On Oct 31, 2:49*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:33:35 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Alaskans are used to getting a check for several thousand bucks every
year from oil companies. They are not shocked that Stevens got a
little mungo from a huge oil company project..

The issue wasn't the bribes, but that he didn't properly report them on
his federal forms. If there is any justice in Alaska, Ms. Palin is going
to find herself in similar hot water over the construction of her house,
though the charges against her will be state, not federal.

If every politician who got a favor from someone was removed they
would not be able to raise a quorum in any legislative body in the
country.

The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.

There's a Senator up for election in 2010

Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Oct 31, 2:49 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:33:35 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Alaskans are used to getting a check for several thousand bucks every
year from oil companies. They are not shocked that Stevens got a
little mungo from a huge oil company project..
The issue wasn't the bribes, but that he didn't properly report them on
his federal forms. If there is any justice in Alaska, Ms. Palin is going
to find herself in similar hot water over the construction of her house,
though the charges against her will be state, not federal.
If every politician who got a favor from someone was removed they
would not be able to raise a quorum in any legislative body in the
country.

The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.

There's a Senator up for election in 2010


You think Ms. Murkowski is going to stand aside for Sarah Palin? Why?
I doubt Palin would force a primary.

wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:

The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.
There's a Senator up for election in 2010

I think there will be a vacancy as soon as Stevens' appeals are
exhausted


You're assuming Stevens will win re-election.

On Oct 31, 7:10*pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:

The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.
There's a Senator up for election in 2010

I think there will be a vacancy as soon asStevens' appeals are
exhausted

You're assumingStevenswill win re-election.

I hope everyone is aware that the juror who was dismissed from Stevens
jury because of a dead father experienced a miracle and the father
didn't die. Instead the juror went to a horse race. American justice.

Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Oct 31, 7:10 pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:
The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.
There's a Senator up for election in 2010
I think there will be a vacancy as soon asStevens' appeals are
exhausted
You're assumingStevenswill win re-election.

I hope everyone is aware that the juror who was dismissed from Stevens
jury because of a dead father experienced a miracle and the father
didn't die. Instead the juror went to a horse race. American justice.


Was the horse wearing lipstick?

Gosh, gosh, gosh...I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to run Palin
at the top of their ticket in 2012. She will be an unmitigated disaster.

On Nov 3, 12:19*pm, Boater wrote:
Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Oct 31, 7:10 pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:
The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.
There's a Senator up for election in 2010
I think there will be a vacancy as soon asStevens' appeals are
exhausted
You're assumingStevenswill win re-election.

I hope everyone is aware that the juror who was dismissed from Stevens
jury because of a dead father experienced a miracle and the father
didn't die. Instead the juror went to a horse race. American justice.

Was the horse wearing lipstick?

Gosh, gosh, gosh...I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to run Palin
at the top of their ticket in 2012. She will be an unmitigated disaster.

She has four years to become the darling of the remains of the
Republican Party. The people whom Bush skivvied wanted to go back to
zero and rebuild over the next four or eight years. If Palin stays,
seeking the nomination, they have their Dole/McCain for 2012, a
plausible figure doomed to defeat but with ego enough to try for the
prize.

"Boater" wrote in message
...

Gosh, gosh, gosh...I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to run Palin at
the top of their ticket in 2012. She will be an unmitigated disaster.


One is forced to assume that if she loses this time around they'll have her
delivered to an industrial strength polisher for six months. Followed by a
year or two touring the globe meeting the great and the good, will help a
couple of allied parties in major elections abroad and read a couple of
decent sets of political memoirs.

After all that she'll buy her clothes in Paris (she'll pretend they came
from Wallmart), be on familiar terms with half the (friendly) leaders of
the world and actually be fit for purpose.

She'll also learn to pretend that she's left her dafter ideas behind her,
at least until she gets elected...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

"Boater" wrote in message
...


Gosh, gosh, gosh...I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to run Palin at
the top of their ticket in 2012. She will be an unmitigated disaster.


I, for one, am looking forward to it.

Just think. She'll still be a young 48 year old.
You, assuming you're still kicking, will be gumming your oatmeal at what ...
about 70?

I'll still be young enough to appreciate the whole thing.

Eisboch

On Nov 3, 12:19*pm, Boater wrote:
Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Oct 31, 7:10 pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:
The advantage forPalinhere is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.
There's a Senator up for election in 2010
I think there will be a vacancy as soon asStevens' appeals are
exhausted
You're assumingStevenswill win re-election.

I hope everyone is aware that the juror who was dismissed from Stevens
jury because of a dead father experienced a miracle and the father
didn't die. Instead the juror went to a horse race. American justice.

Was the horse wearing lipstick?

Gosh, gosh, gosh...I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to runPalin
at the top of their ticket in 2012. She will be an unmitigated disaster.

You don't know the half

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the
boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt
and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute,
Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another
on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd.
"I'll be just a minute," she said.

and

NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end
department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While
publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at
what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said
that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the
convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential
nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and
accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman
Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the
clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got
the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the
clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week
when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent
"tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000
to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of
clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the
shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from
coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the
Republican Party audits its books.

A Palin aide said: "Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put
anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers
put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty
and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who
made them than they do about Governor Palin."

McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides
kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes
because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak
along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but
campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Nov 3, 12:19 pm, Boater wrote:
Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Oct 31, 7:10 pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:
The advantage forPalinhere is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.
There's a Senator up for election in 2010
I think there will be a vacancy as soon asStevens' appeals are
exhausted
You're assumingStevenswill win re-election.
I hope everyone is aware that the juror who was dismissed from Stevens
jury because of a dead father experienced a miracle and the father
didn't die. Instead the juror went to a horse race. American justice.
Was the horse wearing lipstick?

Gosh, gosh, gosh...I hope the Republicans are dumb enough to runPalin
at the top of their ticket in 2012. She will be an unmitigated disaster.

You don't know the half

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the
boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt
and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute,
Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another
on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd.
"I'll be just a minute," she said.

and

NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end
department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While
publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at
what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said
that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the
convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential
nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and
accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman
Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the
clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got
the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the
clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week
when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent
"tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000
to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of
clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the
shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from
coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the
Republican Party audits its books.

A Palin aide said: "Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put
anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers
put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty
and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who
made them than they do about Governor Palin."

McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides
kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes
because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak
along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but
campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

Reflecting back, It seems like a pittance compare3d to the 3/4 of a
billion dollars Obama spent