Governor Palin’s Ted Stevens Problem

by Decaturguy on August 29, 2008

I bet Governor Palin wishes she could take this commercial back.

Ted Stevens Endorses Sarah Palin

{ 72 comments }

heroV August 29, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Ronald, note my postscript, where I clarified I was not taking a jab you personally, but that I meant “you” in the general sense.

CHelf August 29, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Executive and legislative. Running a state. Small business. Family business. Obama says McCain is out of touch with average Americans and HE is more in touch. Please tell me how Obama is more in touch with average Americans than Palin. Going to Harvard, living in Hyde Park, teaching at UofChicago and a state senator is not exactly relating to the “bitter” average American is it now?

Dems are quite upset the gender card along with the “in touch” card is now in the hands of the GOP. Their efforts to appeal to the average American voter have taken a huge hit. Attacking a successful woman may come back to haunt them as well.

Ronald Daniels August 29, 2008 at 3:21 pm

heroV,

I apologize. I began typing before you posted the post-script so I did not see it until after I had retorted.

Decaturguy August 29, 2008 at 3:25 pm

Affirmative action is alive and well in the Republican Party. Do you really believe that Clarence Thomas would be on the Supreme Court if he was not black? Many more qualified white judges were passed over for Thomas. Would Palin be McCain’s VP if she were not a woman? Many more qualified men (Mitt Romney) were passed over for this woman.

Say what you will about Obama, he was not selected because of the color of his skin or his sex. He earned it.

nast August 29, 2008 at 3:29 pm

CHelf,
That’s the second comment where I’ve seen you allude to Obama living in Hyde Park as somehow putting him out of touch. What do you know about it? Have you ever even been there?

CHelf August 29, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Decaturguy, are you saying that if Obama were white he still would have won?

Ronald Daniels August 29, 2008 at 3:31 pm

How is Romney any more experienced to bring reform? He ran a few companies, made a profit, and was Gov. for awhile. No real Foreign Policy cred.

Same with Pawlenty, Huckabee, etc. By your statement Decatur, he sould have picked Joe Liberman.

CHelf August 29, 2008 at 3:32 pm

Actually yes I have. Have you? Are you saying that his house valuing over $1 million somehow relates to the average voter? Especially the ones losing their homes? If Obama argues real estate value is a valid unit of measure of being in or out of touch, please tell me how his neighborhood relates to average Americans.

rugbyfan qua icarus August 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm

Decaturguy vs. Andre was far more entertaining than Decaturguy vs. the World.

Cobb Needs a Front Page Poster August 29, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Buzz,

I thought the line about clinging to “guns and religion” were Obama’s talking points…after all, they’re from his speech. Will you get off Obama’s talking points and get back to the GOP ones that were sent out?

Shep

nast August 29, 2008 at 4:01 pm

Yeah, I lived there for four years. If you’ve been there then you know that the houses range from multi-million dollar mansions to million dollar homes to modest condos to Section 8 slums. And you would know the people in the community range in income levels to match those houses. The neighborhood is full of average Americans.

CHelf August 29, 2008 at 4:06 pm

You are telling me where Obama lives is “average”? I know gated communities around trailer parks. Those in the gated communities are in no way comparable to those in trailers. Don’t tell me that Obama’s street compares to the Section 8 slums. Those in Section 8 housing would love to live like Obama. Maybe he could set the example of being his brother’s keeper and open his house to his “next door neighbors”?

Bill Simon August 29, 2008 at 4:24 pm

“All talk, takes a great picture in a high school uniform (Palin while in high school, Sonny at present age) but can’t really deliver much of anything?”

Just like you HardCore…what can you deliver to the district you are running in? Other than pizza I mean?

nast August 29, 2008 at 8:20 pm

Hyde Park median household income: $44,142
US median household income: $50,233

It’s not exact, but yeah, I’d say that where Obama lives is pretty close to average. What’s your definition?

SouthFultonGuy August 29, 2008 at 9:40 pm

No matter what you think of McCain/Palins, that’s the ticket.

Vote against them like for Bob Barr to “send a message”????

Folks, we cannot afford Barack Obama — not in taxes, not in security, not for Supreme Court appointments…

Howard Roark August 30, 2008 at 5:30 am

Decaturguy

I must admit I only scanned the responses to your post so what I am about to say may have been buried in another post somewhere.

William Ayers

I have probably said enough to make my point.

atlantaman August 30, 2008 at 6:54 am

I think it’s going to be problematic for Obama to keep focusing on her inexperience. Those comments are going to come back like a boom-a-rang.

Let’s be honest, neither one of them have any real experience. But a lot of folks are going to be scratching their heads wondering where they would rather have the inexperience.

At least in the VP slot you can put a bright reformer who would obviously be learning the ropes very quickly under an experienced President.

Icarus August 30, 2008 at 11:25 am

Let’s start changing the word “experience” for the word “accomplishments”. What are Obama’s accomplishments? They are getting elected to the next higher office. Period.

Palin has accomplished so much more in the same few years of experience (i.e. government reforms, taking on her own party’s majority on their home turf, etc) than Obama (talks nice, votes “present”).

DMZDave August 30, 2008 at 11:32 am

Arguably she has more executive experience than either Barack Obama or Joe Biden. Those who say she knows nothing about foreign policy need to get a map. The state she governs shares a significant border with a foreign country and she deals with issues every day related to the US-Canadian relationship. She brings a wealth of life experience in addition to her experience as an elected official. I agree that this was an odd pick but the comments from women-hating democrats on this blog demonstrates pretty clearly why this may have been an inspired decision by John McCain.

Many Democrats, as they demonstrated with Hillary, will make the kinds of stupid over -the-top comments you see by Decaturguy and other Democrats here on this blog that will likely have the impact of driving a lot of women to vote for McCain – Palin out of anger and frustration. Don’t let me down guys. Keep up the stupid sexist comments.

bowersville August 30, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Ted Steven’s a problem for Palin? Are you kidding?

Stevens, unlike William Ayers the terrorist pr*ck that bombed the Pentagon, Ted Stevens is indicted and on his way to prison.

But what about Ayers, well he has Obama and Ayer’s is free on on his way to good standing with the Obamamaniacs.

bowersville August 30, 2008 at 6:04 pm

I’m tired of waiting on Decatur Guy to jump on Palin. DG, if there is anything to you, jump on Palin and give it your best shot.

Harry September 1, 2008 at 9:58 pm

Keep in mind that Obama had his legislative district reconfigured after 2000 to encompass a much larger proportion of wine and cheese lakeside liberals. It remained just barely majority black. He was thus given free rein to develop his story to fit the statewide and national Democratic fanbase. And Ayers’ Annenburg committee funding was the grease. Obama was given the job of divvying up the money – on Ayers’ orders, of course. It appears some of that money may have found its way back into Obama’s campaign fund.

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