Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin laughs as cancer survivor Senator Lyda Green of the Alaska State Senate is called a "bitch" and a "cancer" on "The Bob and Mark Show", a radio show on KWHL in Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/opinion/com...
Even worse, she went back on the same show with John McCain after this whole fiasco when her VP nom was announced:
http://www.bobandmark.com/pali...
Now, here's what Palin SHOULD have said to these radio jerks: "Guys, that's really disgusting, and I'm not going to dignify this with my presence on your pathetic show. Good bye. Click." The fact that she didn't do that speaks volumes about her.
Comments
Now here's the "top" of the ticket (Lowell - 8/30/2008 9:33:46 AM)
I keep thinking-are you kidding me?-about this pick. (VA Breeze - 8/30/2008 9:50:06 AM)
I hope Obama uses his surrogates to begin to pick this VP pick-apart!
I heard Mika B. from MSNBC cal her a modern woman - she is far from it.
Rejecting Science, no birth control, kill polar bears, drill, drill, etc - she is a total throwback.
I can't wait for the Republican concern trolls (Lowell - 8/30/2008 9:54:12 AM)
to start whining about the harsh tone or the "sexism" that WE are demonstrating by pointing all this stuff out regarding Sarah Palin. What a joke.
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I'm just waiting... (Tom Joad (Kevin) - 8/30/2008 12:00:15 PM)
for McCain to come out and say "Can't pick on me for selecting Palin. Remember, I was a POW in Vietnam for 5 years."
David Frum (Lowell - 8/30/2008 9:59:11 AM)
the neconservative former speechwriter for Dubya weighs in regarding the Palin pick:
...It's a wild gamble, undertaken by our oldest ever first-time candidate for president in hopes of changing the board of this election campaign. Maybe it will work. But maybe (and at least as likely) it will reinforce a theme that I'd be pounding home if I were the Obama campaign: that it's John McCain for all his white hair who represents the risky choice, while it is Barack Obama who offers cautious, steady, predictable governance.
Here's I fear the worst harm that may be done by this selection. The McCain campaign's slogan is "country first." It's a good slogan, and it aptly describes John McCain, one of the most self-sacrificing, gallant, and honorable men ever to seek the presidency.
But question: If it were your decision, and you were putting your country first, would you put an untested small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency?
Ha. (Eric - 8/30/2008 12:00:35 PM)
That last part was exactly what I've been thinking. How on earth can McCain say he's putting our country first by possibly putting the well being of 300 million+ people in times of economic, environmental, and geopolitical crisis, in the hands of "an untested small-town mayor"? If McCain and the Republicans have an issue with Obama's experience that's their right. But then to turn around and pick someone with drastically less experience and say you're putting the country first? Total BS.
I think this is McCain's "Hail Mary" pass (McGuffin - 8/30/2008 2:33:06 PM)
This is nothing but an awkward attempt by McCain to look progressive. He's going to fall flat on his face though. She's basically another Dan Quayle only much much worse. She'll unravel as the weeks pass. I have visions, right now, of millions neo-cons and right-leaning independents all accross the nation with their face in their hands shaking their heads. McCain's throwing the "Hail Mary" pass that American voters will miss receiving by a mile. This is the big mistake we needed ; McCain has sealed his fate. I was worried because the race had been drawing tighter. I now predict a victory for Obama by 5 points or better.
Wild West humor (Teddy - 8/30/2008 12:41:00 PM)
So Governor Palin giggled at calling a cancer survivor a "bitch," as did Senator McCain when Senator Clinton was called a bitch. That's normal, private guy-conversation among rugged Westerners and among plenty of blue collar individualists who hunt, fish, belly up to the bar, sin weekdays and twice on Saturdays, and go to church on Sunday... and Mrs. Pallin is a cheesecake-looker representative of womanhood to these so-called Western guy-values types. I suspect she represents the female ideal to them, i.e., good-looking, understands men, frontier tough, has guy-attitudes towards sports and hunting, is a bit wild herself, but also is mom-tender (she has 5 kids, one of them with Down syndrome). And, lastly, when it comes to traditionalism in terms of male-female we should remember that the West was largely settled by the South post-Civil War (remember Owen Wister's The Virginian) and the Westward migranting ex-Confederates brought with them their Southern traditions, including gallant modified chivalry, nativism, hunting, God, and white supremacy. Mrs. Palin speaks to all this on a level you effete elitists cannot begin to understand.
Oh I get it. (Tiderion - 8/30/2008 1:04:10 PM)
Doesn't change the fact that I think it's wrong. It didn't work in the 1860s and it won't work now. McCain might as well have chosen a Stepford wife. Palin doesn't bring anything new to the debate except herself. At least Romney would have focused the debate on the economy more. Palin is just sheer tokenism to me.
fellow soccer parents at lunch today chatting about Palin - saying how accomplished she was, loving the idea that she fishes and hunts, and is at the same time so good looking. I'm not worried, because these parents were probably voting for McCain anyway.
Pallin's fake family (Rebecca - 8/30/2008 1:26:50 PM)
If she were a good mother she would be at home with her new baby. Stepford woman is right. She has all the trappings of a good family woman but none of the compassion. She seems to have bought into a lot of the worst male values as well: subjugate nature, look tough and don't talk about it, victory through violence, declare open season on Polar bears, etc.,etc., etc. Heck, if they are endangered she might as well have some fun shooting them. Besides a white bear skin would look better on her sofa than the current brown one.
Family first. (spotter - 8/30/2008 1:46:29 PM)
Heck, Rebecca, the way she figures it, she can probably retire from the increasingly difficult job of Alaska Governor, become Vice President, and still have time to home-school her kids, appearing in public every once in awhile to cut a ribbon or to shoot a man in the face.
Speaking of a fake family... (JamesBenjamin - 8/30/2008 4:12:13 PM)
There are apparently rumors in Alaska that the baby isn't Palin's at all, it's her daughter's:
Supposedly they covered the whole thing up because she was 16 at the time...
Interesting (Teddy - 8/30/2008 8:13:33 PM)
but where did you pick up that rumor? Can it be researched? If true, it would fit the traditionalism values all around. Pregnancy is a little hard to cover up if you've got it, and pretty hard to fake if you haven't, at least nowadays with the style of clothing (worked better with hoop skirts). Also, if true, I suspect the McCain-type voters would have the following conclusion: "how family-oriented and loving of Mrs. Palin to do this for her daughter (rather than arrange an abortion), and, privately, "there but for the grace of God goes my family. More power to her."
Yeah... (JamesBenjamin - 8/30/2008 9:59:40 PM)
Who knows how reputable it is, but apparently the big newspaper in Anchorage was investigating the story, but never published it for one reason or another. I'm sure it will get another look at this point.
The evidence (Rebecca - 8/31/2008 12:57:23 AM)
The baby was born somewhere around March. People didn't know Sarah was prenant until a month or so before the birth because she was so thin. There is a Christmas picture of the family from the previous December and the oldest daughter has a visible lump. She is skinny so this is not fat. Also, this would explain why Sarah is not at home looking after the baby. The baby's mother is doing that.
Another thing to note is how serious and distressed the oldest daughter looks in all her recent pictures, compared with the other family members.
Another tidbit (Rebecca - 8/31/2008 12:59:31 AM)
The oldest daughter was out of school most of the time from December until the time the baby was born, with "mononucleosis".
She looks smarter then she is. The moment she opens her mouth her IQ seems to drop 40 points.
Why Rebecca (Teddy - 8/30/2008 1:38:30 PM)
Now, that was a bitchy remark. Giggle, giggle.
Yes (Rebecca - 8/30/2008 3:52:41 PM)
Yes. But intelligence does matter once you move away from the beauty contest scene.
Ultimately . . . (JPTERP - 8/30/2008 2:34:04 PM)
this issue should be more about McCain's judgment. He's put the lie to every claim that he's made over the past several months about experience. He's even highlighted the hypocrisy of a politician who is willing to put short-term political considerations over national interests.
The level of desperation in McCain's pick is truly disgusting. There is something wrong with the way the guy's brain works.
Reminds Me of George Bush (norman swingvoter - 8/30/2008 2:44:47 PM)
McCain looks to me like he has the same reckless thought process as george bush. Going off on a tangent without thinking of the consequences. McCain is 72 years old. If he gave a damn about America he would have picked a VP who could step in on day 1 if needed. Instead he picked a person with absolute NO foreign policy experience. So much for claiming Country First. His new slogan should be Winning First, America Second.
Kind of makes you wonder (tx2vadem - 8/31/2008 2:16:35 AM)
about his comments about Obama be willing to lose a war to win an election.
and george Allen had only one..... (pvogel - 8/30/2008 11:44:05 PM)
Macaca moment. am looking fwd to all the moments Mccain palin will provide.
What the Alaska Progressive Blogosphere is saying about her (Pru - 8/31/2008 12:22:43 PM)
Today is a historical day for Alaskans. Having been born and raised here, I can celebrate whole heartedly that an Alaskan politician has made the national stage for something other than corruption charges. Wow, the nation is stunned...you have a gun, Lady? Really? Neat! Can we vote NOW? The story of a real Alaskan woman, mother of five, uber-pro-life, a creationist, loves Jesus, hates the devil, married to a real life stud...well, you just can't write this stuff. If John McCain had selected my favorite Alaskan Conservative, my father, instead of Governor Gump, I still wouldn't vote for him.
When it comes to being one breath from the presidency, my nostalgia for an Alaskan being in the White House wanes fast. I want a vice president with good judgment. I don't care what gender you are, or what color you are...I want your brain to be connected to your heart and spine. After the debacles of Frank Murkowski, I was ready to give Sarah Palin the benefit of a doubt and line up as an Alaskan First, before party. She has shown weakness on a few key issues that disappointed me in the past few months, and now are red flags with her new job offer.