Comments on: Jim Bennett on Sarah Palin

By: Andrew Garland

Andrew Garland — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:19:41 +0000

Gov. Palin: Top Ten Negative Stories
(Satire)

1. Diplomat asked Palin to fetch coffee. “How would I know?” he said.

2. Call to Wassila library interrupted operations. “Palin talked for half an hour”, says librarian.

3. Palin’s children may not be citizens due to technicalities of Alaska Purchase.

4. Palin campaign operative asks permission for gun rack over VP Seal.

5. Sarah Palin did not inspire character Sarah Conner in the movie “The Terminator”. “She inspired the Terminator character”, reports screenwriter.

6. Secret sources report “Al-Qaeda will never surrender to a woman, may it please Allah”.

7. Palin is not vetted about future pregnancy. Federal law prevented asking.

8. Palin denies rumors of “virgin birth”, despite religious leanings.

9. “Killing moose is overflow hostility”, says psychiatrist.

10. When Bridge to Nowhere cancelled, 35 homeless denied shelter underneath.

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By: Jim Miller

Jim Miller — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:24:54 +0000

Jim – Thanks for doing this. It’s the best single piece that I have seen on Palin and her record as governor.

By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:55:10 +0000

MD: right you are. Still, what a difference Gov.Palin makes with the rest of the candidates.
If only instead of McCain the #1 on the ticket said “Fred D. Thompson”…

By: MD

MD — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:03:14 +0000

Good articles, all. The comments to Jim Bennett’s Telgraph article! Hilarious! People really have fun in comments sections, don’t they?

The Cato article says libertarians should be ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Palin. I guess that sums up where I am on this whole Palin thing – cautiously optimistic (with my usual dash of cranky pessimism thrown in. Oh, you know what I mean. Politicians always disappoint and can’t possibly be ‘all that’). It’s just nice to hear talk of small government after eight years of compassionate conservatism, you know? It’s only talk, I know…and, hey, I don’t think Bush is a bad guy, I just don’t buy that whole compassionate conservatism stuff.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:33:01 +0000

Thanks, Lex & Jim, I’ve been forwarding this to all my friends. It is clear and helpful.

By: Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:32:00 +0000

I owe a huge hat tip to CB’s James McCormick, who has kept me informed on the pipeline deal from a Calgary perspective. The witticism “I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin” has been attributed to Louis Mayer, among others. I knew of Sarah Palin before she was devoid of international experience, so to speak. Primarily through following the pipeline deal.

Go back and read the business press prior to the announcement of Palin’s candidacy, and she will be mentioned in the context of the deal — without the moose, the kids, the Eskimos, and all that. Back when she had experience.

By: Shannon Love

Shannon Love — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:36:01 +0000

Alaska is an even bigger “company town” in regard to the petroleum industry than Texas is. The fact that she gave them a swift kick in the gonads augers well for both her ability to fight political corruption/crony capitalism and her political acumen.