at this point, i'm not sure who is smarter - sarah palin or trig palin

9/25/2008 3:33:54 PM

both are smarter than obama

9/25/2008 3:34:12 PM

I dont think I'd agree that Obama is an idiot.


Policy is one thing.

this guy is smart as a whip.

9/25/2008 3:34:59 PM

i <3 palin.

9/25/2008 3:35:11 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp0hU1THjuc


hahaha so smart without the prompter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJSVPAx8xc&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqcnjxYiG7M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njy-5X2huFQ&feature=related

[Edited on September 25, 2008 at 3:43 PM. Reason : .]

9/25/2008 3:36:09 PM

obama has so much pep and he's black AND white.

that's what qualifies him in my book.

9/25/2008 3:56:52 PM

skip to 1:10

9/25/2008 5:49:00 PM

Quote :

"that's bc they were eating triple whoppers daily on said hike"

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"if its over really rough terrain in hot weather i can see it. but i've done a fair share of hiking in the woods. and its not the same as running or swimming. we're not talking about mountain climbing here. the human body is just too good at it naturally "

I know it doesn't belong in this thread but I'm answering anyway. First off, the AT is remote and you can only reach towns every 3-4 days in most areas. So people aren't downing thickburgers all day.

I'll agree that walking normally isn't enough to lose weight. That's b/c most people walk 20 minutes around the block. Thru hikers walk 8-12 HOURS daily. If you ran 10 miles a day, which is a shit ton of running, you're burning fewer calories than thru hikers.

9/25/2008 5:56:33 PM

I wish I could watch these videos but I'm at work and forgot my headphones

9/25/2008 7:45:56 PM

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"Quote : "I met many females who were overweight but had hiked almost 2,000 miles. I mean, if you can't lose weight by walking from Georgia to Maine then it's just not meant to be. " Thats b/c walking doesn't burn enough calories to promote noticeable weight loss. "

What are you, retarded?

9/25/2008 7:57:01 PM

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"hats b/c walking doesn't burn enough calories to promote noticeable weight loss"

Are you serious? Morbidly obese people initially lose weight by... omg, get this... walking.

9/25/2008 8:54:06 PM

lol, she's sticking to her guns on "I can see Russia from Alaska"

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/09/25/2008-09-25_sarah_palin_defends_her_foreign_policy_e.html

9/25/2008 9:00:47 PM

hehehe

9/26/2008 12:44:30 PM

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"Are you serious? Morbidly obese people initially lose weight by... omg, get this... walking."

well congratu-fucking-lations, I didn't say anything about morbidly obese people. Your average chubby girl isn't gonna notice a SHIT difference. Idiots...

9/26/2008 12:46:48 PM

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiMDhjYTU1NmI5Y2MwZjg2MWNiMWMyYTUxZDkwNTE=#more


Palin Problem
She’s out of her league.

By Kathleen Parker

If at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming downstream — away from Sarah Palin.

To express reservations about her qualifications to be vice president — and possibly president — is to risk being labeled anti-woman.

Or, as I am guilty of charging her early critics, supporting only a certain kind of woman.

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.

As we’ve seen and heard more from John McCain’s running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn’t know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion.

Yes, she recently met and turned several heads of state as the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York. She was gracious, charming and disarming. Men swooned. Pakistan’s president wanted to hug her. (Perhaps Osama bin Laden is dying to meet her?)

And, yes, she has common sense, something we value. And she’s had executive experience as a mayor and a governor, though of relatively small constituencies (about 6,000 and 680,000, respectively).

Finally, 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.

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.

Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there’s not much content there. Here’s but one example of many from her interview with Hannity: “Well, there is a danger in allowing some obsessive partisanship to get into the issue that we’re talking about today. And that’s something that John McCain, too, his track record, proving that he can work both sides of the aisle, he can surpass the partisanship that must be surpassed to deal with an issue like this.”

When Couric pointed to polls showing that the financial crisis had boosted Obama’s numbers, Palin blustered wordily: “I’m not looking at poll numbers. What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at track records and see who’s more apt to be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who’s actually done it?”

If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.

If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.

What to do?

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.

— Kathleen Parker is a nationally syndicated columnist.

© 2008, Washington Post Writers Group

9/26/2008 1:08:06 PM

putting the ice in Vice President

9/26/2008 4:16:14 PM

^ i laughed

9/26/2008 4:19:02 PM

^^THAT SHIT IS GREAT

9/26/2008 4:28:27 PM

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"the AT is remote"

you need a new definition of remote

9/26/2008 4:30:51 PM

her performance in the swimsuit competition of the Miss Alaska 1984 pangeant. Skip the first minute so you don't have to listen to the douchebag who has the tape.

9/26/2008 4:32:50 PM

[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 4:34 PM. Reason : ]

9/26/2008 4:33:36 PM

regarding ShinAntonio's post. i'm glad someone else noticed that. i've been saying all week how her speech reminded me exactly of that south carolina 2007 clip. its good to see i'm neither exaggerating the severity of the situation nor alone in my recognition.

9/26/2008 4:46:13 PM

haha this bitch is lost

9/26/2008 6:16:20 PM

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"you need a new definition of remote"

lol ... I know it's nothing like the PCT or god forbid, the CDT. I was just trying to make the point that it's far enough from town that you can't eat fast food every day. most people would consider that remote

9/26/2008 6:25:19 PM

VP wrestling flyer

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I just sent that to my parents.

[Edited on September 27, 2008 at 10:30 AM. Reason : dlkj]

9/27/2008 10:26:40 AM

[Edited on September 27, 2008 at 10:31 AM. Reason : ]

9/27/2008 10:30:34 AM

apparently conservatives think Palin is way out of her league and want her to step down

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/26/palin-should-step-down-conservative-commentator-says/

9/27/2008 11:34:04 AM

^yes. And DEMOCRATS believe obama isnt qualified to be president.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMYty1PgHEg

9/27/2008 12:00:44 PM

i read somewhere shes only granted like 3 interviews in the month shes been vice prez

9/27/2008 12:04:20 PM

Jack Cafferty on Sarah Palin.. this is good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73itui30qIE&NR=1

9/27/2008 12:06:40 PM

^^^uhhh..do you know how many conservatives don't want John McCain as president? That's not what I'm talking about genius. Sarah Palin is CLEARLY out of her league and it has become painfully obvious. This isn't a "I don't think she's ready" kind of thing. This is a "she's so far over her head it's unbelievable" kind of thing.

[Edited on September 27, 2008 at 12:12 PM. Reason : .]

9/27/2008 12:12:20 PM

the amount of haters in this thread is hilarious...yall bitches are scared!

9/27/2008 12:19:57 PM

either way life goes on

9/27/2008 12:21:23 PM

^^ that spin only worked two weeks ago when McCain/Palin weren't losing in the polls.. no one is scared of her now, especially after watching the Couric interview

9/27/2008 12:25:54 PM

is there a link to said interview with couric?

9/27/2008 12:28:54 PM

just type palin couric into youtube, you'll find what you need

9/27/2008 12:32:24 PM

i hate that bitches accent

[Edited on September 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM. Reason : (palin)]

9/27/2008 12:33:55 PM

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"both are smarter than obama "

dude

I'm voting McCain, and absolutely detest Obama's policy proposals, but saying Palin is smarter than Obama is absolutely retarded.

9/27/2008 12:35:15 PM

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"yall bitches are scared"

you're damn right we're scared of her potentially leading our country.

this lady is a fucking disaster

9/27/2008 1:07:22 PM

i figure either way lifes gonna keep on keeping on

9/27/2008 1:10:15 PM

I cant wait to see this debate.

9/27/2008 1:11:22 PM

yeah, I'm scared as fuck and not afraid to admit it.

9/27/2008 1:17:04 PM

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"you're damn right we're scared of her potentially leading our country."

9/27/2008 1:51:08 PM

its a shame you people who fear her dont look at the candidate you support more thoroughly

cause when i compare her to obama

a governor vs a community organizer


she wins.

9/27/2008 2:05:52 PM

if she wins....we all lose.

9/27/2008 3:02:30 PM

i don't want a president who needs things dumbed down

9/27/2008 3:14:06 PM

again...

9/27/2008 3:16:02 PM

Obama was once a teenager.


A governor vs a teenager.

I think I know who I'd vote for.

9/27/2008 3:47:56 PM

Jesus was a Teenager, Pontius Pilate was a Governor

9/27/2008 3:49:35 PM

set'em up

9/27/2008 3:50:22 PM