“It’s how it plays to middle America.” Tactically it’s a pandering, manipulative Rovian move to the dumbest among us. And you’re so right—it will work.

EKA—-I do not need instructions in how to behave from you or anyone. What hasn’t been “NICE” is the 8 years of GOP insanity. And now more of the same with this. I’ll damn well bring anything into that I care too. This is an oscene mockery. And a poltical ploy to blow Obamas substative speech yesterday out of the water so we can have any SERIOUS discussion of ISSUES. That’s what isn’t NICE that’s what’s UGLY thats another Rove tactic that has been destroying this country and the world for 8 years. And if you don’t like anything I write—Don’t read it.

“At least in this pic the hair and make-up says cocktail waitress and the oil husband and Alaska ties says oil drilling. Kind of a fusion of dumbell Quayle and Katherine Harris with her inordinate affection for Maybelline.” Majorie, you are the last person who needs to get sanctimonious about ‘ugly’ remarks. As an “Obmabot” I’m fine with the characterization— and what you ‘think’—-believe me—means absolutely squat to me. UGLY is the GOP. 8 years of outrageous, immoral, illegal ugly. And now another total mockery of the office of VP—a heartbeat away from the presidency—-with a transparent pandering pick of a woman wuth 18 months experience governing a state with a population over 100K less than SF. That’s rank. That’s ugly, And every word coming out of you about Obama has been ugly. “I think McCain just closed the deal — we’ll see.” That’s right—we’ll see.

Because the GOP is a party of hypocrites—on every single issue.

Another backwards, ignorant, opportunistic, phony Jesus-freak, oil-industry loving hick, with 18 months experience in an unpopulated state, and the de rigeur flag lapel pin and who was called “Saracuda” in high school—and is involved in her own scandal that could get her impeached. What a thorough mockery of the office.

Thank you Kathy. Excellent post. His cluelessness is obscene.

She’s already involved in a Trooper-Gate scandal and abuse of power accusations: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ They are already talking impeachment. Great. “The saga of Gov. Sarah Palin’s Troopergate scandal gets curiouser and curiouser. Now, with an investigator hired by the Legislature about to look into the mess caused by her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, it turns out Palin’s attorney general, Talis Colberg, has launched his own investigation to find out beforehand what the Legislature’s hired sleuth might discover. Colberg says he started his probe after The Wall Street Journal quoted Sen. Hollis French as saying the governor could be impeached as a result of the investigation. Blogger and politico Andrew Halcro reports his sources within the Department of Public Safety say department employees are being interviewed under oath about what they know regarding circumstances leading up to Monegan’s firing. Specifically, they are trying to find out if anyone from the governor’s office or her family tried to get Palin’s former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten, fired as a state trooper. Halcro says that raises the question of whether Colberg is tampering with witnesses in the case. Then yesterday afternoon, the governor held a press conference announcing that not only did her administration bring a lot of pressure to fire Wooten, but the troopers recorded a session months ago between Frank Bailey, her director of boards and commissions, and a trooper supervisor saying that Sarah and Todd wanted to know why Wooten hadn’t already gotten the ax. Palin was reportedly called “the Saracuda” in high school and the reasons are becoming obvious.” The saga of Gov. Sarah Palin’s Troopergate scandal gets curiouser and curiouser. Now, with an investigator hired by the Legislature about to look into the mess caused by her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, it turns out Palin’s attorney general, Talis Colberg, has launched his own investigation to find out beforehand what the Legislature’s hired sleuth might discover. Colberg says he started his probe after The Wall Street Journal quoted Sen. Hollis French as saying the governor could be impeached as a result of the investigation. Blogger and politico Andrew Halcro reports his sources within the Department of Public Safety say department employees are being interviewed under oath about what they know regarding circumstances leading up to Monegan’s firing. Specifically, they are trying to find out if anyone from the governor’s office or her family tried to get Palin’s former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten, fired as a state trooper. Halcro says that raises the question of whether Colberg is tampering with witnesses in the case. Then yesterday afternoon, the governor held a press conference announcing that not only did her administration bring a lot of pressure to fire Wooten, but the troopers recorded a session months ago between Frank Bailey, her director of boards and commissions, and a trooper supervisor saying that Sarah and Todd wanted to know why Wooten hadn’t already gotten the ax. Palin was reportedly called “the Saracuda” in high school and the reasons are becoming obvious. Palin Scandals Page: http://wordpress.com/tag/sarah-palin-scandal/

Yeah Star——it’s called extreme sickness with the 8 insane years of the GOP and now more gross, and I do mean gross, stupidity. When they say she’ll apeal to the base……they mean base all right.

It’s been a sad days for Rbulicans for along time with the exception of a few sane/intelligent ones like Chuck Hagel who is leaving because it makes him sick too. Eisenhower and Lincoln are twirling in their graves. PATHETIC with a cherry on top.

Yesh, I bet it’s hard tfor an ex-beauty queen to get a good approval in a state notorious for sex-starved lonely men and with the entire state population over 100,000 LESS than San Francisco. “She’s young enough to be “trained” to succeed McC. if anything happens to him.” Are you SERIOUS???

When an imbecile is running for office and selects a sports reader/beauty queen for his side kick—-everything is valid. IYou don’t set the rules little miss manners. It’s politics. Maybe you haven’t heard its not for the faint hearted. He pulled this outrageous pick today to take any bounce and any news reporting away from Obama. Dirty as it gets so get used to it Pollyanna.

She has no qualifications to be VP. She’s been Gov less than two years in a state with less population than San Francisco and a degree in journalism. And her looks do matter to me if not to you. I’d like a genuine representative, and someone with a little class after the past 8 year nightmare of the goon squad and empty headed molls. thank you. She looks like a cocktail waitress and her entire idiot “philosophy’ stinks. She’s in the ring so get ready for the fight. And if she doesn’t like it—TOUGH. That imbecile McSame is nothing but an opportunist with NO RESPECT whatsoever for the office. And why should he?? It’s not about a genuine concern about a gov of, for and by the people. Only the richest people. Remember. middle class means you make $5M a year. So put a unqualifed yap one heatbeat away from the presidency. Neat. I guess there’ll be lapel pins and Jesus this and that all around. As if that means anything at all. This is aburd. If you want to pretend this is a serious thoughtful choice go for it.

She looks like one of the Letterman Will It Float Girls. I’m sure Late Night is rewriting tonight’s jokes between fits of laughter. This announcement this morning has Rove written all over it. Steal the thunder and any bounce from the DNC and Obama’s speech. Got to hand it to him strategically a briliant move. Put the country at mortal risk for politics. Typical GOP. Yeah, that’s some qualified honey to be the geezer’s sidekick and a heatbeat away from the presidency.

“An insider of the Ted Stevens Repulbican machine”???? You mean freshly indicited Stevens on 7 criminal charges?? Well that dovetails nicely with the Keating 5 operator. Re Intl Affaires: She’s a former small town beauty queen. She can baton-twirl her way to détente with Russia and China. She’s already got the hair and make-up for it. Slap a red spankled shorty dress and white boots on that puppy and she’s good to go.

MCain picked a former sports reader. A mayor of a town of under 9,000 with no foreign policy experience. And a Gov with less than two years experience running a state with population under that of San Franciso, but plenty of oil reserves. And put HER a heartbeat away from the presidency. The GOP: Greedy Opportunistic Profiteers. What a joke.