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What do you (think you) know about Sarah Palin?

post #1 of 23
11/9/10 at 11:20am
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What Do You Think You Know About Sarah Palin?

An interesting article from that right-wing house organ of the Republican Party...the Washington Post?
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post #2 of 23
11/9/10 at 11:38am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
What Do You Think You Know About Sarah Palin?

An interesting article from that right-wing house organ of the Republican Party...the Washington Post?
It's hardly the Washington Post.
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Matthew Continetti is opinion editor of the Weekly Standard and the author of "The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star."
The Weekly Standard is a neocon mouthpiece.
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post #3 of 23
11/9/10 at 11:55am
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It is an opinion piece published in the Washington Post, not the weekly standard...so I guess it's as valid and respected as any other op/ed piece there, right?
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post #4 of 23
11/9/10 at 5:07pm
That's an interesting article. I'm not a Palin-can-do-no-wrong fan, but I do think she's been a good spokesperson for conservative Republicans and brings some common sense to the table.
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post #5 of 23
11/12/10 at 2:38pm
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I disagree with some of the points in the article. For one, I do think that she's unelectable, at least as things stand now. I don't personally like her; I think I would find her very annoying, if I had to deal with her on a daily basis. And she's shown she can't run her family very well (although heaven knows many politicians have pretty messy private lives).
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post #6 of 23
11/12/10 at 2:45pm
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I disagree with some of the points in the article. For one, I do think that she's unelectable, at least as things stand now. I don't personally like her; I think I would find her very annoying, if I had to deal with her on a daily basis. And she's shown she can't run her family very well (although heaven knows many politicians have pretty messy private lives).
I agree with your assessment. Plus her latest commercial for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" where she says she'd "rather be doing this (hiking in the wilderness) than sitting in some old stuffy political office" practically guarantees that statement will come home to haunt her if she does try to run.
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post #7 of 23
11/13/10 at 4:43pm
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I agree with your assessment. Plus her latest commercial for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" where she says she'd "rather be doing this (hiking in the wilderness) than sitting in some old stuffy political office" practically guarantees that statement will come home to haunt her if she does try to run.
I know! I was about to post that exact tidbit but good thing I read through each post otherwise it would've been repeat info. I wonder if the producers of that show are anti-Palin or what. I had to laugh when I heard her say that though. Maybe she'll say the Oval Office might be old but it's not stuffy
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post #8 of 23
11/15/10 at 3:49pm
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My guess is that this will drive some up the wall:

Palin's made-up word
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post #9 of 23
11/15/10 at 5:36pm
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My guess is that this will drive some up the wall:

Palin's made-up word
Refudiate is a lot like incentivise that also wasn't/isn't a word until everyone started using it. Noun - incentive; verb - incite

And another of my pet peeves of verbal blunders is the misuse of the word "myself" as in, "When mom and myself went to the mall last week......" Aaaack!
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post #10 of 23
11/16/10 at 7:09am
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We often think that words are set in concrete, but that's not the case in English. The French have L'Academie Francaise, which prohibits almost all new words. English has been "experimental" in its vocabulary for as far back as we can find writings. Even Shakespeare and the King James Bible have words that were never seen before they appeared there.

I once took a great vocabulary course on Greek roots in English words, and one of the activities was to use the Greek roots, according the rules under which they are used in English, to make new words. My personal favorite is "osteocephalic." Figure it out!
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post #11 of 23
11/16/10 at 2:12pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
I once took a great vocabulary course on Greek roots in English words, and one of the activities was to use the Greek roots, according the rules under which they are used in English, to make new words. My personal favorite is "osteocephalic." Figure it out!
Well I've had cephalometric x-rays done on me -- and I think osteo means bone or bone-related. I'll post again after I look up cephalo Edit: Okay, I'm back. I think "osteocephalic" means "related to skull bones"
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post #12 of 23
11/16/10 at 2:57pm
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Well I've had cephalometric x-rays done on me -- and I think osteo means bone or bone-related. I'll post again after I look up cephalo Edit: Okay, I'm back. I think "osteocephalic" means "related to skull bones"
Technically correct. "Bone-headed."
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post #13 of 23
11/16/10 at 3:06pm
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Technically correct. "Bone-headed."
How about "related to skull and crossbones"? Palin-haters might coin the word "Paliny" to mean just that
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post #14 of 23
11/16/10 at 3:53pm
I think she needs to stick to her cable/TV shows. She clearly loves publicity, and what better way to stay in the public's eye than a weekly show?
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post #15 of 23
11/21/10 at 2:38pm
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She's not in a good position. If she actually starts running for President, her show will go away immediately. No one wants to risk having to give the opponents free time to balance her on-air time.

The same would be true of Mr. Huckabee, too.
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post #16 of 23
11/25/10 at 2:29pm
I know that she apparently thinks Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to help fight childhood obesity is nothing but "government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us". She also says "What she is telling us is she cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat".

What silly statements to make.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/2...lin/index.html
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post #17 of 23
11/26/10 at 4:16pm
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I know that she apparently thinks Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to help fight childhood obesity is nothing but "government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us". She also says "What she is telling us is she cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat".
It might be a little silly, if it weren't for the President always taking visitors out for hamburgers and fries, and the first family always enjoying ice cream cones.

She's right, of course. Messing with people's lives will eventually trigger a backlash. Um...in fact...I think that might have happened a few weeks ago.
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post #18 of 23
11/27/10 at 11:08pm
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It might be a little silly, if it weren't for the President always taking visitors out for hamburgers and fries, and the first family always enjoying ice cream cones.
Actually, it's still quite silly, because the President and his family are perfect examples of "anything in moderation" and exercise.
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post #19 of 23
11/27/10 at 11:19pm
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Actually, it's still quite silly, because the President and his family are perfect examples of "anything in moderation" and exercise.
On the contrary, it looks like a classic case of "Do as I say, not as I do."
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post #20 of 23
11/27/10 at 11:57pm
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On the contrary, it looks like a classic case of "Do as I say, not as I do."
Really. They eat what they want, in moderation; they exercise, and are all at a near ideal weight. Sounds like exactly what they're saying to me.

Or are you suggesting banning burgers and ice cream? There is nothing wrong with either, for a treat. Even Jillian Michaels gets out on the town and cuts loose every now and then.

It's a real problem. The Military has already stated that they are getting lots of applicants that are just too obese to serve. If we can't maintain a military because of it, how are we going to send troops to aid Palin's North Korean allies?
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post #21 of 23
11/28/10 at 6:41am
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I know that she apparently thinks Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to help fight childhood obesity is nothing but "government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us". She also says "What she is telling us is she cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat".

What silly statements to make.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/2...lin/index.html
Yeah, really! I wonder what she thought of Nancy Reagan's "just say no" campaign.
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post #22 of 23
11/28/10 at 7:55am
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Yeah, really! I wonder what she thought of Nancy Reagan's "just say no" campaign.
That's a little different. It was already illegal to grow, make, sell, buy, or use those drugs.

Last time I checked, hamburgers, French fries, and ice cream are all perfectly legal.

Well, except maybe in San Francisco.
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post #23 of 23
11/29/10 at 11:28am
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That's a little different. It was already illegal to grow, make, sell, buy, or use those drugs.

Last time I checked, hamburgers, French fries, and ice cream are all perfectly legal.

Well, except maybe in San Francisco.
I believe it also included premarital sex.
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