sarah palin

[Pliny]

There used to be an insult for conservatives and it was called Hitler. Then 2000 came around and it was Bush. Now? Its Sarah Palin

Yeah. Hitler was a Conservative! :lol:

Newsflash - Hitler was a totalitarian socialist - Keyword: "socialist" as in "national socialist" or "Nazi" for short. Confusing Palin and Bush as socialists is quite a stretch but I know the left likes to make the association and they seem to be the only ones confused by it. They should define socialist for themselves maybe.

Liberal progressivism, or better, "Progressive Liberalism", has managed to become an invisible creeping force in western society, even in America, gaining ground especially in the first 4 decades of the 20th century. Conservatism is about maintaining the status quo from the word "conserve" meaning to keep in something in it's current form and/or to resist change. The conservatives, in Canada at least, did not want to appear stodgy and unyielding so they changed their name to "Progressive Conservatives" because the Liberals, who were progressive, were winning the elections. Now they have gone back to the Conservative party. The word "Progressive" has fallen out of political favour it seems.

Edited September 24, 2009 by Pliny

[Pliny]

Sure, I would have no problem with saying it to her face. I'd also have so much class doing it, she would not even be able to recognize that I would be talking about her.

If she wouldn't recognize it then you wouldn't have accomplished doing it.

It's sort of the dream world of the Liberals. (I sure told her and she didn't even notice..heh..heh.. heh.)

It is actually a problem with most bills these days. The language is way too complicated and can be missinterpreted differently by every party. It does need to be simplified. Many bills get rammed through without thought or much reading and scrutiny. So if we do need two lawyers to read an interperet a bill, then something is drasticly wrong with how policies and bills are done and processed.

So how about reform on how bills are created and passed and judged?

I agree. No sense making laws that no one understands without a lawyer beside them. The first set of regulations I would tackle would be the income tax codes. ("Codes" - good word for them. Canada Revenue doesn't even stand behind it's own advice. Their little decoder wheels are limited)

Remember when Harper was leader of the Reform Party he had this little simplified form for taxes.

It went like this

• Gross Income_________
  X Tax rate _________
  = Tax payable _________
  

Put too many Accountants and Lawyers on the dole though. Are those industries too big to fail?

Edited September 24, 2009 by Pliny

[GostHacked]

Put too many Accountants and Lawyers on the dole though. Are those industries too big to fail?

As long as things keep failing, lawyers and accountants will always have jobs.

[Shady]

Palin’s book number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller list

A publishing industry source told POLITICO that they "cannot remember a non-fiction book taking off like this in the pre-order market. It became number one only a couple of hours after nothing more than a date announcement. It is truly unprecedented."

Politico

So how's that irrelevant thing working out for you guys? BWAAAHAAAAAAAHHHA

Worst prediction in the history of predictions.

[jdobbin]

So how's that irrelevant thing working out for you guys?

I think she will certainly be a formidable candidate if she runs. I also suspect that some Republicans will hammer her in ways that even Democrats would find difficult to imagine.

[BubberMiley]

"Most politicians of prominence write a book. My honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for president and if she was the results would be...catastrophic. It's fairly inconceivable she could be elected." -- John McCain Campaign Manager Steve Schmidt

http://firstdraftofhistory.theatlantic.com/live_blog/

BWAAAHAAAAAAAHHHA indeed.

[Pliny]

I think she will certainly be a formidable candidate if she runs. I also suspect that some Republicans will hammer her in ways that even Democrats would find difficult to imagine.

Those Republicans that do, will reveal themselves as Statists not dissimilar to Democrats.

Edited October 2, 2009 by Pliny

[Pliny]

"Most politicians of prominence write a book. My honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for president and if she was the results would be...catastrophic. It's fairly inconceivable she could be elected." -- John McCain Campaign Manager Steve Schmidt

http://firstdraftofhistory.theatlantic.com/live_blog/

Wow!

See how fast they come out of the woodwork!

McCain should have been a Dem. -Schmidt could have won him the Democratic nomination over Barack.

Bwaahahhahhahah!

Edited October 2, 2009 by Pliny

[GostHacked]

BWAAAHAAAAAAAHHHA indeed.

Say it ain't so !!!

[Shady]

I could care less whether she runs or not. But is she relevant?

BWAAAHHHHHAAA, of course she is!

Worst prediction in the history of predictions.

Edited October 2, 2009 by Shady

[BubberMiley]

Worst prediction in the history of predictions.

Just so you know, saying she's irrelevant isn't exactly a prediction because it's speaking of the present.

And in that case, it's still the truth.

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/sarah_lect...dUitBmiOfXCBjlI

[Shady]

Just so you know, saying she's irrelevant isn't exactly a prediction because it's speaking of the present.

Yep, because all irrelevant people set records for book sales. I'm sure you'll still be calling her irrelevant when she's campaigning for Republicans during the 2010 mid-terms too. You just can't admit that you're wrong. Sad.

[BubberMiley]

I'm happy to admit I'm wrong when I am. I just never am. Why do you suppose there are few takers for her speaking engagements if she's so relevant? Why do you think she had to step down as governor? Why do you think John McCain's campaign manager, who took time out of the campaign to school her on the issues himself, says her being president would be "catastrophic?"

She's relevant in terms of pop culture and celebrity, and if that's important to you, enjoy.

But you're still caught up in the previous election, which you lost so terribly.

Sad.

[Shady]

I'm happy to admit I'm wrong when I am. I just never am.

You're wrong on a pretty consistent basis. This is just another example.

Why do you suppose there are few takers for her speaking engagements if she's so relevant?

She just spoke at a major conference in Asia. And she's rumored to be speaking at an upcoming event at the Regan Presidential library. So she's been speaking at more engagements than former President's like Bush, Clinton, and Carter. I'm not sure why you're holding her to a higher standard.

Why do you think she had to step down as governor?

Because Democrats were flooding her office with frivolous ethics charges.

Why do you think John McCain's campaign manager, who took time out of the campaign to school her on the issues himself, says her being president would be "catastrophic?"

Because he's trying to cover for his pathetic Presidential campaign strategy.

She's relevant in terms of pop culture and celebrity

You mean like Obama? LOL. She's also relevant in the political realm. As I've already stated, she'll be campaigning for Republican candidates and raising money in the mid-term elections. I guess you just chose to ignore that fact, to fit your extremely flawed premise. Just admit that you've been completely wrong, and we can move on.

[BubberMiley]

You're wrong on a pretty consistent basis. This is just another example.

If I was wrong so often, you wouldn't have gotten so excited and cross-posted on numerous threads how I once accidentally called "Goldman Sachs" "Lehman Bros." That's all you got. And it's nothing.

I'm not sure why you're holding her to a higher standard.

I'm not holding her to a higher standard. I'm just referring to an article I linked in the New York Post.

Because Democrats were flooding her office with frivolous ethics charges.

She quit because of "frivolous" charges? Wow. So you're admitting she really isn't leadership material at all then. I wonder how far Bill Clinton or GWB (or Obama) would have gotten if they gave up at the first sight of a "frivolous" accusation.

You mean like Obama? LOL.

Yes, exactly like Obama.

If, of course, Obama had lost the last election and resigned his seat in the senate because he couldn't stand the heat.

But since he won the presidency, no, not at all like Obama.

LOL

[GostHacked]

I misread the title of her book and thought it sad 'Going Rouge' . Must be because she can see Russia from her house. But since it is 'Going Rogue' ... and rogue seems to mean

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rogue

Main Entry: 1rogue

Pronunciation: \ˈrōg\

Function: noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1561

1 : vagrant, tramp

2 : a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel

3 : a mischievous person : scamp

4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave

5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

— rogu·ish \ˈrō-gish\ adjective

— rogu·ish·ly adverb

— rogu·ish·ness noun

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33110765/

'Going all mavericky'

A lot of people are coming into the store and asking to reserve a copy, Larsen said. Borders booksellers also are asking customers if they want to reserve one. The more people reserve copies, he said, the more copies the stores will get.

Julie Drake, co-owner of Anchorage's largest independent bookstore, Title Wave, stopped to quiz her booksellers about Palin's book.

"Nobody has said a word. Not a single customer has asked about it. I don't know what that means. Maybe we're all going rogue, going all mavericky," she said.

Yeah the title of the book should been 'Going Mavericky'. That automatically sells books. And you can't have a best seller before the book goes on sale. That simply just does not make sense to anyone with any sense of logic. You can anticipate it being a best seller, but you can't claim it unless your books are flying off the shelves into peoples hands and not file 13.

[Pliny]

Yeah the title of the book should been 'Going Mavericky'.

Your advice will be well taken when you have tyour first novel on the best seller list.

"Going Mavericky" would be more appropriate for McCain, doncha think?

[GostHacked]

Your advice will be well taken when you have tyour first novel on the best seller list.

Should we also be govenor of a state to critisize her work?? No.

"Going Mavericky" would be more appropriate for McCain, doncha think?

Palin used it much more.

[Pliny]

Should we also be govenor of a state to critisize her work?? No.

You should have knowledge of the work first.

Palin used it much more.

McCain was the original bearer of the term.

[BubberMiley]

McCain was the original bearer of the term.

Nah, James Garner beat him to it.

[Shady]

The more you guys post in this thread, the more it illustrates just how relevant she is, and will continue to be.

[BubberMiley]

Not to mention the relevance of James Garner.

[jdobbin]

Not to mention the relevance of James Garner.

He's mavericky.

[Pliny]

Nah, James Garner beat him to it.

Right ! "Original" was probably the wrong word.

[Shady]

Big day for Hoffman after Palin endorsement: $116K

Link

Hoffman Surges Into Lead in NY-23

Washington - A poll released today by the Club for Growth shows Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman surging into the lead in the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district to replace John McHugh, the former congressman who recently became Secretary of the Army.

Link

And just imagine. Somebody in this forum claimed Sarah Palin would be irrelevant.

Worst prediction ever!!!

And stay tuned for her upcoming appearance on Oprah. Where no doubt she'll continue to be irrelevant!