Comments on: Airheads Unite!

By: Jagad Guru

Jagad Guru — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:26:14 +0000

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)

By: Duros Hussein 62

Duros Hussein 62 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:03:17 +0000

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.

By: buma

buma — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:42:28 +0000

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

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:41:48 +0000

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

By: midderpidge

midderpidge — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:30:34 +0000

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

By: roo roo

roo roo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:20:24 +0000

Became unbearable after 4 seconds.

By: fdeblauwe

fdeblauwe — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:30:20 +0000

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

By: jr

jr — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:31:25 +0000

“Rapists need parental rights. Can I get an amen?”-Elizabeth

By: PG

PG — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:26:54 +0000

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.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:38:12 +0000

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.

By: Wek

Wek — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:20:59 +0000

Had she not been on Survivor, Hasselback would be painting finger nails for a living.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:34:55 +0000

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

By: tonkelu

tonkelu — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:22:01 +0000

I swear to god, I think Hasselbeck had an orgasm while introducing Palin. Ugh.

By: Jaim

Jaim — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:19:53 +0000

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.

By: bryan

bryan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:21:18 +0000

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.

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:43:06 +0000

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)

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:25:02 +0000

“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.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:55:55 +0000

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

Amended: Don’t mess with Mrs. Journeyman Clipboard Carrier!

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:55:43 +0000

Shut up and go away and never speak again as long as you live and go away again.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:50:17 +0000

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