Good Grief, That Was a Close Call

[elanorgardner]

Some of you may not want to read this, desiring to remain positive now that the campaign is over. I respect that and I am putting it under a cut tag, but my concern is that some of us need to know exactly how close we came to putting someone so extremely unqualified and unsuitable one heartbeat away from the Presidency, and how very lucky we ALL

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[xylohypha]

Wow. I knew enough about her to be very disapproving of the idea of having her anywhere near the Presidency, but some of these details are new to me.

I will be very interested to see some of the books which are bound to come out about this election.

[elanorgardner]

If she made as many enemies amongst the press and staff on her plane as it seems, I imagine we will have a lot of juicy books and articles come out before 2012. We'll see.

[sistermagpie]

The last one suddenly reminds me of Singin' in the Rain. "What's the big idea? Can't a girl get a word in edgewise? After all, it's my picture too!" (This quote is much funnier if you know Lena Lamont.)

I'm amazed with the refusal to prep for Katie Couric. I mean...why?

[elanorgardner]

That quote is much funnier if you can HEAR Lena Lamont in your head, and I did!!! *snorts*

I know!! There are two scary things here: (1) She was so arrogant and cocky about knowledge that she DID NOT HAVE, that she actually THOUGHT she was qualified and SHE IS RUNNING A STATE! (2) The press and the staff on her plane did not break silence and WARN THE VOTING PUBLIC ABOUT THIS WOMAN!!!

[sistermagpie]

That quote is much funnier if you can HEAR Lena Lamont in your head, and I did!!! *snorts*

Hee! I was so hoping you would be able to do just that!

[claudia603]

Glad our ship missed that iceberg. *shivers*

[elanorgardner]

What amazes me is there are folks out there who still think hitting that iceberg would be better.

[blackbird_song]

All I can say is thank God the American people had the sense not to vote for her! (I'm sorry, but really, that's what it boiled down to.) The scary part is, though, that they rejected her by too narrow a margin for any sane person's comfort. Will we retain that modicum of sanity for 2012?

On a slightly related note, another thing I've found distressing is that one of my (older) students hadn't known about McCain's reversal of position on the torture issue. I wonder how many other people are/were unaware of that? Things like that, especially when a matter of public record and much media scrutiny, really shouldn't go unnoticed in America.

I'm just going to be over here in the corner, using the Braino before retconning myself.

Catherine

[lame_pegasus]

On a slightly related note, another thing I've found distressing is that one of my (older) students hadn't known about McCain's reversal of position on the torture issue.

Oh, was there a reversal? That was one of the things about him that earned my respect.

[blackbird_song]

He ended up voting for 'extraordinary rendition'. It was after a small change was made, but it was still a vote for torture, since waterboarding was included in the list of acceptable activities. He lost me forever when he did that.

Catherine

[iolanthe_rosa]

Yup. He never had me as a voter, but he had my respect as a candidate - until then. Then Sarah Palin was just the nail in the coffin. I think it's a very sad thing how much he compromised himself. If he had stayed true to his ideals he might well have won the election -- it was neck and neck until September when the economy collapsed. But he insisted on pandering to the extreme right.

[mariole]

> Uh, which countries are in NORTH AMERICA Sarah????? (Hint: You can see one of them FROM YOUR PORCH!!!

This comment was worth the price of admission. :)

Per #8-- Yeah, the bitch is a thief. In that respect, she fits in with all the other arrogant, self-important twits that totally sneer upon the "common folk" like us as long as they can get their loot and run. I am so glad that even self-absorbed America has finally said enough is enough. I just don't see her going anywhere. People like to live with their heads in the sand, but with the economic and health crisis, their tolerance for these bloated ticks has finally fallen short-- thank goodness!

[elanorgardner]

That was a good one!

Actually, I can't wait to see some of the details. According to the reporters, who were sworn to keep all of this secret until yesterday, the McCain AND the Clinton campaigns were total chaos. Only the Obama campaign was calm and controlled, inside AND out. Gotta love it.

[mariole]

I'm reading a cool Newsweek article about that. "No Drama Obama", they called it. That's my kind of guy!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167582?tid=relatedcl