Generations past and present of the Washington Post heaped abuse on Sarah Palin today. Appearing on Morning Joe, Carl Bernstein called Palin "ignorant," a "demagogue" and a "flake." Current WaPo editorialist Jonathan Capehart chimed in to second Bernstein's emotion "100%."
Pat Buchanan stepped in to explain Palin's appeal.
CARL BERNSTEIN: I think there's a fundamental problem in the way we have viewed her perhaps too seriously since she was a candidate, when we should have viewed her seriously.
She's a demagogue. She's ignorant. She's a flake.MIKA BRZEZINSKI [whose instinct is to give Palin a fair shake]: Oh boy.
BERNSTEIN: And I think there's a kind of obeisance that the conservative movement has paid to this person. If a liberal Democrat were to be in a similar position, conservatives would run her out of town, as would sensible Democrats . . . [McCain] committed an almost unpatriotic act in picking Sarah Palin because she's manifestly unqualified for high office
....
JONATHAN CAPEHART: I absolutely agree with Carl, 100%. I've been mystified and fascinated by her rise and her presence on the national stage.
...
PAT BUCHANAN: I think that is the beltway wisdom or the beltway prejudice if you will --
CAPEHART: Oh, come on --
BUCHANAN: -- when Jonathan says he is mystified, and what that tells me is they don't understand Middle America. When this woman was picked, as Governor of Alaska about 18 months in, she came down to St. Paul and she was a national sensation. She had something in terms of authenticity, guts, her accomplishments up there against the establishment as a young woman and a governor, raising a family, doing all these things at once.
The country fell in love with her. She terrified the Democratic party, Biden was wailing maybe they should have picked Hillary. She had something in those two weeks and demonstrated it. No other political figure, man or woman in either party, could have done.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.






















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Modern prototype
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:03 ET by nadadhimmiBernstein is the very model for the modern "Presstitute". He and his partner based their careers upon biased and unsupported so called investigation. Wouldn't you know though, it always seemed to target Republicans exclusively, whoda thunk it? These ancient old masters of bias and propaganda must be relegated to the dustbin where they belong. Next, I guess we'll hear how upstanding Dan Rather is, after all, that old propagandist Cronkeit has recently been deified for his betrayal of freedom during the Tet Offensive. Bernstein was and is an idealogue that attacks exclusively conservatives in particular and Republicans in general.
Name Calling
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:06 ET by allanfWhy do people on the left get away with such name calling?
Because they act like little
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:07 ET by bretzysdudeBecause they act like little kids, whining and screaming all day long.
They're not acting, they ARE.
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:38 ET by Mike76I don't think they're acting. They ARE little kids, in grownup bodies.
<sound of duct tape ripping off roll>
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:29 ET by motherbeltBecause no one in the media will call them on it; and if a conservative does, the story will be buried or ridiculed by the same media.
Carl Bernstein is a joke.
And I think there's a kind of obeisance that the
conservative movement has paid to this person. If a liberal Democrat
were to be in a similar position, conservatives would run her out of
town, as would sensible Democrats . . . [McCain] committed an almost
unpatriotic act in picking Sarah Palin because she's manifestly
unqualified for high office....
I don't even know where to begin.
First, using the word "obeisance" with regard to Palin is hypocrisy of the first magnitude when one considers the slobbering homage that was paid to Obama when he was running for President.
And WTH does he think would be a "similar position" for a liberal?
Oh, you mean the position of being treated as if that person had all the answers, Carl? You mean like when "sensible Democrats" balked at all the adoration being lavished on the messiah, and [ran] him out of town ?
And manifestly unqualified for high office????
You mean compared to a community organizer and 1/4 term senator???
Good everlovin' grief!!!
Disgraceful ad-hominem attacks
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:35 ET by allanfThese kinds of brutal ad-hominem attacks against a Democrat would lead to unremitting press cackling and demands for an apology.
MB, Can you tell me what
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:35 ET by Scuba DudeMB,
Can you tell me what brand of duct tape you use? With the way you are going through it I am thinking of buying stock in the company. : )
Bernstein is an a$$. I think his brain would explode if he ever took a serious look at liberals.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
LOL....just regular ol'
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:39 ET by motherbeltLOL....just regular ol' generic...whatever I can get at WalMart or Target.
The way I go through it I can't afford to be brand-picky!
Bernstein is a total phony,
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:16 ET by Jack BauerBernstein is a total phony, and he knows it.
He indulged in fictionalized journalism during Watergate. He and Woodward invented a composite "Deep Throat" to tell their "story."
Oh it was partly based on that old geezer who died a couple of years ago, but... like you read in movies, "ceretain events and characters have been fictionalized foe the sake of drama, et al..."
His whole hack life since then has been a long-drawn out epilogue looking for another climax.
What bothers me is that he
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:31 ET by BDWhat bothers me is that he did not see the threat behind his supposed source (Deep Throat) betraying supposed secrets because he was passed over for Hoovers Job.
Personnally, that is ALSO a story the press should have run with at full volumn but was not heard until after supposed Deep Throats death of old age.
Likewise - why don't the press ever report that leaks are taking place in the CIA and then rigorously investigate why?
In the movie "Hoosiers" the
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:44 ET by motherbeltIn the movie "Hoosiers" the teacher talks about feeling sorry for the star athletes who spend the rest of their lives talking about the "glory days when they were 17 years old."
That's who Bernstein is...forever trying to revive the glory days of Watergate when he was "somebody."
I think that in his mind, he thinks he's Dustin Hoffman. LOL
You give him too much credit . . .
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:18 ET by Gat New YorkIf Bernstein had not been partnered with Bob Woodward, Bernstein would still be reporting on local petty crimes and car accidents. Remember that Bernstein's name always came second and that has probably been a long time source of irritation that he was second banana to Bob Woodward (and he acts like it).
DC-Coastal elitism against the rest of us
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 14:30 ET by datatrollThat's what this thing with Sarah Palin amounts to. It also accounts for the contempt of the Tea Party movement. I hope Sarah is smart enough to stay out of the candidacy spotlight, but come over to give unified direction to the Tea Party effort. Then, in the GOP primaries, we need to kick some serious tails.
By 2010, the national bankruptcy brought on by these self-same elites should be in full force. It'll be 1994 all over again.
DataTroll
I dare to do math
Where is bernsteins
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:08 ET by rightsideWhere is bernsteins in-depth, investigative journalism of this administration?
Anyone?
Yes! Have some.
He should take lessons from
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:54 ET by kgHe should take lessons from Palin. She will say it truthfully. She will be blunt and no holds barred, something the media will never have the guts to do and that is why they hate her. She has more backbone and morals than the all media put together.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
so mad i could spit
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:22 ET by sarainitalyThis is the type of crap that makes me so angry.
Who the HELL do they think is sitting in the Oval Office? Like that guy had any experience? Palin has more experience than Obama! And she can speak without a friggin teleprompter.
People rip on her for her two interviews - one that was edited to make her appear like an idiot and the other one was given by professor stick up his ass gibson. And there was nothing wrong with her responses.
Obama had two YEARS on the campaign trail to perfect his style, and he still blundered all the time - he still acts stupidly all the time. She had two weeks.
GAWD I want to smack those two in the face. And demagogue!?! What the HELL do they think Obama is?
Bernstein and his ilk have
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:35 ET by motherbeltBernstein and his ilk have thrown around the word "demagogue" thoughtlessly and
I do not think it means what you think it means -Inigo Montoya
Here is the Merriam-Webster online definition of demagogue:
a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
Now, who does that sound like, Carl??????
Correct - Obama is MUCH
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:41 ET by BDCorrect - Obama is MUCH more the demagogue than anyone on the conservative side:
Actually it was Andre the
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:42 ET by srhoadesActually it was Andre the Giant who said that.
The palin critics then need to explain "old, demented Joe,"
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:41 ET by jondelwicheOK, you dont like Palin....
Please explain the Biden era, a guy who truly has an assigned
gaffe handler, who constantly embarasses himself and the country, a guy who makes Dan Quayle look like Albert Einstein.
What if Israel had started a conflict that went nuclear in the moments he and the President were disagreeing on their "green light," status?
Please media elite, if palin is so bad, what is your take on Biden--it CANT be that he is some genius..........HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Keep shoveling boys!
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:42 ET by CrashWhen they criticize Franken, Schwarzenegger, and Obama with the same degree of ... seriousness ... perhaps I'd pay mind to their elitist pile of one sided crap.
Oh lordy, here we go again.
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:50 ET by BruzillaOh lordy, here we go again. Liberals are attacking Palin without reason, and Conservatives are rushing to defend her in the same way. Bernstein may be wrong on a lot of things, but one thing he's spot-on about is when he says "If a liberal Democrat were to be in a similar position, conservatives would run her out of town." That's the absolute truth! If someone with Palin's experience were offered up as a Dem candidate, we would be laughing our arses off at her.
And what is the primary defense offered by Conservatives? That Obama has less experience than Palin. That's true, but hardly cause for cheer. A fourth grader is smarter than a first grader, but neither is ready for college. I think the lesson of Obama has been it's never a good time to have Amateur Hour at the White House. Palin is nice, smart, Conservative, and I'm sure an all-around good egg, but she has nowhere near the experience we need in an effective president, especially with the mess the country will be in come 2012.
If a liberal Democrat were
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:55 ET by bretzysdudeIf a liberal Democrat were to be in a similar position, conservatives would run her out of town.
Wrong. The media would shout us down and (s)he would be in Congress or Senate until retirement, or in the Presidency until the term ends. When it comes to D.C. ethics, they don't resign at all. Look at Kennedy. Look at Frank. Look at Clinton, for crying out loud!
I don't think he was
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:11 ET by BruzillaI don't think he was referring to us being able to literally run them out of town. :) Rather, we would be loudly and critically attacking her, which we would be.
Even with THAT argument,
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:11 ET by bretzysdudeEven with THAT argument, there's a difference, and I was not taking it literally like you thought I was. Democrats love to see Republicans resign when they fail. Meanwhile, Republicans have been calling people to get out of the office the ones that have caused truly egregious scandals (Kennedy), and meanwhile they're STILL in office.
but in the meantime, media
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:12 ET by bretzysdudebut in the meantime, media doesn't report that. They would rather report analysts on the Democrat side calling for Republicans' heads, rather than the other way around.
I'm rushing to defend her
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:02 ET by Jack BauerI'm rushing to defend her farewell speech to the governorship.
It was a lyrical barnstormer. 19 minutes that hit all the right notes, local, national, and international.
Delivered in typical unBama fashion: no ums, no ahs, no pregnant pauses to recall what lies you last told -- and NO teleprompter.
She didn't even have many notes, because the high wind kept them fluttering and unreadable.
Now if conservatives don't leap to the defense against mindless ANGRY WHITE LIBERALS making ad hominem attacks with no reference to content, then we might as well GIVE UP.
Because that means we just accept the ANGRY WHITE LIBERAL'S narrative and agenda.
Sorry -- but I DISSENT. Up with this I will not put!
Haven't we learned from the
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:09 ET by BruzillaHaven't we learned from the Obama "teaching moment" that basing our support on speeches is a bad idea? Sure, Palin gave a great speech that put lots of blood in the water to get us all excited... but do you really think she can get us back on the right economic track, or would someone like Romney be more up to the task?
I do not remotely
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:20 ET by Jack BauerI do not remotely understand how you go from my cogent defence against ridiculous comments from a knee-jerk liberal, to running the 2011/2 Republican primaries.
Your lack of understanding
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:43 ET by BruzillaYour lack of understanding is an example of what worries me. There are lots of conservatives who heard Palin's speech (absent all the ahs and teleprompter as noted) and think "she's ready to be President!" Just as many Democrats were able to be led like rats by the Pied Piper by great speeches by an unqualified candidate, I fear that we won't learn the lesson that we should vote for someone based on the experience and abilities of the candidate and not on their flowery rhetoric.
You sound more like a
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:56 ET by Jack BauerYou sound more like a Democrat with each increasingly lame post. Now you move onto "flowery rhetoric".
Defend a conservative why doncha?
One problem is
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 12:16 ET by nwahsPeople still find it hard to distinguish quality and durability from a television moment. Some television moments are only magical because they are totally unexpected, not because they are of enduring quality. A frumpy woman with a slightly sad story opens her mouth and an angelic voice comes out. The whole world falls in love with her. But after that moment, can she maintain that interest?
The Joe the Plumber episode was a television moment. Some will argue to death it wasn't, but what propelled Joe to fame was not what he said, but what Obama said. Yet no one in McCain's camp could differentiate the television moment from an enduring strategy.
You have a good looking hockey mom/governor open her mouth and fire comes out. She stands in stark contrast to McCain with youth, vibrancy and passion. But can she maintain interest after that contrast is gone? I'm really worried Republicans are putting much emphasis on packaging.
Why not Jeb Bush?
ATTACK PALIN FOR THE SAKE OF ROMNEY? Strategy for 2012 GOP Win?
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:43 ET by Rod PatrickAnd you Prefer Romney because of his experience over Palin?
Next time, when you promote the Good former MA Governor ... MAKE IT EXPLICIT AND STOP BASHING THE CONSERVATIVES.
What if a Conservative asks or tells you the following after hearing Romney's speech? How will you feel? Just how?
"What did Romney exactly accomplish as former Governor of MA again?
.... SIGNING ROMNEYCARE .... a PRELUDE TO OBAMACARE. Romney Care is a the great argument against the future outcome of ObamaCare."
"Did Romney facilitate a major 'NEW" investment project in MA while being a Governor? Don't ever quote MA's macroecon stats during Romney's time. The entire country had generally the same figures."
....
I have no intention of bashing Romney. Your comment forced me to make the above. Your bias also needs to be busted, just like the lies of the MSM.
Rod ... exactly. I'm not a
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:00 ET by Jack BauerRod ... exactly. I'm not a big fan of some of Romney's actions either.
But if some snarky smug ANGRY WHITE LIBERAL makes ignorant ad hom attacks, then I am defending him. And by him I mean ROMNEY. What's so hard for some to get?
For a borderline Leftist
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:44 ET by UnsanePerhaps you are right. But we are, politically speaking, several millenia from the first primaries.
You have bought in hook, line, and sinker to the media criticisms of Sarah Palin - not surprising from one who is a borderline Leftist himself. And all that is fine. But don't you think that before you begin shoveling dirt on Sarah Palin's political grave in a bid to make her go away...perhaps we should see if two things happen first:
1) See if she'll even compete for the primaries.
2) The actually hold the primaries, just for fun, just to see who will run against His Majesty The Shahinshah in 2012.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
No
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:16 ET by katiejaneRomney would make a good Sec of Commerce and contribute to solving the economy issue.
Bru - How would we "run her out of town?"
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 14:48 ET by BO STINKSSince BO and his thugs and the SCM control the entire country, perhaps you could suggest a way? Hmmmm? We could use some ideas about how to rid the republic of the fascist, BO.
"The preservation of the sacred faith of liberty & the destiny of the republican model of gov't. are justly considered deeply...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the American people."G. Washington's 1st inaugural address
The elitists in and around the Beltway have a problem:
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:51 ET by needleAnd their problem is on display here.
Through their elitist attitudes they have separated themselves, and alienated themselves, from the rest of country. But because they are so smart, so aware of how smart they are, and so self-absorbed with their smartness and competence with how our country should be governed that they have very much lost touch with the rest of America.
Silencing the silenced American is not a good long term strategy, especially in a democracy.
Sarah Palin has come forward as an antidote for the Beltway elitists. America knows it. The elitists do not, and cannot, get it.
- Relying upon the MSM for your information is like relying upon an embezzler to manage your portfolio.
Ah, no, Carl.
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:53 ET by Red Jeep"[McCain] committed an almost unpatriotic act in picking Sarah Palin because she's manifestly unqualified for high office"
No, Carl. Democrats committed an unpatriotic act in picking Barack Obama because he's manifestly unqualified for high office. They used a black man for an assured victory. But Democrats have been using Blacks for over a century now, haven't they Carl?
Pat Buchanan was dead on right when he said, " ...they don't understand Middle America." They = liberals, especially Washington, DC, liberals.
Surprised?
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 08:58 ET by misterbee241The liberals are always surprised by Sarah's rise to power, but no more so than I am at the rise of Barack Obama. He's never run anything, never headed anything, never published anything, he's only run for higher office. He only has a little over 100 days in the Senate to qualify him for the office of President. He's a nobody who came out of nowhere at light speed. Somebody's behind him but I dont know who - I suspect George Soros. So why didnt all the liberal democrats run Barack out of town?
Phooey on self righteous liberals/socialists/communists/leftists, fill in the blank. A pox on all their houses.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
NewsBusters.com reader . . .
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:19 ET by Caringwhiteguy. . . . calls Bernstein "washed up, biased, over the hill has-been, still smarting from over 35 years of playing second fiddle to Bob Woodward."
One of the things that
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:14 ET by MidAmericaOne of the things that the media elites hate about Sarah is that she won't crumble in spite of their verbal onslaught. She actually gets stronger with their attacks because they are attacking her for being a normal common sense type of American, the type most Americans are, even rank and file democrats.
Bernstein -- didn't he go out with lava lamps & mood rings?
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:21 ET by GalvanicBuchanan nailed it about right.
The Left gets apoplectic at the mere sound of Palin's name, and typically, they attack her personnally -- the politics of personal destruction that the Clintons whined about 15 years ago before turning it into an artform.
Despite her stepping down from the governorship (Which I think was a mistake on her part, but it was her decision to make), she will continue to be the butt end of sneering comments by liberal pundits and jokes by late-night commedians, primarily because they've already invested spent so much time and effort in creating a false image of her. Her false image is so familiar to so many, that it has become the reality for them.
Good words
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:21 ET by slickwillie2001Interesting description, –"ignorant demagogue and a flake". I think it is a more appropriate fit for the Bamster than Palin. I think I will use those words regarding the Bamster more often.
And re Bernstein, he's the case study in how someone can coast through life on one accomplishment, and as others have pointed out, that one story was handed to them on a silver platter by a disgruntled employee.
How different might America be if not for the tragically-flawed figure of Mark Felt? No Felt means no Carter, and a much better world today.
Sarah vs. the "Liberals"
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:49 ET by iveseenitallSarah Palin brings out the "liberal" in modern liberals. They are literally astonished that real people exist and would dare to show them up and tell it like it is. They actually believe that they are "better" than everyone else. Look at the Gates incident. The "professor" from Harvard couldn't accept that HE had to abide by the rules which apply to everyone else. "Don't you know who I am?", he said to the ordinary policeman. He threw a tantrum, which is what Berstein, et.al are doing. They are afraid of Palin because she is telling the truth about them. And they can't help falling into the trap--their reaction to her is to evince what nasty, insensitive, immature, ignorant, stupid, phony little bastards they are. I know from experience that "liberals" go ballistic if you simply tell the truth about them. They have no recourse to reason, so they become unreasonable. Look at some of the trolls who haunt this site. Name calling, illogical premises, ignorance and stupidity walking and talking-- yet they think they are "above" everyone. "Humility" and "respect" are foreign words to them.The worst thing for a "liberal" is to be outed for what he/she is. That is what Sarah is doing and they hate her for it.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
They SAY Sarah is
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:46 ET by MidAmericaThey SAY Sarah is unqualified but obama has PROVEN himself to be unqualified. Not one issue is better today than when he took office.
What a concept! A man, in his late forties, who had accomplished nothing is elected President and is unable to accomplish anything. You might say there is a pattern to his life.
unable to accomplish anything
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:06 ET by SickofLibsTrue, but he does it with it such mesmerizing je ne se qua...
yeah right... he's got
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:21 ET by MidAmericayeah right... he's got that certain something.......
However, for me, my mother fed me baloney sandwiches as a child so I recognize it rather easily.
Sarah loves America and
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:15 ET by kangarooSarah loves America and puts it first.
baz loves himself and hates America
I think she's a very nice person
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:20 ET by nwahsI think Palin is a very nice person.
Sort of the Susan Boyle of politics.
Why not Jeb Bush?
Shawn and Bruzilla, Sarah
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:35 ET by Dan The Man 2Shawn and Bruzilla, Sarah Palin is the best canditate conservatives have going now. She speaks truth to power in a real way and not how libs mean it. She gets her point across to the people.
She is probably as seasoned for President as they come, meaning the President job requires all the skills she posesses. She has been diplomatic, forceful in negociations and willing to cut government.
For these reasons and others the SCM and established politics is scared. She might actually accomplish something good.
She is what we needed at the top of the ticket last time.
LOL!
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 16:25 ET by Rod PatrickTypical beltway Republicans.
NEPOTISM WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Similar in Alaska.
I love the Republican Party and what it stands for.
I hate the elitist and nepotists in the Party.
When wiil the American People wake up
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:21 ET by ricklailLast week Andrew Brietbart talked about how the MSM made Reagan out be stupid. Six months into his administration they were proven wrong.
The MSM has done the same thing to Sarah Palin. When will the American people wake up as see how they are being lied to by the MSM?
Semper suprene nitens
North Carolina now has the worst government money can buy.
on the other
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:01 ET by T-Bone Masson the other hand...
...the MSM made Obama out be brillant. Six months into his administration they were proven wrong.
Old media, is well, a little out of touch
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:31 ET by general companyBernstein sounds like sour grapes. Palin suggested the media concentrate on the truth and his feeling got hurt. So he says more inflammatory stuff about her, talk about irony.
Got to love these morons who claim the right should soften there tone, and compromise their principals, but yet see nothing wrong with calling conservatives any name they can think of. They are the biggest reason for the drastic partisan, but take no responsibility for anything
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Bernstein was right
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:32 ET by srhoadeswhen he said, "If a liberal Democrat were to be in a similar position, conservatives would run her out of town, as would sensible Democrats . . ." Remember when that unqualified, Marxist community organizer ran for president on the Democrat ticket? It warmed my heart to see the groundswell of sensible Democrats rise up and run him . . . into . . . the White House. . . .
Never mind.
"Liberals" vs. Sarah
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:55 ET by iveseenitallShe dared to mock the "Community Organizer" on national t.v. She tells the truth about the ignorance of Hollywood "elites". She has the "audacity" to reveal the lies of the "liberal" press. She brings the "elitists" down more than a peg or two. She connects with what people know inside to be right and tugs on their consciences about abortion and real "freedom". She tears away the "liberal" mask and exposes the rot of their ignorance and hypocrisy. So what do they have left? Like school girls, they gossip and back bite. They pull Berstein, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, David Letterman, Chris Matthews, Maureen Dowd, Keith Olbermann, The View nags, and anyone else they can out of their ugly crowd to disingenuously attack her. The yank out all stops in an attempt to silence her. They think they've won. But, low and behold, it's not working! Panic time! She might even bring them down. They've got to keep it up before all the American people find out who they really are. Oh, horror!
I think Sarah is in a great place now. She may not be the best person for POTUS next time, but she is a gem who should be cherished and supported as a spokesperson for the "real" Americans, not "elitist" Americans, not "liberal" Americns, not hypocritical Americas, not mendacious Americans---"real" Americans.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Oh, please....go Palin give
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:47 ET by msh1973Oh, please....go Palin give them heck, you have the libs scared to death!
Now who's demagoguing who???
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:50 ET by Roscoe MendagoWOW!!! That Bernstein is whacked. It sounds to me all would have to be done is substitute Obama's name for Palin's in Bernstein's rant and you'd have the perfect description of Barack Obama.
Question: What politician isn't a "demagogue", "ignorant", or a "flake" to some degree, (Joe Biden is a prime example).
Now if my favored pol is exhibiting any of those traits at least my BS detector is turned-on, unlike most liberal/Marxists voters who seem to swallow their favorite BS artists line of "demagoguery", fantasies and outright lies without question. When Obama speaks my BS detector is red-lined, sort of a reflex response.
Sarah Palin's critics might
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:01 ET by snaggletoothieSarah Palin's critics might be worth listening to if they could cite things she has done or said rather than merely calling her names and making sour taste faces. Notice how the MSM cameras always capture that part of the clown act?
Yep
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 17:45 ET by general companyI have started asking any lib I over hear saying something critical about Palin "why do you dislike Palin" with the inevitable follow up "what policies do you dislike" . Because the liberals knee jerk answer is how they hate her personality? I even had one liberal show me a photoshopped picture of her looking sleazy, and when I suggested she cant do anything about it, they exclaimed "she could go back to Alaska and keep her nose out of politics" so I suggested quite a few loony Dems should too,,,,,,,needless to say they disagreed, vehemently. I doubt I will ever figure out how a liberal thinks.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Bernstein represents a generation of journalists...
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:18 ET by wnaegele...that sold its heritage for a mess of pottage..
Could it be?
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:37 ET by StarAZBernstein has outlived his 15 minutes. He's bitter. I don't know if I would vote for Palin for president, but I respect her as a person who sees things that are wrong and takes steps. I don't see Carl running a state. He sits in NY state someplace trying to recreate the magic, it seems to me. Why go out of your way to disrespect someone who is performing public service? I guess because he can--and maybe because she is female, I don't know.
I am so sick of so much of this ridiculous rudeness. I voted Republican for the first time in my whole life last time. I will never vote for Obama, ever, ever. I consider him a complete phony and maybe even worse.
I heard Harry Stein talk about his book, I Can't Believe I Am Sitting Next to a Republican, about his switch from lifelong Democratic loyalty. He lost his friends like I did--he doesn't get invited places. But he makes an interesting point--conservatives tend to read and hear both sides, Dems only their side. I have found that to be true.
The Rules Have Changed.
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 16:16 ET by Gary P JacksonThe Rules Have Changed. Sarah Palin Changes
Everything.
http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/the-rules-have-changed-sarah-palin-changes-everything/
Bernstein
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 18:37 ET by canuckLiberal retard...but I repeat myself.
Berstein is jealous of Palin and it shows
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 21:09 ET by NewHampshireI would pit Palin's accomplishments against Obama's any day. I mean, what has he ever done? Never ran and city, state or business, really knows NOTHING and has accomplished NOTHING. Kissinger gave him his first job as an organizer.
And we did refute a character with those attributes on the other side, but we could not seem to prevent Obama, the most ignorant, racist, and unpatriotic unqualified FLAKE ever to make it to the WH thanks to the CFR, Rockefeller and Soros.
Carl Birdbrain
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 22:06 ET by Edward CropperCarl Birdbrain and his fellow traveler from the Washington Post became famous
and rich peddling the stolen words of a corrupt FBI agent who should have gone
to jail.
These two journalistic prostitutes have been bilking the reading public ever
since.
"Presstitute" - great name!
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 22:10 ET by DaMamaWhat a great name - "presstitute"!!! The press knows that Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned with, which is why they hate her. Obama's popularity is going down the tubes, and they are scared. Palin is very forthcoming on what she stands for, while all Obama can offer is "hope" and "change", which is really nothing but hyperbole. The press hates Palin and will do everything they can to make her look bad, discredit her and keep her from looking like the powerhouse she truly is for the Republican party.
His claim to fame was Watergate in the 70's
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 12:44 ET by Jack 59What his ex wife Nora wrote about him;
He was capable of having sex with a venetian blind.
Enough said.
Bernstein Flake
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 14:02 ET by AvitarAm I to understand that the Lady Governor who got more energy projects completed than all the other Governors and policians in the country combined is being sold by Carl Bernstein as a Flake?
I am not so concerned about Bernstein's insult to Palin as what he must think of us. The idea that we would buy this load of horse shit is an insult.