"Republicans Rush In" - Richard Cohen (NYT)

[huckleberry]

I don't usually like this guy but this op-ed is really funny -read the whole thing at

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090101715.html?hpid=opinionsbox1


"John McCain's selection of Palin, which I first viewed with horror, could now be seen in a different light. Based on various television interviews over the Labor Day weekend -- and a careful reading of the transcripts -- it is possible that this is McCain's attempt to make fools of his fellow Republicans. He has succeeded beyond all expectations."

snip

"Probably the most depressing thing about Palin is not her selection but the defense of it. It has produced a parade of GOP spokesmen intent on spiking the needle on a polygraph. Looking right into the camera, they offer statement after statement that they hope the voters will swallow but that history will forget. The sum effect on the diligent news consumer is a feeling of consummate contempt for the intelligence of the American people -- a contempt that will be justified should Palin be the factor that makes McCain a winner in November."

[Gabi Hayes]

1. cohen finally woke up! spot on analysis of the pretzels the pugs are twisting

themselves into, trying to spin this into ANY sort of acceptable exlanation

[AuntPatsy]

2. Is it not nice to laugh?

:evilgrin:

[seabeyond]

3. my smart republican father that i love so i asked him.... she is attractive (who the fuck cares)

and she is as qualified as obama. nooooooooo i say. tell me it aint so. fox news.

[ingac70]

4. He ain't all that smart. Sorry, but it has to be said.

Unless you meant smart as in "smart ass", then in that case, my bad.

[seabeyond]

7. he is a smart man. he is also conditioned by fox. i know a lot of people

that are conditioned in life. like people that cant see beyond just a part of who a person is and is limited in thinking and only seeing a piece as a whole. they can still be smart

[Gabi Hayes]

6. has he seen this?

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=006axc2aELE

[seabeyond]

9. i know. he did have a major eye surgery right before all this happened and i

talked to him saturday. so i am giving him some time. let him heal and maybe see some of this stuff

[Gabi Hayes]

12. hope he does well with the surgery. it's never very pleasant.

all the best to him.

[seabeyond]

13. thanks

you are sweet.

we tippy toe on politics. we dont want to fight. he is 70. he doesnt need to fight anymore

[Gabi Hayes]

24. ha! my grandmother lived til she was 109, and we argued about politics til the END!

that was almost four years ago, and she just missed out voting for Bush for the second time

she listened to Rush every single day for three hours, loved Chris Mattews, larry King, and Brian Lamb

sigh.....I miss her

[mzmolly]

15. They're buying the "as qualified as Obama" BS huh?

Good grief, what a crock.

[mzmolly]

16. * dupe deleted

oops

[seabeyond]

21. well, i have only talked to one. i havent been out much since this.

and as i said, he was down first couple days of this having had eye surgery. he must have been laying there just watching fox. lol. he generally reads the papers too

[mzmolly]

22. Well it's an indication that the talking point is effective.

:hi: They've been saying it ALL DAY long on various channels.

[seabeyond]

23. that is what i thought when i heard it. cause i really expected him to say gggggez

can you believe. when boden was announced he said that won the election for obama. anyway

:hi: backatcha

[Bread and Circus]

5. It's an excellent read.

[Tatiana]

8. Cohen's column (in the WaPo) is almost as funny as MoDo's in the NYT.

Gingrich's point about Palin being commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard has been echoed throughout the GOP. In fact, even Cindy McCain pointed out -- rightly enough -- that Alaska is across the Bering Strait from Russia and so Palin, by deduction, has been on the front lines of the Cold War . . . had it not ended in 1989.

:rofl:

[Hamlette]

14. I haven't read him for years, he had some horrid stuff a while back

nice to see him come to his senses

(anyone remember why I'm so mad at him? My guess is the war but I'm not sure.)

[Tatiana]

17. He was pretty pro-war (sadly). n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Right. Alaska. The only US continental territory occupied by enemies in last 200 years; WW2. nt

[skooooo]

10. Every Op-Ed is anti Palin

Richard Cohen
»
Ruth Marcus
Eugene Robinson

[Muttocracy]

11. wow - scathing and funny. nt

[mzmolly]

18. I'm laughing out loud at this sh*t.

"Still, you have to admit that in all that time, especially since Palin became governor about two years ago, no Russian invasion force has come across the strait, maybe because she was in charge of the Guard, maybe because she herself is a hunter and an athlete. The record is unclear because no high-ranking Russian appeared on any of the weekend talk shows to say how they had considered an invasion of Alaska and then backed off when Sarah Palin became commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard. Who could blame them?"

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

20. Devil! You have 666 posts!

:scared: