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"hk" wrote in message . .. Eisboch wrote: "hk" wrote in message . .. My wife tells me that Biden is a "hottie." I don't find Ms. Palin even slightly physically attractive, and that accent she has...what the hell is that all about? Your eye surgery was a failure. Eisboch Sorry...I simply don't find Palin attractive, and it isn't because of her politics. She looks short and dumpy to me, she has no sense of style, she has a lousy hairdo, and those glasses...jesus. There are plenty of women of Palin's approximate "vintage" and older I find attractive. My wife, for starters, and a whole range of movie stars, such as Salma Hayek, Catherine Deneuve, Halle Berry, Jennifer Anniston, et cetera. I heard a commentator explaining the "librarian" look. Seems she does that purposely, to avoid speculation that her popularity is based on her looks. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message . .. Eisboch wrote: "hk" wrote in message . .. My wife tells me that Biden is a "hottie." I don't find Ms. Palin even slightly physically attractive, and that accent she has...what the hell is that all about? Your eye surgery was a failure. Eisboch Sorry...I simply don't find Palin attractive, and it isn't because of her politics. She looks short and dumpy to me, she has no sense of style, she has a lousy hairdo, and those glasses...jesus. There are plenty of women of Palin's approximate "vintage" and older I find attractive. My wife, for starters, and a whole range of movie stars, such as Salma Hayek, Catherine Deneuve, Halle Berry, Jennifer Anniston, et cetera. I heard a commentator explaining the "librarian" look. Seems she does that purposely, to avoid speculation that her popularity is based on her looks. Eisboch Is that the rationale behind the frumpy hairdo and clothes? |
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Don White wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... Like many others, I watched Sarah Palin's introduction and speech given at the RNC. And, like many others I was surprised and impressed with the fresh face, style and apparent commitment of the surprise VP candidate's positions. But now, as the dust settles and the novelty starts to wear off, I am having second thoughts. Forget the troopergate stuff .... and the other potentially damaging accusations of her record. What is bugging me is the fact that her speech was written by a writer working for Bush's administration. Delivered well, obviously, but apparently not her original thoughts. Then, the next day, at a rally in Wisconsin with McCain, she basically repeated the same attention getting lines contained in the RNC speech. Nothing new. Nothing original. The crowd still cheered and howled as she delivered the quips written for her, as if they were hearing them for the first time. But then, McCain addressed the crowd and asked if they had seen her speak at the RNC. The place erupted with another round of applause and cheers. What the hell? They already heard it the first time, plus probably a gazillion times more as the news media played and replayed the highlights. Yet, they still react as if it was fresh material. Obama's campaign does the same thing of course. Canned, packaged talking points. Bring on the one on one debates. This media circus is getting old. Eisboch Way too much time on their hands. Your system drags all the crap out way too long. Tomorrow, our Prime Minister will call a federal election and it will be all over on Oct 14. 5 weeks is plenty to listen to the lies and bull****. You have a parliamentary system, and typically that results in known quantities taking over the PM and cabinet positions. How likely is it in your system that a complete unknown of no particular national abilities like Sarah Palin would be under consideration for the number two position in your government? |
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"hk" wrote in message . .. Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Like many others, I watched Sarah Palin's introduction and speech given at the RNC. And, like many others I was surprised and impressed with the fresh face, style and apparent commitment of the surprise VP candidate's positions. But now, as the dust settles and the novelty starts to wear off, I am having second thoughts. Forget the troopergate stuff .... and the other potentially damaging accusations of her record. What is bugging me is the fact that her speech was written by a writer working for Bush's administration. Delivered well, obviously, but apparently not her original thoughts. Then, the next day, at a rally in Wisconsin with McCain, she basically repeated the same attention getting lines contained in the RNC speech. Nothing new. Nothing original. The crowd still cheered and howled as she delivered the quips written for her, as if they were hearing them for the first time. But then, McCain addressed the crowd and asked if they had seen her speak at the RNC. The place erupted with another round of applause and cheers. What the hell? They already heard it the first time, plus probably a gazillion times more as the news media played and replayed the highlights. Yet, they still react as if it was fresh material. Obama's campaign does the same thing of course. Canned, packaged talking points. Bring on the one on one debates. This media circus is getting old. Eisboch Way too much time on their hands. Your system drags all the crap out way too long. Tomorrow, our Prime Minister will call a federal election and it will be all over on Oct 14. 5 weeks is plenty to listen to the lies and bull****. You have a parliamentary system, and typically that results in known quantities taking over the PM and cabinet positions. How likely is it in your system that a complete unknown of no particular national abilities like Sarah Palin would be under consideration for the number two position in your government? Not likely... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_...ster_of_Canada |
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Don White wrote:
"hk" wrote in message . .. Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Like many others, I watched Sarah Palin's introduction and speech given at the RNC. And, like many others I was surprised and impressed with the fresh face, style and apparent commitment of the surprise VP candidate's positions. But now, as the dust settles and the novelty starts to wear off, I am having second thoughts. Forget the troopergate stuff .... and the other potentially damaging accusations of her record. What is bugging me is the fact that her speech was written by a writer working for Bush's administration. Delivered well, obviously, but apparently not her original thoughts. Then, the next day, at a rally in Wisconsin with McCain, she basically repeated the same attention getting lines contained in the RNC speech. Nothing new. Nothing original. The crowd still cheered and howled as she delivered the quips written for her, as if they were hearing them for the first time. But then, McCain addressed the crowd and asked if they had seen her speak at the RNC. The place erupted with another round of applause and cheers. What the hell? They already heard it the first time, plus probably a gazillion times more as the news media played and replayed the highlights. Yet, they still react as if it was fresh material. Obama's campaign does the same thing of course. Canned, packaged talking points. Bring on the one on one debates. This media circus is getting old. Eisboch Way too much time on their hands. Your system drags all the crap out way too long. Tomorrow, our Prime Minister will call a federal election and it will be all over on Oct 14. 5 weeks is plenty to listen to the lies and bull****. You have a parliamentary system, and typically that results in known quantities taking over the PM and cabinet positions. How likely is it in your system that a complete unknown of no particular national abilities like Sarah Palin would be under consideration for the number two position in your government? Not likely... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_...ster_of_Canada And you think the American election and government system is messed up compared to yours? Ha Ha Ha Ha |
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Don White wrote:
"hk" wrote in message . .. Don White wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Like many others, I watched Sarah Palin's introduction and speech given at the RNC. And, like many others I was surprised and impressed with the fresh face, style and apparent commitment of the surprise VP candidate's positions. But now, as the dust settles and the novelty starts to wear off, I am having second thoughts. Forget the troopergate stuff .... and the other potentially damaging accusations of her record. What is bugging me is the fact that her speech was written by a writer working for Bush's administration. Delivered well, obviously, but apparently not her original thoughts. Then, the next day, at a rally in Wisconsin with McCain, she basically repeated the same attention getting lines contained in the RNC speech. Nothing new. Nothing original. The crowd still cheered and howled as she delivered the quips written for her, as if they were hearing them for the first time. But then, McCain addressed the crowd and asked if they had seen her speak at the RNC. The place erupted with another round of applause and cheers. What the hell? They already heard it the first time, plus probably a gazillion times more as the news media played and replayed the highlights. Yet, they still react as if it was fresh material. Obama's campaign does the same thing of course. Canned, packaged talking points. Bring on the one on one debates. This media circus is getting old. Eisboch Way too much time on their hands. Your system drags all the crap out way too long. Tomorrow, our Prime Minister will call a federal election and it will be all over on Oct 14. 5 weeks is plenty to listen to the lies and bull****. You have a parliamentary system, and typically that results in known quantities taking over the PM and cabinet positions. How likely is it in your system that a complete unknown of no particular national abilities like Sarah Palin would be under consideration for the number two position in your government? Not likely... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_...ster_of_Canada Not with this as a duty: The official duties of the deputy prime minister are to answer questions pertaining to overall government policy during Question Period, and to chair the cabinet in the absence of the prime minister. That's most certainly not a job for Ms. Palin. |
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On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 07:50:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
Bring on the one on one debates. This media circus is getting old. Allow me to put a couple of thoughts down about the media circus. 1 - Take a look at the past weeks worth of headers posted by Harry. Take a look at the past weeks headlines from the MSM. Tell me what you see. Cast yourself in the role of an objective citizen and evaluate what, if any, points are being made about Governor Palin. She's everything that liberals promote as being "liberated" including, oddly, having actually made a choice with respect to aborting or not aborting a baby. They couldn't flat out say "she was wrong not to abort a defective baby" (although a lot of diarists/commentators on DailyKOS and Democratic Underground did make that point) so they had to sidle up to it from different directions up to and including the most despicable thing I've ever seen in politics - attacking a 17 year old daughter of a candidate for office. 2 - Understand that there is a flat out attempt to suborn the message of anybody who does not believe as they do - that ideology trumps practicality and pragmatism. That above all, people are basically stupid. I give you this as an example: "New Rule: Republicans need to stop saying Barack Obama is an elitist, or looks down on rural people, and just admit you don't like him because of something he can't help, something that's a result of the way he was born. Admit it, you're not voting for him because he's smarter than you. . . . Barack Obama can't help it if he's a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you're a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in-law." Guess who said that. This is the meta-narrative - it's so neo-fascist in construct as to be genuinely scary. It's sophisticated race and class baiting which is another meme of the neo-fascist. 3 - The meta-narrative has to be controlled/or adjusted in an orgy of Orwellian New Speak. Example: The lead sentence of the New York Times article on Governor Palin's speech the morning after as it was originally published: "The potential power of Ms. Palin's electrifying speech..." As revised in later editions without explanation: "The potential power of Ms. Palin's speech..." And that's not the only example - it happened with the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. Note two things about the above example - the use of Ms. instead of Governor and the single word switch from the reactive to the passive. Think about that for a minute. 4 - The selection of Governor Palin came as a surprise to those who choose their news sources from the elite. It sure as hell didn't to me. I saw her performance on Larry Kudlow's show six months ago in addition to a appearance on the Bloomberg network and said at the time, here and elsewhere, that Palin would be the best pick of the bunch based on her solid knowledge of energy issues, anti-corruption stance and ability to accomplish stated goals. I said so right here in this forum a week before she was picked. The only comment I received in return was from thunder who thought her kids names were funny/odd. And I respect thunder for his ability to support his side with appropriate respect for others opinions and supporting his own with solid citations. We don't agree on a lot I suspect, but I respect him and yet, the only thing he could say was about the kids names. It's an example of how flat footed everybody was (except for me - not to pat myself on the back too hard) when the Governor was selected. HOW DARE MCCAIN PICK SOMEBODY WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF WHICH MADE US LOOK SILLY NOT TO MENTION COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH WITH POLITICAL REALITY!!! And thus the fire storm started. 5 - Last, and certainly not the least, every speech is message controlled directly from the git-go - it's the price paid by the 24/7/365 news cycle - the message has to be contained and consistent. Senator Obama has speech writers. Speech givers often have input into any given speech, but in politics, the message is controlled by those who can transform the idea into the narrative. In this case though an attempt to change the counter narrative backfired and in a rather strange, and to tell the truth, Twilight Zoneish, way. It was written by a speech writer for President Bush and thus that's what made it great. Think about that for a moment. The scorn and derision heaped on President Bush for lousy speeches with little or no content written by the same person has suddenly transformed into a brilliantly written speech performed by nothing more than a Chillbilly hockey Mom. It's New Speak, but aimed in a different direction. The sad thing about all this is that those of us who live in Middle America, are successful in life and do our thing quietly without fanfare are being pilloried as dumbasses, racists and Chillbilly morons. I suspect that what you are seeing is a deliberate strategic maneuver to move the narrative away Governor Pal in and back to Mc Cain. She's being held in reserve for a while and will be let loose when the time is right. Senator Mc Cain is the strategist and Governor Pal in is the tactician - she may well have been the catalyst for downplaying her role. Mark my words on this - Senator Mc Cain has an ace up his sleeve and it's this - he will give her duties beyond the scope of waking up every morning and inquiring after the health of the President. If I were betting man, I would bet the mortgage on Department of Energy or even Transportation - something of substance to add to her resume and to stick another dagger in the heart of the Democratic ticket. You heard it here first. :) |
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On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:14:49 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 07:50:38 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: Bring on the one on one debates. This media circus is getting old. Allow me to put a couple of thoughts down about the media circus. 1 - Take a look at the past weeks worth of headers posted by Harry. Take a look at the past weeks headlines from the MSM. Tell me what you see. Cast yourself in the role of an objective citizen and evaluate what, if any, points are being made about Governor Palin. She's everything that liberals promote as being "liberated" including, oddly, having actually made a choice with respect to aborting or not aborting a baby. The problem is, she is in favor of taking away a choice in that matter for everyone else. She wants the law to force them all to make HER choice. They couldn't flat out say "she was wrong not to abort a defective baby" (although a lot of diarists/commentators on DailyKOS and Democratic Underground did make that point) so they had to sidle up to it from different directions up to and including the most despicable thing I've ever seen in politics - attacking a 17 year old daughter of a candidate for office. Having a baby at her age was just plain ASKING for trouble. She should not have gotten pregnant. Abstinence! |
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Mark my words on this - Senator Mc Cain has an ace up his sleeve and it's this - he will give her duties beyond the scope of waking up every morning and inquiring after the health of the President. If I were betting man, I would bet the mortgage on Department of Energy or even Transportation - something of substance to add to her resume and to stick another dagger in the heart of the Democratic ticket. You heard it here first. :) Thus continuing the long Republican tradition of putting incompetents in charge of cabinet positions, hey, brownie? |
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