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Palin

Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 11:19
seriously folks, can there be any doubt that Palin is less than qualified to be a VP of the US? i dont mean this to be a degrading or negative post or question, but i am trying to understand why some people think she has the qualifications to deal with possibly earth-shattering events, particularly on the foreign policy front. I am banging my head against the wall trying to see something that makes her not a complete moron.

If we toss aside all partisan bullshit and listen to the candidates only according to their knowledge, is Palin even a better option than the homeless person I drive by on my way to work every day?
Cabra West
23-10-2008, 11:23
Well, she has a wardrobe that cost the people donating to the Republican Party the better part of $150.000... surely that must qualify her for something?
Neu Leonstein
23-10-2008, 11:26
If we toss aside all partisan bullshit and listen to the candidates only according to their knowledge, is Palin even a better option than the homeless person I drive by on my way to work every day?
I would say so. She's very bad as far as politicians are concerned, but that would still put here one (tiny) step above most homeless people. But I don't want to generalise, so really I can't answer your question without knowing anything about your local bum. :tongue:

I think the most comforting thing about Palin might be that she's unlikely to have as much of a private agenda as Cheney had in expanding the role of the VP beyond any reasonable boundaries. McCain would keep her on an extremely short leash as far as intel and the Pentagon are concerned, and I can't really see how she could do anything on the issues she presumably cares about, which are pushing religiously motivated social values on people.

That is until she actually became President, which would suck something fierce.
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 11:26
Probably only a qualification for being a hypocrite while claiming she comes from "the real America" with middle class values, but good point. Cant wait for her to jump into the senate and make things better for us.
Hammurab
23-10-2008, 11:26
seriously folks, can there be any doubt that Palin is less than qualified to be a VP of the US? i dont mean this to be a degrading or negative post or question, but i am trying to understand why some people think she has the qualifications to deal with possibly earth-shattering events, particularly on the foreign policy front. I am banging my head against the wall trying to see something that makes her not a complete moron.

If we toss aside all partisan bullshit and listen to the candidates only according to their knowledge, is Palin even a better option than the homeless person I drive by on my way to work every day?

Your post is offensive, insensitive, and lacking basic factual context. There are numerous differences between Governor Palin and the homeless:

Homeless lack the initiative to kill things and eat them. They shamelessly beg.

Homeless people shit outdoors, in mailboxes, or more rarely, in libraries. Governor Palin shits in a purpose-built wooden shack outside her house, with a deep hole underneath. She does not enter libraries.

Homeless people have zero foreign policy experience, with the exception of "Wizard", a Swiss expatriot who lives behind the Einsteins Bagel across from UNLV and apparently worked for a consulate or something before he went batshit crazy and started using a lot of mescaline. Governor Palin can see Russia from her outhouse, or something.

Homeless people are sometimes malnourished, which could adversely affect their decision making. Governor Palin can unhinge her jaw and swallow an entire elk, digesting it over the course of many weeks while making excellent decisions.

Please try to control your sexism in the future.
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 11:30
"I think the most comforting thing about Palin might be that she's unlikely to have as much of a private agenda as Cheney had in expanding the role of the VP beyond any reasonable boundaries. McCain would keep her on an extremely short leash as far as intel and the Pentagon are concerned, and I can't really see how she could do anything on the issues she presumably cares about, which are pushing religiously motivated social values on people.

That is until she actually became President, which would suck something fierce."

Which is the only reason I bring her up because by watching McCain, i am sure he is very likely to be sent to the great gates of heaven very soon, and that would catapult her into a position of being able to begin her bible-thumping crap onto all of us. I'd rather have Bush and Cheney for another 4 years than this nut-job; at least they're crazy in a way you can understand
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 11:33
Your post is offensive, insensitive, and lacking basic factual context. There are numerous differences between Governor Palin and the homeless:

Homeless lack the initiative to kill things and eat them. They shamelessly beg.

Homeless people shit outdoors, in mailboxes, or more rarely, in libraries. Governor Palin shits in a purpose-built wooden shack outside her house, with a deep hole underneath. She does not enter libraries.

Homeless people have zero foreign policy experience, with the exception of "Wizard", a Swiss expatriot who lives behind the Einsteins Bagel across from UNLV and apparently worked for a consulate or something before he went batshit crazy and started using a lot of mescaline. Governor Palin can see Russia from her outhouse, or something.

Homeless people are sometimes malnourished, which could adversely affect their decision making. Governor Palin can unhinge her jaw and swallow an entire elk, digesting it over the course of many weeks while making excellent decisions.

Please try to control your sexism in the future.
Dear Hammurab,

My sincere apologies for being offensive and insensitive. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN YOUR POST!
Kostemetsia
23-10-2008, 11:38
Because Hammurab is, y'know, awesome like that.
JuNii
23-10-2008, 11:43
I think Palin was chosen not because of any qualifications but to attempt to rebuild the Republican party.

Not in the way most people rebuild. by putting forth a candidate that can mobilise the base, but to self-destruct it and rebuild it completely.

After all, they chose Palin while there was an ongoing investigation about her abuse of power. A Bad Move by anyone's standard.

her Experience puts her, maybe, on par with Obama. which smacks in the face of the RNC's chant of 'Obama's not ready'.

The Choice of Palin seemed more like a thinly veild motivated to pick up former 'Hillary Supporters' than anything else... so thin that even the blind Supporters can see through it.

The Party chose her, not McCain. and since the Party is financing McCain, he has to go with it.

I don't think the Core of the Republican Party WANT to win this race. I think they want to clean house...
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 12:06
I think Palin was chosen not because of any qualifications but to attempt to rebuild the Republican party.

Not in the way most people rebuild. by putting forth a candidate that can mobilise the base, but to self-destruct it and rebuild it completely.

After all, they chose Palin while there was an ongoing investigation about her abuse of power. A Bad Move by anyone's standard.

her Experience puts her, maybe, on par with Obama. which smacks in the face of the RNC's chant of 'Obama's not ready'.

The Choice of Palin seemed more like a thinly veild motivated to pick up former 'Hillary Supporters' than anything else... so thin that even the blind Supporters can see through it.




The Party chose her, not McCain. and since the Party is financing McCain, he has to go with it.

I don't think the Core of the Republican Party WANT to win this race. I think they want to clean house...

Her experience may be on par with Obama but her knowledge outside the immediate Alaska region puts her on par with a 4-month old baby. Other than that I think you are right on many points. There is no way McCain can seriously believe his own owrds when he claims she was the best pick for a VP. I am sure he will kick his own old balls when they have lost the election in 2 weeks
JuNii
23-10-2008, 12:17
Her experience may be on par with Obama but her knowledge outside the immediate Alaska region puts her on par with a 4-month old baby. Other than that I think you are right on many points. There is no way McCain can seriously believe his own owrds when he claims she was the best pick for a VP. I am sure he will kick his own old balls when they have lost the election in 2 weeks

Republicans are not stupid. McCain is doing his best, but he's not the best Republican for the job. The better Republicans are waiting in the wings. they'll wait for Obama to get into office and wait till Obama screws up.

McCain, From what I hear, didn't want Palin. so it's not his balls he'll be kicking. ;) but once he fails this campaign, you think he has a chance in running in 2012? no. McCain seems more to me like the throwaway horse. someone to put up to make it look like a race. if he wins? ok, no biggie to the Republicans. If he loses? again, it looks like the Republicans are thowing this race anyway.
Fonzica
23-10-2008, 12:25
I think Palin was chosen not because of any qualifications but to attempt to rebuild the Republican party.

Not in the way most people rebuild. by putting forth a candidate that can mobilise the base, but to self-destruct it and rebuild it completely.

After all, they chose Palin while there was an ongoing investigation about her abuse of power. A Bad Move by anyone's standard.

her Experience puts her, maybe, on par with Obama. which smacks in the face of the RNC's chant of 'Obama's not ready'.

The Choice of Palin seemed more like a thinly veild motivated to pick up former 'Hillary Supporters' than anything else... so thin that even the blind Supporters can see through it.

The Party chose her, not McCain. and since the Party is financing McCain, he has to go with it.

I don't think the Core of the Republican Party WANT to win this race. I think they want to clean house...

They are already cheating and committing hideously illegal acts to try and win this election. By choosing Palin, they are wanting to show the US, and the world, that they can win any election, no matter how batshit insane their candidates are.

Personally, though I would not partake in it, I would condone her assassination*. Pig hunting is still a sport right?


*I don't actually condone her assassination. Please don't go out and assassinate her on my word. I never condone the taking of human life, even though she barely counts.
JuNii
23-10-2008, 12:30
They are already cheating and committing hideously illegal acts to try and win this election. By choosing Palin, they are wanting to show the US, and the world, that they can win any election, no matter how batshit insane their candidates are.

[snipped]

except note: for cheating and committing hideously illegal acts... they sure are getting caught at it.

again, it seems like they don't want to win this election.

(and warning. your portion I snipped can be seen as 'encouraging an illegal act'. you might want to reword it or erase it.) :cool:
Fonzica
23-10-2008, 12:32
except note: for cheating and committing hideously illegal acts... they sure are getting caught at it.

again, it seems like they don't want to win this election.

(and warning. your portion I snipped can be seen as 'encouraging an illegal act'. you might want to reword it or erase it.) :cool:

Hence why I put the pig hunting bit. If she is a pig, then assassinating her is nothing more than hunting for bacon. If she is not a pig, then she is human, and assassinating her is murder. However, I am absolutely convinced that she is a pig. Mainly for what she has done politically in the past.
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 12:35
To be fair, both parties are full of lying and thieving a-holes, but the republicans definitely are the champs this time around. It is quite unsettling to listen to all their bullshit but it is even more unsettling to find out 40 % of the voting population either dont care about that or are too ignorant to know any better. To see Pat Buchanan sit and defend Palin as a great pick for VP is mind-boggling to me and I dont knnow what to make of it.
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 12:37
If she is not a pig, then she is human, and assassinating her is murder. However, I am absolutely convinced that she is a pig.

Not true, she could also be a slimy cockroach
Dragontide
23-10-2008, 12:55
Sara Palin has done an outstanding job in Alaska. The entire time she has been governor, not one single Russian has attacked us. I will sleep much better at night if she is in Alaska for the next 4 years. (instead of Washington)
:D
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 13:04
Sara Palin has done an outstanding job in Alaska. The entire time she has been governor, not one single Russian has attacked us. I will sleep much better at night if she is in Alaska for the next 4 years. (instead of Washington)
:D

Touche! I would sleep even better if she wasnt anywhere near this planet. I say her and Joe Six-pack take a long sled-ride into the great unknown
Nodinia
23-10-2008, 13:14
I think Palin was chosen not because of any qualifications but to attempt to rebuild the Republican party.

Not in the way most people rebuild. by putting forth a candidate that can mobilise the base, but to self-destruct it and rebuild it completely.

...

Like a sort of winking, expensively dressed, wrecking ball...
Allanea
23-10-2008, 13:24
but i am trying to understand why some people think she has the qualifications to deal with possibly earth-shattering events, particularly on the foreign policy front.

The VP does not deal with earth-shattering events at all.
Dragontide
23-10-2008, 13:26
Touche! I would sleep even better if she wasnt anywhere near this planet. I say her and Joe Six-pack take a long sled-ride into the great unknown

Now If Obama were to make her Secretary of Moose Defense. I would support that!:tongue:
Nodinia
23-10-2008, 13:31
The VP does not deal with earth-shattering events at all.

*cough*cough (http://www.newsgroper.com/files/post_images/cheney_grr.jpg)
Allanea
23-10-2008, 13:32
*cough*cough (http://www.newsgroper.com/files/post_images/cheney_grr.jpg)

OMG CHENEY IS INFIDEL SUPERVILLAIN... wait, people still buy into that?

In general, the vice-presidency is worth as much as a bucket of warm spit.
Nodinia
23-10-2008, 13:50
OMG CHENEY IS INFIDEL SUPERVILLAIN... wait, people still buy into that?.

Buy into the fact that he turned it into a powerful position? Yes they do, because the facts bear it out.


In general, the vice-presidency is worth as much as a bucket of warm spit.

In general.
Allanea
23-10-2008, 13:53
In general.

Exactly. That one guy MAY HAVE managed to use his personal connections to gain personal power while being VP doesn't mean that's what the office does.
Khadgar
23-10-2008, 13:57
Sara Palin has done an outstanding job in Alaska. The entire time she has been governor, not one single Russian has attacked us. I will sleep much better at night if she is in Alaska for the next 4 years. (instead of Washington)
:D

Bet she's got one of those rocks that keeps tigers away too.
MonkeyButte
23-10-2008, 14:00
They are already cheating and committing hideously illegal acts to try and win this election. By choosing Palin, they are wanting to show the US, and the world, that they can win any election, no matter how batshit insane their candidates are.

Personally, though I would not partake in it, I would condone her assassination*. Pig hunting is still a sport right?


*I don't actually condone her assassination. Please don't go out and assassinate her on my word. I never condone the taking of human life, even though she barely counts.


ACORN is a democrat party group. Condoning assassination? You are a fuckhead.
Fonzica
23-10-2008, 14:05
ACORN is a democrat party group. Condoning assassination? You are a fuckhead.

Thanks for reading the whole of my post where I said that I don't actually support assassination. You're a real trooper.
New Wallonochia
23-10-2008, 14:14
ACORN is a democrat party group.

What does ACORN have to do with this discussion?
Nodinia
23-10-2008, 14:24
Exactly. That one guy MAY HAVE managed to use his personal connections to gain personal power while being VP doesn't mean that's what the office does.

No, it means the office has the potential to be abused, by someone with the will and the ability to do so, therefore the election of VP candidates should be undertaken with far more caution than hitherto.
Ashmoria
23-10-2008, 14:42
Sara Palin has done an outstanding job in Alaska. The entire time she has been governor, not one single Russian has attacked us. I will sleep much better at night if she is in Alaska for the next 4 years. (instead of Washington)
:D
ya but she has been keeping a lookout for putin's rearing head flying over wasilla.

if she is vp, who will keep lookout then??
Ashmoria
23-10-2008, 14:43
ACORN is a democrat party group. Condoning assassination? You are a fuckhead.
i think it must be bipartisan (or multipartisan). jonn mccain gave a keynote address at their 2006 meeting.
Ashmoria
23-10-2008, 14:52
I think Palin was chosen not because of any qualifications but to attempt to rebuild the Republican party.

Not in the way most people rebuild. by putting forth a candidate that can mobilise the base, but to self-destruct it and rebuild it completely.

After all, they chose Palin while there was an ongoing investigation about her abuse of power. A Bad Move by anyone's standard.

her Experience puts her, maybe, on par with Obama. which smacks in the face of the RNC's chant of 'Obama's not ready'.

The Choice of Palin seemed more like a thinly veild motivated to pick up former 'Hillary Supporters' than anything else... so thin that even the blind Supporters can see through it.

The Party chose her, not McCain. and since the Party is financing McCain, he has to go with it.

I don't think the Core of the Republican Party WANT to win this race. I think they want to clean house...
i think she was chosen to shore up the unsatifiable republcan base. and because mccain had to pander to his base when he should have been able to move to the middle with his choice of vp nominee, she is a disaster for him. he needed to be able to pander to the independents.

if mccain does well enough this election the powers-that-be may well decide to groom her for a presidential run next time. she has an engaging personality and good personal credentials (if the many small scandals of her time in office dont pull her down). what she sorely needs is experience in national politics (which she is getting a crash course in now)

i was listening to rush limbaugh on the radio yesterday. (rush has never supported mccain and it shows) rush predicted a reorganization of the republican party with an even stronger focus on ultra conservatism and a purging of all the traitors to the party who have come out for obama. the big thing lacking in his plan is ultraconservatives with a personality. you cant win the presidency on an ultraconservative platform without someone that the public likes, respects and admires. mrs palin may be able to fill that role with some good hard work.
The Archregimancy
23-10-2008, 14:58
The VP does not deal with earth-shattering events at all.

But the vice-president runs the US senate, doesn't she?

At least according to Mrs. Palin (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvdMZgcE6Zu0Gff9sLV_K_6PLtoQD93VJAVO0)....


WASHINGTON (AP) — Asked by a third-grader what a vice president does, Republican candidate Sarah Palin responded that the vice president is the president's "team mate" but also "runs the Senate" and "can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes."

While aimed at a typical 8-year-old, Palin's explanations oversimplify the Constitution's definition of the duties of the vice president and don't match the office's traditional role in Senate activities.

The vice president's main duty is to replace the president if the president dies, resigns, is removed from office or can no longer carry out his or her duties for other reasons. The Constitution names the vice president as the president of the Senate but allows the vice president to cast a vote only to break a tie.

The vice president, as a member of the executive branch of the government, has no official role in developing legislation or determining how it is presented to or debated by the Senate, which is part of the legislative branch. In all meaningful ways, the leader of the majority party runs the Senate.

You mean Mrs. Palin doesn't have a full and complete understanding of the VP's role as detailed in the US Constitution? Perish the thought.
Maineiacs
23-10-2008, 15:03
Is she unqualified to be VP? Are you kidding me? She wasn't even qualified to be Miss Alaska.
Nodinia
23-10-2008, 15:19
Is she unqualified to be VP? Are you kidding me? She wasn't even qualified to be Miss Alaska.

Now thats untrue. She finished first in the Deer Gutting and baccy spitting.
Dorksonian
23-10-2008, 15:25
It really scares me to read the stuff in most of these threads.
Ashmoria
23-10-2008, 15:38
It really scares me to read the stuff in most of these threads.
what? dont you like pie?

and flirting?

and death matches?

and flirting?

and pie?

what about the taco talk? you like that dont you?
JuNii
23-10-2008, 17:46
i think she was chosen to shore up the unsatifiable republcan base. and because mccain had to pander to his base when he should have been able to move to the middle with his choice of vp nominee, she is a disaster for him. he needed to be able to pander to the independents.

if mccain does well enough this election the powers-that-be may well decide to groom her for a presidential run next time. she has an engaging personality and good personal credentials (if the many small scandals of her time in office dont pull her down). what she sorely needs is experience in national politics (which she is getting a crash course in now)

What pretty much convinced me about my idea was listening to McCain when he was asked if Palin was 'ready for the job'. I wasn't convinced that he thought Palin was ready. It felt like he wanted to say alot about Palin and the only thing stopping him was the fact that she was his running mate.

She does seem like a nice person. Never said she wasn't. heck, Jimmy Carter is a nice person too. not a good President, but a very nice person. I just hope the Republicans aren't throwing her away after this.

i was listening to rush limbaugh on the radio yesterday. (rush has never supported mccain and it shows) rush predicted a reorganization of the republican party with an even stronger focus on ultra conservatism and a purging of all the traitors to the party who have come out for obama. the big thing lacking in his plan is ultraconservatives with a personality. you cant win the presidency on an ultraconservative platform without someone that the public likes, respects and admires. mrs palin may be able to fill that role with some good hard work.
like... say... G W Bush? ;)

hehehe... on a serious note tho.

we haven't seen all the politicians in the Republican Arsenal. many actually managed to stay scandal free and be 'respected' by their constiuants and communities. with the fiasco that GWB is leaving behind, all the Reps falling to one scandal or another, and the generally unfavorable views of the Republican Party, why waste your best effort now? hence the strawman race to keep their presence while they slowly clean house.
Gauthier
23-10-2008, 17:48
Well, she has a wardrobe that cost the people donating to the Republican Party the better part of $150.000... surely that must qualify her for something?

Caribou Barbie has yet to dethrone Imelda "The Shoe" Marcos.
Gavin113
23-10-2008, 17:57
I think Palin was chosen not because of any qualifications but to attempt to rebuild the Republican party.

Not in the way most people rebuild. by putting forth a candidate that can mobilise the base, but to self-destruct it and rebuild it completely....

Unfortuanetly she did mobilise a large portion of the base. The religous right is all over her. Her problem is that she scares every one else over to the democrats. Many see her as an imcopetent vp choice. I know its a shocker.
JuNii
23-10-2008, 17:59
Unfortuanetly she did mobilise a large portion of the base. The religous right is all over her.

yet the Reps are still slightly behind in the polls. :p
Ashmoria
23-10-2008, 18:11
What pretty much convinced me about my idea was listening to McCain when he was asked if Palin was 'ready for the job'. I wasn't convinced that he thought Palin was ready. It felt like he wanted to say alot about Palin and the only thing stopping him was the fact that she was his running mate.

She does seem like a nice person. Never said she wasn't. heck, Jimmy Carter is a nice person too. not a good President, but a very nice person. I just hope the Republicans aren't throwing her away after this.


like... say... G W Bush? ;)

hehehe... on a serious note tho.

we haven't seen all the politicians in the Republican Arsenal. many actually managed to stay scandal free and be 'respected' by their constiuants and communities. with the fiasco that GWB is leaving behind, all the Reps falling to one scandal or another, and the generally unfavorable views of the Republican Party, why waste your best effort now? hence the strawman race to keep their presence while they slowly clean house.
yeah i know what you mean. but i dont know what republican could have both won the nomination AND have done well with the general public.

the republicans have a lot of work to do.
Beer slingers
23-10-2008, 20:06
The VP does not deal with earth-shattering events at all.


Generally true, except for when the president is 128 years old, and could meet his maker after taking a dump too violently, the VP comes into play Bring back Dan Quayle
Intangelon
23-10-2008, 20:43
ACORN is a democrat party group. Condoning assassination? You are a fuckhead.

What part of "I don't actually condone assassination" could you not read in the post you quoted?

What does ACORN have to do with the topic of this thread?

And finally, please stop the flaming.
JuNii
23-10-2008, 20:50
What does ACORN have to do with this discussion?

What part of "I don't actually condone assassination" could you not read in the post you quoted?

What does ACORN have to do with the topic of this thread?

And finally, please stop the flaming.

must be a squirrel... what with the Acorn fixation and all. :p ;)

yeah i know what you mean. but i dont know what republican could have both won the nomination AND have done well with the general public.

the republicans have a lot of work to do.
unless...

the plan is to stick all the Uber Conservatives with the Republican party and all those 'jumping ship' are going to form a third group... :eek:
Lord Scharrer
23-10-2008, 20:54
I like Palin. She's hot :fluffle:
Tmutarakhan
23-10-2008, 21:00
She does seem like a nice person.
???? I have never understood why anybody finds her so. She comes across as snide, dishonest, and vindictive. I would never want her for a next-door neighbor: I would expect her to make up vicious gossip and to start a fight over who's dog dug up the rosebush, or whatever, that escalates to petty vandalism.
JuNii
23-10-2008, 21:02
???? I have never understood why anybody finds her so. She comes across as snide, dishonest, and vindictive. I would never want her for a next-door neighbor: I would expect her to make up vicious gossip and to start a fight over who's dog dug up the rosebush, or whatever, that escalates to petty vandalism.

well, that's her politico side. :wink:
Gavin113
23-10-2008, 21:02
???? I have never understood why anybody finds her so. She comes across as snide, dishonest, and vindictive. I would never want her for a next-door neighbor: I would expect her to make up vicious gossip and to start a fight over who's dog dug up the rosebush, or whatever, that escalates to petty vandalism.

I would be afraid she would shoot my pet if she lived next door.
Intangelon
24-10-2008, 05:43
must be a squirrel... what with the Acorn fixation and all. :p ;)

"Did I leave the gas on?

No -- I'm a fuckin' squirrel!"

-- Eddie Izzard
Sparkelle
24-10-2008, 05:47
Palin looks like a naughty librarian.
The Brevious
25-10-2008, 05:41
Palin looks like a naughty librarian.Too bad she's no friend of libraries ... the only introduction she makes to them is with matches.
The Brevious
25-10-2008, 05:44
That is until she actually became President, which would suck something fierce.
Three things -
I suspect she already did do some fierce sucking to get where she's at
and
I wouldn't mind if she was doing some fierce sucking by/for/of the people
and
If she did get into office, i can't think of a more appropriate inversion of the rightwingers' favourite bullshit focus on Clinton and Lewinsky to be able to laugh about 'round the water cooler at work.
Linker Niederrhein
25-10-2008, 09:12
but i am trying to understand why some people think she has the qualificationsLets compare the candidates (I'll include the presidential candidates because both are likely to die soon - be it through a bullet or a heart attack -, so the VPCs are basically PCs, too):

Palin I dig her hairdo
Hustler's making Who's Nailin' Palin
OMGTITS

Biden Old
White
Male

Obama Cheeky
Dark

McCain BRAAAAAAAAAINS

Well, it seems obvious. Palin > McCain > Obama > Biden, as far as the entertainment factor goes. And the entertainment factor should be the determining one. May we live in interesting times :)
Gauthier
25-10-2008, 09:15
Well, it seems obvious. Palin > McCain > Obama > Biden, as far as the entertainment factor goes. And the entertainment factor should be the determining one. May we live in interesting times :)

The nation has gotten 8 years of Entertainment that's cost us a lot more than a 15 dollar ticket and frankly they want to say The Show is Over.
Linker Niederrhein
25-10-2008, 09:25
The nation has gotten 8 years of Entertainment that's cost us a lot more than a 15 dollar ticket and frankly they want to say The Show is Over.You're no fun :(
Callisdrun
25-10-2008, 10:01
You're no fun :(

This kind of entertainment is a bit too expensive.
Laerod
25-10-2008, 10:09
This kind of entertainment is a bit too expensive.I thought it was because jokes that are on you aren't all that funny.
Callisdrun
25-10-2008, 14:38
I thought it was because jokes that are on you aren't all that funny.

A lot of things are like that. There are so many things in life that are hilarious. Unless of course, they're happening to me. Then they're terrible.
Frisbeeteria
25-10-2008, 15:16
Zombies Attack Palin Rally

Well, not really, but the image is just too fun not to make the national news:

Zombies pose no threat at Palin event (http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008810250344)
ASHEVILLE, NC – Supporters of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will have plenty to see outside the Civic Center if they are unable to get inside for her Sunday appearance. As many as 700 zombies are expected to amble up Flint Street past the Civic Center about 5 p.m., just after doors open for the Palin event.

Dan Burrello, who started the Asheville Zombie Walk in 2006, said he spoke with the Secret Service and Palin advance team about the walk.

“I mean, when you see 700 shambling dead zombies walking toward the Civic Center up the bridge, it would probably get the Secret Service's attention,” Burrello said with a laugh Friday. “So we gave them a heads up on it to make sure they know we're not doing any kind of protest or (are a) threat in anyway.”

The walk has been in the works for a year, and is organized for people who love zombies, horror films and to celebrate Halloween, Burrello said. Some of it also is a statement on consumerism and society, though the fact the Zombie Walk is taking place during Sarah Palin's visit is pure coincidence.

“It's fascinating because regardless of the party, so much of politics is mindlessly following,” Burrello said.
JuNii
25-10-2008, 19:31
Zombies Attack Palin Rally

Well, not really, but the image is just too fun not to make the national news:


Zombies Rally for Palin!
:p
Gauthier
25-10-2008, 19:42
Zombies Rally for Palin!
:p

BRAAAAAAAINS!!

Because this Party needs some, badly.
Neo Art
25-10-2008, 19:43
What do we want? BRAAAAAIIIIINS

When do we want them? BRAAAAAIIIIINS
Knights of Liberty
25-10-2008, 22:12
What do we want? BRAAAAAIIIIINS

When do we want them? BRAAAAAIIIIINS

I think if the zombies wanted brains a Palin rally would be the wrong place to attack.




Oh God, that was too easy.
JuNii
25-10-2008, 22:27
I think if the zombies wanted brains a Palin rally would be the wrong place to attack.




Oh God, that was too easy.
Actually, it's the best place to go.

after all, the brains would've hardly been used. :p
Andaluciae
25-10-2008, 23:06
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

Campaign based-meltdown.
JuNii
25-10-2008, 23:12
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

Campaign based-meltdown.

So far, my theory is sounding better and better.
Callisdrun
25-10-2008, 23:54
So far, my theory is sounding better and better.

Damn, maybe it is. Maybe they are doing this to justify purges.
Fonzica
26-10-2008, 04:20
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

Campaign based-meltdown.

Where is CH telling us that this is somehow beneficial to the McCain campaign and detrimental to Obama's chance of winning the election, where Clinton would not have had this problem?
Mandrivia
26-10-2008, 04:52
How many more of these threads must we have? Really? Can't we just keep it in just 1?
Intangelon
26-10-2008, 05:39
How many more of these threads must we have? Really? Can't we just keep it in just 1?

Can't you just not read them? Just as easy, I expect.
Ardchoille
26-10-2008, 05:44
How many more of these threads must we have? Really? Can't we just keep it in just 1?


Shush, NSG is feasting!

This one is the Bombe Alaska, or dessert, thread.

The other dessert choice is sticky date pudding with custard (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570093)-- that familiar down-home cooking.

Here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570136) are a few (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570096) of the hors d'oeuvres (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569848): the "try it, see what you think" threads.

For the main course, there's roast beef with gravy and two veg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=565491) or chicken Kiev with salad (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569959).

No, no vegetarian option; NSG likes the sight of blood.

And here's the "let's argue over the cheque" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=568842) thread.
Anti-Social Darwinism
26-10-2008, 08:46
Shush, NSG is feasting!

This one is the Bombe Alaska, or dessert, thread.

The other dessert choice is sticky date pudding with custard (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570093)-- that familiar down-home cooking.

Here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570136) are a few (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570096) of the hors d'oeuvres (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569848): the "try it, see what you think" threads.

For the main course, there's roast beef with gravy and two veg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=565491) or chicken Kiev with salad (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569959).

No, no vegetarian option; NSG likes the sight of blood.

And here's the "let's argue over the cheque" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=568842) thread.

You read all of those? I'm impressed.
The Brevious
26-10-2008, 10:16
What does ACORN have to do with this discussion?
Sounds like one of those pathetic republican insinuations with intent to shift discussion. You know, kinda like this pathetic attempt:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/24/mccain-campaign-volunteer-admits-alleged-attack-hoax/
The Brevious
26-10-2008, 10:18
It really scares me to read the stuff in most of these threads.Kinda like scary touching, isn't it?
Touching posts that leave you with fear, or at least, scary posts that touch a special part of you? Or even, touching yourself in scary ways while reading posts?
The Brevious
26-10-2008, 10:20
the republicans have a lot of work to do.Nah, that's why they hire the way they do.
The Brevious
26-10-2008, 10:24
Lets compare the candidates (I'll include the presidential candidates because both are likely to die soon - be it through a bullet or a heart attack -, so the VPCs are basically PCs, too):

Palin I dig her hairdo
Hustler's making Who's Nailin' Palin
OMGTITS

Biden Old
White
Male

Obama Cheeky
Dark

McCain BRAAAAAAAAAINS

Well, it seems obvious. Palin > McCain > Obama > Biden, as far as the entertainment factor goes. And the entertainment factor should be the determining one. May we live in interesting times :)

http://www.8bucksproductions.com/CageFriendship.jpg
You'll have a few more posts like this in your portfolio, sure?
Ardchoille
26-10-2008, 11:12
You read all of those? I'm impressed.

Don't be. I just shine a torch on them and check the locks.:wink:
Lunatic Goofballs
26-10-2008, 11:43
Shush, NSG is feasting!

This one is the Bombe Alaska, or dessert, thread.

The other dessert choice is sticky date pudding with custard (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570093)-- that familiar down-home cooking.

Here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570136) are a few (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=570096) of the hors d'oeuvres (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569848): the "try it, see what you think" threads.

For the main course, there's roast beef with gravy and two veg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=565491) or chicken Kiev with salad (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569959).

No, no vegetarian option; NSG likes the sight of blood.

And here's the "let's argue over the cheque" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=568842) thread.

A smorgasbord! :D
Frisbeeteria
27-10-2008, 04:22
Zombies Attack Palin Rally

Nobody seems to have posted any zombie photos from the Palin rally yet, though there did appear to be some shambling involved.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/frisbeeteria/temp/ShamblingPalinites.jpg



Guess I'll have to settle for this one.

http://media.tumblr.com/ABYqXAzKbecac2quS74Pil04o1_500.png

Remember ...
http://scrutinyhooligans.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/picture-13.png
Intangelon
27-10-2008, 04:43
Nobody seems to have posted any zombie photos from the Palin rally yet, though there did appear to be some shambling involved.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/frisbeeteria/temp/ShamblingPalinites.jpg

One of those "zombies" appears to be blind -- notice the cane -- I don't wanna be all politically correct, but...is that perhaps a tiny bit insensitive?

Or is it just a really apt walking metaphor? ;)
UpwardThrust
27-10-2008, 04:57
Palin

Single best thing that the right did for the country.

Every idiot statement she makes shows the world what a failure the right is to humanity and the country

I am not normally one for rhetoric but she and they deserve it now
Frisbeeteria
27-10-2008, 16:35
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/frisbeeteria/temp/ZombiePalinites.jpg

Zombie March gallery (http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=B0&Date=20081026&Category=EVENTS&ArtNo=1026010&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=3)
Hairless Kitten
27-10-2008, 16:37
You don't have to be smart to be a (vice-)president. Remember Bush, Reagan and Mini Me
JuNii
27-10-2008, 18:11
Don't be. I just shine a torch on them and check the locks.:wink:

... rattle the doorknobs, peer through the windows...

yeah, I know the drill. :p