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  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 08/20/2009 2:02:21 PM

    I see these postings that go on and on, screen after screen, after screen, literally on and on with back-n-forth chest pounding bantering and I get this image of narcissistic individuals sitting there staring at their screen and smiling at their own reflections and I just wonder if they really believe that other people actually value reading their regurgitations, on and on. There are obvious reasons why debates don't allow that stuff and the same could apply here. I simply wonder why they just don't exchange email addresses and go direct. Theirs' just isn't my style, in fact, I find all of that kind of silly. I personally only post because after reading and/or hearing the news I feel something in particular should be said and then that these political web sites are the place to say it ... and then to move on. I fully realize that some will totally disagree with whatever I say, while others will mostly agree and that is fine with me. I also imagine that there will be some who are actually prompted to think and then to form their own opinions and that simply seems worthwhile. Now all of this is just my opinion, not necessarily right or wrong, just an individual opinion. And that too is okay, ... as if it actually matters. Oh well, to each their own.

  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 08/12/2009 2:21:02 PM

    Sarah Palin is literally just another George W. Bush. Like Bush, she has clearly established that she will do/say anything to get what she wants and that honesty is only something she expects from her opponents. She has the same aggressive, arrogant, self-focused, unconscionable sociopathic personality and, as Bush did, would eagerly do the bidding of Special Interests and a select few who would again provide overt and covert support, including significant financial contributions and promised after-office compensation. As with Bush, satisfying her ego and self-interests gives them the control they seek while her bold personality without any conscience gives them the opportunity to once more cater to their insatiable greed while the majority would again only receive apathy, the costs and an abundance of subterfuge. Sarah Palin is a ???puppet in waiting??? who is currently being groomed and packaged for marketing; once again the manipulation of public opinion is in full swing and again it is complimented by the sociopath???s ability to convincingly fake anything, to work the con, without any concern for the people. Some may think this observation is extreme but then they are probably the same people who think Rush Limbaugh is right-on or they are those who didn???t recognize the real George W Bush until 2007. To put it in perspective imagine another go around totally focused on patronizing and placating Special Interests and a select few while offering the people only deceptive rhetoric; imagine again neglecting to have or enforce financial regulations, the encouraging of corporate abuses and the neglecting of their responsibilities, the lack of concern for Global Warming or Green Technology and the related jobs, more presentations of impressive speeches coupled again with contrary actions, the rationalizing of another unjustified war to benefit Special Interests, the continuation of run away health care costs, the repeat of using political offices and America???s resources in the pursuit of a private agenda,,, on and on with the total focus always being on benefit for the few, with the majority being arrogantly neglected and given only apathy, the costs and the lies always told with a cocky demeanor. Sarah Palin is not scary in and of herself but when coupled with the powerful, wealthy and influential few they then need to be taken seriously. Just asking why anyone would pick someone so unqualified and with a history of questionable integrity indicates that what they really want is exactly what they had with Bush, someone who is boldly aggressive without any conscience and who can be controlled through their self-interests and ego. Sarah Palin isn???t scary but ???more of the same??? definitely is!

  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 08/11/2009 4:21:41 PM

    Not to keep kicking Bush-Cheney but rather to make a point that shouldn't be minimized or overlooked, consider the following questions:
    ??? What is a good estimate of how many Americans benefited from everything Bush-Cheney did? Maybe 10%? I suspect that anything over 2 - 3% is a real exaggeration.
    ??? How much did Special Interests and the select few (the 2 - 3%) gain while the majority (the 97 - 98%) paid the costs? Minimally? Moderately? Substantially? With all that occurred representing 100s of billions of tax payers??? dollars, with little oversight, with the bold lack of any hesitation and then absent any demonstrated conscience, there seems no doubt that the correct answer is 'Substantially'.
    ??? What was presented to the majority while all of this was going on: Honest and transparent, accurate divulgence? or Sincere but misguided presentations? or Intentionally misleading and deceptive rationalizations (lies)? Any objective and rational evaluation would have to conclude 'lies' or else attribute total stupidity to the Bush-Cheney administration.
    ??? With 97 - 98% of the people getting only the costs and 'lies' would it then be accurate to say that regardless of whether Republican or Democrat or Independent or whatever, everyone (excepting the 2 - 3%) was taken for granted and then used and abused? The answer to that is also obvious!
    ??? Is it logical that the 2 - 3% (the very wealthy, influential and powerful few) will now be doing all they can and literally whatever they can to once again have 'more of the same'? Again the answer is totally obvious.
    ??? With Sarah Palin being a carbon copy of George W. Bush as an aggressive, arrogant, unconscionable, self-focused sociopath, does it seem reasonable that the 2 - 3% will want to do whatever they need to prepare her, to manipulate public opinion and to sell her as their next ???puppet????
    ??? Does it also seem like many in the Republican Party are subordinating themselves to and are now arrogantly loyal to the wealth, power and influence of the few?

    To me all of the answers are obvious and that is why I am no longer a registered Republican but rather an Independent who is hoping the Republicans will turn themselves around but really needing to vote against them until they do!

  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 08/10/2009 4:16:08 PM

    For eight years George W Bush performed with obnoxious and bold loyalty as a 'puppet' for the sole benefit of Special Interests and a select few, while giving the majority only apathy, the costs and an abundance of subterfuge. Dick Cheney was apparently the 'puppeteer' who provided the liaison with the powerful, influential and extremely wealthy few who made their wishes known and who are now really excited over Sarah Palin. Palin prominently displays the same attributes and character as those Bush provided, being the arrogance, boldness, aggressiveness, cockiness, belligerence and most importantly to those controlling few, the ability to be manipulated and controlled by her self-interests and ego, again being without a conscience and again being a true text-book sociopath. Of course they are excited as they imagine the return to 'more of the same' and they are now busy withholding no expense or effort to groom her and to sell her to the public; they will not neglect any effort and will take all of the needed time to manipulate public opinion in her favor (hence the justification for her resigning as Alaska's governor). The public will be subjected to a constant barrage of a heavily coached Sarah Palin; Sarah Palin says this, Sarah Palin thinks that, Sarah Palin did this, Sarah Palin???. With all of it intended to create and sell a favorable image that will have no requirement for it being true or really meaningful, only for it being successfully manipulative. Not only should her lack of real experience and her history of arrogant self-indulgence and gross dishonesty alienate people but her likeness to George W Bush and her attractiveness to these same people who so effectively used him, should scare the life out of us. This country can???t withstand 'more of the same'!

  • Posted By: NewsWkDickG @ 08/10/2009 1:47:52 PM

    We have just had eight years with one grossly dishonest, arrogantly self-focused, unconscionable and belligerent sociopath performing as a 'puppet' for the sole benefit of special interests and a select few and now they are trying to groom another one for the job. Heaven help us!

  • Posted By: MChieco @ 07/27/2009 12:55:13 AM

    She really is a dim bulb. G.E. 15 watt.

  • Posted By: peoplesi @ 07/26/2009 5:21:17 PM

    Visit WWW.SARAHPALINTHEQUITTER.COM, and pick up your t shirt, hat, sweats and etc. Lets remind America that Quitters never win, and Winners never quit.

  • Posted By: lan_5w-net. @ 07/23/2009 7:17:06 PM

    A GREAT MYSTERY

    Ms. Sarah Pain being
    Beyond general understanding.
    She would write some social political books in bestselling ;I
    Not a Presidential candidate being,
    Only a senator following...
    Etc.

  • Posted By: lan_5w-net. @ 07/23/2009 7:16:51 PM

    A GREAT MYSTERY

    Ms. Sarah Pain being
    Beyond general understanding.
    She would write some social political books in bestselling ;I
    Not a Presidential candidate being,
    Only a senator following...
    Etc.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/20/2009 10:00:27 PM

    Sarah Palin: 2 1/2 Year Governorship. No National or International Experience, i.e. Congress Woman or US Senator. No Alaskan Pipeline, though the Media Allowed her to get Away with [Blatantly Lying]at the ..

    2008 RNC Convention, when she Asserted that the Pipeline was being Built, when not One Pipe has been Laid and Gas Companies she Snubbed and Prevented from Bidding in the Contract Process, to make the Pipeline...

    When in Fact, the Gas Leases are Owned by Big Oil-Gas.

    Trans Canada was given [500 Million $$] of the Alaskan State Money an they'd Only Build the Pipeline, Not Supplying the Gas, in any event.

    In any case, the Gas Pipeline's Cost More than [27 Billion $$] !!

    Guess who will be Financing the [28 Billion $$] Pipeline ..Hmm

    [The Dreaded US Government] Tada !!

    Can You People not See how Unstable,Unhinged, Un-Predictable & Sparatic this Woman is ?

    She's No [Maverick]

    John McCain Looks [Normal] Compared to Sarah Palin's Movement.

    The Worst McCain did was Pretend to [Suspend] his Campaign Last Year.

    McCain Never [Quit-Resigned]

    Even during the [Keating 5 Scandal]
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    Sarah Palin is a Hollow,Floating Bubble, Just Air Up There.

    Blames the Media, yet Runs to the Media at Any Given Chance. Matt Lauer, Wolf Blitzer to Sean Hannity.

    Mass Media, is Mass Media.

    Is Not Fox News the most Watched of the Cable News Programs..Hmm

    The Dum Dum is [Done]

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/20/2009 10:00:04 PM

    Sarah Palin is a Hollow,Floating Bubble, Just Air Up There.

    Blames the Media, yet Runs to the Media at Any Given Chance. Matt Lauer, Wolf Blitzer to Sean Hannity.

    Mass Media, is Mass Media.

    Is Not Fox News the most Watched of the Cable News Programs..Hmm

    The Dum Dum is [Done]
    --------------------------
    Palin is a Hollow, Floating, Bubble...Period...

    Palin will not Survive the Republican Primaries.

    This Dummy gave [500 Million Tax Payers $$] to a Gas Pipeline Builder, the Funny part is, they only Build Pipelines at a Cost of 20-40 Billion $$ they don't Supply the Gas !!


    The Pipeline will take over 10-12 Years to Build and if Trans-Canada does not get the Remaining Capital, they can Simply take the [500 Million Seed Money] Palin gave them and [Run]

    Palin is [Dumb] and that's why she's Running from Office, Opposed Staying in Office.

  • Posted By: joelpalmer @ 07/18/2009 9:23:09 PM

    She QUIT because it wasn't fun any more; she was no longer the subject of adoration and uncritical acceptance. So, she picked up her marbles and went home. The former beauty runner up (never won that either) is not used to being critiqued, let alone pilloried for her ineptitude, her incompetence, her incoherence and finally for her manifest dishonesty.

    • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/19/2009 7:23:15 AM

      As if you would know why she quit. "The former beauty runner up (never won that either) is not used to being critiqued"

      Not used to being critiqued? Living in a cave or under a rock? The left and dnc operatives have relentlessly hammered Palin for anything they could dig up or otherwise manufacture. They do that with people that scare them you know. Remember Joe the plumber? Same thing.

      Runner up? Let us know when you run for governor... and win.

      • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/20/2009 12:27:14 PM

        If Palin couldn't handle the heat so far, she hasn't got a chance in DC.

        • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/20/2009 1:42:24 PM

          Maybe, maybe not. Either way, she should not have to endure what the left has done to her children in their effort to destroy her. Nothing is out of bounds for them. I do remember though how they whined and screamed bloody murder because the fawning press wouldn't let Obama alone to go trick or treating with his daughter on Halloween.

          No double standard with the libs. Naahhhhhh.

          • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/20/2009 1:53:42 PM

            "Either way, she should not have to endure what the left has done to her children in their effort to destroy her. Nothing is out of bounds for them."

            Meh. Letterman made fun of her kids, Limbaugh made fun of Clinton's kid. Politics ain't for sissies...and if she can't hack it in the Alaska governor's office, she hasn't got a prayer on a national level.

            • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/20/2009 2:39:56 PM

              Telling the world on primetime TV that a fourteen year old is "knocked up" by a baseball player is anything but "making fun." Maybe Palin can make it and maybe not. We'll let the majority decide, if she wants to run, to give her a chance to prove it, same as we did with Obama. Everyone knows politics is rough. However, Palin should have a level playing field. The left demanded everyone leave Obama's kids out of the election, but they didn't go by their own rules with Palin.

              The Limbaugh quote about Chelsea Clinton is a myth perpetuated by Al Franken and the late Molly Ivans:

              http://lyingliar.com/?p=17

              • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/20/2009 3:04:17 PM

                Boo hoo hoo. Big old meanies are playing rough.

                Welcome to 220 years of American politics.

                • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/20/2009 3:18:25 PM

                  You obviously support going after kids too. Whatever.

                  • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/20/2009 3:27:58 PM

                    Nope. I don't support failing to put enough polling stations in "enemy" districts, either, but that happens every election, by both sides.

                    Sorry reality is a little harsh.

      • Posted By: joelpalmer @ 07/19/2009 8:40:45 PM

        QPQ C'Mon fess up; you have a secret crush of Sarah; kind of like your homeroom teacher?

        • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/19/2009 9:23:10 PM

          Kind of like the crush you have on Obama?

        • Posted By: joelpalmer @ 07/19/2009 8:45:49 PM

          Actually SP is just Joe the Plumber in drag; kind of like lipstick on a plunger

  • Posted By: cs4455 @ 07/19/2009 5:57:41 PM

    It's pretty simple. The Witch of Wasilla is throwing a temper tantrum because it isn't all treats and roses and oil anymore. Scary Sarah: Quitting you can count on.

    • Posted By: Hagbard Celine @ 07/20/2009 12:29:43 PM

      Sarah Palin 2012-2014. LOL.

    • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/19/2009 6:58:54 PM

      No, but what we can count on is your type of bullshit. After assho!e Letterman's sick, perverted comment about her 14 year old daughter, I don't blame her for heading south. Just like the left, she was for the most part out of the picture but they're still terrified of her and will do anything to destroy her, even attacking her kids.

      • Posted By: joelpalmer @ 07/19/2009 8:44:05 PM

        SQUID

        Get over yourself, she is unqualified even to head up a PTA

        • Posted By: Quid Pro Quo @ 07/19/2009 9:27:28 PM

          joedickinpalm,

           

          So you say. Others disagree.   None of us have all the details though about why she stepped down. Cruel jokes about your children told by sickfu*ks like Letterman to a world wide audience certainly took its toll. I'm sure you squirmed with delight when you heard that one.

  • Posted By: gary4205 @ 07/19/2009 2:39:17 AM

    Goddamn it. Do "journalists" ever pay attention any more?

    Governor Palin stepped down because the DNC operatives up in Alaska were costing the Alaska taxpayers, scratch that STEALING from the Alaska taxpayers millions of dollars.

    So far these phony "ethics complaints" have cost the taxpayers of Alaska $2 million. Even though all of these deals were bogus, all have been thrown out, they still have to be processed, By law. They have stolen millions of dollars, and stolen 100's of man hours. .

    These democrat crazies were on track to cost Alaska as much as $10 million dollars had Palin stayed in office.

    Now most politicians, especially democrat politicians wouldn't have cared, because it wasn't their money. But Sarah Palin isn't built that was. This is a woman who has slashed budgets, fought corruption, and even turned down a substantial raise this year. All in an effort to save the taxpayers money.

    What these democrats were doing was immoral and obscene. Stealing this money from Alaska, money that could be used to build roads, or schools, or hospitals, or whatever is wrong. But, Chicago thug politics at it's finest.

    THAT'S why Sarah Palin stepped down. Or at least the big part of it.

    The other reason is she knows Obama is destroying America.

    If you rounded up every Al Qaeda member, brought them all to America, gave them a couple of suitcase nukes, and a bus pass, they wouldn't be able to do nearly as good of a job as Obama is doing at destroying America.

    No one else has the guts to take Obama head on. The Republicans are spineless, and the media is all in his pocket. We are headed towards an all out communist state at blinding speed. Every day we are losing more liberty and freedom.

    Sarah Palin knows that if America is to survive, Obama and his fellow thugs must be stopped. So Palin has cleared her desk of all other work. She is going to come down to the lower 48, set up shop, and take Obama and the rest of the losers down.

    This will help explain:

    http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.blogspot.com/2009/07/sarah-palin-declares-her-independence.html

    http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.blogspot.com/2009/07/sarah-palin-declares-war-media-declares.html

    • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/19/2009 8:55:52 PM

      Borderline Bull-Spit

      Republican House can't Stand her A!! and she's a Damn Major Distraction...

      Alaska is a Majority Ruling Republican State.

      She was Found Guilty of [Abuse Of Power] by a Majority Republican Group

    • Posted By: joelpalmer @ 07/19/2009 8:49:01 PM

      Oh yes that pesky Alaska Ethics LAW?

      Yes Sarah is responisble for that piece of work

      Hoist on one's own petard!!!

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/19/2009 8:52:37 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"

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

    There are 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: betsybug @ 07/19/2009 6:52:20 PM

    She can't afford to pay for the constant garbage put out by the obama administration...and her family has been targeted for the past year. It's the old Alinsky trick: rule 13: target, freeze and destroy....that's the obama admin. way.

  • Posted By: drewand @ 07/19/2009 4:27:14 PM

    Oh how the mighty have fallen. Poor Sarah, caught up in another conservative republican mess, too bad, too bad.

  • Posted By: labman57 @ 07/19/2009 2:30:04 PM

    If Sarah Palin could not handle the stresses inherent in serving as governor of one of our nation's least populous and most remote states --scrutiny by the media, negative feedback from the constituency, political challenges from the legislative branch-- how does she and her following think she would possibly fair any better when trying to lead the entire freakin' country???

    Talk about out of the frying pan, into the fire...

  • Posted By: Joe999 @ 07/19/2009 9:22:15 AM

    Why is the left so worried about Sarah Palin still, she is out. Oh wait, she is still dangerous to them.

    I hope she supports candidates she likes and raises lots of money.

  • Posted By: Joe999 @ 07/19/2009 9:20:41 AM

    I am sure Andrew Sullivan will post a series of posts on how Trig Palin is really Sarah Palin's grandson to explain all of this.

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