Re: The Sarah Palin corner of the Sandbox!

**AMosely** · 10-22-2008, 04:26 PM

Bamboo, you need someone to buy you a drink! I agree that the Maverick sold out and that Rush and the blonde are fools, but am not surprised.

I remain surprised and a little baffled at the Palin nomination, though. I think earlier we had been talking about her nomination as a gamble, and I'm feeling like they lost the bet. I guess we'll see come Nov 4/5, but right now between sellout McCain and Wasilla Palin, it is not adding up.

**Rincewind** · 10-22-2008, 05:19 PM

Palin Yesterday:

Nice scarf... WAIT A MINUTE!

**Greflin** · 10-22-2008, 05:20 PM

Is she stupid? Wait...Don't answer that.

**Rincewind** · 10-22-2008, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by Greflin

Is she stupid? Wait...Don't answer that.

No way, it doesn't matter what the design is. That's her $150,000.00 scarf! She has to wear it.

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 10-22-2008, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by Rincewind

Palin Yesterday:

Nice scarf... WAIT A MINUTE!

OMG. She was a Democrat operative in "Super Secret Double Deep" cover!

**DeePsix** · 10-23-2008, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by El_Gringo_Grande

OMG. She was a Democrat operative in "Super Secret Double Deep" cover!

LOL! It's a trap!

I betcha the Republican Party is glad they shelled out $150,000 for her clothes...

**AMosely** · 10-23-2008, 11:57 AM

I think everyone knows by now that I'm no fan of Palin as a VP candidate, but I don't understand what the wardrobe story is all about - who cares? Obviously someone does, or someone thinks someone does. These campaigns spend millions of dollars on food, staging, music, transportation (from minvans to jets) - dressing the candidates counts too. I trust that she'll either give the clothes back to charity or face taxes on them. Of course she will, she's an ethical public servant.. well, even if she doesn't, I don't really care.

**Rincewind** · 10-23-2008, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by AMosely

I think everyone knows by now that I'm no fan of Palin as a VP candidate, but I don't understand what the wardrobe story is all about - who cares? Obviously someone does, or someone thinks someone does. These campaigns spend millions of dollars on food, staging, music, transportation (from minvans to jets) - dressing the candidates counts too. I trust that she'll either give the clothes back to charity or face taxes on them. Of course she will, she's an ethical public servant.. well, even if she doesn't, I don't really care.

I don't care either, but look at the scarf.

**AMosely** · 10-23-2008, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Rincewind

I don't care either, but look at the scarf.

The horises do look like donkeys. It's also a really ugly scarf.

**Rincewind** · 10-23-2008, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by AMosely

The horises do look like donkeys. It's also a really ugly scarf.

"VOTE <image of a donkey>"

or

"VOTE Horsies?"

It's a hard call with Palin.

**AMosely** · 10-24-2008, 11:16 AM

This article clarified a lot of things for me about the Palin pick. This to me is proof positive of the erosion of the real John McCain in this campaign.

David Keene, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, who is close to a number of McCain’s top aides, told me that “McCain and Lindsey Graham”—the South Carolina senator, who has been McCain’s closest campaign companion—“really wanted Joe.” But Keene believed that “McCain was scared off” in the final days, after warnings from his advisers that choosing Lieberman would ignite a contentious floor fight at the Convention, as social conservatives revolted against Lieberman for being, among other things, pro-choice.

“They took it away from him,” a longtime friend of McCain—who asked not to be identified, since the campaign has declined to discuss its selection process—said of the advisers. “He was furious. He was pissed. It wasn’t what he wanted.” Another friend disputed this, characterizing McCain’s mood as one of “understanding resignation.”

The Insiders
How John McCain came to pick Sarah Palin.

**peardog** · 10-24-2008, 01:56 PM

Geez.. Congrats TG For getting NBC to sponsor a thread!... I mean it's all their BS talking points anyways..

I want folks to start designing the new USSA FLAG (United Socialist States of America) before B.Obama wins.. that way they won't waste time on such things in order to get the socialized medicine and income limiting program in place..
I could care less about the presedent elect (and again this thread is about the VP candidate.. a ghost of a person in most cabinets...a puppet master in this one) if Congress wasn't going to be Democrat controlled. But that won't be the case next FEB.

(EDIT: Sorry for the Hijack.. the other Candidate Forums are too boring, old, racist, or misspoken to be read.)

**DeePsix** · 10-24-2008, 03:37 PM

The highest paid individual in McCain's presidential campaign for the first half of October?

Palin's makeup artist!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...2-week-period/

What's the difference between a hockey mom and bulldog? You can feed a bulldog for 386 years on $150,000

**marstein** · 10-25-2008, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by peardog

I want folks to start designing the new USSA FLAG (United Socialist States of America) before B.Obama wins.. that way they won't waste time on such things in order to get the socialized medicine and income limiting program in place..

No worries. There won't be any money left for that after the Bush years of tax cuts for the rich and corporations, the war and bailing out the deregulated ("the market will fix it") banking industry.

**Kerostasis** · 10-25-2008, 02:52 PM

--The Bush years of "tax cuts for the rich" still brought in more tax dollars than any years before them
--If you don't think the war was worth funding, I guess you're entitled to your opinion. So far the total cost of the war has reached a little under 1/2 of 1 years standard budget. The bailout's more than twice that already after just a few months.
--The banking industry was heavily regulated during the leadup to the crisis. Apparently it just wasn't regulated very well. More regulations =/= effective regulations.

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