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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 3, 2016 -> 11:02 PM)
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/carly-fiorin...-155518374.html

Rose Bowl Gate

 

It would be better if Fiorina was honest and admitted it completely backfired instead of rationalizing.

In no way does her Tweet resemble a tongue in cheek joke. I mean if it was a joke you've got to make it clear in a follow up joke that you were kidding. I mean you like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but that did not have "joke" written all over it. She said flat out said she loved her alma mater but she wanted Iowa to win. How is that tongue in cheek?

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Honestly...maybe I just don't care, but I kind of thought it was a joke at how politics work. Would anyone possibly think a candidate would be so stupid to say that seriously? I mean, come on now. I perceived it as her just making a joke / being sarcastic. I guess twitter needs Green like Soxtalk.

 

Maybe I'm wrong...either way don't really care. She isn't winning the nomination and in the grand scheme of things, this is pretty high up on the scale of overreaction.

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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 09:43 PM)
Honestly...maybe I just don't care, but I kind of thought it was a joke at how politics work. Would anyone possibly think a candidate would be so stupid to say that seriously? I mean, come on now. I perceived it as her just making a joke / being sarcastic. I guess twitter needs Green like Soxtalk.

 

Maybe I'm wrong...either way don't really care. She isn't winning the nomination and in the grand scheme of things, this is pretty high up on the scale of overreaction.

Good post.

Considering how dumb people are in general, it had to be a bad idea to send out a sarcastic tweet of that nature if that's what she did. I mean aside from like you said, writing it in green, it wasn't clear at all that it might be a joke. She should just drop out. She's not going to rally obviously.

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QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 14, 2016 -> 04:51 PM)
I hope this gets covered the same way the other story did from almost 10 years ago. Very important stuff.

It was important enough for the liberal media to jam down our throats for months when Palin did it. Now that a democrat says something equally as dumb its just not important...

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QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jan 14, 2016 -> 07:10 PM)
It was important enough for the liberal media to jam down our throats for months when Palin did it. Now that a democrat says something equally as dumb its just not important...

 

 

Palin never said what they said she said.....some ditz on SNL makes something up and the wonderful media attribute it to Palin....

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There are 4-5k foot mountains on that coast of Iran, maybe they could be seen on an especially clear day if you were also in tall building?

 

Palin got made fun of because it was just another thing in a long line of examples of her being not very bright back when conservatives were insisting that she was this huge new threat to Democrats and represented the wave of the future.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 07:12 AM)
There are 4-5k foot mountains on that coast of Iran, maybe they could be seen on an especially clear day if you were also in tall building?

 

Palin got made fun of because it was just another thing in a long line of examples of her being not very bright back when conservatives were insisting that she was this huge new threat to Democrats and represented the wave of the future.

 

 

As Hawk would say, "stretch"

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QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 06:21 AM)
As Hawk would say, "stretch"

You can see the Sierras from the Diablo Range (just east of Oakland) on a clear day and that's right around the same distance. Don't know if she's full of crap or not, but "science" doesn't necessarily say you can't see Iran from Bahrain.

 

eta you can definitely see the sierras from the west side of Sacramento and that's a good 60-70 miles, it's not as obviously bulls*** as "hurr science says you can only see 12 miles hurr"

 

eta2: It's probably more likely than not that Pelosi was FOS, but the bad math (which is what this is, not 'science') annoyed me because I know I've personally seen things that are 100ish miles away on clear days.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 06:12 AM)
There are 4-5k foot mountains on that coast of Iran, maybe they could be seen on an especially clear day if you were also in tall building?

 

Palin got made fun of because it was just another thing in a long line of examples of her being not very bright back when conservatives were insisting that she was this huge new threat to Democrats and represented the wave of the future.

 

Right, because Joe Biden doesn't have the same long history and wasn't touted by Democrats as being this fabulous VP and even Presidential candidate. GMAFB. It was all because democrats in the mold of Jon Stewart like to make fun of Republicans for inane crap because they know their audience eats it up.

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Sorry, you don't get to her position and do the things she did (national debates on television with millions watching) being a complete dumbass. Was she the smartest person ever? Hell no, but so what? That's not a standard that politicians/candidates have or should have.

 

It's just a continuing trend of our awful political discourse. Democrats have perfected the "every Republican is just an unintelligent bigot" and Republicans have perfected the "every Democrat is an anti-patriotic socialist." Neither are even remotely true yet that's the general attacks. And it's old and played out.

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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 08:52 AM)
Right, because Joe Biden doesn't have the same long history and wasn't touted by Democrats as being this fabulous VP and even Presidential candidate. GMAFB. It was all because democrats in the mold of Jon Stewart like to make fun of Republicans for inane crap because they know their audience eats it up.

 

No, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden do not have the same long history. One has a history of being an elected representative for a few decades who sometimes puts his foot in his mouth. The other was obviously and painfully dumb and has only reinforced the initial impression from day 1. Please tell me you're not actually trying to go to bat for Sarah Palin in the year 2016.

 

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 09:06 AM)
Sorry, you don't get to her position and do the things she did (national debates on television with millions watching) being a complete dumbass. Was she the smartest person ever? Hell no, but so what? That's not a standard that politicians/candidates have or should have.

 

What does her being in a national debate have to do with whether or not she's qualified to be there? McCain's selection process for her was probably the worst thing about his campaign. What has Sarah Palin done since 2008 that tells you she's anything but not particularly bright/coherent?

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 09:24 AM)
No, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden do not have the same long history. One has a history of being an elected representative for a few decades who sometimes puts his foot in his mouth. The other was obviously and painfully dumb and has only reinforced the initial impression from day 1. Please tell me you're not actually trying to go to bat for Sarah Palin in the year 2016.

 

 

 

What does her being in a national debate have to do with whether or not she's qualified to be there? McCain's selection process for her was probably the worst thing about his campaign. What has Sarah Palin done since 2008 that tells you she's anything but not particularly bright/coherent?

 

I'm not even going to get into it. It's not worth my time. You're the most close minded person on this board so it's pointless. You think she's the dumbest person ever, so fine, think that way. I don't care. All i'm saying is she's not a complete dunce. Her making a silly comment about Russia (that wasn't nearly as dumb as SNL made it sound) just fueled the fire for circle jerk Democrats that think all Republicans are stupid. Me saying that doesn't mean i'm calling Palin the greatest and smartest political candidate in the history of the world. Or even that she was necessarily qualified. Or even that she was a good choice by McCain.

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You know what, f*** it, i will get into it:

 

What proves my point here is that the Russia statement wasn't even said by Palin, she said something more akin to Russia is our next door neighbor. And she said it shortly after being picked as VP. And then DAYS later, not weeks or months, but DAYS later, it was on SNL. And from that point forward she was the bumbling moron. Yes, she obviously proved that she wasn't the greatest and often made stupid comments over the course of the entire campaign, but FROM THE GET GO that was the narrative. Again, because of circle jerk Democrats that just wanted to laugh and point and claim all Republicans are dumb and she was the proof. Her intelligence one way or the other wasn't even established at that point.

 

 

Edit: Look at some of this stuff Biden has said:

 

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/joebide...iden-quotes.htm

 

I'm not at all suggesting that this somehow diminishes his career or makes him some moron, but holy crap, read some of those things! It's great Obama is the first articulate black man! Can you even imagine if a Republican said that? Even someone with a fairly innocuous record. They'd get CRUSHED. With Biden it's like, oh yeah, silly old coot Biden!

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