Republicans should be concerned. Palin is a lightweight, and can't even handle an interview with Katie Couric.

BetelG - check out National Review Online:

Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there's not much content there.

If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.

Republicans are concerned? I think everyone I know is concerned about her except for one guy but he thinks the world is less than 10,000 years old and today forwarded me a message that said if the 85 Billion AIG bailout were distributed among approx 200 million adults each person would get $425,000.

That's an example of a person who believes Palin would make a find President.

"Abandon ship!"

or

"Abandon all yee who enter their".

The Exxon Valdez made less of an Alaskan disaster than Palin.

Politically
Abysmal
Lying
Intellectual
Neophyte

Larry

You have to admit, she at least makes Bush LOOK smart.

She doesn't actually make him look smart.

Just a bit less dumb.

Can or will Americans accept this woman as the Vice President that is one faulty heartbeat away from the top office?

Lets look at Mr. and Mrs. America for just one minute. And let's do it from an unrelated angle. (See if you can spot the angle)

In order to make TV understandable to the average American, the age level aimed for is around 14 years old.

You figure it out. Nothing too stupid for us!!!

Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter
Rick Shenkman

I would think that after she watched the debate last night, SHE would be concerned and ready to drop out for the good of the party! Does anyone HONESTLY think she will be able to last 90 minutes, with the type of questions asked, against Biden? Give me a break!

Politically
Abysmal
Lying
Intellectual
Neophyte

Larry

#5 | Posted by LarryMohr

FF!

I believe the biggest thing to come out of last nights debate was the disappearance of palin.

where was she last night?

"I believe the biggest thing to come out of last nights debate was the disappearance of palin.

where was she last night?"

On Ebay shopping for a voice that doesn't kill puppies.

Sarah Palin is Dan Quale in DRAG!!!!! Make no mistake Repubs if she answers as McCain did in his Debate, Biden will rip her a new one!!!!!

At the VP Debate this bimbo will get points just for showing up an not forgetting John McCains name. Expectations are so low that those clowns at FOX will say she won even before the debate starts. Like the WSJ did BEFORE the Obama/McCain debate, they has McCain winning the Debate 8 hours before the start of the debate, so much for any sort of fairness from the RIGHT WING PRESS!!!!

nah she is bush with a bush.

"Repubs Concerned About Palin"

Not nearly as much as Democrats are.

Keep in mind that she is green and doesn't have that blowhard mentality of the Democrat reporters and politicians. What you call 'lightweight' is actually a fresh face uncorrupted by politics and the media. As she deals with her critics she will grow those callouses and eventually push back. Then they will be in for a big surprise.

"Politically
Abysmal
Lying
Intellectual
Neophyte"

In no way, shape, form or fashion does "intellectual" even vaguely enter into it.

Great ! Be concerned and keep her on the ticket.

"What you call 'lightweight' is actually a fresh face uncorrupted by politics and the media."

If you believe that, then you are an idiot.

But we already knew that.

Just watched her interview with Couric. OUCH!

Biden doesn't have to do a thing. She will embarrassingly implode under the weight of 5 min of talk time.

A fresh face uncorrupted by thought.

There, fixed.

Thanks Zat!

TB -- The VP debate will be limited to 2 minute blurbs per topic per candidate, I think just so that Palin cannot overspeak her knowledge.

"The VP debate will be limited to 2 minute blurbs per topic per candidate, I think just so that Palin cannot overspeak her knowledge."

Better to limit it to 10 seconds in that case.

Already she looks tired... she got thrown under the bus by those she went up against if you ask me. They want her to have an intellect she lacks so they call everyone else elitists... as if 8 years of aw shucks politics wasn't enough.

Sarah has never had to go up against tough competition.

What you call 'lightweight' is actually a fresh face uncorrupted by politics and the media. As she deals with her critics she will grow those callouses and eventually push back. Then they will be in for a big surprise.

#16 | Posted by KBM

I'm sorry, did you say uncorrupted? She comes into the vp candidate slot with an investigation for abuse of power and a multitude of allegations about other questionable activities, unrelated to her personal life, and you call her uncorrupted?
"Ms. Smith (Palin) goes to Washington"? Seriously, I know it's Saturday, but are you already stoned in the middle of the day?

"They will be in for a big surprise...."

From Palin? No, they won't. You didn't learn the primary lesson George W. Bush had to teach us---Smart people act and talk that way. Stupid people just act, well, stupid.

"As she deals with her critics she will grow those callouses and eventually push back. Then they will be in for a big surprise." Posted by KBM

The only surprise will be if she grows a BRAIN! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! My advice is that Sarah should go back to her front porch and keep watch in case Putin rears his head. And promise the world that she will never EVER speak in public again! My dogs howl every time they hear her on the news! If she actually shows up for the debate, I'll have to use closed captioning if I am going to watch it here!

I believe she will withdraw before the debate, however. She will suddenly discover she must spend more time with her baby. And cleaning her shotguns just in case the jerk who knocked up her daughter tries to back out of the wedding.

My advice is that Sarah should go back to her front porch and keep watch in case Putin rears his head.

#28 | Posted by DawnGlo

...one if by land and two if by sea...

If she actually shows up for the debate, I'll have to use closed captioning if I am going to watch it here!

I'm so afraid of her voice bleeding through the Closed Captioning-I'm planning on also disconnecting the speaker...

We have 2 very good cats that I don't want harmed.

FRANK

You can inoculate yourself in advance by watching 'Fargo' and chanting "I know Frances McDermott is smarter than Palin".

I think I've figured it out. Someone on the McCain staff is a Star Trek Voyager fan and remembers how they handled their rating slump after the first season. Get yourself an attractive large-breasted woman, put her in a cat suit a size or two too small and then have her walk around in mile-high hooker treads and bending over a lot. Boom! Instant ratings. Season two took off and the viewers all stopped complaining about the show being Mrs. Columbo In Space.

It's the "I'd hit that!" factor. Adding that chubbette MILF to the ticket had the desired effect for a couple of weeks--right up to the point that she finally was required to open her mouth and say something beyond canned talking points. Maybe they should just cut the pretense and put her in a cat suit for her soiree with Biden next month.

Mccain spendf a lot of time last night telling people he's qualified because he's been to a place.

wanna bet palin spends at least as much time telling people you don't have to go somewhere to know all about it?

Palin is the price the GOPpers paid to get the talibaptists on board. If they lose, it'll be her fault. If they win, get used to more dumb but faux pious Republican candidates.

all she has to be is smart enough to remember the 1,001 talking points they're filling her brain with right now. The trick will be for her to spew the correct empty statements in the proper order, and avoid all urges to ad lib. And Bob's your uncle.

She just has to blabber some party-line bullshit, enough to keep the base happy, and she's accomplished her mission. No independant voter is going to be swayed by the VP debates. I mean, they SHOULD, but they won't.

Keep in mind that she is green and doesn't have that blowhard mentality of the Democrat reporters and politicians. What you call 'lightweight' is actually a fresh face uncorrupted by politics and the media. As she deals with her critics she will grow those callouses and eventually push back. Then they will be in for a big surprise.

#16 | Posted by KBM

Good lord what a tool. But Obama is too inexperienced? lol f-ing lol

DUTCH

Your last post brings up a bit of irony.

Jeri Ryan, the woman you speak of in Star Trek Voyager, was married to Jack Ryan (no relation to Harrison Ford LOL), who lost his bid for a Senate seat in Illinois when it was exposed he'd taken her to sex clubs.

Now if Jeri Ryan were the VP candidate McCain might win in a landslide. There's a woman you can admire for hours at a time !!

a fresh face uncorrupted by politics

How can you even say this with a straight face?

She's a corrupt BigOil apparatchuck who's currently under investigation fer abusing her power as Governor of Alaska.

Her face may be fresh but her ideas are all old and busted ...kinda like McCain himself.

She was hired to try and bring aboard the chick vote but quite honestly her regressive, anti-female policies make her a scarier candidate than John "Serial Philanderer" McCain and that's saying sommat.

NOW supports Obama.

Any woman who considers herself to sommat other than the property of men should follow suit.

Be Well.

Jeri Ryan

That dumbass Palin even thought that FDR was president during the Depression, and that they had television then. Oh wait...

I'll bet the dumbass Palin's brain surgery is the source of the erratic behavior. Oh wait...

How could Palin do the job of an elected official while she's got orphaned children in another city to take care of? Oh wait...

Certainly Palin isn't qualified as VP since she's never had anything but a government job, sitting on committees running her mouth and accomplishing nothing. Oh wait...

Hey she seemed to do a good job as McCain's fluffer so if that doesn't qualifier her for VP I don't know what will.

OK, let's have a mud wrestling match. Put Palin vs. Cindy on one card, and Michelle vs. Hillary on the other. I guarantee that for one match fluffing will not be required and for the other barf bags will be indispensable.

she got thrown under the bus by those she ....

#25 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2008-09-27 02:56 PM | Reply

Now we know the alter-ego of Drunk_Sarvis. He can't resist that tired 'throw under the bus' cliche

Either that, or R-is-T is just another Lefty sheeple.

Take a clue, Trite, there are a lot better people to bleat after. Some of them actually have an original thought sometimes. Which might be scary to a Lefty

SHE DOESN`T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING...JUST SIT DOWN, RELAX AND LOOK BEAUTIFUL....THAT WILL DO IT.

"LOOK BEAUTIFUL"

Bon chance.

She just looks stupid.

Badophay-
That may work for the "Sarah!" cult, but not for everyone else.

SHE DOESN`T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING...JUST SIT DOWN, RELAX AND LOOK BEAUTIFUL....THAT WILL DO IT.
~BADAOPHAY

NOT MUCH RESPECT FOR THE AMERICAN VOTER!
~BADAOPHAY

Could be correct.

There are a number of posters that have been talking about the really important issue in this moment is the absence or even disappearance of the Palin Creature. This is not so and has not happened.

She was the one way back in the dark of the studio with a canvas sack from head to foot. The man stationed near her with the mallet was to calm her if she got riled.

So relax, she is (presently0 present.

As to the rumor that McCain is dumping her...one can only hope.

Hohum, the liberals having a field day ripping Palin.

The good news is that her introduction brought hugh dividends for McCain and they are sticking for the most part.

That said, she will still be Vice President come 2009, but she is going through times of humility so as not to be overwhelmed with power.

A few gaffes, alright. But she can still redeem herself. Her handlers should coach her some political language. When giving speeches, let her loose, she has something Reaganite about her. But interviews and debates, she has to hone her political language.

Dos and don'ts....

1. Repeat the ebay thing, with modification --- that you first tried to sell the plane on Ebay, though it was sold elsewhere. Keep sharing it.

2. Forget to enhance your resume with Alaska's proximity to Russia. Everybody knows it, and still love you. Embellishing will not help.

3. About the $700 billion bailout? Borrow McCain's language --- amost word for word. Don't worry. Even Obama borrows plenty, but only rephrase to appear different.

4. Know the voting record of Biden and Obama and learn to phrase them in ways the ordinary folks can connect. If Biden bring a charge against you, in a few cases, levelling back another charge against him will help, before answering the charge first. (That's how debates work).

Smile. Even throw a few funny lines, for example, "I realised that living near Russia may not terribly enhance my knowledge of foreign policy, but folks in Alaska can really see Russia." (It is common knowledge already and folks will love you for it, for the modesty and the humor.)

5. Bush doctrine. If it comes up, turn it into laughter: "I put Bush's doctrine on the map." You see, this is how supposed weakness of yours can be turned into endearment for you --- of course, the liberal critics in the media will taunt you, but the common folks will love you and vote for you.

6. Keep using the word liberal to describe Obama and Biden: liberal in taxes and social issues.

7. Keep in your repertoire that Obama's own colleagues (including Biden) have said that Obama is seeking an on the job training presidency. And that you have more executive experience than both O and B.

That's all for now.....

The good news is that her introduction brought huge dividends for McCain and they are sticking for the most part.

~Takitez.

You don't know how to read a poll, do ya?

Palin is like a joke that's only funny once.

When she was announced hardly anybody knew a damn thing about her and their was a lot of high expectations until the moment she opened her mouth and it's been all downhill ever since.

She was not hired for her experience but for her looks and for her vagina because simpletons on the right reckoned she was a sure thing to attract the female vote.

In actual fact, she is an even bigger turn off to woman voters than McCain himself, which aint easy to do.

McCain woulda been better off naming Tina Fey as Veep.

But if Sarah is listening?

Please do pay attention to Takitez's strategery.

Spud can't think of another way to sink that campaign faster than to listen to the ramblings of that madman.

Be Well.

McCain over reached on this one.

After more than a month in V.P. Boot Camp it's apparent that she's not able to master even the most ruidmentary trappings of a running mate.

McCain may cling to his notion (in public at least) that he made the right choice but my guess is that her handlers are telling him otherwise and all of them are looking for a way to get rid of her without getting any egg on their face. She'll have to resign of course ~ but who's going to buy her reasons when we all know the real truth.

McCain is going to look like an idiot no matter what she says.

Then there's the Dobson evangelical votes that McCain has to appease. Good luck with that one Senator.

Who wants to bet that she'll be told to pack her tack between now and next Thursday and that the Veep debate with Biden will never take place?

my biggest concern is that the debate format will be so pre-fab that Palin will be able to spout talking points and wiggle her way through...

If the debate takes place should we be on the lookout for a rectangular box strapped to her person?

TakeItBreezy, our reality-challenged friend with the swiss cheese cranium will be along shortly to tell us that God will be whispering her talking points in her ear during the debates. Any rectangular box taped to her chubby butt will be a FastTrack-like device to count the whoppers and give her a little shock when she starts that goofy ad libbing off the page and needs a little behavior modification as a reminder to stick to the script.

I would think that after she watched the debate last night, SHE would be concerned and ready to drop out for the good of the party!
#10 | Posted by DawnGlo
==========
How much of the debate do you think she actually watched? She was in an Irish bar in Philly and unavailable for comment afterwards.

She was in an Irish bar in Philly

~Resin

Nope, she was gotten to a nunnery.

Cloistered and sequestered.

Can't be too safe where Caribou Barbie is concerned.

Be Well.

Takitez:
Dude.
You babble as badly as PaLyin.

I've got a question -- what would Sarah do if Obama "reared his head" over Alaska ?

Keep her eye on 'em, or order the Alaska National Guard to shoot 'em down ?

She will not quit and McSame cannot get rid of her. Either action would be conceding the election.

They are stuck with this doofus and she is gonna look like a fool when she debates Biden. He will call her out on her bullshit.

As an aside, I spoke with my 80 yr old mother who wouldn't vote for a black man even if it would save the world, she told me she was afraid her man McSame was a big steaming pile of shit (her words and she doesn't speak this way except in times of distress) after watching the debate. She also said, 'I didn't realize Obama was so smart.'

Cut Sarah P Lyin a break she's the best mind that the republicans could find for VP. She's already mastered hiding out like Dick Cheney. She shoots better than Cheney. She's ready for VP. NOT!
And she can get MCCain drinks on Air Force one when they're flying off somewhere. Do you think she'll try and auction off Air Force One. With those glasses she can see Russia from her house.

It is true that Joe Biden makes gaffs too,.....but he is on the campaign trail constantly and answers many many more questions than Pali. She is in a McCain protective cocoon.
Joe Biden is a much better candidate. Don't you question McCain's intelligence in choosing her? Most of the other possibilities that he had to choose from were far better.I believe if Joe Biden were to run the White House, he would study each problem thoroughly and then make a decision.
What you are missing here is that if Palin has to run the White House, there is no way she can cram the amount of knowledge that she needs to be effective and responsible.

Sarah Palin won the debate.
It does not matter what she says on thursday,FIX news will defend her to no end.
Did not we learn anything?
Did not we learn what happen when we vote for someone we like,someone we can have a beer with?
We end up drunk in the morning with a sore ass!!

"As an aside, I spoke with my 80 yr old mother who wouldn't vote for a black man even if it would save the world....."

My 80-something year old grandma is scared shitless of Obama winning for no other reason than he's black. It's weird. I've never seen her scared of a living person before.

I have a 90 year old friend who watched the debate on Friday. I asked her who she liked, and she said, "Obama." She is a registered Republican and tends to vote that way but not always. When I asked her why she likes Obama, she said, "He's young and seems nice." Of McCain she said, "He's too old and has too many ailments."

Apparently their getting tired of McSame too:

David Keene, head of the American Conservative Union, said some of McCain's responses over the last 10 days were "goofy" and "just don't make a whole lot of sense."

"There's a cooling among conservative Republicans toward him since the convention" early this month, Keene added.

At various times, McCain has called for a study commission, advocated firing the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, proposed a new government agency and refused to back House Republicans who sought to shift more of the bailout cost to banks.

Matt Kibbe, president of the conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks, said he had hoped McCain either would oppose the bailout deal or propose a meaningful alternative.

"His message has been pretty muddled, and the stunt coming back to Washington basically . . . made him just another senator at a table with everyone else," Kibbe said.

Clearly, these republicans are sexist.