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Title: Mean girl
Post by: NicholeW. on September 24, 2008, 02:15:10 PM
Post by: NicholeW. on September 24, 2008, 02:15:10 PM
Mean girl
Salon.com
By David Talbot
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008
Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/23/palin/ (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/23/palin/)
Sept. 23, 2008 | WASILLA, Alaska -- Before Sarah Palin decided to run for the Wasilla mayor's office in 1996 against incumbent John Stein, the Palins and Steins were friends. John Stein had helped launch Palin's political career, mentoring the hockey mom during her 1994 run for City Council, along with veteran council member Nick Carney. Stein's wife, Karen Marie, went to aerobics classes with Palin.
But when she announced her candidacy for Stein's seat, vowing to overturn the city's "old boy" establishment, a different Sarah Palin emerged. "Things got very ugly," recalled Naomi Tigner, a friend of the Steins. "Sarah became very mean-spirited."
There was a knife-sharp, personal edge to Palin's campaign that many locals found disturbing, particularly because of the warm relationship between Palin and Stein before the race.
Salon.com
By David Talbot
Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008
Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/23/palin/ (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/23/palin/)
Sept. 23, 2008 | WASILLA, Alaska -- Before Sarah Palin decided to run for the Wasilla mayor's office in 1996 against incumbent John Stein, the Palins and Steins were friends. John Stein had helped launch Palin's political career, mentoring the hockey mom during her 1994 run for City Council, along with veteran council member Nick Carney. Stein's wife, Karen Marie, went to aerobics classes with Palin.
But when she announced her candidacy for Stein's seat, vowing to overturn the city's "old boy" establishment, a different Sarah Palin emerged. "Things got very ugly," recalled Naomi Tigner, a friend of the Steins. "Sarah became very mean-spirited."
There was a knife-sharp, personal edge to Palin's campaign that many locals found disturbing, particularly because of the warm relationship between Palin and Stein before the race.
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: Sephirah on September 24, 2008, 02:20:02 PM
Post by: Sephirah on September 24, 2008, 02:20:02 PM
It just goes to show that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It's a real shame that the sword of ambition usually has a poisoned blade. :-\ John McCain better sleep with one eye open, methinks.
It's a real shame that the sword of ambition usually has a poisoned blade. :-\ John McCain better sleep with one eye open, methinks.
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: lisagurl on September 24, 2008, 02:45:22 PM
Post by: lisagurl on September 24, 2008, 02:45:22 PM
So I get this chick in the back seat, see,,,,,,,,she's seventeen years old, a high school senior like me,,,,,,,but she's THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER , for chrissake,,,,,,,and I knock her up,,,,,, And tonight,,,,,,ya ready?,,,,,,,,ten thousand Americans, with 'family values', are gonna stand and cheer me when I'm introduced to a political convention,,,,,,,,,with the old man's arm around my shoulder-------and the next president of the United States ,(maybe), takin' his hat off to me--- now, is this the greatest country in the world, or what?
Attributed to Woody Allen
Attributed to Woody Allen
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:15:12 PM
Post by: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:15:12 PM
It was a rather surreal moment for sure.
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: NicholeW. on September 24, 2008, 03:19:22 PM
Post by: NicholeW. on September 24, 2008, 03:19:22 PM
It was a rather surreal moment for sure.
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Dream of A Virgin -- Salvador Dali
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Dream of A Virgin -- Salvador Dali
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:23:00 PM
Post by: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:23:00 PM
I don't even think the master could grasp the moment of the republicans giving an ovation to a teen age unwed mother and her baby maker/sperm donor.
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: Constance on September 24, 2008, 03:25:01 PM
Post by: Constance on September 24, 2008, 03:25:01 PM
Quote from: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:23:00 PMIt's an updated version of Nixon's "If the president does it, it isn't illegal." In this case, it's "If a Republican does it, it isn't immoral."
I don't even think the master could grasp the moment of the republicans giving an ovation to a teen age unwed mother and her baby maker/sperm donor.
Title: Re: Mean girl
Post by: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:30:52 PM
Post by: tekla on September 24, 2008, 03:30:52 PM
And she gave her kids worse names than Frank Zappa did, and people we know he was kidding.
People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names', but the fact is that no matter what first names I might have given them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble.
Of course old Frank was out front about that, when asked by Mike Douglas (he appeared solo, playing guitar with recorded backup): "Your latest album is called Zoot Allures -- how do you come up with such names for your records?" His reply was:
Well Mike, I'm abnormal.
People make a lot of fuss about my kids having such supposedly 'strange names', but the fact is that no matter what first names I might have given them, it is the last name that is going to get them in trouble.
Of course old Frank was out front about that, when asked by Mike Douglas (he appeared solo, playing guitar with recorded backup): "Your latest album is called Zoot Allures -- how do you come up with such names for your records?" His reply was:
Well Mike, I'm abnormal.