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	<title>Comments on: Pro/con: Does Palin have future on national political stage?</title>
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		<title>By: okobserver</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/11/procon-does-palin-have-future-on-national-political-stage/#comment-467660</link>
		<dc:creator>okobserver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mom: False poor Todd never got the silk boxers. Sarah never got to pick out designer clothes. All clothes were bought for her by the RNC and brought to her. 

You would know this if the watch the real news on FOX. It has since came out on other venues but as usual they had it first on Greta. Jealous sniping by those aids of McCains. 

Sad to say they were started by those in her own party. What a sorry bunch they were. Sorry you hadn&#039;t heard this yet. But you can mark those claims off the true list. I imagine many more rumors will come out because she seem to be a target of small minded people.

As for that special needs child I am sure she does have it easier that many without the resources she has. The picture I have in my mind though is how natural they are were in holding Trip right down to the youngest Piper. When she spit on her finger and smoothed his hair down it was precious.

Thank goodness this election is over and we ahve 4 years before the next big one. I want to give Obama a chance to make history again by pulling the economy out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mom: False poor Todd never got the silk boxers. Sarah never got to pick out designer clothes. All clothes were bought for her by the RNC and brought to her. </p>
<p>You would know this if the watch the real news on FOX. It has since came out on other venues but as usual they had it first on Greta. Jealous sniping by those aids of McCains. </p>
<p>Sad to say they were started by those in her own party. What a sorry bunch they were. Sorry you hadn&#8217;t heard this yet. But you can mark those claims off the true list. I imagine many more rumors will come out because she seem to be a target of small minded people.</p>
<p>As for that special needs child I am sure she does have it easier that many without the resources she has. The picture I have in my mind though is how natural they are were in holding Trip right down to the youngest Piper. When she spit on her finger and smoothed his hair down it was precious.</p>
<p>Thank goodness this election is over and we ahve 4 years before the next big one. I want to give Obama a chance to make history again by pulling the economy out.</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
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		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will give her gumption!  Many would have wanted badly to disappear into the woodwork after what she&#039;s been through.  She didn&#039;t!  In fact, she has been everywhere this week.  Give her a couple of years and she may well be a different candidate.
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On Wednesday night, she was talking to CNN&#039;s &quot;Larry King Live,&quot; where she was pressed on whether she had cost McCain the election.

&quot;I personally don&#039;t think that I, Sarah Palin from Alaska, the VP pick, I don&#039;t believe that I caused the outcome to be what it was,&quot; she said. &quot;I think the economy tanking a couple of months ago had a lot more to do with it than the VP pick.&quot;

This was just hours after CNN had her talking to anchor Wolf Blitzer, who wanted to know whether she might run for Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens&#039; seat should Stevens have to step down because of a conviction for corruption.

Maybe, she said, while noting that she wants to serve the people of Alaska the best way she can and &quot;at this point it is as governor.&quot;

&quot;Now if something shifted dramatically and if it were, if it were acknowledged up there that I could be put to better use for my state in the U.S. Senate, I would certainly consider that but that would take a special election and everything else,&quot; she said.

&quot;I am not one to appoint myself or a member of my family to take the place of any vacancy.&quot;

WHAT NEXT?

What about Palin running for president in 2012, Fox News Channel&#039;s Greta Van Susteren wanted to know the other day.

Palin did not rule it out.

&quot;If there is an open door in (20)12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I&#039;ll plow through that door,&quot; she said.  

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AC09P20081113?pageNumber=2&amp;virtualBrandChannel=10112</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will give her gumption!  Many would have wanted badly to disappear into the woodwork after what she&#8217;s been through.  She didn&#8217;t!  In fact, she has been everywhere this week.  Give her a couple of years and she may well be a different candidate.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>On Wednesday night, she was talking to CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Larry King Live,&#8221; where she was pressed on whether she had cost McCain the election.</p>
<p>&#8220;I personally don&#8217;t think that I, Sarah Palin from Alaska, the VP pick, I don&#8217;t believe that I caused the outcome to be what it was,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think the economy tanking a couple of months ago had a lot more to do with it than the VP pick.&#8221;</p>
<p>This was just hours after CNN had her talking to anchor Wolf Blitzer, who wanted to know whether she might run for Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens&#8217; seat should Stevens have to step down because of a conviction for corruption.</p>
<p>Maybe, she said, while noting that she wants to serve the people of Alaska the best way she can and &#8220;at this point it is as governor.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Now if something shifted dramatically and if it were, if it were acknowledged up there that I could be put to better use for my state in the U.S. Senate, I would certainly consider that but that would take a special election and everything else,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am not one to appoint myself or a member of my family to take the place of any vacancy.&#8221;</p>
<p>WHAT NEXT?</p>
<p>What about Palin running for president in 2012, Fox News Channel&#8217;s Greta Van Susteren wanted to know the other day.</p>
<p>Palin did not rule it out.</p>
<p>&#8220;If there is an open door in (20)12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I&#8217;ll plow through that door,&#8221; she said.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AC09P20081113?pageNumber=2&amp;virtualBrandChannel=10112" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AC09P20081113?pageNumber=2&amp;virtualBrandChannel=10112</a></p>
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		<title>By: mom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/11/procon-does-palin-have-future-on-national-political-stage/#comment-467654</link>
		<dc:creator>mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, you&#039;re right Linda.  I thought of that immediately after posting.  Republicans like their fantasy world and woe be to the person that interferes with their version of the &#039;truth&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, you&#8217;re right Linda.  I thought of that immediately after posting.  Republicans like their fantasy world and woe be to the person that interferes with their version of the &#8216;truth&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: mom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/11/procon-does-palin-have-future-on-national-political-stage/#comment-467653</link>
		<dc:creator>mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Palin go back to being a happy hockey mom?  Let&#039;s get real here.   Palin has had the taste of the high life where she got to see to it that Todd got silk boxers for free and she got designer clothes, and where the McCaim campaign staffers are still trying to figure out what happened to the clothes.

Palin is only as good as her supporters think she is and their judgment leaves alot of unanswered questions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Palin go back to being a happy hockey mom?  Let&#8217;s get real here.   Palin has had the taste of the high life where she got to see to it that Todd got silk boxers for free and she got designer clothes, and where the McCaim campaign staffers are still trying to figure out what happened to the clothes.</p>
<p>Palin is only as good as her supporters think she is and their judgment leaves alot of unanswered questions.</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
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		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mom, way too much reality for Republicans!

GO PALIN 2012!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mom, way too much reality for Republicans!</p>
<p>GO PALIN 2012!</p>
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		<title>By: mom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/11/procon-does-palin-have-future-on-national-political-stage/#comment-467651</link>
		<dc:creator>mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As for Palin being an expert on special needs children, granted she has a special needs child and she is a parent of a 4-month old.  But the Palins has the financial needs to take care of that 4-month old.  

For real expertise, why not talk to the parents of special needs children who do not have the luxury of a high-paying job, access to healthcare and the who have to juggle working their jobs with getting day care for that special needs child.

Why not ask people in the real world about what it is really like to raise a special needs child.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As for Palin being an expert on special needs children, granted she has a special needs child and she is a parent of a 4-month old.  But the Palins has the financial needs to take care of that 4-month old.  </p>
<p>For real expertise, why not talk to the parents of special needs children who do not have the luxury of a high-paying job, access to healthcare and the who have to juggle working their jobs with getting day care for that special needs child.</p>
<p>Why not ask people in the real world about what it is really like to raise a special needs child.</p>
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		<title>By: okobserver</title>
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		<dc:creator>okobserver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ive got an idea. If the Eagle keeps throwing in these Palin threads let surprise them and nobody post to it. Maybe they will take the hint.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ive got an idea. If the Eagle keeps throwing in these Palin threads let surprise them and nobody post to it. Maybe they will take the hint.</p>
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		<title>By: okobserver</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/11/procon-does-palin-have-future-on-national-political-stage/#comment-467646</link>
		<dc:creator>okobserver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pedant I agree she will a whole lot tougher and much smarter oh she will go back to being a happy hockey mom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pedant I agree she will a whole lot tougher and much smarter oh she will go back to being a happy hockey mom.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueJay</title>
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		<dc:creator>BlueJay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;She should be keeping a low profile &quot;

  You said it Pedant.

  She is so unblinkingly stupid!

  She mostly hides from the media leading up to the election and now she does  an &quot;exclusive&quot; interview a day? The public has a short memory of her disasters (Gibson and Couric interviews, getting pwned by those disc jockeys) but they have to have SOME time to forget.  TOO, at this rate, the news hounds are going to get bored with her.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;She should be keeping a low profile &#8221;</p>
<p>  You said it Pedant.</p>
<p>  She is so unblinkingly stupid!</p>
<p>  She mostly hides from the media leading up to the election and now she does  an &#8220;exclusive&#8221; interview a day? The public has a short memory of her disasters (Gibson and Couric interviews, getting pwned by those disc jockeys) but they have to have SOME time to forget.  TOO, at this rate, the news hounds are going to get bored with her.</p>
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		<title>By: lindainks55</title>
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		<dc:creator>lindainks55</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rage, that&#039;s the ticket!  You betcha!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rage, that&#8217;s the ticket!  You betcha!</p>
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		<title>By: Pedant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pedant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>okobserver
Posted November 12, 2008 at 7:24 pm &#124; Permalink
But you guys that keep ragging on Palin are just toughening her up. Keep up the good work.
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lol

And here&#039;s an idea for you guys: try getting her to pull her head out long enough to realize that she&#039;s a Bambi target right now.  She should be keeping a low profile and working hard at not being judged a fool in 4 years instead of keeping a high profile and removing all doubt now.

I think that Palin will get LOTS of practice at &quot;toughening up&quot; over the next 4 years or so, if the past is prologue anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>okobserver<br />
Posted November 12, 2008 at 7:24 pm | Permalink<br />
But you guys that keep ragging on Palin are just toughening her up. Keep up the good work.<br />
&#8212;</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>And here&#8217;s an idea for you guys: try getting her to pull her head out long enough to realize that she&#8217;s a Bambi target right now.  She should be keeping a low profile and working hard at not being judged a fool in 4 years instead of keeping a high profile and removing all doubt now.</p>
<p>I think that Palin will get LOTS of practice at &#8220;toughening up&#8221; over the next 4 years or so, if the past is prologue anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: Rage</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, cosmos! 2008 is done.

For my part, I think Sarah Palin is a smart, shrewd, dynamic, eloquent poitician, and I am absolutely &lt;b&gt;terrified&lt;/b&gt; that she might win the Republican nomination in 2012!

Oh, please, Republicans: Don&#039;t nomininate Sarah! Give poor Barack a chance! Show some mercy! 

PULLLLEASE!  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, cosmos! 2008 is done.</p>
<p>For my part, I think Sarah Palin is a smart, shrewd, dynamic, eloquent poitician, and I am absolutely <b>terrified</b> that she might win the Republican nomination in 2012!</p>
<p>Oh, please, Republicans: Don&#8217;t nomininate Sarah! Give poor Barack a chance! Show some mercy! </p>
<p>PULLLLEASE!  :)</p>
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		<title>By: cosmos_originally</title>
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		<dc:creator>cosmos_originally</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Check out Palin&#039;s rambling non-answer to Blitzer&#039;s twice-asked question re the fed bailout of Detroit.

&#039;Transcript of Palin&#039;s Interview With CNN&#039;s Wolf Blitzer&#039;
http://thepage.time.com/transcript-of-palins-interview-with-cnns-wolf-blitzer 


Some of her answer&#039;s are like a student trying to fake an answer to an assignment s/he failed to do -- with some beauty queen mannerisms added.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out Palin&#8217;s rambling non-answer to Blitzer&#8217;s twice-asked question re the fed bailout of Detroit.</p>
<p>&#8216;Transcript of Palin&#8217;s Interview With CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer&#8217;<br />
<a href="http://thepage.time.com/transcript-of-palins-interview-with-cnns-wolf-blitzer" rel="nofollow">http://thepage.time.com/transcript-of-palins-interview-with-cnns-wolf-blitzer</a> </p>
<p>Some of her answer&#8217;s are like a student trying to fake an answer to an assignment s/he failed to do &#8212; with some beauty queen mannerisms added.</p>
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		<title>By: okobserver</title>
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		<dc:creator>okobserver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bluejay I&#039;ll see you there. Not sure who I will caucus for yet but we&#039;ll be in the same crowd.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bluejay I&#8217;ll see you there. Not sure who I will caucus for yet but we&#8217;ll be in the same crowd.</p>
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		<title>By: okobserver</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/11/procon-does-palin-have-future-on-national-political-stage/#comment-467635</link>
		<dc:creator>okobserver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Barnie you of course being a well informed person know that she didn&#039;t make the Africa remark. Those in the room with her said it never happened. This was from an aide to McCain displaying male jealousy. Go figure. 

By the way Pedant I&#039;m not defending anything that Palin said or didn&#039;t say but to be honest if you do a transcript of what Obama actually says in an interview the &#039;ahs&#039; and &#039;ums&#039; and &#039;hold up&#039; &#039;hear this&#039; &#039;I know what you want to ask&#039; will override his message. And I am not being critical. I want this man to be the most successful prez ever. I have a country in flux that is need of a good leader.

I do always wonder how he knows what the interviewer wants to ask and they obviously don&#039;t. I love when he says &#039;and if I don&#039;t answer your question then you can ask me another one&#039;.

But you guys that keep ragging on Palin are just toughening her up. Keep up the good work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barnie you of course being a well informed person know that she didn&#8217;t make the Africa remark. Those in the room with her said it never happened. This was from an aide to McCain displaying male jealousy. Go figure. </p>
<p>By the way Pedant I&#8217;m not defending anything that Palin said or didn&#8217;t say but to be honest if you do a transcript of what Obama actually says in an interview the &#8216;ahs&#8217; and &#8216;ums&#8217; and &#8216;hold up&#8217; &#8216;hear this&#8217; &#8216;I know what you want to ask&#8217; will override his message. And I am not being critical. I want this man to be the most successful prez ever. I have a country in flux that is need of a good leader.</p>
<p>I do always wonder how he knows what the interviewer wants to ask and they obviously don&#8217;t. I love when he says &#8216;and if I don&#8217;t answer your question then you can ask me another one&#8217;.</p>
<p>But you guys that keep ragging on Palin are just toughening her up. Keep up the good work.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueJay</title>
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		<dc:creator>BlueJay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Palin is a candidate in 2012?

   I will register as a Republican and vote for her in the Kansas caucus. I guar on teee.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Palin is a candidate in 2012?</p>
<p>   I will register as a Republican and vote for her in the Kansas caucus. I guar on teee.</p>
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		<title>By: Barnie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Heckler, you just proved my point.   

You said,  &quot;So she doesn’t speak the King’s English — big whoop! There is a powerful clarity of consciousness in her eyes. She uses language with the jumps, breaks and rippling momentum of a be-bop saxophonist.&quot;

See, your deluded like everybody else who has a crush on her.  By all outward appearances, yes she is a fairly intelligent, well spoken, level headed, and a very attractive woman.  But those alone are not all of what&#039;s needed to run this country.  Lets start by focusing on the politicians who know that Africa is a Continent and not a country.  She might have well told people and Obama, that he was born in the city of Kenya in the country of Africa, on the Middle East Continent.  Most Third graders have a greater knowledge of world Geography than that.  Your no different than the people in love with Obama by his outward appearances and his good theatrical public speaking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heckler, you just proved my point.   </p>
<p>You said,  &#8220;So she doesn’t speak the King’s English — big whoop! There is a powerful clarity of consciousness in her eyes. She uses language with the jumps, breaks and rippling momentum of a be-bop saxophonist.&#8221;</p>
<p>See, your deluded like everybody else who has a crush on her.  By all outward appearances, yes she is a fairly intelligent, well spoken, level headed, and a very attractive woman.  But those alone are not all of what&#8217;s needed to run this country.  Lets start by focusing on the politicians who know that Africa is a Continent and not a country.  She might have well told people and Obama, that he was born in the city of Kenya in the country of Africa, on the Middle East Continent.  Most Third graders have a greater knowledge of world Geography than that.  Your no different than the people in love with Obama by his outward appearances and his good theatrical public speaking.</p>
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		<title>By: cosmos_originally</title>
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		<dc:creator>cosmos_originally</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr_Kia posted November 12, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I wouldn’t consider her an expert in new energy resources (wind, clean coal) but as the Governor of the State with the largest untapped resources in our country (oil and natural gas) I think her contribution would be invaluable.
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What&#039;s her expertise?   Being involved in a flawed bidding process re a very expensive nat gas pipeline that may not even be built?
Adding a windfall profit tax to Alaskan oil, so Alaska got more money when prices were higher?

The future of &quot;energy&quot; is higher energy efficiency.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr_Kia posted November 12, 2008 at 4:55 pm<br />
I wouldn’t consider her an expert in new energy resources (wind, clean coal) but as the Governor of the State with the largest untapped resources in our country (oil and natural gas) I think her contribution would be invaluable.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>What&#8217;s her expertise?   Being involved in a flawed bidding process re a very expensive nat gas pipeline that may not even be built?<br />
Adding a windfall profit tax to Alaskan oil, so Alaska got more money when prices were higher?</p>
<p>The future of &#8220;energy&#8221; is higher energy efficiency.</p>
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		<title>By: Rage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Translation: &quot;I got nothing for you, Wolf, but I&#039;m a governor and that&#039;s more important than being a Senator.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Translation: &#8220;I got nothing for you, Wolf, but I&#8217;m a governor and that&#8217;s more important than being a Senator.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Pedant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For example, here&#039;s a snippet of a conversation Palin had &lt;b&gt;today, 12-Nov-2008&lt;/b&gt;, with Wolf Blitzer on CNN:

&quot;BLITZER: Another question. What are your new ideas on how to take the Republican Party out of this rut that it’s in right now? Give me one or two new ideas that you’re going to propose to these governors who have gathered here in this hotel.

PALIN: Well, a lot of Republican governors have really good ideas for our nation because we’re the ones there on the front lines being held accountable every single day in service to the people whom have hired us in our own states and the planks in our platform are strong and they are good for America. It’s all about free enterprise and respecting the ...

BLITZER: Does that mean you want to come up with a new Sarah Palin initiative that you want to release right now.

PALIN: &lt;b&gt;Gah! Nothing specific right now. Sitting here in these chairs that I’m going to be proposing but in working with these governors who again on the front lines are forced to and it’s our privileged obligation to find solutions to the challenges facing our own states every day being held accountable, not being just one of many just casting votes or voting present every once in a while, we don’t get away with that. We have to balance budgets and we’re dealing with multibillion dollar budgets and tens of thousands of employees in our organizations.&lt;/b&gt;&quot;

wtf?

Again, from T O D A Y.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For example, here&#8217;s a snippet of a conversation Palin had <b>today, 12-Nov-2008</b>, with Wolf Blitzer on CNN:</p>
<p>&#8220;BLITZER: Another question. What are your new ideas on how to take the Republican Party out of this rut that it’s in right now? Give me one or two new ideas that you’re going to propose to these governors who have gathered here in this hotel.</p>
<p>PALIN: Well, a lot of Republican governors have really good ideas for our nation because we’re the ones there on the front lines being held accountable every single day in service to the people whom have hired us in our own states and the planks in our platform are strong and they are good for America. It’s all about free enterprise and respecting the &#8230;</p>
<p>BLITZER: Does that mean you want to come up with a new Sarah Palin initiative that you want to release right now.</p>
<p>PALIN: <b>Gah! Nothing specific right now. Sitting here in these chairs that I’m going to be proposing but in working with these governors who again on the front lines are forced to and it’s our privileged obligation to find solutions to the challenges facing our own states every day being held accountable, not being just one of many just casting votes or voting present every once in a while, we don’t get away with that. We have to balance budgets and we’re dealing with multibillion dollar budgets and tens of thousands of employees in our organizations.</b>&#8221;</p>
<p>wtf?</p>
<p>Again, from T O D A Y.</p>
<p>Any idea what she meant?!?</p>
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		<title>By: Pedant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mom_of_5
Posted November 12, 2008 at 7:50 am &#124; Permalink
I will never get over the hypocrisy of people who find Sarah Palin “dumb” while ignoring all the stupid things said by Biden and even Obama. 
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Palin is ignorant, that&#039;s a glaring - and I mean &lt;b&gt;glaring&lt;/b&gt; - shortcoming she has now.  What most people mean is that if you can&#039;t see how ignorant Palin is, then &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; are dumb.

It&#039;s obvious that she&#039;s never read a book in her life.  How in the world could that woman speak the way she does if she were even a casual reader?  To be more apt, how can she lead if she has no historical context upon which to call on, some idea of common law, the Enlightenment, and the conversation America had with Europe 232 years ago?

She can&#039;t.

That&#039;s Palin&#039;s biggest drawback.  I&#039;m not talking about a drawback to the GOP, or to Sarah, or to any one person.  I mean that Palin is a drawback to the USA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mom_of_5<br />
Posted November 12, 2008 at 7:50 am | Permalink<br />
I will never get over the hypocrisy of people who find Sarah Palin “dumb” while ignoring all the stupid things said by Biden and even Obama.<br />
&#8212;</p>
<p>Palin is ignorant, that&#8217;s a glaring &#8211; and I mean <b>glaring</b> &#8211; shortcoming she has now.  What most people mean is that if you can&#8217;t see how ignorant Palin is, then <i>you</i> are dumb.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s obvious that she&#8217;s never read a book in her life.  How in the world could that woman speak the way she does if she were even a casual reader?  To be more apt, how can she lead if she has no historical context upon which to call on, some idea of common law, the Enlightenment, and the conversation America had with Europe 232 years ago?</p>
<p>She can&#8217;t.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s Palin&#8217;s biggest drawback.  I&#8217;m not talking about a drawback to the GOP, or to Sarah, or to any one person.  I mean that Palin is a drawback to the USA.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr_Kia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr_Kia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wouldn&#039;t consider her an expert in new energy resources (wind, clean coal) but as the Governor of the State with the largest untapped resources in our country (oil and natural gas) I think her contribution would be invaluable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wouldn&#8217;t consider her an expert in new energy resources (wind, clean coal) but as the Governor of the State with the largest untapped resources in our country (oil and natural gas) I think her contribution would be invaluable.</p>
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		<title>By: bth</title>
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		<dc:creator>bth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>phantom - that can be a good thing - raise awareness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>phantom &#8211; that can be a good thing &#8211; raise awareness.</p>
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		<title>By: ANTI</title>
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		<dc:creator>ANTI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>heh, you ARE a</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>heh, you ARE a</p>
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		<title>By: ANTI</title>
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		<dc:creator>ANTI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Foxy lady! dunt dunt dah You know your a cute little heart-breaker!, dunt dunt dah......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Foxy lady! dunt dunt dah You know your a cute little heart-breaker!, dunt dunt dah&#8230;&#8230;</i></p>
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