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High Road Hits a Swamp (4.00 / 1)

Let's calibrate Sarah Palin, so we can understand "Sarah speak".  What exactly is the high road, and what is the low road, in her vernacular?

Here's a quote lifted from mudflats  reporting on a brief news conference after the release of the Branchflower report, which said on page 1 that Palin abused her power in violation of state law, using her office for personal or financial gain.

KTUU-Channel 2: Governor, so good to hear from you. Do you approve of the way that your campaign has handled themselves here in Alaska? We've had a lot of people voice concerns about what they call attacks of good people in our state while you are away.

Palin: Well I haven't heard of any attacks on good people in Alaska from our campaign. If you have specifics there, maybe I could answer specifically. But no, in John McCain's mission here, in taking the high road, as you're going to see too with a lot of unfair shots he has taken in this campaign with some of his opponents' supporters, McCain and I taking the high road, being positive. I wouldn't support nor would I condone taking shots at any good Alaskans.

If this is her definition of the high road, we really don't want to know about the low road, or the back roads, or the washed-out bridges of Sarah Palin's mental geography.

KTUU's question dealt with some very specific situations in Alaska where widely respected Alaskan public servants such as Stephen Branchflower have been the subject of McCain camp negativity.  But Palin generalized her comments.  I just don't recognize in her actions the campaign she describes.  

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by: greenpeas @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 14:54:31 PM UTC

try to find (0.00 / 0)

an image of Lieberman and Palin together.

Good luck.

I have been looking for one to post here for weeks and have yet to find one. It seems like there is a story there for someone. Why isn't there a picture of Lieberman and Palin considering how tightly Joe is tied to McSame?

The question is not what you are, we already determined that, we are now negotiating price.
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by: Met00 @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 17:01:16 PM UTC

There are hundreds (3.00 / 3)

...what with Lieberman joined at the hip with McCain, pictures of Lieberman and Palin together aren't that hard to find.

Republican vice-presidential candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin, right, gets a hug from Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., before a campaign speech Monday morning Oct. 6, 2008 in Clearwater, Fla.
(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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by: Scarce @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 17:10:44 PM UTC

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Let's call it (3.50 / 2)

Prelude to a kiss...

Such a lovely couple.

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by: notcho @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 20:36:41 PM UTC

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google doesn't agree... (4.00 / 1)

http://images.google.com/image...

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The question is not what you are, we already determined that, we are now negotiating price.
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by: Met00 @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 21:10:15 PM UTC

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If you have to rely on google (0.00 / 0)

..it means you weren't really trying.

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by: Scarce @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 22:25:33 PM UTC

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C'mon (0.00 / 0)

The first image you put up ("There are Hundreds") is obviously composited.

Don't take this comment the wrong way, I'm certainly not trying to defend either of those two demons.

"If those in charge of our society...can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves." ~~Howard Zinn

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by: lakezoarian @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 23:50:42 PM UTC

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AP photo, as noted (0.00 / 0)

The down rating was ignorant.

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by: Scarce @ Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 03:02:41 AM UTC

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Down Rating (1.00 / 1)

What, you trust something just because it comes from AP? Now, I am not known for getting into pissing matches here, but I must say that may be more ignorant.

Look at the size of joe's head compared to palin's. He's a small guy and he's behind her, yet his head is much larger than her's. Also look at the focus. Yes, I could be wrong, but I still feel sure it's a PhotoShop job...

"If those in charge of our society...can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves." ~~Howard Zinn

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by: lakezoarian @ Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 12:35:02 PM UTC

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Ugh... (0.00 / 0)

9/11 was an inside job, right?

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by: Scarce @ Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 12:39:44 PM UTC

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Calm Down, Scarce (0.00 / 0)

That was beneath you. I've been reading your work for a long time, and look forward to it. But, we can all be wrong about something sometimes, and isn't that one of the points of having a discussion thread like this?

Just as there are many things that point to the idea that the American mainstream media is rife with controlled propaganda, there are also many things that point to the fact that the official story of 9/11 cannot possibly be true, and that we Americans deserve a real investigation. Here's Gore Vidal's take:

http://www.ratical.org/ratvill...

Scarce, I'm sorry that you used that as an ad hominum attack.

"If those in charge of our society...can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves." ~~Howard Zinn

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by: lakezoarian @ Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 13:39:20 PM UTC

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Better Compositing (0.00 / 0)

"If those in charge of our society...can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves." ~~Howard Zinn

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by: lakezoarian @ Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 00:01:13 AM UTC

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Yet another "photoshopped" pic (0.00 / 0)

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., center, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., applaud during a campaign rally, with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Media, Pa.

Arlen Specter added, just to look more authentic.

/snark

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by: Scarce @ Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 12:48:28 PM UTC

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Loud Music (3.00 / 1)

What is the name of that song they were playing so loud to drown out the audience?  It sounded like Wagner or maybe it was the anthem for the 3rd Reich.

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by: mvbrown @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 18:37:32 PM UTC