As for equating Governor Ann Richards and Governor Sarah Palin, may I paraphrase another Texan: Governor, I served with Ann Richards: I knew Ann Richards; Richards was a friend of mine. Governor, you’re no Ann Richards.

Liz, please, you are not that hungry for a head line. Do not insult Hillary in that way. It’s not a Dynasty show. This is about our country and intelligent women who can run it. Obviously by now we know Palin is no doubt a fabulous PTA/soccer Mom. Not to be confused with a senator with decades of experience in the field of politics and law making.

NEW STOCK MARKET TERMS CEO —Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO— Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex. VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower. P/E RATIO — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. BROKER — What my broker has made me. STANDARD & POOR — Your life in a nutshell. STOCK ANALYST — Idiot who just downgraded your stock. STOCK SPLIT — When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. FINANCIAL PLANNER — A guy whose phone has been disconnected. MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks. CASH FLOW— The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. YAHOO — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. WINDOWS — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse. PROFIT — An archaic word no longer in use. (It was difficult to find in my Thesaurus …)

Liz, so that’s what we have come to in this country? Pure dazzle, celebrity beyond Hollywood … yes, Sarah is certainly all that. But President? Please don’t encourage all the misinformed, naively-bent and superficial gossip-lovers in this country. They’re a big part of the reason our nation is in such a bad way right now. It’s not political ideology that got us here, it’s all the catfight-loving idiots who haven’t got a clue.

It’ll probably be Palin-versus-Obama in the 2012 election. The comparison difference between President Obama and Palin will be even greater then. Or between Clinton and Palin, if it comes to that. Palin might be better off running in 2016, when she’ll be much more experienced than she is now, and she won’t have to face Obama (and probably not Hillary) in a presidential race.

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I highly doubt that Hillary Clinton would take on Sara Palin in any forum. Sen. Clinton is a veteran politician and has survived vicious attacks both during and after President Clinton’s administration. She is too sophisticated and savvy to engage in a cat fight with anyone, particularly someone as uncouth as Palin. My prediction is that Sarah Palin will go back to Alaska after Obama wins the election where she will serve out her gubernatorial term but will be hampered by scandals and waning popularity. Her ambitions for 2012 will be thwarted by her extremist views and her shallowness of character. The country has already had a good look at Palin and the majority of levelheaded Americans have not liked what they’ve seen. As for comparing Palin to Ann Richards…what an insult to the classy, brainy, witty Richards. Maybe you’re just having us on, Liz. Wink.Wink Nudge. Nudge?

I think Sarah Palin is history or maybe its my wistfull thinking. I keeping thinking this whole election fiasco isn’t happening. American people actually consider Sarah Palin a viable candidate- for anything ?

Why Healthcare-NOW? September 12, 2008 by admin Filed under Message Here I am, Marilyn Clement – sick as a dog! I helped found Healthcare-NOW some four years ago when we held a national conference with people from all over the country. Now, despite adversity of the worst kind, I am still here, but dependent on you to push forward this great movement that we have built. “Your health is everything.” How often have you heard that said? “Your body is your temple.” “You are nothing without your health.” “You are so lucky to have your health.” SOUNDS LIKE MY MOTHER. SOUND LIKE YOUR MOTHER. TOO? BORING…until you get sick with something like multiple myeloma cancer, or caught in a train wreck, or swept up by a hurricane or tornado. The cancer is the one that surprised me in June of this year, and buried my activities as the National Coordinator of Healthcare-NOW. The train wreck happened on September 15th when 23 people died and untold others were crushed and hospitalized and injured for life. Hurricane Ike killed and ruined thousands of people. These calamities are on top of the 50,000,000 who had no health insurance at all that week. As the financial marketplace staggers, even more millions won’t be able to afford healthcare for themselves and their families. THERE IS AN EASY ANSWER to the crisis of inadequate coverage and the overwhelming dilemma of no coverage at all for millions more. The answer is Medicare for All. Enhanced and Improved Medicare will give us a national healthcare system that will cover everyone with the best possible health care for the least amount of money. As a nation, we can afford it. The answer is to end the privatization of health care. With the amount of money our nation now spends on healthcare, we can cover everybody – and with better care. Healthcare should belong to all of us … just see what a difference it made in the economies of the most progressive countries – Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden. Try being sick in one of those countries and see how easy it is to get the healthcare you need – whether in a hospital or from a private doctor – with full choice of treatment and doctor at every level. YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. This is what we want. This is what we can have. Just check the items on these pages to see what you can do to help us win single-payer national health insurance under a Congressional bill already in the House of Representatives – HR 676. Thanks for clicking on www.healthcare-now.org. We need you! Marilyn Clement National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Puleez!!! Do not put Hillary’s name in the same sentence with that woman! There is absolutely NO comparison! Hillary is a brilliant woman with an excellent education, and years of experience as a lawyer, Senator, and more. Palin is a hawkey mom with a little education, and lots of female charms to win whatever it is she needs in the moment… too many males are swooning over her physical/sexual appearance! Is THAT what we want for a VP?

If Sarah Palin found herself in the situation of having to debate Sen. Clinton head to head, one to one, she wouldn’t have the foggiest of what to say or what to do. Palin’s thoughts are minuscule compared to even one thought of Sen. Clinton. Sen. Clinton is an intellect, well respected by most of her peers. Palin? No way, no how…..

After their spectacular defeat next month, the Republicans are going to stick Ms. Palin back in Alaska, never to be heard from again. Mark my words. She will be offered up as the reason for the loss, as too “folksy,” too inexperienced, unable to think on her feet, a bad choice all-around, and she’ll be shelved. We won’t see her again on the national stage.