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QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 10, 2008 -> 08:40 AM) I really was sort of apathetic about how the election would turn out despite who I was supporting, but in the past month or so, the way the Republican base has been acting, inspired by Sarah Palin, has really started making me feel spiteful, and I'd take some kind of pleasure in seeing them upset. It's not really a feeling I like, it's a polarized feeling I've managed to shake off a couple of years ago. But nothing pushes me away from the Republican party (who, truth be told, I have a lot in common with) better than the Republicans themselves. Truth be told, I agree with that. I was just stirring the 'ol pot yesterday. It really pisses me off that the Republicans have been handed a chance on a gold platter to explain why they can help better then their (socialist) pals. But for whatever reason, they've just played dead, and all they want to do is fear monger. Guess what? It isn't going to work this election. Talk about why RSO will take away money from the economy as a whole and they win, but for some reason they can't do that, and it's sad.

The American people don't give a s*** about anything except their pocketbook. RSO could be the sleazies MF'er on the earth, but no one cares. And the funny thing is, RSO is going to take more money then they have now by his policy. I'm glad that the USA wants to model Germany and France, according to the latest polls...

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) kap, take a breath, then read it again. Now why would I do that? I'll stop stirring the pot. I haven't done that in a while.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 06:06 PM) What does that even have to do with his post? Well, because they didn't ask Palin about the market and the economy. How dare they not expose her as if it's her (and the GOP, by default) fault. And therefore, RSO will then fix it because he's "better" then McCain and Palin (but that goes without saying).

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 04:27 PM) http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng42.html#anchor792932 Sounds a little bit more than just seeking an endorsement. He also attended meetings as well. http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng45.html Sarah was never in the AIG, something which took the MSM a month to figure out, and still haven't retracted. They don't have to (retract it). She's just a "folksy b****" who doesn't deserve the retraction (no offense to the ladies... I've just heard the phrase at work... so that means a lot of people probably are starting to believe it.).

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 02:26 PM) LINK Yea because RSO will make the markets rise again! WOOT! Holy s***, we know the guy can walk on water and all and Palin and McCain are piles of lying, heaping s***. Oh wait, I'm in the Democrat thread. Nevermind.

Yea, it's going to get way worse before it gets better I have a feeling.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 03:04 PM) Balta that article really get to the heart of what drives me the most nuts about Sarah Palin. I'll admit it, I'm kind of an intellectual elite. I think that the country should be governed by highly educated and knowledgeable people. So, I'll take the right's label as an elitist with pride. And I look at Sarah Palin and it just frustrates me so much that this woman who seems to pride herself on ignorance and being outside these educated circles. Sometimes being educated means being out of touch with people--I'll admit that. But her whole cutesy, folksy attitude is such an affront to me. I am so proud to be well educated. To have a deep understanding about statistics, neuroscience, cognitive science. I work just as hard at my job to be well educated as a Joe Sixpack working at a construction site. We finally have reached the point where we can put a woman candidate up in a viable ticket (sorry Geraldine), and we pick this gorgeous non-threatening mess of a woman. We pick a woman that is in no danger of showing a man up in foreign policy or economic knowledge. We pick a woman who is PROUD of her ignorance. What the f*** kind of role model is that? We pick a woman who thinks she can win a debate by attacking her opponent and winking--WINKING. What is that teaching girls about how to debate--how to express themselves? We pick a woman that would rather resort to personal attacks and cliche slogans than an actual substantial debate. What kind of role model is that? Let's say that a male candidate pulled the winking and gibberish that she did. There is no way he would be taken seriously. NO f***ING WAY. I am so incredibly upset that it is this woman who is proud of her ignorance and would rather rely on her cutesy folksy self than her knowledge and credentials is there. I think of all the generations of intelligent, capable women who were DENIED this opportunity and I don't even know what to think. I know this probably comes off as crazy feminist gibberish (just like my Hillary supporting moments did) to a vast majority of this board. But dear god. If I am ever blessed with kids, I would be so ashamed to offer them Sarah Palin as a role model. I want my children, girls and boys, to have role models who rely on the contents of their minds and souls and not populist panderings. I want a Virginia Woolf, a Marie Curie, f*** it--a Hillary, a Shakespeare's sister to portray what it means to be a woman. /rant You'll be shocked to know that I agree with you for once on this type of subject. I think that Sarah Palin's portrayal is all an act, a gimmick, to "groud out John McCain to the right wing side of the Republican party. She's doing exactly what she's told, and when to do it, and the right wing people are eating it up. You all know me well enough to know that I'm a conservative, but I'll tell you that Sarah Palin RIGHT NOW is in way over her head. WAAAAAAAY. Much like I get on RSO about lack of substance, Palin's worse. The pick was nothing more then sticking it in the eye of RSO for not picking Hillary (which if you want really tinfoil hat stuff, just wait)... ... Anyway, Sarah Palin has sold herself way short, and not really done anything about it other then hang out at the cool halls and stuff. She is not about substance, that's for darn sure. I think she could have been someday, but right now, no way.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 05:18 PM) WHAAAA???? One's up front about it and one's doing it behind the scenes. It's all the same, though.

As Tex said, we're looking into it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 4, 2008 -> 04:32 PM) So, here's my thinking on this. Take a look at the top 4 people and imagine them in a crisis. A Tom Clancy book level crisis, where a presidential decision actually could be important. Do I tell them to launch missiles or not. Do we keep the bombers running. Whatever. You may not agree with all of the people, you may not agree with their decision making process, you may not agree with the decision they come to. But with 3 of them, I think we would all have enough confidence in them that if they were put in that situation on January 21st, they'd at least make what they thought was the best decision they could possibly make based on the information they had. I seriously though can't imagine what would happen if you had to come to Governor Palin on January 21st, tell her that she's the president and that we're facing a major crisis that she has to make a decision on. I don't trust her judgement, I don't trust her understanding of any of the issues that might come up, and I think there's a distinct possibility she'd just crack under the pressure or would panic and make an idiotic move. I've alluded to this many times, and I'll say it here more clearly. Palin *cound* be effective, but right now, she's not. I'll just leave it right there.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Oct 4, 2008 -> 06:36 PM) You honestly think that 20-30 House GOP members flipped their vote on this to get Obama elected? Honestly, yes. But they were bought off, so whatever. I think something waaaaaaaay bigger is going on here. It's going to get freaking scary in this country before long.

I don't mean the financial crisis, I mean the actions of Congress on the bail out. From Paulson, to the House voting it down when they did, and then to the "compromise"... the entire process was orchestrated and shennanigans. The message was for John McCain to get the hell out of Washington and welcome RSO to the Big House. It was also a move to "socialism" - and I use that in quotes because I want to explain myself further when time permits. Back to work (the slave to the government that I'm becoming).

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 4, 2008 -> 11:17 AM) I'm just amazed at how low the expectations have become for so many people in this country. Not completely falling on your face is good enough. There's no need for exceptionalism (is that even a word?). Well, without regards to naming names, you're exactly right - in so many ways.

Well, I've thought about this a little bit, and you all will love my tin foil hat theory on this one. I think the ENTIRE THING was orchestrated. RSO is 100% our next president, and this whole thing the way it played out was done to shift the power to him. I have to work today and tomorrow but I will expand on why I think that's true later, but I wanted to throw that out there. By the way, this isn't Kaperbole ™, I'm actually serious.

I haven't read the details, I'm just commenting on the comments in the thread so far. If it's a per diem then it's not income. I seriously doubt that the accounting firm that did her taxes is not going to do something that will put her in jeapordy. That's just common sense.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 07:03 PM) The Democrats are to blame for this too. I've been trashing them for years (well, weeks on this bank bailout). Look at my signature; I despise Barny Frank, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats. I'm pissed at McCain because he needs to reverse this credit spending spree the Fed has been on, not encourage it. I'm pissed at the Republicans for the massive debt they've allowed the country to assume. There currently isn't a viable fiscally conservative party to vote for and I do not like that. It's all about power. They are getting paid (their campaign coffers) to put these kind of earmarks in so that they keep getting re-elected. The parties mean nothing anymore, they all just want their power base.

This is Congress at it's finest hour, just ask them. I hate our government. Seriously. All they want is more power and control (and I'm talking about both parties here).

QUOTE (Steff @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 08:34 PM) Ugh.. why is that baby not in bed!!!! Cause he's on "Alaska Time?" Groan. That was bad. *rimshot*

Now how the hell does that remove him from their books? This is really odd.

GO GET EM GUYS! I won't be around much... have meetings up the ying yang.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Oct 1, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) That's not as bad as it was being portrayed. I was hearing that she couldn't name ANY landmark Supreme Court cases like Marbury v Madison, Brown v Board of Education, etc. Asking for decisions you don't like is tougher to answer. Keep in mind I do NOT support Sarah Palin. However, two things come to mind here. 1- These questions were meant to throw her off. Most of the time, these questions are vetted well in advance and you can almost tell by her reaction to the questions, she's like WTF are you asking me this for? 2- Of course Katie Couric was trying to make Palin look bad and incompetent and stupid. That's her job. This was absolutely "GOTCHA" journalism at its best. I'll add: 3- The debate tonight is going to be just as bad, if not worse. You know the moderator is going to play "GOTCHA" as much as she possibly can. Again, it's her job. These people are in the tank for RSO and don't anyone try to defend that, because it's true.

I know there's a lot of Twinkee hate here, but Gardenhire is a class act.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 30, 2008 -> 10:07 PM) I know you meant this as a congratulations to Danks, but he's been our best pitcher this entire year. He was a man long before tonight. I love John Danks. Yes, but tonight he put it all together all in one game. I hear what you're saying, and I agree. I meant this to be more about tonight, though.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 30, 2008 -> 09:28 PM) Before tonight's game, I told myself that I would be more than happy with a Central division championship and a playoff berth. But **** that, let's do this. Bring on Tampa. Exactly.