Bush administration to blame for McCain's failure, Palin says

[DogPoundPup]

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

WASILLA, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin blames the Bush administration for the failure of the McCain-Palin ticket, thinks people need to move on from the so-called "troopergate" controversy and has no plans to stop charging the state per diem for time at her home in Wasilla or having state-funded travel for her children.

Palin also said she loved her time in the national spotlight and won't rule out a run for president or vice president in 2012.

Those were some of Palin's responses to questions posed Sunday afternoon in a wide-ranging interview with the Anchorage Daily News and KTUU Channel 2 at the governor's Wasilla home.

Palin remains a national media obsession; Greta Von Susteren of Fox News had just finished an interview with her and was chatting with the governor and her husband in the kitchen. Moose chili cooked in the crock pot and moose hot dogs lay on the table. Palin insisted they weren't a prop for the national media but just how the family likes to dine.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/55562.html

[MNReformer]

1. I am so over this woman. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

7. I wish we here in Alaska could be

but I'm afraid we're stuck with her for another two years. Gaa-a-a-a-ahhhhh............ !!


ed. How very convenient for her that SHE thinks we should move on from Troopergate. I personally hope that Troopergate is just the beginning, and I plan to let my state senator, Hollis French, know about it.

[MNReformer]

11. Just do what you can to be sure Stevens' "election" isn't stolen.

That will do for a start.

[Bushies gotta go]

19. I'm curious

Has any of her favorable ratings gone down since the campaign? I mean, does your state really still like her that much or has she become an embarrassment now? Personally, now I know how people around the world think generally of Americans.. unable to understand why we all honored and followed shrub (albeit a wrong impression)... now I feel that way about Alaskans.... (because the only news we get or have gotten in the lower 48 is how much Alaskans love her). Please tell me that has changed.

[MNReformer]

32. I believe you meant to reply to Blue in AK. n/t

[ebayfool]

33. Did ... look at the upper right hand corner of the post.

Sun Nov-09-08 09:28 PM
Response to Reply #7

Sometimes takes a bit to get the navigation down.

And welcome to DU.

[MNReformer]

37. Ah, okay....and thanks! n/t

[No Elephants]

39. *Blush* I've not noticed that before, either. Thanks. And thanks for your nice reply to a newer

poster. People here can be pretty harsh to a newbie! We probably all have some scars.

[hangman86]

22. The morons are at war with each other

Forget about Iraq, we have a Civil War of Stupid going right in America. Palin vs. Bush. When dumb meets dumb. Both sides have already declared Mission Accomplished and have no exit strategy.

[cartach]

31. While I agree wholeheartedly with all

of the derogatory coments about Palin and could probably add a few of my own I disagree with the general view that she could not get to first base in a future attempt to run for President or Vice President. While she may have shown herself for what she is and most of us have nothing but disgust she still has ,as far as I know,the support of the religious right and unless someone else rises to the occasion and becomes the flavor of the month during the next few years,Palin will prevail as their choice. If we did'nt know it before, we all got an education over the last eight years on the influence of the religious right on the Republican party. And I don't just mean your everyday religiously inclined individual,but the heirarchies of various religions. What particularly disgusts me and reaffirms my belief that organized religion for the most part are hypocrites of the first order is that they will prostitute themselves to get their own agenda met. They got in bed with the devil when they sold their votes to the Republican party and voted in the most morally corrupt administration in American history. They sat by during the first four years while the evidence poured in, not raising any objections, and voted them in again for another four,all because they were promised that there needs and demands would be met. To me this is just about as hypocritical as you can get considering all the death and destruction and violation of human rights caused by the Bush administration. Palin has shown what a petty thief and liar she is by her recent performance,she has also shown by her attitude and behaviour that she is capable of much more, if given the power. Yet she is still the darling of the religious right and because of that would be a top choice of the Republican party to run again, sociopath that she is, because she can bring in the votes. While I had the same thoughts yesterday they were reaffirmed tonight as I watched the MSNBC documentary on Jonestown this evening and was reminded again of that saying about the more things change,the more they remain the same. As far as I'm concerned the second round of the fight has just begun. The first amounted to getting the Republicans and the religious right out of the White House,the second will be keeping them out and the remaining rounds making sure thay stay out for a long,long time.

[JeanGrey]

38. You are quite correct. She isn't finished in politics by a long

shot. She will be back, I believe, in 2012 and might be a force to be reckoned with. We should not forget.

[susu369]

40. Totally agree

"She is still the darling of the religious right..."

My "religious" neighbor across the street has not even taken down her McCain/Palin sign.

[ecstatic]

2. Keep talking Sarah. Please :) nt

[CAG]

3. The 13th minute of the 15 has JUST now passed for the Palins...

[realisticphish]

4. good gosh golly

and here's our centerpiece of american flags and crosses, stuck into a big, fresh, apple pie

[Genevieve]

5. She cannot complete a single sentence without grammatical errors.

I hate her.

[LynnTheDem]

6. And the Republic Party and voters blame Sarah Palin.

Sarah likes to make her own reality.

[RJ Connors]

8. "Palin also said she loved her time in the national spotlight"

"and won't rule out a run for president or vice president in 2012."

Well Sarh-Bear, I don't think you have to spend much time on this one as after the showing you gave, I think the people are going to be ruling it out for you.

However, I read somewhere in 2010 Wassila is going to be electing a new Moose catcher, you should certainly think about that one.

[liberalmuse]

9. Make it stop.

Please. How long must we be subjected to this woman?

[yellowcanine]

10. Not sure that is such a great idea Sarah - The die hard Bush faithful are your strongest supporters

[realisticphish]

12. i'd also like to add...

please....please.... PLEASE, Sarah, run in 2012

[kristopher]

16. Personlly, I'm hoping for a Palin - Cantor ticket in '12.

Nothing could be better for the country.

[ErinBerin84]

13. but McCain said that the fault lies with him! Haha.

The woman is a clueless train wreck. Not very self aware at all.

[frogcycle]

14. actually, she made a reasonable assessment of it

in the paragraph ending "It's amazing that we did as well as we did."

She's quite right, you know.

[Raschel]

15. Piper was the waitress? I'll bet she cooked the dinner too.

[olddad56]

17. She is yesterdays news, She is this election's Kathleen Harris, she is over.

[OnyxCollie]

18. Katherine Harris. nt

[MilesColtrane]

20. This 'sentence' is eating my mind.....ayeeeaah.....make it stop!

"Regarding information regarding my record, that its now out there much of it that was based on misinformation was a very, very frustrating thing to have to go through when the record was never corrected."

She's like a babbling brain stem, with no higher functions.

[Wizard777]

21. Hey! She finally got one right.

[LaStrega]

23. I wish the media would move on and forget about Mooseolini n/t

[Tabasco_Dave]

24. .

[Dems4me]

25. She has brass to tell the people of Alaska that she plans to continue draining

their tax dollars on her own self. She charged...what 117 nights or so.. out of 365 to pay herself
while she was at home 40 miles from her office? And the trips for her family... WOW!

IF I were an Alaskian, I'd gather every able body to get up petitions to have her step down. If that
didn't work..I would hold peaceful demonstrations daily outside of her office or home.

"no plans to stop charging the state per diem for time at her home in Wasilla or having state-funded travel for her children."

[Mike Daniels]

43. I'd think the state government could refuse to reimburse her for these expenses

Is there something that says that the state government has to pay for her kid's travel arrangements? Can they require that Palin prove that they are legitimate representatives of the state vs. just her props?

[Dems4me]

46. I think I saw somewhere that she could charge for

her children's trips in certain conditions. She could also charge
time for her work at home. But I would think these are all within
reasonable situations, not just cause she wants to take advantage of
her position. When I think of Sarah Palin...fair, honest and moral
do not come to mind.

She just a money grubbing, political climber with no ethics.

[Skip Intro]

26. She whines about unfair treatment while calling Obama a terrorist swinger.

She is walking irony.

[ContraBass Black]

27. Governor, if you wanted to run against Bush, you should have done it four years ago.

[Cobalt-60]

28. well they did seal the deal

If our recent opponents in the last election hadn't been dragging the putrid mountain of failure, malfeasance, and just plain ignorance of the Bush record behind them they might have done better.
I doubt if they could have taken it. Obama was a skillful and effective candidate.
I knew Palin was wrong before she repeatedly verified it.
Her record in that little town showed us what we could have expected from her.
When she came in they had a nice little balanced budget.
When she got done $20M had been borrowed from Republican cronies to pay to other Republican cronies for the construction of a useless park.
She's a debt delivery system, just like Junior.

[truebluecollar]

29. 2009's Dancing With the Stars?

[Endangered Specie]

30. I see the circular firing squad has been arranged in short order

[truthisfreedom]

34. Image:

[npk]

35. Is this a joke

"Moose chili cooked in the crock pot and moose hot dogs lay on the table. Palin insisted they weren't a prop for the national media but just how the family likes to dine."

Please tell me this is a joke.

[No Elephants]

41. Nope. One of the first quotes from SP was that her favorite food is mooseburgers.

[d_b]

36. palin/plumber '12

[No Elephants]

42. McCain Palin lost for many reasons, Dummya perhaps first among those reasons. It was the

perfect storm. A charismatic, smart Democratic, a nearly flawless campaign, 8 years of Repoublican hell, all made decisive by the news of worldwide economic collapse. However, two of the big reasons why McCain Palin lost were McCain Palin.

[hatrack]

44. How about a new Palin Family reality show? I'd call it "Northern Overexposure" . . .

[GinaMaria]

45. difficult to keep up with all the finger pointing lately.... nt

[struggle4progress]

47. Why doesn't everybody just get a good stiff drink and go off hunting with Cheney?

I'm sure it would be good for McCain & Palin

[Jack Rabbit]

48. I didn't think she was totally stupid

She got this part right.

McCain didn't help himself very much. Picking Sarah Palin as a running mate was one of his worst mistakes. Nevertheless, he started in a hole dug by Bush and it was unlikely he would get out of it.

[truthisfreedom]

49. Perfect republican. It's Always. Someone. Else's. Fault. When you're republican.

The buck NEVER stops ANYWHERE.

[underpants]

52. Palin: Bush policies caused defeat

Source: The Press Association

Alaska governor Sarah Palin has blamed Bush administration policies for the Republican presidential defeat and prayed she would not miss "an open door" for her next political opportunity.

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door," Republican vice presidential candidate Mrs Palin said in an interview with Fox News, amid speculation that she will run for US president in four years.

"It's amazing that we did as well as we did," Mrs Palin, who was Senator John McCain's running mate, said of last week's election in a separate interview with the Anchorage Daily News.

"I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a 10 trillion-dollar debt in a Republican administration? How have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration?

"If we're talking change, we want to get far away from what it was that the present administration represented and that is to a great degree what the Republican Party at the time had been representing."

Read more: http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gO73Ujb_RjRLbDI...

[OneBlueSky]

50. deleted by poster . . . wrong place . . .

Source: DU

sorry 'bout that . . .

Read more: http://www.democraticunderground.com /

[maddezmom]

51. locking

Like not Breaking News?

[Tanuki]

53. No, Sarah, that was only part of it.

The main problem was YOU. Many long-time, staunch Repugs who would have gone ahead and voted for the party could not bring themselves to put someone as unqualified, ignorant, embarrassing, incapable of coherent thought as YOU in a postition to assume the presidency had something happened to McCain. I praise God for you, because McCain's epic failure of judgment in selecting YOU helped "open the door" for Obama's victory! God works in mysterious ways. Now get lost, Sarah. The people have spoken.

[maddezmom]

54. OMG she's like a Valley Girl now

[sattahipdeep]

67. lol...Oh well_She do the Shake...."Rattlesnake Shake"

Now, when I talked to God I knew he'd understand
He said, 'Stick by my side and I'll be your guiding hand
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to'

[Xipe Totec]

69. Gag me with a spoon!

[UpInArms]

55. that creature has verbal diarrhea

please someone - tell her to STFU and go home

[14thColony]

56. Sarah Palin in 2012!

I am absolutely in favor of her being the Republican nominee next time around. You Go Sarah! You just keep on believing! God wants you in the White House (as part of a public tour) so don't lose faith! Is there a campaign website yet? I might donate just to encourage her...

[Somawas]

68. Run, Sarah, Run! I'll donate, too.

Just so long as nutbar Preacher Muthee keeps the witches out of her.

[asthmaticeog]

57. "I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo"

Well, DUH, but what happened to your repeated insistence that the ticket was the exciting, once-in-a-lifetime pairing of a brash reformer and a consummate political maverick? Anything to make it not your fault, I guess, eh, Barbie?

[underpants]

58. It's hard to beat such a transformative figure as Obama

He is at once
the most liberal Senator
a socialist
and (now) a conservative

[asthmaticeog]

59. Yeah, I LOVE that.

Two days after he was a socialist antichrist waiting to rain commie disaster down on us all, his LANDSLIDE was evidence that we're a center-right nation.

I wish all right wing pundits catastrophic ill, and a few of the left wing ones, too.

[HopeHoops]

60. God: "Yeah, Palin, there's the door - don't let it smack you in the ass on the way out!"

[wordpix]

61. "don't let me miss the open door to touch his noodly appendage showing me the way to the balls."

Sheesh.

[chelsea0011]

62. If the people only listened to her message

[last1standing]

63. Palin prays to the God of Personal Advancement.

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door," Republican vice presidential candidate Mrs Palin said in an interview with Fox News, amid speculation that she will run for US president in four years.

That would also be the God of Greed, the God of Avarice, the God of Self-Importance, and the Golden Calf.

[mac56]

64. oh yeah. That's really gonna endear her to the GOP base.

So much for her being the reincarnation of Ronnie Reagan. "Speak no ill of other Republicans"...wasn't that Reagan's Law?!

[NOW tense]

65. Like yeah.... Sarah the problem was the Bush Administrations policies.

Ya Know like your right those policies like failed and they were exactly what like Republicans wanted for like 8 years. Like everything the GOP ever like wanted was like passed... and like the GOP is a gigantic failure. OMG! like yeah a complete thought just rambled out of her head.

[underpants]

70. The Bush Administration HAS policies???

I thought it was all politics

"With us or against us" was meant to make Bush=AMERICA. A vote against Bush was a vote against your country.

etc.

[Faith No More]

66. It's not a lie if you believe it, huh Sarah. You are a clueless twit and a pathological liar.

[AtomTan]

71. Keep digging, Sarah.

[SpiralHawk]

72. "The worst part is, they and we are republicons." - Sarah Pale Horse

"What American, in his or her right mind, could possibly want to vote for a republicon after we have proved ourselves to be so corrupt, amoral, and incompetent?"

- Sarah Pale Horse

[Javaman]

124. spoken like a true sociopath. nt

[mdmc]

73. Palin blames Bush policies for GOP defeat

Source: ap

WASILLA, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, amid speculation she'll run for president in four years, blamed Bush administration policies for the defeat last week of the GOP ticket and prayed she wouldn't miss "an open door" for her next political opportunity.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_el_pr/palin

---

you betcha!

[ixion]

74. In what respect, Charlie

Hell, Bible Spice doesn't even know what *'s policies are.

[begin_within]

75. Didn't she admonish Obama for looking backwards? Now she's looking backwards for blame?

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

76. Damn, that woman is a maverick, I tells ya!

[Throckmorton]

77. She is a tragedy of Homeric Proportion

But I would guess that isn't news to anyone around here.

[Lakerstan]

78. Um...aren't the Bush policies the ones you support?

[Trajan]

84. Yes ... She supports the Bush policies that she doesnt know ...

Because they are the reason she lost ....

I think I understand .....

#$*&YESFODSUHFB (&*TG@#E *GSDF IUH@R)&* GHSF: UHWR (*H

Yes .. It is very clear ....

[Ms. Toad]

123. Actually, she's the one who threw him under the bus

because of his policies . . . but I guess that doesn't necessarily mean she disagrees with his real policies, only the ones she imagines he has.

[Lint Head]

79. What a small minded bimbo!

[LynnTheDem]

80. Blame whomsoever you want, honey. The voters blame YOU.

Period.

[TomInTib]

81. Show us your "open door", Sarah

Larry Flynt will give you $2 mil for the view.

[tblue]

82. Oh BushCo must be lovin' them some Sarah!

[Divine Discontent]

83. more so the GOP! what's great is the shocking wording

"I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration? How have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration? If we're talking change, we want to get far away from what it was that the present administration represented and that is to a great degree what the Republican Party at the time had been representing"

imagine if we could have the video tape of her saying such, just a few days before the election - it woulda been something within a hundred electoral votes of 538!


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[tblue]

85. Let's keep this on file for 2010!!! Thank you, Sarah. Also.

[Snarkoleptic]

86. Even a broken clock is right twice per day.

[Not a robought]

87. I guess that means

she's against the Bush doctrine.

[TXDemGal]

88. Oh, dear God, please save us from any further exposure to this woman

is what I'm praying!

Hey, don't miss the last 'graph of the above AP article. Daddy brought over a pot of moose chili to Mooselini's house the other day. You can't make this shit up.

[cornelio]

89. Why didn't she blame him during the campaign?

How convenient.

[Porschenut1066]

90. God will 'show me the way' to the White House, Palin prays

Source: The Times of London

Sarah Palin hopes that God will "show her the way" on any future bid for the White House.

In an interview with Fox News Channel the deafeated Reublican vice-presidential candidate said if God showed her "the open door" to the presidency, she would go through it.

She refused to say whether she planned to run for the US presidency in four years. But the devoutly religious Alaskan governor she would wait to be shown the way.

"Faith is a very big part of my life," she said. "And putting my life in my creator's hands - this is what I always do," she said, according to excercts of the interview released by Fox News Channel before the inteview is broadcast.

Related Links
Sarah Palin: heroine or has-been?
Palin pours scorn on ‘hillbilly’ claims
"I'm like, OK, God

<snip>

After the election, McCain aides told claimed that Ms Palin had spents thousands of dollars more than the $150,000 that had been admitted to, and had used the money to dress other members of her family.

But Mr Heath told the Anchorage Daily News that his daughter insisted the only clothing or accessories she personally had purchased in the last four months was a pair of shoes.

RNC lawyers have been discussing with Ms Palin whether what's left of the clothing and accessories purchased for her on the campaign trail will go to charity, back to stores or be paid for by her, a McCain-Palin campaign official said on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the campaign hadn't authorized comment.



Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_amer...

[Mz Pip]

91. Get a clue

God already said "NO!!!!"

Take Him at his word.

[jobycom]

92. God will inspire Obama to crave moose steaks.

[jody]

93. MapQuest does the same thing and does not require tithes and offerings. n/t

[eowyn_of_rohan]

119. An aside - God doesn't require tithes and offerings

Religious institutions do.

[BlooInBloo]

94. (shrug) So will a cab driver. You still won't be President you fucking blithering idiot.

[Fearless]

95. Like I said on the other thread of the same topic... 40 years wandering the tundra first please.

[jdadd]

96. I think that God needs to show her

the way to the Outhouse....Shes got more shit than a Christmas Turkey.

[bkkyosemite]

97. Does she always have to pray for everything can't she do anything by her self. Oh I forgot it was

God who was going to get her elected as VP...

[pyro858]

98. News Flash Sarah

god is just pretend- sorry you can't figure that out for yourself.

[bunny planet]

99. Delusional much?

[Solly Mack]

100. God the Tour Guide

[whirlygigspin]

102. these people really are mental

Don't they have real problems to deal with?



Hey Sarah, God here talking to ya via the internets:
"I hear your prayers, and the answer is no."



please forward further requests here:

[Solly Mack]

105. Yes they are

[Solly Mack]

104. "you know, the kids lose underwear" lololololol

That certainly sheds some light on the teenage pregnancy problem

[peacetalksforall]

101. Used clothes - back to the stores? Worn? No way. Not fair. And they're supposed

to take them back and return the money? No way. Disgusting. The money's gone - unless they can put them on consignment at a re-use shop and Palin pays the cleaning bill.

[mr clean]

103. gee..another repulican playing the "god" card

too bad their are so many sheeple who will eat this bs up.

[-Steph-]

106. I hope he 'shows her the way' right out of the spotlight and spares us of anymore of her bigotry.

I believe myself to be a Christian. I have no problem with a gay couple getting married, someone having an abortion, etc. It's not even my place to have a problem with such things.

She needs to be praying for forgiveness and leave 2012 to someone more capable.

She mentioned that she prays for God to show her doors, I believe he just showed her the door when he sent her packing all the way back to Alaska.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

107. I'm hoping God will show her how to shut up...

...because I'm really tired of the skanky ho.

[truthisfreedom]

108. "The door to the Presidency." Sarah, after Obama's been President for 4 years, you'll never have a

chance at it again. America's standards for the Presidency have changed forever. We need a thoughtful, brilliant President with a steady hand on the tiller. On the other hand...

You're a nutjob, a whackjob, and a fruitcake. For you, that "door" is going to be double-bolted and locked and blocked with a hundred million tons of concrete. You won't be able to get through that door with a tactical nuke.

[AndyTiedye]

109. Sarah, You Better Pray that Bear is Really Dead

too bad, looks like he just woke up

[Number23]

110. Love the Related Links!!

"Related Links
Sarah Palin: heroine or has-been?
Palin pours scorn on ‘hillbilly’ claims
"I'm like, OK, God"

"I'm like, OK, God"

Are you there, God? It's me, Sarah...

[Jamastiene]

111. I say we blindfold her.

I don't want that woman anywhere near the White House. I WOULD move out of the country then.

[trusty elf]

112. Hey Sarah, look behind you!

I think that's the "open door" God was talking about.

[superconnected]

115. I love it!!!

[Amonester]

118. saved truthful image for future uses if need be

truly hoping not to ever need to use it

whatta sick "couple" these two R...

[Dems4me]

113. I wonder if He sent her to Neiman Marcus too??? n/t

[superconnected]

114. Praying for power, not exactly what Jesus would do. However Satan...

[HopeHoops]

116. Sarah, Sarah, Sarah - you don't need GOD to show you the way - TRY MAPQUEST!

[14thColony]

117. God told me to show Sarah how to get in the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/tours /

"Public tours of the White House are available for groups of 10 or more people. These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (excluding federal holidays), and are scheduled on a first come, first served basis."

Say 'hiya' to President Obama while you're there Sarah.

[jpak]

120. Yo, Queen Sarah - God showed you the door last Tuesday

Don't get her pissed...

[Robb]

121. God wants me to use this image one more time:

[Le Taz Hot]

122. I like what Jon Stewart said about this subject:

"Those voices in your head? Not always God."

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

125. I'll never vote for ANYBODY who would eat Mr. Moose.

It's bloody murder.

[47of74]

126. Why cannot this woman admit that she is one big talking...