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A Friend Stopped By | 10/05/2008 10:05 am

Loud-Mouth-and-Loose-Lipped Palin Owes Obama an Apology for This One, by Margo Howard

Editor’s Note: A longtime journalist, Margo Howard went into the family business (her mother was the fabled Ann Landers) in the 1990s as Dear Prudence. Her broad experience and understanding of human nature provide answers for the troubled — and entertainment for everyone else. Click here to read her column on Yahoo!

I really thought I was done talking about Sarah Palin, but life is what happens when you’re making other plans. I wish there were a word that was a cross between "appalled" and "nauseated," because that’s what the lady’s latest outburst has me feeling. Saturday evening Drudge picked up a Breitbart story where the headline was: "Palin says Obama ‘palling around’ with terrorists." As if this weren’t bad enough, she went on to tell whatever group she was addressing: "This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America." Well, I’ll tell you what I see: a loud-mouth, loose-lipped nobody who is drunk on media attention and a quart low in the judgment department. I think both she and her aged "maverick" buddy owe Mr. Obama an apology for this one.

To live on the same street and to have served on a board with Billy Ayers, part of the Weather Underground when Obama was in grade school and now a professor, is not my idea of "palling around with." I think this hockey mom/moose skinner fits perfectly into the class war she is helping perpetuate, even though she has none.

It would have far more factual validity for Obama, or a surrogate, to publicize the fact that Track, the kid who joined the Army, did so because a judge told him it was that or jail due to his dealing drugs. I have a strong hunch, however, the Obama people would never get into that. Up until now the lady has annoyed me because of her ignorance and arrogance, but now I am furious, especially when her headline-making remark from yesterday was that Obama was not "fit" to be commander-in chief. I think the McCain people better lock the lady up again and tell her to zip it, because she is not fit to even ad-lib.

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mitzi morris
Palin is simply validating McCain’s inability to lead by virtue of her selection. The smearing and anger being generated is dangerous and destructive, and I don’t think McCain is stable enough or honest enough to stop it. It certainly is coded racism and encourages hate. And we are being shown that McCain has to change the subject as he is behind in the polls. I believe he will be obnoxious at the next debate so as to focus negativity towards Obama rather than addressing the issues. McCain is all over the place on every issue exept on Iraq and Taxes. His notions about the economy are hardly reassuring, and his party got us into this with his help. We are all very tired of his maverick story. It would be far wiser if he could run a positive campaign that attacks the issues and comes up with ideas and solutions which so far he hasn’t done. In my opinion attacking Obama and declaring him unfit is a big loser.
By mitzi morris on 10/10/2008 2:09 pm
starry Nite
Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove who by the way are college dropouts. They waged a war on intellectuals so that true conservatives rarely exist. The Republican Party has been all but destroyed by the extremists who seem to make up the crowds at McCain/Palin rallies. Shows like Rachel Maddow are a rarity and the “main stream media” yields to pressure of the right wing extremists by not covering possible controversial issues. Lies are presented as facts by Hannity, Beck and to a certain extent O’Riely. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine !!!
By starry Nite on 10/10/2008 3:11 pm
Margo Howard
I would like to respond to a few posters who said I was in error in stating Track Palin went into the service because a judge said it was that or jail. I can find no substantiating data for that, though I do recall having read it. I regret the error. It is possible that such a thing did happen, though I cannot support it. Track Palin has, however, had recorded difficulties with law enforcement regarding use of drugs. Contrary to other posters saying the military will not take such cases, that may be on their books, but, in fact, they do it rather often. This information came to me from a military compliance officer.
By Margo Howard on 10/10/2008 6:11 pm
Lizzie R.
The military will take such cases. My husband is a retired senior military officer. During the VietNam war he had many soldiers who had the choice between jail or the military, and chose the military. These men (boys) were a constant source of trouble for him, bringing whatever difficulties they had into the military. He had to spend too much time in “office hours” dealing with the problems they created there.
By Lizzie R. on 10/10/2008 10:18 pm
starry Nite
Margo Howard- Thank you for the correction- however your point is well taken about recorded drug difficulties with law enforcement. Sean Hannity however would have considered this record enough to make the case-where their is smoke !!! Keep it coming
By starry Nite on 10/10/2008 7:59 pm
starry Nite
Sarah Palin guilty of ethics violation - News Flash!!!!! She Lied . Can we now step back and become civil again. John McCain finally urged his supporters to tone it down. But unfortunately something ugly has been started among his unhinged red meat supporters. Sarah Palin has done this.
By starry Nite on 10/10/2008 8:08 pm
Tina Walden
Hardly a news flash, LOL. Who didn’t figure that she had abused her power? To bad, McCain decided to take the low road he promised not too.
By Tina Walden on 10/10/2008 8:17 pm
Thomas Teamoh
Thanks Margo for the bit about Palin son in the Army, my gosh when he come home I fear for more than the moose’s, he will start shooting the birds and bees after getting high on his drugs….what a mess!….TT
By Thomas Teamoh on 10/11/2008 8:39 am
Ira Kurtz
Obama as president would assure the destruction of this country. With the United States of America gone, so to would the rest of the democracies around the world collapse under the pressure of the tyranical goverments of Russia and China. This would mean the death of western civilization and it would plunge the world into a new dark age from which it would never emerge.
By Ira Kurtz on 10/11/2008 1:18 pm
MaryPage Drake
You have just made a statement of opinion. But now you need to lay out for us a scenario of HOW this would happen and WHY it would happen, other than your opinion that our very highly regarded Senator from Illinois would cause it to happen. You see, I have the same sort of opinion about where the Bush administration of the last 8 years has brought us since 2000. I think we are right down the tubes into the sewage pits, BUT I can back that up: War in Iraq, tax cutting for the rich and the reckless, lack of concern for Global Warming (even when over one hundred other nations urge us to join them in this concern), deregulation of the investment firms (allowing them to grow overnight like mushrooms, and, like mushrooms, completely in the dark), bringing us to having to nationalize the financial markets of this country and leading us to, whoops! That’s SOCIALISM! A gift from the Bush Republican White House! Who knew? Will await your reasoning. Thanks!
By MaryPage Drake on 10/11/2008 5:24 pm
~ countrywoman ~
Hi MaryPage I think we just have to resign ourselves to the fact that we are periodically invaded by trolls and flamers here at Wow. I hope you have had a chance to check out the information at http://www.flayme.com/troll/ ? Some of them are “drop-ins” and they seem to come (ugh) and go (hooray!).
Loved your flame extinguisher!
:-)
By ~ countrywoman ~ on 10/17/2008 9:24 pm
starry Nite
By MaryPage Drake on 10/11/2008 6:24 pm Will await your reasoning. Thanks! I think you will be waiting a long time for a logical response from IRA Kurtz that is his opinion based on his personal beliefs -not facts.
By starry Nite on 10/11/2008 10:52 pm
Juanita Ward
You ladies, are great. It was very much, just wonderful in reading what all of you have had too say. Just think, I had never heard of 2 dummies running for president, but I have got to remember one got in, the other kept spreading lies, trying too break the lock to the door too get in, what fun it has been. We got the right man for the job, but we have got to remember, we have got too give him time, too clean up the mess, the other monkey left on the floor.
By Juanita Ward on 01/30/2009 1:40 pm