tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2757430666049374829..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Desperation of the Left to Kill Sarah Palin's Candidacy: No 94Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18662563114119397052008-09-11T04:28:00.000+01:002008-09-11T04:28:00.000+01:00Palin is a pathetic example of leadership. McCain...Palin is a pathetic example of leadership. McCain knows this and he only cose her to appeal to the rightwing base. She's a nobody and will end up back in her tiny village of Wasilla to care for her special needs kid. An absolute disgraceful pick by McCain. But, as I said, he knows this. When she is forced to bow out, McCain will be free to choose Joe Lieberman!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32508267106053738712008-09-02T16:16:00.000+01:002008-09-02T16:16:00.000+01:00Iain said:"he suggested going into Pakistan univit...Iain said:<BR/><BR/>"he suggested going into Pakistan univited."<BR/><BR/>Whereas McCain would go to the "Gates of Hell" after Osama, but not, apparently, into Pakistan.<BR/><BR/>At least Barack's position matches his oratory on this matter...<BR/><BR/>Iain, your position on the american election appears to be "ignorant partisan cheerleader". I expect rather more "Informed partisan cheerleader" from you, so maybe you should do the opposition research and point out the real weaknesses in B.O.'s candidacy. Peddling of unsubtle and misleading GOP talking points isn't what I read your blog for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90072255457729077652008-09-02T16:10:00.000+01:002008-09-02T16:10:00.000+01:00Iain,I wish you hadn't linked to that comparison o...Iain,<BR/><BR/>I wish you hadn't linked to that comparison on redstate, since it's, well, disingenuous to say the least.<BR/><BR/>I'm also think the whole "executive experience" line is disingenuous - none of the candidates experience is really appropriate to the role of president, as you well know.<BR/><BR/>Of course all the nonsense about Palin's family is out of order, but if you really believe the American Right wouldn't be saying exactly the same kind of thing about a democratic candidate in teh same position I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53721107999889790722008-09-01T19:19:00.000+01:002008-09-01T19:19:00.000+01:00she killed it her self Palin family valuesMcCain w...she killed it her self Palin family values<BR/><BR/>McCain was never told about that<BR/><BR/>now Boris where were youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90199319330643652962008-09-01T18:20:00.000+01:002008-09-01T18:20:00.000+01:00"What do you make of the judgement of someone whos..."What do you make of the judgement of someone whose waters break in Texas, who then gets on an eight hour flight?"<BR/><BR/><I>That would be the judgement of a woman who was one month off the due date who had already given birth four times. And what would you know about giving birth, Tim?</I><BR/><BR/>As someone who knows a bit about giving birth, the fact that you've been through it four times before makes it a lot more likely that you're going to give birth imminently. First labours are usually long. Later labours are usually short. If I were a 44-year old woman whose waters broke, I would be looking at giving birth in two to four hours, not getting airborne. <BR/><BR/>Being one month off the due date likewise. If your waters break at month nine, you're going into labour. If they break at month eight, it's premature, it's small (though not this one, apparently), it's possibly a medical emergency. You go to a hospital, not an airport.<BR/><BR/>IF - big if - she really did take this eight hour flight after her waters supposedly broke, she's either an idiot or a liar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26196590373104769892008-09-01T18:05:00.000+01:002008-09-01T18:05:00.000+01:00There have been so many misrepresentations here, i...There have been so many misrepresentations here, it's hard to know where to begin. But prostrated adoration of the former mayor of a town that is "Charmless strip malls with big-box stores" [LA Times] or "an incorporated cluster of strip malls and lumber yards" [Washington Post] is hardly seemly for anyone claiming journalistic privileges. <BR/><BR/>There's something very odd about Wasilla, Alaska: it seems somewhat elastic. It claims a population of 6,715; but the most recent census gave it just 5,470. And that included the Mug Shot Saloon. The high spot in the life of Wasilla is, I am assured, the appearance of the cast of the local strip-tease parlour on a float in the 4th July parade.<BR/><BR/>The story about daughter Bristol's pregnancy is surely disproven by the simple fact that she is (at 17 and unmarried) now five months pregnant. Which makes an April delivery somewhat unlikely. That's a Reuters story, 11.45 a.m. EST, taken from an official announcement by Palin herself.<BR/><BR/>Such stories hit the national media only over the weekend; but this one and Troopergate have been Alaskan staples for some months.<BR/><BR/>Can we also put away the nonsense of Palin's 80% approval ratings? The latest counts were in the 60s (not bad) but "in the teens" among the local Press.<BR/><BR/>One aspect that is fair dealing is to refer to the preaching at the tabernacles at which she worships. There's already <A HREF="http://harpers.org/archive/2008/08/hbc-90003486/" REL="nofollow">an article available on line</A>, which does just that.<BR/><BR/>Am I allowed to say that obsessions like "The purpose for the United States is… to glorify God. This nation is a Christian nation" and "We are living in the last days. These are incredible times to live in" leave me a little bit dubious. Those of us with Ulster connections have been somewhat numbed by New Earthers; but I wonder where Palin stands on Leviticus? She probably relates nicely with the likes of Iris Robinson.Malcolm Redfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907427518823910875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33333549748254020922008-09-01T15:36:00.000+01:002008-09-01T15:36:00.000+01:00Sarah Palin is very good looking and she seems fro...Sarah Palin is very good looking and she seems from what I've seen to be intelligent.<BR/>There may be reason for lefties (like me) to worry about her appeal to voters.<BR/>You said in an earlier post that some lefties called her McCain's Dan Quayle but, if the rumours such as troopergate and the true mother of the new baby prove to be true, she could well turn out to be McCain's Tom Eagleton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27594523799527208172008-09-01T11:35:00.000+01:002008-09-01T11:35:00.000+01:00Iain - can you explain what is illegitimate about ...Iain - can you explain what is illegitimate about a story claiming that Sarah Palin lied about being pregnant?<BR/><BR/>Are you saying it is a false story? You don't seem to be, so what exactly is your problem with it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72136521506599992202008-09-01T09:42:00.000+01:002008-09-01T09:42:00.000+01:00Who's the daddy ?Who's the daddy ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87140508302364999512008-09-01T09:36:00.000+01:002008-09-01T09:36:00.000+01:00"which compares Palin's experience with that of Ba..."which compares Palin's experience with that of Barack Obama..."<BR/><BR/>In a completely unbiased and objective way, natch...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13038610157609199422008-09-01T01:52:00.000+01:002008-09-01T01:52:00.000+01:00"Leftist denigration"? Are you kidding me? Has s..."Leftist denigration"? Are you kidding me? Has spending time on your Total Bollocks magazine now severely hampered your ability to remove your own skull from your cakehole?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, Iain - grow up. Just because you have some kind of very very small stature among a tiny segment of the Westminster class - try asking 80% of your party's MPs who you are, and they will scratch their old heads in ignorance - doesn't mean you can still write like a schoolboy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41882417372998938502008-09-01T01:18:00.000+01:002008-09-01T01:18:00.000+01:00With this distasteful story there is some misunder...With this distasteful story there is some misunderstanding about Daily Kos. A diarist wrote the piece - not one of the front page contributors. Anybody can become a diarist and publish pretty much what they like within the site rules which are liberal. The diarist in question is also very new to the site which often suggests a troll - I suspect in this case it is more likely to be a conservative diarist raising hell. Daily Kos diarists operate a kind of collective censorship which means diaries like this one will be buried pretty soon. If you're going to try to be true to free speech then you're going to get this kind of stuff occasionally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24094935999237861282008-09-01T01:13:00.000+01:002008-09-01T01:13:00.000+01:00My guess is that this is simply to bring on board ...My guess is that this is simply to bring on board the hard right on cultural issues.<BR/><BR/>The only problem is:<BR/><BR/>What's the point if she's not going to deliver on those culturally conservative issues - like changing the constitution so that marriage is only heterosexual, making abortion virtually illegal and allowing terrorists AK-47s.<BR/><BR/>I think that this whole thing will unravel.<BR/><BR/>Mind you you have to give it to Cindy McCain when asked how much Foreign Affairs experience she has<BR/><BR/>`Well you know she comes from Alaska, and that's near to Russia!`<BR/><BR/>Well i never knew that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88557963745861214622008-09-01T00:32:00.000+01:002008-09-01T00:32:00.000+01:00"...not all Tories love a Republican."And as a Rep..."...not all Tories love a Republican."<BR/><BR/>And as a Republican who's worked for the Tories, not all Republicans love those among the Tories who manage to display their staggering ignorance of the US.<BR/><BR/>"Republicans like her give human beings a bad name."<BR/><BR/>Self-righteous condescension like that gives the Tory Party a bad name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89424246189722167572008-09-01T00:25:00.000+01:002008-09-01T00:25:00.000+01:00Sullivan isn't the source in any case - just the g...Sullivan isn't the source in any case - just the go between. The best stuff is on the Anchorage Daily News website but you have to pay a fee for access to their archives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64957707864999380552008-08-31T22:56:00.000+01:002008-08-31T22:56:00.000+01:00Andrew Sullivan develops intense infatuations with...Andrew Sullivan develops intense infatuations with politicians during which they can do no wrong, right up until they disappoint him when he turns into a deranged bunny boiler who now thinks his former object of admiration can do no right. See his attitude to Bush up until February 2004 and then after.<BR/><BR/>A couple of weeks ago he was claiming that Karl Rove started the Russia-Georgia war. <A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/rove-rice-and-s.html" REL="nofollow">Really</A>! <BR/><BR/>Sullivan was once a serious commentator but that was a long time ago.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87751692805678608462008-08-31T22:35:00.000+01:002008-08-31T22:35:00.000+01:00Conservative cabbie, Sullivan is a conservative bl...Conservative cabbie, Sullivan is a conservative blogger - an Obamacon! (Stupid term)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9897245835526196492008-08-31T21:24:00.000+01:002008-08-31T21:24:00.000+01:00Thankyou anonymous (7:39 and 7:53) for the links, ...Thankyou anonymous (7:39 and 7:53) for the links, nice one :-).<BR/><BR/>Please forgive me though if I don't take links to Andrew Sullivan too seriously, he's Obama's biggest fan - hardly a reliable source.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56218240461514776642008-08-31T21:08:00.000+01:002008-08-31T21:08:00.000+01:00The sycophantic comments about Obama illustrate th...The sycophantic comments about Obama illustrate the problem. The fact is things started going downhill for him when he chose to exploit his followers financially in the way he announced his VP choice. And Biden must've been chosen by the Clintons as they endorsed him more warmly than Obama. And from footage I've seen, Biden doesn't let him get a word in edgeways when they're in front of crowds. The people I know who were really keen on Obama and donated a lot of cash, are now saying saying they don't really care what happens in Nov. My brother actually said he was too busy to watch any of last Thurs' speech. And the attacks on Palin would further put off the people who got interested in the process for the 1st time. And to those questioning her judgement about travelling when her waters broke - it shows real strength of character to suppress such maddening pain. She obviously had to travel to her own midwife as she would've known there was something wrong with baby from the scans. Anyway, I hear Thatcher was dismissed as a lightweight with a funny voice in 1975 and look what happened to her.<BR/>The sexist attacks by the so called liberals would only help the Republicans in Nov. The Republicans are united in winning this, and the Dems are seriously not in the same planet as most ordinary Americans. And the Republicans have just announced they're cancelling events in solidarity with those affected by the hurricane. Things that always play well in Peoria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35295783372878140572008-08-31T20:56:00.000+01:002008-08-31T20:56:00.000+01:00American Politics on "Iain Dale" is seriously tire...American Politics on "Iain Dale" is seriously tiresome, not all Tories love a Republican.<BR/><BR/>To be honest you sound like a New Labour wannabee praising up the right wing.<BR/><BR/>Your post about her experince. You do realise she was Mayor at a level akin to a level to Parish Council level?<BR/><BR/>Republicans like her give human beings a bad name.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810599928765693534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39693835227130467772008-08-31T20:00:00.000+01:002008-08-31T20:00:00.000+01:00Letterman:it was not a front-pager or an editor wh...Letterman:<BR/><BR/>it was not a front-pager or an editor who wrote it, it was just a couple of diarists. They seem to have been buried or taken down anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50141800911434578032008-08-31T19:54:00.000+01:002008-08-31T19:54:00.000+01:00Iain,Either the story is true or, the story is fal...Iain,<BR/><BR/>Either the story is true or, the story is false. Either way, it impacts on the judgement of Palin. Given that 9 times in the last 42 presidencies the VP has taken power during term, she's perilously close to power.<BR/><BR/>If true, then again the cover-up will be more damaging than the actual problem.<BR/><BR/>If false (and Occam's razor alone says it should be), then herwaters broke at 4am, she waited till 8am to do a presentation, then went on a scheduled aircraft trip, not telling the crew about her condition, from texas to seattle, and then on to Anchorage, and then on an hours drive to a hospital with no Neo-natal icu facilites. With a Downs Baby.<BR/><BR/>The fact that her waters had broken could lead to huge medical complciations, from infection to a prolapsed cord, to worse. The pressure change on the amniotic sack in the aircraft alone would be incredibly risky.<BR/><BR/>Either way, in my eyes her judgement is impaired. That;s the problem with this story, either answer puts her in a bad light.<BR/><BR/>This SHOULD have been found in the vetting and dealt with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27702887007976412142008-08-31T19:53:00.000+01:002008-08-31T19:53:00.000+01:00Andrew Halcro former two-term Republican state rep...Andrew Halcro former two-term Republican state representative <BR/><A HREF="http://www.andrewhalcro.com/sept_16_adn_op/ed_stop_the_cronyism_and_cut_our_losses" REL="nofollow">Matanuska Maid link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74115382320633657062008-08-31T19:50:00.000+01:002008-08-31T19:50:00.000+01:00Iain, I can't find this post on the main Daily Kos...Iain, I can't find this post on the main Daily Kos page at the time that it says here - have they taken it down or is it just from a Kos diarist and not from the main page?Lettermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09572427955948494269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42106878784345766972008-08-31T19:39:00.000+01:002008-08-31T19:39:00.000+01:00Palin fires police chief and library director with...Palin fires police chief and library director without cause<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/another-dubious.html" REL="nofollow">LINK</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com