Fox News already going after Palin

[Diverdog]

The war begins as Fox News and McCain camp start shredding Palin. She didn't know Africa was a Continent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZHTJsR4Bc


DD

[DC Horn]

Gotta blame somebody for their ineptitude, why not shred the DC outsider? Them's easy pickin's ...

[ohsooso]

Of course blaming someone inept for your ineptitude has an awfully good chance of succeeding.

Fox News: we report after the election. you decide.

[jg6544]

Nothing tops the Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman-Marcus remark.

[Bitterwhiteguy]

Just wait until she appoints herself Senator and they have to deal with her for 4 years.

[jg6544]

Just wait until she appoints herself Senator and they have to deal with her for 4 years.

According to the news last night, she can't, but she could resign and let the Lt. Gov. appoint her.

[UTgrad98]

I wonder how Palin will taste to the Republicans. Probably like chicken...no wait, moose !

[cctxfan]

According to the news last night, she can't, but she could resign and let the Lt. Gov. appoint her.

I've read there would have to be a special election in the event Stevens resigned. Sure, she could appoint someone to fill in for a few months, but it wouldn't be herself.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if she threw her name into the special election hat. She'd probably win. I really wouldn't care. We'd be getting rid of a corrupt bum and replacing him with a very novice 'pub. She'd probably toe the party line and introduce some whacky bills, but those bills wouldn't go anywhere. In effect, she'd be harmless.

[JG]

What does Sarah Palin want? The SMART thing to do now would be to ride the wave she started with the base. Hit the media circuit, do a book, get hired on some RW show. She'd be a star. She could even lose the glasses, and dress nice...and all those RW men would stare slack jawed at the screen as their hero said all the sweet nothings they want to hear.

She could make a FORTUNE doing that.

Or she could decide that she's a REAL political candidate, hang in Alaska for a couple of years out of sight and out of mind, then try to convince people in New Hampshire and Iowa to nominate her for 2012. I strongly suspect that she's going to come out of this a bit tainted, and she not electable or even nominate-able (if that's a real word). And if she goes all through that, loses badly in the primary, her shot at cash in the media world is gone.

I'd advise her to forget the pipe dream of the White House, and go for the dough.

[cctxfan]

JG, I'd say that if she's really still interested in national politics, she runs for the Senate seat that ultimately Stevens will give up. It's a near certainty that she'd win. If she's honest with herself, she'd hire some experienced GOP advisers to assess her chances at a 2012 presidential bid. Everyone of them would tell her she has zero chance.

If it's just fame, money, and national exposure she's interested in, then yes, by all means, do the book and column route, cash in on the media circuit. That's pretty much a sure thing as well.

[ImInsideTexas]

What does Sarah Palin want? The SMART thing to do now would be to ride the wave she started with the base. Hit the media circuit, do a book, get hired on some RW show. She'd be a star. She could even lose the glasses, and dress nice...and all those RW men would stare slack jawed at the screen as their hero said all the sweet nothings they want to hear.

She could make a FORTUNE doing that.

Or she could decide that she's a REAL political candidate, hang in Alaska for a couple of years out of sight and out of mind, then try to convince people in New Hampshire and Iowa to nominate her for 2012. I strongly suspect that she's going to come out of this a bit tainted, and she not electable or even nominate-able (if that's a real word). And if she goes all through that, loses badly in the primary, her shot at cash in the media world is gone.

I'd advise her to forget the pipe dream of the White House, and go for the dough.
She has no shot at ever being a Presidential cnadidate. I agree with you she should do some media, get a radio show or something in Alaska or Idaho.

Or she could always do a show with Tim Hasselbeck's wife.

[mdhorn]

Who knows, maybe she nominates her husband. She won't be able to keep clean for four more years. It won't happen. She should pitch a show to station exec's somewhere. I don't know if the radio show would work because you would have to listen to that freakin horrible voice....whereas you can mute the tv.

[JG]

She would have to been on TV. Her looks matter more than her voice.

[jg6544]

What does Sarah Palin want? The SMART thing to do now would be to ride the wave she started with the base. Hit the media circuit, do a book, get hired on some RW show. She'd be a star. She could even lose the glasses, and dress nice...and all those RW men would stare slack jawed at the screen as their hero said all the sweet nothings they want to hear.

From your fingertips to God's eyes (much as I would like to see her make a run at the nomination in 2012).

[Diverdog]

Bahahahahahahahaha:


McCain sources gripe about Palin
Posted: 07:04 PM ET

From CNN Correspondent Dana Bash

Some McCain advisers were frustrated by Palin.

(CNN) — Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin had prepared to deliver a concession speech before John McCain’s Tuesday night — and brought her remarks with her to his Phoenix concession — but senior McCain campaign adviser Steve Schmidt told her she could not.

Two McCain sources say Palin clearly did not understand the protocol of a concession speech, and expected she would have the chance to deliver one of her own.

McCain advisers were also upset with the Alaska governor for setting up what she thought was a call from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The call, which turned out to be a prank from Quebec radio hosts, was not cleared with the McCain campaign and some saw the effort to set it up as evidence of her future presidential ambitions.

A Palin ally involved in setting up the call, however, suggests McCain advisers had ample time to object given the call was on her schedule for three days.

Two McCain sources also say Palin did not know Africa was a continent and could not find it on a map. A third source, a Palin ally, says that was a miscommunication.

Filed under: John McCain • Sarah Palin

[editionshield]

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Two McCain sources also say Palin did not know Africa was a continent and could not find it on a map. A third source, a Palin ally, says that was a miscommunication.
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yeah, turns out it was just a miscommunication. what they meant to say was that she couldn't find it on a globe.

[mdhorn]

So they were going to sell us crap and tell us it was gold. Then when it doesn't work, they tell us it was crap anyway. And why, because they have for 8 years. But now we're at the bottom of the crap barrel and we finally said, please, no more of this crap. This is insulting. This whole fiasco should make the true conservative Pubbies angry that they were sold a fake bill of goods.

[Toml_76]

Most of the conservative reaction I've heard to this news is outrage that Palin is being destroyed by members of her own party. They don't even seem to care that she's apparently a bigger idiot than George W. Bush.

I really feel sorry for her. Not because she doesn't have any of this coming to her, but because she will be known forever as "that stupid woman John McCain picked to be his VP nominee."

[Diverdog]

Most of the conservative reaction I've heard to this news is outrage that Palin is being destroyed by members of her own party. They don't even seem to care that she's apparently a bigger idiot than George W. Bush.

I really feel sorry for her. Not because she doesn't have any of this coming to her, but because she will be know forever as "that stupid woman John McCain picked to be his VP nominee."

Tom:

I said this early on when people were complaining about the questions reporters were asking. They were nothing compared to what would happen to her when she or if she decided to run in the primaries against her Republican opponents. I knew they would shred her without second thought. This is only the tip of the iceberg. More is going to come out.....trust me.

DD

[OldestHorn]

This all seems like the McCain camp doing some CYA. Of course they forget that she was picked by them to be the VP nominee.

I find it really funny they're all blaming her for their troubles. Their troubles, and Palin was in many ways the least of them, were all of their own making.

As much of campaigning is for show with little substance, it can reveal a candidate's leadership potential. McCain ran a lousy campaign, Obama ran a brilliant one.

Full disclosure: I voted for McCain.

[editionshield]

i must admit that, with the election no longer in question and thus no national security riding on her fate, this little meltdown is pretty entertaining to watch....

Palin calls some of her fellow Republicans "jerks" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_el_pr/palin_clothing;_ylt=AueistlSSDDhwBL.BcrzuMOs0NUE)

[cctxfan]

i must admit that, with the election no longer in question and thus no national security riding on her fate, this little meltdown is pretty entertaining to watch....

Palin calls some of her fellow Republicans "jerks" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_el_pr/palin_clothing;_ylt=AueistlSSDDhwBL.BcrzuMOs0NUE)

Notice how she says her comments were taken out of context during her debate prep instead of saying that she actually does know the countries that make up NAFTA and that Africa is a continent. It's almost like she's saying 'How dare they leak my mistakes and lack of common knowledge exposed during my debate prep.'

Also, now she's backtracked on her stance that Stevens resign. Everyone knows she voted for that corrupt piece of sh*t.

[Diverdog]

At an Alaska Obama gathering Tuesday night, some celebrants said they were disappointed by the new Palin they saw in the campaign.

"All the alliances she used to get things done have been shattered," said Kate Troll, executive director of the Alaska Conservation Alliance. "She comes back to unknown territory."

But some Republican legislators who have backed Palin in the past said they thought she could resume her leadership style now that she was back to her old job. Her support was built around issues, not party loyalty, said Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer.

"If she takes the same course her next two years and picks issues with broad consensus, it won't change at all," Seaton said.

Feelings get raw in campaigns and then everyone gets back to work, said Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, who directed the Legislature's Troopergate inquiry. He said he's more worried about Palin's future relations with the federal government, whose help is needed on loan guarantees and rights of way to get the gas pipeline built.

Palin (http://www.adn.com/palin/story/579161.html)