Palin's Gotcha History

I can't stand to watch these, because they are so awkward and embarrassing, but here is a run-down of softball questions that Palin characterizes as "gotcha" questions.

Word Cloud

A Dish reader created word clouds from the Arizona speeches by Palin & Obama.

It's the difference between a political speech and a eulogy.

Sarah Palin is a True American

because she understands the need to be a hateful bitch about everything, but most recently about that mosque. Wonkette expresses my feelings well. Here is an excerpt:

Somebody is not getting it! Somebody is being insensitive! Perhaps with some education, Sarah Palin could understand that “those Muslims” are Americans. And perhaps she might understand that the mosque that is ALREADY THERE gets pretty crowded! That is one reason why it would be good to put another one in this location! And perhaps she can understand that cities are places where people are not just white and Christian! And perhaps, for a fucking second, she can try to understand how it feels when somebody hates you and associates you with terrorists because of your religion or your name or the color of your skin, even though you love your country. And then perhaps she can understand that she does not live in this fucking neighborhood and has no idea what should or should not be built there. There is probably a crazy homeless man who masturbates at the World Trade Center site every day, but she has no idea.

*Apologies about the language for the easily offended.

AAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Sarah Palin makes my head want to explode. I really enjoy the eye-rolling when the woman states she's a teacher. Teachers are such losers!

Levi vs Sarah: Smackdown Raw

A rundown of the shit stirring Levi has done regarding his future mother-in-law. Ain't families grand?

Obama Calls Palin

Amusing.

Ultrasounds & Abortion

Oklahoma's recently passed restrictive anti-abortion laws may backfire, at least in part. One of the laws requires that women be forced to look at an ultrasound and hear a lengthy description of the fetus. The idea is that women will be shamed out of having the abortion. In Alabama, where women are given the option of viewing the ultrasound (admittedly, not directly comparable), there has been no decrease in abortions.

In fact, anecdotal evidence suggests that such an approach backfires, particularly for younger embryos and fetuses. Embryos do not look like humans, and that can be reassuring when deciding to terminate. Opponents of ultrasound requirements worry that it will emotionally scar women without actually changing their minds, but data from England suggests that's not the case. Seventy-three percent of women in those studies looked at the ultrasound when given the option, 84% of those said it did not make the decision more difficult, and no one changed her mind about having it done.

It is the second law that I actually find more disturbing. This law prevents a woman from suing a doctor who intentionally hid information about birth defects while the baby was in utero. There are many non-abortion related reasons to know about birth defects before a baby arrives. (As a reminder, Sarah Palin had prenatal tests to confirm a disability in her child.) Even without that fact, I am appalled by legislators making it legally acceptable for a doctor to lie and mislead a patient about anything. That's how you end up with situations like the Tuskegee Experiment.

Things that make you go grrrr

For giving a single lecture about "pregnancy prevention, abstinence, faith, and life," expert Bristol Palin will make almost as much as I make in a year. Man, my career choices look worse by the second. Also, twenty bucks Ms. Palin is not practicing what she preaches.

Tina Fey!!

Fact Check

Fox News, Bachmann, & Palin continue their crusade against facts.

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Robert Gibbs is Funny

Look! Gibbs has to write notes on his hands too!

*Head Explodes*

Palin's Notes

Apparently, Palin wrote her buzzwords for her Tea Party speech on her hand. Nice. Very professional.

The Road to Resignaton

The New York Times follows the path to Palin's resignation. She clearly wasn't ready for national politics and got worn out. It's as much her fault as McCain's and the national Republican party.

Who Quits?

Almost no one, at least not the way Palin did it. A number cruncher spent a few hours with a list of every governor of every state since 1900 and found Palin's pretty much the only quitter who didn't have a decent reason.

On a hunch, I reviewed online lists of all the men and women who’ve been elected governor of their state since the year 1900. Pored over them for a few hours. Over 1200 politicians have taken that first-term oath of office. Some soon died in office. Many resigned to accept other positions in government, including Spiro Agnew who was “tapped” by Nixon after being the Governor of Maryland for about five minutes. On a handful of occasions, a first-termer was dragged off to the slammer or impeached. One was incapacitated by a nervous breakdown and one left just as impeachment came knocking on his door. So—how many out of over 1200 just up and quit before the end of their term?

Three: Jim McGreevy, Eliot Spitzer and Sarah Palin.

That's right. Three out of 1200 (that's a quarter of one percent) quit without being forced or essentially transferring, and two of them quit amidst a sex scandal. Only one is truly a quitter. Way to lead Gov. Palin!

Sarah Palin's Metaphor

From Tommy Scraggs via Sullivan:

Sarah Palin is Weird; Anderson Cooper is Adorable

Oh my. Palin's spokesperson Meg Stapleton is just as rambling as Palin herself, although that could be because she didn't really seem to know this was going down. (She says she knew, of course, but that being in New York just seemed like a good idea when Palin announced she was a big fat quitter, or something.) The 4:00 minute mark and on is the good stuff. When Stapleton tries to explain Palin's nutty point guard analogy (which is flawed on so many levels), Cooper responds with, "Honestly, I know nothing about basketball. All I know about is politics." Later, around the 4:40 mark, he pulls the "lady you are a NUTBAG" face and says, "I don't know who the hoop is. I don't know who the ball is. I'm confused by the analogy, but I'll let it go."

Sarah Palin is Wacky & Tacky

From the Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin:

More than once in my travels in Alaska, people brought up, without prompting, the question of Palin's extravagant self-regard. Several told me, independently of one another, that they had consulted the definition of "narcissistic personality disorder" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-"a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy"-and thought it fit her perfectly. When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig's condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God's, and signed it "Trig's Creator, Your Heavenly Father."

(via Slog)

More Palin Idiocy

Oh my GOODNESS, this woman is dumb as paste. She accuses the Anchorage Daily News of horrible, biased, false reporting via a poorly constructed email. The editor then posted the email & his response in their entirety. I recommend reading the whole thing.