parah salin?

[gambit]

They have one token black guy.

[Deckard]

Good to see Fox News suddenly giving front page treatment to the issue of sexism in the media:



Because Fox cares.....

[Deckard]

Two top GOP pundits caught on tape: Palin is "political bullshit" ... "it's over"

haha-oops!

After ALL this catalogue of stuff, I won't be surprised if her speech goes much better than expected, if only because the bar has been set so damn low. Expect a narrative of one 'smalltown' woman's fightback against the liberal establishment (where's Don LaFontaine when you need him... )

Meanwhile, some funny stuff has been assembled by the not-exactly-liberal Daily Telegraph.

And an alternative McCain-sided viewpoint from the same paper can be found here:
Sarah Palin gets the spiteful Margaret Thatcher treatment

[Deckard]

Have media crossed the sexism line?

Of course they have. The mistake though would be to claim "this is all just the sexist media". The GOP will do their damndest to deflect it that way, and bury any legitimate discussion.

From the same piece...

Just last spring, Palin herself scoffed when Hillary Clinton’s campaign complained about a double standard in coverage.

“When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism, or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, 'Man, that doesn't do us any good, women in politics, or women in general, trying to progress this country,' ” Palin said.

[cured]

Spoiler for tonight: bits of Palin's speech have been leaked.

On her experience as a public servant:

"I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town. I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids’ public education better. When I ran for city council, I didn’t need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and knew their families, too. Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities."

On why she is going to Washington, D.C.:

"I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country."

On energy policies that the McCain-Palin administration will implement:

"Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America’s energy problems - as if we all didn’t know that already. But the fact that drilling won’t solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we’re going to lay more pipelines...build more nuclear plants...create jobs with clean coal...and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources. We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers."

On John McCain:

"Here’s how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change."

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by Deckard

Two top GOP pundits caught on tape: Palin is "political bullshit" ... "it's over"

haha-oops!

Well, I suppose that I could make a statement about reporters being unbiased or whatever but hey, they didn't know the camera was rolling. And you can't expect these guys to not have their own opinions.

A shame, they'll be lucky to not get fired.

[kagenaki koe]

they want to cut Sarah's nuts off

[dubman]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

Well, I suppose that I could make a statement about reporters being unbiased or whatever but hey, they didn't know the camera was rolling. And you can't expect these guys to not have their own opinions.

A shame, they'll be lucky to not get fired.

peggy noonan?
no, she's not getting fired.

as for these excepts, well... it seems to open up a laundry list for dems to blast against. a community organizer that pursues personal agendas, tries a little book banning and threatens peoples jobs if they're not on her boat? you abuse your power when running a town of less than 10000 what kind of BS is running through your head when you're second in command of the whole country?
the rest is just empty soundbite crap, which is fine for hyping and woo-hooing in their own con, but she'll be asked to expand on all this "helping people" later.
carreer of change? he's an ornery fusspot that'll raise an issue once every other year (that gets substantially watered down and accepted).
building pipelines while paying lip service to clean fuel and solar power? we'll fuck around with nature and also try to preserve it. noice.

we havent heard the non-mic-friendly bits yet, and there's a host of things to rebuke already....

[kagenaki koe]

if this thing is true, then McSame just annointed one of the most corrupt politician to the second most powerful position in america (some of these have been out there before, but this one is detailed as hell):

http://my2bucks.wordpress.com/2008/0...in-since-1992/

During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had given rise to a recall campaign.

The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration weren’t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later–to the delight of the lawyers involved

Sarah complained about the “old boy’s club” when she first ran for Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of “old boys”. Palin fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people, creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally grateful and fiercely loyal–loyal to the point of abusing their power to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the case of pressuring the State’s top cop (see below).

[cured]

I read that, too. I read Andrew Sullivan's blog and he's livid about how bad this pick was.

http://www.andrewsullivan.com

The weird part of this was, as mayor, she hired a Washington lobbyist to fight for earmarks for her city. A town of 6,000 needs a lobbyist??