"Seasoned Journalist" Thinks Republicans Want Stupid Presidents

Why am I not surprised that a "seasoned journalist" concludes that Bush and Palin are not smart individuals? Sharon Cobb inquires: "Why don't Republicans want a smart President?" While Ms. Cobb was busy being pickled seasoned in the liberal juices of MSNBC and NBC, the rest of us out here in fly-over country have not entirely bought in to the "Bush is stupid" meme that has been pushed by her and her fellow travelers.

Had GWB made a 57 state screw-up like King Barry, he would have been ridiculed by the media for years. One does not have to go very far to find records of Obama screw-ups that would have branded any Republican as a moron by the media (like here, here and here). Of course, there is no Olberman riducule. There is no dismissive eye-rolling from Chris Matthews. There is no snickering from Couric.

In inquiring as to why anyone would support Sarah Palin, Ms. Cobb goes on to say "So she touts smaller government, the American flag and military as ownership of the right, and...and that's about it." While I don't portend to understand Ms. Cobbs phrase "as ownership of the right", but touting smaller government and not being an apologist for the U.S.A. are sufficient reasons for rational and intelligent people to support Sarah Palin. These are two things that King Barry clearly does not understand. Ms. Cobb goes on to say:

I don't get it and I certainly don't get why anyone thinks she's qualified to be
President.

Well, the first part of her statement is obvious. She doesn't get it. As for the latter part, perhaps Ms. Cobb should begin by explaining why King Barry was better qualified. That ought to be a challenging intellectual exercise for a "seasoned journalist."

Reactions to Palin's Resignation

The Democratic National Commitee has created a video montage of the reaction to Sarah Palin's resignation. They largely use members of the media and Republican talking heads in their video. Could this be another "maverick" move? Only time will tell, but I think that people are so sick of politics as usual that someone who pushes against the establishment will be able to garner a significant amount of support in a relatively short period of time. (H/T In Session)

"An outcast to the mandarins, the pooh-bahs and the elites"

According to Roger Simon, that's what Sarah Palin's decision to resign from Alaska's governorship has made her. He channels a theme that I posted about earlier:

The Republican Party likes to nominate the next guy in line. John McCain in 2008, George W. Bush in 2000 and Bob Dole in 1996 were all the next guys in line. They had “earned” their place in the party hierarchy. (Or, in the case of George W. Bush, his father had earned it for him.)

Never forget - It is all about POWER. These people freak out when someone comes along that threatens their POWER. It should come as no surprise.

Sarah Palin Has the Republican Establishment Running Scared.

Instapundit has an interesting discussion of whether Sarah Palin might try to co-opt the Tea Party movement (i.e., kick Newt Gingrich out of the way). While nearly all of the talking heads and many bloggers act as though Palin has committed political suicide, I think her move is a stroke of genius. I do not think she will start a third party, but I think she will make a move to set herself apart from the other Republican candidates. These guys must be thinking the same thing, because members of both the Huckabee campaign and the Romney campaign have both stated that her political career is over. Too many entrenched Republican leaders are saying she screwed up. They are scared for a reason and they know if they don't bury her now the Republican party may never be the same. Their power (and their chance at additional power) is in jeopardy and they know it.

I'm not saying she is the right candidate in 2012, but I firmly believe she sees the opportunity to do something big and she is going to take advantage of it.

UPDATE: Rove is perplexed and Huckabee calls the move "risky." Like I said....

Palin Causes Arthritis

Well, the headline actually says Pain Causes Arthritis, but with all the Palin bashing by the media, my mind read "Palin" instead of Pain when I first saw it. It's almost like we are being conditioned by the media to believe she is responsible for all the ills of the world. Hey, did you know that Mrs. Palin isn't a trivia expert? That's what I took away from her interview with Katie Couric. Mrs. Palin's inability to trot off a list of McCain's regulatory proposals is insignificant, particularly in light of many of the supporters of her opponent's inability to articulate a single legislative accomplishment of Barack Obama.

The Palin / Couric interview stands out in one respect. It is painfully clear that Couric hates Palin to the core. Watch the YouTube video, turn down the sound, and simply observe Couric's body language.

Oh no! Sarah has a tanning bed.

Well, I guess now I will have to change my vote. Apparently, Sarah Palin had a tanning bed installed in the governor's mansion at her expense. When will the Palin scandals end?!?

Ann Coulter Nails It

"When liberals start acting like they're opposed to pre-marital sex and mothers having careers, you know McCain's vice presidential choice has knocked them back on their heels. "

Bad news for Sarah Palin - more scandals about to break.

The list of scandals with this lady just keeps growing. My crack research team has already found fifteen more items of interest that have not yet been reported in any major media that I can find. We really should not have to do the work of MSNBC, but that network has so many problems that even former sports reporter hacks can keep their job there. If you know of other scandals that we should be made aware of, please post them in the comments.


1. Sarah Palin posed for scandalous photos on her college dorm bed that ended up in a less-than-reputable publication. Rumor also has it that there are a few Sarah Palin bikini pics that were taken during her failed attempt at becoming Ms. Alaska.
2. Sarah Palin was once forced to buy a book entitled “The Audacity of Hope” after the bookstore clerk saw that Mrs. Palin had taken it into the restroom to “do something with it” while taking care of some business there.
3. Sarah Palin was caught mowing her lawn on Sunday on two separate occasions.
4. Sarah Palin once returned a rental car and falsely represented to the clerk that the tank was full, when in fact, she had driven a full forty miles after filling the tank, knowing that the gauge would falsely indicate a full tank.
5. When Sarah Palin was eight years old, she stole a candy bar. To make matters worse, it wasn’t even a good candy bar – it was a Mounds.
6. When Charlie Brown tried to kick the football, Sarah pulled it away from him and laughed when he fell and busted his tail.
7. Sarah Palin faked a fall in an icy parking lot of a Cracker Barrel in Anchorage. Court papers claim she was seriously injured. Rather than take them for big bucks, she settled with them for a lifetime guarantee of cathead biscuits and moose gravy. MSNBC has reportedly checked with Jackie Chiles but he has not been willing to comment on this case since he has another ongoing matter with Mrs. Palin regarding her claim that CNN and MSNBC libeled her daughter (a non-public figure) by falsely implying that Mrs. Palin was pretending to be the mother of the daughter’s child. Mr. Chiles went on to state that the media's treatment of Mrs. Palin's daughter was "outrageous, egregious, preposterous!"
8. Sarah Palin once drank a pint of beer before her 21st birthday at a college keg party. Witnesses claim that she was buzzing within minutes and ranting about how she has never been proud of her country.
9. Sarah Palin was recently brought up on charges in front of the Sanhedrin for blasphemy after saying that she thought Barack Hussein Obama was a socialist with ties to a known terrorist in Chicago.
10. Andrea Mitchell claims that she ran into Sarah Palin in the restroom at the Republican National Convention. Despite Andrea’s protestations, Sarah refused to spare a square of toilet paper when Andrea’s stall came up empty.
11. Troopergate is only the beginning of Sarah Palin’s troubles with state troopers. When stopped for speeding on her eighteenth birthday, she handed the state trooper her driver’s license which conveniently had a $100 bill paper-clipped to the back of it. She commented that she did not think that going 65 in a 55 should be a crime because “everyone else was doing it” and that speeding laws seemed more like a “random tax” that disproportionately impacts the poor than having anything to do with safety.
12. Mrs. Palin cannot relate to the American people. When she received her stimulus check, she used it to purchase earrings instead of basic necessities like most Americans.
13. Sarah Palin recently offended the most important segment of the electorate when she told reporters that the problem with some of America’s big city voters is that they become disenchanted when government grows too slowly, which causes them to cling to their atheism and arugula.
14. Sarah Palin has listened to her crazy pastor talk incessantly about the virtues of forgiveness, grace and love. Palin is unrepentant in her refusal to disassociate herself from this church and disavow her friendship with the pastor, despite his clearly antiquated and politically unpopular views.
15. Sarah Palin’s husband has been known to pee in the shower.

McCain selects Palin

No word yet on whether Chris Matthews has felt anything running up his leg.