You don't think VP counts? Why not?Originally Posted by SpankyNek
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You don't think VP counts? Why not?
Alaska produces far more in natural resources than Oklahoma ever will. Ignorant people like yourself are part of the reason the Federal Government gets away with some of the bull**** they pull up here.
Don't get so butt hurt.
And Obama is? This country needs patriots not politicians...have/would the national media ever savage Obama or Hillary like they did Palin?
Don't be an ignorant moron about my state.
Was I wrong? Didn't Palin in a speech mention that as Gov of Alaska part of her foreign policy experience was she see could see Russia from Alaska. The female Forest Gump.
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That's a misrepresentation.
Because of limited executive duty. Most of their scope is under the direction of the President. As president of the senate, they do not debate at all, rather only are heard in case of a 50-50 tie. The President Pro-Temporie actually presides the vast majority of the time.
They also oversee the counting of the votes of the electoral college (is there actually executive sway here? I certainly don't remember a time where actuals were inconsistent with voted delivered by a VP)
Senators have far more executive duties than VPs (authoring legislation, sponsoring legislation, executing votes on legislation)
Haha..yes sir!
Actually, yes you are wrong.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/seealaska.asp
And actually you can see Russia from Alaska. The nearest point is only 2 miles apart across the Bering.
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No, she's incompetent and unqualified because her basic level of geographic knowledge does not equal that of a 5th grader.
According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron:
Specific enough? Or should she be speaking in tongues to be disqualified as a Vice Presidential candidate?there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/1..._n_141653.html
And yet it has a little over 1/4th the GDP of 29th ranked Oklahoma. Let that sink in, 1/4th the GDP of OKfuckingLA-homa. Incase you were wondering, Alaska is ranked 46th fairly beaten by a state that's roughly 0.0023 times its size. I wouldn't link the wiki site if I was sure that you knew how to google. So here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP
So to sum up, Oklahoma and Rhode Island are bigger players on the National scene than your state. Explains a lot about Palin and her reign as Governor there.
If only there was as much coverage on Pelosi (with over 20 years in politics)and the things she says and does as there is on palin, I think people might have some perspective on crazy ****es.
I've seen first hand just how bat **** crazy and completely out of touch Pelosi is.
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Snake oil saleswoman Pelosi:
We have to p**** the (health care) bill so you can find out what is in it
This statement just goes to show how misinformed our nation's voters are, taking SNL skits as fact. Don't worry, probably most of America believes what you just posted.
Pelosi has zero chance if she were to run for a national office.
Here you go. She makes some very in-depth and fascinating points.
What about this?
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That was on the snopes link I already posted.
I only saw the brief clip from Charlie Gibson in your link. What I posted is an excerpt from her interview with Katie Couric.
It was sad to see Charlie Gibson, a journalist I long-respected, sink down to the level of "gotcha" reporting. He and/or his producers were hoping for just such a moment by asking an irrelevant and obscure question to a known political rookie.
However, I stand behind my previous statement. SP needs to go away.
Maybe like when Sheila Jackson Lee asked if the Mars Rover was going to go near where we left the flag?
Which irrelevant and obscure questions did he pose to Palin?
Bush doctrine.
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Easy. That's when you have to tend to a wound or illness in the outback.
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Oh, please let there be video of this somewhere. Too funny.
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Maybe when 87 goes to visit his niece in Wasila he can hold her tight and sing sweet republican hymns to her for comfort.
Why do that when there are perfectly good liberal/dem songs singing the praises of Dear Leader out there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9J1...ctr=1359657666
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ywx...ctr=1359657802
Funny. On another thread you said you weren't a lib but you never miss a chance for ****ty and snarky comments that would make 3XVag proud.
Still looking but here's this..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_LeeThe Hill reported in 1997 that Jackson Lee had asked NASA officials whether the Mars Pathfinder photographed the U.S. flag that Neil Armstrong had planted on Mars. When this incident was reported, her chief of staff wrote a letter to the editor suggesting that it had been racist to point out the congresswoman's error
Apparently unbeknownst to you both, the fact that these dumb ****es in Palin and Jackson holding these offices is really a joke on us. Not on Republicans and Democrats the parties.
I am sure they're happy in their offices monitoring our boards in the name of "safety" and "security" watching us slinging mud at eachother.
I cut down the dems too baby, sorry I insulted your BFF 87 ... You don't give a **** about my republican thing just about 87 (admit it ) =)
Of course ... it's racism. It's always racism.
Did you not see what was right above it?
In July 2010 Jackson Lee said: "Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.”[27] It was noted that Vietnam had not been split for four decades.[28][29]
A question about part of the foreign policy of the then-current administration -- comprised of the same party of which Palin was a member at the time -- is irrelevant and obscure?
Lol ... I was waiting for someone to pick the low-hanging fruit. As stated, Palin was a novice. She was a governor of a state many in the lower 48 couldn't find on a map with zero international experience. She was the wrong choice for McCain and she was clearly unprepared. She got off to a hot start, but the libs in the media couldn't wait to pick her apart.
Gibson knew she wasn't up to speed yet and, as I said earlier, chose to play "gotcha" journalism. Is/was it a fair topic? Yes, probably. But you can tell what he was doing in the way he asked the question...(paraphrasing) "What do you think of the Bush Doctrine?". That's a very high-level question in which, I'm guessing here, if she'd knocked it out of the park, he wouldn't have had a follow-up. If he'd been serious about anything beyond "quizzing" her, he would have asked the question as part of a deeper question: "Do you think the Bush Doctrine applies as part of ... ".
It was transparent.
And just two more things: The Bush Doctrine has meant different things at different times. The media and the pundits have given it several variations.
Secondly, I'm re-iterating that my post was not about defending Palin. I really do want her to get off my TV. My post was to reflect my disappointment in someone who I consider to have been a fine journalist throughout his career.
Gibson asked "[d]o you believe in the Bush doctrine?" Watch it on Youtube.
If anyone thinks that question, posed to a Vice-Presidential candidate, is irrelevant and obscure, then I don't even know what to say. The fact that she was a novice, a governor of a small, state with zero international experience, etc. is completely irrelevant to the press asking her questions about her political positions. In fact, if she had known what the Bush Doctrine means, then she simply could have answered and no one would be laughing at her almost a half of a decade after that embarrassing interview.
As for the the meaning of the Bush Doctrine after 9/11, pretty much everyone who spent five minutes a day following the news knew what it meant. She could have simply told Gibson why she did or did not believe in that Doctrine. Hard to believe you or anyone else with any objectivity would think that is a "gotcha" question or irrelevant and obscure.
You're looking at things with the benefit of hindsight. Hey man ... I agree ... a reputable VP candidate should have known that answer. Looking back, it seems like it's just another Palin goof.
But at the time, the media was looking for a way to tear her down. Sadly, Charlie used his interview to poke and prod until he came up with this gem. He knew that if he got her on something it would live on and become a definitive clip of the campaign and beyond.
Your statement of anyone who spent five minutes watching the news would know about the Bush Doctrine is a stretch. If you're that plugged in, that's great... and if you are, then you know most are not. Even the unprepared, unready Governor of Alaska.
Yes, it was and still is a "gotcha" question. Fully scripted. To think otherwise is a bit naive and gives too much credit to the news media ... even an icon like CG.
His follow-up question of "What do you interpret it to be?" further exposes his reason for asking the original question. He was clearly asking -- from the get-go -- if she knew what it was, guised in the "Do you agree with it?" question. If the definition was as universally-known as you and Charlie seem to believe, then of course she agrees with something President Bush had put in motnion. There's no reason to even ask that question to begin with. It's like asking a liberal if they agree with univeral healthcare.
Might want to do a little more research. Per capita Alaska's GSP is rank is 3.
Furthermore, Alaska does have to import most of its goods from out of state, that comes with the territory of being remote and sparsely populated. This, and the fact that the state's population is so little are the reasons the total rank is low.
Alaska is number 3 in oil production, but easily could and should be number 1 if it wasn't for gross federal overreach and hypocrisy.
#1?
The wealth of resources that is Washington DC.
Do you have any proof of that? All she had to do was sound competent while giving a reasonable answer and she never would have become the laughingstock of this country. Stop blaming the media for all that went wrong with McCain's disastrous pick. It was on Palin. All on Palin, and all preventable if she was even somewhat competent.
That's just BS. The libs and the MSM were on the attack as soon as she was nominated. She isn't the idiot that the MSM would like her to be nor as she is portrayed in pop culture. Sure, she wasn't a great pick, but then again, neither was McCain.
The fact that she is a conservative, successful woman just pisses off the libs and they can't have that.
Yes, it's the media's fault that all of those failed attempts at coherence came flowing straight from Palin's mouth. Blame the media! Even Fox News covered her incompetence and skewered her for it, so don't forget to add them to your conspiracy list.
Biden says more stupid and incoherent things in a month than Palin has said her entire life, and that is despite him being muzzled by Obama. Why does the media not skewer him for it? They didnt in 08 and they still dont to this day.
Look, you are generally a good poster, but you are either incredibly naive or just being intentionally obtuse if you are going to sit there and act like the media didnt attack Palin with a ferocity and bias never before seen in national politics. And on a larger point, pretending that the both elections werent essentially won FOR Obama by the media is just ****ing silly. Come on man, it's over. There is no point in lying about it anymore.
Let me guess, you still pretend you REALLY want John Kerry to be the president in 2004?
I don't think that it was the Media's fault. The general perception was that she wasn't ready, and the media went out (of their way, admittedly) and proved it.
The difference between her and Joe can best be illustrated as "defensive" vs. "self deprecating"
HA HA HA HA ... holy ****, that's the best laugh I've had all day. Are you serious? Do I have proof? If you don't think the proof is between every commercial break, then you are just another delusional lib who thinks the world is just like is reported by the MSM. Don't question MSNBC!!!
she is a vile wretched human, and at least when they were covering Palin the scenery was good... Pelosi is nasty
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Alaska doesn't have any large scale manufacturing, refinery for oil, or agricultural sector, states' main exports.
Clinton basically decimated the timber industry in this state with massive federal overreach and environmental regulations that actually violate ANCSA, forcing the closure of nearly all pulp mills.
Considering Alaska is basically shipping raw commodities, it's rank is pretty damn good.
The Bering strait is 53 miles across at it's narrowest point.
Apparently you can see a Russian Island from an Alaskan island in the Bering but they are further apart than two miles. Supposedly there is another place on an island that you can see Siberia as well. So Palin is technically correct.
However she made another comment that shows her lack of knowledge concerning Russia when she said (paraphrase) "When Putin rears his ugly head and comes to America he flies over Alaska." Flight patterns from Russia go nowhere near Alaska.
It is 2.4 miles from Alaska to Russia (soil to soil).
The are the Diomede islands apparently. Boy am I glad for that .4 of a mile or I'd be wrong.
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