Comments on: Sarah Palin Does As She Damn Well Pleases–UPDATED http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/ Information Pollination Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bandit http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15592 bandit Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:11:05 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15592 I'm down with what you're saying. She's probably sick of being used by people to express their hatred and figures she can make a ton of cash. There are a lot fewer regrets walking your own path and leaving on your own terms than trying to please other people all the time. I’m down with what you’re saying. She’s probably sick of being used by people to express their hatred and figures she can make a ton of cash. There are a lot fewer regrets walking your own path and leaving on your own terms than trying to please other people all the time.

]]> By: tomllewis http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15591 tomllewis Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:48:51 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15591 As to Patterico who asks, “Is it verboten to criticize Palin?” I say, of course not. My objections are one of tone. I criticized many things GWB did (especially on the spending side), but I never hated, or even ridiculed him for it. There's plenty to be critical of any human being, no matter how talented. My bottom line with her is still to wait & see. The criticisms may be well founded, or maybe not. Tony Blankley wrote a good article today on Palin: One, of many, good quotes is: "They may be listening for someone who knows how to talk to us- rather than at us or down to us." http://bit.ly/zmfCZ As to Patterico who asks, “Is it verboten to criticize Palin?”

I say, of course not. My objections are one of tone. I criticized many things GWB did (especially on the spending side), but I never hated, or even ridiculed him for it. There’s plenty to be critical of any human being, no matter how talented.

My bottom line with her is still to wait & see. The criticisms may be well founded, or maybe not.

Tony Blankley wrote a good article today on Palin: One, of many, good quotes is: “They may be listening for someone who knows how to talk to us- rather than at us or down to us.” http://bit.ly/zmfCZ

]]> By: ThomasD http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15590 ThomasD Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:16:14 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15590 <i>Patterico... asks, “Is it verboten to criticize Palin?”</i> Heavens. That question is either so meta I cannot wrap my head around it or it is simply a shameless plea for traffic. It's a toss up. Patterico… asks, “Is it verboten to criticize Palin?”

Heavens. That question is either so meta I cannot wrap my head around it or it is simply a shameless plea for traffic.

It’s a toss up.

]]> By: Lisa Graas http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15584 Lisa Graas Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:03:14 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15584 Love your blog. I have to take issue on your suggestion that those who support Sarah Palin strongly are "worshipping" her. I don't care to go into the depths of my faith life, so you'll just have to trust me when I say I am a faithful Catholic who defines worship as offering the sacrifice that is due only to God. I know the difference, but I am a diehard Palin supporter. What is the difference between "Palinistas" and "Obamabots"? It's all very simple. Ask any Obamabot to delineate precisely what Obama's positions are on critical issues and you will be met with very little substance. Ask any Palinista to do the same and you will invariably be offered details with more substance than you would probably care to digest. Caring about issues deeply and knowing what a load of crap is heading out of the White House these days tends to make people more excited about the person they see as most capable of bringing about the desperately needed changes that need to occur. REFORM is a huge issue and I can tell you all about how Palin has accomplished this in her career. It's not worship. I know what worship is. I do it every day for the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, offering my body as a living sacrifice to Him, as St. Paul said we should all do. My goodness, my admiration for Palin comes NOWHERE NEAR what I offer to my Lord......but I am passionate about change and I do see that she is the best vehicle for that change that I have seen in my lifetime. Personally, I see more in her than I did in Ronald Reagan because she is a mom like me. I invite you to put my claim to the test. Ask Obamabots and Palinistas to delineate the details on issues. Many thanks. Lisa Love your blog.

I have to take issue on your suggestion that those who support Sarah Palin strongly are “worshipping” her. I don’t care to go into the depths of my faith life, so you’ll just have to trust me when I say I am a faithful Catholic who defines worship as offering the sacrifice that is due only to God. I know the difference, but I am a diehard Palin supporter.

What is the difference between “Palinistas” and “Obamabots”? It’s all very simple. Ask any Obamabot to delineate precisely what Obama’s positions are on critical issues and you will be met with very little substance. Ask any Palinista to do the same and you will invariably be offered details with more substance than you would probably care to digest.

Caring about issues deeply and knowing what a load of crap is heading out of the White House these days tends to make people more excited about the person they see as most capable of bringing about the desperately needed changes that need to occur. REFORM is a huge issue and I can tell you all about how Palin has accomplished this in her career.

It’s not worship. I know what worship is. I do it every day for the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, offering my body as a living sacrifice to Him, as St. Paul said we should all do. My goodness, my admiration for Palin comes NOWHERE NEAR what I offer to my Lord……but I am passionate about change and I do see that she is the best vehicle for that change that I have seen in my lifetime. Personally, I see more in her than I did in Ronald Reagan because she is a mom like me.

I invite you to put my claim to the test. Ask Obamabots and Palinistas to delineate the details on issues.

Many thanks.

Lisa

]]> By: Trish http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15581 Trish Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:35:35 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15581 Fuster-- You SHOULD describe Obama as a quitter, because he left us high and dry in Illinois. He didn't do the job we elected him to do. He didn't even TRY to do the job that we elected him to do. Fuster–

You SHOULD describe Obama as a quitter, because he left us high and dry in Illinois. He didn’t do the job we elected him to do.
He didn’t even TRY to do the job that we elected him to do.

]]> By: Sarah’s Critics Are Reading Her, and History, Wrong. : The Sundries Shack http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15580 Sarah’s Critics Are Reading Her, and History, Wrong. : The Sundries Shack Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:43:45 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15580 [...] who have spent months savaging her for sins real and mostly imagined? On that subject, by the way, you should definitely read Melissa Clouthier’s post, which is a [...] [...] who have spent months savaging her for sins real and mostly imagined? On that subject, by the way, you should definitely read Melissa Clouthier’s post, which is a [...]

]]> By: J David http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15570 J David Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:55:19 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15570 It takes a person of HIGHEST ETHICS to spare taxpayers and constituents, generally,the huge, and daily increasing financial burden of spurious lawsuits against a highly competent/ successful, and obviously politically dangerous conservative rather than making taxpayers foot the bill. Without exception, I view EVERY self-proclaimed conservative askance when they denigrate Palin in any way, and must call into question their veracity, or what about themselves they are referring to as "conservative". A good many of them seem to be RINOs or "fiscal conservatives", that also proclaim the Era of Reagan to be over, and wish to kow-tow to their new commie overlords as the toadies they really are turning out to be. Incidentally, the Obamunist did 143 days of chamber-time in the Senate before quitting his constituents, having accomplished ZILCH! It takes a person of HIGHEST ETHICS to spare taxpayers and constituents, generally,the huge, and daily increasing financial burden of spurious lawsuits against a highly competent/ successful, and obviously politically dangerous conservative rather than making taxpayers foot the bill.
Without exception, I view EVERY self-proclaimed conservative askance when they denigrate Palin in any way, and must call into question their veracity, or what about themselves they are referring to as “conservative”. A good many of them seem to be RINOs or “fiscal conservatives”, that also proclaim the Era of Reagan to be over, and wish to kow-tow to their new commie overlords as the toadies they really are turning out to be.
Incidentally, the Obamunist did 143 days of chamber-time in the Senate before quitting his constituents, having accomplished ZILCH!

]]> By: fuster http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15569 fuster Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:24:51 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15569 No, Chalmers, i don't usually describe people people who're elected to higher office as quitters. I didn't apply that label to palin when she ran for VP, and would not have applied it to her had she been elected and resigned the governorship. I don't see this resignation as analogous. No, Chalmers, i don’t usually describe people people who’re elected to higher office as quitters. I didn’t apply that label to palin when she ran for VP, and would not have applied it to her had she been elected and resigned the governorship.
I don’t see this resignation as analogous.

]]> By: Kory http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15568 Kory Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:21:03 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15568 Brilliant observation and writing. I hope she gets her own talk show so she can tell the Leterman's of the world to, "kiss it" ! Brilliant observation and writing. I hope she gets her own talk show so she can tell the Leterman’s of the world to, “kiss it” !

]]> By: tomllewis http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/07/05/sarah-palin-does-as-she-damn-well-pleases/comment-page-1/#comment-15567 tomllewis Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:22:29 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14056#comment-15567 I LOVE every word you wrote. I LOVE every word you wrote.

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