BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Alice
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 01:03 PM

Hillary is not ugly. Shame on you, guest, for writing that.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: pdq
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 01:35 PM

Speaking of attractive women, here is one who has Harry Reid in her sights.

Polls show she has a good chance of defeating him in next year's election:

                                                                Sue Lowden

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 01:40 PM

I know it is not MPC (Mudcat PC), but I gotta say-- I have seen about 2/3 of the Oprah/Palin interview and I thought it was the sanest I'd ever heard Palin. The news commentators are roasting her for their imagined offenses against humanity, but I heard a sane interviewee.

I STILL think she's dangerous, but maybe she now that she's ex-gov she's actually showing that she is teachable. She sure will have to be if she plans to sell books-- maybe that's a good motivator for her flavor of immaturity.

Bless her heart. :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Greg F.
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 02:34 PM

Right Again, oh Simple Seeker Of Truth!

There is nothing wrong with emotion - within bounds, and in its place.

However, when it supplants rational thought as a as a basis for decision making, it does tend to cause some serious problems.

As do the ignorant and idiotic in positions of power.

And of course Wall Street backs Palin- they're sure they can run her like they ran Dumbya.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Amos
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 03:05 PM

The Wall Street Journal opines:

"It is her mastery of the lament that explained former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appeal last year, and now her knack for self-pity is on full display in her book, "Going Rogue." This is the memoir as prolonged, keening wail, larded with petty vindictiveness. With an impressive attention to detail, Ms. Palin settles every score, answers every criticism; locates a scapegoat for every foul-up, and fastens an insult on every critic, down to the last obscure Palin-doubter back in Alaska.


From Ms. Palin's masterwork, we learn that the personal really is the political. Every encounter with a critic seems to be a skirmish in the culture wars, from the Alaska debate moderator who didn't play fair once to the "wealthy, effete young chap" who ran against her for governor but who, in one of the quickest transitions from anti-snob to snob in all of literature, is also said to have served as "our limo driver at [her husband] Todd's cousin's wedding."

We read about the mean things people have said about Ms. Palin's daughter Bristol, Ms. Palin's suspicions that the neighbors of the Alaska governor's mansion disapproved of her kids' toys, her assurance that she lived a spartan life as governor, "despite what some critics would later accuse me of doing." There's the nonscandal she calls "Troopergate," which is virtually impossible to follow in this telling, except for the insults Ms. Palin directs at one of the men who was (apparently) on the other side of the issue, whatever it was.

In other circumstances, Ms. Palin seems like a woman of grit. When she discovers that her fifth child is going to be born with Down syndrome, she is initially upset, but then writes a letter in God's voice—incidentally, one of the book's creepiest moments—instructing the rest of the family to "accept that I [i.e., the Almighty] only want the best for you. . . ."

But the mean things people say and do during her vice presidential run—these are not to be taken in the same spirit. These are to be recalled and deplored, one by one, as if from a master list Ms. Palin has been keeping all this time. She reminds us that someone hacked her email, that she got a prank phone call, and that she once saw someone wearing an insulting T-shirt in Philadelphia.

She claims that what ruined her famous interview with wily CBS News personality Katie Couric was the latter's "condescension," which caused Ms. Palin to bungle questions like the one in which she was asked to name her favorite newspaper. And she introduces us to Steve Schmidt, the Republican campaign strategist who is the book's No. 1 bad guy—almost alone among the book's characters, he is always referred to by his last name—and who, as Ms. Palin tells it, once implied to an aide that "if there were any more leaks critical of anybody in the handling of Sarah Palin, then a lot more negative stuff would be said about Sarah Palin."

And, lo and behold, there is. Much more. All of it neatly catalogued, bemoaned, and for sale.

But amid all this score-settling, Ms. Palin wanders into some predictable traps. When explaining her political philosophy, for example, she tells readers that "conservatism is a respect for history and tradition"; on the very next page she instructs readers to accept the creative-destructive whirl of the market, which affects society the way "wildfires in Alaska burn away deadfall to make way for new growth."

So much for tradition. The respect she shows history, though, is the kind of respect you show the flag when you soak it in kerosene and touch a match to it. "[W]e tried growing government to save the economy back in the 1930s, and it didn't work then either," Ms. Palin writes. It is a modest assertion, though, compared to the astonishing finding Ms. Palin reveals in the next sentence: "Massive government spending programs and protectionist economic policies actually helped turn a recession into the Great Depression." If this is, as it seems, a reference to the New Deal, then history, per Ms. Palin, sometimes goes backwards, with the WPA and its ilk actually bringing about events that took place before they were launched. ..." (From here.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: meself
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 03:08 PM

"Hillary is not ugly. Shame on you, guest, for writing that."

And if she were ugly, or if you really feel she is - then more shame on you, guest.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Greg F.
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 06:07 PM

You Betcha, Amos.

Aside from the myriad other things that make her undesirable she's an immature mewling crybaby, whining to her adoring brain-dead acolytes about how badly she was treated. Kind of an updated Nixon 'Checkers' speech.

Whatta Gal! REAL presedential timber, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Peter T.
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 07:52 PM

Lest we forget George W. Bush, who had no qualifications for being president, was obviously an idiot, but charming. And even after it was blatantly obvious that he was incompetent, the American electorate re-elected him.

So Sarah Palin could easily be President of the United States. So low has it sunk. (By the end of the Roman Empire, they were creating emperors from people who were hiding in the men's room in terror).


yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 11:29 PM

Anyone can become president of the United States. That's why Chongo remains so optimistic about his own chances.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Nov 09 - 11:46 PM

I forget- was Chongo born in the US? I see him taken as a small imp from his Mama in Africa. And being Chongo, he would never have bothered becoming naturalized. Sorry, LH. It's not gonna happen. You shoulod tell him.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Ron Davies
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 12:12 AM

"...when it supplants rational thought..."    That's certainly a singular observation from one who seems to be virtually entirely governed by his limbic system, has a dial always set on outrage, and is a wonderfully clear example of knee-jerk response other than on the Right. It's truly remarkable how many phrases, concepts etc. call forth apoplectic spluttering from the poster.

I'm sure we're likely to see more quite soon.






Another topic entirely:

The WSJ "opines".    Would that it were so.

Sorry, Amos, I do respect your political views and I appreciate your postings of editorial opinion etc.   But words do matter. The WSJ "opines". I'll have to respectfully disagree.

It's emphatically not the WSJ which "opines" here but Thomas Franks, the resident liberal columnist, possibly put there to stimulate letters to the editor by predictably outraged Republican stalwarts.

There's a sizable difference , to put it mildly, between his views and those of the editors (and editorials).

I love reading his columns. They are well-written and the wit is often delightfully sharp.   But as I have been manfully trying to for years to try to make clear to Mudcatters, there is a huge difference between the WSJ editorials and the reporting. And of course between the editorials and the views of the token liberal columnist, the position Mr. Franks now has the honor of holding.

If anybody would like to point out a criticism of Sarah in the actual WSJ editorials, I'd love to see it.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Ron Davies
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 12:14 AM

"manfully trying for years..."

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 01:35 AM

It is Chongo's theory, Ebbie, that an amendment will soon be made to the Constitution which allows foreign-born American citizens to become president. This is what Chongo bases his hopes on. What worries me, though, is that Arnold Schwarzenneger is thinking exactly the same thing...if so, Chongo will have stiff competition.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Greg F.
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 09:07 AM

one who seems to be virtually entirely governed by his limbic system, has a dial always set on outrage, and is a wonderfully clear example of knee-jerk response other than on the Right. It's truly remarkable how many phrases, concepts etc. call forth apoplectic spluttering from the poster.

Sticks and Stones, oh Simple Seeker, Sticks and Stones.

Should you have any actual facts to back up your assertions, if I may quote a well-known self-proclaimed member of the Mudcat Punditocracy: I fervently hope the act of actually putting together a logical argument, with direct quotes,--as opposed to unsupported ex cathedra pronouncements...will not prove too much of a strain for you.

Ta.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: michaelr
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 10:52 AM

Hillary isn't ugly.

And Palin isn't pretty!

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Greg F.
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 11:59 AM

Some interesting info on the Sweetheart of The Mindless
Here

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Amos
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 12:02 PM

Concerning emotion and politics, it is important to recognize the spectrum from the reactionary to the rational in emotion. There is such thing as "rational" emotion, or perhaps "appropriate" would serve better. It is the emotion that deals with situational reality. Grief is an appropriate emotion during a time of loss, and anger is appropriate during a time of intense struggle.


However, as the ability to differentiate between present facts and past duress diminishes, the tendency to react to things that are not happening grows stronger, and the ability to recognize differences and similarities grows less. So you find more and more illogical assumptions, knee-jerk reactions, categorical assertions on an increasing spectrum of irrationality, and that irrationality manifests itself both in inappropriate emotional postures and irrational abuse of data.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: Smedley
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 12:35 PM

Greg, that Vanity Fair story is very revealing & needless to say has stirred up the venomous hatred of the Palinettes. Lots of letters/messages sent to VF denouncing the story as cheap and malicious (two words which, I reckon, suit Sarah P herself rather well).

A scary story today on the BBC News site about how much SP is appealing to ''''''middle America'''''''':
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8367633.stm

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show today
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 12:49 PM

Amos - "However, as the ability to differentiate between present facts and past duress diminishes, the tendency to react to things that are not happening grows stronger, and the ability to recognize differences and similarities grows less. So you find more and more illogical assumptions, knee-jerk reactions, categorical assertions on an increasing spectrum of irrationality, and that irrationality manifests itself both in inappropriate emotional postures and irrational abuse of data."

Yeah. Right. Definitely. Matter of fact, I took the liberty of quotin' yer very words as spoke above to this gorilla I know who has a bad attitude towards me. In short, he hates me for some reason. I thought it might help him see the error of his ways to hear yer sage advice, encourage him toward doin' a little self-criticism, and maybe ease the troubled waters between us and lead to a mutual understandin' and some productive dialogue.

It didn't. He took a swing at me and we ended up in a fight that busted up most of the furniture at Kelsey's and got us both kicked out of the place. Now he seems to have put out a contract on me (again). Got any advice?

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: gnu
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 02:08 PM

From: Amos - PM
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 12:02 PM

Oh fer fuck sakes, Amos!!!

Hehehehehee. Actually, I thoroughly enjoyed and I agree with your post. Well put, as usual.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Don Firth
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 04:18 PM

Sarah Palin's looks? Empty calories.

As far as Palin's looks are concerned and the idea that men prefer pretty women to smart women, I'm with my friend Ric.

This was decades ago. He was sitting at a lunch counter in Seattle's University District when a young woman came in.

"She was lovely, incredibly lovely! Soft. Delicate. Graceful. Feminine. Immediately, I fell in love! She sat down in one of the booths across from me. I had an unobstructed view of her and I gazed at her in adoration!

"Within a few minutes, another young woman came into the restaurant, spotted my adored, and joined her in the booth. I was close enough to hear their conversation.

"And then—the love of my life opened her mouth!

"Oh, Gawd. . . ."

Yeah. Been there, done that! It's a great lesson when one is instantly smitten by the sight of a lovely woman, then—a few seconds of conversation turns it all to ashes.

Wiser now.

Don Firth

P. S. Dennis Kucinich is not all that charismatic and his ears stick out like Alfred E. Newman's, but were he to run again, I'd be in there campaigning for him! It's the brain. And the character and the integrity.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 04:19 PM

I am pissed. She totally destroyed a bumper sticker joke of mine regarding a Palin Beck 2012 presidency.

She said that Glen Beck would make a good running mate.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 05:55 PM

If I were to pin point the emotional or pop attraction to Palin it would be that of shared identity not beauty.

Many under educated people know that they have more common sense than "book lernin" DIng! jus like Palin. Many people feel that their religious beliefs are held up to ridicule by educated elites. DIng! jus like Palin.
Many people feel that if only they had a couple lucky breaks they could play the system for all its worth and rake in cash and fame. DIng! jus like Sarah! Many people feel like they have been reduced to a low rung on the socio economic ladder just above trailer trash with all their woes like unwanted pregnancies and cheatin husbands. DING jus like Sarah Palin. Many older guys in the military like her because she like them are not considered intellectual giants but really like anyone who praises the military aboive any other endeavor in life. Ding Palin does the trick for them.

THey like her because she's plain, not outrageously beautiful.
She is jus plain Palin jus talkin the plain ol mavericky talk that mavericks talk.

talkin heads use fancy talk and say that she is appealing because she is not a slick politically correct packaged entity.

Well maybe she was before the McCain campaign but it ain't so now.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 06:14 PM

I went googling Sarah Palin + Glenn Beck and here's what came up:

(Anyone who considers that their brain is in working order and likes Palin should take a considered look at the list, imo. eb)

"In the acknowledgments of "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin gives a hearty and extended thanks to conservative media figures, using only their first names.

(She says: eb) "To some media professionals whom I admire because you don't let anyone tell you to sit down and shut up, please keep making the idiots' heads spin. Thank you for not taking our Freedom of the Press for granted, you bold and patriotic, fair and balanced media folks. Keep calling it like you see it: Amanda, Andrew, Ann, Bill(s), Bob, Cal, Dennis, Dick, Eddie, Fred, Glenn, Greta, Hugh, Joey, John, Jonah, Larry, Laura, Lou, Mark, Mary, Michael, Michelle, R.A.M., Rich, Rush, S.E., Sean, Tammy, Walter… and there are more. I join you in standing up for what is right. Remember that as your voice is heard and your spine is stiffened, the spines of others are stiffened, too."

(The article goes on to say:eb) 'Who's who? Here are my best guesses for most of them: Amanda Carpenter of The Washington Times, Ann Coulter, Bill Kristol, Bill O'Reilly, Cal Thomas, Dennis Miller, Fred Barnes, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Susteren, Hugh Hewitt, Jonah Goldberg, Larry Kudlow, Laura Ingraham, Lou Dobbs, Mark Levin, Michael Reagan, Michelle Malkin, Rich Lowry, Rush Limbaugh, S.E. Cupp, Sean Hannity, Tammy Bruce, and Walter Williams. Why not use their whole names? Good question."

enquote

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Amos
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 06:52 PM

Why does she insist n conflating "what is right" with what is stupid, bellicose, histrionic, superstitious, and sub-literate?



A

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Don Firth
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 07:21 PM

Uhh . . . could it be that she is stupid, bellicose, histrionic, superstitious, and sub-literate?

(Just a theory.)

Don Frith

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 07:35 PM

You people got somethin' against those who are stupid, bellicose, histrionic, superstitious, and sub-literate? Huh? Wanta make somethin' of it?

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Bobert
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 07:42 PM

Guess no one other than me wonders why just a couple days after Ms. Sarah was on Oprah that Oprah has announced that she is going to shut the show down??? Like what's this about??? Death threats from the Beckers (as in Glenn) for Oprah rouffin' up Ms. Sarah??? I mean, how does one go about interviewin' Ms Sarah without it lookin' like they are trying to ruff her up... I mean, the woman is, ahhhhhh, a friggin' retard...

(You can't call nobody a retard no more, Boberdz... It ain't politically correct???)

And Sarah Palin is???

(That ain't what we mean, Bobz... It's that word... You know... The "R" word"...)

Yeah, it is demeanin' to the "R" word to equate it with Ms. Goodbody...

BTW, anyone see the the Ms Sarah "shorts" piccure??? Well, I didn't but I heard about it so if anyone has a link to it, please stick it up here on the wall...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 07:50 PM

Oprah is going to shut down her show because she has inside info and knows for sure that Sarah is going to start a similar show...which means curtains for Oprah's ratings. Oprah is doing the smart thing and getting out now so as to avoid total humiliation later. Mark my words. Within 2 years it will be Sarah Palin who has ascended the pinnacle of fame to become undisputed Queen of the Talk Show Hosts.

Chongo has a point. There is a big constituency of stupid, bellicose, histrionic, superstitious, and sub-literate people and primates out there...and they deserve respect and consideration too! ;-) We have stood by long enough and turned a blind eye toward rank discrimination against the stupid, the histrionic, the superstitious, the sub-literate, and the gratuitously violent. When will they gain their place in the sun alongside the rest of us?

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 07:51 PM

Newsweek Cover

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 07:54 PM

OHH!!! Be still, my beating heart! That picture is 1000% Sarah. I am going to buy at least 5 copies of this historic issue of Newsweek and keep them sealed in protective plastic covers. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Bobert
Date: 19 Nov 09 - 08:38 PM

Only five, LH???

Shoot, I'll see yer five and up ya' to 10... Plastic covers an' all...

BTW... Thanks Eb fir the assist... I been hearin' about this piccure all day and hadn't seen it... I reckon it's kinda a prelude to her the nudie shoot she's gonna do just before the Iowa caucus... That one will definately win her a few caucus goers...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Ron Davies
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 12:41 AM

"apoplectic spluttering"

QED

But congratulations to the poster on staying out of the gutter for 3 full posts in a row--probably a new record. See, even you have enough vocabulary to be able to express yourself without profanity! I had confidence you could do it, and it's truly heartwarming how you have vindicated my faith in you. Gold star.   Keep up the good work.

And I'm truly flattered that you find my turns of phrase quotable.

We've all seen enough illustrations of my point that it's, to put it mildly, not a secret.   But I'll be more than glad to point out the next one, if it will make you happy--since your happiness is of course the main goal here.



Returning to the topic:   again I say: nobody should underestimate Sarah's appeal.    I just read about some character who arrived at one of her book signings at about 6 AM---the signing was in the evening.   Though Mudcatters have consistently downplayed her chances, she has a passionate following, to say the least.   It will also be interesting to see how many women decide that it's time for a woman president, and that Sarah fits the bill.
As I've said before, Mudcat is not exactly an accurate reflection of the electorate.

Of course, as I also noted, it's absurdly early to speculate on 2012--and the war issue and the economy will determine the outcome--which nobody can even begin to guess at this point.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 01:35 AM

My wife and I were in a Barnes and Noble book store earlier this evening. With Palin's book tour barely a week old, her book has already been marked dow and thrown onto the "30% Off" rack.

Stephen L. Rich

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Riginslinger
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 06:49 AM

Getting back to the topic, Palin must have had some affect of Oprah, she's throwing in the towel.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 07:49 AM

$4.97 with intro subscription to Newsweek...

What next??? Findin' them books in CrackerJax boxes???

As for Palin's "appeal"??? Well, she is kinda a cross between a car wreck and a beuty queen... That does give her quite a bit of appeal... Heck, I enjoy watchin' her but I wouldn't vote for her...

Inspite of her appeal when it comes down to who we want to turn the government over to she ain't got that kinda appeal... Ya' see, her problem is that intellegent voters know that the only folks who support her politics are, ahhhhhhh... How do you say this and be politically correct??? Okay, these folks are not the most enlightened or educated or, or... Okay, these folks is a bunch of retards and Taliban-wantabees... There... That sums it up... That makes it purdy danged hard for the other 90% of the electrate to wrap their collective heads around voting for her...

When you bed down with dogs ya' can't much complain about the fleas... That, sniff, is poor Ms. Sarah... There ain't no remakin' her where her supporters will stay on board... She is what she is...

Now on the the nudie shoot and the Iowa caucus...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 11:14 AM

"Now on the the nudie shoot and the Iowa caucus..." Bobert

I read that as: Now on the the nudie chute and the Iowa cannon...

I kid you not.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 11:20 AM

Is Sarah going to do one of those circus acts where you get shot out of a giant cannon? Ah....those were the days of the great circuses. We don't see those kind of acts much anymore.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 11:21 AM

Oprah is closing her show down in 2011. Could this be cause and effect?

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: pdq
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 11:26 AM

Perhaps he meant that Sarah Palin "will be wearing a Nudie suit to the Iowa caucuses"?

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 01:12 PM

"My wife and I were in a Barnes and Noble book store earlier this evening. With Palin's book tour barely a week old, her book has already been marked dow and thrown onto the "30% Off" rack."
Stephen L. Rich

Acckkk It's even worse than that- the book was only released on November 17, just three days ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 01:41 PM

Cool. I was able to pick up William Shatner's book "Get A Life" at over 50% off a few years back. What a fool I was, though...I only bought 2 of them! I could have bought 15 or 20 copies. You have to take full advantaqe of these opportunities when they arise.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Don Firth
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 02:20 PM

Oprah's "throwing in the towel?"

I don't think so. She's soon to log in her twenty-fifth year doing her talk show and she feels like it's time for a change, she's a billionaire and then some, and she's seriously considering buying her own cable channel (like Ted Turner, who has a couple of them). Lots of future plans in the works.

It doesn't sound to me like she's "throwing in the towel."

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 02:30 PM

She's never interviewed Chongo. A serious oversight! (I think the Obama campaign bribed her to keep him off the air...) Well, maybe she'll get him on her new show.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Amos
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:03 PM

She'd have to get in touch with him first, Hawkster, which requires powers even more telepathic than hers!

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: beeliner
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:26 PM

The once-proud Republican party has become the party of losers, loonies and louts.

Ms. Palin belongs in the first classification, by definition.

It seems a shame, especially when one realizes that this was once the party of such American icons as Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt.......gee, I guess that's about it.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: GUEST,Songbob
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 03:30 PM

Sara Palin is a phenomenon, and in the news right now. But she's already a quitter (someone called her gubernatorial career "Iquiterod") -- at a book signing today, where 1000 people had bought books and were in line for signing, the last 400 or so were left high and dry when she quit signing and was whisked off somewhere else. And this after some of them were in line since dawn.

Her fans -- the Palin-drones -- were pretty mad, also. You betcha.

Ed

And I agree with Ron that we should not overlook her appeal to the tea-gaggers and 9/12 Beckerheads. She can appeal to the most rabid of right-whingers, the very ones who come out in droves for primary elections. She will be formidable. Frighteningly so.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Riginslinger
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 04:43 PM

That's probably the Republican's worst nightmare. The right-wingers will come out for the primary, and they end up with a candidate that is unelectable in the general election.

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Don Firth
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 04:52 PM

Yeah, Rig, I think you may very well be right.

(Why do I feel like smiling a lot?)

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Sarah Palin on Oprah TV show 16 Nov
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Nov 09 - 05:10 PM

100!!!!!!!! Feel the love.