How Obama Got Elected

[Joran]

"It's going to be interesting to see how that plays out and I think that as we watch that we will perhaps be able to prove that there is a class issue here also that was such a factor in the scrutiny of my candidacy versus, say, the scrutiny of what her candidacy may be," Palin said.

It's not a class issue. You're just an idiot. And the media is fond of ripping idiots a new asshole because they're such easy targets.

In a news release issued Friday, Palin's office said the governor was dismayed that her comments in the Ziegler interview were being taken out of context in the media

If you were smart, intelligent and qualified, this wouldn't happen EVERY TIME YOU HAVE AN INTERVIEW!

In the interview, Palin criticized the news media's coverage of her and her family, telling Ziegler that CBS News anchor Katie Couric and comic actress Tina Fey had been "exploiting" her. Palin gave Couric a rare interview at the beginning of her campaign for vice president, and Fey frequently impersonated Palin on "Saturday Night Live."

SNL pokes fun of all famous politicians, and it is one small example of the kind of free speech that his country has fought so hard to protect. If you can't handle this kind of scrutiny without throwing a hissy fit, then you're definitely not the right person for the job.

Palin singled out the Couric interview as condescending, particularly a question about what she reads and, according to the governor, "What do you guys do up there?" In fact, Couric never asked that question

Using the proper word combinations is always useful in making people believe that you're right and that they're wrong. Its just a shame that you didn't think to rewrite reality before you lied, or at least delete all video and audio records of the Couric interview first.

"What is the double-standard here?" she asked. "Why would people choose to believe lies? What is it that drives people to believe the worst, perpetuate the worst?"

We don't. Hence why many believe that you should be placed in jail WITH those anonymous bloggers that have so slandered yours and many others names. You can do less harm out of the spotlight than in it, spouting your superfluous and nonsensical bullshit to the world.

In the end, I still stand by my original assessment, that you, in fact, ARE AN IDIOT!

[Tristam]

SNL pokes fun of all famous politicians, and it is one small example of the kind of free speech that his country has fought so hard to protect. If you can't handle this kind of scrutiny without throwing a hissy fit, then you're definitely not the right person for the job.

Totally correct, Clinton got SLAMMED in the media and cartoons/SNL etc (and not just cuz' of the kinky sex). It's not gonna get any easier on the next candidates and you better believe the media will be merciless with Obama if the economy continues to decline.

[Trichocyst]

Why elect the cow when you can get the lulz for free?

[Joran]

Wasn't she the one who said Obama "palled around with Terrorists" and incited angry mobs of southern hicks to shout "Kill him!"?

What a fucking hypocrite. I hope she runs in 2012 so she can help the Democrats lock up the government once again.

The Republicans may have given away this election season handily, but they're not that stupid. After all this shit, she'll be the first one they kick out of the primaries.

Then again, I also said that the general population wasn't stupid enough to re-elect Dubya for a second term, but in my own defense, the Democrats did nominate an idiot to run against him.

[Eticket]

Senate seat =! VP of one of the most powerful countries in the world.

Exactly. I stopped reading right there.

[Zosi]

That was her response to a question... and that's a HUGE difference. If someone asks you "Do you like smelly feet?" and your response is "Smelly feet should be against the law!" And then the guy reports it as "So-and-so wants smelly feet made crime!" It's not the same, is it?.

Actually, yeah, it pretty much is. If you say "Smelly feet should be against the law!" in response to a question in a serious interview, that kinda means... that you think it should be against the law. That's kind of the point of answering questions. If you run around saying things you don't mean, then it's *your* fault when the quotes that result make you look bad.

[Alistaire]

How Obama got elected:

People voted for him

Case closed

One thing about that, there's a certain extent where you can say "Obama got elected by not being dragged down by someone like Palin. I wonder how much support McCain wasted by affiliating with such a "crazy lady".

[Tristam]

One thing about that, there's a certain extent where you can say "Obama got elected by not being dragged down by someone like Palin. I wonder how much support McCain wasted by affiliating with such a "crazy lady".

he actually got a lot of support from "the base" by picking her, like it or not, there are a lot of strange people that love this woman for politics.

[Alistaire]

he actually got a lot of support from "the base" by picking her, like it or not, there are a lot of strange people that love this woman for politics.

Makes me glad to be Canadian.

[Stiker]

Why elect the cow when you can get the lulz for free?

I think we are on to something here.

[Joran]

Makes me glad to be Canadian.

Least our leader doesn't shut down the government when the legislature goes to vote on something that he disagrees with. Our leader just has the supporters arrested and locked away in the dungeon under Dick Cheney's VP Homestead.

[0ni0n]

Was about to say Stephen Harper suspended the parliament so that they won't kick him out of office.

[Seraph]

Makes me glad to be Canadian.

You are as close to her as most of us are. Be afraid, be very afraid.

[Alistaire]

You are as close to her as most of us are. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Actually the closest people to her are Russians. Cause she can see them out her window.

[Joran]

You are as close to her as most of us are. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Closer actually. She can see them from her house.

[Alistaire]

Least our leader doesn't shut down the government when the legislature goes to vote on something that he disagrees with. Our leader just has the supporters arrested and locked away in the dungeon under Dick Cheney's VP Homestead.

Not quite the situation, you can get better details in the thread that came up in this forum when it happened. tl;dr version is that Canadian law allows minority governments to be fucked over by fucktards, and him "shutting down the government" is legit and about the only thing he could do to try and prevent these fucktards from governing the country when the people didn't vote for them.

[Alistaire]

Closer actually. She can see them from her house.

That's the Russians, not Canadians.

[Joran]

That's the Russians, not Canadians.

Only in her world is Russia closer to Alaska than Canada is. Therefore, she must be able to see both of you. My bet is that she has a giant telescope in her backyard, in the shape of Jesus. Jesus-Scope's anus is the part you look into, and his eyes are the outer lenses.

[Lee]

Jindal is probably gonna grab GOP next time around, seeing how race is being pumped into politics.

[ZarakiKujata]

Jindal is probably gonna grab GOP next time around, seeing how race is being pumped into politics.

He and his handlers have already said they have no intentions of being Obama's sacrificial lamb in 2012(which means wait and see until 2010-11), Palin is the only potential frontrunner dumb enough to be keeping such a high profile for the next 4 years so her favorable/unfavorables can keep going lower and lower until the actual election