Palin Unmasked As Ultimate Insider Phony

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
Palin Unmasked As Ultimate Insider Phony
3
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 8:55am

You've got to read this one. Learn how she rose to power by courting the Fox Republican unreality machine. Learn how she used Washington lobbyists to suck out an outrageous $27 million of our federal tax dollars for her tiny town of Wasilla. Learn that Sarah Palin, the self-proclaimed reformer and outsider, is in reality just another insider slimeball in the Fox Republican machine. Read how she has Bill Kristol and the other deluded repressed right-wing Fox Republican gang fawning all over her.

"The other journalists who met Palin offered similarly effusive praise: Michael Gerson called her “a mix between Annie Oakley and Joan of Arc.��� The most ardent promoter, however, was Kristol, and his enthusiasm became the talk of Alaska’s political circles. According to Simpson, Senator Stevens told her that “Kristol was really pushing Palin” in Washington before McCain picked her. Indeed, as early as June 29th, two months before McCain chose her, Kristol predicted on “Fox News Sunday” that “McCain’s going to put Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, on the ticket.” He described her as “fantastic,” saying that she could go one-on-one against Obama in basketball, and possibly siphon off Hillary Clinton’s supporters. He pointed out that she was a “mother of five” and a reformer. “Go for the gold here with Sarah Palin,” he said. The moderator, Chris Wallace, finally had to ask Kristol, “Can we please get off Sarah Palin?”
The next day, however, Kristol was still talking about Palin on Fox. “She could be both an effective Vice-Presidential candidate and an effective President,” he said. “She’s young, energetic.” On a subsequent “Fox News Sunday,” Kristol again pushed Palin when asked whom McCain should pick: “Sarah Palin, whom I’ve only met once but I was awfully impressed by—a genuine reformer, defeated the establishment up there. It would be pretty wild to pick a young female Alaska governor, and I think, you know, McCain might as well go for it.” On July 22nd, again on Fox, Kristol referred to Palin as “my heartthrob.” He declared, “I don’t know if I can make it through the next three months without her on the ticket.” Reached last week, Kristol pointed out that just before McCain picked Palin he had ratcheted back his campaign a little; though he continued to tout her, he also wrote a Times column promoting Senator Joe Lieberman, of Connecticut."

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=3 There is much more to this at this link.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:07am

And this is another one of those "amusing" articles on Palin.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 10:02am
I can see them auctioning off before donating to Good Will.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 1:27pm

I really would like to hear from all the posters on this board who went after Edwards' two $400 haircuts.

Anyone anyone?