Future President Sarah Palin Pals Around with Operating Thetan

[Epic Fail Guy]

That's because they know that the other Scientologists would eat them.

Raw.

Nah, they'd just use the BRING BACK ALIVE TECH that worked so well on Jett Travolta

[Wild Cobra]

And you would think the Left would LOVE a strong, independent woman like her.

No . Just another reason they give me to call them lib s. She is the model for feminism. She has a great job and family both. She has it all. But no. She is a threat to the left, so she has to be destroyed, at any and all costs. Cant have other women striving for what feminism really stood for.

So if 90%+ of criticisms/lies are level against a politician then any attacks are no longer credible?

At face value. No. There has to be some rather credible evidence to back up allegations.

She was trashed and lied to over and over. The slander never stopped, and still continues. Nothing said against her in the negative has any credibility for anyone with an IQ above 80, without solid evidence now.

[clambake]

you guys are so wrong.

we absolutely love that dumbass.

[ChumpDumper]

Has she figured out what news periodicals she reads yet?

[baseline bum]

Totally. I'm open to legitimate criticism of her from the Right. And I'm not saying she should be our candidate in 2012. But this trashing of her has got to stop. And you would think the Left would LOVE a strong, independent woman like her.

You don't really believe in her, do you? This is some act, right?

[Don Quixote]

Defending Sarah Palin?

You're such a partisan hack. If she was a Dem you'd be ripping her like there's no tomorrow.

Well, I'm not saying we can't criticize her. I personally support Sarah Palin because (a) she shares my values - that is, I agree with the substance with her platform, and (b) I have a soft spot for people who get trashed the way she does. I figure, if the Left and the media are that allergic to her, there must be something good about her.

And she doesn't act or talk like a Beltway insider? I say, GOOD! The Republic needs more people like her.

Am I endorsing her for President in 2012? No, we're still too far out. And I'm fine with critiquing her positions on issues (energy, security, et al). But let's leave this appalling treatment of her in junior high where it belongs.

[Ignignokt]

what? if that was sarcasm it failed.

and they may not have fainted in front of him, but a few were thrown off his yatch by him...

, do you care honestly?

if he does his job well who cares, it's uncons utional to have a litmus test for those reasons.

[Don Quixote]

You don't really believe in her, do you? This is some act, right?

Actually, I do believe in her, thank you. Alot of us on the Right do. Like I said, I'm not at all interested in perpetuating the Left's image of her, cultivated by the media. I'm interested in (a) her positions, and (b) how effectively she governs. Long story short, she passes both tests, at least for me. Does she lay on the folksiness a bit too thick sometimes? Yeah. But you know where she stands on things. (The President, he's a tougher one to figure out. I still don't know what he believes.)

That said, Palin was misused by, and probably a poor fit for, the McCain campaign. Unlike Obama, she's best off the teleprompter. McCain would have been better off just unleashing her on O-Biden during the "debate," TV interviews, etc., instead of this scripted nonsense.

[ChumpDumper]

Actually, I do believe in her

[Don Quixote]

Long time no see.

welcome back.

Yeah, I sold my soul, again. I don't get interested in basketball until Feb these days, and don't make it over to ST until at least 1 March. And it's better if I stay away from the political forum altogether.

But good to hear from you, probably the smartest lefty here.

[mogrovejo]

Woodrow Wilson was very probably the most educated and intellectually brilliant American president. He was also, IMO, one of the worst. Churchill was a terrible student and what one today would call a "jock" but he basically saved a continent.

I personally don't care for Pallin, but the idea that over-educated cosmopolitans make better political leaders is so naif that it becomes amusing.

[Don Quixote]

You make a great point. Some of our worst leaders have been among the brightest and best-educated. I challenge some of you to read up on the educations of Pol Pot, Castro, Idi Amin, as well as those of the (admittedly less-bloody) American leaders (e.g., Roosevelt, Clinton, Bush, Wilson, and Obama. Throw in Churchill as well.)

I don't mean to be anti-intellectual. Indeed, I am for book-larnin. But we need to dispose of this myth that an Ivy-league education and great rhetorical skills automatically makes one qualified for elected office. What about character? What about one's view of the Cons ution? Those things matter too.

And can we not examine the toxic values of many in govt who came from the Ivy League? As my hero William F. Buckley said, I would rather be governed by the first 1000 names in the phone book than by the faculty at Harvard. The issue here is not academic a en (Obama has it no doubt). It is character and personal convictions that I care about. And Palin has them. I am much more interested in those things than in one's personal style, rhetorical ability, photogeneity (Palin IS photogenic, though).

[Bartleby]

[baseline bum]

You make a great point. Some of our worst leaders have been among the brightest and best-educated. I challenge some of you to read up on the educations of Pol Pot, Castro, Idi Amin, as well as those of the (admittedly less-bloody) American leaders (e.g., Roosevelt, Clinton, Bush, Wilson, and Obama. Throw in Churchill as well.)

I don't mean to be anti-intellectual. Indeed, I am for book-larnin. But we need to dispose of this myth that an Ivy-league education and great rhetorical skills automatically makes one qualified for elected office. What about character? What about one's view of the Cons ution? Those things matter too.

And can we not examine the toxic values of many in govt who came from the Ivy League? As my hero William F. Buckley said, I would rather be governed by the first 1000 names in the phone book than by the faculty at Harvard. The issue here is not academic a en (Obama has it no doubt). It is character and personal convictions that I care about. And Palin has them. I am much more interested in those things than in one's personal style, rhetorical ability, photogeneity (Palin IS photogenic, though).

We elected an anti-intellectual who only got into Harvard as a legacy to run this country, and look where it got us.

[sook]

[CubanMustGo]

I don't care much for Palin but like this is about as asinine and uncalled for as it comes.

[Epic Fail Guy]

, do you care honestly?

if he does his job well who cares, it's uncons utional to have a litmus test for those reasons.

We're not asking for a litmus test, we're asking for an investigation into the criminal activities that the Cult of Scientology participates in and a repeal of the tax-exempt status the cult currently enjoys.

[Epic Fail Guy]

Great example. $cientology proceeded to try to pressure YouTube to remove this video because it made them look bad. They failed, epically, and unleashed a wave of protests against them which has turned into the Chanology movement you see today.

[Don Quixote]

We elected an anti-intellectual who only got into Harvard as a legacy to run this country, and look where it got us.

Nobody at ST is smarter or better informed than George Bush. Nobody.

Is he plain-spoken? Yes. Wrong on some things? Possibly. But an idiot, or an anti-intellectual? Not even close.

We would all be better served if we just dropped the old conservatives are idiots, liberals are geniuses meme, and be willing to admit that our political opponents are at least as smart, or moral, or honest as we are. That would go a long way.

[baseline bum]

Nobody at ST is smarter or better informed than George Bush. Nobody.

Is he plain-spoken? Yes. Wrong on some things? Possibly. But an idiot, or an anti-intellectual? Not even close.

We would all be better served if we just dropped the old conservatives are idiots, liberals are geniuses meme, and be willing to admit that our political opponents are at least as smart, or moral, or honest as we are. That would go a long way.

Republicans have earned that label with the way they hide behind the bible and on science and education. Bush is a ing re who only looks smart if you compare him to heads like Palin. Oh yeah, Bush is a genius getting suckered into Rumsfeld's and Cheney's idiotic plans to go into Iraq with a force way smaller than the Army wanted. That worked well keeping peace after the invasion. Great call on Chalabi, the INC, and let's not forget the yellowcake. Awesome presentation to the UN where the Bush Administration was using drawings as evidence. Nice cuts to the Pell Grants too when our nation is being killed by China and India in producing engineers. I know; college is brainwashing to the anti-intellectuals and church is Truth. Thanks also for telling Fermilab to off in their search for the Higgs Boson.

[Ignignokt]

Republicans have earned that label with the way they hide behind the bible and on science and education. Bush is a ing re who only looks smart if you compare him to heads like Palin. Oh yeah, Bush is a genius getting suckered into Rumsfeld's and Cheney's idiotic plans to go into Iraq with a force way smaller than the Army wanted. That worked well keeping peace after the invasion. Great call on Chalabi, the INC, and let's not forget the yellowcake. Awesome presentation to the UN where the Bush Administration was using drawings as evidence. Nice cuts to the Pell Grants too when our nation is being killed by China and India in producing engineers. I know; college is brainwashing to the anti-intellectuals and church is Truth. Thanks also for telling Fermilab to off in their search for the Higgs Boson.

First of all, no way are you smarter or more informed than Bush, i know that's something reall easy to say because it's the cool thing to say.

on science and education? LOLOLOL!

While there may be truth to taht , it's not like you're party s on science by exaggerating global warming, and using scare tactics.

And ting on education, if democrat policies were more than pumping money into education, maybe no one would have to on education.

[Don Quixote]

Republicans have earned that label with the way they hide behind the bible and poop on science and education. Bush is a re who only looks smart if you compare him to dunderheads like Palin. Oh yeah, Bush is a genius getting suckered into Rumsfeld's and Cheney's idiotic plans to go into Iraq with a force way smaller than the Army wanted. That worked well keeping peace after the invasion. Great call on Chalabi, the INC, and let's not forget the yellowcake. Awesome presentation to the UN where the Bush Administration was using drawings as evidence. Nice cuts to the Pell Grants too when our nation is being killed by China and India in producing engineers. I know; college is brainwashing to the anti-intellectuals and church is Truth. Thanks also for telling Fermilab to get lost in their search for the Higgs Boson.

Got anything new?

Well ... it's good to know what you think of me. And us. We are anti-intellectual fundamentalists who vote for idiots. And I take it libs, then, are intellectuals who would never be unduly influenced by anti-religious, fundamentalist, zealotry. And liberal pols are brilliant. Got it.

[Ignignokt]

*that

[baseline bum]

Got anything new?

Well ... it's good to know what you think of me. And us. We are anti-intellectual fundamentalists who vote for idiots. And I take it libs, then, are intellectuals who would never be unduly influenced by anti-religious, fundamentalist, zealotry. And liberal pols are brilliant. Got it.

I never said Democrats earned some genius label.

[ploto]

I know for a fact that there are quite a number of people on here who are definitely SMARTER than George Bush.