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They aren't republicans--I'M a republican, or at least the old school kind. They're anarchists. They want no government, or government so limited that it provides military, period. You have to find the balance between expecting the government to meet all your needs vs. a total lack of faith in government, which is where the current batch of R's are at. The truth is in the middle. Either extreme creates chaos, or worse yet, a totalitarian regime or a banana republic.
EDIT--on thinking tax cuts are free. They want roads, bridges, and the garbage picked up--they just want it for FREE.
Nonsense. They want the federal government to assume the responsibility and role the founders intended. If you can actually look at how much the fed has expanded, how intrusive it has become, into every single aspect of our lives and then claim the founders could have ever envisioned such a behemoth, you would be wrong.
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Her article on her FB page on the SOTU speech was also spot on.
I had to wonder how Obama happened to choose the title of Newt Gingrich's book for the "theme" of his message? But I agree with Palin, that WTF held a different meaning for most Americans who heard or read the speech.
The entire speech was more of the same failed nonsense we have been hearing for the last two years, and some of it ("investing in America") borrowed from Clinton.
How stupid does this man think we are?
Freeze spending? Are you kidding me? We need to cut spending. Drastically.
Obama is not even living in the same world as most Americans. He is on another planet. He hasn't yet gotten the clear message that was sent on Nov 2.
The plant he featured in a previous speech, making solar panels, etc. has had to lay off employees and drastically cut back their operation. It is a failure. But Obama wants more of the same? Windmills? Please.
Total disconnect and once again ignoring the voters.
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I wish I could rep you again for this post. It spells out exactly the importance and need for the things covered in Obama's speech. These are all pro-private businesses ideas.
These are the same "ideas" he used last year and possibly the year before. He had the chance to prove how effective they would be with the stimulus...and they failed.
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First Ladies all have a pet project. I'm sorry you don't like Michelle's but she's no more "socialist" in her approach to her pet project than any other First Lady has been regarding their pet projects in the past.
Not a one of them were trying to dictate what we put in our mouths or our children's mouths.
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"They" have gone after her personally, etc., etc.? Excuse me but one of the very first persons to condemn the comments about Palin's children was Obama which he did way back on the campaign trail. She can't exactly put him into that elusive category of "they" because he rarely ever mentions her. She, on the other hand, bashes him on a personal level every chance she gets.
Oh please. He had his minions in the blogosphere all over her. I suppose you think he's just a really nice guy and plays nice when it comes to politics? I have a bridge......
Please give us an example where she has attacked him personally.
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And then Sarah said: "There were a lot of 'WTF' moments throughout that speech." Surely you heard that line, saw her body language and eye rolling and knew right off that it was intended as an insult, that she wasn't agreeing that he had a lot of ideas that would win the future. Her use of WTF was an acronym of the common, street language variety and we all know it.
And what did she say before that? Something about "winning the future"?
I realize that this will spoil your erroneously preconceived lesser-48 delusions, but the vast majority of Alaskans (including myself) supported Governor Palin's decision to resign.
Well I have been reading the Alaksan forums for awhile now and it seems to me that the majority of Alaskans do not like her and were glad she quit. The fact that her man Miller lost and her enemy Murcowski won in the elections proves that.
Sorry to burst your bubble. And she quit to make lots of money, plain and simple. She couldn't do that if she had remained Gov.
Originally Posted by sanrene I happen to agree with her assessment of the WTF moments.
By that, I think she means absolutely clueless to be calling for new spending under the circumstances.
Thank you for admitting that when she used the term "WTF moments" it was open to interpretation, that you really don't believe Palin literally meant to convey "win the future."
I really thought that after her just really really pathetic horrible and downright stupid response to the events in Tuson that she had finally burned all of her bridges.
What the H is wrong with the USA that such an idiot even has a public forum????
If she were in Canada she would be up on a soapbox in the park preaching to the squirrels and the birds because no one in this country would give her the time of day.
Who cares what such a moron has to say about anything??
Well I have been reading the Alaksan forums for awhile now...
That is your first mistake - assuming those who participate in the Alaska forum: 1) live in Alaska; and 2) are representative of Alaskans.
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..and it seems to me that the majority of Alaskans do not like her and were glad she quit.
Consider the source. Naturally, all those lesser-48 posters on the Alaskan forum you just assumed were Alaskans.
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The fact that her man Miller lost and her enemy Murcowski won in the elections proves that.
All that proved was Gail Fenumiai, the Director of the Division of Elections, was able to fix the election for Murkowski. Joe Miller still got the majority of the vote.
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Sorry to burst your bubble. And she quit to make lots of money, plain and simple. She couldn't do that if she had remained Gov.
You obviously have no clue what you are talking about, but that is par for the course for lesser-48ers when it concerns Alaska.
Well I have been reading the Alaksan forums for awhile now and it seems to me that the majority of Alaskans do not like her and were glad she quit. The fact that her man Miller lost and her enemy Murcowski won in the elections proves that.
Sorry to burst your bubble. And she quit to make lots of money, plain and simple. She couldn't do that if she had remained Gov.
Well..it isn't that simple, really. She distanced herself from Miller fairly early on. Her silence during the last few months of the election and particularly during Miller's bouts with the courts actually said a lot.
If you were to come to Alaska, and sit in the coffee shop in my part of the state, you'd no doubt here some very anti-Palin talk, if you heard any at all. If you went to Glitch's area--it would probably be the opposite.
Her approval ratings are of course way down all over though.
It is the truth that many of the posters in the Alaska forum do not live in Alaska and that some of us are lucky enough to have the best of both worlds and spend our winters elsewhere, but there does exist a substantial amount of long time Alaskan posters there who have become a bit disenchanted with the former gov. Several of them have a decidedly conservative bent to their thinking.
I am beginning to believe that someone in her camp is trying to bring her down. NOBODY and I mean, NOBODY is that dumb. Does she not research what she says before she says it? Don't get me wrong, I love it. The "lamestream" media knows shes dumb, but this is beyond the pail. Schmidt said it best. SHE DOESN"T KNOW ANYTHING. She proves it everytime she opens her mouth and only the morons believe she is saying anything smart. I was rolling when I heard this piece. Please let her run, please, please, please, please. Or that weirdo Bachman.
If she ever becomes president of the US, I am packing up my family, and moving to Canada.
People think I'm joking... I'm not. I can deal with a lot of stupid in life.. but she's kind of where I draw the line.
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