Grease Is The Word
Summer lovin,’ had me a blast:
Palin’s Palliative, by Kathleen Parker, Sept. 5
When Sarah Palin took the stage Wednesday night, the reaction of conventioneers went beyond mere appreciation. It was gratitude. And relief that the first Republican woman on a presidential ticket wasn’t going to let them down. No one was going to be embarrassed by John McCain’s maverick pick.
Summer lovin’ happened so fast:
Several days of brutal scrutiny leading up to her acceptance speech had given them cause to wonder.
Tell me more, tell me more, did you get very far?
Much of the off-mic talk in St. Paul the past few days centered on whether she was up to the fight. Would she be able to make it through? Would she crumble? Did Palin have the stuff to withstand the bludgeoning scrutiny?
Tell me more, tell me more, like, does she have a car?
I suspect that even many Democrats would confess to a private hope that Palin would do well. There aren’t enough women in high places yet for us to enjoy a first-woman’s stumble, no matter what the arena.
Palin delivered.
Summer sun, something’s begun, but uh-oh those summer nights:
A Time to Worry, by Kathleen Parker, Sept. 19
I love Palin for her chutzpah, courage, maverickness and her authenticity. As a woman, I want her to be fantastic. I want her to expose the fraudulence of identity politics and show the world that Woman is not just one thing. But my inner eye is watching. And my inner voice is saying: These are not good enough reasons.
I worry.
Tell me more, tell me more, was it love at first sight?
The Palin Problem, by Kathleen Parker, Sept. 26
I am guilty of charging her early critics, supporting only a certain kind of woman.
Tell me more, tell me more, did she put up a fight?
Some of the passionately feminist critics of Palin who attacked her personally deserved some of the backlash they received. But circumstances have changed since Palin was introduced as just a hockey mom with lipstick — what a difference a financial crisis makes — and a more complicated picture has emerged.
Summer fling, don’t mean a thing, but uh-oh those summer nights:
Palin’s narrative is fun, inspiring and all-American in that frontier way we seem to admire. When Palin first emerged as John McCain’s running mate, I confess I was delighted. She was the antithesis and nemesis of the hirsute, Birkenstock-wearing sisterhood — a refreshing feminist of a different order who personified the modern successful working mother.
Palin didn’t make a mess cracking the glass ceiling. She simply glided through it.
It was fun while it lasted.
It turned colder; that’s where it ends, so I told her we’d still be friends:
McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate. He not only risks the wrath of the GOP’s unforgiving base, but he invites others to second-guess his executive decision-making ability. Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.
Only Palin can save McCain, her party and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.
Do it for your country.
Summer dreams ripped at the seams, but oh, those summer nights…
“Barack faces the same problem with Biden.”
What a relief. I thought I was going to get all the way to the end without reading a totally stoopid, insanely undefensible statement.
Jesus Christ, has it really been only three weeks?
How “palliative” to see the Republicans running an incompetent, step-on-their-own-dicks campaign for a change.
“Beauty school dropout…”
Kathleen Parker is Megan McArdle plus a dozen years. {shudder}
Shorter Kathleen Parker:
After deriding Palin’s critics as a bunch of ignorant hairy lesbians, I am now forced to conclude that they were exactly right. This is clear proof of my good judgment and their astonishing blindness (see – Iraq War).
Only Palin can save McCain, her party and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.
Do it for your country.
Once Palin was forced to appear off-script it was only a matter of time before she would be asked to fall on her hockey stick.
Bravo!
If Kathleen Parker’s right (BWAHAHAHAHHA) and Palin quits, who should they get to replace her?
Mittster?
Huckabee?
911-iani?
Phill Gramm?
A leaky bag half-filled with poo?
Look at me, I’m Sarah P
Lousy with stupidity
Won’t talk no mo’; John McSame told me so
I can’t; I’m Sarah P
Your story sad to tell,
A moose-hunter ne’er do well,
Most mixed up non-AIP on the block!
Your future’s so unclear now,
What’s left of your career now?
Can’t even get a trade in on your smile!
They should have expected to lose a lot of value when they took the Barbie out of the Box.
It’s raining on prom night!
Good to see you back, Travis.
I feel sick.
At least she’s not a pig in a poke anymore, albeit one with nice lipstick and frameless specs.
Also, WordPress is Asmodeus in disguise.
Palin didn’t make a mess cracking the glass ceiling. She simply glided through it.
For fuck’s sake. She was PICKED OUT OF A HAT by MEN seeking a CYNICAL VOTE. She didn’t crack jack shit, and she’s no more feminist than Karl Rove. What about this is hard for people to grasp?
Man, when you lose K-Pock, you lose the election!
I hope it caused Kathleen Parker physical pain to write that editorial.
Dry heaves where all you bring up is stomach bile pain.
Kathleen Parker once defended George Allen.
You fail, Palin.
Raining on prom night. OMG, now that’s ironic.
What happened to the John McCain I met at the beach?
Well I do not know. Maybe we should file a missing persons report.
LMFAO.
Palin: patching those cracks in the glass ceiling one at a time.
I don’t think she can withdraw, not without forcing McCain/DumbBastard off the ballot in many states. I mean, aren’t they well past the ballot deadlines for most states?
Nope, I think McCain’s going to have to fall back on his old skills; he’s got to ride this one until it augers out… Of course, he’s got some practice at that.
Oh YEAH?!?
Well, Ms. Parker, I’ll have you know that right there in the clownhall comments section, writing under the mysterious pseudonym of “deBebbler” … she has the support of none other than … YODA!
Don’t mess with her, man – she’s got hardcore frickin’ JEDI backup.
What sort of heartless party would deprive the world of that dulcet voice, & the magnificent art it spontaneously whelps whenever she ad libs in public?
Listen to Palin’s Eagle soaring:
Why does Ms. Parker hate 21st-Century American avante-garde poetry?
Please, won’t SOMEONE think of the post-structuralists?
You are beyond naive. You’re beyond dangerous.
The idea of K-Lo’s inner eye is really freaking me out.
Actually, it’s the inner eyebrow.
I agree with the voices in my head that McCain should resign from the Senate to ‘devote all his attention to his campaign and this national crisis of biblical proportions’, ala Bob Dole. That’d be awesome and surely win him this election, just as it did Bob Dole until Teh Clenis, H. Ross Perrier and the liberal Supreme Court stole it from that War Hero (but not POW).
I’m not one of those who desire freedom, independence, tolerance, respect for equality. That is the right reasons and serving something greater than himself and not choosing a real easy path where he could be more comfortable and certainly safer. I don’t know, you know… Reporters.
That’s something that John McCain will be our top priority is to become a suicide bomber, to get caught up in this mission of keeping our eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic countries that are needed. And we have got to keep an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there, they are our next door neighbors.We need to reform government. He’s got the track record of the leadership qualities and the ability to protect itself.
Quoth K.P.:
“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself. ”
Ooh, *snap*.
Let’s think about what is happening here. This is a post that, I assume, has been edited and blessed by someone (K-Lo?) an was allowed to be presented. Is this the first of the calls for her to leave? Is this just a single voice in the wilderness or will there be more and more calls for a replacement? This is the first peep and if this isn’t taken down in a couple of hours, if this is followed by other calls for her to step down, could this be the beginning of something wonderful?
Are the Republicans that afraid of her debating Biden that they’ll have someone replace her rather than have her, uh, puck-handling skills shown to the entire nation?
OMG, I’m literally crying over here and then I hit MzNicky’s offering.
Ow, ow, ow.
I don’t think she can withdraw, not without forcing McCain/DumbBastard off the ballot in many states. I mean, aren’t they well past the ballot deadlines for most states?
protected static: Not to mention that early voting has already begun in some states.
she’s no more feminist than Karl Rove. What about this is hard for people to grasp?
Yeah but her tits are bigger. I think.
And you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those are the good guys. We have got to make sure that an eye on Russia and Putin and some of these countries, building new relationships, working with existing allies, but forging new, also, in order to, Charlie, get to a Cold War.
We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their oath to uphold our Constitution, their top priority is to defend the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbor. But NATO, I think, should include Ukraine, definitely, at this time. It is for good. I believe are God-given, Charlie, and I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we work with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.
The bad guys are. The bad guys are in this terror. They need us. And we have got to be able to go back and forth, we do. It’s very important when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to do. Is he going to have nuclear weapons, what can we do about it. No way, not Americans. We do not believe in American ideals, and they attacked us and now we are at a crisis time like this. I can give you examples of things that can be counted upon to defend our country. In fact, the president has the obligation, the duty to defend. First off, we’re going to be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who’s actually done it? My understanding is that Americans are going to be getting along.
she’s no more feminist than Karl Rove. What about this is hard for people to grasp?
Yeah but her tits are bigger. I think.
You obviously haven’t seen Karl in a tube top.
Doctorb really had her pegged. Markov chains R Palin.
Also thank you Travis. Just watched some of Grease the other night with the six-year-old. Now where’s Two-Minute TownHall?
Once Palin was forced to appear off-script it was only a matter of time before she would be asked to fall on her hockey stick
Perfect, good job.
Stranded at the drive-in, branded a fool…
Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.
*snerk* I’ll take Biden’s gun-totin’ speech and muddled history over the Palin disaster any day.
I’ve been laughing my ass off for several days now and the comedy just keeps on coming. Yup, and just like that, Parker is now the enemy of conservatives every where.
“San Franciscan Nights” by Eric Burden & The Animals. Wonderful!
Righteous Palinator –you have got to never use the word “must”
The proper term is “has got to” as in “Congress has got to, I don’t know, you know… Mocked”
Righteous Palinator –you have got to never use the word “must”
The Palinator runs on top-quality verbiage gleaned from Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson interview transcripts, giving it a truthiness output of no less than 100%.
Kathleen’s inner eye and voice should pack up and leave while they can. I hear her brain’s been foreclosed and the repo man’s on the way.
PeeJ @17:51 “They should have expected to lose a lot of value when they took the Barbie out of the Box.”
That gave me chuckle.
Are white supremacists allowed to love people for their chutzpah?
Jim. realize you knew me, I did not. LOL! 🙂