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D.H.
10-13-2008, 09:44 AM
When a VP candidate can lie like this BEFORE getting in office it's beyond troubling. Am I now living in the time Orwell spoke of? Or does Palin show signs of narcissitic personality disorder/sociopathic tendencies? Those people have no conscience about lying.

ABC calls her a flat out liar yesterday here.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/palin-makes-tro.html


Time calls Palin administration "shockingly amateurish" This part of report is really funny.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849399,00.html

The report also raises the suggestion that the final incident that led to Monegan's firing was perhaps the most (unintentionally) hilarious part of the whole saga. In the run-up to Alaska's 2008 Police Memorial Day event, Monegan visited Palin in Anchorage and brought along an official portrait of a state trooper in uniform, saluting in front of the police memorial in Anchorage, for Palin to sign and present at the event. The trooper? Mike Wooten.

Palin signed the photo and didn't say anything, according to Monegan's testimony, but later cancelled her attendance at the event, sending Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in her place. The head of her Anchorage office followed up with a call to Monegan berating him for his insensitivity. (Monegan swears he didn't know it was Wooten in the picture, and that he didn't even know what Wooten looked like.)

Shortly after that incident, Monegan's fate was cast. But even then, Palin's staffers were blithely adding more evidence to Troopergate. When Monegan's potential successor, Chuck Kopp, asked Bailey, the Palin staffer, why Monegan was being fired, he was told simply: "Todd is really upset with Monegan."

D.H.
10-14-2008, 08:56 AM
Wow, it's not just me bringing up Orwell. The Anchorage paper wrote an editorial last night with "Orwellian Spin" in the headline too.

http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/555236.html

The networks are repeating it in their stories today.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/anchorage-paper.html

libertarian4321
10-15-2008, 03:39 AM
When a VP candidate can lie like this BEFORE getting in office it's beyond troubling. Am I now living in the time Orwell spoke of? Or does Palin show signs of narcissitic personality disorder/sociopathic tendencies? Those people have no conscience about lying.

ABC calls her a flat out liar yesterday here.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/palin-makes-tro.html


Time calls Palin administration "shockingly amateurish" This part of report is really funny.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849399,00.html

The report also raises the suggestion that the final incident that led to Monegan's firing was perhaps the most (unintentionally) hilarious part of the whole saga. In the run-up to Alaska's 2008 Police Memorial Day event, Monegan visited Palin in Anchorage and brought along an official portrait of a state trooper in uniform, saluting in front of the police memorial in Anchorage, for Palin to sign and present at the event. The trooper? Mike Wooten.

Palin signed the photo and didn't say anything, according to Monegan's testimony, but later cancelled her attendance at the event, sending Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in her place. The head of her Anchorage office followed up with a call to Monegan berating him for his insensitivity. (Monegan swears he didn't know it was Wooten in the picture, and that he didn't even know what Wooten looked like.)

Shortly after that incident, Monegan's fate was cast. But even then, Palin's staffers were blithely adding more evidence to Troopergate. When Monegan's potential successor, Chuck Kopp, asked Bailey, the Palin staffer, why Monegan was being fired, he was told simply: "Todd is really upset with Monegan."

Palin isn't especially bright, but she's aggressive and ruthless- she'll say or do anything, or step on anyone, to win (she kinda reminds me of a young George W. Bush in that and so many other ways).

Is it just me or did anyone else notice that Palin seems to enjoy delivering attack lines or lies, yet seems extremely uncomfortable, if not downright confused, when answering policy questions?

torchbearer
10-15-2008, 06:58 AM
Palin isn't especially bright, but she's aggressive and ruthless- she'll say or do anything, or step on anyone, to win (she kinda reminds me of a young George W. Bush in that and so many other ways).

Is it just me or did anyone else notice that Palin seems to enjoy delivering attack lines or lies, yet seems extremely uncomfortable, if not downright confused, when answering policy questions?

yup.

Lovecraftian4Paul
10-15-2008, 05:37 PM
Worse. She's being trained as a lobotomized brute ready for power, on the off chance McCain actually squeaks in (looking very doubtful at this point). Bush looks like a brilliant gentleman when compared to Mrs. Failin'.

silverhawks
10-15-2008, 07:06 PM
Palin is the Cheerleader of American Fascism.