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Outgoing Alaska Gov.'s Lawyer Warns of Legal Action Against News Outlets that Publish "Defamation"
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- Right ON Pensacola!!!
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- Obviously there is something big behind this. Anytime a politician has to announce something like this, they do it on Friday afternoon. Doing it during the week insures everybody talks about it at work. Announcing it late Friday means it will die down before co-workers see each other again. That way it mostly gets discussed among family members who already see eye-to-eye politically. If Palin can't take the heat of governing a state with such a small population (smaller than many cities), she sure can't handle a national office. How can she run for the presidency when she doesn't have even a full term behind her? Anybody with an IQ above 10 would laugh her off the stage. The only question here is whether she's going to jail or just paying a big fine. She didn't buy that mansion, multiple properties, and the governship on the family's income!
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- LOL!!! tooooooo precious the Witch of Wasilla has taken her toys and gone home and is now threatening to have her mommy and daddy call the parents of anyone who she perceives has misbehaved!
LOL!!!!! Scary Sarah has ANOTHER big fat skeleton coming out of her closet, and she's AFRAID. It's gonna be entertaining folks, entertaining indeed! - Reply to this comment
- Now that's not such a crazy prospect for Palin, commentary on Fox News. But I think after the initial fun for the viewer, she would self-destruct under the criticism that regularly comes to any TV name. It would be way too much for her and she would crack on live TV. Okay... maybe I'd watch after all.
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- I knew that the palin camp would not leave the spotlight. A public figure threatening a lawsuit is as lame as quitting the job of Governor. No way they can get past the burden of proof in this case.
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- Palin is just another fornicating thief, like all christian republicans. Next thing, she will come out of the closet.
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- Exactly. She's a public figure. She's not going to bully her way though this one Tommy.
Pathetic. She and here entire family are pathetic. - Reply to this comment
- Where there is smoke, there is fire, and there may be much more behind this awkward decision. Republican's playing the innocent in "Seek and destroy" politics must think American's have a very short memory. What comes around, goes around, friends.
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- Once again Caribou Barbie shows how woefully unprepared she is for public office. Like others have mentioned, public figures are held in a different legal status than ordinary civilians and this person has done EVERYTHING possible to be a public figure. She (typically) wants to have her cake and eat it too: she wants to be able to sling and zing whomever gets her the biggest headline in that day's news cycle but doesn't want anybody to say anything negative about her, or else she'll sue.
Thin thin skin here from somebody who supposedly wants to hold higher office, and aren't all the wingnuttery against frivilous lawsuits?
What a pathetic human being. McCain showed what kind of poor judgment he would have consistently used in the White House to pick this moron as his running mate. - Reply to this comment
- Ha,
You know what, I'd watch her. I'm a die hard liberal, and I'd still check her out.
Just because she is so good looking, and she's so whacked, it's fun to watch.
She'd be good on Fox news ! - Reply to this comment
- I believe in America we have freedom of speech. If Ms. Palin can take the heat, then it is only appropriate she got out of the kitchen. Buh Bye...
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- Here's another half-witted, hypocritical, extremist far-right conservative Christian republican politician who doesn't know enough to stop WHEN SHE'S BEHIND!
Her lack of knowledge and inability to give an interview was not forced upon her---SHE did it herself! Her problems related to her family---she did it herself! Her problems related to her role as governor---she did it herself!
Her problems related to getting along with McCain campaign staff---she did it herself! The fact she's QUITTING as governor halfway through her term, she's doing herself!
The FACT is: NO ONE is causing her to do the things SHE does! She's choosing to do them herself! So, it's utterly LAUGHABLE that she's
trying to portray HERSELF as a VICTIM?! Nonsense!
What she is, is a selfish, self-centered, conceited, hypocritical,
shameless, opportunist who would do ANYTHING to make the BIG BUCKS!
And to that end, she's going to SUE anyone who comments on her actions,
statements, or criticizes her?! Well---she better get ready to spend the
rest of her life in court, because she'll end up wanting to sue three-quarters of the adult population!
At the rate she's 'burning out', she'll make George Bush and Norm
Coleman look real American statesmen before she's through! And,THAT requires true incompetence to achieve! - Reply to this comment
- We now see what is happening. There are those that fear her so much they will stop at nothing to bring her down. There is a Pulitzer Prize for some writer willing to write the story. Seek and destroy.
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- People comment on
a) what they think is important
b) what they may be afraid of
c) what they think is fun.
(Neo)Conservatives seem to think only in category b)
As far as I can see the (hardly existent) deep thoughts in these posts here, especially by the "liberals" I have to think that with them it is mostly c).
And there is the real danger: Yes, Palin is hillarious and it is fun to watch her self-destruct. But we should never underestimate her.
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- This is not only an empty threat, it*s really over-reaching. Any attorney will tell you that the press - including bloggers - are protected against defamation suits unless it can be shown that they acted with malice. Malice is really tough to prove, especially when it comes to public figures, whether they be governors or ex-governors.
Knowing what the law is but still making this kind of empty threat is a sign of panic. Why is she paniced? This kind of over-reaction might make one think that there may be something to the speculation that an investigation is pending.
I am still standing by my longshot prediction though.
Palin is going to Fox News. Here's my thinking....
Glen "Puddin-Head" Beck may have finally gone too far when he tacitly endorsed Michael Scheuer's argument that the only hope for America's safety is a massive Al Qaeda strike on American soil.
Consequently, News Corp is vulnerable to charges that it, through its pundits, is calling for the massacre of countless innocent American lives. To sidestep this accusation Fox News could fire Beck. The ultimate get would then be to hire Sarah Palin in his place.
She would be a rating?s goldmine. The far-right loves her. The rest of America is fascinated by her. Putting her in Beck's slot provides Palin with a ready-made audience, perfectly suited to her particular appeal, an audience that only would balloon in size with the ex-Gov hosting.
You heard it here first.
See the video on http://baselesscritique.blogspot.com/ - Reply to this comment
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- Ha,
You know what, I'd watch her. I'm a die hard liberal, and I'd still check her out.
Just because she is so good looking, and she's so whacked, it's fun to watch.
She'd be good on Fox news !
- Now that's not such a crazy prospect for Palin, commentary on Fox News. But I think after the initial fun for the viewer, she would self-destruct under the criticism that regularly comes to any TV name. It would be way too much for her and she would crack on live TV. Okay... maybe I'd watch after all.
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- Pensacola:
What are you the Anti-Christ? Just where do you get these half cocked ideas? You are inflaming the sensibilities of all Americans that believe in equity and justice and equality; which include many Republicans.
You can assail all you want, but it is the venom in which you claim to have authority to espouse hate against another group of people and the fact you give Florida such a bad name. Shame on you. Quit hiding behind your cloak of the 'pseudo-name' and tell us who you are? - Reply to this comment
- Lets say I called your wife/mother/sister/aunt a @#$%^& and spread lies about her, would you sued me?
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- Yes, I will acknowledge that Sarah Palin's values are conservative, but I will also remind readers that the majority of the country has concluded that conservavtive traditions are oppressive and obsolete and must be allowed to expire. The conservative political agenda often contradicts itself and oppresses many from financial and employment opportunity. The economic recovery currently would go faster if more rights were granted against the wishes of conservatives.
I slso assail the conservative tradition that declares the USA is only a nation for Christians to benefit, because this purposely imposes political censorship of Jews, Muslims, Buddists, Hindus and several other religions that exist here in the USA in large numbers.
Sarah Palin can pursue any political office she chooses, but much of the country has both racial, ethnic and religious diversity, something that Democrats love and fought for.
Democrats fight for the advancement of civilization. Republicans fight to arrest or oppress civilization. Sarah Palin is clearly in favor of arresting and oppressing the advancement of civilization in the USA. - Reply to this comment
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- Pensacola:
What are you the Anti-Christ? Just where do you get these half cocked ideas? You are inflaming the sensibilities of all Americans that believe in equity and justice and equality; which include many Republicans.
You can assail all you want, but it is the venom in which you claim to have authority to espouse hate against another group of people and the fact you give Florida such a bad name. Shame on you. Quit hiding behind your cloak of the 'pseudo-name' and tell us who you are?
- by John_Merritt July 4, 2009 7:26 PM PDT
Pensacola:
What are you the Anti-Christ? Just where do you get these half cocked ideas? You are inflaming the sensibilities of all Americans that believe in equity and justice and equality; which include many Republicans.
You can assail all you want, but it is the venom in which you claim to have authority to espouse hate against another group of people and the fact you give Florida such a bad name. Shame on you. Quit hiding behind your cloak of the 'pseudo-name' and tell us who you are?
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John 11:35 Jesus wept.
He the sad state of affairs and noticed many hypocritical forms of behavior filled with double standards. Political leaders like S.C. Governor, unable to keep faithful to his spouse, church patrons like yourself, who desire a purist state sanctioned religion, leaders everywhere oppressing their population through deprivation of basic needs and education to certain groups which they targeted for oppression with a superficial criteria. An unjustified military invasion committed in error still has yet to be admitted and reconciled.
I am not an LGB, a minority, but I am Christian and love God. Nothing I have seen in the last 12 years from the Republican Party exhibits that God is inside their heart. There is no tolerance for different ethnicity, religion, and all racial diversity exhibited in the Conservative Republican party. Jesus would weep if he witnessed it.
I live in the Blue State of Florida. 340,000 new Democrats registered in this great state. There were between 40-80,000 ex-felons, who finally had their voting rights re-enstated. The bible purists are shrinking in numbers because they are very far away from God and follow pastors who still spread hatred and exhibit no progress in the advancement of civilization.
Nothing about Christ and what he stood for he stood for can be found in the behavior of the Republican Party. A party that oppresses, condemns, invades countries without cause, doen't follow Christ in my book. Christ made a healthy place in this mind and heart for those he disagreed with. The Republican Party doesn't even come close.
- John-Merritt, are we reading the SAME post? EXACTLY what in that post would cause ANY sane American to make a statement like you did?
- Can ANYONE name me ONE Southern Conservative, either party, that has EVER done ANYTHING for this Nation or the World. Note I said FOR! The list of the worst, most disgusting creatures to ever slither across the face of this or any other planet came from their ranks but when you look at policies and plans to benefit mankind? I can't think of ONE!
- by pensacola8-2009 July 4, 2009 7:03 PM PDT
Thanks 'pensacola8' what a great post, the best I've seen on this board.
You are so right, conservatives are for stagnation, they cripple initiatives and ingenuity. They also practice the bullying politics of personal destruction among other racist and mean minded media sponsored war machinations, but here's the fuuny part...Republicans like to make money, lots of it....BUT when they are in power, the country goes fiscally and morally bankrupt and when democrats are in power, REPUBLICANS END UP MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. Go figure...
- by pensacola8-2009 July 5, 2009 1:52 AM PDT
My hat is off to you! :=)
Thank you for some well-written, thoughtful posts, and for your voice of reason!
- The majority of the country profess conservative values. Where are you getting your info?!
The USA has experienced the greatest periods of growth under conservative leadership (ex: Reagan) and has been put into depression and severe recessions under liberal leadership. (Carter, FDR) Obama is presently putting us into such oppressive debt you must be living on another planet!
Where the heck do you get that conservatives declare that the US is only a nation for Christians to benefit??That claim is false.
As for the advancement of civilization and oppression....Democrats are hardly advancing "civilization"...maybe their own pocket but not civilization; abortion rights including late term abortion, oppressive debt, legislation that no one reads, special passes for not paying taxes, firing of employees without regard to law, tax and trade bill with censure on the science that shows "global warming" is a farce, health care reform that amounts to destroying the free market, government meddling in far too many businesses, insisting the "rich' aka hard working individuals who provide the jobs, pay for the "poor" aka individuals who live off the taxpayer and the push for more government control in our daily lives.
I am conservative and I don't consider your post even vaguely accurate as to "conservative traditions" or what Republicans fight for.
- by o_the_potus July 4, 2009 8:02 PM PDT
by Mr-Man_007 July 4, 2009 7:59 PM PDT
pos ... I thought it was an Obama doll. Thanks for pointing out, it was a toy monkey. Like I said. Drop the race card. It not going to work.
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I'll drop it when Limbaughricans cease being so racially bigoted.
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Since there is no party called the Limbaughricans, I guess that means you will drop it now.
- It was the conservatives that marched with Martin Luther King. When did Revisionist History become the norm with you people?
- I normally don't comment on these blogs. I usually just read them for their entertainment value. But the absurdity of this one compelled me to reply. Zboes would like everyone to believe that the ideology of the Obama administration, is the same as that of the 1964 Democrat party.
The Democrat party of today IS the party of change. That's not just a campaign slogan. The Republican party IS the party for bigots and hypocrites. I will gladly offer examples of each as proof.
In 1964 Robert Byrd and other Southern and Border state democrats did filibuster against the Civil Rights Act. They did so for 83 days and not 54 as written in Zboes post. Byrd actually filibustered for 14 straight hours. An act he now regrets and has written in letters to this. Byrd a former member, and Exalted Cyclops of the West Virginia KKK. Admits he was wrong as a young man about his views. He wrote, "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened." He now says that young people need to be involved in politics, but to avoid organizations that promote racial and ethnic separation. Unlike other senators, and congressmen. Byrd, a lifelong democrat, did not switch parties when it's views changed from social conservatism to social liberalism. Byrd also voted IN FAVOR of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. You see, even and old dog can change.
On the other hand, Senator Strom Thurmond (name familiar)? Ran for potus in 1948 as a "Dixiecrat" or segregationist States Right Democrat. In 1964 all the former Dixiecrat's except Byrd switched to the Republican party. All were also opposed to the 1968 Civil Rights Act. You see, when these former democrats were unable to change with the times. They were welcomed with open arms by the Repugnant Party. The problem we have however is that, all the while Thurmond was promoting racial bigotry and separation. He was secretly making payments to his former black maid for the childcare of his bi-racial daughter which he fathered while having an affair with the afore mentioned black maid. A relationship and daughter he never acknowledged publicly. In fact this did not come to light until after his death in 2003. You see, in the case of this old Republican, he could not change. Which goes to show, that the Republican party has a long and esteemed history of bigots and hypocrites.
So in conclusion. The next time you want to give us a history lesson Zboe. Make sure you know your history first. Also, what the Hades does any of that have to do with Sarah Palin abandoning the voters of Alaska? You Repuglicans always throw up these smoke screens to hide the real issues that you can't defend or want to discuss.
P.S. Right on Pensacola!
- Pensacola:
- One of the reasons Sarah Palin gave Friday for leaving her position as governor was all the money (hundreds of thousands) it was personally costing her family to fight all the accusations against her. Here her legal representative says she will fight Shannyn Moore, Huffington Post, MSNBC, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. Did she get a sudden windfall to be able to suddenly afford all this?
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- She could always hawk a plagarized book, blaming McCain and his minions for losing the election to a Community Organizer. Or write about how Obama exchanged toys with Bill Ayers. Fox news will buy all the books and it will become a best seller.
The Republican Party should be renamed as the THE QUITTERS PARTY.
- She could always hawk a plagarized book, blaming McCain and his minions for losing the election to a Community Organizer. Or write about how Obama exchanged toys with Bill Ayers. Fox news will buy all the books and it will become a best seller.
- I am shaking in my shoes, NOT. A judge ruled not so long ago that public figures are not entitled to privacy and that they are limited to only rebuttal if false information is written about them.
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- Exactly. She's a public figure. She's not going to bully her way though this one Tommy.
Pathetic. She and here entire family are pathetic.
- Yes but you are talking about the Queen of the Party of "Family Values" here. We can't have anyone saying anything bad about her now can we? She can trash our sitting President with LIES and distortions but NOTHING can be said about her! LOL This is going to be FUN!!
- by xalen54 July 4, 2009 9:19 PM PDT
You people obviously have never studied law before.
Well I have and could you please tell everyone EXACTLY what law would be broken in this case. IF you can find one, I'm sure John Kerry would like to use it... BIG TIME!
- So, based on your post we can go after the messiah and his kids. Right?
That's funny because it seems to me that we can't even ask him a question and GOD help us if we dare to mention his kids.
So, it's the American way to not only defeat an opposing political rival but to absolutely destroy them and their families. That's sweet.
- This last comment is absolutely NOT true. If it can be shown in a court of law, that the defamation was done with "deliberate, malicious intent", then the other party, i.e. MSNBC, and all the rest of these hateful liberal lying bloggers, news outlats can be sued, and will lose in fact. And while it is true, that public figures have a much higher standard to prove "malicious intent" it indeed can be done!
- I think the Air Head from Alaska's meaning of Malicious Intent and that of the Law are TWO entirely different things indeed. Otherwise just think of the Case the Secretary of State would have!? LOL
- ITHOUGHTIWASFUNNY#2
Why is it the Repug party has so few intellectuals among its ranks?
Does it have ANYTHING to do with the fact that it has so few
intellectuals among its supporters????
- I had no idea she was 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement and other criminal wrongdoing. I'm glad her attorney pointed that out.
- skyk-2009 July 5, 2009 4:43 AM PDT
Yes but you are talking about the Queen of the Party of "Family Values" here. We can't have anyone saying anything bad about her now can we? She can trash our sitting President with LIES and distortions but NOTHING can be said about her! LOL This is going to be FUN!!
When has she attacked Obama except on the Campaign trail? Everything she said has been PROVEN to be true. You Yankee's are too stupid to figure it out. The Obama Kool-Aid must be that controlling.
- by PLANO-TX July 5, 2009 8:17 AM PDT
ITHOUGHTIWASFUNNY#2
Why is it the Repug party has so few intellectuals among its ranks?
Does it have ANYTHING to do with the fact that it has so few
intellectuals among its supporters???
Are you serious? God, I think the same could be true for your side of the fence. You democrats are not as smart as you would like to believe. But to sit here and say the Republicans are not smart or do not have intellect is completely BOGUS.
- lastdance154 Said:
BANK DESTROYERS __ INVESTMENT DESTROYERS
Then WHY THE HELL DIDN'T CHRIS DODD SAY SOMETHING LAST JULY. THE REPUBLICANS DID NOT DESTROY THE BANKS, THE DEMOCRATS DID. ARE YOU THAT CLUELESS OR JUST STUPID? DON'T SIT THERE AND POINT FINGERS AT THE REPUBLICANS WHEN IN 2005 THEY TRIED TO FIX IT, DODD PROTESTED AND OBJECTED AGAINST IT. THEN IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, HE SAID THEY WERE STABLE. MY GOD GROW UP AND STOP BLAMING THE REPUBLICANS WHEN IT CAN BE PROVEN YOU ARE WRONG. GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE AND STOP THE LYING.
- As I said ditto heads! THIS is going to be FUN! Trying to threaten American's? LOL That's not going to work and it will, without a doubt, blow up in her face. The President has proven to all that he can and does take the heat. This Air Head? LOL She can't even finish ONE term as a Governor of our least populated states. LOL
- Well actually, if the stories are false, she has the right to sue for slander. So in theory if the bloggers who blogged that she stepped down because of a investigation or for bribery charges are false, she has the right to sue.
Obama had the right to sue her for what she said, but he knew that everything she said was true and it could be proven
- by o_the_potus July 4, 2009 11:17 PM PDT
by wtlibss July 4, 2009 10:16 PM PDT
Silly lawyer. She is republican and conservative.If she were LIBERAL or gay, or a democrat or all 3 then we would have a legal basis for Defamation.
Bad republicans bad. The media must attack them and protect the LIBERALS.
Obamanation
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So much for accepting personal responsibility. Poor little Sarah's problems are everybody else's fault except her own.
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This is rich, you are going to sit here and talk about that? Really? Can you prove that what people are saying are true
- by libscrytoo July 5, 2009 3:33 PM PDT
Well actually, if the stories are false, she has the right to sue for slander. So in theory if the bloggers who blogged that she stepped down because of a investigation or for bribery charges are false, she has the right to sue.
Obama had the right to sue her for what she said, but he knew that everything she said was true and it could be proven
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You are wrong. Anyone can blog about Sarah Palin and the news stories about her home and the connection to the Wasilla Sports Complex--it is all in the wording. If they stick to what they heard on MSNBC and other channels, she cannot sue anyone for repeating what they heard on another site--that would be tantamount to limiting free speech as it would prevent bloggers from discussing what they heard on other news sources for fear of them not being true--if she tries that or her lawyer tries it , it will be thrown out of court. In order to prove malice, the information must extend further than a blog and must make claims that can not be construed as simply opinion and do not have a source--further, she must prove that the blogger has an agenda outside of the blog and that the blog has or was being used to put out spurious information to the public at large and not simply be the comments of persons about news stories on the blogs.
Hand in hand with that will need to be proof of a deliberate effort to malign her (ie., that the same blogger puts out the same info on other sites, that they use other mediums besides the internet and that the intent is to defame her name and or brand) That is a very tall order.
going after bloggers not only would be fruitless, but if a judge dismissed any, she could be hit with a malicious prosecution case to add to the other lawsuits she is facing--such a suit would only have to show that she targeted and went after a certain blogger for no other reason than to make an example of them. If she did not go after every single blogger who has spoken on the same subject or used the same sources and media; it could easily be shown that she targeted them--such a lawsuit would be subject to punitive damage recovery as well as court costs and lawyer expenses. If she thinks she has issues with lawsuits now--it will be nothing if she tries to take on the average joe and make an example of them--she can then most certainly kiss her career in public office goodbye--we don't need a dictator who won't tolerate discussion or criticism of their antics and who will use the courts to go after those who dare to speak about them.
- Palin is a bimbo and a charlatan....now she's trying to use the courts to silence her critics, but no one is going to get sued for saying the truth......
- by libscrytoo July 5, 2009 2:23 PM PDT
by PLANO-TX July 5, 2009 8:17 AM PDT
ITHOUGHTIWASFUNNY#2
Why is it the Repug party has so few intellectuals among its ranks?
Does it have ANYTHING to do with the fact that it has so few
intellectuals among its supporters???
Are you serious? God, I think the same could be true for your side of the fence. You democrats are not as smart as you would like to believe. But to sit here and say the Republicans are not smart or do not have intellect is completely BOGUS.
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I think this is one observation that has run true to form in the last few years I've stared paying attention to political issues, that Republicans are anti-intellectuals. I'm not saying this just because Obama has a magna *** laude from Harvard and academically-challenged right-wing nuts call him all kinds of insults that disparage his intellectual superiority while singing the praises of Palin and Limbaugh and McCain and GWB, none of whom is an intellectual heavyweight and will never be mistaken for one. Republicans are anti-science, another evidence of anti-intellectualism. Look at the issues they stand for: creationism should be taught in schools, global warming is a hoax, stem cell development is the devil's work. I know two liberals active in the media (Al Gore, Paul Krugman) who are Nobel winners but don't know any one on the Right. When Republicans talk about extreme radicals on the Left (such as Obama), I really can't think of any that I can pin in good conscience while the right-wingers have quite handy representation in the small sampling I have ticked off by name. And let's not go into the rampant racial bigotry among the red staters that speaks of a belief that there is this race chosen by the almighty to rule. Dangerous and simplistic.
- by PLANO-TX July 5, 2009 8:17 AM PDT
"Why is it the Repug party has so few intellectuals among its ranks?
Does it have ANYTHING to do with the fact that it has so few
intellectuals among its supporters????"
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barney frank is a dem and so is nancy pelosi. If you think these two are towering intellect then that explains a lot of things.
The dem is like the Stooges calling Einstein a dummy. Priceless.
- Exactly. She's a public figure. She's not going to bully her way though this one Tommy.
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