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BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 12 Jan 10 - 06:48 PM She'll do well there. One needs to have a lot of cash in order to run for office in America anyway. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: artbrooks Date: 12 Jan 10 - 06:50 PM Clearly a match made in ...heaven. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: kendall Date: 12 Jan 10 - 07:56 PM Oh for the days when people such as Walter Cronkite and Gabriel Heater gave us the news in 15 minutes. It was news, not opinions or any crap that is spewed out to increase ratings. I get enough entertainment, or what passes for it, on most of the 98 channels. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 12 Jan 10 - 09:05 PM Still, when there were only three networks, they all seemed to agree on what to talk about. Some of the most important events might not have gotten covered at all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Bill D Date: 12 Jan 10 - 10:47 PM Now, the competition for viewers and 24/7 coverage... and more importantly, technological access to images and information that used to be hard to find, has made politicians subject to such intense scrutiny that NO ONE escapes being examined 17 ways from Sunday over petty stuff.... and it is getting harder to separate 'petty stuff' from important issues. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 12 Jan 10 - 10:59 PM Oh, she is profound. She will be a great hit. On Bill O'Reilly tonight: ""There is an obvious disconnect between President Obama and the White House, what they are doing to our economy and what they are doing in terms of not allowing Americans to feel as safe as we had felt," she said." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 12 Jan 10 - 11:16 PM That will be the headline tomorrow morning--"How Did Obama Become Disconnected From His House?" It will sell papers and a thousand news anylists will become instantly employed in the process of trying to figure it out. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: GUEST,999 Date: 12 Jan 10 - 11:17 PM That woman will single-handedly destroy what's left of the English language (post Bush). Death, where is thy sting! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Jeri Date: 12 Jan 10 - 11:31 PM I think he's 'gone folk'. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 12:48 AM I haven't listened to the interview yet - don't have the stomach for it - but here is the quote that got me: "...what they (the Obama administration, I guess) are doing in terms of not allowing Americans to feel as safe as we had felt," What is she thinking? Putting it into her words, I imagine she is thinking something like this: Under President George Bush we always felt so safe, knowing there was a good Christian man at the helm, a good family man, a devoted husband, a man who was content to turn the wheel over to God. Everybody was comfortable with George Bush. The 9/11 attacks? Oh, that was unfortunate. We should probably have seen that the threat under President Clinton was gathering steam and was bound to explode soon. You betcha. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Jan 10 - 01:02 AM You mean you DON'T feel less safe with George Bush no longer in command?????? ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 02:23 AM Oh, dear, dear Dubya. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 13 Jan 10 - 07:12 AM With god at the helm, the executives can leave the bridge. No need to worry. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: John MacKenzie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:00 AM Alaska! Wear the Fox hat? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: kendall Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:34 AM Alaska? The Italians call it, "Upper U.S" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 11:31 AM Ha, I say. In Alaska we refer to the rest of you collectively as 'down south' or as 'the lower 48'. Note that 48 is not even half of 100%. ;) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: kendall Date: 13 Jan 10 - 11:56 AM I like the Italian description of Alaska..."Upper U.S." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: kendall Date: 13 Jan 10 - 01:03 PM Sorry, I'll just get me hat.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 01:20 PM Kendall, does that make Hawaii "Sideways U.S."? :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Jack the Sailor Date: 13 Jan 10 - 01:29 PM Florida: drooping US? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Smedley Date: 13 Jan 10 - 01:42 PM Surely she really needs to be the central character in a sitcom - Everybody Loves Sarah ?? A new version of the Golden Girls with Barbara Bush as the oldest dame ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 13 Jan 10 - 04:12 PM Nancy Reagan is available! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Wesley S Date: 13 Jan 10 - 04:13 PM Florida isn't drooping. It's flaccid. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Lighter Date: 13 Jan 10 - 04:54 PM One reason for her popularity is her intonation. She sounds as though she could be a great kindergarten teacher or a host on the Home Shopping Network. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Bobert Date: 13 Jan 10 - 05:14 PM I think she is popular because she is a characature... Of what I'm not sure... I think that differs from one group to another... Personally, I like her because she is a dead ringer for my high school girlfriend so it all comes down to the way she looks... I suspect that has alot to do with why alot of men like her... I donno??? Might of fact, I think that is a good way to expose her (no, not that way, dang it...) to the women who support her... Just let women know that men like her for her looks and the women will drop her like a bad habit... Speakin' of bad habits... I think it is great that she isgoing with Fox... Maybe Fox will have to register as a PAC??? I'm serious... If I were a high up Dem operative I'd be pushing for the Dems to be demandin' that FOX have to to just that... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Jack the Sailor Date: 13 Jan 10 - 05:35 PM Don't give them any ideas Bobert. They probably have enough tax deductions as it is. Besides, we want her on Fox, preaching to the choir. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Donuel Date: 13 Jan 10 - 08:05 PM I saw Sarah Plain on FOX for an hour tonight being interviewed by a tearful Glen Beck. I heard many complaints of being picked on and a call to God but I didn't hear much about the plight of the Hatian people. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:32 PM Today it occurred to me that a stint at Fox News is so perfect for our Sarah I now believe that she has an advisor. I doubt very much that she is making these decisions on her own. Wonder who it is? I still believe that the honeymoon phase will be a short one. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: DougR Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:37 PM TIA: Can't wait to hear from Me? Ok. Ho Hum. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:41 PM I think you're absolutely right, Ebbie, and I'm guessing that the secret advisor is Chongo. He's a pretty sharp cookie despite his rough language, and I think it was on his advice that Sarah went for the job at Fox. I think it was also on his advice that she titled her bestselling book "Going Rogue". That title just resounds with the brilliance of the "Chongo touch". He won't admit to any of it, of course. He's playing his cards really close to his chest on this one, because his friend, Renata Carson, hates Sarah Palin with a passion and has told Chongo to stay away from her. Donuel - What was Glenn Beck weeping about this time? Is he upset that none of the major networks gave much election coverage to the APP last year? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: GUEST,TIA Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:44 PM Right up to par. Thanks Doug! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: GUEST,999 Date: 13 Jan 10 - 09:52 PM Well, it'll keep her off the streets. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 13 Jan 10 - 10:00 PM There's no indication she was selling it on the streets anyway. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Jan 10 - 10:07 PM If she was. Chongo would never have considered her as a potential running mate. Nor would he have helped her out with the job at Fox. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ebbie Date: 13 Jan 10 - 10:09 PM lol Yep. That Chongo is quite a fella. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: mousethief Date: 13 Jan 10 - 11:41 PM "I saw Sarah Plain on FOX for an hour tonight being interviewed by a tearful Glen Beck." Sad. Eventually FOX won't need anything in the real world to report on at all. They can all interview one another in an indefinite round robin. Some of the other news networks do the same thing. News reporters are not news, people -- they report the news. Reminds me of that line from "Show Biz Kids" by Steely Dan: "Show business kids making movies of themselves, you know they don't give a **** about anybody else." O..O =o= |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: JohnInKansas Date: 14 Jan 10 - 03:20 AM So what did Leno really mean tonight with his: "She finally found a job she's not underqualified for." ??? John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Bobert Date: 14 Jan 10 - 08:27 AM Good point, mousetheif... That is exactly what is happening here and the not-so-funny part about it is the fact that FOX has become an "un"reality show... Not-so-funnier yet is that the folks who are addicted to it couldn't care less if the stuff that FOX puts out is the truth or not??? What we have is a sub-culture of people who are not the informed electorate that Jeffereson said was needed if democracy was to work but people who are so pissed off over their own problems that they are ready and willing to believe anything, truth be damned... I believe that the term pathological enters in here somewhere... Me thinks that everyone should be avble to vote but that only those who can answer 8-out-of-ten *factual* questions have their votes counted... Hey, they don't have to be hard questions... You know, like, ahhhhh... Is NASCAR one of the three branches of governemnt??? Yes____ No_____... I mean, we don't want to hurt anyone's head too bad here... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: JohnInKansas Date: 14 Jan 10 - 11:48 AM So help me out, Bobert,'cause I want to be able to vote next time around. Is NASCAR one of the three branches of government? I'm pretty sure Dick Cheney and the NFL are the other two, but of course I don't have cable so I only get local (Kansas) news reports on John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Donuel Date: 14 Jan 10 - 02:23 PM Try as you will to understand the schtick of Glen Beck neo tea cons and aproslitutes like Plain and Ingram but in the end its all canned outrage. We all know what it takes a cartoonist to be hated by muslims, draw a picture of Mohammed. I found out what cartoon it took to actually get attacked by conservatives. It was a cartoon of Rush Limbaugh. I kid you not. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Jan 10 - 02:41 PM Be prepared! The Democratic programs will be dead in the water following the congressional elections. Start packing! In 2012, maximum leader Palin will decree exile of left side of the coin supporters to the outer Aleutian Islands in an effort to increase the population and crab production of this barely habitable outpost of American sovereignty. (Learning to hallucinate like Donuel and Bobert...) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Riginslinger Date: 14 Jan 10 - 03:48 PM Can crabs be trained to eat liberals? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Jan 10 - 04:00 PM Alaskan Crabs eat omnivorously, but mostly beware their claws (unless cooked). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: gnu Date: 14 Jan 10 - 04:39 PM Yo Alex. Steely Dan... one of my favs! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: GUEST,999 Date: 14 Jan 10 - 05:04 PM Well, she's almost as smart as Pat Robertson. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: mousethief Date: 14 Jan 10 - 08:05 PM Was that Fagan? Sounded (and looked) more like Michael MacDonald. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ron Davies Date: 14 Jan 10 - 08:59 PM Actually Sarah's move changes remarkably little. On balance it's probably is a net positive for her--and therefore a net negative for sanity in government. As Jack points out, moderates may be turned off. But there are already precious few of us left--and I'd expect most have already found Sarah not what we had in mind in a president. The Fox job is however a plus for her since you can bet any job on Fox can't possibly be that demanding, especially in time. Unless they forbid her from doing so--unlikely, I'd guess--she'll be free to roam the country making speeches on behalf of fellow reactionaries--of which there are a distressing number under the GOP banner. Then in 2011-2012 she can collect on those debts. Main problem the rest of us face is that the political scene remains virtually unchanged. If the economy remains stagnant--the Fed predicts 7% unemployment--still--in 2012-- this is not good for anybody in office. Obviously it's far too early to tell anything about 2012. But people either vote on the basis of a hot war or they vote on pocketbook issues. No reason to think 2012 will be different. And if the economic issue proves a negative for President Obama, the question becomes: which Republican will be picked?. And there the news is dire: the signs point to Sarah. We may not think much of her--but, believe it or not, Mudcat is not her target audience. As I've noted elsewhere, the primary system is set up to reward passion. It worked like a charm for Obama. But it's a two-edged sword. On the Republican side the true believers' top issues are 1) anti-abortion and 2) gun rights. Anybody doubt that, as the only one to "walk the walk", she has the anti-abortion vote locked up tight? And as the pin-up girl for the NRA, she has a strong position there too. Intelligence of the candidates does not decide elections. More and more, it's obvious that Sarah considers herself the female Reagan. And if President Obama faces anything similar to 1980, it will be all over. The only saving grace in all of this is that, thank God, it's a long way to 2012. A lot can happen. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Little Hawk Date: 14 Jan 10 - 09:05 PM "the primary system is set up to reward passion" Absolutely. And funding too. The one with the most passion AND the right amount of funding wins. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ron Davies Date: 14 Jan 10 - 09:09 PM Passion is the root--it brings funding and everything else the candidate needs. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin goes to Fox News From: Ron Davies Date: 14 Jan 10 - 09:14 PM As I've also noted elsewhere, what killed Hillary's chances more than anything else was that she was perceived as being on the wrong side of the #1 passion-generating issue of the 2008 election--the Iraq war. Irony is: she probably wasn't. And she could have easily established herself on the right side. But she had to admit she was wrong to support starting the war--and she refused to do that. |
