parah salin?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by cacophony

it's as though republicans forget that videotape exists.

The Daily Show really is doing the work that the "legitimate" news isn't....

[Troy McClure]

Below is a strange campaign strategy. If it is to tend to family stuff, fine, but considering how Gov. Palin energized the Republican base, I would think that you would want to run with that.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmi...to_Alaska.html

video:



--Jason

[cacophony]

lollerskates

Palin Makes Her First Gaffe

Gov. Sarah Palin made her first potentially major gaffe during her time on the national scene while discussing the developments of the perilous housing market this past weekend.

Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers." The companies, as McClatchy reported, "aren't taxpayer funded but operate as private companies. The takeover may result in a taxpayer bailout during reorganization."

Economists and analysts pounced on the misstatement, saying it demonstrated a lack of understanding about one of the key economic issues likely to face the next administration.

"You would like to think that someone who is going to be vice president and conceivable president would know what Fannie and Freddie do," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "These are huge institutions and they are absolutely central to our country's mortgage debt. To not have a clue what they do doesn't speak well for her, I'd say."

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by cacophony

lollerskates

Butt, don't be surprised if this has no impact what-so-ever.

[dubman]

yeah i think gaffes like this only make an impact if they accumulate to form the impression of woeful ineptitude.

[IsiliRunite]

Its very easy to rile support from the poor by denouncing the faceless, irresponsible, soulless rich!

I think Governor status of Alaska might be false reputation not only among voters, but also misleading experience for her own confidence if she were elected office. Its apples and pomegranates between Alaska and the federal district...

[Sean]

Palin certainly has balls.


LEBANON, Ohio (CNN) – Sarah Palin refuses to yield on her claim that she opposed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere earmark, despite charges by the Obama campaign that her assertion is a "lie."

"I told Congress thanks but no thanks for that Bridge to Nowhere," Palin said Tuesday in Lebanon, Ohio.

Though Palin recently came out against the completion of the Gravina Island Bridge, she initially supported the project as governor before it became a national symbol of wasteful pork barrel spending. In 2007, Palin’s office cancelled work on the bridge, but Alaska still kept the federal funds that were allocated for state transportation projects.

In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in earmarks, and in a Fairbanks newspaper column earlier this year, she wrote that federal monies, including earmarks, are “incredibly important” to the state. Palin also helped secure millions of dollars in federal money for her hometown of Wasilla while she was mayor.

Nevertheless, Palin told the outdoor audience in Ohio — many of whom came out in spite of the rain – that she was a champion of earmark reform in Alaska.


And from a new Wall Street Journal article:


Why is this one issue (earmarks) such a big deal? Sen. McCain's anti-earmarks stance has been paramount to his campaign. The Arizona senator has blamed everything from the Minneapolis bridge collapse to Hurricane Katrina on Congress's willingness to stuff bills full of pork barrel spending.

As such, Gov. Palin's image as a "reformer" is part of the storyline the McCain campaign needs to complement the top of its ticket. Her quip about passing on the bridge and "building it ourselves" has been a staple of her stump....

.....At a rally today, Sen. McCain again asserted that Sen. Obama has requested nearly a billion in earmarks. In fact, the Illinois senator requested $311 million last year, according to the Associated Press, and none this year. In comparison, Gov. Palin has requested $750 million in her two years as governor -- which the AP says is the largest per-capita request in the nation.


Clearly, the Republicans are absolutely right and truthful about at least one thing - for many people, this election will not be about the issues. If it was, Palin would be getting laughed back to Alaska by all....

[cacophony]

actually, this may have been more suitable in this thread.

[dubman]

fixed!

gee you mean to tell me that it's mostly dudes who are all about this BODACIOUS BABE WITH GUNS AND GOD AND IF YOU DONT LIKE IT YOU JUST HATE THE WRONG KIND OF WOMAN???

gooooooo figure.

i dont see palins figures going down much, sadly. once the republicans have their teeth sunk into a tactic they wont let go and they'll push it as hard as they can. it's going to take a lot of missteps if the popular impression of palin as a game-changer is finally going to fall to "wtf is this campaign thinking" status that should have always been there.

[kagenaki koe]

this is a great example of how to be a Reformer, Palin style:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Palin_...nges_0909.html

quick summary: Major General Campbell says that Palin does not have much of a role in the National Guard on Sep. 3, then 2 days later changes his entire stance, then gets a nice promotion afterwards.