besides Wonkette readers) two years ago? I did see on a link from a gun blog I was reading earlier today that some clown said that the Tea Party Movement was over and it has been transformed into the Palin wing of the Republican party.

By: nojo

nojo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:07:46 +0000

@redmanlaw: No sale. Saint Ronnie won two elections as California governor. By 1980, he had a generation of conservative politics behind him. So yeah, maybe Palin will be a force in 2028. I can wait.

By: redmanlaw

redmanlaw — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:34:02 +0000

Remember that Reagan was at one time mocked as a washed up B-movie actor who spent years on the rubber chicken circuit with GE corporate sponsorship making noise about the threat of Communism and what was right with America. He built his base on the sly and rode that train right into the Governor’s mansion in Cali and from there went on to flip the switch on the destruction of our nation, in part by unleashing an ugly fury.

Palin has Fox, which is worth billions in free advertising and, worse, shoots this shit straight into the minds of its adherents. Our guys will respond by saying, “Gov. Palin has a lot of valid points and we believe we can work with her in finding solutions to thse major problems facing our nation.” They don’t want to work with you, they literally want to see you burning in hell, you fucking Democrat dimwits. Our leadership is too fucking stupid to see this coming.

By: 2Truthy

2Truthy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:21:25 +0000

They even say Caribou Cribsheet meets Bumblerella Barbie could lift American spirits by becoming our next president. By the end of 2012, imagine her reporting for podium duty – she’ll be a walking, talking tattoo.

By: nojo

nojo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:12:41 +0000

Flipped to Fox looking for any live NOLA coverage, but they’re replaying Teabagging Talibunny speech. Palm scribbles plain as day.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:56:02 +0000

@nojo: The meaning, of course, is up for grabs. You are going to have to gay marry me sooner or later, big guy. Let's just do it now. You are so high rez to me.