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October 26th, 2008 Conservatives 24 Comments

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck was at a rally for Sarah Palin. That pretty much explains it all.

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1. Chris says:

   October 26, 2008 at 2:52 pm

   Thank God this election is 10 days away. I can’t wait for these types to crawl back into their holes and shut the f up.

   “Deliberately sexist” would be holding Palin to any standard different than the men in the race. If McCain, Obama or Biden spent $150,000 on new clothes and $20k in one month on a personal stylist, does she think people wouldn’t be just as outraged? Come on. Edwards spent $400 to get his hair done and the neocons about had a heart attack. Was anybody claiming sexism then? No – BECAUSE IT’S A RIDICULOUS CLAIM.

   /sigh.
2. bryan says:

   October 26, 2008 at 2:57 pm

   The whole flagpin shtick. What a scoundrel (you know last reasort, patriotism).
3. Vanessa says:

   October 26, 2008 at 3:00 pm

   Wow. That was bad.
4. mambochicken23 says:

   October 26, 2008 at 3:06 pm

   Wow… she’s really, really dumb. Holy hell.
5. SpiderJ says:

   October 26, 2008 at 4:50 pm

   But guys, she ALMOST won Survivor: The Outback! Don’t underestimate Mrs. Seahawk!
6. Nimrod Gently says:

   October 26, 2008 at 4:55 pm

   Shut up and go away and never speak again as long as you live and go away again.
7. SpiderJ says:

   October 26, 2008 at 4:55 pm

   My mistake…I thought she was married to Matt, not Tim.

   Amended: Don’t mess with Mrs. Journeyman Clipboard Carrier!
8. C.S.Strowbridge says:

   October 26, 2008 at 5:25 pm

   “Thank God this election is 10 days away. I can’t wait for these types to crawl back into their holes and shut the f up.”

   AMEN!

   I can’t wait till these people are such a minor political force that the MSM no longer treats them as relevant.
9. Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle says:

   October 26, 2008 at 5:43 pm

   She has always been a cretin. What critics is she talking about? The same TradMed most of us find revolting? Politico(aka Drudgico) had the “wardrobe” story first. Last I checked they were/are a bunch of Rethuglican hacks. Supported by Rethuglican money(the Albrittons)
10. bryan says:

    October 26, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Yes Calvin, this rep tactic of saying “some people would say we should (insert wacky suggestion here eg not honour our fallen heroes on veterans day), but we say…” when in fact the real critics have said something else even their most skilled apologists can’t defend (like cutting vet’s aid). It is a way of making the ‘other side’ seem like bastards, whilst not addressing the problem/fuck up at hand.
11. Jaim says:

    October 26, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    150K. I’ve had to buy nice clothes for job interviews and such. I groaned at how much I had to spend.

    I didn’t spend 150K. Spending 150K on clothing in un-American.
12. tonkelu says:

    October 26, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    I swear to god, I think Hasselbeck had an orgasm while introducing Palin. Ugh.
13. Oliver Willis says:

    October 26, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    Yeah, she’s quite pretty but she married the Hasselbeck who will likely never start at QB.
14. Wek says:

    October 26, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    Had she not been on Survivor, Hasselback would be painting finger nails for a living.
15. Sean D. Martin says:

    October 26, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    I like how, in the segment starting at the 0:37 mark, someone behind her stands up to take a picture and Hasselbeck turns around, almost like she sensed it and wanted to make sure the person got her good side.

    Coincidence, I’m sure. But, man, it really makes it looks like she’s just up there to get her pretty little picture taken.
16. PG says:

    October 26, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    It occurred to me that the Palin pick is much like the Miers nomination. In both cases, a Republican felt obliged to pick a woman (Bush because the justice would be replacing O’Connor; McCain in order to attract disaffected Clinton supporters). Unfortunately, the pick doesn’t get the support that’s expected because it was so obviously made with no care whatsoever; a dozen competent, fully eligible women are passed over in favor of someone who’s “loyal” (in Miers’s case) or “charismatic” (in Palin’s case). It’s like when Salon felt required to print a conservative — so they picked a lunatic like David Horowitz. Such decisions don’t show that one respects the group of people one supposedly is trying to include; it’s an even more glaring sign of contempt than omitting a person from that group entirely.

    I suppose I should be glad the GOP doesn’t seem to be doing this with race. Even Alan Keyes, despite being batshit crazy, is sort of intelligent in an academic sense; I think Justice Thomas, although perhaps not exhibiting as full a record of achievement as we saw from Roberts (never mind Ginsberg and Breyer) prior to his elevation to the Court, has shown that he’s not completely out of his league. After seeing Miers proposed for the Supreme Court and Palin for McCain’s heartbeat away from the presidency, I’m too depressed about what the GOP evidently thinks about women, to want to contemplate what the equivalent “outreach to African Americans” pick might look like.
17. jr says:

    October 26, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    “Rapists need parental rights. Can I get an amen?”-Elizabeth
18. fdeblauwe says:

    October 27, 2008 at 12:30 am

    A new ironic cartoon at the Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 blog: “ItsAllMcCainsFault.com” (no. 2 in a series).
19. roo roo says:

    October 27, 2008 at 2:20 am

    Became unbearable after 4 seconds.
20. midderpidge says:

    October 27, 2008 at 2:30 am

    I’d just like to say Palin is the Jessie Ventura of Alaska, just substitute his idealism with her opportunism.
21. Carlos says:

    October 27, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Wow…That was amazing. I’m with roo roo, it got unbearable after 4 seconds. What an idiot.
22. buma says:

    October 27, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    I have no sound here at work, but I’d hit it. Way more than with Palin. McCain selected the wrong bimbo.
23. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    October 27, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Spending 150K on clothing in un-American.

    Not if it’s other people’s money.

    Buma, you wouldn’t be able to live with yourself later.
24. Jagad Guru says:

    October 27, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    She has always been a cretin. What critics is she talking about? The same TradMed most of us find revolting? Politico(aka Drudgico) had the “wardrobe” story first. Last I checked they were/are a bunch of Rethuglican hacks. Supported by Rethuglican money(the Albrittons)