Ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (Official)

[Bucklion]

Originally Posted by AKAKBUCK

Put a fork in her... she's done.

Of course...

How many times did we say that about Nixon?

And by "we" I really mean any of you really old people that might actually remember that stuff.

Thing with Nixon though is he was exponentially obsessed with the idea of obtaining power...it was absolute pathogenesis. Even when he had it, he couldn't rest, and even when it was clear no Democrat on earth could beat him, he still had the Watergate break-in anyway. It was therefore easy for him to come back and go for broke, because it was all he had or cared about. He also had that "it" factor that Teflon Billy-Jeff had...the ability to bounce back from seeming career death, multiple times, until Nixon's pathogenesis finally caught up to him (well, Clinton's did too, but it wasn't illegal, just, er, uh, messy on a dress).

Palin, on the other hand, strikes me as having none of those qualities...she looked uncomfortable during the debate, uncomfortable during interviews...she's good at preaching to the proverbial choir, but that does not a leader make, at least on a national scale. She might have designs on a Senate seat, and she might just be able to win one, given her popularity in Alaska and the size and nature of the populace, but President? Fuggetaboutit.

[Gatorubet]

Originally Posted by AKAKBUCK

And by "we" I really mean any of you really old people that might actually remember that stuff.

May thou eateth a box of dycks!

[Tresselbeliever]

Originally Posted by AKAKBUCK

Put a fork in her... she's done.

Of course...

How many times did we say that about Nixon?

And by "we" I really mean any of you really old people that might actually remember that stuff.

If Nixon was running in this campaign he would have been elected back in '04.

[AKAKBUCK]

Originally Posted by Bucklion

Thing with Nixon though is he was exponentially obsessed with the idea of obtaining power...it was absolute pathogenesis. Even when he had it, he couldn't rest, and even when it was clear no Democrat on earth could beat him, he still had the Watergate break-in anyway. It was therefore easy for him to come back and go for broke, because it was all he had or cared about. He also had that "it" factor that Teflon Billy-Jeff had...the ability to bounce back from seeming career death, multiple times, until Nixon's pathogenesis finally caught up to him (well, Clinton's did too, but it wasn't illegal, just, er, uh, messy on a dress).

Palin, on the other hand, strikes me as having none of those qualities...she looked uncomfortable during the debate, uncomfortable during interviews...she's good at preaching to the proverbial choir, but that does not a leader make, at least on a national scale. She might have designs on a Senate seat, and she might just be able to win one, given her popularity in Alaska and the size and nature of the populace, but President? Fuggetaboutit.

Damn, you're old.

[cincibuck]

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Yeah, one-sided, biased from the git-go, but I like the give-'em-enough-rope- and-they'll-hang-themselves style.

[Bucklion]

Originally Posted by AKAKBUCK

Damn, you're old.

Shall we discuss the finer points of Burr's failed 1800 campaign now?

[GoodLifeSean]

At this point, I just can't wait for the fifth, when hopefully she can retire away to Alaska never to be seen from me again. My luck she'll get hired by Fox news and I'll have to hear her on the Dennis Miller Show

[AKAKBUCK]

Originally Posted by Bucklion

Shall we discuss the finer points of Burr's failed 1800 campaign now?

Eh, nothing you can't clear up with a duel later.

['BusNative]

Originally Posted by GoodLifeSean

At this point, I just can't wait for the fifth

+1 for 409,853,485,934,503,855 reasons

[Muck]

Originally Posted by Tresselbeliever

If Nixon was running in this campaign he would have been elected back in '04.

Are you saying he's such a bad mofo he would get the votes 4 years before he runs?

[Tresselbeliever]

Originally Posted by Muck

Are you saying he's such a bad mofo he would get the votes 4 years before he runs?

No. What I'm saying is that he's such a bad mofo that he would've unseated Bush the incumbent and won the general election outright in '04. (without wiretaps probably)

[OSUsushichic]

Palin in '12!!!

Palin didn't have to run - War Room - Salon.com

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Tresselbeliever

If Nixon was running in this campaign he would have been elected back in '04.

My most treasured purchase ever in Ann Arbor was a "Nixon 2000: Because Death is No Excuse" t-shirt.

[MaxBuck]

Originally Posted by AKAKBUCK

Put a fork in her... she's done.

Of course...

How many times did we say that about Nixon?

And by "we" I really mean any of you really old people that might actually remember that stuff.

Big difference between Dick Nixon and Sarah Palin. Nixon was brilliant and ruthless; Palin is stupid and ruthless. Pass vs. fail.

[Tresselbeliever]

Originally Posted by MaxBuck

Big difference between Dick Nixon and Sarah Palin. Nixon was brilliant and ruthless; Palin is stupid and ruthless. Pass vs. fail.

She's going to stay low for a couple of years, survey the situation, and re-emerge a moderate fiscal and 'compassionate' conservative and will have America crazy. You just watch.