tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post6648377766167941849..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: live blogging Palin at the RNCJJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-56367094182143451952008-09-05T01:53:00.000-05:002008-09-05T01:53:00.000-05:00also, my thought when she made the hockey mom joke...also, my thought when she made the hockey mom joke was, "do they know that pit bulls are being outlawed all over the u.s.?"<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed-specific_legislationkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609192331050268743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-90566903745315273392008-09-05T01:46:00.000-05:002008-09-05T01:46:00.000-05:00what's really sad here is that tina fey is no long...what's really sad here is that tina fey is no longer with snl. she could totally do an awesome palin. she could totally do the accent (which is all joan cusack, btw).kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609192331050268743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-86514264393114051282008-09-04T17:28:00.000-05:002008-09-04T17:28:00.000-05:00I was watching MSNBC, I think.I suppose when your ...I was watching MSNBC, I think.<BR/><BR/>I suppose when your model of masculinity is Rambo, Obama does come off pretty gay. (totally a plus in my book, of course.)<BR/><BR/>They. We all know who They are. They are Not Us. They are so damn useful!<BR/><BR/>Palin is totally putting motherhood front and center in the worst way. That's the next blog post, been writing it in my head for days.<BR/><BR/>I also felt like a lot of the Obama attacks were pretty much out and out lies--which makes me ponder the role of epistemic humility and trust in public discourse. It seems to me like Obama is much more willing to take McCain campaign claims at face value, assume they are sincere, and explain why they're wrong. I.e., "I don't think it's that McCain doesn't care. I think it's just that he doesn't get it." That's harsh, but it doesn't question McCain's integrity or call him a liar. That's different from the sort of crap Palin was slinging at Obama last night.JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-15893118957863155042008-09-04T16:28:00.000-05:002008-09-04T16:28:00.000-05:00This post made me so happy. And it made me laugh,...This post made me so happy. And it made me laugh, which I really needed, since I was so angry last night that it took me several chapters of Harry Potter to calm down enough to go to sleep. Very little said about issues (aside from drilling), although I guess it is hard to expect people to vote for your ticket if you admit that your plan is to cut taxes for corporations and rich people and hope (or pretend) that eventually, some day, the market will cause those cuts to bring improvements to the rest of our lives. So she resorted to belittling and ridiculing Barack Obama, which I found unseemly and immature. <BR/><BR/>And when are the Republicans going to stop trotting out this tired old myth about the unholy union of the media, the Washington elite, and the cosmopolitan liberals who are out to destroy all that is good and decent?<BR/><BR/>But I think what bothered me the most was the out and out lies. I've heard neutral, third-party analyses of both candidates tax plans, and Barack Obama's plan really does include lowering taxes for most of us, while McCain's only provides tax relief for the wealthy. So how does she get to stand there and say that Obama will raise everyone's taxes? Is that not slander? Wouldn't it be nice if politicians just stood by their policies and told the truth and Americans were actually given the opportunity to vote for the person who is going to do the things they want done, rather than the person who tricks and manipulates them the best?Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408579761569864393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-49526964350840138372008-09-04T16:18:00.000-05:002008-09-04T16:18:00.000-05:00I liveblogged in my head as I watched and, like ot...I liveblogged in my head as I watched and, like other posters, was right with you on several things.<BR/><BR/>Giuliani: "how dare they ask if she will have enough time with her children--they would never ask this of a man" Problems with this:<BR/><BR/>1. Giuliani is a champion of women?<BR/><BR/>2. Who is 'they?' The RNC is very good at finding the things leftist bloggers say and pretending without explicitly saying so that Obama and his campaign said it. When, in reality, Obama and his campaign aren't saying anything at all about Palin's family. (Hannity did a similar thing the other day, managing a full hour of complaining about 'their' unfair treatment of Bristol without ever saying who 'they' are).<BR/><BR/>3. This would have a lot more teeth if the McCain campaign's entire presentation of Palin weren't centered around her motherhood.<BR/><BR/>Um, everyone saw <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToSFwQg6Sdg&feature=related" REL="nofollow">Piper fixing Trig's hair</A>, right? That was the coolest part of the night, easily.<BR/><BR/>As for the video introduction, I don't think it was an accident. I bet it was never really made. I think it's in the GOP's best interest to go with the gradual reveal on Palin to keep everyone's curiosity piqued.<BR/><BR/>I'm very excited for Biden-Palin.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>Just for the record, Giuliani managed to ridicule community organizers and tear down all but the smallest distinction between Islam and terrorism, all in a single speech. Well done, Governor Slimeball!Justin Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532881461650705372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-69837494579589838942008-09-04T13:58:00.000-05:002008-09-04T13:58:00.000-05:00Who is Palin?Who is Palin?jchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728447439539826189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-53738224116115080922008-09-04T13:40:00.000-05:002008-09-04T13:40:00.000-05:00Your retelling is much like my thought process whe...Your retelling is much like my thought process when I was watching last night....except for the part where Sarah Palin made me cry with her dismissals of poverty. I was very excited to see the momentary glimpse of the rogue protester.Casey.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16414313234561880264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-35069838281856454962008-09-04T11:18:00.000-05:002008-09-04T11:18:00.000-05:001) What channel were you watching?2) I think her e...1) What channel were you watching?<BR/>2) I think her emphasis on "man," along with the ridicule of community organizing, was more about questioning Obama's masculinity (by contrast) than about assuaging voters of their skepticism of women having actual power. That's not to say that rhetoric can't do double duty, but gaying up Democrats is on p.1 of the GOP playbook written by Karl Rove, and her speech didn't stray far from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-88258572608376695682008-09-04T10:46:00.000-05:002008-09-04T10:46:00.000-05:00You crack me up! Our commentary through the night ...You crack me up! Our commentary through the night was very similar. Although I did really get worked up about the slandering of community organizers (among other things). Travis sent me a similar link, it's hilarious! http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=09&year=2008&base_name=shorter_sarah_palin_speechAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com