The biggest bullet that the United States of America has ever dodged.

[trumad]

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[Fumesucker]

1. At least it wasn't a smart weapon n/t

[caseymoz]

54. No, she's a dumb-dumb.

Only terrible if it hits the target.

[cactusfractal]

84. LOL You win the internet!

[marmar]

2. As Bill Maher says: "Proof that we're building the fence on the wrong border."

nt

[niyad]

3. she looks more drunk, or stoned, or whatever, each time I see that pic. scary

[PatrynXX]

27. Frankly just to put it in perspective

She looks like she's on her 3rd big Caffeinated drink and is on a sugar buzz and caffeinated high. Symptoms? (because after a dare I had 5-6 Vivarins once. Sweats. Eyes are odd. Rabid heartbeat. Feel like your having a stroke. Appear drunk / wired and if someone told you to jump without looking off the bridge you go. So basically she just proved exactly why those BIG HUGE THINGS should be regulated. Not sure about banned. IE maybe so and so is forced to tell you drinking an overlarge drink may kill you if you have heart problems. At least when people go to heart attack grill there is a bloody warning. Not of course since I'm a cardiophile I'm sure curious to know how high she was flying. But she has all the symptoms of having had too much of those big containers. Maybe someone should remind her of a mother going for a Nintendo Wii. On a contest of water drinking. Who later had a stroke because the water thinned out her blood. Too much is well too much. So basically Sarah here likes playing with her own life and has little care for it.

[Berlum]

4. Slurping her way to a pathetic ignominy

The suBliMinaL message the Pale Horse is sending: This is what happens to you when you guzzle Mass Quantities of corporately-pimped HFC-saturated fizzy glop-water, and routinely engorge yourself on occultly-concealed GMO-mutant foodlike substance.

[southernyankeebelle]

41. You are being insulting to heavy people. Take a look again at Palin honey. She is anorexic, wears

fake wigs. Wears fake boobs and take that makeup off she is one ugly looking witch. By the way your picture posted looks like me. Nothing I have is fake honey. I don't even wear makeup. Every pound of me my husband of 35 yrs loves. So if you think posting this kind of picture gives you a laugh I feel your barking up the wrong tree. I have a way better personality then Palin and in the long run my friends and family love every pound of me because I am me. Palin can't say that. She is to busy trying to look like she is 30 again. She isn't doing a good job unless some men who are in heat. You can make a point and not use the weight issue. Why do men always have to use weight issues?

[southernyankeebelle]

53. I don't eat fried chicken, waffles or never even had those large drinks. You see that is how

assholes think. In my late years I have a serious thyroid problem. I even have nods and have to have them checked every so often. Your assuming because I'm big I don't eat healthy. That is a problem with people who think like you. My skinny husband has a high cholesterol problem then I ever had. Just because a person is heavy doesn't mean they are unhealthy. Yes many many are but not everyone. Just looking at Palin you see the women has a weight problem herself. A serious problem. I wasn't speaking to you anyway.

[xtraxritical]

56. You mentioned none of these things in your original post, I'm sorry.

[southernyankeebelle]

59. I shouldn't have to really. People look at a heavy person and think they just love being fat.

I don't know any fat person who loves being fat or deserves to be told because they are fat they are ugly, lazy and all they want to do is eat. Not all fat people are like that. I can't blame you because that is how society is and you probably think that way. But you can change if you want to. No one has a right to judge others. I guess being fat all my life I found empathy for many people no matter the size, color, straight or gay or what country they come from. I always try to put myself in that persons shoes. It's not always so simple. Life is very complicated sometimes. I really know you didn't mean to hurt my feelings. You were being funny but none the less its a stereo type. I don't hold a grudge.

[Iggo]

70. Whoa!

What the fuck?!?!

[cherokeeprogressive]

82. 6-0 hide. Righteous. n/t

[Scootaloo]

96. Oh, oh GOD, what is that? It's HORRIFYING! Makes my skin crawl!

And the sandwich is fucking frightening too!

[Brickbat]

5. GOD, what a REBEL she is!

Way to stick it to The Man, sister! What bravery! What courage!

[freshwest]

6. So that's the new style for Freeperville. Still spitting out anti-Obama bile at last report. Sad.

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Looks more dissipated than the other pic...

[kattycat]

7. to quote Thomas Dolby

"she's not an intellectual giant"

[Cleita]

10. That qualifies for understatement of the year.

She's not an intellectual anything. The word intellectual should not be even in the same sentence or paragraph that refers to her.

[mckara]

20. She never opens her mouth without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

To paraphrase Thomas Brackett Reed, the last Speaker of the US House from Maine, circa 1900.

[PatrynXX]

32. problem is I do pity her

Think republicans and her husband use her. If one needed any indication of this look at the kids who shout at others.

She might be good in sports but if she has a debate with Keith Olbermann on sports that would be interesting..

(oh by the way she could check her heart rate if she has a nice smart phone. alot of people don't know this but plenty of apps for making your lens dirty but it works as long as you have a flash next to it. (if not then use a flash light. ) Cause if I were a caring person I'd be asking her to run that app. Don't need to see her have a heart attack on stage.

ie go to youtube and you might be lucky to hear a heart on way too much caffeine .... (or while having sex.. can't show having sex on youtube but with a heartbeat you can. prefer having sex than a high on caffeine recording. even one on weed sounds better than on Caffeine )

Yes when I do see Sarah she walks as if she's a kinky girl bts

[xtraxritical]

48. LOL, I can check my heart rate with two fingers on the small of my wrist and it does not cost $50/mo

[Zoonart]

21. LOVE TOM DOLBY

Here's a little CPAC travelin' music

[ISW]

31. No, but she is a "mental midget"!

[Scuba]

8. She sucks.

[cartach]

98. She does ?

Do you have a link?

[Cleita]

9. Don't forget Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Imagine both of them on a ticket. It would have been worse than McCain/Palin, hilarious but worse.

[RoccoR5955]

24. Ahnold cannot run...

...because he's not a "natural born" citizen.

[cascadiance]

25. Another reason we should be thankful we had Jennifer Granholm as governor of Michigan

... who provided some degree of sanity before the current dictator in chief in charge is destroying that state, and secondly, because she was popular about the same time as Schwarzennegger was in California and also would have been made eligible to run if the Republicans at the time had went through with changing the laws to allow for him to run. The prospects of Granholm running probably kept us from having Schwarzennegger run.

[Cleita]

35. She's Canadian and a naturalized citizen of the USA, isn't she? n/t

[PatrynXX]

38. well actually

neither could John McCain. He wasn't born on the mainland. Unlike Obama who was born in the USA... which is where Irony comes in on Birthers. They also complain about John McCain

http://www.michiganlawreview.org/articles/why-senator-john-mccain-cannot-be-president-eleven-months-and-a-hundred-yards-short-of-citizenship

Article II, section 1 of the Constitution provides that "No Person except a natural born Citizen . . . shall be eligible to the Office of President . . . ." A person must be a citizen at birth to be a natural born citizen. Senator McCain was born in the Canal Zone in 1936. Although he is now a U.S. citizen, the law in effect in 1936 did not grant him citizenship at birth. Because he was not born a citizen, he is not eligible to the office of president.

The citizenship of those born in the Canal Zone in 1936 is a legal question, not a question about one's views of Senator McCain's candidacy. U.S. citizenship law is not simple or intuitive. As the child of two U.S. citizens, and because his father was on active duty in the U.S. Navy, it might seem obvious and logical that he must have been a citizen at birth. However, neither in 1936 nor at any other time did Congress confer citizenship based on these facts alone-the law always required additional circumstances.

So thus because some guy called John McCain actually did run... opens up a doorway for non natural born citizens. Always figured Arnold would be the first , not someone older than him. And Arnold is Moderate and never pretended to be right wing. so the left and the right dislike him. I don't. True he didn't know how to manage money but he's smarter than most.

[jberryhill]

52. McCain did not immigrate to the US

He was a citizen by virtue of the circumstances of his birth. There are only two ways to be a US citizen - you are born one or you immigrate.

[RoccoR5955]

69. Mc Cain was born in PANAMA.

Since when was Panama a part of the US?

[leftieNanner]

72. I believe he was born on a US military base

in Panama, which counts as being born in the US.

[jberryhill]

86. Being born on a US military base does not make one a citizen

McCain was born a US citizen because his parents were US citizens who had resided in the United States.

We have bases all over the world in which local staff and others obtain obstetric services. Their children are not US citizens.

[leftieNanner]

103. Thanks

for the clarification.

[jberryhill]

85. It doesn't matter

I swear to God, our birthers are as bad as theirs.

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_5199.html

You are either born a US citizen, or you naturalize. That's it. Those are the two categories. There is no other.

McCain is not a naturalized US citizen. He was born a US citizen.

Again for emphasis:

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_5199.html

Here's the applicable part, if you can't find it on your own:

Birth Abroad to Two U.S. Citizen Parents in Wedlock

A child born abroad to two U.S. citizen parents acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provided that one of the parents had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the child’s birth. The child is considered to be born in wedlock if the child is the genetic issue of the married couple.

Art. II states "natural born citizen" - it does not say "born in the United States". Again, you are either a citizen by circumstances of birth, or you are a naturalized citizen. There is no other category. McCain was born a citizen.

[RoccoR5955]

87. AFAIC, That's not a good thing.

He would have been the first president not born on US soil, I believe. It set a bad president.
Yes, if you want to get technical, the first few presidents weren't born in the US, but they were the first colonies.

[awoke_in_2003]

95. No, it would not have set a bad precedent...

McCain, as much of an asshole as he is, is eligible to be a president. As someone said upthread, our birthers are as bad as theirs.

[juajen]

105. You want the word, "precedent" I believe.

[awoke_in_2003]

94. "I swear to God, our birthers are as bad as theirs"

I agree.

[DRoseDARs]

89. He was a citizen by virtue of a law passed by Congress years after his birth. And there are 3 ways.

Be born on legal US soil regardless of parentage, immigrate and naturalize as a US citizen, or be born on foreign soil to at least one legal US citizen. Congress passed a law in McCain's teens that settled that last matter, retroactively making McCain a legal US citizen by birth.

[jberryhill]

90. The point being...

That one is either a citizen by circumstances of birth, or one is a naturalized citizen.

Article II further includes a residency requirement, with the upshot being essentially that the founders didn't want Hapsburg-like familial relations influencing foreign policy. To suggest that someone born to US citizens abroad merely due to military service to the US would somehow violate that intent - and especially under the peculiar circumstances of the Canal Zone administration - is just silly.

McCain is a crotchety halfwit with anger issues and extremely poor judgment. If anything, it would be better if THAT was a disqualification for office. Those characteristics aside, he did spend his entire adult life in the service of the US, and including being held in captivity. That much merits respect.

[DRoseDARs]

93. The point being if you're going to talk about facts, present them in their proper context.

McCain's and other children's legal citizenship were murky enough at the time that it warranted Congressional action to settle the matter. Your dismissiveness of context won't change that. And on the flip side yes, it is silly to suggest McCain isn't a US citizen because again, Congress passed a law decades ago settling the matter for McCain and other like him before and since.

[RoccoR5955]

68. Thanks. I always knew that about Panama John.

And have stated it to plenty of birthers when he ran.
I told them to look at Johnny's birth certificate, and find out that he was born in the Canal Zone. Just because the US leased it, didn't make it within the US.

The thing about Ahnold, which make it impossible for him to run is that his parents were not military, and he was not born in an area that was leased by the US. He was born in Austria, and became a US citizen in 2002. Thus, he cannot run for President, or Vice-President.

[peace frog]

11. Suck Baby Suck

Only thing she's good at. Go girl.

[KharmaTrain]

12. What An Andy Warhol 16 Minutes Looks Like...

...she's nothing but a novelty act now...

[xtraxritical]

49. She's been milking her 15 minutes for about 12 years now.

[Cayenneman]

13. McCain

lost his mind at least since 2008. The evidence is right here!

[Cleita]

19. I think in his case, he and his advisors were thinking with their dicks. n/t

[nomorenomore08]

75. What I always assumed, more or less.

[AAO]

76. I really don't understand what some men see in her.

[Cleita]

77. Neither do I but I'm not a man soooo....

I can't really offer an opinion.

[AAO]

79. I am, and the meanness she exudes makes her look like a witch to me.

[Cleita]

80. She is mean and it's obvious. I'm surprised her worshippers don't

see that.

[demwing]

104. She used to be really cute

But 4 years of being hateful has taken its toll:



She doesn't even look like the same person...

[AAO]

106. She was repulsive from day one for me.

I don't judge people on their peccadillo's, but I feel an affinity with your sentiments.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. In a word

Yup

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. What would be funny is if it was a diet soda.

[SunSeeker]

22. I was thinking that too. It probably is.

Which of course is not against the NY rule. She would never risk her figure by drinking hfcs sugary soft drinks. Her looks are her prime asset. And she knows that.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. This is a shock to some people...

When you go to Panda Express and buy that green tea in a bottle....



...it has as many calories as four slices of Sara Lee cherry pie.

[barbaraj]

39. It has less calories

than the pie, but more sugar ! with pie coming in close to 400 calories a piece and sobe around 240 a bottle. ..but yep...more sugar! I only checked because I thought..hmm..if this is the case I'm having pie for dinner.

[Yavin4]

81. The sugar count is worse than the calorie count

Sugar is what you should be monitoring carefully, not calories.

[GoCubsGo]

16. The second biggest, actually.

This imbecile would have been second in line tho the President, but not the President. The biggest bullet we have dodged is Slick Willard Romney, who would have had far more power than this blithering idiot would have had as VP. And, he is far more insidious.

[xtraxritical]

50. God bless Mr. Prouty!

[malaise]

17. True

Gulp

[They_Live]

18. Looks kind of small

for a super big gulp.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

30. That's because of her big hair look.

[rrneck]

23. Any time I'm not satisfied with Obama I bring three words to mind: Vice. President. Palin. nt

[TheKentuckian]

42. Palin is an extremely poor standard of measure.

Do you associate with a significant number of people e that are not at least equally capable?

At some point, the system is an utter disaster. I say it isn't far from there when a fuckwit grifter incapable of identifying a periodical or book that believes proximity is foreign policy chops.

Come on now m most of us would take our chances with a random viewer of CNN over Palin.
This is an example of clearly less qualified and capable than the general population.

[rrneck]

46. She's far from a dimwit.

She's a cultural lamprey. She understands, at least intuitively, that a lot if not most of peoples attitudes are shaped by emotion and exploits it to the fullest. Love her or hate her, she got rich at that bullshit.

Her rise to prominence in the Republican party is another in a long line of exploitative theft by an oligarchy, and by extension the Republican party, turning people's emotions into the source of a revenue stream.

[TheKentuckian]

64. None of that prevents her from being a know nothing and a willful one at that.

I didn't say she was devoid of talents.

[rrneck]

65. So agreed. She has single handedly lowered the IQ of the entire human race. nt

[Thor_MN]

26. As someone said, in another thread, "Dumb and Coke"

[lark]

28. Most Americans are too smart to be taken in by her perkiness.

Thank God there are still people with sense.

[AlbertCat]

33. Thank God there are still people with sense.

And on top of that, does anyone really believe the good ol' boys of the GOP (sense or none) would have let her near any real power?


She, like Reagan and Bush Jr... and indeed Romney.... are proof that the GOP only "allows" us to vote for figureheads while the people who run the country are hiding in undisclosed locations...unelected and undisclosed.

[lark]

37. aka Cheney, Feith, Rumsfeld

Rove, Lieberman and all their ilk are out there in grass ready to pounce and drag us into war all over again. Lieberman only pretended not to be a Repug.

[CheapShotArtist]

34. Forgive me if this sounds too sexist,

but this photo of Sarah slurping on that drink just gave me wood.

[SunSeeker]

36. That's what she's counting on. nt

[Iggo]

73. This. (n/t)

[narnian60]

63. Obviously, it doesn't take much.

[Zen Democrat]

40. Putting that picture in context of her speech ...

She had just told the story of what she got for Christmas --- Todd got her a gun rack for their truck and Todd got a new rifle. She wrapped her story by saying "Todd got the rifle and I (while puffing out her chest) got the rack." She then immediately grabbed the Big Gulp and made this 'lil miss innocent" face, as in "did I just say that." It was sad, sexist and all Sarah.

[KamaAina]

43. I dare her to try that in New York City.

The Tiny Fascist would mop up the floor with her.

[SemperEadem]

44. Saturday Night Live will be interesting next weekend...

[treestar]

45. Yes.

Who can even imagine what would have happened, even if Gramps had gotten through his term.

[Buzz Clik]

51. That was a lethal round, for sure. But THIS bullet was in the chamber:

[paparush]

101. That Potatoe gun was cocked and locked.

[IDemo]

55. An accurate, if somewhat sexist Palin appraisal by a local blogger:

http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/palin-mania/Content?oid=1363390

[zappaman]

57. Kick and Rec! n/t

[iandhr]

58. Thank you Tina Fey

[datasuspect]

60. it was never gonna happen

just more bread and circuses.

do you honestly think the people who own us would leave that job up to chance?

the 2000 coup never ended.

[Initech]

61. You betcha!!!!

[HughBeaumont]

62. "Reagan's America" summed up in one glorious photo.

[Yavin4]

83. Yep. Reagan's America was a backlash to the social progress of the 60s and 70s

It was a grand celebration of ignorance, bigotry, sexism, and homophobia. Palin is a prime representative of that era, but she has no chance of ever being elected.

America has moved beyond the Reagan era.

[47of74]

66. Fuck you very much John McCain for inflicting her upon this nation.

[OldRedneck]

67. I'll probably be banned from DU forever . . .

. . . but this is too good to pass up.

Something a Marine said about "a golf ball through a garden hose?"


Something in a Willy Nelson movie about "the chrome off a trailer hitch?"

[lpbk2713]

71. Benjamin Franklin called.

He wants his glasses back.

[CrispyQ]

74. If that ticket had won, I would have put money on Palin pushing McCain down a flight of stairs.

No shit. I don't think he would have survived a year. One of her whacko followers would have taken him out.

[spanone]

78. 2nd biggest....

[backscatter712]

88. Image in OP no worky!

Anyone have a link?

[Number23]

92. I was starting to wonder if this was one of those "emperor's wearing no clothes" threads

Everyone is talking away and I couldn't see anything in the OP. Waiting for someone to finally shout "but he has nothing on!" Thanks for doing so.

[RVN VET]

99. I infer from the discussion that it was

A gif of Sarah sucking seductively on a large -- one might say huge and throbbing -- container of Coke or other dark soda.

Sarah, oh Sarah, you're perkiness had it not been overshadowed by your basic meanness and heartless mendacity, would have been touching and even attractive. If you had only had no voice, we could have enjoyed your smile, wink, and cleavage.

[trusty elf]

100. Here's one!

[IMG][/IMG]

[Kennah]

91. The image is blank, so I must conclude I'm staring into the mind of Sarah Palin.

[steve2470]

97. your image doesn't work Trumad, fyi nt

[hue]

102. Sex sells but look who's buying....