I love Sarah Palin with all my heart.

[WilliamPitt]

Leave aside the fact that she was the deciding factor for millions who voted for Obama last week; the sheer magnitude of her inadequacy for the post she sought made her a pivotal factor in a lot of in-booth decisions across the republic.

Before Palin, my hero in this election was Huckabee; he stayed in long enough to split the fundy vote between Romney, Rudy and the others during the primaries, crippling each of them in turn, which left the GOP base to choke on McCain once he was the last one standing...McCain, whom that base despises.

Huckabee did that, and he should get a parade for it. Now, however, Huck is #2 to Mrs. Palin on my hero list. For McCain, she was the campaign equivalent of two torpedos hitting his battleship below the waterline. She's outdoing even that amazing feat right now, and it is wonderful. How?

Easy. She won't go away.

This is a good thing. This is excellent. I want her on TV, every TV, at all hours, I want her to be an inescapable presence that will annoy all of America deeply, broadly and widely for as long as possible...Cuz whenever she is on the TV, the talking heads start chirping about her prospects for 2012. Here is this buffoon whose incompetence and incoherence virtually immolated the GOP ticket singlehandedly, and she just won't go away, which means she is continuing to humiliate and marginalize an already humiliated and marginalized GOP...with every moment she's on a screen.

The more we hear and see her, the better our chances for another big election in 2010 become. The more we see her, the weaker the GOP becomes.

I love Sarah Palin. Keep it coming, governor. You are my hero. Palin 2012: Cuz Duh You Betcha!

:toast:

P.S. She was also the opening Tina Fey used to display her comic genius.

P.P.S. Turn off the TV if she's making you crazy. It works, she goes away, I swear.

;)

[jaysunb]

1. sign me up for that emotion

:thumbsup:

[roguevalley]

19. perry cut off her presser this morning. he knows.

[derby378]

2. "SURELY you don't want JONES to come back?"

I have to admire that strategem. It's like a Bizarro version of Animal Farm.

[niyad]

3. you do have an excellent point. on the other hand, vapidity and stupidity don't bother the

supporters of the squatter in the people's house--and they just LOVE "but s/he is just one of us"

[WilliamPitt]

5. 22%

Whatever.

:)

The easy way to escape her is to shut off the tube. But I can't. She's just so...preposterous. It's lovely.

[niyad]

4. off to greatest with you!!

[annabanana]

6. Yup. . As she galvanizes the craziest, fringiest , looniest wingnutz

the "more traditional" Repugs will try harder & harder to give her the hook. What is left of the party will be sawdust.

Side question:
Who's paying for all her burly security now? Are they volunteers? Contractors?

[WilliamPitt]

10. Former candidates get SS protection for 120 days after the election

Their site:

http://www.secretservice.gov/protection.shtml

Says the SS protects, among other notables, "Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election."

Smart.

[pipi_k]

52. uh, oh....then what?

Does that mean we'll all have to get together and take up a collection to continue her security?



Maybe we can hire the bouncers from Wasilla's Mooseturd Saloon to watch over her. If we want her to continue appearing in public, I mean...

[Blue_In_AK]

60. That would be the Mug Shot Saloon in Wasilla.

Learn a little Alaskan geography anyway. :rofl:

http://www.myspace.com/mug_shot_saloon

[northofdenali]

68. OMG, can you just see those poor dudes

hanging out at the start of the Iditarod........ The ceremonial start is in Anchorage, but the actual start is is Sarah's lil ole town of Wasilla.........

Lots of dog shit and beer.

[WilliamPitt]

70. "Lots of dog shit and beer"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:toast:

[MrsBrady]

7. and also me too also n/t

[Justyce]

8. In what respect,

Charlie? ;)

[Goblinmonger]

9. Dude, it's "Churley" not "Charlie." n/t

[WilliamPitt]

11. Reading Flowers for Algernon again, I see.

:P

[JuniperLea]

12. I've been saying pretty much the same thing

And I've been busy hiding all the complain about Palin threads too... or should I say, also:)

Plus, she's comedy gold! I miss Tina Fey's impersonations already.

[soleft]

13. She's the Kathy Lee of the GOP

[underpants]

14. Vanna White

well, no actually Vanna knows the entire alphabet

or at least can go to the light

[VaYallaDawg]

15. We all need comic relief, and she's an instant source.

Only scary thing is ... such a huge swath of voters don't care how dumb or uninformed she is. In fact, that helps them to identify all the more with her.

Sigh.

[Trajan]

16. Nice to see you around again, Will ...

I despise this woman .... and I especially despise the media who seems to have assumed the mantle of 'Palin Rehabilitation Service' on her behalf ...

I cannot believe that 'rational' republicans want Palin anywhere NEAR the 2012 ticket, and so the impetus for her rehab cannot be borne by the upper mechanism of the party itself ...

But what then is driving her constant access ? ....

I don't get it ... except by assuming the media is itself enamored with her notorious celebrity, which can certainly be the case .... She is like a slow motion train wreck, as one DUer described ... I am sure the 'gotcha main stream media' is just doing their job .. right ?

Stick around Will .... We are all the better for your presence ...

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. It's likely that if shunned by the Republican ticket in 2012

that she'd go independent, and take away that base from voting Repub. She'd be the Nader of the Republican party.

I say "You go, girl".

[Crankie Avalon]

17. Granted, but how much longer can this media frenzy over her last?

Enjoy it while we can. Will we really be talking about her a year from now? Especially if Begich wins? How long were we talking about Katherine Harris? Palin will drop off people's tv's and need to run for something else in 2010 if she wants to come back. Is the other Senate seat in Alaska up by then?

[jaysunb]

23. Didn't Katherine Harris get elected to Congress after

her 15 minutes were up ? Just saying.

[Crankie Avalon]

24. I'm not sure just being in the House is an attractive option for someone who is a sitting governor.

It would sort of seem like a step down. That's why I mentioned the Senate. She'll need to run for something again in the midterm to have any hope of staying in the public eye and I'm not sure she has many options that way.

[Homer Wells]

18. Ahhhhhh, yes.

Sarah Palin- the latest incarnation of the HeadOn commercial!!

[hfojvt]

20. Sarah's base was not all that excited about Romney or Giuliani

pro-choice and pro-gay Giuliani? Romney, maybe sorta, but he's a Mormon which is not much better than a muslim in their eyes. It was more like Romney, Giuliani and Thompson took away from Huckabee, thereby leaving McCain, who also won some of the base, getting endorsed by Hagee and Paisley and tying himself to Bush, which he later tried to backpedal from.

p.s. It does not work to turn off the TV. She is all over DU :scared: She's everywhere, she's everywhere.

[LynneSin]

21. WAIT A MOMENT - I posted this same exact thing yesterday

Of course I'm not WilliamPitt so my thread is buried some where.

But seriously - AMEN to that. We no longer have Team McCain muzzling Sarah Palin so now we'll find out what w could have been the next VP of the United States :scared:

To play on the worlds of Ms. Palin - TALK BABY TALK!!!

[Trajan]

31. Join the club ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4444596

It is a popular subject matter these days, I suppose ...

[Botany]

25. I loves me some Palin

I could almost see every republican Governor in the nation
screaming as she said she spoke for them. She is mind numbingly
stupid and thinks the more she talks the better she looks but
the exact opposite is true. Hell, after she was found guilty of
ethics violations in Alaska she said that the panel had vindicated
her.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR0Nqf8A3O

"It would be my honor to assist and support our new president and the new administration,
yes, and I speak for other Republicans, other Republican governors also, they being willing
also to again seize this opportunity we have to progress this nation, together, a united front."

[ColbertWatcher]

26. She's like Dumbya 2.0! n/t

[NJCher]

51. she's actually better than Dumbya 2.0

She's Dumbya/Katherine Harris 2.0.



Cher

[Junkdrawer]

27. Visual...

[EFerrari]

28. Get in line!

lol

:)

[spanone]

29. she is so oblivious to reality, it's stunning

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ4NzY0NTUxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzkwNjEyMQ@@._V1._SX77_SY140_.jpg

[Disturbed]

30. Palinese:

"Sitting here in these chairs that I’m going to be proposing but in working with these governors who again on the front lines are forced to and it’s our privileged obligation to find solutions to the challenges facing our own states every day being held accountable, not being just one of many just casting votes or voting present every once in a while, we don’t get away with that."

[ProfessorGAC]

46. What The Hell Did Any Of That Mean?

Wow! Just, Wow!
The Professor

[Jacobin]

48. Reminds me of William Faulkner with a brain tumor

[mikeytherat]

50. Apparently, the yellow has her by the electric brain banana.

:crazy:

mikey_the_rat

[jmondine]

32. Palin Yesterday: "(Sen. Clinton) broke glass ceilings left and right"

... um, those are called walls; and they're the best indicator that you're living in a GLASS HOUSE, Sarah!

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[Kurovski]

58. Too late, Grovelbot!

Palin's brain was already eaten by a rare moose-borne virus.

[Mira]

34. You made me very happy with this thread Mr. Pitt. K&R

[malaise]

35. I agree with you 100%

Talk Palin talk. I'm lovin' it. :popcorn: :rofl:

[RufusTFirefly]

36. I'm afraid you're overlooking the time-honored success formula for incompetents

shamelessness + ubiquitousness + persistence = legitimacy

[KoKo]

37. You assume that the Knuckle Draggers are Vanquished......

You of all persons should know not to EVER underestimate them and the Media they Control. Unless Obama sends Avenging Angels into the FCC we can be assured the RW will have Obama running against Sarah Palin with Huckabee for Veep in 2012.

I don't see her as you do. I see her as a threat that needs to be nipped in the bud. But, as usual we Dems just think someone is funny and that folks will "see through her" and misjudge the support she will get from those who want to "BLAME McCAIN" and make her a hero.

Sorry...I don't take Mz. Mooseburger/Arial Wolf Hunger, as someone who seems as foolish to those who want to see Chimp in her to discount how she can be a threat. :shrug:

[Swede]

38. K&R

k&R

[Native]

39. "The gift that keeps on giving" has never meant so much before.

[Ignis]

40. And also too y'know kinda and also as well...

She's a fucking moran! :rofl:



(So I'm guilty of a little post-election schadenfreude. Sue me.)

[Sugar Smack]

41. I could live with seeing her likeness up there spanked upside the head.

Great points, though.

OOh, and CONGRATULATIONS to you on your engagement. :applause:

[tom_paine]

42. PALIN / GINGRICH 2012!

[Danascot]

43. Perfectly stated

My feelings exactly but, ya know, better words also.

[tavalon]

44. Yup, Palin is the gift that keeps on giving

There isn't a chance in hell that we God will be kind enough to give her to us as a candidate against Obama in 2012, even I wouldn't expect that kind of luck, but at least she's still out there right now protecting our majorities in both houses.

[mirror wall]

45. I totally agree with you.

What we've seen is the Republican party finally split into two parts-- cynical monied people wanting policies enacted to keep them rich and crazy bigots who want to suckle at Jesus' man teat.

I dearly hope that Palin launches a successful primary campaign in the next election cycle. Hell, I'll even toss her 25bucks or so. I just want to see that Frankenstein that put Bush II into power torn asunder. Without it the fundy base, there's no way that the wealthy Republicans can win. This looks like it's going to be a great eight years.

[Coexist]

47. fine, but can we get a Palin forum here on DU?

I'm sick of seeing that woman's name.

[adigal]

49. Did you see how uncomfortable the other Governors looked

being used as a photo op for her? Kind of looking like they were all supporting their "leader."
A number of them sniped at her anonymously to reporters. Great fun!

[kentuck]

53. But have you read about...?

the upcoming fiscal crisis in Alaska. She was doling out money to everybody when gasoline was 4.00 per gallon. But now, the state is not even breaking even. Taxes may have to be raised? I wonder how her reputation will survive that?

[blueraven95]

54. I completely agree

as I've said since her nomination: She's the gift that keeps on giving.

:hi:

[LSK]

55. Palin 2012: Cuz Duh You Betcha!

Best. Slogan. Ever.

:rofl:

[jhain]

56. Add me to the list

She is my Reigning GOP Heroine.

(Spouse says GOP= Go Away Pouting)

Watching Perry man handle her on that stage yesterday was VERY telling. She had zero reaction. Obviously accustomed to being jerked around by the big guys, heh?

Say it, Sarah Baby!

[Swamp Rat]

57. hee hee!

:evilgrin:



:D

[sellitman]

59. America loves Bimbo's. It's a fact.

She is the highest ranking bimbo we have.

Viva la MILF!

[Kurovski]

61. It's funny because it's true.

Now if Todd would start running around in his underpants, well, all the better.

[sofa king]

62. The best part about it is....

...Like the current narcissist in the White House, Sarah Palin will never be qualified for the job. For the rest of her political career we can pull her out, puff her up a little, and she'll dance straight back to stupid-land in front of the cameras. If the GOP gets smart and tries to neutralize her, it'll take only a whisper in her ear to get her to run as an independent and strip an automatic 23% of the vote away from the legitimate GOP candidate, guaranteeing a Democratic White House as long as her personality disorder can carry her beyond the Peter Principle.

This has been the best election ever, because we got two gift-wrapped prizes: a thoroughly competent, brilliant President-elect with an apparently iron-clad code of ethics, and Sarah Palin's Flying Circus, which will run and re-run for decades to come.

[Forkboy]

63. Whew! For a second there I thought the Patriots loss had addled your brain.

I was all set to direct your attention to the red hot Bruins, who spanked Montreal nicely last night. After that I didn't care what the Pats did.

Lucic is in the house!

[WilliamPitt]

66. Lucic is a madman

That was awesome.

And for the Pats game...? Meh. I never really mind too much when we lose an excellent game; Cassel did everything right, but we have no secondary, and that's the name of that tune. I'd have gone for two at the end of regulation, but that's me.

My Jet fan friends have been gloating, until I remind them that they needed overtime and a favorable coin-toss to defeat the Patriots' second-string QB, third-string offense, and fourth-string defense. We have more injured soldiers than the Confederate Army had after Gettysburg. It is what it is.

Go Broons, go Celts, I love me some freakin' Wes Welkaaaaaaaahhhhh. ;)

P.S. If C.C. Sabathia becomes a Damn Yankee, I will light myself on fire.

[mokawanis]

64. I too appreciate her efforts also

the thing is that she's starting to bore me. So unimaginative. So inarticulate. I'm all for her being in the gop leadership because she will only hurt her party...but she bores me and for that reason I've stopped watching her.

[KamaAina]

65. You can turn it off?

I knew it! You must be in the Inner Party. :P

[Joe Fields]

67. you had me until you used Tina Fey and genius in the same sentence.

[Ilsa]

69. Yes, I've turned her off, but I kept hoping the GOP governors

would let her go on and on about the dinosaurs and fruit fly research. It does so much for the Democratic party.

My only fear is that there are quite a few lunatics who like her and would prefer to see her in a position where she can muck it up worse than Bush* (if that is possible).

[JCMach1]

71. Damn she's folksy!

[DinahMoeHum]

72. Now that I think of it, Palin is indeed a goose that keeps shitting gold eggs

for the benefit of OUR SIDE.

:kick::kick::kick: