The first word I thought of was one that McCain uttered when confronted with the same CRAP. Utterly ridiculous, Mean.

That 8 years ago we voted in a likable guy with modest academic and personal achievements. It is beyond arguable how the last 8 years have turned out. Republicans are not even using the word republican in their campaigns. The GOP has run and hidden from their president and would barely support him with the bailout (here they did not support the head of their party at all). Now, USArmybrat, if Sarah Palin is not a carbon copy of George Bush with designer glasses, what is she? Why else will you republicans attempt to take the mistakes of 2000 and 2004 and dress them in designer skirts to sell us again? And why do you think the rest of us here and the vast majority of humans around this planet are hoping that does not happen again? I think Taibby nailed this one. For some reason, many conservatives want to look smart next to their president.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about your boy Matt Taibbi:

In March 2005, Taibbi wrote a column for NY Press, entitled "The 52 Funniest Things About the Upcoming Death of the Pope."[9] The column was denounced by Senator Hillary Clinton, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Matt Drudge, and Abe Foxman, among others, including Congressman Anthony Weiner who suggested that New Yorkers take copies of that issue out of their news boxes and destroy them.[10] In a subsequent column entitled "Keep Pope Alive," Taibbi defended the controversial piece as "an off-the-cuff burlesque of Truly Tasteless Jokes," which he said was designed to give readers a break from a long run of "fulminating political essays" in his column space. Taibbi claimed his piece had been a protest against "the agonizing marathon of mechanized media grief and adulation we so inevitably go through after the passing of each and every hallowed leader or celebrity." In the same piece Taibbi admitted that the column was "written in the waning hours of a Vicodin haze."

That Rolling Stone is one serious think tank aren't they? Here's one that should keep you busy for hours:

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Ya know moc, I posted this not because of a need for it to be factual, but because it is an OPINION piece that speaks to many of us who hold this same opinion of Sarah Palin. I actually thought it would help the Joe Six-pack crowd on here to understand why the majority of Americans aren't buying into the Palin hype and why she continues to plummet in the polls. It is not just her qualifications, or lack of.... it goes beyond that, which Taibbi so deftly explains.

Go ahead and shoot the messenger for stating his opinion, in this case Matt Taibbi, but you've lost the point of my original post.

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"You can lead a Republican to the truth, but you can't make him think."

Do you spend all day and night finding links regarding McCain and Palin shortcomings? Do you ever take a break and go out and enjoy this beautiful weather? Are you a paid employee of the "Let's Bash the Republicans" club? Sometimes I can just see you rolling around on the floor in unbridled joy when you think you have found something especially juicy. Did you ever think of getting another hobby? Will you go through withdrawal when the election is over?

click on "recent blog posts," and easily count up the most popular target of blogs here on the citizen. Then, armed with that new and revealing knowledge, you will know EXACTLY who to go scold about OBSESSIONS.

I prefer my husband, thank you.

I am obsessed with this election, however, but the great thing has been that my children are becoming extremely interested in politics, the political process and American government, as well as international affairs. We have the news on in our house constantly.

Personally, I did minor in International Business plus received a certificate in International Affairs from a major University out west... so, I am very addicted to this stuff!

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"You can lead a Republican to the truth, but you can't make him think."

I just like to save people some time. At least those who actually wonder who wrote a cut and pasted piece, and what credibility they offer, if any. Unfortunately, lots of folks believe everything they read and think it is unbiased journalism. It's not shooting the messenger, it's deftly unveiling them.

I completely understand if you have concerns about Sarah Palin's qualifications. We have the same concerns about Barack Obama's qualifications.

Appearing on Fox news Palin
"claimed that Couric's questions -- which produced a series of staggeringly embarrassing responses -- put her in a lose-lose position.

"The Sarah Palin in those interviews was a little bit annoyed," she said. "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered. If you choose to answer a question, you are going to get clobbered on the answer. If you choose to try to pivot and go to another subject that you believe that Americans want to hear about, you get clobbered for that too."

For the record, Couric asked her, among other things, what type of news sources she turns to for information, which Supreme Court decisions she disagreed with, why Alaska's proximity to Russia gave her foreign policy experience, her opinion of the bailout package for Wall Street, and where she thought Vice President Dick Cheney erred. Which one of those questions was designed to trip her up (as opposed to, say, give viewers a better sense of her character and views) is tough to ascertain.

Palin offered a sense of what she thinks would have been a fairer set of questions. Unsurprisingly, they all would have provided her the opportunity to rail against Obama.

"I wanted to talk about Barack Obama increasing taxes, which would lead to killing jobs. I wanted to talk about his proposal to increase government spending by another trillion dollars. Some of his comments that he's made about the war, that I think may, in my world, disqualify someone from consideration as the next commander in chief. Some of the comments that he has made about Afghanistan".

Welcome to the real world Sarah, I am sure once elected life will be all soft balls and ice cream cones.