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| Posted: 19 Nov 2009 23:09 Last Edited By: Tim |
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Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin continues to make news with her new book and nationwide book signings.
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One year ago, Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage like a comet. Yet even now, few Americans know who this remarkable woman really is.
On September 3, 2008 Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention that electrified the nation and instantly made her one of the most recognizable women in the world.
As chief executive of America's largest state, she had built a record as a reformer who cast aside politics-as-usual and pushed through changes other politicians only talked about: Energy independence. Ethics reform. And the biggest private sector infrastructure project in U.S. history. And while revitalizing public school funding and ensuring the state met its responsibilities to seniors and Alaska Native populations, Palin also beat the political "good ol' boys club" at their own game and brought Big Oil to heel.
Like her GOP running mate, John McCain, Palin wasn't a packaged and over-produced candidate. She was a Main Street American woman: a working mom, wife of a blue collar union man, and mother of five children, the eldest of whom was serving his country in a yearlong deployment in Iraq and the youngest, an infant with special needs. Palin's hometown story touched a populist nerve, rallying hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans to the GOP ticket.
But as the campaign unfolded, Palin became a lightning rod for both praise and criticism. Supporters called her "refreshing" and "honest," a kitchen-table public servant they felt would fight for their interests. Opponents derided her as a wide-eyed Pollyanna unprepared for national leadership. But none of them knew the real Sarah Palin.
In this eagerly anticipated memoir, Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska; meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics; the importance of faith and family; and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother. She also opens up for the first time about the 2008 presidential race, providing a rare, mom's-eye view of high-stakes national politics—from patriots dedicated to "Country First" to slick politicos bent on winning at any cost.
Going Rogue traces one ordinary citizen's extraordinary journey and imparts Palin's vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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| Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:22 |
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If Amazon ever sells her porn, count me in.
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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And there you are:
http://www.amazon.com/YOURE-NAILIN-PALIN-INTERACTIVE/dp/B002ROUVY ...
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| Posted: 20 Nov 2009 20:03 |
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But seriously there are far worse people to run for office in American History, you go Sarah. I wouldn't vote for her, but god bless America that she can be taken seriously.
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| Posted: 20 Nov 2009 21:29 |
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Thanks Matches, but I want the real thing. 
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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For the "real thing" you'll have to ask her and probably her husband as well. I warn you now, they both will likely be armed when you ask them.
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Levi says hi.
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| Posted: 02 Dec 2009 16:40 |
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You know I just noticed the write up refers to Alaska as the largest State in the Union. While true in a technical sense it is indicitive of the misleading nature of Ms. Palin with regard to her accomplishments.
Personally, I think the woman would do herself better to simply focus on her belifes (such as they are) rather than trying to make herself appear as something she's not.
Certainly there are logistical issues involved in governing the state with one of the lowest population densities in the Union, but given that her personae is as a political outsider regular woman of the people, I think she should skip trying to make her bonefides sound better and focus on what she believes and her strategies for the nation.
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Hmm say hi to Levi. 
Uh Matches I'm sure Alaska has it's own unique issues. The question is what did Sarah do or not do as governor. Did she leave the state better than she found it? Fussing about the state's population sounds like an empty attack out of high school, which is exactly what drives conservatives toward her. The more you attack her the more popular she gets.
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I attacked her plenty when she was running with McCain- didn't help their campaign much.
Was the state better or worse when she left? She never finished her term. Come to think of it, I'm not aware of a position, post or job she didn't quit on. I'd be surprised if she actually finishes a campaign instead of pursuing some other media-whoring opportunity, maybe actually making the porn that I and the entire GOP are hoping for. That's if she's not busy corralling a house full of illigitimate kids which may or may not be her own grandkids. And just think, if we ask her questions now she might have the answers in time for the Presidential run.
Yep, she's a shoo-in now. My apologies to the entire civilized world.
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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My complaint wasn't about her qualificatrions but her qualifiers. It is intentionally misleading to put that she was the governor of the largest state in the union, when the term is being applied only to geographic space.
As an old joke says.
"We're bigger than you, you know." the Alaskan said to the Texan.
"But what happens when the ice melts?" reponds the Texan.
It's the biggest state all right, but that's a hollow boast, and is intended to imply things it clearly isn't.
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I'm going Rogue from this discussion.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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I'd pick Sarah over Obama any day.
__________________Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
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I'd pick Sarah over Obama any day.
Me too. What would you plan on doing to her?
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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funnnnnnnnny. Seriously, there are republicans I'd pick over Palin, but Obama is the real political issue we have. He's pushing us toward socialism. I think Palin would be better in Bush in some areas. I just think she needs to figure out a way to calm the circus that follows her which is kind of hard with the media's bias, but it has to be done. Got to get the media to focus on the type of plans she has vs the soap opera stuff. I am not too thrilled with her quitting the governorship especially if she planned on running for Prez. Don't think that sent a great signal even though I can see her logic to some degree.
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Just out of curiosity, exactly, how is Obama "Pushing" us towards socialism? The Republic Being what it is, even though a majority of americans favor the "public option" it is still being defeated by minority opposition.
It seems to me, we're pulling ourselves towards "socialism" but various interests seek to thwart the popular will.
Obama is a centrist, and that people on the right keep up with this ludicrous charge of socialism, just highlights the long term disconnect from reality that the millenial right has.
Government for the public good isn't socialism, it's actually one of the hallmarks of a working democracy.
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Matches, I believe you are a socialist from everything you've written. Which explains why you can call Obama a centrist. He's the most liberal president we've ever had. He makes Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter look like conservatives.
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Well, I'm a socialist you're a facist...we can all still be freinds.
Actually my economic leanings are for rational regulation of efficient free markets. But since that doesn't fit on a bumper sticker, you'll likely call me a socialist.
Actually what inevitably happens is that when I speak to conservatives they tell me what a bleeding heart socialist liberal I am, and when I speak to liberals they tell me what a hard harted capitalist conservative I am.
In the end, I am rational in my approach to both entities. I see no reason to trust the government except for my power as a citizen to vote them out of office, and I see no reason to trust corporations except for my power as a consumer to take my business elsewhere. Given the limits of that individual power I seek a balance between the two with the state being the only power capable of limiting corporate largess, and the people being the only power capable of limiting the state.
If you assume all government aid or intervetion is socialist, you have a very small view of the world and how it works.
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| Posted: 07 Dec 2009 19:23 Last Edited By: Tim |
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I'm Captain America pal. I hate fascism! Don't try to pull a "meat head" name calling bit on me. I'm not Archie Bunker. I'm too cool for that.
No matter where you are politically there will be someone to the left and to the right of you I guess. I reckon that's the way the world is. Nobody agrees on anything perfectly.
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Of course not, (and for the record you called me a socialist first)the point is, we probably agree on more things than disagree, you just keep hitting on the subjects that we disagree with. I am not a big believer in over regulation of any industry, but I do think that if an industry has been deregulated further and further, there may well come a time when the state needs to step back and rexamine what the results of that degregulation were.
Some times it works out great, othertimes, not so much. Being willing to change tactics when they are failing isn't a rejection of any political philosophy it's recognzining the failure of that policy in that situation.
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