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How to talk about Sarah Palin without Killing each other!
Posted Sep 12th 2008 5:30PM by Mo Rocca
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 5)
1. Hopefully, Ms. Palin will know what the Bush Doctrine is before the debate.
Biden is going to stomp the bull out of that "Pit Bull".
Also, I find the comparisons of Palin to Barbie quite offensive.
So insulting to Barbie.
giftedgirl at 8:29PM on Sep 12th 2008
2. Been there. All I said was something like, "Gee, if I were going to be introduced to the country as a VP candidate, I don't think I'd wear one of those plastic hair-clamp thingies." I was verbally attacked, accused of being all kinds of liberal, and shunned. I actually enjoyed the shunned part, though, so it wasn't all bad.
proudlymoderate at 9:48PM on Sep 12th 2008
3. Hola Mo,
I LOVE your blue socks, they match the decor!!
I've begun to realize that the moral issues at stake are more important than the economy so I'm leaning towards McCain, unless Obama/Biden miraculously go against abortion. BTW you CAN'T be Catholic and pro-abortion, MR BIDEN (and PELOSI).
In other matters Miamians got voted "Most Beautiful People" by Travel + Leisure magazine, so Mo when are you going to come and check us out? ;)
Dios te bendiga Mo,
Melissa
www.linkedin.com/in/saldanamelissa
conflay at 10:02PM on Sep 12th 2008
4. Sarah Palin is a IDIOT. I don't care that she's a woman. If she were a man she would be a bigger idiot. Republicans are morons. Looks who they elected twice? That Texas rancher! Idiot's all.
Lin at 10:13PM on Sep 12th 2008
5. Any woman who wears a hair clamp in the year of our Lord...2008.... must be living in a cave in Alaska.
Is this woman for real? This country simply can't elect Mc Can't and Caribou Barbie.
Lin at 10:15PM on Sep 12th 2008
6. That Palin is so creepy, like a praying mantis with glasses... and lipstick.
Gross.
And she killed Santa's reindeer Cupid, damn it!
No wonder Heart can't stand her either.
Magoo/Palin Mantis: Where is the love?
giftedgirl at 11:06PM on Sep 12th 2008
7. IT IS A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT FEMALES FEEL COMPELLED TO VOTE FOR AN AIR HEAD JUST BECAUSE SHE'S IN POLITICS. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THINK THAT A SARAH PALIN TYPE COULD END UP AS PRESIDENT IF MCCAIN WAS NOT ABLE. IGNORANCE IS A CURSE. NO ONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WOMEN . WE DO KNOW THAT SHE LIES AND DENIES A LOT WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT. DUE TO IGNORANCE. OUR COUNTRY SELECTED A MISFIT LIKE WE NOW HAVE IN OFFICE. WE COULD HAVE VOTED FOR ALFRED E. NEWMAN.
shirley Shannon at 12:44AM on Sep 13th 2008
8. It sounds like alot of people are running scared of Palin. She does represent the Dems fall from power. Comments referring to her hair clips shows a real political understanding. Ha Ha. When the Dems were ahead they did not resort to those nasty tatics that have shown their real colors. Blue Blue sounds like the Dems are blue with envy of Gov. Palin.
Walt Frazier at 12:55AM on Sep 13th 2008
9. God bless Sarah Palin! May she conquer Russia once and for all!
Blayze at 12:59AM on Sep 13th 2008
10. Sarah Palin is anti-abortion even in cases of rape and incest. Is it all right to be anti-abortion as G.W. Bush abd McCain are also but after those precious boys and girls are 18, 19, 20 and older plunge them into an unjust war by invading a country to fight and to be killed or maimed for life? I think McCain/Palin would be too quick to go to war as Bush was.
Catherine at 1:03AM on Sep 13th 2008
11. I hope she doesn't lose that list of keywords she was given... if she does, I fear the woman will have to actually form a genuine thought.
unavida at 6:13AM on Sep 13th 2008
12. The only thing worse than a Republican is a Female Republican!!!!!
Lit at 6:49AM on Sep 13th 2008
13. Simple as can be. Start off by telling the truth about Gov. Palin instead of the ridiculous cheap shots, speculation, rumors, innuendos, and lies. I have never in sixty-five years ever seen any other governor of any state shown this much disrespect by people that don't know a damn thing about her. No male governor has ever had to go through this. You have weaselly, cowardly movie actors like Matt Damon that thinks he's so important in giving a interview he talks about a woman he doesn't even know. He totally dismisses the fact that she has run a successful commercial fishing business with her husband Todd for years, been a mayor for years, is a sitting governor of the United States largest state, Alaska, with a 80% approval rating for nearly two years (the same length of time Obama has been a Senator) and all he can say is that she's nothing more than a "hockey mom. "He never mentions the fact that a governor is a micro version of the President of the United States with the same type of responsibilities. Or that a governor in general has much more responsibility in running a state than any senator. Of course just what is Matt Damon and why does he deserve an interview. Why he's ah...ah...an actor...gosh...that's all isn't it. Would Matt Damon do that to a male Democrat governor? Just call him a "hockey dad?" Hell no he wouldn't. How in the world did there become so much disrespect for a governor of a state...any state? Are these same Democrats knocking their own mayors and state governors? Hell no they aren't. Since when does the mainstream media act this disrespectful to a sitting governor? They haven't before...have they? Then you have the likes of Tommy Christopher right here on AOL that now believes he can read minds by stating that Gov. Palin is lying about Sen. Clinton. How in the hell would Tommy Christopher know about Gov. Palin's feelings towards Sen. Clinton? It's impossible...he can't. It is these type of items that are fueling the fires. I want to see a list of these bloggers, news media types, and entertainers who've served their country for one single day (I'm Honorably Discharged from the United States Air Force in 1963) they haven't! How does the opinion of a coward matter? It shouldn't. As long as the DNC, the Democrats in general, and their minions continue to lie about Gov. Palin this will continue. Stop the lies....
Dennis Bowen at 8:19AM on Sep 13th 2008
14. I don't yet know much about Palin....................my question to her would be, "Where did you get those frames for your glasses, I just adore them?".
Other than that my vote is still in limbo..
Sherri at 9:32AM on Sep 13th 2008
15. Thank you Denis Bowen. I was beginning to believe everyone on this blog was blind. Too many have only seen Palin with a need to condemn.
Palin's approval rating could not be nearly that high if she were the foolish villan the Dems have made her out to be. The Dem controlled congress has a worse approval rating than Bush.
How can people who want change not see how this ticket brings fresh prospective, and a willingness to reach across the isle to get the right thing done. Continued irrational partisanship will never serve the people.
ESHarz at 10:03AM on Sep 13th 2008