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Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

toothman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:55:03 -0000

uhmm also don't forget that watergate =/= troopergate. the very term "troopergate" is so rediculous it warrants pshych ward eligibility for those who take it seriously.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

36763 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:11:10 -0000

"Why Palin is No Nixon" this is bad?

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Patrick12 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:04:31 -0000

Failure? stupidity? Stop when you get to bat shit crazy.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Patrick12 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:59:17 -0000

How can you call Tricky Dick paranoid? All he did was back up the McCarthyist delusion that communists were infiltrating every facet of American culture, oh and that enemies list thing too. Looks like the question is how crazy was he? A few sandwiches shy of a picnic crazy, the lights are on but nobody's home crazy or my favorite; THE WHEEL'S STILL TURNING BUT THE HAMSTER DIED crazy.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

pbrower2a — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:57:27 -0000

For all his faults, George W. Bush seemed to have an unobjectionable family life.

It's getting unreal.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

ratfishtim — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:55:33 -0000

Bailin' Palin

Don't cry for me. Argentina

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

pbrower2a — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:54:46 -0000

Precisely. Her histrionic personality causes her to insist upon being the center of attention with nothing ever going wrong. She can't accept that criticism goes with the territory. That;s not how things go at the highest level of politics for more than a moment at a time.

Not all publicity is favorable, and even rock stars, top athletes, film stars, and prime donne get criticism at times.

I used to think her the "Eliza Doolittle" of politics -- now I think she's the "Lena Lamont" -- and if she doesn't clean up her act she could become the "Nora Desmond" of politics.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Joe517 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:37:42 -0000

Palin's mind is not crooked, it runs in circles. Round and round it goes, what she says, nobody knows.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Joe517 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:35:39 -0000

Nixon was one paranoid dude. As you all know, I don't include him among the unintelligent GOP presidents and candidates. Sarah doesn't even come close to Nixon when it comes to brains. Come to think of it, she was out campaigning when they passed out 2nds on brains.

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Joe517 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:32:28 -0000

That was as good as your CyberCookies.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Joe517 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:31:34 -0000

Maybe. Depends how the next 3 years goes.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Joe517 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:29:33 -0000

On my piano teacher's door there were 2 statements.

A WINNER NEVER QUITS AND A QUITTER NEVER WINS!

Good, Better, Best
Never Let It Rest
Til Your Good's Better
And Your Better's Best!

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Meffy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:14:28 -0000

Yup, the time stamps suggested that when they were still in the minutes. :-}

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

sylhines — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:56:01 -0000

There you go, the last three weeks have been a bonanza of campaign gold for the democrats in 2012.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

novowel4me — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:15:47 -0000

Think he worked on two drafts and both posted. Left one, came back rewrote from memory punched and voila. I've done it. Liked the content, though.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

conspiracy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:52:40 -0000

Lets take a closer look.

Tricky Dick - 2 term Congressman, Senator and 2 term VP
Caribou Barbie - Wasilla Mayor, 2 and a half years Alaska Governor

No contest. As much as I hate to say it - an insult to Nixon just to compare at all.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Dave_in_Gainesville — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:50:55 -0000

I'm with Meffy -- you got everything right except the 'not stupid' part.

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Sassy Persists Fiercely — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:44:32 -0000

I've done that very thing--because I do some painting and drawing, I'm always trying to look at things a different way and realize what is (or isn't) there. But never have I done it when there were journalists watching my every move! I don't know that that instance makes him crazy, but I do think he was quite eccentric (not to mention racist, sexist and paranoid!)

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Sassy Persists Fiercely — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:38:14 -0000

I'll buy your book, gypc_dave--get going on it! ;-)

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Meffy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:02:37 -0000

You seem to have caused a rift in the socio-political continuum. Two versions of you coexist concurrently. Fascinating. *hands you the astral duct tape*

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Meffy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:00:46 -0000

"What a waste it is to lose one's crooked mind. Or not to have a crooked mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-- not quite Dan Quayle, but darned close

A Nixon is a terrible thing to waste. :-}

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Meffy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:58:11 -0000

P.S.: The rest of your assessment seems right on target to me.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Meffy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:57:03 -0000

I do think she's stupid about many things, shrewd (not smart) about others, but that wasn't my point. I was referring to Palin's insistence that she believed David Letterman's smutty joke was aimed at her fourteen-year-old daughter, not her eighteen-year-old abstinence-only poster child.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

jerry4ever — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:45:29 -0000

I also be saving all the tapes of librul Mitt Romney running for governor of Mass in 2000.

BTW he did finish his term, but he basically quit governing after Repubs suffered major losses in mid-term legislative elections.

Re: Why Palin is No Nixon -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

shawsr — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:35:51 -0000

To compare Palin to Nixon is like comparing an apple to a rock. Flawed as Nixon was, still he was an experienced and intellectually capable politician. He was in charge. He was no one's puppet. He could make rational decisions and could command confidence from those who worked for him. Even though he lost to Kennedy (barely) in 1960, he did not plaster the headlines with scandal, investigations and poor decisions. Nixon had command of the issues of his day. He could give a press conference and did not have to worry about rambling on with idiotic jibberish. Also, after his loss to Kennedy, half the electorate and the media did not remember him as some buffoon. Palin, on the other hand, is inexperienced, intellectually challenged, and consistently makes erratic and irrational decisions. More than half of the electorate either views her as a conservative nut, or someone interesting to laugh at. And finally, I believe that this electorate, at least more than half of us, can see through the hype. We remember George W. Bush, and we don't want another one in the White House, even if she has nice legs.