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Kelly, VA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:40:32 GMT

There she goes again talking out of both sides of her mouth. If the republicans honestly think she is the face of the party, they are going to keep losing elections.

Also, why was she thanking God for GWB? Makes absolutely no sense seeing as how he was instrumental in their demise.

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Steve in Portland — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:41:32 GMT

If Sarah Palin is all the GOP has in 2012, then I submit that the GOP is officially dead for years and years to come. If they had any brains whatsoever, ANY brains whatsoever, they'd find a way to shut her up permanently.

Did they not learn from the election?

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Debra, Austin, Tx. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:41:42 GMT

Please dear Lord, make her stop. She is more bi-polar than Hillary was during the primary. It is like being sea sick, having to listen to her partisanship one minute and her unity speech the next. Somebody get the hook and pull her off the stage.

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Jay Minneapolis — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:42:38 GMT

did anyone let her know that their ticket lost?

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sbv creswell, oregon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:43:04 GMT

just goes to show, she is still out of touch with not only the majority of americans but the mainstream of america. she has only a list of right wing talking points and nothing further substantial or analytical to say. the gop would be wise to listen to the voices of jindal and pawlenty; but then perhaps the gop has become a victim of their own anti-intellectualism they have used on others to manipulate to advance their own power.

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AC, Boston MA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:43:32 GMT

She's just there for the 'celebrity' of it all. She has nothing to offer this party.

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No Boundaries, Cary NC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:43:48 GMT

I wonder who wrote that speech. It seems as though she believes that America is in love with her for some reason. I guess the fact that most and I do mean most people thinks that she is not qualified to be vice president much less president, has not really affected her thinking. I think it is time for the msm to leave her alone and let her go back to doing what she does best. What that is, I am not sure yet. When Stevens loses his senate seat, I am sure it will be a while before we hear from her again. Unless he mysteriously wins.

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America for Obama — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:44:22 GMT

Now in all fairness this is a woman that does not have a clue about sentence structure; do we really expect her to know which term is proper? Democrat or Democratic?

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RAH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:45:10 GMT

She needs to do her own research on Obama and understand Chicago politics rather than continue to spout partisan rhetoric given to her by the campaign.

She speaks on only the talking points she's been fed by the McCain campaign and doesn't appear to really know what she is talking about.

This woman need to go back to her state and govern; showing proof that she really can run a state.

She just got started as a governor and before you knew it, she was running for a national position with very little knowledge about the country she wanted to lead.

Sarah Palin, take Katie Couric advice and go learn stuff and keep your head down and your mouth shut.

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Nate Aurora, OH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:46:17 GMT

Please do me a favor. Stop reporting every word this woman is saying and send her back to Alaska. I looked forward to Nov. 4, not only to see Obama win, but also because I thought I would never have to see Palin again. Sarah Palin please go away. I am praying, "God, please open the door back to Alaska for Palin. You know she'll go through it, and once she does...please close it."

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Alpose, Ma. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:46:42 GMT

Sarah will be just a memory by 2012...

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Dave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:47:09 GMT

PLEASE...MOVE ON!! You ( the news outlets ) are forcing her down our throats. I work in a hospital of 2100 employees and their is no interest in her...IT'S YOU!!
Another Anna Nicole, a bunch of b.s. by the news media.

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Tuo Pacue, Miami FL — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:47:09 GMT

First Read -->Palin called for reaching out to the new Obama Administration, <<

No she didn't, and anyone with a half a brain would know that if they listened to her speech. What is it with NBC reporting on made up stuff about Palin?

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Lisa, Naples, Florida — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:30 GMT

PLEASE MAKE THIS IDIOT WOMAN GO AWAY. SHE IS SO IGNORANT THAT SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW!!! OH, AND WILL SOMEONE PLEASE REMIND HER THE ELECTION IS OVER AND SHE IS NOT MCCAIN'S RED MEAT THROWING, PITBULL ANYMORE. THANK YOU. AND NO ONE (INCLUDING THE REP. GOVERNORS) GIVE A CRAP WHAT SHE THINKS. SHE IS A STAR IN HER OWN MIND ONLY.

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Chris, Seattle — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:43 GMT

Sarah Palin is old news. Good riddance.

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ij, seattle, wa — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:57 GMT

She's admitting being addicted to opium? That explains a lot. She thanked God for George Bush? Didn't she blame him for hers and McCain's failed presidential bid just earlier this week?

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kp elverson, pa — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:49:34 GMT

Will she never go away

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Todd Elsworth, Jaris, MS — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:49:41 GMT

I am a Democrat, I voted for Barack Obama, and I hate women.

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SHUT PLAIN UP — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:50:51 GMT

WHY OH WHY Cant she SHUT UP ALREADY

Do any of the Republicans know her approval rating? She is beyond help. I will be glad when this election is over. OH RIGHT IT IS OVER SOMEONE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL SARAH PALIN THIS.

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Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:50:55 GMT

She is interesting, though. I think people just stare at her, sort of like they would a train wreck.

Or maybe they are looking for some glimmer of intelligent life, just for the comfort of knowing one of our two major political parties didn't really run a complete idiot for the vice presidency.

Plus, she is physically attractive. I read someone else's earlier post about how if she was ugly she'd be out of the news long ago. Sad commentary on us, but I suspect that's true.

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tom tyskiewicz, forest hills, pa — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:51:06 GMT

THE G.O.P. IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THAT IS WRONG IN AMERICA, I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT PALIN the MORON CONTINUES TO DIVIDE THE VOTERS INTO REAL & UNREAL AMERICANS, AND HER SUPPORTERS MOVE TO ALASKA AND AWAIT THE "RAPTURE"

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Steve, Chicago IL — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:51:13 GMT

Joe the Plumber again? Really?

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Jilli, Houston, TX — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:51:33 GMT

"We are the minority party, but let us not become the negative party,"

BECOME?

Go away Sarah, your 15 minutes was up a week ago.

How offended by her ignorance to you think the other governors are?

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Terry, Great Plains — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:51:42 GMT

Sarah " Plain and ignorant" you lost in NC and VA. You lost to a great degree because of your partisian rhetoric. The return of GOP leadership is not going to be on calling Democratic leadership "Democrat" or quoting your "Joe the Exagerator" comments. It will take a widening of support beyond your base. I doubt you have the VISION or leadership skills to pull it off but if reading from a teleprompter is a requirement you will excel.

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M. Eisenstadt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:51:47 GMT

All the other blogs are talking about how easy it is to dupe nbc into reporting false stories. Why isn't it a topic here?

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MR — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:51:48 GMT

All I can say is WOW!

She is even more frightening than I could have imagined!

Thank you America for not voting this "whack job" into the Vice Presidency

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:52:01 GMT

No surprise that the Wicked Witch would keep praising Joe the Welfare Queen and Tito the Illegal Alien. Wasn't that funny how we learned after the election that Jerky Joe collected welfare twice, yeah he's just another socialist wimp sucking at the teat of government handouts.

Jindal is just another creepy evangelical christian lunatic fringer with darker skin. Under the different skin color is the same degenerate slimeball we've come to expect from the party of whining losers.

When will the repugnant ones get a clue and make sure they shut up the Gift to us Democrats who keeps on Gabbing? The sooner they muzzle Clueless Girl the sooner they might have a chance of showing some kind of intelligence and change.

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A.Brocco,Albuquerque,NM — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:52:04 GMT

OK...she has had enough press time, it is time to ignore her and encourage her to return to Alaska. No, I am not a liberal nor a democrat! Just point her in a northwest direction. She can even take "Joe the lier" and Tito with her.

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JOE GLAYTON GEORGIA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:52:57 GMT

THE PROBLEM WITH GOV. PALIN IS SHE TALKS TO MUCH. SHE ACTS LIKE SHE IS THE FRONT RUNNER FOR THE REPUBLICANS. SHE ISNT ANYONE SPECIAL AND NOT THE FRONT RUNNER PERIOD.

IT DOESNT MATTER WHO THE REPUBLICANS PUT UP ITS TOO EARLY TO BE TALKIN ABOUT 2012 RIGHT NOW.

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Beaten Valve — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:53:50 GMT

MSNBC is for bottom feeders....

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Tx — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:54:25 GMT

She's an 'empty straw', a conservative 'cheerleader' & a political 'HACK'. The GOP could do SOOOOOOOooooooo much better!

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ac, ca — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:54:44 GMT

The GOP needs to dump Palin publicly if they have any chance of recovering before 2012. She is just plain awful.

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D.Shuster, NY — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:55:31 GMT

The Harding Insitute has a real website - I saw it myself!

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Lia, San Diego — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:55:54 GMT

Gosh, does she ever shutup? She is full if divisiveness what a great trait for a 'chrisitan.'

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Entprof - MN — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:56:07 GMT

Run Sara Run! I see visions of a Democratic version of '84. The economy recovering, Obama running a morning in America style of campaign and the R's running a backward looking divisive candidate at the top of the ticket. So run Princess Moose=Slayer Run!

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Wendy, Chicago, IL — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:56:54 GMT

I think her speech shows yet again, that she is not ready for the national political stage. Governors Pawlenty and Jindal are offering real vision and perspective to the future of their party, but Governor Palin is just rehasing tired lines from a failed Presidential campaign. She has no foresight as to the future of the party or hindsight when it comes to how the GOP got to this point. Praising President Bush is a good indicator of that. Not to mention the fact, that earlier in the week, she blamed the President for the GOP loss on Tuesday. Which is it? Are we praising President Bush or blaming him??? I think she just says whatever she thinks is politically expedient at the moment. There is clearly no planning there.

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Annette, Odessa, MO — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:01 GMT

I just wonder why we had to listen to her. Why did the other Gov's not get to be on the Tee Vee machine with their speeches?? This is crazy. I am so sick of her and her mouth.

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Ed, Denver, CO — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:09 GMT

Let her keep talking. The people didn't buy it on November 4, who's to say they will in 2012? Wait, I take that back, some people did get poisoned in 2000 and 2004. But, if she's all the GOP has to offer, then we can count on Obama having 2 terms in office.

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Carol, FL — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:27 GMT

I am so tired of Palin talking with Forked Tongue. I will no longer log on for First Read or watch MSNBC with the exception of Olbermann and Rachel.

I may be forced to watch the Disney Channel to escape all the Palin crap.

When the media stops fawning over her or chasing after her like she is a dog in heat maybe she will fade away to the Alaskan Tundra.

Thank you to everyone who made First Read a Must Read prior to the Election. I guess it is time for me to move on

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jodi, central jersey — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:28 GMT

Sarah Palin is an opportunist. She is interviewing like a wild horse let out of the gate! She is really a piece of work.

I hope she runs in 2012. It will be easier for us than I thought. She needs to spend more time reading and looking at a map, and less time yapping with the MSM that she hates so much!!

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Rock On — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:54 GMT

I heard from a Palin insider that she is really an insect alien queen with plans of world domination and that her minions of kkk racist followers have all been implanted with her eggs.

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MSNBC --- For All The News Not Fit To Report! ... — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:58:12 GMT

MSNBC retracts false Palin story;

AP NEW YORK – MSNBC was the victim of a hoax when it reported that an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Wednesday.

David Shuster, an anchor for the cable news network, said on air Monday that Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, had come forth and identified himself as the source of a Fox News Channel story saying Palin had mistakenly believed Africa was a country instead of a continent.

Eisenstadt identifies himself as a senior fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy. --- Yet neither he nor the institute exist; each is part of a hoax dreamed up by a filmmaker named Eitan Gorlin and his partner, Dan Mirvish, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

"The story was not properly vetted and should not have made air," said Jeremy Gaines, network spokesman.

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Turn to MSNBC --- For All The News Not Fit To Report!

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Kathy, Charlotte NOT THE PUMA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:58:50 GMT

Wow!!!

I'm shocked, shocked, shocked that Caribou Barbi is talking out of both sides of her mouth.

maverick reform there also too maveric reform there also too

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grace, san jose, california — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:58:54 GMT

WHO LET THE DOG OUT! WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO!
PLEASE. STFU. GO BACK TO YOUR KITCHEN IN ALASKA AND THOSE YUMMY LOOKING MOOSE DOGS! YIKES!
I HOPE MATT LAUER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT WONDERFUL FEAST!
SORE LOOSER!
FACE IT SARAH. YOU LOST.
AND AS MUCH AS IT MUST HURT YOU, YOU NEED TO START SHOWING RESPECT FOR OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT, YOU MORON!

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Robert Banger, Spokane, WA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:59:17 GMT

In all the chatter about her chatter since the election I haven't seen anyone bring up the concerns of encouraging -- and not even trying to quell -- the violence at her events. Does anyone actualy seriously think that all that hatred just went away with Mr McCain's polite concession speech?

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Lee in CA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:59:55 GMT

"Our prospective"? You mean the secessionists? Or people found guilty of ethics violations, or just plain haters?

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kari — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:03 GMT

She still thinks she is campaigning. It's amazing. I don't think she has anything else to offer except the talking points of the campaign. In her CNN interview, she says wants to work with Obama....but let me just mention (one more time)that I'm uncomfortable with his associations....Ayers. OMG. She is trying to revamp her image, but she is just cementing her image as someone who doesn't know what they are saying....and she doesn't say it very well.

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Mike Laughlin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:01:03 GMT

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Elizabeth — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:01:52 GMT

"referred to the "Democrat" (instead of "Democratic") Congress - a time-honored Republican tweak"
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Don't you mean a time-honored tweak of the Republic Party?

As for Palin, she is an embarrassing travesty. What's important about her are 1) what it says about the people, including McCain, who chose to elevate her and other decisions they may make in the future and 2) what it says about the hunger or thoughtlessness or whatever of the peopl who crowded her rallies and actually voted for the Rep. ticket **because** she was on it! That is truly terrifying. That she doesn't 'get it' that she's making a bad mockery of herself is simply further confirmation that she truly doesn't understand. But those who support and endorse her? Either they are cynical beyond belief or as unconnected to reality as Palin herself. I hope she keeps talking - and talking - and talking. Maybe something she says will finally act as a snap of the fingers and wake up those who think there is something there. Aside from attractiveness, glibness, spunk, and looking-out-for-number-one, there simply isn't anything there. Of course, she isn't moving past the 2008 campaign: she has nothing else to say that would be of any relevance or interest to anyone in the lower 48.

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katiec Pekin, IL — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:02:03 GMT

Bloggers,
Many of us are sick of the media's obsession with Palin. They continue to shove this poor excuse for a politican down our throats.
I suggest we all ignore their way too many headlines, articles and refuse to comment. Perhaps if they see we are fed up with their reporting, refusing to focus on what is important, they might ease off.
Probably not as they have refused to have quality reporting for the last two years, but isn't it worth a try??

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Nic, New York, NY — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:02:15 GMT

"Prayer warriors?" Ugh. Her complete lack of respect for or understanding of the CRUCIAL separation of church and state in this country is frightening. Here's hoping she never gets even one inch closer to power on a national scale.

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KAF, Indiana — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:02:30 GMT

She is so full of s***, I wish she would just go away once & for all.

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Terry, Disabled Vet, Des Moines, IA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:02:51 GMT

This is exactly what is wrong with the GOP---it is their way or no way. This is what has caused the divisiveness that exhists today in this country. Instead of being attacked by terrorists, the GOP has helped their cause by destroying us from within with hatred and fear.

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mohan Houston Tx — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:03:17 GMT

Keep on talking Sarah The more you open your mouth
and keep praising GWB/Cheyney the more the party will lose
not just in 2010 but for years to come She has no
inkling of what is accepatable talk and what is not
Go OBAMA and the Democrats

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Rose — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:03:46 GMT

Would the press please stop covering this woman? She is still running for the 2008 election even though the election is over. If she didn't get any more coverage, then she might just go home to Alaska and do the job she was supposed to have been elected to do. Or does the state of Alaska run itself? I thought she said she had real executive experience running a state and yet she appears to never be running the state--always off somewhere giving interviews now. She claimed she did real management as opposed to a community organizer and yet she appears to never be managing the state she was elected to "manage". Also wonder why her kids are never in school. Maybe their never having to attend classes might just perpetuate another generation of individuals who lack intellectual curiousity and think they can hookwink the lower 48 like their mother appears to have done with Alaska. It is not the kids I am attacking here but rather their mother who is responsible to see that they get an education and not just a shallow one at that. Then they might just attend the same college all four years and get a degree and perhaps have enough desire to go back and persue advanced degrees and take more classes through the years to be learned about a variety of topics other than moose burgers which may be very good as a regional delight. Yet they might, with more education, want to try even some foreign cusine in another country and actually step across the Bering Sea to visit their neighbors and other countries getting a pass port earlier in life than their mother did. If she insists in staying in the limelight, why not send her off on a world tour to broaden her sense of cultural awareness and geography? But then she still wouldn't be "home doin the work she was elected to do for the great state of Alaska". Maybe she should pray about that as the door she wants to bust through. I am!

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MSierra, SF — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:04:26 GMT

Sorry Sarah !!
No Senate seat for you !!

'... Stevens Trails Begich In Alaska Senate Race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared set to return to Congress, felony conviction and all, his re-election bid has faltered. If he loses, it also closes a possible door into the Senate anytime soon for Gov. Sarah Palin.

As counting of early and absentee ballots continued in Stevens' race against Democrat Mark Begich, the contest for Alaska's only House seat was settled Wednesday, with the re-election of Republican incumbent Don Young for his 19th term.

In the Stevens race, Begich jumped to an 814-vote lead, after trailing by 3,200 when the day began. The tally late Wednesday was 132,196 to 131,382, with an estimated 30,000 ballots remaining to be counted, some on Friday and some next week.

"After watching the votes today, I remain cautiously optimistic," Begich, a two-term Anchorage mayor, said in a news release. "We ran an aggressive campaign, especially when it came to early voting and absentee."...'

This would be HUGE !!

Anybody know about Begich?
Is he progressive? Centrist? Populist?
Honest? Effective?

Waiting on you, Al Frankin & Jim Martin
Will the Obama machine help out Jim Martin ?
COME ON !!

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mohan Houston Tx — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:04:33 GMT

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gorefan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:04:50 GMT

Since she no longer has the McCain speech writers telling her what to say, she had to revert to the campaign stump speech.

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jill — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:05:00 GMT

please, please, please, let this ignorant crazy woman be the future of the GOP party. on behalf of democrats everywhere, i beg of you.

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Don, Baltimore, Maryland — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:05:18 GMT

The only thing I have against Palin, is that she really isn't qualified to be any where near the oval office. I can't figure out why people believe she is, and why they think she is the future of the GOP, it's crazy to me, even her fellow GOPers have a hard time saying so.

If it's all about supporting a women trying to get ahead, I'm for that, but lets support one that has the qualifications to get where she wants to be. No female she be looking at Palin as a representative for other woman (with regards to politics), she is really a bad choice, and there are many other choice out there.

Hillary stood her ground, and was a good choice to represent the women of to day, just as Obama was a good choice to represent the Afro Americans of today.

I really wish the media would stop hyping her up, and if Obama does a good job for the American people, I hope Sarah Palin is the GOP's choice for the future, it would mean an easy win for Obama.

People wake up, no one treated Sarah Palin unfairly, she just wasn't ready for the job. Really she couldn't even give an 8yr old child the right description of the job the American people were interviewing her for, and even that 8yr old child probably knew that saying he or she could see Russia from Alaska was not an answer to foreign policy experience.

Glad the majority of the American people knew this and made the best selection, glad even true RED GOPers knew this and flipped their votes for the upset victory of Obama.

Man, anyone else and McCain had a chance, still tough, but there was a chance.

Don

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MIKDMD,Amherst,NH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:05:27 GMT

Don't you just love the Sarah Palin " I'm not stupid tour". She is not qualified to be dog catcher.

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Dianne — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:05:34 GMT

Ms. Palin needs to return to Alaska to take care of budgetary items that were based on OIL at $140. per barrel. The projected Alaska Budget will be in DEFICIT because of a SHORTFALL of Revenues from OIL as OIL is now below $60. a barrel.

Time to get back to work, Sarah.

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Rich, Scottsdale, AZ — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:05:53 GMT

Ok, I just watched the video. Palin rambled almost aimlessly for 15 minutes, repeating most of her campaign catch-phrases and talking about how much fun she had being in the limelight. 15 minutes of "ME ME ME".

Okay, what does she have to say about being a Governor and helping state constituents? More catchphrases like "work hard to unite" and "be non-partisan" and "help the people". Hello....??? Any concrete suggestions?

Oh, yes, she says to implement Health Care Reform by being more transparent. Is this why Palin's health records were released just hours before Election Day? Is this her definition of transparency?

Is she ready to listen to the parts of the country that she thinks are "less American" than the others?

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FULL MOON — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:06:17 GMT

So that's where the McCain supporters learned their bitterness from - Sarah Palin! Now it makes sense!

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Jim Callahan, Taunton, MA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:06:30 GMT

If "bubbles" Palin is the future of the GOP, well then cue the crickets because this party is over (pun intended).

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Liberal Librarian in Vegas — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:06:49 GMT

If the speech sounded anything like all her previous verbal ramblings, I'm surprised anyone could make any sense of it at all. Also. I'll wait for the transcript!

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Blue in Texas (formerly Man Size Safe), Portland, Texas — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:07:26 GMT

Shut up.

Go home.

Raise your family.

Shoot your moose.

Serve your constituents.

Don't come back to the lower 48, ever!

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Jddonkey — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:08:48 GMT

As a proud, liberal, life-long Democrat, what has always bothered me about the stupid republican "Democrat" party is that it is ignorant and ungrammatical. And, when some professional journalist, showing their partisanship uses that construction, I think they should be fired. Reagan started that here in California as a way to insult us, saying that not completing the word correctly (addint the -ic) meant that we really weren't democratic. For God's sake, get over it! Go back to school and take a basic English class.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/jddonkey

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jawillie, Philadelphia, PA. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:09:02 GMT

This woman is like a character from a daytime soap opera. You know the one who has the split-personality where one personality is in the present, and the other one is living in the past. Except in this case the personalities switch themselves at will, even within the same speech.

Clearly someone should tell her that the election is over, her team lost, and the rhetoric that she's spouting here is why it lost. If she is what the Republicans feel is the "future" of the party, then they are truly lost.

68 Days Until Inauguration Day!
http://jawillie.blog.com

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Sandra, Tennessee — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:09:31 GMT

I almost feel sorry for the other Republican Governors having to stand behind that ridiculous woman. They need to show some backbone & send her back to Alaska fast. John McCain should be ashamed of himself for putting such an unqualified person in the VP slot. No wonder he lost my a landslide.
By the way, I am sick to death of continuous media coverage of SP. She is history.

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KA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:09:37 GMT

Everybody write your Govenor and tell them to make her stop!!!!!

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Dan, Columbia, SC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:10:22 GMT

Sarah Palin = before,during,after = CLUELESS! Send her to the timeout corner. It's not all about Sarah Palin.

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Ron, Cincinnati, Ohio — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:10:50 GMT

OMG, Did she really bring up Joe the Plumber again? Governor Palin is a Republican train wreck that keeps barreling down the track sideways.

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Tysl — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:12:44 GMT

This woman has no vision. She sounds like a parrot, constantly repeating herself. She likes to fill the air with her nonsense, to make it seem like she has said something. In fact, there is no substance to anything she says. Pleases stop her! I can not take anymore.

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Bob, Lyons Oregon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:12:54 GMT

If Palin is the answer to the GOP's future, the question must be about being out of touch, and unaware that americans spoke up against what she stands for. Get a clue Palin, shut up and learn something. I was not going to respond to anything about her, but it is so hard, since she is so stupid and talks out both sides of her face. She is the past, not the future. Give it up, its Dead. Unless you govern from the center, you will not make it. We need HOPE, not HATE.

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Reno Will — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:13:20 GMT

The Obama administration would be helped as much if they asked the audience at an Oprah show or The View as they would anything the Wasilla Hillbilly could come up with.

If the GOP forgets where the real brains in their party are they are going to keep losing. If not maybe they could recruit Hanna Montana to get the youth vote.

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Please, God, crack open a door that leads to Alaska — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:13:42 GMT

YOu tell 'em $arah - no more OPM.

But TPM (taxpayer money for your kid's travel, and sleeping in your own house) and RPM (Republican party money for your wardrobe) - well that's different.

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Doc, Va. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:13:49 GMT

wow....John McCain's legacy from the '08 elections is the Energizer Bunny of ignorance....it keeps going and going and going....

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zach, Austin, TX — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:14:12 GMT

I hope she runs in 2012. That would give Barack an easy win at another four years. American aren't going to take her seriously. She'll lose easily.

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Blake, Denver, CO — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:12 GMT

As long as Republicans are searching for new ways to divide people and demonize those who disagree... they'll never regain power. They don't realize that Rove politics don't work anymore... the people are paying attention and they want solutions.

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Warrior 1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:59 GMT

Factory of empty rhetoric, that is how I describe this incredibly boring, stupid, ignorant, inept woman. She cares nothing about the interests of the GOP and the nation's problems; just pure rhetoric bullshit as if practicing her 'pitbull on lipstick' reputation. I am sooo glad the election is over, and I really don't care anything about this wicked woman.

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Bruce, Madison, Wis. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:19:08 GMT

Dear Gov. Palin,
Dan Quayle called. He'd like you to join him in oblivion.

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clayton — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:19:17 GMT

Press: please just stop talking about Palin because as soon as you do, then all the liberal bloggers will have to find something else to talk about. Then, maybe then there will be some peace and quiet since now that their man won and the congress is stacked, what will they have to piss and moan about?

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Frank, Manchester, New Hampshire — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:20:03 GMT

Sarah Palin, still off her meds. Republicans, please keep her in the news for the next four years; that will ensure a nice long period of time for the Democrats in the majority.

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Barbara Middletown, NY — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:20:08 GMT

This woman needs to be locked in a room and forced to listen to all the confusing, contradictory and just plain unintelligible things that she says. I know the Conservatives consider her to be the future of the GOP, but if I were a member of the GOP I'd keep looking. Holy Cow!

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BR — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:21:05 GMT

His past makes him long past being a viable candidate for anything nationally. He's just what we don't need, an extreme left wing viewpoint with virtually no knowledge base on any subject, and personal views that doubt science in favor of faith. As if his lies, and garbled speech weren't enough to drive the avergae American to tears, now he's going to try and drag his fame to 2012? Obama will have a lower approval rating than Bush by then.

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romanc1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:22:39 GMT

My plea to the MSM please stop giving this woman so much coverage. She is an idiot. I have to think 2 or 3 times about every sentence that comes out of her mouth and then I'm still wondering what she said.

The election is over let her go back to Alaska.

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Susan, NC via LA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:22:42 GMT

All I hear from her is quack, quack, quack.

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Laura Columbus, OH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:22:43 GMT

"...[T]he president who's woeful approval rating" is incorrect. It should be whose.

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Patrick Ervin, Cairo, Eypt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:23:41 GMT

Doesn't Gov. Palin have anyone in her office/camp to shape her message? She needs a serious communications director who will help to make her not look so unintelligent. At the very least, she needs someone she trusts (and hopefully pays) to tell her to stay off the microphone. She's hurting herself and the GOP and now, she seems to make anyone who "praises her" lose credibility too. I'm not a Republican, but I would think that someone in the RNC would care enough to intervene.

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Kathy, Winston-Salem,NC — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:23:53 GMT

Be assured folks Sarah Palin is working her extended fifteen minutes of fame. I do not understand what all the buzz is about, but apparently she is fascinating to the media. I saw yesterday the reporters where swarming around her and she is loving it. Palin believes she is the future of the Republican Party. I hope the party knows if she is what they are offering in the years to come, they will most certainly continue to lose. America saw the real Sarah Palin in all her interviews. She did what she could in those interviews with what she knew. Palin needs to get out of the spot light and educate herself about government and world affairs. I would appreciate her being able to have a conversation that is understandable and coherent. Palin likes the spot light, but governing the United States of America four years or even eight years from now is an entirely different animal. I don't think she will be ready to do that in eight years, much less four. Palin is a great example of anti-intellectualism. The GOP would be smart to get her off the news and distance themselves. Palin is confirming over and over again what Americans thought on Election day, the GOP is for only certain people, not all people.

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62 white female for Obama — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:12 GMT

I watched her speak and thought that it didn't go over so great. There were lines which she obviously thought would be applause lines, but which were met with silence. The reception was very different from what she received from the rallies.

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Jessie Banks — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:25 GMT

Palin is off her rocker! She is extreme right-wing and very partisanship minded in her speeches. Do she not read the polls on her negatives? She is good at separating people and not bringing them together. I feel like Palin wants all states in the United States to be separate. She needs to be taken off the stage and sent back to Alaska where she is appreciated by the people.

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R.Merrell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:37 GMT

Will the Sarah Palin Dog and Pony Show ever end? She has yet to be asked one hard, investigative question in any of these recent soft-ball interviews by Lauer, Blitzer, Greta V., etc. She continues her rant about Ayers, but what would be her response to questions about her association with, and endorsement of the Alaska Independent Party. What is silent Todd's involvement? She rants about other people's money but has no problem charging the State per diem while staying at home, finds every excuse in the world to fly her family around to multiple events at taxpayer expense, rants about socialism and then gives unquestioning Greta V. a 5 minute treatise about how wonderful it is that every Alaskan gets a yearly handout (spreading the wealth?) from the Alaska government compliments of the oil industry which she proudly "progresses". Sarah Palin is nothing more than a poorly informed and minimally educated cheerleader for herself. The Republican Party can do much better. If she represents the Party, it's going to be a cold day in Prudhoe Bay before they regain the White House and the Congress.

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Oscar, Rio Vista CA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:43 GMT

I just wish she would jump on the back of her hubby's snowsled and the two of them ride off into the sunset never to be seen again.

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Jan, Los Angeles, CA — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:39:16 GMT

She is just scary and for all her trying to act nice she is also ruthless and viscious without a second thought. Not a humanitarian for sure.

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waukone — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:47:52 GMT

You really want to be scared 46% see her as a national leader. Don't dismiss how many people will be trying to make her the presidential candidate in 2012. The fact that the republicans are not shifting to the middle is both worrysome and re-assuring.

Worrysome because that means that there are that many people easily duped. Re-assuring because if she runs we can win again. Promote thinking vote against Palin should be a new bumper sticker.

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Kit S. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:48:54 GMT

Katie C. in Pekin: Yes, let's boycott Palin. Let's refuse to post on any more sites discussing her. Starting now. And please spread the word to your friends and to other sites.

First Read, do us all a favor and post this message, then - in your own best interests - stop writing about her.

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sandy, denver — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:57:42 GMT

geez, those governors who were seen surrounding her should start thinking from a higher location on their body

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Kay Loerch Coronado California — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:30:45 GMT

Where on MSNBC is coverage of the revelation that the whole, "McCain staff confides governor didn't Africa was a continent" story turns out to be a hoax created by two Hollywood producers? Is there an ethics responsibility for MSNBC to correct the record, or do we need to go to Fox News to get the real story?
My Answer:
It isn't that the story was or wasn't made up... It is that in the process of listening to Gov Palin struggle with answers to basic questions there is that question in your mind... does she know...anything? On so many levels she is unqualified to lead a country in crisis. I wonder how she will lead a state in crisis. We have all seen people that reach a position of leadership that don't belong there... for various reasons. I have read comments that Gov.Palin can't be stupid or she wouldn't be where she is. She is possibly somewhat street smart, depending on the street she has to role down. She is definitely an opportunist, saw a door and bashed right through. Now that's she's there we shall see what happens. I just know that she is in no way prepared for the door she tried to go through... and you give way to much credit to any News media for driving opinion. Those of us who are intelligent seekers of information watch numerous network news programs, listen to numerous pundits, read numerous papers and magazines, and listen to all of the speeches made by anyone who thinks they want to have a say in our government then we make up our own minds... and if you hate MSNBC stop watching. It's called a remote. It allows you to turn off the TV or change the channel. I even watch Fox at times, though I admit I turn the sound down at times... and just watch. I would rather do that and read sub-titles than listen to the yelling.

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monica - california — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:40:38 GMT

Why do we have to hear about this loser ALL THE TIME!!! Pls, I want to hear about important issues..the economy, where all this money is getting spent and what the rules are for getting it and if they are honoring the promise to not allow Sr. Management to prosper off of our TAX dollars.

We just had eight years of a President Retarded, I don't want to have not one more week, one more day of this right wing nut!!

I turn the channel when she or Bush speak...I just can't take it.

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Damian — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:42:58 GMT

If I hear her say "WITH A SERVANT'S HEART" one more time, I will scream!! It is Evangelical-code-speak meant to send a "signal" to the "faithful" that she's on their side - and no one else's!

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Kay Gelnar, Edmond, Ok — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:57:14 GMT

Did it ever occur to any of you that perhaps Sarah Palin would prefer to be left alone so that she can go about the day to day business of being governor of Alaska? How many of you could take the beating from an obviously biased press and continue to smile through the entire thing? Maybe we can all learn from her spunk!!! You should all be ashamed of yourselves for bashing someone that you know only through a totally unprofessional bunch of journalists--and I use the term lightly!!

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Elliot, Northfield, MN — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:57:32 GMT

If you stop putting a mike in front of her, she will finally quit talking.