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Last March, NEWSWEEK's Karen Breslau spoke to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at the magazine's Women & Leadership event in Los Angeles. Excerpts:

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  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/06/2009 5:00:13 PM

    http://readitforyourselves.blogspot.com/

    Watch Video Conservative Columnist Liz Trotta as she Rips Sarah Palin a New Hole and she does it @ Fox news On Air [Live] !!


    Trotta: "Palin is Inarticulate & Undereducted"

    Even Fox News has started to turn on Sarah Palin. In the midst of a segment about the Alaska Governor's battle against "liberal" attacks, Liz Trotta went off-message.

    Frankly, "the woman is inarticulate, undereducated," Trotta said, arguing that for once liberal criticism was "well-deserved."

    "I think all the liberal stylists ... really have a case. She just begs for adjectives like flaky and wacky." When pressed, she added, "We're talking about somebody who, right from the get-go, has been a flashy person who gets into a lot of trouble and really has no credentials for any job."

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/05/2009 8:05:49 PM

    Palin, Used Basketball & the Point Guard Position as a Metaphor regarding the Game of Politics was a ...

    [Very-Bad Example]


    A Point Guard will Not Quit a [Game]

    Especially Mid-Way Through the 3rd Quarter of a Crucial Game, to Quit is not, Passing the Ball, to Advance or Help the Team, its...

    [Quitting] [Phoning it in] & [Giving Up]

    Plain & Simple.


    In Palin's case, the Game is called [Politics]

    Note: Unless he or She is Pulled, Benched, Injured-Fouled Out...

    I Repeat, He-She Will Not Quit Mid-Way in the 3rd Quarter...

    He or She will Finish the [Game]

    Win,Lose or Over Time ...

    Win, Lose or Over Time


    If Sarah Palin Can not Handle the Media Pressure from a Governors Stand Point [Alaska] how in the Hell can she Handle the Congress, Senate,VP of the USA or the...

    Highest Office in the Land, The Presidency of the USA.

    Palin Couldn't Cut it and there's Much More to her Abrupt & Hurried Resignation than what Palin Revealed Yesterday, but its coming.

    Basketball Exposes Cheats, Quitters & Pretenders.

    Basketball also Molds, Winners under Extreme Duress, who Rise to the Occasion, not Succumb to the Pressures of the Game, but Face their Worst Fears & Conquer their Demons....

    While the World, Naysayers, Pundits & Odds Makers Watch in Awe as the the Basketball Player, Proves them ...WRONG !!

    Note: Look at Kobe Bryant, as the Ultimate in Handling the Media and Rising to the Top, in Spite of it all, Not Running or Succumbing to Mass Media, its Called [Character] Kobe Did Not Run after the Media Made his Folly a National Joke, as well as his Wife. Palin has No Spine, No Mind and No Definitely Character.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/05/2009 8:03:28 PM

    1. John Weaver,a former Senior Strategist for McCain's Presidential Bids.

    "Policy is Politics and Palin Has No Real Accomplishments as Governor"

    ---------------------------------

    2. Rich Killion, Adviser to Gov. Mitt Romney,

    "How can Palin convince a General Election Audience How Quitting on her Constituents is a Good Thing"

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    Those Statements are [Factual & Actual] 2 1/2 yrs as Governor...

    Palin has No [Accomplishments]

    There is No [Alaskan Gas Pipeline]

    --------------------------------------------------------

    Palin Gave 500 Million Dollars of State Money to a Company [Trans-Canada] that Cannot Provide [Gas] Only make the Pipeline. The Deal she made was [Dumber than the Dumbest]

    500 Million in Seed Money for a Pipeline that will Cost [27 1/2 Billion $$] minus Palin's 500 Million and Guess where the Financing-Money of such a Project will come From...The Federal Government, that's who !!

    It is Big Oil-Gas who Own All the [Gas Land Leases]

    Meaning, The Dummy [Palin] Passed Legislation that Excluded [Big Oil-Gas] from Bidding on the Project. Leaving Only [Trans-Canada] as the Lone Bidder. The sad thing about all of this is, Big Oil-Gas can Finance this Entire Deal, minus Palin using the State of Alaska's [500 Million] and still give Alaskan's their [Socialist, Windfall Profit Tax Money] Probably More.

    Two of [Big Oil-Gas] Biggest Companies are going Forward with their Own Gas Pipeline Project, they do Own the Gas Land Leases.

    While Palin's Project is Muddied in Litigation which is [Her Fault]

    It will take YEARS to cut through all the Legal issues Involving Palin's Project and she knows it too, let alone the Actual Building of the Gas Pipeline after Litigation, it will also take [8-10 YEARS] after Litigation, that's Exactly why she [Quit] and still tries to [Mislead] Americans via her Rambling Exit, regarding her so called Accomplishments which are [None] to be Exact.

    Especially regarding Palin's Gas Pipeline, that Does not Exist, At All.

    I said before and will say, Now...

    Sarah Palin is a [Hollow,Floating,Bubble]

  • Posted By: ryjogr @ 10/08/2008 1:53:29 PM

    Sarah Palin has little substance and even less knowledge of the issue's that face our nation. I would comment further but she is not worth the time.

  • Posted By: ryjogr @ 10/08/2008 1:50:42 PM

    She has little substance and even less knowledge of the issue's that face our nation. I would comment more but she's not worth the time it would take.

  • Posted By: egray06 @ 10/08/2008 8:50:53 AM

    To me, if she is laying it all on the line, she would allow the investigation into her abuse of power. When you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hid. NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE'S AGENDA IS, GOD WILL NOT LET HIS PEOPLE BE MOCKED. By the way, I am an independent. I dont like McCain-Palins social issues and I have a problem with MURDERING BABIES. This is like choosing the lesser of two evils. One that doesnt help people only those who have money in their pockets, but is supposedly morally upright for God. "They will know you are my disciples by how you love one another." I dont see that with the Republican Candidates. Or one that thinks life isnt life until you take your first breath. If that is the case, many people are in jail for double homicide because the killed a pregnant mother. Does the unborn child only represent a life when it is wanted by the parents?????????? If it is MURDER in a one case, it is MURDER in the other. I still dont know what to choose. Palin is scary to me and that is one of my biggest reservations; she may become president. Obama chose someone who doesnt always agree with him, so he is going to get a balanced prospective. McCain chose a puppet. Why wouldnt he let her talk anymore? Forget this media biased crap. Do you think the media is going to be all nice if she becomes VP of the US, HECK NO!!! Take your bumps like an adult and show us what you are about. Stop running to Fox and other people who are favorable to you. Kick some butt of those who are against you. Stand up to them and make them take notice that you can handle yourself. And wont vote for Obama. I did a study of names and found that Barak Hussein Obama is equivalent to EDWIN ALLEN OBAMA. His name wont make him, his policies will. Racist people use this to create fear and what are all the other candidates middle names again. That proves that it is about something else because none of their names are ever talked about. You proved to point of racism. Good job!!!

  • Posted By: DBoyRodriguez @ 10/06/2008 11:14:42 PM

    Sarah Palin doesn't have to prove herself through these biased interviews. Her successful running of a city and a state shows she is more qualified than Obama and Biden combined.


    Now, if you think you really know Obama, for the sake of America, if you think you are objective enough, please visit this site and find out who Obama really is:

    http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/fashion-shows/

    Here are proofs that Obama and the Democrats caused the Economic Collapse !!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs&feature=related

    It's not yet too late. Vote for the lesser evil.

    Vote McCain/Palin

  • Posted By: Nins @ 10/06/2008 10:22:42 PM

    The GOP is grasping at straws. They have nothing substantive against Obama, but boy are they good at making up lies. This has been a leading Karl Rove tactic for years, and if America falls for this again we should be ashamed of ourselves. Not to mention the obvious fact that this is all a smokescreen to keep the focus off of the fact that Palin and her Alaska associates are in contempt of court for refusing to testify in the Troopergate hearings. After Nixon and Clinton, Americans are to some extent jaded, but really, would you want a VP who refuses to attend hearings in her own defense, and instructs her employees not to testify? That smells like guilt. It surely doesn't give the impression that she has done no wrong and has nothing to hide.

    This year, the GOP offers you an angry old man and a woman who, while personable, is desperately uniformed about national and international issues. Both of them are far right politically. McCain used to be a maverick, but since 2004 he's voted 90% with Bush. McCain's policies are not original or reformist, despite how he's tried to co-opt Obama's popular message of change. Please go to the websites of both of the candidates and read their platforms. Obama's Blueprint for Change has more good ideas than McCain's plan. Compare them yourself. Obama's basic premise is that tax dollars should be spent to make America stronger and to improve the lives and well being of our people. For example, he uses education programs to train a new technology workforce, contributing to energy independence, creating jobs and improving the economy. When you read McCain's plan you will find no over-arching design to get America back on track. Instead you'll find more tax cuts for the wealthy, de-regulation of the health care industry, and a stated intent to overturn Roe v. Wade.

    I'm a Republican. Although I embrace some forward-thinking social values, in the past I've rarely voted Democrat. My thinking was that since Republicans grow robust economies, by voting Republican I'd be endorsing a plan that would grow wealth for our nation, and then we'd be able to afford social programs. It was a good strategy for a couple decades, but I have to say that the tenure of W. Bush has changed my mind. Not only is there nothing fiscally responsible about today's GOP, the insidious alignment of the party with religious intolerance has really turned me off.

    On the other hand, the intelligent luminous thought of Barack Obama has ignited my passion for politics and my patriotism. I want a President who puts America first and can get the economy back on track. In my mind, values voting takes a back burner when we are faced with a meltdown of the economy. It is time for a change, a real change. The Republicans have controlled the Presidency for 28 of the past 40 years, but they have fallen down on the job. The Democrats have a stellar candidate this year, and I am voting for Obama.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/06/2008 11:33:12 AM

    HEY WE CAN USE JOHN McCAIN'S MIDDLE NAME(SIDNEY) AND JOE BIDEN'S MIDDLE NAME(ROBINETTE) OR EVEN SARAH PALIN'S MIDDLE NAME (HEATH) BUT YOU BETTER NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT MENTIONING BARACK OBAMA'S MIDDLE NAME BECAUSE IF YOU DO THEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE ! IT IS HUSSEIN ! THAT DON'T SCARE ME BUT HIS POLICIES DO !!

    • Posted By: orion12 @ 10/06/2008 9:19:27 PM

      This is a pathetic comment. Why did you bother to write. It makes no sense.

  • Posted By: YooTeeAyud @ 10/06/2008 11:30:48 AM

    Well, you better get used to hearing it, because for the NEXT 4 years you will be hearing it(Obama's Middle Name) an awful lot! Obama/Biden '08!

  • Posted By: YooTeeAyud @ 10/06/2008 11:28:27 AM

    Well, let's all get on the bandwagon and start calling out his(Obama's) middle name right now, because for the NEXT 4 years, we'll get to say it often...LOL. Obama/Biden '08!

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/03/2008 12:17:39 PM

    It is obvious that the democrats and leftist liberals have never been to Alaska. I think that everyone should know not to poke a grizzly bear with a stick and wake it up because it will be very angry and attack! Now factor in a cub that???s there and you???ve really got a problem! This is what the liberal has done by attacking Sarah palin and her daughter Bristol. She may have been hurt and had some resentment about accepting the v.p.offer, however now she is angry and will fight with all her might. she is a force to be reckoned with! She is very smart and not afraid to lay it on the line. Some politicians don???t go to certain areas against their opponents out of respect for the office and the need to work with them in the future. But Sarah palin don???t she will get rid of her problems by laying it all out for the world to see and the opponent will be eliminated! So watch this lady in action now and don???t be too surprised when she takes on the media or the biggest liberal organization out there! There will be heads rolling! P.s. Obama might have been to Alaska before because he said that families are off limits he may know a thing or two about grizzly bears!

  • Posted By: diane king @ 09/02/2008 5:47:59 PM

    Ms. Breslau, You were there interviewing Gov. Palin and Gov. Politano at the same time in this March event. I have watched all your posted videos and listened to Ms. Palin. I am not prone to rumor mongering. But you and Governor Politano are in a unique position of being able to clarify whether Gov. Palin was pregnant then, approx. one month before Trig was born. You two are known to have been with her then and you especially are a disinterested party in the facts. She said nothing when you commented about her having 4 children at the time of the interview when she was discussing her roles as politician, office holder, and mom. She didn't say, "Yes, and one on the way!" Throughout all the video, she sat with her legs crossed, leaning over with her right elbow nearly always resting on her right thigh. How comfortable can that be at 7 months pregnant? This goes on in all the interviews, for what, at least fifteen minutes? I have not posted anything about this anywhere else, because I want the facts and can find nothing other than unsubstantiating vitriol and rumor feeding comment. Have you contacted Governor Politano about this issue since Sen. McCain selelcted her as his running mate? Did she tell you off-the-record at that time that she was pregnant? Did she look pregnant to you? Do you think that if you didn't know that you wouldn't have made an observation to yourself that she looked pregnant? Please make a statement because this isn't going to go away. Too many stories and videos have been removed from online.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/02/2008 11:49:59 AM

    EVERYONE WHO IS OPPOSED OF PALIN GETTING THE V.P. POSITION HANG ON TILL OCT 2 AND SEE HER DEBATE BIDEN THEN MAKE YOUR CHOICE I THINK YOU WILL BE SURPRISED BY HER ! GIVE HER A CHANCE SHE IS MORE LIKE THE AVERAGE AMERICAN THAN ANY OF THE OTHER POLITICANS THAT WE HAVE NOW !!

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/02/2008 11:31:21 AM

    Well it seems the democrats are not happy with any thing and will go to the ends of the earth to discredit people. Sarah palin???s 17y/o daughter is pregnant but so is 2 million other unmarried teens in America! But because its Mrs. Palin???s kid that makes her a bad parent or not in touch with her children???. I guess all the other parents of the other 2 million are bad as well! But wait her husband got a d.u.i. 22 yrs ago and had an accident that caused some property damage so he???s an awful person according to the liberal democrats! It makes no difference that Joe biden is a long time big government spender all the while he claims to be a regular guy! He says I ride Amtrak everyday to work and home he fails to mention that that Amtrak ride costs 97 dollars a day! That???s about the amount of money that 25% Americans make day (they are the low income earners but before taxes they are considered middle class according to the government which is a bunch of bull in my opinion that???s at poverty level!) and he spends it on Amtrak yeah he a regular Joe! And barrack Obama well he???s no angel either he???s got some pretty bad bill???s hidden in his closet not to mention his admitted marijuana and cocaine use years ago but lets not talk about that says the liberal media lets talk about mr.palin???s d.u.i. Or the 17 y/o???s pregnancy this liberal bias in the media is getting a little aggravating but I think that the American people will see that this whole thing is leaning to far left and it will back fire in obama???s face costing him the chance at being the leader of the free world! It???s a shame that our election process has come to this! as you can see all the dirt being dug up is from the move-on.org idiots who wants those morons running the country they have obama in thier poket he's thier hand picked choice !

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/02/2008 11:24:01 AM

    mrs.sarah palin did a great job during the Q&A on this show and will do even better as a V.P. she is a regular person unlike mr joe biden that claims to be a regular guy with his claim that he rides amtrak to and from the office what he don't say is that the ride cost 97 dollars a day that is what about 25% of americans are earning ! some regular joe his ride costs as much as some people make !!

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