EvilPoliticians says:

#29 Mister Mustard

It’s just that Dumbya is so easy. And for those gainsayers who spout “She hasn’t received the Nobel Prize in all five disciplines, discovered a cure for cancer, or created utopia, so she’s not qualified to be senator”, it just goes to show how far even a dimwitted know-nothing can go, only in America.

So the party and supporters of Obama and Clinton who touted experience, their record and vision are buying into this? No doubt she is a smart person. But is she a leader who can navigate the waters of D.C.?

deowll says:

Anybody think Bush is going to hack people off by calling her articulate?

If Obama had talked like this he would not be the President elect.

Sometimes it’s not what you say but how you say it.

EvilPoliticians says:

# 33 deowll

Have you listened to Obama’s press conferences lately? Once he goes off script, it’s much the same. Someone needs to get him to work on that and fast.

Mister Mustard says:

#35 – EvilPolitician

Have you listened to No Agenda or Cranky Geeks lately? Have you counted the number of times John C Dvorak says “No Yeah” or “Yeah No”?

Try it sometime.

You may have to poke around for it, in between the Obama=Hitler statements and the lampooning of global warming every time there’s a chilly day, but seek and ye shall find.

And unlike Dumbya, what both Caroline Kennedy AND Obama have in common is that they make sense when they talk.

Thomas says:

#6
> And as she points out,
> she’s a lawyer, has
> written 7 best-selling
> books (two on the
> Constitution), etc.

Ann Coulter is also a laywer and has written six best selling books, was editor of the Michigan Law Review, has a syndicated column and is a complete twit. Be honest, Caroline is getting by because of her name at the moment. She might eventually develop into a skilled politician (if she can stay away from Ted), but she certainly is not at the moment.

Mister Mustard says:

#39 – Thomas

>>Ann Coulter is also a laywer and has written
>>six best selling books, was editor of the
>>Michigan Law Review, has a syndicated column
>>and is a complete twit.

And if Ann Coulter weren’t a screeching harridan who made her millions by trying to polarize the entire country AND had the rest of Caroline Kennedy’s creds, she might be a viable candidate too.

Come on, this is a senate seat for NY we’re talking about, not the goddamned Pope. Look down the list of senators; unless they’re from your state or you are a political science major, you’ve probably never even heard of most of them. Who ever heard of Larry Craig or David Vitter until their problem keeping it in their pants became known to law enforcement? Who’s Mike Crapo? Herb Kohl? Who is Sheldon Whitehouse? Who is the OTHER senator from Alaska, the one who isn’t a convicted felon? Who beat the convicted felon for his seat?

I’d say if anything, her name is an impediment to getting appointed. As she figured, everyone says “waaahhhh, she’s only getting consideration because she’s a Kennedy”. What exactly are the qualifications for becoming a senator, anyway? Al Franken was a comedian (and you just KNOW he’s going to win over Coleman). If she does a crappy job, they can vote her out in ’12. I doubt she will, though.

Mister Mustard says:

#42 – Paulio Mitchelli

Not at all, Paulio. I have failed to vote for Democrats on a number of occasions because I deemed them unworthy of my vote. I even voted for a Republican. Once. (Christine Todd Whitman).

I really don’t give a shit about party affiliation; it’s just that most of the acceptable candidates seem to be either Democrat or “something else”.

Once in a while, you find a good Repub, but sadly, they’re few and far between.

bobbo says:

#26–Evil==what I love is people who think they are making a point by evoking false comparisons.

My entry was a short one to catch the general issue. It was not an exhaustive detailed study of every situation that exists.

I would just ask again then==what are they main requirements/characteristics of a public office holder? You criticize my quick review but offer nothing yourself.

But your defective post makes a more basic error==comparing the necessary qualifications of a mid term appointment of a Senator with the necessary qualifications of a full term elected VICE-PRESIDENT to an old Presidential candidate. Very different potential impacts on the country==a bad choice the Republic may not survive.

I hope you see the difference you silly person.

slowth says:

#8-sargasso,#13-bobbo: Lexical density, as in lexicon.

Mister Mustard says:

#48 – Thomas

>>Still, she is running for public office you
>>would think her public speaking skills,
>>especially given her education, would be
>>better.

Eh, I don’t know. Dumbya went to Yale and Harvard. Kerry went to Yale. Al Gore went to Yale. Barney Frank went to Harvard, and he talks like he’s got something sticky in his mouth.

I guess the take-home messages is that an externship with Toastmasters International is not a requirement for an Ivy League degree.

bobbo says:

#47–slowth==thats easy to assume, but not what he said. I don’t assume a typo either as it was the central theme of the post.

No, ideas have no meaning if we change words to make sense to ourselves.

Unlike Mustard, I’m always open to those cutting edge, new age advances in linguistic, anthrolexography if you will.

Sad when its just a typo or made up. Turns the whole thing into a political ad.

QB says:

She can raise the money to run in 2010 and 2012. It’s an expensive seat.

bobbo says:

#52–Thomas==you uprise a numerology of consumptutory issues there that phobically instill themselves contra the thrust vectors of the ipso factotum.

But it would be fun to take up when the sargasso returns from sea.

Fedup says:

Makes Palin seem like a professor of communications… Just another rich, limo ridding, liberal democrat that feels like she is owed something. She’s toast. Even the democrats in NY can’t stomach this fraud. If not a kennedy, this woman would be just another so, so lawyer in america….

bobbo says:

#57–F&dup==typical repug==enamored of ignorant beauty pageant contestants. Palin CONSISTENTLY had nothing of substance to say. Carolyn certain was having an off day in the clip above==sounded tired to me, but still more real than the meaningless bumper sticker crap that continues to spew forth from Palin. You Betcha!!!