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Andy Ostroy

Andy Ostroy

Posted: August 3, 2010 02:00 PM

Mama Grizzly's Cojones

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Sarah Palin's mouth is an indisputable train wreck. The self-proclaimed Mama Grizzly over the weekend was at her rhetorical best yet again. Commenting on Fox News over Arizona's controversial immigration law, The Wasilla Wonder said that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) "has the cojones (balls) that our president does not have." And make no mistake, if anyone should know about balls it's the Alaskan Tea Bagger.


The current midterm election landscape has been fertile ground for Palin who, without official political perch or requisite intelligence, has been mouthing off against everything from health care and financial reform to the $20-billion BP claims fund. She's become the Queen of the Party of Hell No, relishing her role as rabble-rouser-in-chief.

But the key question remains: outside of her hard-core right wing Tea Party groupies who salivate at her every word like she's the Depression-era FDR, can Mama Grizzly's inciting, divisive, substance-lacking rhetoric appeal to moderate Republicans and independents as the GOP works to regain control of Congress, or will her hate-speak turn off these all-important voters? So far, like her Tea Baggin' pals Michele Bachmann, Sharron Angle and Rand Paul, Palin offers nothing meaningful to the debate and excites no one beyond her narrow-minded, race-baiting base.

 

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michiganms
02:01 PM on 08/08/2010
Can't even begin to tell you how many copies of "Going Rogue" are finding their way into bags of donations to Goodwill, libraries, and recycling centers.
04:16 PM on 08/04/2010
Ding !
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sistermoon3
Common sense cant be bought
01:15 PM on 08/04/2010
The funny thing about people like you who write disparaging remarks all the time about her, probably
know the least about her, i find you insulting and disgraceful at best, not even to mention your derogatory 'teabaggin' crap, you sir, need to go to alaska and enjoy the view
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barney123
01:41 PM on 08/04/2010
The funny thing is some like you do know nothing about her, the author of this article knows her very well indeed. Maybe everyone needs to go to Alaska and find out the rest of the truth.
02:10 PM on 08/04/2010
Did you know that you can see Russia from Alaska..??
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LeFlaneur
does nuance.
11:52 AM on 08/04/2010
The right loves to say that Sarah drives the left crazy. Actually it's the right's willingness to abandon all logic, judgment, or critical thinking in order to maintain an unfounded adoration for her that drives me absolutely crazy.

She cannot articulate a single policy point of view, falling back on folksy generalizations that cannot stand up to the least bit of analysis. Time and again, when faced with an honest interview situation, she collapses into a pile of sputtering incoherence. She is the champion of gut feelings, aphorisms posing as wisdom, and willful ignorance posing heartland values.

Alone this doesn't drive me crazy. The realization that millions are dumb enough to buy this fraud -- that indeed drives me crazy.
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2sunny
Sing....when shadows fall...
12:06 PM on 08/04/2010
--been reading your comments--
Faved & Fanned
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12:55 PM on 08/04/2010
So, a person can only support Sarah Palin if they "abandon all logic, judgment, or critical thinking". Who are you to judge? Your saying every candidate and law you have ever supported and/or voted for has been a result of the most vigorously applied logic, judgment, and critical thinking? Who are these superior candidates that are in such a distinctive higher league? You know when Palin was chosen as McCain's VP she was the most popular governor in the United States? Those Alaskans must have all been (insert your adjective of disgust here). I'm an independent who supported Hillary and I'll tell you, condescending viewpoints like this make me ashamed of the left and the democratic party. Talk about not doing your homework, gathering accurate information, and making the effort to understand and respect others point of view.
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Wilson201
01:14 PM on 08/04/2010
She snowed the people of AK. They are wise to her now.
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barney123
01:35 PM on 08/04/2010
She was never seriously vetted and there is much about her that is not known because some are too lazy to learn the real truth. What is shameful is ones that never learn any better and are afraid of the truth. Come out of the dark and learn, its a point everyone needs to do in their life when they worship someone.
10:52 AM on 08/04/2010
She has no business talking about "cojones" until she gets over her fear of giving a legitimate, unscripted interview.
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iconoclast6
This is my BOOM stick!
11:56 AM on 08/04/2010
True that! Faved.
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barney123
01:42 PM on 08/04/2010
faved and fanned - true my friend
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KidShalleen
If I'm posted, a moderator is asleep.
09:30 AM on 08/04/2010
“...and Palin doesn't possess the most basic of intellectual skills to propose ANY answers.

All she is capable of doing is reacting like the sophomoric m0r0n that she is, and throw grenades.

When, when, when, is the MSM going to treat her the way they should, and either ignore her,
or show her to be the ignoramus that she is and refute, and reject anything and everything,
that she puts forth in the way of argumentation. She has no useful purpose, or point of view.â€
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me again
I'm not wrong....
08:02 AM on 08/04/2010
She lost her race to Obama and now cannot keep her mouth shut. She is devoid of any real ideas of how to bring our Country back from the brink.....she is not helpful to the political discourse of our Nation, as those who follow her will be among those hardest hurt if she were voted into National office.
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barney123
08:06 AM on 08/04/2010
You have said it best of all and the truth is the truth.

faved
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Takebackourmoney
01:21 PM on 08/04/2010
She seems to be in McCain's dream.
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liberalscrutinizer52
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barney123
08:16 AM on 08/04/2010
fanned for funny
01:23 AM on 08/04/2010
Ah feel the hate in the opinion piece. The more the Leftists bash Sarah Palin, the more the Right loves her. All the venom spewing demagogues do is attack the person and not her words. Must be because they have no real ideas or thoughts of their own. Must be stupidity on the Leftists part.
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liberalscrutinizer52
07:42 AM on 08/04/2010
What are you saying? That SP's a thoughtful, intelligent party leader with viable policy plans for the betterment of the American people?
Really?
You think that?
Please Please tell us what specific policy ideas she's stated she supports that would be good for America.
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barney123
07:43 AM on 08/04/2010
You need to research more and spew less. Keep on loving palin but that still doesn't change anything. She is totally clueless about what this country needs and wants and the republicans let her spew all she wants in order to take the focus off themselves. Do some research on this character and you will truly change your mind about her.
JEP57
To the right of Genghis Khan
08:29 PM on 08/03/2010
Sarah just calls it like she see's it and gives her opinions on issues. Is there something wrong with giving an opinion. You can either agree or disagree with it. Democrats and liberals seem to hate it when they see her confidently "handling" Obama with her unique and entertaining way of putting things. Any president Republican or Democrat is fair game for criticism by any citizen and it shouldn't be dismissed as "race baiting" if the president happens to be black.
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Andy Ostroy
08:46 PM on 08/03/2010
My issue with Palin isn't that she has "opinions." If that were the case, you'd see me bashing Gingrich, Romney, Pawlenty and other Republicans who "have opinions." My issue is that her opinions are utterly moronic in that they totally lack substance, are limited to catchy soundbites, and are designed to rile up the myopic fools who follow her.
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barney123
07:31 AM on 08/04/2010
Great post - faved and fanned
08:01 AM on 08/04/2010
Andy, which opinions of her's do you find moronic? You've implied that she "race baits" is "narrow minded" and a "moron". You say she spews hate speech. But as a libertarian, and rather conservative, I don't see why there is this level of "hate" towards her. To be honest, I don't follow her and really don't know specifics on her. But I find it fascinating that people so despise her for little more than speaking her mind. I find that lack of tolerance as bad as any "ism" out there.
11:05 PM on 08/03/2010
Oh, please. This dingbat doesn't have "opinions." She has "cliff's notes." She hasn't "handled" Obama ~ are you kidding me? She hasn't even "handled" a press conference! And if you would like to call her verbal vomiting of buzzwords and flag pins a "unique and entertaining way of putting things," then be my guest. But the first time she decides to "man up" with her "caw-honees" and take any criticism without crying "victim" ~ well, who are we kidding? She can't do that, because only dead fish go with the flow, or, er...mama grizzlies eat the dead fish, or, er...oh, it's Obama's fault, the big socialist!
08:18 PM on 08/03/2010
Question: Does Mr and Mrs Palin and their family attend church regularly? If so, what have they learned from church services? Obviously, nothing. With Sarah's vulgar spew on Sunday, does not her faith preach otherwise? Or is this religious proclamation professed by Mrs. Palin a farce?
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barney123
07:36 AM on 08/04/2010
Ohio - faved and fanned
01:50 PM on 08/04/2010
i would bet ten dollars that she attends church. she acts like most of the people i have ever met who did - sorry to all the good people out there who attend church! I know you're out there, but you have a serious p.r. problem with all the hypocrite haters speaking for you
06:26 PM on 08/03/2010
This woman has no class. To say that on Fox with possible children watching is just "classless", if there is such a word.
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Andy Ostroy
08:47 PM on 08/03/2010
Classless is indeed a word, and it perfectly describes Palin.
01:50 PM on 08/04/2010
she refudiates class too
05:47 PM on 08/03/2010
You've said it all and you've said it well. Sarah Palin is worthless. It won't matter how much money she suckers out of her rabid followers, she can't buy what she wants - respect and to be listened to.

There is no character in her face, no integrity in eyes and no demeanor in her style. Someone saw her at an air show in Alaska and reported that she looked anorexic and pastey faced like Michael Jackson.

I am just waiting for her Alexander Haig "moment".
05:03 PM on 08/03/2010
I know what they call someone who sells love for money. What do they call someone who sells hate? Have at it...
Jay Haney
My nuclear family imploded when I was 18. I've bee
07:14 PM on 08/03/2010
As my great uncle Huey Long was one of these on his worst days, I'm sure this is the word you're looking for: demagogue.
04:07 PM on 08/03/2010
Does Sarah realize that this country speaks ENGLISH ONLY? Oh, wait, it doesn't, does it? Go figure.