tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4388744978907203964..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.498-05:00Comments on Althouse: Female Washington Post reporter is impressed that Sarah Palin isn't fat.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19842697689688099022010-02-11T16:04:23.633-06:002010-02-11T16:04:23.633-06:00In Israel it's pretty common to find people wi...In Israel it's pretty common to find people with the dual-flag pin. It doesn't seem to bother anybody. It's a sign of solidarity with the USA. But I haven't noticed any Israeli politicians wear it.Your Correspondent https://www.blogger.com/profile/17440467058108985654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33575263499278062702010-02-08T12:59:54.122-06:002010-02-08T12:59:54.122-06:00I think it's appropriate, too. The reporter is...I think it's appropriate, too. The reporter is probably assuming that Palin's weight fluctuates enough to be something of a barometer of what's going on in her life. She also wears fitted clothing, unlike most men in her position. With Clinton, certainly when she was First Lady, more attention was paid to her hair than her weight.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314541085264765210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4061560979127096762010-02-07T22:09:49.763-06:002010-02-07T22:09:49.763-06:00Sarah Palin got a nice one hundred thousand dollar...Sarah Palin got a nice one hundred thousand dollars to speak at the tea party event in Nashville. We saw her having dinner at a <a href="http://www.coolsprings.com/restaurants/" rel="nofollow">Cool Springs restaurant</a>, surrounded by her big donors and security. She seems like a nice person but I just don't think she should have quit as governor of Alaska.CoolSprings.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812729068075875822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52273155526955719182010-02-07T19:08:01.556-06:002010-02-07T19:08:01.556-06:00AlphaLiberal said...
All the talk about her cloth...<i>AlphaLiberal said... <br />All the talk about her clothes is pretty dumb. We don't talk about dudes in terms of their clothes.<br /><br />"Look at that, Bob, he's a sharp looking clothes horse who knows how to button up a shirt."<br /><br /><b>"Yes, Benny, by the crease in those slacks he's clearly ready to lead the most powerful nation ever on the face of the earth."</b><br />2/7/10 9:48 AM </i><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/the-courtship" rel="nofollow">“I remember distinctly an image of--we were sitting on his couches, and I was looking at his pant leg and his perfectly creased pant,” Brooks says, “and I’m thinking, a) he’s going to be president and b) he’ll be a very good president.”</a> In the fall of 2006, two days after Obama’s The Audacity of Hope hit bookstores, [David] Brooks published a glowing Times column. The headline was “Run, Barack, Run.”Der Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967487071137862252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-423013808459117952010-02-07T19:05:15.811-06:002010-02-07T19:05:15.811-06:00I was watching a few of the Sunday morning news sh...I was watching a few of the Sunday morning news shows, and there was a marked difference today. Usually there are three or four liberal voices and one conservative voice on the panels. On both the shows I watched, there was only one person defending Obama today, with the other two or three liberals talking about their concerns about how Obama was handling the economy and national security.<br /><br />That's a MAJOR pattern shift.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78255634641551442762010-02-07T19:02:23.825-06:002010-02-07T19:02:23.825-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Der Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967487071137862252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86078248692778690122010-02-07T18:59:17.374-06:002010-02-07T18:59:17.374-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Der Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967487071137862252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72894476235641846372010-02-07T18:31:56.913-06:002010-02-07T18:31:56.913-06:00Would we cattily drop the info that his weight had...<i>Would we cattily drop the info that his weight had previously been up 15 pounds?</i><br /><br />Two words: Mike Huckabee.<br /><br />But then, he asked for it.ambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042450225428891273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54791496993782403452010-02-07T17:04:49.755-06:002010-02-07T17:04:49.755-06:00Things sure have changed since six months ago. The...Things sure have changed since six months ago. The Jeremy types here were offering a large donation to help with the Republicans destroying themselves by nominating Palin against the Obama Machine in 2012. Now they are stunned by her success and miserable over the burning wreck they once called The Unbeatable Obama. Can any liberal admit that Scot Brown has replaced Ted Kennedy, easily?traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44361078883437206712010-02-07T16:22:51.308-06:002010-02-07T16:22:51.308-06:00The more her detractors, political opponents and B...The more her detractors, political opponents and Big Media criticize Palin the more I begin to wonder if any of them remember the term rope-a-dope and how that worked out for Frazier and Foreman.BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37579893864815031022010-02-07T15:25:17.135-06:002010-02-07T15:25:17.135-06:00Name one woman who has more power and influence th...<i>Name one woman who has more power and influence than Sarah Palin.</i><br />My wife!<br /><br />wv: palinsti "What all the guys are wearing this year"Phil 314https://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38553623361361141672010-02-07T15:11:30.719-06:002010-02-07T15:11:30.719-06:00Male Examples: Appearing in shirtsleeves during a ...<i>Male Examples: Appearing in shirtsleeves during a visit to a manufacturing facility. Bush in a flannel shirt while at his ranch. Choice of tie, or no tie.</i><br /><br />Male Example: Addressing the nation on the Christmas Day terrorist attack in an airplane over the US 3 days after it happened behind a podium with the presidential seal, in front of the American and Hawai'ian flags wearing an open collared shirt, jacket, and no tie. <br /><br />Did that make a statement?JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35879343092521148352010-02-07T13:51:00.537-06:002010-02-07T13:51:00.537-06:00One thing you have to say about our Conservababes ...One thing you have to say about our Conservababes - they are fit, tight and I mean TIGHT in all the right places if ya know what I mean. *wink, nod*Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7091566674966080832010-02-07T13:40:47.348-06:002010-02-07T13:40:47.348-06:00I guess I'm old fashioned but I think those bo...I guess I'm old fashioned but I think those boots are kind of inappropriate. it's hard to take someone seriously as a politician in boots that sexy. and if she even considers a run for office she should be in politician drag already.kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760546833628880462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66127970282731670682010-02-07T12:00:04.846-06:002010-02-07T12:00:04.846-06:00Her physical shape adds to her mystique and popula...Her physical shape adds to her mystique and popularity. How many female politicians have athletic and trim figures? Most politicians are in their 40s or older, usually on the physical decline. She's pretty smokin' and she knows to use it to her advantage.Blue@9https://www.blogger.com/profile/16371286571496793710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67827249385736610482010-02-07T11:20:31.621-06:002010-02-07T11:20:31.621-06:00Hillary is too old and lumpy and cankles and wrink...Hillary is too old and lumpy and cankles and wrinkles. Even El Rushbo goes on about not wanting to watch her age in office.<br /><br />Sarah is thin, therefore she is good female politician material. According to your recently blogged research.<br /><br />She's so purdy. I'd watch her age. She'd do it well. I'd watch her rot in the grave. She's that purdy.<br /><br />Re her shape, she's a runner, remember? One of the major newsmags posted her Running World photos pretending to cover her with seriousness and due respect.kentuckylizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110491371985845560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20822596024807512112010-02-07T11:15:49.799-06:002010-02-07T11:15:49.799-06:00Of course, when you mispronounce "corpsman&qu...<i>Of course, when you mispronounce "corpsman" when it's typed out for you, it shows something other than a reminder to focus on the 3 things you wrote down, it means you don't know what the word means.<br /><br /></i>Yeah. "Corpseman." Yikes.<br /><br />It's not just a mispronunciation, which Bush was often guilty of. For a president, a commander-in-chief, not to be familiar with that term? <br /><br />Really, really dumb. Ignorant at best.<br /><br />Alpha, your guy's <i>stupid.</i> They're going to have to start writing things phonetically on the TOTUS.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74223026606094275432010-02-07T10:38:20.342-06:002010-02-07T10:38:20.342-06:00Ann said: "But what about this talk of Sarah ...Ann said: "But what about this talk of Sarah Palin's body? It's called 'trim, fit' in the headline and 'trim and firm' in ... [etc., etc., etc.]."<br /><br />Why do you ruminate on this? I suspect there's less in the "fit" and "firm" observations than there is in your preoccupation with them.Peanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300220285833876977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57114863593253240632010-02-07T10:20:30.719-06:002010-02-07T10:20:30.719-06:00The current state of McCain's pulsing, throbbi...<i>The current state of McCain's pulsing, throbbing, swollen distracting left cheek. <br /></i>That's where his melanoma was, so it's significant.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23640788854220107232010-02-07T10:18:50.614-06:002010-02-07T10:18:50.614-06:00Hey, don't knock the notes on hand -- I spent ...Hey, don't knock the notes on hand -- I spent many a year writing stuff on my hand that I didn't want to forget. Phone numbers, addresses, etc.<br /><br />It's very convenient -- it stays around, and then once you've done what you needed to do, lick, rub, and it's gone.<br /><br />Kinda gross, and that's why I didn't do it past, say, freshman year of college.<br /><br />But darned useful.Ben (The Tiger in Exile)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15343544805893081216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38422986324477471982010-02-07T10:15:46.302-06:002010-02-07T10:15:46.302-06:00There's only one real question:
Is she shaved?...There's only one real question:<br />Is she shaved?<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79204385372459380442010-02-07T10:10:11.320-06:002010-02-07T10:10:11.320-06:00Notice there wasn't much mention of her speech...<i>Notice there wasn't much mention of her speech. </i><br /><br />In a four paragraph blog post? Our gracious hostess did not mention Palin's speech either. Does that make Althouse equally snarkworthy?former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89650604698324619362010-02-07T10:02:05.637-06:002010-02-07T10:02:05.637-06:00Would a male politician get such a detailed descri...<i>Would a male politician get such a detailed description?</i><br /><br />This is the closest thing I could find. Bill R. wore no pearls, apparently -- likely they would have been chronicled if so. In my experience, women do seem interested in what women are wearing even if they don't particularly care about what men wear. (A woman's exclamation "Wow, what cute shoes" before the theater literally made the heads of every woman in the vicinity turn to see those cute shoes.):<br /><br /><i>LAS VEGAS — You would have to look hard these days for signs of "the unmade bed," as Bill Richardson has been described time and again through the years.<br />The disheveled man who once removed his navy blazer and hung it carelessly over the back of a chair while interviewing a job candidate. The interview done, Richardson put on his coat and stalked out -- oblivious to the dusty footprints he'd tracked on his sleeve while pacing.<br /><br />Now he's hospital-cornered perfection. The shimmering tan. Carefully coifed hair. Thirty-pound-trimmer frame.</i><br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-10-19-493199192_x.htmformer law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20349425959808084912010-02-07T10:00:12.807-06:002010-02-07T10:00:12.807-06:00You disapprove because she didn't kill a tree ...<i>You disapprove because she didn't kill a tree by using paper?</i><br /><br />That reminds me; before I went into the lucrative rug and goat business, I sold inflatable unisex trees in California. Made a fortune, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57735656084521999552010-02-07T09:54:09.313-06:002010-02-07T09:54:09.313-06:00Scratch most "feminists" and you'll ...Scratch most "feminists" and you'll find the mother, grandmother, or the "June Cleaver" stereotypes they claim to despise and are determined to erase. Going on about weight and/or clothes is one of the ways "the girls" go after somebody they don't like. They expected a plump hausfrau for some reason (Miss Sarah has been on the national scene for at least 2 years, more, in fact), and saw the woman everyone else saw at the '08 convention.<br /><br />Notice there wasn't much mention of her speech. Kell supprise, as the French say.<br /><br />AlphaLiberal said...<br /><br /> <i>What a joke! Palin referred to crib notes on her hand.<br /><br /> This is the leading light of the conservative movement. </i><br /><br />Lots of intelligent people use notes, Al. Some of us aren't phony enough to get our info off TOTUS and claim we pulled it off the top of our heads.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589958656028023357noreply@blogger.com