“I don’t know that it’s a bad thing for conservatives to get past the ‘quest for a rock star’. Nor do I blame Sarah Palin for looking at the banal nature of politics and opting for a role with a lower ‘ick’ factor. Sarah will, I trust, prayerfully carry out the Divine will for her life as best she can, which is about all that can be asked of anyone.”- JP
“If I were a Random House executive, I’d be very worried right now.”- JP
“Notice that Glenn Rice has said nothing — not one word — about McGinniss’s book since its publication. Does that not strike you as curious?”- JP
“Now that the left has Rick Perry to worry about, is the blind hatred for Palin starting to fade? If so, that might explain why a New York Times columnist was recently so surprised to find Palin actually has ‘intelligent’ and ‘wise’ ideas.”- JP
“Absolute gonzo has rarely been tried as a political strategy. However, when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro, and if Todd Palin shows up at a Joe McGinniss book signing — just for a ‘friendly chat,’ you see, rather than a felonious assault – maybe some of y’all will realize that my ‘One Nation Ass-Whupping Tour’ idea was only half-joking.”- JP
“I’m beginning to believe one friend’s conspiracy theory that this is all being orchestrated by Rick Perry’s campaign.”- JP
“What I don’t understand is why other reporters aren’t seeing this as I do, namely as a tiny yet tangible clue that Palin is seriously considering a 2012 run.”- JP
“Say what you will about Sarah Palin, love her or hate her, she has put the hammer on the nail of the essential problem with Obama’s presidency...”- JP
“Oh those unnamed sources, they’re so unpredictable. One Republican source said that Palin was expected to announce her intentions next week. Governor Palin said via Twitter, ‘Really? Hmm, guess they forgot to inform me what I’m *expected to do* next wk.’ At least Stacy McCain never burns his sources though, even if they burn him.”- JP
Gov. Palin says it's news to herReally? Hmm, guess they forgot to inform me what I'm "expected to do" next wk MT@AmSpec: Palin Decision Expected Next Wk http://t.co/Ewt2MiqStacy had posted on The American Spectator's AmSpec blog:
Vendors of campaign services who hope to work for Team Palin have been told that Palin, the 2008 GOP vice-presidential candidate, will decide soon one way or another on mounting a 2012 campaign.BTW: Stacy is rather enthusiastically supporting Herman Cain for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.
OK, fine, governor, but I was reporting what my source had been told. Has my source been misinformed?Dude, she just told you that it was news to her. So your source obviously was misinformed. Word to the wise: When you find yourself in a hole, the first order of business is to stop digging. You're successful in new media because you're not one of the lamestreamers, Stacy. You're better than they are. Don't lapse into being like them, what with their anonymous sources, etc. If a single source isn't willing to back up what he or she says by putting a name behind it, it's time to find independently confirming sources.
“Ever on the lookout for the latest Palin scandal, TMZ reports that 16-year-old Willow Palin was clocked doing 84 mph in a 65-mph zone... Eighty-four miles an hour? That ain’t even what I call “fast.” I hit 84 mph between here and the corner store.”- JP
“I still see Sarah Palin as a more rounded politician than Trump. Trump and BHO appear similar in that there seems to be more interest in the idea of being President than the crushing actuality of the job. Sarah is relatively more mature.”- JP
One has to ask; just how did we get to a point where making fun of a small child for having a mental disability is acceptable simply because of his mother’s politics?Stacy McCain has a theory of how it all developed:
Or, in a more simplistic way of looking at things, it could just simply be that, with a precious few exceptions, those on the left have, as our USMC friends say, "no code."This combination of factors created a ”perfect storm” environment in which such bogus narratives as Trig-Trutherism could flourish. There was a media updraft by which the most worthless pissant bloggers, like Jesse “Gryphen” Griffin, could be catapulted to national importance. A credulous willingness on the part of liberals to believe anything that made Sarah Palin look bad — a near-infinite appetite for anti-Palin “news” — was the essential element of this updraft.
- Palin’s surprise choice – Almost nobody expected Sarah Palin to be chosen as John McCain’s running mate. I remember that the DNC had a page devoted to oppo-research on all of the likely GOP VP picks, and Palin’s name wasn’t on that list. So, in the immediate aftermath of her selection, there was a very small supply of information to meet an overwhelming demand.
- The Alaska sources — The choice of Palin suddenly elevated this tiny handful of Palin’s Alaska enemies, led by Shannyn Moore, to the status of authoritative sources. This was their 15 minutes of fame, and they were eager to capitalize on it.
- The “Save Obama” panic — Prior to the announcement of Palin as John McCain’s running-mate, Democrats had been confident that Barack Obama was cruising to victory. Within a week of the Palin pick, however, the Republican ticket surged ahead in polls and — by the time I covered a McCain-Palin rally in Ohio September 9 – it was obvious that Palin had struck a spark with the GOP grassroots. So there was an overwhelming impulse among Democrats to destroy Sarah Palin by any means necessary.
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"Must be nice to get your book proposal promoted by Politico, you worthless two-faced backstabbing crapweasel."- JP
...asked by Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy in response to the latest eruption of Bidenism":- JPAsked if he would characterize Mubarak as a dictator Biden responded: ‘Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region, the Middle East peace efforts; the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing relationship with — with Israel. … I would not refer to him as a dictator.’Remember how in 2008 we were told that Biden was such a brilliant choice as running mate and that Obama would benefit enormously from this guy’s vast experience in foreign policy?
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“Of course, TNT makes the perfunctory apology, but all of Tracy Morgan’s show-business friends will high-five him for those remarks. He will not lose any work as a result. He will not be made a pariah. The demonization of Sarah Palin has been made entirely acceptable by liberalism’s culture commissars, who declared open season on her in August 2008. And yet they consider themselves the proper persons to lecture the rest of us about 'civility.'”- JP
- JPBecause that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools...Vox Day quoted from that famous passage in describing the auto-beclownment of University of Minnesota biology professor Paul Z. Myers — a self-proclaimed “godless liberal” — who like a lot of other godless liberals was utterly wrong about the Tucson shooting:
– Romans 1:21-22 (KJV)“The scumbag who committed this crime has been caught; I’ll bet he’ll turn out to be a Teabagger who listens to a lot of AM talk radio.”Professor Myers went on to call Sarah Palin “a vile creature” and accused her of ” inciting the deranged a______s who follow her.” When called out for his malicious libel, Professor Myers doubled down:This is NOT the time to back down and suddenly find it embarrassing to point out that right-wing pundits make a living as professional goads to insanity...In other words, no matter what vicious lies the “godless liberal” perpetrates, his comrades must defend his infamous falsehoods because... well, the Ends Justify The Means, and the road to a secular Utopia will necessarily be paved with the bones of the Enemies of Social Justice. This brutal logic, the demand that everyone must toe the line, that any tactic — even outright falsehood — is defensible so long as it advances the radical cause, is inherent to totalitarianism, which must silence dissent By Any Means Necessary.
Do not sit there cowering, trying to make excuses for teabaggers and violent morons. This is supposed to be the part where you stand up, look at the shouters on the other side, and tell them, “This is wrong, and this is the harm you bring to our country.”
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"What’s Wrong With the Republican Party in Two Words: Mark McKinnon... You may recall Mark McKinnon as the Republican political strategist who worked to help John McCain win the 2008 GOP nomination, but then quit because he refused to campaign against Barack Obama... The 'Palin problem' (whatever that is imagined to be) exists entirely in the mind of Republican political strategist Mark McKinnon... And let’s not forget that Sarah Palin supported Marco back when Republican political strategist Mark McKinnon was declaring that 'Republicans look more like a glue factory than an idea factory.' Helpful advice for Marco Rubio and to Republicans everywhere: Don’t hire Mark McKinnon... Because the minute it becomes public knowledge that McKinnon is an 'advisor,' 'consultant,' or 'strategist' on your campaign, you’re doomed."- JP
Let’s begin with a flashback, shall we? In July 2009, when Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, Columbia University professor David Epstein wrote at his Huffington Post blog:Turn out that "female relative" was... Epstein's daughter.Palin has done what weak, self-centered people do when the going gets tough — they quit and blame someone else.Got that? Sarah Palin is “weak” and “self-centered.” And, Epstein added, “voters can rest a bit easier with . . . the knowledge that they chose wisely” in voting for Obama-Biden, not McCain-Palin.
Now, let’s flash forward to yesterday’s New York Daily News:A popular Columbia professor was charged Thursday with incest – accused of a sick sex relationship with a female relative, prosecutors said.This is the guy who called Sarah Palin “weak” and “self-centered.”
Political science Prof. David Epstein, 46, bedded the young woman over a three-year period ending last year, according to court papers.
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Project much, professor?
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