I was supposed to interview Sarah Palin, but ....

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superdave1984 said:
Yet we have one as our president-elect.
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hmmm, sound about right.


ideo·logue
Variant(s): also idea·logue \ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\
Function: noun
Etymology: French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie
Date: 1815
1 : an impractical idealist : theorist
2 : an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology
 
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lawgator1 said:
Election is over.

And I was never "on the fence" about her. Recognized her as a dingbat the day she got picked.






See the bolded within yours.

And I care because the last thing we need in today's world is another bumbling moron or worse yet, ideologue, to run the world.
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but you still feel the need to bash her....huuummm
 
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lawgator1 said:
Election is over.

And I was never "on the fence" about her. Recognized her as a dingbat the day she got picked.






See the bolded within yours.

And I care because the last thing we need in today's world is another bumbling moron or worse yet, ideologue, to run the world.
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here ya go, sport.

Sarah Palin Leaker Outs Himself...and Turns Out to Be a Hoaxer! | NewsBusters.org

and here, in case you're ideologically opposed to clicking on a newsbusters link.

M. Thomas Eisenstadt - SourceWatch

HOAX WARNING RE "M. THOMAS EISENSTADT" AND THE "HARDING INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY"

"M. Thomas Eisenstadt" is a pseudonym used to describe someone who claims to be a "Senior Fellow at the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy in Washington, D.C.[1] A "bio" note claims that "Eisenstadt" is the "founder and president of the campaign consulting firm The Eisenstadt Group and was an advisor to the Rudolph Giuliani presidential campaign in 2007-2008."[2]

According to the "bio" note, "Eisenstadt" was described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the foremost commentators on issues of U.S. policy towards the Middle East and is one of the bright lights of the neoconservative movement."[2] He cites National Journal’s The Hotline as referring to himself as “a rising GOP pundit” and “a clear-spoken advocate for Rudy Giuliani.”[2]

In June 2008 blogger William K. Wolfum concluded that "M. Thomas Eisenstadt (who originally started a blog named www.michaeleisenstadt.com and was referred to as "Michael") was a hoax. As was his "think tank" called "The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy" (which seems to be a joke, being that Warren G. Harding is widely considered to be one of the worst Presidents in U.S. history)."[3] After being outed, the "biographical" note was changed to "Martin Eisenstadt."[2]
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as an attorney, your research methods are rather shoddy, perhaps a product of the institution you matriculated from?
 
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I'm glad she won't go away...I'm gonna miss GW & his bumbling ways. She's good comedy!
 
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The Palin bashers on the Republican side really seem to come off as elitist whiners IMO.
 
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GAVol said:
The Palin bashers on the Republican side really seem to come off as elitist whiners IMO.
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The Palin bashers from the party recognize her as the threat she is to moderate and centrist politics. She's attractive and charismatic and ... dumber than a box of rocks.
 
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The whole "Palin is dumb" argument is . . . well, dumb and predictable. Every conservative gets slapped with the "dumb" label at some point.

Whether on the left or the right, dumb people don't win statewide elections.
 
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GAVol said:
The whole "Palin is dumb" argument is . . . well, dumb and predictable. Every conservative gets slapped with the "dumb" label at some point.

Whether on the left or the right, dumb people don't win statewide elections.
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I do not agree that conservatvies are universally slapped with the label "dumb." I never heard that complaint about McCain, Romney, or Huckabee. I've never heard that about George Will. There plenty of brilliant conservatives. McCain I think is a very smart and knowledgeable guy.

I haven't a clue what the campaign for Governor of Alaska was about or how she won or on what issue, so I can't comment about how she did that.

All I know is what I saw during this campaign and the notion of her trying to deal with the issues we have right now is frightening.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Ummmm ....

Martin Eisenstadt’s Blog

Your apology, and acknolwedgment of being corrected, are accepted. :hi:
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no apology needed as you apparently think the Harding Institute, which Mr. Eisensteidt claims to be a member of, actually exists.

very slick website, complete with links to various conservative and right leaning organizations. It does nothing to prove this guy's bona fides.

btw, here's a link to a website that I'm sure you frequent, also confirming that Mr. Eisenstadt is a fraud.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/martin-eisenstadt-non-exi_n_142785.html?page=11&show_comment_id=17870013#comment_17870013

also, try a google search for "The Eisenstadt Group" and tell me what you come up with.

never mind, you apparently lack the intellectual honesty to admit that you're the one wrong. However, here is some further reading from someone who actually did some research.

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/06/conservative-blogger-m-thomas.html
 
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lawgator1 said:
I do not agree that conservatvies are universally slapped with the label "dumb." I never heard that complaint about McCain, Romney, or Huckabee. I've never heard that about George Will. There plenty of brilliant conservatives. McCain I think is a very smart and knowledgeable guy.
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quayle, bush, palin, ford, reagan. . .

please don't act like this is something new. now list the democratic presidents, vps, or nominees that were supposed to be dumb? carter? maybe?
 
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lawgator1 said:
I do not agree that conservatvies are universally slapped with the label "dumb." I never heard that complaint about McCain, Romney, or Huckabee. I've never heard that about George Will. There plenty of brilliant conservatives. McCain I think is a very smart and knowledgeable guy.

I haven't a clue what the campaign for Governor of Alaska was about or how she won or on what issue, so I can't comment about how she did that.

All I know is what I saw during this campaign and the notion of her trying to deal with the issues we have right now is frightening.
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Usually touted to be at the bottom of his class.. Heard it several times. Yet we choose to hear what we want to hear.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Fox interviewed her first ... as she was making sandwiches for the kids.

Then CNN interviewed her. She was making a salad.

Somebody trying to soften their image, go for that Susie Homemaker image? Its so painfully obvious.
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Perhaps they could interview some of Obama's relatives. The ones who are in the country illegally. The ones that can afford to make campaign contributions, but live in subsidized housing and use food stamps.
 
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droski said:
quayle, bush, palin, ford, reagan. . .

please don't act like this is something new. now list the democratic presidents, vps, or nominees that were supposed to be dumb? carter? maybe?
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Quayle was an intellectual lightweight you must confess and the criticism of him was well founded.

Bush has not done much to give anyone great confidence in his smarts. He isn't stupid so much as he is narrow minded (and by that I mean just sort of has his ideas and notions and doesn't much care for outside advice or thoughts, no matter how meritorious).

Palin, well, you know my thoughts on her. I know its not the be all and end all, but frankly I think her academic career sort of establishes a presumption that she isn't winning any academic awards any time soon. Or ever.

Ford and Reagan were both interesting guys. Ford I think was much wiser than given credit for. Reagan was street smart and very focused (until the end). I wouldn't call either of them spelling bee winners, but I think they were both respected as having the right temperament at the right time.

Which is really my main point. Right now, we need really intelligent people running the show. My sense is that Palin would simply not be able to grasp the issues before her and would therefore really struggle to make things work. Obama, whether you like him or not, is going to understand what's going on. Its a start.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Quayle was an intellectual lightweight you must confess and the criticism of him was well founded.

Bush has not done much to give anyone great confidence in his smarts. He isn't stupid so much as he is narrow minded (and by that I mean just sort of has his ideas and notions and doesn't much care for outside advice or thoughts, no matter how meritorious).

Palin, well, you know my thoughts on her. I know its not the be all and end all, but frankly I think her academic career sort of establishes a presumption that she isn't winning any academic awards any time soon. Or ever.

Ford and Reagan were both interesting guys. Ford I think was much wiser than given credit for. Reagan was street smart and very focused (until the end). I wouldn't call either of them spelling bee winners, but I think they were both respected as having the right temperament at the right time.

Which is really my main point. Right now, we need really intelligent people running the show. My sense is that Palin would simply not be able to grasp the issues before her and would therefore really struggle to make things work. Obama, whether you like him or not, is going to understand what's going on. Its a start.
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I think Reagan had was a pretty sharp individual who cared little for academic achievements. He was street smart and used a common sense approach to his presidency. He was smart enough to know when to defer to the "experts" and use their info to build his own approach to the problems he faced.

I don't think we need super sharp people running the show as much as we need practical men and women using common sense. It is really rather simple walk softly, carry a big stick and spend what you have and nothing more.

Presidents making promises with mandates of dramatic change scare me. The less a president manipulates this country the better IMO. The more you meddle in the every day affairs of people the more damage you cause to the country, thats just my opinion on the matter.
 
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GAVol said:
We don't need Jeopardy contestants. We need leadership.
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barely beat me to the punch.

Intelligence is overrated in that gig. He needs smart staffers and cabinet folks to figure out how to execute the vision, but the leader need not be the brightest.

Intelligence hurts to some degree because every single little decision can be nuanced into infinity. Decision makers are hard to come by. I want mine focused and decisive.

We need someone to articulate and agenda and drive it home. Obama might do that, but it won't be his intelligence getting that done. Unfortunately, Obama's agenda absolutely sucks.
 
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Albert Einstein painted his front door red, so he wouldn't go into the wrong house. Genius does not always translate into common sense.
 
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