Comments on: The media won

By: Max

Max — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:55:37 +0000

you guys are so funny – the only thing you can come up with is to lecture a non-native speaker on his grammar. I have yet to find a single argument posted here that is referring to the points I brought forward.

how many languages do you guys speak?! probably none beyond english. I speak four, not all perfect but pretty good to get around and do business – and to get you access to different worldviews beyond the confines of the american-mindset.

as for the education gap that is at the basis of the palin-phenomen and a threat to the future success of the american nation, here are a few numbers fresh from the mouth of a republican: http://bit.ly/17V7Rt

as I said – good luck with fixing that!

By: Knott Buyinit

Knott Buyinit — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:23:17 +0000

Sometimes the ‘Moby’ thing can be too subtle for me, Knightbrigade, and I have a hard time distinguishing it from ‘sour grapes’ when it is. Having said that, I will ask: What do you do with an elephant with three balls? You walk him and pitch to the RINO.

By: TM

TM — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:52:36 +0000

Thanks for the video link; I hadn’t seen this. After watching it, I was struck by the fact that most of us – politicians, the media, and those who observe/participate in either realm – are stuck in a paradigm that Sarah Palin rejects. She isn’t concerned with “winning,” but with doing the right thing. Her statement indicates that she is putting her state above her own professional/political aspirations. As a public servant (on a completely different level), I find this impressive. Much of the national/international commentary about her decision (who won, her future, whether she is perceived as a quitter, etc.) misses this important point.

By: Knightbrigade

Knightbrigade — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:05:41 +0000

Hey, Knott Buyinit and Morgan K Freeberg……
Max is the troll I was talking about, can you spot the MOBY!?
LOL

By: Morgan K Freeberg

Morgan K Freeberg — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:06:47 +0000

to Max – It’s very telling that the only capitalization you used was for the word ‘I’. Nothing else was worth moving your pinky one inch to the shift key for? Just ‘I’.

Also: Homonym confusion with the word “too” — repeated three times.

It’s a common affliction among those inclined to criticize Palin for her intellect. On both sides of the Atlantic.

By: Knott Buyinit

Knott Buyinit — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:54:33 +0000

“Sarah Palin doesn’t need politics; it’s we who need her.”

Very, very true – it only we deserved her.

By: fozzy

fozzy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:42:10 +0000

to Max – It’s very telling that the only capitalization you used was for the word ‘I’. Nothing else was worth moving your pinky one inch to the shift key for? Just ‘I’.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:41:27 +0000

Media won? How? There was no official contest between Palin and the media. There were official contests for Governor of Alaska and Mayor Wasilla which Sarah won. There was a official contest for the US Presidential race which John McCain and Sarah Palin lost.

As they say, politics is a contact sport. Governor Palin’s analogy of a basket ball player passing off to another team memeber while under a full court press did not quite hit the mark. In today’s political world, a more appropriate analogy would be a quarterback under a heavy rush without protection because some of his team members missed their blocks. Quarterbacks may get sacked in those situations, but they usually do not quit. However, I do give credit to Governor Palin for taking the high road when she recognized that the political kitchen became too hot for her to stand. She took President Truman’s advice and got out. The ability to recognize and then act on one’s own limitations is a noble trait.

By: Larry Sheldon

Larry Sheldon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:59:12 +0000

They won to the extent that they denied to the sate of Alaska what the voters there have a right to,

But they didn’t beat Palin.

Not be a long shot.

All of your “she’s beaten” evidence is from the least credible sources in the history of language.

By: W

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:26:29 +0000

I initially found it hard to believe, but the more I watch/read interviews the more I think that Palin did truly leave politics for the reasons she stated. I know other theories abound, including one I blogged about just yesterday, but think Cassy hit it on the head in her post: Sarah Palin is out, the media has won. Not until Sarah Palin did the argument “a person getting into politics has to be prepared for criticism” really become prominent–because with her the media pushed the limits.

-W
http://bill84121.blogspot.com