In case there was any doubt...

[oddlots]

Palin's "authenticity" is a mirage. It wouldn't occur to me to attack her for being a fake "hockey mom" but it would appear she can't live up to the regional requirements:

http://www.theawl.com/2010/12/sarah-...he-fake-hunter

What a joke. Potemkin democracy.

[GRG55]

Re: In case there was any doubt...

Palin's "authenticity" is a mirage.

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And how does that make her any different from any other prominent political personality in the USA?

Politics is a rough, dirty business. Does anybody really believe that Barack Obama made it all the way to the top job in the White House by being a gentle, caring, empathetic soul dedicated to changing the very system he mastered well enough to grab the ring?

Those that play the game well, succeed. Those that can't [Meg Whitman comes to mind, but there's lots of other examples], don't. And then there are some, like the philandering John Edwards, that never really understood the rules in the first place.

[bpr]

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This is really good information. Because, you know, when she's president and shooting at us, we get a couple of shots to look confused and move around a bit as she re-loads and ignores the giant white house our friends are raiding behind her.

[Raz]

Re: In case there was any doubt...

Palin is an intellectual lightweight, and that's being kind. She obviously runs her mouth about subjects of which she has little or no knowledge.
I thought she was a terrible choice for a Vice-President, but I knew there was no way I would vote for John McCain - no matter who he chose.

One problem I have with many (not all - the Neosocialists will always vote for someone they think will give them something) of the 53% who voted for Obama is how they ever believed all of his bullcrap. The FACT that this guy never held a real-world job of any kind (his Summertime stints at a law firm that placed almost all of its billings with government entities doesn't count); the obscurity surrounding his education; his "election" to the Illinois Legislature by having his opponent disqualified; his mentoring in Hawaii by an admitted communist; his close association with the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright; his catapulting to the US Senate, and after three years his catapulting into the Oval Office, all of which began under what is arguably the most corrupt political machine in the United States, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
The Independants who voted for him clearly bought a "pig in a poke".

I never believed he was the brainiac his media droolers and lapdogs made him out to be.
I'm still waiting for his supporters to admit the same, but I'm not holding my breath.

[thriftyandboringinohio]

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I never believed he was the brainiac his media droolers and lapdogs made him out to be.
I'm still waiting for his supporters to admit the same, but I'm not holding my breath.

I voted for the man, and I'll admit it

[jpatter666]

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I voted for the man, and I'll admit it

I had a nice long waiting line to think things over. I did not trust Obama, but felt that McCain had betrayed everything he supposedly stood for.

In the end, I felt that at least in voting for Obama, we would catch some slack from the rest of the world. I couldn't see much if any upside for a McCain vote.

And yes, we got the slack, but just like the goodwill after 9/11, the government squandered it.

[snakela]

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I saved this quote from the ZH comments a while back. Very good description of the entire field of canidates the last few cycles:

Riddle me this: how does a widely-known slacker of questionable intelligence and proven lack of track record in leadership experience become president of the USA? (Note that this question is applicable to both Bush & Hussein.)

In spite of their corrupt natures, I'm beginning to come to admire both Nixon & Clinton because both of them had what it took to reach the top. (Not least of which, they are certainly the two presidents with the highest IQs.) Sure, they were/are mean SOBs, but compared to our last two failed presidents, I'm not sure which is preferable.

Hussein was put in place as a fall guy - it is a measure of his utter cluelessness that Barry accepted such a position. He is the perfect foil: First, he led the way to assist the banker class to unload their toxic assets onto the public @ the highest possible prices long after the market top. Second, he is now leading the way to ensure a Republican sweep which will implementausterity as a means of collapsing property prices via deflation. Once that is accomplished, the bailed out bankers sitting on $trillions of our cash will be able to buy back all remaining assets for pennies on the dollar.

This tragic-comedy farce will only come to an end when the "strong-man" appears on the horizon. If you look closely into the faint distance, you might be able to detect/discern a slight disturbance. He is coming - we will know he has arrived when default/repudiation is placed front & center as the #1 priority of the country.
Until then, it's all theatrics as we dance to our doom.

[sunskyfan]

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As an Obama voter I am struck by his irrelevance. The chatter from the Right about how he is "socializing" our economy seems a little laughable to me. Perhaps he would like to but he hasn't and can't. What would McCain or Romney or even Palin have done differently the last two years? Not extended unemployment benefits? Not partially withdraw from Iraq? Not escalated in Afghanistan? Not reappointed Bernanke? Not extended the Bush tax cuts? As for Obamacare it seems vaporware compared to the size of the problem as has been "the stimulus". The man has only addressed the Nation once from the oval office: his most powerful prop and that was a quickie about the oil spill. Why? I think because he knows he looks absurd trying to appear on top of our problems. Sometimes Presidents are overwhelmed by the times that they are in office. Obama is one of them. Frankly, I think the Left and the Right will soon converge to one posture of wondering what can anybody do? A simpleton like Palin may be more appropriate as her ruminations will appear to the masses like praying to fate. Something the masses might need as the economy collapses further and further.

[oddlots]

Re: In case there was any doubt...

FWIW the title of the thread was "If there was any doubt."