YASNY

Obama and Biden are both guilty of "quitting" mid-term. McCain and Palin also would have been if they had won. I don't see why she should labeled as a quitter any more than our esteemed president.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 05:11 PM) A web based fundraising campaign aimed at her legal debts raised over $100k without much press a couple weeks ago. Good for her. She needs it I'm sure.

This, while disgusting enough, was not written by the MSM but by thread commenters.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 05:06 PM) The same reasons you just said. Her upcoming book deal, you can figure that to be a couple million right there (Obama got rich doing the same thing) and then the various 50k speaking fees she can charge now where she didn't have the freedom to do it as Gov. An "upcoming" book deal and speaking fees she didn't have the freedom to do, while having $500K in legal fee debt. Not much income coming in as governor. As I said, she probably had to resign for financial reasons, among others.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 05:04 PM) Obama has used his family as political props as much as anyone ever has. Should his kids be 'raked over the coals'? Yes, hew did and no they shouldn't. Kids should "off limits" from the media. Every politician makes appearances with family in tow and on stage. What happened to the Palins was disgusting and I'd say the same if it happened to the Obamas.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 05:03 PM) Decent living? She's financially set for life. Oh really? How do you know that?

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 01:27 PM) We are all skipping over an important part of this. Fine, if you want to spend more family time...but serve out your term and don't run for re-election. Then, everyone wins. She gets to spend more time doing what she wants to do and she doesn't look like a quitter, which, if she runs for president, would be the first thing I would go after her for (or anyone for that matter). If you think the scrutiny is bad as Governor of Alaska/Vice Presidential candidate, just imagine it as President. It's no wonder former President's look like they've aged 50 years in 4 or 8. Sorry, Ms. Palin, but dem or rep, I don't want someone who runs and hides in the highest office of the United States. There's another way to look at this too. She's racked up $500K in legal fees defending herself against frivilous ethics charges brought on by the liberal hit squads. She couldn't effectively represent the people of Alaska while fighting all that crap. She also probably couldn't fanancially afford to remain in office because of that. She'll now get out on the speaker circuit, like Bill Clinton, and make a decent living.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:14 AM) s***, that would get me suspended. I know how serious that kind of insult is around here. I wouldn't even insult Obama in that way.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:15 AM) I think I called YASNY a hippie liberal Cubs fan once just to see what he'd do but I don't think he saw it. Lucky for you I didn't see it.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:11 AM) You've always been a big time *******. you know, Realtor As long as you didn't mean Cubsfan, I'm cool with it.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) You selling some ocean front property in Kentucky I can make you a great offer!

QUOTE (dbaho @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:05 AM) If you were just gonna call him an analyst though, you'd just go ahead and write that much without the **'s though right? Although I haven't really heard anyone call Obama an analyst before. Well maybe the first 4 letters of the word apply more than entire word.

I was the target of that post and I didn't find it offensive. I used 7 asterisks to describe Obama. I could have been saying he was an analyst for all anybody knows. I didn't type out the word.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 10:31 AM) And what was my warning for exactly? Honestly, I didn't see anything wrong with your comment.

Yep Obama's a a 7 star (*) president. Hail to the Chief!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 10:26 AM) Thanks for the insightful analysis. I call it like I see it.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 10:24 AM) I'd love to see your reaction if Obama quit next year because he didn't like the way his family was being treated by the media. And I don't mean the back flips you would do because he's a communist/socialist/terrorist or whatever you think he is. Back flips would be appropriate. He's an *******.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 10:14 AM) Welcome back. Great point. Is there a double standard here? Would people feel the same way if she was a guy? Damn right there's a double standard here. It has nothing to do with gender though. It's all about her being a consevative in a USA that has a blatantly liberal media slant.

My 1st post in the Buster in months ... but if my family had been raked over the coals like Palin's has I'd bail out too. She has her priorities right. Family first, career a distant second.

Good night folks.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 12:14 AM) You're probably right. I think so. I'm thinking it's a generational thing. Younger folks replace the word "stink" with "suck". I consider the word "suck" a gross insult.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 12:11 AM) What? I couldn't hold Brent Lillibridge's jock strap on a MLB field. Does that mean he doesn't suck? Okay, I've got to give you that point. Maybe it's just that we define "suck" differently.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 12, 2009 -> 12:03 AM) I wouldn't ever say anything like that in reference to the player unless the Sox had Milton Bradley or someone on the team. But... well let me put it this way. If Mark Buehrle (using him as an example since he's probably one of the best "character guys" on the Sox) only lasts 2 innings and gives up 8 earned runs, and you asked him what he thought of his performance, could you see him saying "what can I say, I sucked tonight." I could. I think you get where I'm coming from. Jaime Navarro sucked, because he was an asshole. But Buehrle can say that about his performance if he chooses. But for somebody that couldn't hold Joe Crede's jock strap on a MLB field to say he sucks is beyond ridiculous.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 11:52 PM) I don't know why this always ends up being one or the other with Crede, so the discussions border on ridiculous at times. The facts are that Crede carried this team in the second half of '05 and through the playoffs, cementing his place in White Sox history as a big reason for that championship. In his time with the Sox he was a monster of an all-around 3B for a period during 2005-2006 (note that I specified the time) until his back started becoming a problem, having him on and off the DL and in varying states of effectiveness (usually bad) which led to us having to let him go. Since he's been with the Twins he's been an average hitter at best and letting him go was the right thing to do. Yet we still end up somehow having 2 camps, one that says "bow in deference to Crede" and the other saying "Joe Crede sucks." Or at least that's how the 2 camps perceive each other. Another very insightful post. However, all I'm saying is that Crede deserves more respect than "He sucks." Any Sox fan should respect the man more than that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2009 -> 11:51 PM) Actually you can. Instead of burying yourself in the individual stats, you can realize that some times the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Some guys are winners. Joe Crede is a winner. Wisdom is such a rare occurance around here.