Sarah Palin is a Bitch… there I said it.

Posted by: Helen Philpot | October 3, 2008

Sarah Palin is a Bitch… there I said it.

Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?

Well it’s NOT you girl…

Look. I am going to say what everyone at CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC is thinking but is afraid to say. Governor Palin is a stupid, conniving bitch. And it’s not because she is a strong woman – I like strong women… worship them… It’s actually the opposite. She is a weak, pathetic woman who thinks big hair, winking, baby talk and self deprecation is somehow becoming of a woman who wants to lead the free world. My god, where is Margaret Thatcher when you need her!

But what really makes me mad is the hypocrisy. She claims to be a Washington outsider and yet is the worst kind of politician. She will say anything and avoid answering any question instead choosing to spout whatever line or soundbite some adviser put into her mouth a few hours earlier. And exactly when did sounding like a hick make someone “more like us”. Last time I checked we were a country striving to educate our children to be intelligent and honest. I think I would die if my daughter came home from school and said something like “I gotta tell ya. Change is a comin’.” At the very least I would remove the Beverly Hillbillies from her approved TV viewing list.

And then there is Alaska. Have any of you been to Alaska recently? Although the largest State geographically, it has less than a million people – about 700,000. (The city I live in now is bigger. )Fewer population issues exist for lawmakers to address. And because they make so much money from the oil companies, the Alaskan government actually gives it citizens an annual dividend check (this year $3,200). Exactly what Governor wouldn’t be popular under those circumstances? No wonder they can afford to elect a governor who ony has an undergraduate degree in journalism and a few beauty pageant awards. By the way, when you got that journalism degree did they teach you that some journalists actually ask hard questions like what newpapers do you read?

Fact: Sarah Palin is stupid. Maybe not stupid by Alabama standards but stupid enough that she managed to get herself elected Governor while never bothering to educate herself on little things like the Constitution, foriegn affairs or appropriate debating practices. She is stupid enough to have accepted a VP nomination for which she is completely unqualified and stupid enough not to admit it – even though the future of our great nation could be irreversibly damaged by the decision.

When exactly do we all get to call “bullshit”?

She loves to talk about being a mother but the last time I checked, having your newborn on national TV at 11PM instead of in bed wasn’t considered “good muthering“. Neither was making your child’s unexpected teen pregnancy the talk of the nation because you desperately wanted to be a politician in Washington DC – or isn’t that exactly what you said you didn’t want. From where I sit, it appears you would sell your soul for the position. Kind of the way that Elisabeth girl on The View sold her soul for fame. Please god get her off the airwaves – she became famous because she ate a rat… but I digress…

Oh and my favorite – my husband Todd (the first dude) and I sit around the kitchen table wondering about the cost of college like many of you… oh really. Your oldest son went from high school into the military. Your next oldest is pregnant with plans to be married to some hockey jock at age 17. Seems to me you’ve got lots of time before you have to worry about college tuition especially being college doesn’t seem to be a priority in your family.

You refuse to give live interviews and then whine when your taped interviews get edited. Then you have a chance to be live in front of the nation during a debate and you respond by not answering the questions (proudly not answering the questions I might add) but rather by reading the cue cards given to you by a group of white old men who sold their souls to the political system when you were in…. I don’t know – 2nd grade maybe. Your insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that his home state has elected him to office 6 times. And while I am on the subject of the debate – shame on Gwen Ifell for not making her answer the questions. Damn I miss Tim Russert.

Sarah Palin is an ignorant, ranting, whining bitch. There I said it. But lots more are thinking it.

Please take your ridiculous hair, your over lipstick-smacking mouth, your Lenscrafter look smarter glasses and your poorly fitted designer jackets back to Alaska. And when you get there, shove a piece of the pipeline up your considerable ass. I’ll be damned if we’ll put our children’s future in your hands. And the same thing goes for McCain – the ass wipe who gave her this national platform effectively pushing the woman’s movement back into the dark ages – knowing McCain that might have been his plan all along.

Posted in John McCain | Tags: Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin, The View, Tim Russert

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By: Tattgampums on June 8, 2012
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You and your dumb ass commenters are the real bitches.

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By: Anonymous on February 21, 2011
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Thanks Donna-
getting so tired of the all -women -for -all -women or -we’ll -all -sink crap.
It’s bad enough we tend to run in herds to the powder room , we don’t have to add covering for ne’er do wells like SP to round out the foolishness…
Besides, since when did the behavior of one gent call into question the issue of respect for all gents?
Pffft…

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By: alaskapi on August 22, 2010
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alaskapi–well put!

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By: Donna on August 22, 2010
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Interesting you chose a 2 year old post Linda…

“Are you so afraid of ideas you have to make a fool of your self to disagree. ”

In the 2 years since Helen let fly here Ms Palin has proved every single one of Helen’s points…

Ms Palin was unfit as our governor, which became painfully obvious as time went on… the only real thing she has done to progress Alaska forward was quit… and as much as I despise quitters, thank heavens she did!
She was unfit, is still unfit, and will always be unfit for national office.
She relies on gender devices to reel folks in and then whines about sexism if anyone says anything…
She lies beyond belief…
Pretending she was longlining for halibut (making a living as a commercial fisherman ) but taking the time to rag on the current administration when she was really on a day tour halibut charter prancing around for her TV show was the latest…

The list is endless.
She deserves the basic respect any human does…
but nothing more.
And in no way does respect or lack thereof of a particular public figure’s fitness for public office reflect on all of womanhood…
The job was gender blind… twas SP which made it an issue.

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By: alaskapi on August 22, 2010
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linda, why don’t you respect the fact that this is Helen and Margaret’s blog and by your own admission free speech IS (still) allowed in America. This has nothing to do with a mere “difference of opinion”. Palin has put herself in the public’s eye in an effort to govern and influence policy. We all have an obligation to point out how bad psychopaths (of either sex) in positions of power are, since they exhibit control over the rest of us.

Please ask yourself what purpose you wish to accomplish by commenting on a two-year old post on a primarily liberal blog, using demeaning words and insults? Unless, of course, you aren’t really who you say you are and the intent is to smear others for your own feel-good experience.

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By: poolman on August 22, 2010
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And I trust you will then respect MY right to disagree with you. I am a 57 year old professional woman. I believe that women earn the right to respect. I also believe women can forfeit the right to respect. And Sarah Palin’s behavior and speech have cost her the respect of any number of people. I certainly am among them.

To claim that women are entitled to respect simply because of their gender cheapens the entire issue. I have huge respect for women who are intelligent, constructive, and accomplished–regardless of what they do for a living (and I fully include homemakers in that category). I have no respect for women like Palin who exploit their physical appearance and sexuality and who are negative.

And why not take a look in the mirror, Linda. When you accuse another woman (i.e., the host of this blog) of ignorance, of being “pitiful,” of being “afraid,” and of “making a fool of herself,” you are hardly treating her with respect. Grow up–you certainly have forfeited any respect or regard from me.

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By: Donna on August 22, 2010
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It is pitiful when women degrade other women just because they do not agree with there opinion.
I thought this was America and everyone has a right to free speach. If you don’t agree that is your privilage. To degrade another human being because you don’t agree with them is another form of ignorance. Ms Palin has a right to her opino\ion as do you, neither of you have the god given right to call names and degrade because you disagree. Opinions matter even if you don’t agree you should respect the persons right to have one. Are you so afraid of ideas you have to make a fool of your self to disagree. My political view has nothing to do with this post but everything to do with the fact that I am a woman. I believe as women we must respect each other to be able to demand the respect we all need to get by in the world. If we don’t treat each other with respect how can we demand respect.

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2010 is half over, and I just came across this blog…absolutely wonderful. I realize not too many people are happy with Obama right now, but I still thank God that Palin the Idiot did not get in the White House. I am a conservative Republican and she is exactly what this blog writer has said she is. I just hope the American Public does not, in their unhappiness with Obama, decide that putting Palin back in any kind of power, if she chooses to run (which it seems like she might) is the solution. It isn’t! Besides setting women’s rights back, she is a spin artist..lies through her capped teeth, and here’s one for the animal lovers..she hates wildlife…even hates domestic cats. She is also responsible for a stupid law in Alaska that makes or made rape victims pay for their own rape kits. I hate to think of what she would do if she was President. On an ending note, in regard to wild animals, she ordered her state biologists a few years ago, to go into an unpopulated area of Alaska, kill a pack of adult wolves, and then had them drag out fiften month-old wolf pups out of their den. Each of these babies were held down and shot, point blank, in the head. That is the kind of thing the revolting Sarah Palin does to wildlife.

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By: Dustin on February 21, 2010
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Margaret–yesterday The stupid woman gave a speech that lack intelligence or heart of any kind. I think you are wrong-she isn’t a bitch-she is a whore. She will say anything anyone pays her to say.

I had to come back and read your post again–still LOVE IT 18 months later!

Keep it up dear one!
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You’re going to get what you deserve now, a weak-standing country in a scary world full of people that would love nothing more than to terrorize and kill you and your family members right here on American soil.

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I didnt like or dislike Palin.
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By: themadjewess on June 5, 2009
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Helen, your the idiot and Margeret is too by association. You’re going to get what you deserve now, a weak-standing country in a scary world full of people that would love nothing more than to terrorize and kill you and your family members right here on American soil. We can whine and cry all you want about the Republicans and Geroge Bush, but the man and his cabinet has to be given credit for the fact that not one one act of radical muslim terrorism was committed in the last 7 1/2 years of his presidency despite tens of thousands (and probobly more) who’s life goal is to do just that.
You and your ignorant liberal buddies can all watch as gun rights in this country are eradicated one by one till the only armed people are the police and criminals. Criminals will always have a black market source for weapons, it’s only the law abiding citizens who are effected by the nonsense laws that you and the people you worship (like the worhtless Senator from California, Pelosi) are working so hard to push through the Congress.
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I’m so glad there are others that have my same opinions about Sarah Palin. It was freaking me out that people actually wanted her as Vice President. She was too stupid to be Vice President and now she is considering running for President in 2012. And she thinks she has a chance.

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Helen, I know it’s been quite a while since the election, but let me tell you that I am forever grateful to you for making this post! You cut to the chase and told everything like it is, unlike that crazy old witch who, since she started running for it, came way too close for comfort to getting the Vice President’s office. Thank you again! if only you were in my family!

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Well it’s over !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Barbi and McGoo can go home now.

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By: F14 Top Gun on November 8, 2008
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[…] My point here is not to relive every moment of the roller coaster that was the last two months, although I do admit it was amazingly fun to watch Sarah Palin, aka the “Caribou Barbie” crash and burn. Perhaps I enjoyed it a little too much- I hunted the online news sites daily for more news of stupid things she said, exposes of her screwed up family, and ridiculous gestures. And she didn’t disappoint- almost every day I could find something she had screwed up to read about with glee, even though she surrounded herself only with supporters and granted only two interviews. But I’m not going to get into it. If you really want to know why I detest her so much, it’s been said before, particularly well here: https://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/bitch-there-i-said-it/#comments […]

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I guess President Obama can measure the drapes.

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Helen, you are my hero! way to tell it straight, girl!!! So many people are soooo ignorant when it comes to the election. One girl wrote her persuasive essay for my English class about why Palin’s some kind of frickin goddess… >.< It took so much self-control for me not to smack her!

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By: Emilia on November 3, 2008
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WOW!!!! Thank you.

She is no comparison to Ms. Hillary Clinton.

Sen. John McCain, what were you thinking about??

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By: Texan rejects McCain-Palin “redneck-nation” stereotype « PRisGrowth on November 3, 2008
at 3:53 AM
To Jeff,
Howdy, glad to see someone can be reasonable about supporting McCain. As for why you do. Hmm. Ok, can’t see any reason to dispute with you, if you really think that’s what the country needs, then vote with what you think is right.

I, for one, do not see that McCain would delegate power to the states. Nor do I see how “growing” the government is necessarily a bad thing. But, ’tis not ours to reason why…

On the other hand, I will say this. My college education depends on federal grants that I receive. If McCain were elected, I would be forced to stop attending college, which would adversely affect my entire future. His across-the-board spending freeze would, in fact, affect education grants, among other things that I and people I care about depend on to live.

For this reason, I will not vote for John McCain.

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By: phoenixofdiscordia on November 3, 2008
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I don’t like McCain’s policies because they do not translate well here in Michigan. We have a lot of jobs going by the wayside because of Big Business. They send jobs overseas and lay off workers here.
They do not care about who they get rid of. Everyone knows that is true.
I like the fact that Obama will not reward the business who does that.
Also, money is not a motivating factor for everyone. There are jobs that people love (teachers, firefighters, autoworkers etc.) and they may not make as much money as the ones in John McCain’s league. They need to be protected. That is why I am voting for Obama.

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By: Dean on November 3, 2008
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Michelle,
That was awesome! I actually really enjoyed getting chewed out by you. 🙂

Yes, I was rude to Helen. I am sorry for that. I attempted to make a point and went too far with it. Although, I was personally offended to read a self-proclaimed christian spell “God” with a lower-case “g”. No, I’m not trying to say that this is how “GAWD” chooses to spell “her” name; I believe it is disrespectful to those of the Christian faith to negligently dishonor the chosen name that the church has given the Lord. That being said, I am NOT saying that other faiths must follow the “christian” way of doing things. If you are of a different faith, by all means, call the Almighty by the name that you choose. I would not dare correct anyone of the faith of Islam for calling God “Allah.” That is the name they have chosen and it is my responsibility to respect that.

That was a lot more long-winded than I meant it to be. I tend to over-explain myself.

Back to Michelle – Why would I pick on you? You brought up a lot of valid arguments. Personally, seeing Sarah Palin speak drives me crazy because she talks in circles. It’s truly disorienting. Do I think she’s a bad person? No. I think she’s unprepared for this campaign, but that’s my opinion and what does that matter? While I may have been rude by being an “intellectual snob,” I never once in my posts called someone names or labeled anyone as a “moron” or an “idiot” or a “snob” etc, etc … It’s not my right to judge people. I am very careful to speak solely on what people say and what they mean by what they say. I think some of Helen’s comments were very ignorant and baseless. Do I think Helen is a bad person? No. I think some of her opinions are rather skewed, but she’s fully entitled to that. Helen sounds like a wonderful lady. I have never met her and know hardly anything about her, so what would give me the right to judge her?

I’m really insulted by the “you and your ilk” comment. How do you know who or what I support? All you know about me is that I’m a guy with too much time on my hands and that I make pointless grammar lessons as an attack on someone’s character. Am I wrong in thinking this?

I respect Barack Obama and Joe Biden. I think they are both very honorable and hard working men. I believe they have both done a great deal for this country. I very much considered voting for Obama, but I believe that McCain’s policies will be more effective for this country at this time. I like his incentive based approach to get corporations to move towards green technology. I like his plan to give companies a 10% tax-credit on all scientific research and development wages. This gives me a better chance of getting and keeping a job as a research bio-chemist. I like McCain’s belief in federalism. I like the idea of being in charge of and having choices in our own lives. I like having power delegated to the states as opposed to a centralized national government. I think the Bush administration has really set a very bad precedent in growing the national government and I fully believe Barack Obama will continue in Bush’s footsteps. If you want to pick me apart on what I believe, go right ahead, but enough with the insults and name calling. It’s rather childish.

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By: Jeannette on November 1, 2008
at 10:00 PM
Thank You so much for writing this Helen ! Fantastic Job ! She is just another so called christian with out a conscience ! Have you noticed how much satisfaction she get’s from being a smart ass. It has been a real joke…The first saterday night live did a awsome Job telling the truth. Everybody can check this out too http://WWW.sheisnotjustlikeme.org ..Go Biden ! I have already voted for the winners ! U should 2

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By: Jeannette on November 1, 2008
at 9:55 PM
Wow…you are awesome…I have been saying these same things since I first learn of her…and yes folks here in Alabama LOVE her…which is why I have to watch what I say about her…these people get very violent when someone questions their intelligence, or their politics. I have been called the “yankee n–ger lovin’ bitch” down here for niegh on thirty years now, as well as been physically assaulted on more than one occasion, because I would not use the N word…I think that we should hook up the Alaskan Secessionist movement folks with these folks down here in the south and just LET THEM GO!!! They could form their own country of idiots and bigots and we wouldn’t have to take care of their lazy butts anymore. Maybe, since Russia is so close, they could care for them.

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By: Becky in Alabama on November 1, 2008
at 11:09 AM
You rock. I want to be just like you when I grow up. Let’s just hope the worst doesn’t happen on Tuesday and then Johnny drops dead.

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By: diana on October 31, 2008
at 1:53 PM
Helen, I have never called a woman a bitch….well before I saw Sarah Palin on the screen of my TV. From the “go get” I have believed her to be everything you have said in this blog. She is the type of woman I have warned my sons about, I term these types the “she devils”. They have an uncanny way of charming and manipulating their way into your life and wreaking havoc once they have done so.
I surely hope that more people see in her what you do, I am still astounded at how many Americans she has manipulated her way into convincing them for her vote.

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By: Valerie on October 31, 2008
at 6:36 AM
Does anyone know the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom? One was neutered and the other should have been! Keep on telling the truth about McSame & the Bitch!

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By: Bill on October 30, 2008
at 11:12 PM
[…] found someone who sums up all my articles in a simple two paragraphs. I got starburts when I read this.The money […]

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By: My Soulmate « Politiscope on October 30, 2008
at 10:43 PM
smoked her – on point and beautiful

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By: Catsandbeer.com on October 30, 2008
at 10:27 PM
I got in trouble for calling Palin a bitch too. At least I’m in damn good company my fellow Texan. I said it before and I’ll say it again, you rock!!!

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By: Robyn on October 30, 2008
at 9:19 PM
He claims to be a Washington outsider and yet is the worst kind of politician. He will say anything and avoid answering any question instead choosing to spout whatever line or soundbite some adviser put into his mouth a few hours earlier. And exactly when did sounding like a hick make someone “more like us”…

I like pie, it’s good with kool-aide…

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By: wblbp on October 30, 2008
at 8:49 PM
She called herself a bitch. Pitbull with lipstick????
Bitch!!!!

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By: Dean on October 30, 2008
at 5:34 PM
And so is her husband.

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By: Dean on October 30, 2008
at 5:29 PM
Get a backbone K.G.
She is a bitch. Women or not.

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By: Dean on October 30, 2008
at 5:27 PM
It appears that the gentleman:
By: Jim C. on October 29, 2008
at 10:28 pm

has an anger management problem, and uses info that is not true about Alaskans receiving annually $3,200. Wow! If that was only true. I think the man needs to go back to his sources and really do the math. The amount given this year was a fluke because it was added to with $1,200 for a stimulus. Why? Because we pay the highest oil prices in the whole 50 states! Even as you all are paying $2.00 and under for a gallaon of gass…we are paying 2x’x that amount. And that is a fact Jim.
So Jim…you need to learn what your bitching about before you bitch it. Cause as a real person living in Alaska…this is a true amount, nor is it given yearly, nor annually, nor does everyone get it at all. If you had cared about true facts you would have checked them first before bitching about it.

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By: Pommawolf on October 30, 2008
at 3:36 PM
A woman calling another woman a bitch.

Nice.

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By: K.G. , Rockville, Md. on October 30, 2008
at 2:37 PM
Please excuse my aggressive nature, but, I LOVE you! I just read some of your posts with a few colleagues and behalf of all of us, Thank You! You could not be more on point about this ridiculous woman. She is a seat-filler and an offense to women everywhere. Ugh, and the winking at the end of every sentence for the “cute effect”……barf!

Specifically, thank you for the mention of the rape-kit charge! I am devastated that this issue has not gotten more attention. I mean, being unbending on abortion, even in cases of incest and rape is one thing (wrong, but one thing none the less), but to vote a bill into place where the victim of rape is forced to pay up to $1200.00 for the rape-kit should be a crime!

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By: Nikki on October 30, 2008
at 1:01 PM
McCain chose Palin thinking she would get the women’s vote with her as VP. It backfired and it is because Palin is a grasping bitch who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Her looks were more of the sexist decision than what is inbetween her ears. She has become a liability for McCain who could have chosen any number of experienced Republican women. Palin is a power grasping bitch who doesn’t even know what the real role of a Vice President really is according to the Constitution! She wants more power than what Dick Cheney has given himself. After 8 years of corruption, Sara Palin would only make it more of the same if not worse. Send this bitch back to Alaska where she can look out her window and think she is seeing Russia! “You betcha!” **wink**

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By: Dennis Lee Cleven on October 30, 2008
at 12:34 PM
I just discovered you today and I think you are great!!

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By: Belinda on October 30, 2008
at 12:08 PM
Helen you rock!

After reading most of the responses to Helen’s blog, has anyone else noticed (Queen B and others for example) how hate-filled Republican’s are? The world has to be Christian and their way or no way, and I have to tell you, most of the times that I have dealt with Republican’s when I owned my own business they were the nastiest and most hateful people when it comes to their party! What ever happened to decent people who wanted the best for our country?? Well, that is why Obama/Biden is going to win. Republican’s will have to just deal with it (like we have had to deal with Dubya for 8 friggin’ years!). It’s time that we turn this country back to one that we and the world can look up to. And, Republican’s, lighten up and take a nice pill. Rock on Helen!

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By: Keith on October 30, 2008
at 11:41 AM
Linda, you are silly if you think our country will turn to communism or socialism if Obama is elected.
I hope you are more intelligent than that.
Maybe not!!!!

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By: Dean on October 30, 2008
at 8:25 AM
Right Linda
Study the Constitution.

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By: Dean on October 30, 2008
at 8:02 AM
It seems that there is not one of you that knows what communism or socialism means. Get our your dictionionaries, if you have them?

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By: Linda on October 30, 2008
at 7:51 AM
I have to say, this is the first time in my life that I am afraid of what is going to happen in our country. In the past I felt alright after an election even if my choice was not elected. This time around I am really scared.
At least in the past I thought If we had a Republican, they would have enough good common sense and would not lead us into a depression.
Obviously I was wrong. If McCain and Palin get elected I will be very very afraid for the first time in my life to live in America.
Don’t get me wrong I am not going to leave this great country, because I know we have enough good people, but, I am afraid.
I was afraid when Bush was elected and you can see the results.
I think If McCain is elected, we will be talking about the horrible decision made on this coming November 4th.
I hope I am wrong. (Guess what, 4 years ago those of us who did not want Bush was not wrong)

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By: Dean on October 30, 2008
at 7:47 AM
Thank you!

I’ve been waiting for someone to actually say that. It’s blindingly obvious that she’s breathtakingly wrong for VP, but nobody is willing to point out the obvious.

Her ignorance is overshadowed only by her arrogance.

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By: Alistair on October 30, 2008
at 7:24 AM
Ha, funniest blog I’ve read in a long time.

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By: Lars on October 30, 2008
at 4:21 AM
WOW Fantastic Amen
I knew it. There are smart Americans

We here in Europe follow the election closely if only for Palin. She delivers us a smile every day with her stupidity. On the other hand we are scared as hell that someone with the brainsize of a shrimp could come to power in your great nation.

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By: Twigabor on October 30, 2008
at 2:50 AM
“Governor Palin is a stupid, conniving bitch. And it’s not because she is a strong woman – I like strong women… worship them… It’s actually the opposite. She is a weak, pathetic woman who thinks big hair, winking, baby talk and self deprecation is somehow becoming of a woman who wants to lead the free world. My god, where is Margaret Thatcher when you need her!”

When’s the last time anyone left of center said anything complimentary about Thatcher?

Yes, a weak woman bucks her own party and gets elected without riding her husband’s coattails, while Hillary toes her party line and is abandoned by them even with Bill’s help. She must be gnashing her teeth at that. I really do feel a little sorry for her.

And incredibly you actually follow that with “But what really makes me mad is the hypocrisy.”

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

You want hypocrisy? Look in the mirror! The snobbery, it burns!

That’s a big reason the poll numbers are so close and there’s a chance Obama might lose. You think those less educated than you are dumb. That’s a HUGE mistake. And they KNOW you regard them with contempt and condescension. And they won’t forget.

“And because they make so much money from the oil companies, the Alaskan government actually gives it citizens an annual dividend check (this year $3,200). Exactly what Governor wouldn’t be popular under those circumstances?”

It seems you don’t think that’s right. It’s you against Alaska.

“From where I sit, it appears you would sell your soul for the position. Kind of the way that Elisabeth girl on The View sold her soul for fame.”

Hillary sold her own soul (i.e. self-respect) at least in the aspect of putting up with Bill’s catting around for their entire marriage. And for her efforts she gets sexist attacks from Obama supporters in her own party! I’m not surprised her campaigning for Obama has been less than enthusiastic.

I don’t know why I bother to tell you this. You almost certainly won’t learn.

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By: Jim C. on October 29, 2008
at 10:28 PM
How right you are. I was begining to think I was the only white woman over 60 who felt this way . Sarah Palin offends me as a woman. She ofends me as a human being.. She just offends me and I am furious that the Republicans think I will vote for this awoman or this McCain who has sold his soul to live in the White House. as if he doesd not have enougfh houses already.

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By: Marie Elizabeth Hartnett on October 29, 2008
at 10:27 PM
[…] another generation’s angry rant, look no further than my favorite 82 year old’s own blog regarding Palin. I love it when sassy ladies are gutsy enough to use the term […]

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By: Palin’s high couture is a low blow | Mina Xavier on October 29, 2008
at 9:19 PM
You are my new love.
Sarah is a bitch…a scary bitch with staying power, because that kind of bullshit does not leave the stage willingly.

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By: Rhonda on October 29, 2008
at 7:18 PM
How much do I love this rant… awesome… nailed it…

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By: Teddy B on October 29, 2008
at 6:56 PM
This was an awesome post! Thanks for saying everything that needed to be said and more!!!

If we all see her for what she is – why are there people still worshipping the ground this idiot walks on?

She’s shockingly uninformed, and worse she doesn’t care that she’s ignorant!

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By: pinkbunny on October 29, 2008
at 5:48 PM
This is exactly accurate and a perfect summation of my own feelings on this wretched woman! Thanks!

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By: Chris on October 29, 2008
at 5:18 PM
Helen rocks! Where is Linda? Is she obsessed or what! I know …she is getting her Sarah Palin costume ready for Friday.

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By: Elizabeth from Florida on October 28, 2008
at 7:10 PM
I am appreciative to Margaret and Helen for posting this. I am appreciative of anyone that can speak truthfully and with common sense.

Quotes like: “mean spirited” and “calling people names”….are a continuation of the ridiculous. You women who write this are terribly confused (Ooops that’s more mean spirited name calling by your standards isn’t it?). Let’s talk about mean spirited, when a 50 year old named Kenneth Rowles can shoot a teenager (with a gun and bullet) because he doesn’t want to have his yard signs defaced. There is a difference between mean spirited and psychotic. I know which one I can deal with.

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By: Diana on October 28, 2008
at 4:56 PM
Obviously you don’t know anything about Obama’s past and work for others. How wonderful to make such an uninformed statement.

You have worked hard all your life for what you have. I hope you enjoy watching it go down the toilet with the market every day like the rest of us. Flusssssssssh….. Wonder what type of policies got us there? Hmmmh could it be republican policies. The same policies that McCain has supported.

Where does that leave you if you can call someone voicing their opinion on their own blog a mean spirited person? Are you not entitled to your own opinion? You don’t agree with what Helen has to say. So what. Many do. Does that make all of us horrible, awful people also? I hope so because I am tired of the current administration and what might come to pass if McCain and Palin get in. She is a self absorbed hick, bully and about as genuine as her bold face lies. Mean spirited, that would be her at the rallies where she allowed racial and bigoted hatred to reach mob proportions.

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By: Alaskan on October 28, 2008
at 12:21 PM
Thanks for stopping by, Linda…we mean it.

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By: Sharon on October 28, 2008
at 12:14 PM
Yeah!! Martha, I am with you!!! What in the world has Obama does for anybody, but himself and he is not fit or experienced to lead this country! And his running mate is for sure part of the problem! Doesn’t anybody read and understand what is going on?

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By: Linda on October 28, 2008
at 11:57 AM
It does offend me and maybe I won’t come back as it looks like you are all in the pot together. Not a kind word to say and that is really scary!

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By: Linda on October 28, 2008
at 11:52 AM
Must be a McPhalin lover.

Linda….this isnt only Helen’s opinion.

Don’t come here if it offends you

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By: troutay on October 28, 2008
at 11:44 AM
Helen, you are one mean spirited person. Who would have thought that someone like you would know better. What a shame that you are saying the things you say….Shows that stupidity knows no bounds…

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By: Linda on October 28, 2008
at 11:41 AM
So, Linda, I guess you won’t be buying any of their T-Shirts? 🙂

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By: Lois in NV on October 28, 2008
at 11:41 AM
never have I heard such mean people. What an insufferable human being… ugh!

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By: Linda on October 28, 2008
at 11:35 AM
OMG! I wish I had found this blog sooner! You two are amazing. I’ll be a devoted reader from now on.

~No To Palin

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By: notopalin on October 28, 2008
at 9:46 AM
At 82, I think you would have learned if you can’t say something nice about someone don’t say any-thing at all. You have a right to your opinion but
I disagree with the way you are calling Sarah Palin
names. It’s people like you who are making this the most vicious campaign I can ever remember.

Yes, I am for McCain and Palin in this election. I feel that they are better for this country than Obama. I don’t want to live in a socialist country.
My husband and I have worked hard for forty
years and I don’t want the government taking
our hard earned money and giving it to someone
else. With Obama as president, all I see ahead is
too much government in my life and taxes, taxes,
and more taxes.

By the way, keep in mind that Sarah Palin has
had more executive experience than Obama has
ever had. All he has ever been is a community
organizer and a senator who has been out on the
road for the last two years campaigning for
president. Yes, Obama can give an elegant speech
but remember Hilter could too.

If Obama wins, it will most likely be because of the
liberal media{ ABC, NBC, CBS}, Acorn and the
far left people in Hollywood. Now those are some
groups I want electing my president!

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By: martha on October 27, 2008
at 6:23 PM
I just recently returned from a cruise in the Bahamas. Usually, when people ask where I’m from and I tell them Alaska, they get excited and ask about moose and the darkness and how cold it is. However, on this trip, people said “Oh, where Sarah Palin is from.” I was ashamed. I have so much pride being an Alaskan and now this is what people know us for. It’s bad up here; everyone loves her for the most part and can’t wait for her to be elected. Then there is those of us who are appalled at such a notion. I didn’t vote for her for mayor, for govenor, and I wouldn’t even DREAM of voting for her on ANY national level. But please everyone, PLEASE remember that not all Alaskans are like her. Most of us still have our heads screwed on tight. Without the beehive hairdo. (**sidenote: I’m from the same damn city she’s from and guess what? I’ve never heard anyone talk like they’re from backwoods Minnesota. We don’t have ANY accents up here. It’s JUST HER.**) Thank you for your time.

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By: SKC on October 27, 2008
at 5:50 PM
I pray that the stupid people don’t vote.

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By: Donna Mills on October 27, 2008
at 10:02 AM
Wow, Jeff.
Do you know what obfuscation is? That is when you throw load after load of bullshit at people hoping that they are so stupid that they don’t realize that you are just repeating the same meaningless nonsense over and over and over, and never actually addressing the issue and/or answering the question! Sarah Palin is the Queen of this…though I very much doubt that she would recognize the word even if it up and smacked her in the face. You are pretty good at it yourself, but then you are just ‘eating the Party pie’, as Helen would say. I just watched Palin on TV go on and on about how the Republicans were going to fix this problem and that problem…but she never said ONE WORD about HOW they were actually going to accomplish this miracle, just that they were going to, by God! Unfortunately for you and your ilk, the American people aren’t falling for this nonsense or those nasty personal attacks any more!
And speaking of nasty personal attacks, you were pretty rude to Helen, you intellectual snob! I know lots of big words, as you can probably tell by now…Feel free to pick on me, but I promise you I can and will run circles around you verbally, and I will very much enjoy it, so go ahead, make my day! (and please don’t bore me with stupid punctuation insults, don’t you have anything better to do with your time?)

Note to everyone:
I just early-voted, it felt like the most meaningful vote of my entire life!

OBAMA ’08!!!!!!!!

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By: Michelle on October 26, 2008
at 5:35 PM
Hey. Anonymous. It seems to me that good and bad gets posted… even your nonsense. so get over yourself and post something of substance.

Go Helen!!! I call bullshit. I got the t-shirt to prove it.

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By: Lacey on October 26, 2008
at 2:01 PM
Brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant.

You need your own talk show. Hell, if Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets to run her dumber-than-shit mouth on the View every morning, you deserve to balance out the world with your brilliance.

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By: Anonymous on October 26, 2008
at 1:15 PM
All posts subject to moderation.

Translation: If you agree, feel free to say what you want.

If you disagree, your post will probably get altered or deleted…

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By: Anonymous on October 25, 2008
at 3:58 PM
So, ladies…how would you two enjoy a nice meal with a handsome 82 years young gentleman? I would treat you both to high class and respect…and who knows, perhaps later we could get cozy in my hot tub later on in the evening…enjoy some fine champagne and cans of ensure. What do you say ladies?

xoxoxo

-Gerald

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By: Archaic_Cassanova on October 25, 2008
at 1:25 PM
So I take it you won’t be buying any of her T-shirts then…right, Jeff?? 🙂

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By: Cloris on October 25, 2008
at 12:58 PM
*”back” should have been “backed”. My mistake

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By: Jeff on October 25, 2008
at 12:54 PM
I find it hard to believe that so many people missed the point of my earlier post. Miss Helen has presented an opinion blog pointing out the “hypocrisy” and “stupidity” of Sarah Palin. Yet, in her own post, Miss Helen made several grammatical errors and backed up her claims with unsubstantiated “facts.” This is called “the pot calling the kettle black.” My intention was to point out the flaws in Miss Helen’s argument in order to undermine her claim. I felt that others would be able to pick up on the inferences that I had written out without having to spell each one out in black and white. Everyone has an opinion; I enjoy an intellectual debate on differing opinions. But, opinions based on ignorance are infuriating and disgusting. (Yes, I started a sentence with “But” to make a literary emphasis). When an opinion of someone is thrown into public view, but is simply back up by, “I don’t like the bitch. I think she’s stupid,” – I’m paraphrasing – it makes me genuinely afraid for the progress of our society. Please read. Listen to what people say – not just how they say it. Please ask questions. Go out and find knowledge for yourselves. Ignore the slander/libel in the tv, radio and newspaper ads. Find out what you believe in and turn away from being mislead by the media. It makes me sad to know that some people cast votes based on how a candidate looked on TV, or based on what was said in an advertisement. Research the facts: hardly any truth has been put on the airwaves, in the form of advertisement, by either candidate. Our voting process is the equivalent of a person driving a car while blindfolded and having a complete stranger telling him or her what to do.

I am terrified by the direction in which we are heading.

It’s also pretty frustrating to have other people by the same name commenting on this blog. LOL. Even so, I think it is hard to get us confused. 😉

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By: Jeff on October 25, 2008
at 12:51 PM
Whoo hoo!!!…..Granny helen…tell them like it is…the woman is a complete moron!!

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By: browngirl74 on October 25, 2008
at 9:48 AM
yezzer…McCan’t shot hiz self in the foot with this ridiculous choice.

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By: aunt bear on October 25, 2008
at 9:39 AM
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Does that mean that I have to support just any woman? Even someone who is as power crazy, religiously wacked, and stupid as Sarah Palin? I think not. I will support those I feel are intelligent and strong and with whom I see eye to eye on important issues. I do not agree with that stupid bitch on any issue and she can take her hill billy ass back to the frozen tundra where rape apparently is regarded as a form of rough sex.

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By: Anonymous on October 24, 2008
at 11:08 PM
I can’t believe I missed your blog until now. Sure hope there are enough of us out there to make a difference this time around.

Keep telling it like it is!

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By: Jeanne Rhea on October 24, 2008
at 6:47 PM
“I agree with those who say this could not have been written by an 82-year-old. I have known many, many “old” people, and I have NEVER EVER heard that kind of disrespect from ANY of them.”

Liz,

You’ve obviously not been to the Seneca Manor (western NY state) nursing home where the majority of residents are FOR Obama. Residents gathered for the debates and it was like a high school pep rally for octogenarians, most of whom served in WWII or Korea and worked & raised their families in a working class steel town. To this group from the “Greatest Generation” Obama is more popular than football (and in Buffalo Bills country, that is saying A LOT! 🙂

As for your notion that old people do not swear, I think that if you visit any residence comprised of elderly people, you’ll meet many feisty individuals with “mouths like sailors.” That “I don’t give a sh*t what anyone thinks, I’m saying it like it is” attitude is what keeps them going. My own grandmother was like that. She was 20 years ahead of her time and I only wish she had lived to see this election–I’m sure she would have been out there bloggin’ away, telling it like it is.

You keep telling it like it is, Helen!

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By: blbarian on October 24, 2008
at 2:11 PM
I would not be surprised if McCain gets elected he would keep us in the war so long that he would try to bring back the draft.
He would also try to say that you are UNAmerican if you oppose a draft.
I would not put it pass him.

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By: Dean on October 24, 2008
at 11:08 AM
Part of the reason McCain is scary is because of his terrible decision to choose Palin. She is highly unqualified. You can have your reasons to vote for your party but, McCain’s judgement is very bad.
McCain is the scary one!!
I am proud of the Republicans who know how bad McCain is. We need a change for now and McCain is not the one to get us out of this mess his partner (Bush) put us in.

Being into politics for a long time does not mean you have the capacity to make good decisions. Bush is proof of that.
Obama is not scary just smarter than McCain.

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By: Dean on October 24, 2008
at 11:03 AM
Great article! You forgot 1 very important thing though, Palin’s aweful treatment of animals! Why aren’t the media asking about that? She is a cruel, heartless bitch having wolves killed so that hunters can come and kill moose there in stupid ass alaska!
What an evil bitch she is!

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By: Michell on October 24, 2008
at 10:02 AM
The reason that people are talking about Palin so much is because she is an old man’s heartbeat away from the presidency if she wins. I think one of the most absolute scary phrases right now would be “President Palin”. Can you imagine. The though terrifies me because as a woman and an Alaskan I can see right through her. She is not sincere and I find nothing about her trustworthy. She is there for her own agenda and will try to force it down every one else’s throats. Governing is for the people, by the people. Not what Sarah Palin wants because she is a hard core Christian. There is nothing wrong with religion (I have my own religious beliefs), but this country was founded on freedoms. I don’t want restrictions of her religious beliefs to govern what I do.

If you really want to change something, educate don’t outlaw.

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By: Alaskan on October 24, 2008
at 9:51 AM
Good job Grandma,Liz wake up.

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By: Reginaldo Alsonado on October 24, 2008
at 3:50 AM
Linda,

Well-said! You are obviously an intelligent, knowledgable and thoughtful writer. Wish more people were like that these days. I think YOU are right-on.

I do not agree with Sue in NV. I think you are a person who really cares, and knows how to express it well.

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By: Liz on October 23, 2008
at 11:47 PM
One of you wrote: “I’m sick at heart at what’s been done to our country by all these madmen.” Well, you might be even sicker after Obama becomes President. An opinion only.

Why are people talking so much about Palin? She is NOT running for President. This is the first election in my many, many years that puts so much attention on a VP candidate. Is it because she is a woman? Or because the media wants to take heat and the spotlight off of their candidate, Obama.

Why is there not hardly any attention on the “friends” of Obama – dangerous men to this country – and Obama IS running for President.

What about his radical friend, Wm. Ayres, too?

I think the media has focused attention on Sarah Palin to take it off of Obama. They don’t want to reveal all that is known about him. It does not suit their agenda.

People like to think they are so intelligent, but we aren’t. Just a bunch of sheep leading a bunch of sheep….and allowing the media to manipulate us all. Wake up, America….or someday you may wake up to a country that is not America any longer. We have already given up so many of the rights we used to have in the name of individual rights and confidentiality. Individual rights can be a good thing but not at the expense of the greater good for all.

I agree with those who say this could not have been written by an 82-year-old. I have known many, many “old” people, and I have NEVER EVER heard that kind of disrespect from ANY of them.

Oh and Angela Marie. Yiou are right on. We should be able to discuss these things with respect. I am appalled to hear the way people speak to each other now. That is not the America I know and love.

While I am not crazy about any of the candidates in this upcoming election, I am more scared of Obama. He is a charismatic charmer – a dangerous combination throughout history.

I would love to have a black president or even a woman president…if they are the right candidate, which I feel none are this time out. My best friend is black and we are also both women. I will be voting for the candidate that I feel will do the least damage to this country in the 4 years of his term.

I have also lived in Alaska and Indonesia. I do not agree with everything she says either, but…..Give me a strong Alaskan woman any day. It was those kind of MEN that this country was built on.

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By: liz on October 23, 2008
at 11:36 PM
Yes, yes, Abram, you raise a good point, the GOP has the Palins and the Huckabees who will appeal to the bible thumpers and the poorly educated, and they have the.. well, the anti-anything-that’s-not-the-upper-one-percent policies, designed by the misers themselves. I gotta hand it to them, though, they used to be able to buy votes with fancy ads, but now that they, for once, are stuck with less cash than the “liberal socialist”, they seem to be in trouble…. I guess the next sad irony is that it really is true that you have to buy your way into the White House…

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By: phoenixofdiscordia on October 23, 2008
at 8:55 PM
…so funny how the people agreeing with this blog fill the comments section with well thought out near-diatribes on politics in America, while the few (obviously conservative) dissenters show up with the occasional post: either “#%(#& YOU HELEN, YOU #$#*$&#($*&^!!!” or “I don’t care what you say, and I won’t give any reasons to the contrary, but I still like Palin.” We used to just have to worry about the income gap widening – now we have an intellectual gap to worry about as well? I swear the GOP gets dumber than I thought possible every year, and every year their “base” (see: rednecks/biblethumpers/rich misers) is more excited about the drivel being shoved down their throats. Is it not the most sad irony that those in the lower class are often supporters of the party that seeks to screw them over at every opportunity? Now that’s some effective propaganda!

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By: Abram on October 23, 2008
at 8:32 PM
Yeah, I agree. I am from a small town, and I do pronounce my g’s, I don’t say “you betcha”, and I don’t talk like I’m from Minnesota (no offense to anyone from Minnesota).

I can’t safely say that I am intelligent or knowledgeable, because there’s always somone out there who is to a greater degree. Can I say I think I have an understanding of the level of intellect it takes to get an undergraduate degree. Yes, I am currently getting one. Can I say that somone with a J.D. from Harvard is more intelligent than the average cookie? I can, because I am preparing to go to a law school much less prestigious, and it ain’t no cake walk.

I’m giving myself in service to my country as well, and it’s not for such a selfish reason as to earn tuition for my college. It’s because I want to serve my country. That’s why a person should join the military, and I think it’s disgraceful the way the military hooks poor college kids into it with promises of financial aid, then delays their degree so they can serve extended tours in Iraq, costing them years of education.

Alaskan, you and the others on here are credits to your state. I, for one, salute you.

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By: phoenixofdiscordia on October 23, 2008
at 5:17 PM
Before you defend her small town phrases, maybe you should know that they are just a learned affectation. There is an interview with her about 13 years ago as mayor and none of her cute folksy language is present. She has no accent (like most Alaskans) and is very definitely saying her g’s. She sounds more intelligent in this interview than in any she has done recently. Just how dumb does she think the American public is that she thinks this “small town” speak will endear her to regular “joes”?

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By: Alaskan on October 23, 2008
at 3:51 PM
Linda needs a reality check. You probably didn’t attend college.

The president and vice president shouldn’t be an ordinary person. I want someone who inspires, is open to diversity (religious and cultural), and is educated.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

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By: Elizabeth in Florida on October 23, 2008
at 3:48 PM
you have alot of time on your hands, don’t you, Linda??

Rock on Helen!!!!

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By: Sue in NV on October 23, 2008
at 3:36 PM
Rant
Rant\, n. High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.
~~~ ~~~
Yes, I would say that just about covers waht you’ve got going one here.

So Sarah Palin doesn’t have multiple degrees from pedigreed institutions of higher learning. One of our greatest Presidents was home educated, all the way through law school. Having letters of degrees trailing ones name does not gurantee intellegence or prove the lack thereof. I don’t have any degrees trailing my name either, yet know with confidence I am a smart, intelligent, knowledgeable person.

You bash Mrs Palin for being a bitch, yet there is a former First Lady who would seem to be a bigger one– who supported her philandering husband while he perjured himself in front of the nation, no less! There has been much she could be accused of, but far be it for me to actually say something, because then I’d be anti- American, anti-woman.

You bash her about worrying about the cost of college tuition by saying it seems she’s a long way off from that point. Her son has done an honorable thing by giving himself in service to his country, quite possibly to earn his tuition through GI Bills, so his parents wouldn’t have to pay his way. I am more impressed with a young person who finds their own means of college support than those who rest on the laurels of Daddy’s pocket book.

Her daughter is in an unfortunate situation, but is taking responsibility for her actions, and so is the baby’s father. Time will tell how much success they have with their future. You acost her for dangling her pregnant teen in the limelight, but if she hadn’t come forward first, the media and public scrutiny would have accused her of being ‘ashamed of her pregnant daughter’. It seems she couldn’t win either way. Which would you prefer: admit to the obvious, or hide and play wait-and-see?

You mock her for her hair, glasses and clothes; for her kitschy little phrases. Frankly I don’t care where she got her wardrobe. There are many women who constantly buy the latest fashions and donate their designer duds to Goodwill after the season is done. When she starts selling them off on eBay or the local consignment shop, then you may have some sort of leg to stand on. Her phrases ARE ones from small town America– she can’t stop being ‘small town’ over night, maybe she doesn’t want to. Why should she have to?

So until you can sit at her breakfast table and live her life, be careful in your assumptions. And, for the record, if you had been ranting half-truths about Oabama, I’d be doing the same thing for him, and have.

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By: Linda on October 23, 2008
at 3:32 PM
This is the most accurate, well-stated article I’ve read in a very long time. Keep up the good work, and continue spreading the truth.

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By: Carie on October 23, 2008
at 2:30 PM
Will you please run for president so I don’t have to move to Canada when these clowns win???

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By: Gina on October 23, 2008
at 2:14 PM
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By: Weekly Carnivals and Roundup « Credit Crunch Finance on October 23, 2008
at 4:09 AM
BRAVO to you Helen!!!!! THANK YOU so much for saying what the media isn’t out and out saying, altho I think maybe Rachel Maddow would just love to!! I give thanks to you Helen, wise woman that you are for having the courage to speak the truth.

Not all of us in Alaska are in love with Sarah, not by any means!!!!

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By: Sheryl in Alaska on October 23, 2008
at 1:31 AM
I am infuriated over all the money Sarah spent on her wardrobe . “Like one of us”? MY ASS! And now that she is caught she says she’s donating to charity!

She seems more about looking hip , winking, reciting a few ‘scholarly~lets pretend I know ‘things’ lines…and thats about it. The ppl who are smitten with her are scary.

McCain looks like he is holding back so much anger his jowls look like chipmunks!

Cindy McCain looks like she’ll break if you stare at her too hard….unless you turn into a stone statue lst from her icy blue eyed stare (those eyes are evil!)

Lets all keep our fingers crossed. And if/when Obama gets it pray for his safety.

Keep on blogging , Helen! I plan to make you a regular part of my life. Hope you don’t mind!

Don’t worry…it doesn’t mean Im moving in!

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By: Mary on October 22, 2008
at 10:24 PM
I don’t understand why those of you who don’t agree with Helen’s ideas feel it necessary to personally attack her – this is her personal blog. Feel free to leave, or leave your comments on her personal opinions, but how is a personal attack helpful or further a reasonable thoughtful discussion? it feeds into stereotypes and further divides our country.

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By: Lisa on October 22, 2008
at 10:09 PM
I followed a link to your blog, which had the first few sentences as a lead-in. I’m glad I came.

Thanks very much for stating so simply what so many Americans are thinking. Thanks for not being afraid to say it. Make sure you vote come November 4. It’s not just our country anymore, the world depends on it.

Bill

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By: Bill S. on October 22, 2008
at 2:44 PM
“This blog is bigotry at it’s [sic] best.”

How so, Mr. Jones? the term “bitch” is not discriminatory since it crosses all social, economic, racial and religious lines. It is gender specific, but Sarah is, after all, female. It is rather discriminatory toward female dogs though.

If you want to complain about bigotry, look at the technique being used by the McCain/Palin crew now–discriminating again people based on their political views by calling those who live in certain regions of the country “unamerican”.

They’re desperate. Voters have seen through the lies they’ve been spewing this far. Imagine their shock when they realized that we do not believe the Mc-Palin campaign’s charges that Obama is a Muslim or (ee-gaads)… that even if he was, we don’t care. By the way, isn’t criticizing a person’s religion a form of bigotry? Hmmm…

Since you’re on a bigotry kick, consider this. Because I don’t hail from “non-northern” Virginia or those select sections of the country that solidly support Mc-Palin I am therefore “unamerican.” I gotta tell you–that’s not what my passport says; or my birth certificate; or my voter registration card. But to Mc-Palin, I am. And so is every person in my state.

That said, here’s a call to Mc-Palin and all of your “true American” cronies — come to New York, stand at ground zero and find the guts to call us un-American.

Keep telling it like it is Helen!!

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By: blbarian on October 22, 2008
at 2:38 PM
This blog is big fun! Go Helen!!

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By: Cammy in CA on October 22, 2008
at 1:14 PM
This blog is bigotry at it’s best.

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By: Curtis Jones on October 22, 2008
at 1:09 PM
U Go Girl! Tell it like it is….

100% in your corner.. Keep up the fire.

The truth hurts those who lie knowing the facts.
Peace & Love.

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By: Thomas on October 22, 2008
at 1:02 PM
helen, i love you. i love you love you love you. how do i become a member of your family? keep ranting, girlfriend! i ADORE it!

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By: Jennifer on October 22, 2008
at 11:17 AM
Sorry, that is too Anonymous NOT Brenda!

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By: Dee Kat on October 22, 2008
at 8:55 AM
Brenda, LOL you must be joking! I must have read you wrong… Let me see, you are suggesting that Obama supporters should run a positive campaign, pointing out none of the flaws of McCain et al, while the Demonizing Max Clelland, Rove created bunch run McCains with more crap than any paddle could pull you though?

What has happened to this country that people treat an election like a sports game where you cheer for your team no matter what. It no longer is what is best for the country but that ‘your guy’ wins. Anyone with an ounce of brains could see through the misdirection, lies, and propaganda of the Republican Party. It is the only way they can win because they represent at most 10% of the nation. The only way I can understand the majority of the people who vote Republican and against their own self interest is if I assume the voter is so obsessed with their ‘sports’ mentality of ‘us’ vs ‘them’ that they see nothing beyond the ‘team’, that they are dumb as bricks or both.

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By: Dee Kat on October 22, 2008
at 8:50 AM
[…] This woman who says she’s 82 is my new hero of the day. Read This. […]

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By: My New Favorite Blog | Another Book Shelf on October 22, 2008
at 7:33 AM
To Anonymous,

That’s rich.

Tell your candidates to stop speaking of the supposed negatives of our candidates and to campaign on their own positives.

I’d say the problems in this country are a little more involved than people who “spout like this.”

Hypocrite.

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By: Brenda on October 22, 2008
at 1:59 AM
This is such a nice thing to find on the web. Please keep your thoughts to yourself. You Helen and the supporters of your comments are the only problems we have in America. Change, it’s people who spout like this. It’s people who compare oranges to apples. Speak of the positives of your Obama not the negatives of the other party.

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By: Anonymous on October 21, 2008
at 11:44 PM
My response: “I love Sarah Palin.”

And I’m not taking it back.

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By: Pink Ink on October 21, 2008
at 10:55 PM
Oh good God, girl. I heart you!! This was fantastic, and I’m posting a link from my blog!

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By: StephanieG on October 21, 2008
at 7:20 PM
Apparently, her opinion does matter to many of us, as you can see. But regardless of HER opinion, we have our own opinions, which just happen to be the same as hers. Yours is just an opinion as well, and we certainly don’t care about yours. And don’t worry, you didn’t hurt Helen’s feelings, she’s been called worse, as she’s stated.

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By: A girl on October 21, 2008
at 5:10 PM
Fox News should change their name – Fox Republican News sounds about right. How can they call what they present to viewers as news when it is so obviously bent to the Republican view.

Keep up the posts! They’ll make the next two weeks bearable (just).

XOXOXO
Susan in CA

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By: Susan on October 21, 2008
at 4:49 PM
Helen, I have read and reread this post (as well as the others). I just love how it epitomizes the way so many of us feel about Palin even being considered for the position of “next-in-line leader” of the free world. Boggles the mind. Thank you so much for being brave and candid in speaking your mind. I think you are inspiring.

KJ
http://nanadiaries.com

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By: KJ on October 21, 2008
at 4:47 PM
You go girl! Very nicely done. 🙂

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By: CTJen on October 21, 2008
at 3:43 PM
You are right one. I was watching that debate and wondering why Obama didn’t lash out and say “You are so full of shit John.”
I wonder what they will say about him today? They obviously don’t have anything to say about their own plans for the country. I can’t beleive this race is this close.
I keep also wondering why they don’t bring up that Palin’s husband is a seperatist evidentally. Isn’t that Un American? I accidentlly caught fox news and can’t beleive those people can do thier shows with a straight face.

check out the article in Rolling Stone about John McCain. It a real eyeopener about the man.

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By: marlene on October 21, 2008
at 11:52 AM
You know, sometimes I wonder if the Republicans just looked at each other and said “Hey, let’s run a comedy sketch for the ’08 election. It’ll be a gas.”

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By: robyn on October 21, 2008
at 11:17 AM
if you think that, prty, why come here?

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By: Maddie on October 21, 2008
at 11:15 AM
Helen Philpot is an ignorant, ranting, whining bitch. There I said it. But lots more are thinking it.

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By: prty on October 21, 2008
at 11:03 AM
Thank you. I think she is a dumb bitch too.

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By: nick bates on October 21, 2008
at 9:40 AM
You get a standing ovation for this one! Sarah Palin makes my skin crawl and the fact that McCain picked her so that he could get the religious right to be comforted even though she is completely out of her league shows how wrong he is for America.

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By: michelle on October 21, 2008
at 8:44 AM
lol talk about not holding words back and “dirty politics”.

Thing is if you all want whats best for your country then maybe some clean discussion and constructive debate might help.

Whats Sad about “Democracy” ..(if there is such a thing) is we end up with the best people perhaps instead of working together for the betterment of the nation, working against each other thus nothing really gets done.

There should be no political parties, just vote for the best individuals for every job. If we aren’t united at the top we can never be united at the bottom..

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By: majnun on October 21, 2008
at 7:40 AM
hmm. looks like someone has their panties in a knot. You sound like a “touched” individual. People have a right to their opinions. You can’t change anyone’s mind by attacking them. Come up with some positive, sound argument on why Sarah isn’t a bitch.
Your rant just makes liberals believe all the more that Republican conservatives are crazy.

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By: troutay on October 21, 2008
at 7:38 AM
Don’t mind her, Helen…..it takes a village!

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By: B.T. on October 21, 2008
at 7:34 AM
You are the bitch….jealous because you are an old ugly has-been? You are just a mean, senile old lady who has no clue about anything….

You claim she is uninformed….well, what do you think you are? I hate liberals like you who go off on a personal attack without benefit of knowing ANYTHING except with the “Cnn, Abc, CBS” etc spin…..

As to being a mother…what a low blow…..many of us have taken our children out at times when they should be in bed…that’s called “life” Helen….and you idiots would be all over her if she had left the child with a babysitter….and why wouldn’t she want her child with her at the most important event of her life?
Once again…you are an idiot…shut the hell up.

I take my first sentence back…you are actually a “f’ing bitch”.

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By: Helenissenile on October 21, 2008
at 7:25 AM
Freaking awesome!!! I loved your post an i couldn’t agree with you more Sarah Palin is such a bitch. I just can’t stand her. She is a disgrace to woman.

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By: emily on October 21, 2008
at 1:44 AM
To Anonymous,

I just meant that it’s hard to distinguish you from other anonymous people, which bothers me. I understand your point, I guess, but I had thought you could type in just a name. Perhaps I’m wrong?

Either way, doesn’t matter, as long as you keep responding.

As for education and wisdom, I completely agree with you. They are two eperate things. And also, let me point out that John McCain also crashed a plane while in flight school, which should have gotten him kicked out. And yes, I speak from experience here, my father was a Marine, and was in an air wing, and Department of the Navy policy is wrecked plane= expulsion.

As for McCain, his pop and grandpop had a lot of pull, being admirals and all, so… yeah.

As for lawyers, well, who knows the law better? I’d rather have a person with a J.D. in the White House or in Congress than anyone else, military officers included. The job of government is more than the military, unfortunately, and I know alot of veterans who I would not like to see in office. Of course, on the other hand, there are quite I number I like, and a good deal of lawyers that I don’t.

Secondly, don’t generalize, “just another lawyer” there are many knids of lawyers, you know, and Barack Obama turned down a corporate lawyer job (one of the big bucks ones)to come home as a community organizer.

That’s leadership I like.

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By: phoenixofdiscordia on October 21, 2008
at 12:05 AM
[…] Posted by Carl on October 21, 2008 On October 3rd, after seven posts covering family Thanksgiving, Fall leaves and shooting raccoons (and a few even more personal that have since been removed), Helen “Philpot” wrote “Sarah Palin is a Bitch… there I said it.” […]

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By: Margaret and Helen « Dead Voles on October 20, 2008
at 11:11 PM
Leave it up to a Canadian to put USA politics in perspective!! Thanks, Janney!! Will continue to spread the word to all readers/bloggers that Kevin Phillips has us and the US in crosshairs that give explanation and focus on who we are and where we’re going: please read “American Theocracy” and “Bad Money” that have been published this year and last year.

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By: Theresa on October 20, 2008
at 7:08 PM
[…] Helen at the blog Margaret and Helen speaking. She’s 82 or at least that’s what the blog claims. Since the blog was […]

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By: My grandmother never said such nasty things! Did yours? « Because No One Asked on October 20, 2008
at 2:36 PM
This lady is a wacko. How can we trust a woman that all she does is (wink) and talk to us Americans like we are baby. She is an idiot.

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By: sweety on October 20, 2008
at 11:21 AM
hi, just found this blog on SNL today, and let me just say that I agree with you, Helen, though not really with the way you articulated your opinions, but that’s beside the point.

I’m a foreigner, and not even a resident in the US, and only in high school, but I have an avid interest in global affairs (comes from being a third culture kid, and I’m not ignorant- I’ve been involved with MUN, and I’m taking a course in International Relations) and no offense to any Palin supporters, but she… doesn’t seem to be the best choice for the country. I was rather surprised at some of her comments, like about Obama “pallin’ around with terrorists”. Such comments only whip up racism and misguided fears, which is really sad because when I was younger, I really had a more positive view about America. Now, I think “if America is really a country of diversity, why is there so much racism and other forms of discrimination?” I’ve also thought that America was a secular country, all about separating country from state, and upholding the rights and freedoms of its citizens. But listening to Palin, those ideologies that I had believed to be a key part of the American identity (maybe I’m wrong), they seem to be in danger. Taking the choice of terminating a pregnancy away from women, those fears whipped up against Obama because of falsehoods about him being Muslim, and how she seems to invoke God quite often- don’t take me wrong, I’m Christian, but I also believe in separation from religion and state- they seem to go against the ideologies. I’m afraid being a foreigner, I don’t have insights into American culture and identity, but that’s how it seems to me.

And to all those people who object to Helen because of her age, that’s ageism and that’s discriminatory, on par with racism… Then again, maybe you don’t consider racism to be bad? What happened to respecting your elders? or is that not an “American” thing? Or is it only for Asians?

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By: foreigner on October 20, 2008
at 10:51 AM
Well thanks for sharing Joel. Bitch.

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By: Carl on October 20, 2008
at 8:35 AM
I still think using the word bitch is wrong no matter whom it is addressed to.

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By: Joel Cook on October 20, 2008
at 8:29 AM
Wouldn’t matter if someone else HAD written it. It’s the truth, and it was really refreshing to read it! Great job, Helen!

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By: border on October 20, 2008
at 7:41 AM
I agree wholeheartedly–We can only pray enough of the voting public does.

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By: changenotmaverick on October 19, 2008
at 11:59 PM
Anonymous person there, aside from not giving a name, which bothers me to no end, what exactly do you mean Sarah Palin is “one of us”? She sure as hell ain’t one of MY people. Just who are your people, who are the Sarah Palins of the world? I shudder to think what my life would be like living in your community. Because someone’s dialect is different, uneducated, or otherwise unpolished, doesn’t mean one should discriminate against them, BUT I must say, I am not comfortable with someone with a mere undergraduate degree (in journalism, no less) being second in line for the highest office in the country. More over, I respect John McCain, or rather the John McCain that shows good judgement, the John McCain of 2000, but As he graduated in the lowest ranks of his class form the Naval academy (I believe it was the naval academy), I am a bit skeptical about his educational background. I would rather have someone who’s been to Harvard or Oxford, a “career politician”, making the POLICIES of this country than a person with questionable education.

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By: phoenixofdiscordia on October 19, 2008
at 9:45 PM
I just found your blog today. I love it. Keep it up.
You speak the truth so eloquently.

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By: Heather on October 19, 2008
at 8:26 PM
My dearest ladies…I couldn’t have said it better myself…you ladies are awesome and God Bless you both!!!!!…=) Keep up the good work… xoox

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By: Luz on October 19, 2008
at 6:34 PM
Wow! I found this site through a blogger on SNL. Not entirely sure what this site is exactly, perhaps for the older ladies to correspond? I’m not older however I’m a woman of my early 30’s running a biz of my own. I’ve been reading through the blogs and the comments and I have to say I love you guys! You crack me up!!! You remind me very much of my own grandmother. It is so refreshing to hear some intelligent older woman speak their minds and to be so insightful and blunt! It’s woman like you for whom woman like myself look up to, not the Palin’s of the world. Thank you!!

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By: ajran on October 19, 2008
at 2:31 PM
I agree with you gals and love most of the comments made by others on this blog.

Don’t forget, all the support, talk and writing isn’t going to get OUR candidates elected. Remember, you have to VOTE and encourage your family and friends to do the same!

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By: concerned on October 19, 2008
at 2:08 PM
[…] a quick excerpt from perhaps their most famous post about Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin is an ignorant, ranting, whining bitch. There I said it. But lots […]

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By: Dead Serious Senior Citizens on October 19, 2008
at 1:15 PM
Helen, what a fabulous post. McCain could learn a thing or two from reading your Straight Talk.

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By: mattybinks on October 19, 2008
at 1:12 PM
Oh, baby. I like you ladies. Could you please have a talk with my grandmother? She watches too much Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck.

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By: David on October 19, 2008
at 12:41 PM
You are fantastic. I agree with everything you said and I love the way you said it. This blog is great and I look forward to reading more entries.

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By: kirsten on October 19, 2008
at 12:36 PM
So funny and so true. Every word. You made my day. The Republicans have been brain washing the angry rural population to vote against their own best interests for so long, they really have nothing else they can use. It should be clear to all by now that their policies have a simple objective: transfer cash from the middle class to the super rich. Duh. Palin is just a mouthpiece for the same old hate machine that has kept the Freepers in power for so long. But now that their policies have had such devastating consequences, the ninnies who voted for Reagan, Bush & W, are looking at their 401K statements and thinking maybe I was duped and that unregulated capitalism and tax cuts for the super rich might NOT be such a great idea after all. Two more weeks and Palin will just be a bad, surreal, and distant memory. Two more months and W’s ugly mug will never make me need to change the channel lest I put my foot through the TV.

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By: Gail on October 19, 2008
at 11:14 AM
“Fact: Sarah Palin is stupid. Maybe not stupid by Alabama standards …”
I have lived in Alabama my entire life, and Sarah Palin is “stupid” by my standards. However, ignorant people who stereotype a geopgraphic region are stupid too!

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By: Tammy on October 19, 2008
at 10:29 AM
I loved it!!!! Beautiful!! And thank you so much for speaking your mind!!! =)

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By: Tori on October 19, 2008
at 10:29 AM
Sarah Palin is on Saturday Night Live tonight…this should be interesting….

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By: Tara on October 18, 2008
at 10:36 PM
Who the hell is deborah calling a honky???? Is she kidding me with this?????? Get out, loser! It’s amazing how people get all big in the chest with the name calling on a blog – I’d sell tickets to see them do it face to face.

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By: Maddie on October 18, 2008
at 9:23 PM
I will also say to the McCain/Palin supporters here that I never go on to a very republican site and start trying to pick a fight.

Go to a site that supports your views. You aren’t going to change anyone here to your way of thinking.

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By: troutay on October 18, 2008
at 6:14 PM
Margaret & Helen:

I love your blog. I also realize that you did not ever think things would go this far. There are so many good posts and so many bad ones. Just remember:
we all are entitled to our opinions. And we have the right to speak them, or write them. If anyone does not like your blog, they have a perfect right to never come back to read it.

I will be back. Thanks for saying things that many of us think.

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By: troutay on October 18, 2008
at 6:07 PM
Deborah, bite me. How’s that? Sarah Palin spews worse trash than this on the campaign trail. So what’s your point?

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By: Lacy on October 18, 2008
at 5:27 PM
Deborah, before you lambaste Helen for her use of language, you should proofread your own response first. And by the way, lampooning politicians is a sign of a thriving democracy, not a weak one.

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By: Danny on October 18, 2008
at 4:36 PM
Justin, Carol, and Larry

Justin. Sarah Palin is an expert in NOTHING.
But you are too damn stupid to see that, because neither are you. Justinidiot.

Carol Nabb. If you can call Helen SENILE, – no one can take you seriously. She’s way smarter -at 80something than you are now.
And your sarcastic ‘true patriot’ remark toward Vanessa is exactly how idiotically militant republicans rationalize anyone voting against them as ‘unpatriotic.’ You can’t stand Democracy, because it will interfere with your brainwashed little ‘patriotic’ wishes. Somehow, you have equated Democratic with Unpatriotic, and that’s the scary thing that stupid people like you do.
You obviously don’t know what the word patriotic means.
I bet you don’t even know how to explain what democracy means. And I know why.
For you, it’s too COMPLICATED.
It’s impossible to have a debate with a stupid socipath, like Sarah Palin, McCain, or you.

Larry. You think you’re so clever.
Your sniping self congratulatory little intro (which you think is so sharp)
“i understand you are old … that can’t be helped.” Wow, Larry, so cuttingly CLEVER.
And you want McCain? Hey Larry. What is he? Young? Spry?
Bumbling old face-pulling ‘war-hero’ deer in the headlights lizard-tongue? Crashed 4 planes in the military, killing 130 amerian soldiers? Jesus.
He’s an idiot behind the controls.
Helen would have had him for luch, on the debate stage. Hands down. Obama was too nice to him.
You also seem to have a problem with democrats. Liberal Democrats. -Like that’s somehow a dirty word. Explain. No, Actually.
DON’T explain. I don’t want to hear your idiot rhetoric. You are the bitch. You think like one, sound like one.
You’re too stupid to live. Shut up and jump off the ledge already.

Jeff. We are sick of ‘gramar experts’ like you.
Your correction here; (“Your insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that his home state has re-elected him to office 6 times,” should read: “You’re insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that the state of Delaware elected and re-elected him to office 6 times.)

Really. Well Jeff, I would gladly read your stultifyin’ correction piece, if you economized on words just a little. Just correct the Your to You’re, and leave it at that.

Then, f- off.
All 4 of you. We the people, don’t need idiots like you bringing us all down.

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By: Doug on October 18, 2008
at 4:24 PM
Helen, while u r getting all this priase for eulogy of Sarah Palin a short I hope commet about your use of language. I am not a super duper holy roller bit u must remember u r not the only one who posts or reads thiese blogs. While your language does not totally offend me your banter does.This is what is wrong with this country, blasting our leaders in such public forum only makes us as a country look even weaker. Don’t u believe that if there were anyone else who could put themselves out there for the constant jokes and blogs to unite this country and world hopefully they would. I do not care for either pary at all, but if u think I’m letting Michelle Obama run this country like Hillary tried to do you r crazy. I don’t know who is worse. I didn’t catch where u were from but your honky dialect dosen’t make u sound like the brightest light bulb in the pack either. As for Rosie featuring u on her blog or whatever, I would’nt be that thrilled about it. That’s no compliment. Next time u suggest someone should stick a pipe up their ass you might want to consider that whether we like it or not she may be in the white house soon. As long as you obviously have a roof over your head and medicare to buy your scooter and are still collecting your SS you are not doing so bad. There are people much worse and thats something you cannot blame on Sarah Palin or Mcain yet.

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By: deborah turner on October 18, 2008
at 2:45 PM
Outstanding I am glad to see someone leve Sara. She is way ou in the OZONE !!!!!!!!!!!! Keep talking I like what you have to Ellen. The only good thing is evey time Bowinkel Barbe openes her mouth Barack goes up in the poles.

F14

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By: F14 Top Gun on October 18, 2008
at 11:37 AM
I love your blog! You ladies are heroes to me. Keep up the great work!

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By: debbiedigital on October 18, 2008
at 11:29 AM
You go girl. We’re all thinking the same thing–and bitching and moaning to everyone who will listen. I am so happy that you put it out there for all to see.

This woman is so wrong on so many levels–lack of intelligence, lack of common sense, lack of personality, lack of morals, lack of values, etc., etc., etc.

What burns me more than anything else is the way she has paraded her children in front of the cameras–yes, including having the baby at the debate, handing him off to the little girl whom no one was watching as she struggled to go down the stairs with him. Palin spouts that she is concerned about “special needs” children. Her first concern should be the one she has at home. She should be AT HOME with him.

God help us all is she and the old geezer get elected.

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By: sick and tired of the "B" on October 18, 2008
at 9:26 AM
GREAT POST! I really enjoyed reading that. She is such a vile, viscious, disgusting human being and you friggin nailed it on the head!

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By: angrygirl on October 18, 2008
at 9:20 AM
You are a hoot!!! I wish you would blog everyday because I love hearing what you have to say!!! You are so dead on about everything!! LOVE YA!

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By: Jodie on October 18, 2008
at 7:53 AM
Hi, someone in this blog said that Palin running for VP with a young child at home is irresponsible. I have to disagree with this sentiment. I think that if she has decided within her family, between herself and her husband that is (because it isn’t JUST the woman that has to take care of the children, those days are gone…remember??) then she has the right to do whatever she would like. Don’t get me wrong, there isn’t ANYTHING in the universe that could get me to vote for this republican ticket (I am a democrat), but I don’t think this sentiment should be used to judge Palin. Furthermore, a couple of individuals have been talking about the middle class…I say: Screw the middle class. While their place in our society is only average, I would say that is much better than most who are living below the poverty line. For some reason this topic is so taboo in our government. What is THAT about? Shouldn’t more of an effort be made to decrease the class difference?

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By: Brianna on October 18, 2008
at 4:04 AM
Thank you.

Thank you.

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By: James on October 18, 2008
at 3:36 AM
Talk about nailing it right on the head! You successfully summed up exactly what I have been feeling towards Palin and expressed it better than I could have ever done! I too was quite saddened that the commentator allowed her to skip around the “asked” questions and instead answer irrelevant and unasked questions like a complete idiot.

I hope once the Obama/Biden team assume the roles that they have been striving for throughout this campaign and that they, I would argue, undeniably deserve, that Palin will see the folly in her ways at least for her family’s sake. You hit on some key points and I hope with all the reflection I’m sure that would happen after being defeated that she would understand how much she had sold her soul and strive to earn it back.

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By: Rachel on October 17, 2008
at 11:00 PM
Oh my lord, this was a glorious read! Thank you so much for echoing the thoughts of so many people in this country! I’m glad to know that reason and candor are still alive in excellent people like you.

I too miss Tim Russert…he would have given Sarah Palin quite a verbal (and intellectual) challenge.

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By: Ivan on October 17, 2008
at 10:44 PM
Helen, you took the words right out of my mouth.And I miss Tim Russert too.

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By: Lupe on October 17, 2008
at 8:14 PM
I am a Canadian woman who has been watching all events related to the protracted election process in the US with great and increasing trepidation. After the financial crisis broke in September and the subsequent loss of 42% of my investments to date it really seems as if this election is beyond anything imaginable in importance. The immediate world-wide impact of the sub-prime fiasco severely underlies the fact that how the US election turns out, how the US is lead forward is of vital importance for the entire planet. I certainly realize that I am not alone in having so suddenly lost so much financial security – few have escaped. This election matters so much and how anyone can believe the Republicans can do anything but significantly worsen these problems is beyond me.

Bear with me, I have a lot to say, but I am urgently on the side of the Democrats here.

I am not a rich person, in fact I am not currently employed. I have been caring for my father for the past 6 years. He is 86, totally blind from glaucoma, crippled from Parkinson’s Disease and has recently suffered multiple massive strokes. He has obviously had to receive ongoing and often extreme medical attention including frequent and prolonged hospitalization for this unfortunate combination of conditions. His medical bill for the entire year is $600.00 (Canadian). He is not in a special category under our Health Plan – this is the standard cost for a single adult of any age or health – no one is denied health care in Canada. Not only has he received excellent care, his life has been saved twice in this past year. I, on the other hand, pay zero – that is zero dollars for my health plan because I have not had an income during this time of caring for my father. Two years ago I was diagnosed with a serious condition and had to undergo an operation to save my life. My life was saved at zero cost to me. We have an excellent health care system in Canada, one that is available to all of our citizens.

I am mentioning this because a myth of the evils of a degraded “socialist” health care system is being perpetuated by McCain. He repeatedly sneers “do you want to be like Canada” when he is arguing against a Health Plan for all US citizens. US citizens are being lied to on every topic by the Republicans.

I have yet to come across any mainstream news on the actualities of Canada’s health care system in the US media. This is merely one issue that leads me to believe that Republicans are masochistic in the extreme. How anyone – Republican or not can support McCain/Palin is unbelievable to me after the fiasco of Bush.

I do not understand how Republicans can be pro-life and pro-war at the same time. I do not understand how nor why Republicans cling to their guns. Have your guns – hide them if you want – Obama is not going to take them away – I believe he only wants to limit your purchase of guns to a still ridiculous level of one gun per month. Besides if Obama gets in he’s really got a whole lot of other shit to clean up before he goes routing out these deadly toys.

I do not understand Republican’s belief that their leaders represent God’s will? I’m not going to step on anyone’s religion but how can you believe that Bush or McCain and especially Palin is acting in accordance with God’s will. I do believe that every politician first and foremost should be judged on how self-serving they are – there’s is just so much evidence that sociopathic individuals find a way to slot themselves into leadership positions. Fact – 4% of all Western people are sociopathic, supported in their cold self-serving goals by the masses of sheep that looks to me comprise a majority of the Republican party. (It is estimated that culture differences – ie. less emphasis on the individualism that characterize Western society, account for the fact that in Eastern countries 3% of the population is comprised of sociopathic individuals)

Read this about McCain’s military history:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

for truth about the hero status that people attribute to McCain. I’m sure that his imprisonment was hell for him all those years and good for him for surviving but he doesn’t seem to have actually performed well in the miliary. I think it says a lot that Obama has not brought up the issues of the details of McCain’s dubious hero status in a decidedly poor military career. This article exposes his four plane crashes – one that led to the fiery death of over 130 other military men. He’s experienced first-hand the consequences of war, the destruction of human lives and yet it looks like he, even more than Bush, wants to go to war with still more countries, destroying countless more lives.

It really is something else that Palin is pretty. It’s wonderful. I’m pretty too but let me tell you from firsthand experience that looks mean nothing. I have no respect for her lack of intellect, especially for her inability to know what she doesn’t know. The whole world is screwed and I can’t even begin to fathom the degree to which we will be screwed if this team gets to power.

Also, can any of you Republicans get it that your fears of socialism are now being realized by the fact that this financial crisis is a direct result of non-regulation of the Bush regime and now you have suddenly been plunged into your vision of hell with the bailout and government ownership of the banks – albeit partial (at the moment).

Someone said it best on this blog that Obama is for modernization not socialism. It is a new world, an unstable world, and a decidedly interconnected world. It is a dizzyingly speeded-up world and it looks to me like Republicans are clinging to the 1950’s. The best financial chance that we all have is for a growth economy – the biggest growth potential for jobs and wealth is to invest in alternative energy. That is growth from near zero to the heights of realization. Job creation via saving the planet is an elegant solution that accomplishes many goals with one action. Further, there is gathering understanding that alternative energy can be implemented on various and multiple local levels to connect to the grid in a variety of ways – much like we are now connected via the internet. This allows for projects at all levels of magnitude to be implemented in an infinite variety of locales. There are great possibilities for the future and the sooner the better that we get on the right track. Obama is the one with the intelligence to grasp this. Obama is also intelligent enough to understand that he has to surround himself with the highest caliber of expertise and listening before deciding.

Finally, doesn’t the quality of discourse coming from McCain/Palin disturb the right – all those lies and dirty tricks – is that Christian? Perhaps it is. It doesn’t look like Obama has stooped to any of these tactics. He’s been too nice really.

Good luck to us all. Please vote. I can’t.

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By: Janney C. A. on October 17, 2008
at 7:32 PM
ROFLMFAO! WONDERFUL, JUST WONDERFUL! PLEASE, DON’T STOP WRITING! WE NEED A REAL VOICE, AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB! BLESS YOU AND YOUR COURAGE TO BE REAL! HUGS! GLORIA

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By: GLORIA on October 17, 2008
at 7:10 PM
Helen, I want you to adopt me please. Your straight talk is refreshing. Thank you!

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By: nynana on October 17, 2008
at 6:08 PM
Helen, you’re the greatest. Keep preachin’ the truth!!!

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By: Brad on October 17, 2008
at 5:39 PM
What’s up with “child abuser????” What if someone on here was a victim of that? How dare you! You know what? You’re just a poor excuse for a human being, party affiliation having NOTHING to do with your obvious lack of social anything. I’m sure a decision to get rid of you because you are pond scum would be bi-partisan!

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By: Maddie on October 17, 2008
at 2:24 PM
SFC Patrick Clinton, I hate to burst your bubble but the U.S. House of Representatives AND the U.S. Senate have only been under Democratic control since 2006. So, maybe you should try and think about THAT, my dear. And maybe, um, read a freaking newspaper once in a while. Heck, I bet even “Stars and Stripes” reported that…

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By: Westvillagegirl on October 17, 2008
at 1:49 PM
Helen, I LOVE YOU:)

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By: Christina on October 17, 2008
at 1:48 PM
Helen, I just discovered your blog via Jezebel.com and I have to ask: Where have you been all my life? You are hilarious and thought-provoking. Keep up the fantastic work!

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By: Westvillagegirl on October 17, 2008
at 1:45 PM
Go take your meds Pat—You come all the way to this blog to be rude?

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By: connie on October 17, 2008
at 1:32 PM
P.S. Democrats have controlled congress and senate for the last 4 years, perhaps George Bush or the Republican Party isn’t quite responsible for all of our problems…. Try and think about that won’t you dear.

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By: SFC Patrick Clinton on October 17, 2008
at 1:29 PM
Only a redneck alcoholic child abuser would make statements decorated with so many choice expletives, and if you think “spreading the wealth” is such a good idea perhaps you should help your alcoholic, jobless (by choice I’m sure), fellow child abusing trailer owning neighbor with his trailer payment so I don’t have to.

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By: SFC Patrick Clinton on October 17, 2008
at 1:25 PM
Thank you Alaskan. I was about to answer, but I believe you’ve summed it all up!
I am glad to see an exchange of information and opinions on this forum.
Thank you America!

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By: Zainab on October 17, 2008
at 1:17 PM
mike hall-you sound like an angry, republican, evangelical christian who has a penis between his legs and has no clue(and IMO, no right) to say anything about the abortion issue. get your facts straight about where Obama stands on the issue(i believe he is opposed to late-term abortions) and i agree with that, but we cannot remove the option for a woman to have an abortion completely. get some education on embryo development and go get the book “The New Our Bodies-Ourselves”, look at the picture on pg. 310 in the abortion chapter and tell me if that’s what you want times to go back to. you see, time and time again, we think if we make things illegal, that we will stop the said “illegal” activity. the fact is; people seek it out anyways and often the “illegal” aspect of it creates more or bigger problems. Prohibition-didn’t work. the war on drugs-failing miserably and has cost us millions if not billions. when abortion was illegal-women died horrible deaths.
what makes it worse is the fact that you are a man thinking you should be able to control the rights of a woman. umm…that’s a big NO-NO in my eyes. let me ask you something, mike. do you have a monthly period? do you have ovaries and a uterus? can YOUR body accomodate a fetus?? i thought not….enough said.

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By: jorie p. on October 17, 2008
at 1:10 PM
DQ,

Just because you have not received a response does not make you right. None of what any of us are saying makes us right. We are expressing our opinions, which we all have equal rights to do.

Sarah Palin is a bad choice because she lacks the insight, experience and temperment to do the job. The world will eat her alive. Leaders of nations will never take her seriously with her “Well I gotta tell ya Joe”. The accent isn’t Alaskan; it is an affectation of a MN accent, which I am sure she adopted to be “cute”. Cute is the least of our problems. Our country is falling apart so fast financially and politcally that it will be hard for whoever makes it in 90 days to fix with any speed. All politicians or anyone for that matter have done things that they regret or that can be seen as questionable. That is what makes us human. We have also all done something one way and then turned around and done it another way. That is sometimes called learning. The first way didn’t work, so you try again another way. But Palin and her tactics of inciting hatred and even condoning the behavior at the rallies is despicable. She is a hypocrite of the worst form. Don’t teach sex education, don’t allow free choice, don’t do this and don’t do that. Where does the Bible say that she can pick and choose which rules she follows. She and her daughter have both become pregnant before marriage. That doesn’t make her a bad person, but it doesn’t give her the right to preach to the rest of us and shove her morals down our throats. We all make mistakes, but the worst mistake is acting like you have all the answers and you are the end all be all of the Christian example. Hypocrisy is the worst offense of all.

She is uninformed on world topics, she is devious in her treatment of issues and topics. She is obviously an adept speaker, but when it comes down to it, after you remove all the buzz words and cuteness, she hasn’t really said anything of any substance whatsoever. Maverick, Track Record, Joe Six Pack, Main Street, what do all of these terms mean if you don’t follow up with substantial thoughts and solutions. Which she has not. She defers everything to “Well, John and I have talked about that alot”…Then tell us what you talked about. I hear a lot of words, but no meaning. Joe Biden was well spoken and what he said in the debates answered questions directly and made sense. They all twist truths, but our system is setup that way. To vote for something might mean that there was a rider involved that you didn’t really want, but the bill was important enough. So now your opponent can say “Obama voted for THAT…” oh Gasp. We all know the tricks.

Sarah Palin as mayor of a town of 7000 boasted that she cut her salary from $68,000 to $64,000. Yeah great, that’s because she had to hire a City Manager for $50,000 to help her run the City. I work with cities and counties. Most towns of 7000 do not need a full time Town Manager. She couldn’t handle it. She has hired and fired based on personal likes and dislikes and has fired based on family grievances. I really hope I don’t get in her way if she is elected. From the look in her eyes from the Katie Couric interview, we already know how she feels about Katie. There was a smile on her face and her eyes said “I hate you Katie Couric”. I for one do not trust that kind of duplicity and it is even scarier with her lack of experience.

So DQ, call all the names you want, we all think that we are always right anyway. This is an open forum and I don’t really think that anything I say or anything that you say will really change anyone’s mind.

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By: Alaskan on October 17, 2008
at 12:49 PM
I am so glad to have found this blog. I live in Utah and there are very few people in this state that will vote against John McCain. I was appalled when he selected this neanderthal from Alaska as his running mate. She does not represent me or any of the women that I know with her views on abortion, sex education, global warming or anything else where you need a brain to make good decisions. It makes me cringe to know that there are still people that think not talking about sex means kids won’t have sex. God I lived through the sixties when that was the philosophy and it didn’t work then and it certainly isn’t working now. If anyone should get that it should be you Sarah. Your daughter didn’t get the message.

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By: billiejh on October 17, 2008
at 12:47 PM
Helen, I want to hug and kiss you! You have spelled it out so clearly. Thank you for telling it like it is. This woman is resorting to hate mongering of the worst kind. Let’s hope this nation comes to its senses on Nov 4.

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By: Helen'snewestbestfriend on October 17, 2008
at 12:15 PM
Ummm…….Palin’s son has Downs Syndrome.

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By: Maddie on October 17, 2008
at 12:09 PM
Ahhh…not a single retort to my earlier post. I know I am right, but thank you for publicly confirming it.

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By: DQ on October 17, 2008
at 12:01 PM
Careful Jeffy, you’re [sic] attenshun to speling and grammer cud make u unelectable as an elleetist [sic, sic, sic, and sic].

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By: BTJ on October 17, 2008
at 11:45 AM
Sarah Palin is good for only one thing: cheerleader for the hate-filled fearful-of-change crowd.

She is expert in whipping these brain-deads up into a foaming frenzy.

Does she really think batting her eyelashes and ACTING will get her very far in foreign affairs? It was okay for the little tea party they threw for her; but it won’t work when trying to negotiate internationally. And we DO need someone in our high office who is capable of LISTENING as well as COMMUNICATING.

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By: claire on October 17, 2008
at 11:41 AM
Can I be you when I grow up!

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By: Terry on October 17, 2008
at 11:28 AM
C’mon folks- please send our governor home…
Fooey on whether or why she answers questions from journalists…
She doesn’t answer our questions here …and we’re already her constituents.
Since being tapped for VP slot with Mr McCain , Ms Palin has had but a cheery wave and smile for her homebase…and an outright lie in asserting the Legislative Council’s investigation vindicates her…
The second investigation is expanding as we post here… we have serious questions about how MANY ethical violations our guv has racked up…
From the Main Street the guv is so fond of talking to – ” Sarah, get back here! Take that PARTY dress off, wipe that lipstick off your face. You have HOME work to do!”
“Sorry guv, we just barely survived the shame of the Murkowski corrupt old bastards club we voted in…”
“We were proud of you working , with bi-partisan support in the Legislature, toward undoing some of the damage done then. But we are pretty upset, NOW, that you are taking credit for all of the work… and throwing our legislators under the bus when we have some tough questions for you.”
“And guv, there are a heckuva a lot of us who are not buying the ends-justifies-the-means spin on why you thought it was ok to pressure a lot of folks to fire Mr Wooten…Where were your Main Street remedies , the ones ALL of us have, to protect your family and sister’s family if you all were in danger as you say? Like Court orders of protection? ”
“Domestic violence is a huge problem here… don’t PLAY on our sympathy… there is nothing playful about this subject!”
” If we push for reform in reprimand /termination procedures within the State Trooper Department , don’t believe for an instant that there is no question , amongst your constituents , about WHY you seem to think FIRING Mr Wooten was going to make your family safe?”
Oh my… Helen, I need to go back and read your posts again… need to laugh again…

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By: Alaska Pi on October 17, 2008
at 11:08 AM
Maddie, I dont really have an issue with profanity its more the derogatory comments toward people who already have a hard enough time being taken seriously in a world ruled by white men.

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By: ChocolateJesus on October 17, 2008
at 11:07 AM
[…] if you wanted to laugh about someone’s grandma talking politics you have to read it! MargaretandHelen! Check it […]

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By: Weekly Carnivals and Roundup | LivingAlmostLarge on October 17, 2008
at 11:01 AM
Hello Margaret
made me smile!…censored or not…
Get ready for a thousand more hits…you just made it even bigger by being posted on Rosies site
Good luck…have continued FUN!

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By: Sandra on October 17, 2008
at 10:57 AM
You have a point, ChocolateJesus – sometimes, though, people can just anger you to the point of……..ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Agreed, though, we all should make our arguments without profanity.

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By: Maddie on October 17, 2008
at 10:44 AM
I agree that Palin does not have the leadership, wisdom or broad appeal to be a leader of any country let alone podunk city. But I do take issue with the use of the words bitch and whore by both the blogger and the posters. Helen, you say that Palin and McSame take the woman’s movement back to the stone age. I argue that you are doing the same by using derogatory words specifically targeted at the gender of Palin. Calling a woman you disagree with a bitch has the same negative impact as a person color calling one they disagree with a ni**er. It is stupid and counterproductive and you should be ashamed of yourself.

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By: ChocolateJesus on October 17, 2008
at 10:41 AM
What about Obama being pro-abortion? Doesn’t anyone vote against him for being so pro-baby killing!!
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OMG, Pro-Choice is NOT pro-abortion!!!!!!! WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE?????????????? LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID!!!!!!!!!!! And who is anyone (especially a MAN) to judge why a woman is faced with the choice? Let’s see how you would react if your daughter or wife was raped and found out she was pregnant……you know what? Why do I even bother arguing this point? Your ideology is just so incredibly backwards on so many things, I can’t begin to start my list….and please, PLEASE don’t argue back – I don’t want to hear it, I’ve heard it all before and I think by now I can safely say no one else here wants to hear it anymore – we’re done with it. But I’ll say this, you’d better pray real hard to God that your wife/daughter/sister are never EVER in that situation; I’d hate to think how she’d be treated……
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The great USA would be the laughing stock of the world!!!
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Sadly, Bluebird we already are for the very obvious reasons…. 😦

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By: Maddie on October 17, 2008
at 10:30 AM
I fully agree with your remarks about Palin. However, I take issue with your retort “Maybe not stupid by Alabama standards…” Stupid people reside in every state, and those who make remarks like that, well…sound stupid.

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By: Alabama Man on October 17, 2008
at 9:17 AM
What about Obama being pro-abortion? Doesn’t anyone vote against him for being so pro-baby killing!! Why does people that call themselves evangelical christians vote for a man like this. I’ll admit, he is charming and very intelligent, but come on, stand up for what is right. Don’t vote for a guy that has no morals when it comes to killing innocent unborm babies!!

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By: mike hall on October 17, 2008
at 9:17 AM
Sounds like you are an ignorant, ranting whining bitch!

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By: mike hall on October 17, 2008
at 9:14 AM
carol, tell me one good idea conservatives have had. Liberals freed the slaves, gave you (women) the right to vote and passed the civil rights act. Conservatives opposed all of these.

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By: treepop07 on October 17, 2008
at 9:14 AM
I’m new to your blog and I have to tell you, I bloody love it!

Keep telling exactly how it is. Your honesty and poignancy is an absolute refreshment in this time of lies, exageration, bland pandering and typical politics. Mwah!

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By: Kylie on October 17, 2008
at 5:27 AM
Bravo! Just found this blog via Rosie O’Donnell’s blog and you’re now going to be one of my daily reads.

Thank you for saying exactly what I’ve been screaming at the TV every time I see Palin, and McSame for that matter.

You GO girl!!

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By: Deege on October 17, 2008
at 1:27 AM
Helen,

I could not have said it any better! Thank you for posting this.

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By: Monica on October 17, 2008
at 1:26 AM
[…] She writes about politics in general and her acerbic wit is simply awesome. No wonder she gets over a 1000 comments on a single post! I would give my left arm for that kind of readership. I hope I am as feisty as her when I am 82 […]

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By: Awesome blog from an 82-year old | Bhatnaturally on October 17, 2008
at 12:15 AM
you know if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say it at all. helen posted a blog about her thoughts, not intending to shove it in others faces, and not knowing it would be read by so many people. so for all you out there who continuously are insulting her and saying nasty things just for the sake of saying nasty things, why dont you go throw your hate in someone elses face?

helen, i admire your honesty and i completely agree with you. good job =) its about time someone actually said something.

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By: kara on October 16, 2008
at 11:27 PM
I want to be like you when I’m 82.

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By: girlyfacade on October 16, 2008
at 10:52 PM
I’m from the beautiful city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama — wouldn’t want to be from anyplace else — and honey, FYI, we are all Albert Einsteins compared to Sarah Palin.

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By: T-town Martin on October 16, 2008
at 10:40 PM
I cannot understand how anyone would think she can lead the free world as a responsible president. She acts and speaks like a bimbo! It is frightening that she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The great USA would be the laughing stock of the world!!!

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By: Bluebird on October 16, 2008
at 10:17 PM
This is exactly what I thought about Palin AND what i started on MSN message board.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/community/message/thread.asp?board=womeninred&threadid=802731&boardname=Hide&header=SearchOnly&footer=Show&linktarget=_parent&pagestyle=money1

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By: livingalmostlarge on October 16, 2008
at 9:26 PM
I won’t leave a long-winded comment, don’t worry 🙂

Please try to remember that Sarah Palin is human. She deserves at least some shred of respect and dignity.

I do not agree with her policies. I think she is (like most politicians) a people-pleaser and thus is bound to offend almost everybody sooner or later. However, I do not believe she deserves the treatment she has received from the media. It seems they’ve developed a sick infatuation with her. (See Larry Flynt’s new porn flick.)

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By: Nicole on October 16, 2008
at 7:32 PM
Helen, you are amazing, I love you!!! I am addicted to your blog!! Thank you for sharing:) Keep it up!!

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By: Quelle on October 16, 2008
at 6:23 PM
This is the best thing I’ve read about Sarah Palin to date. My thoughts almost exactly!!!!

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By: Greetings from Juneau, Alaska on October 16, 2008
at 6:02 PM
Makes you think if that is what McCain picked for the woman’s vote…. he obviously does not understand women and Sarah Palin is what he thinks the ideal woman is.

Excuse me now, I must go and vomit.

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By: Emma on October 16, 2008
at 4:07 PM
Hi,

My Dad led me to your blog. Heck, if I’d known about you when we were driving across country, moving from Jersey to Hawaii, we’d have dropped in and said “Hey.” Keep writing, love, you’re in my bookmarks now.

Best,

Bob & Gille

P.S. And a shout-out to you Lynda. Power to ya, woman.

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By: Mauigeek on October 16, 2008
at 3:05 PM
Helen,
I am a Black, 40 +yr old woman and you exemplify the word strength. I was taught to always ask questions and speak truth to power. However, being labeled an angry, uppity (or elitist for some) Black woman has had its set-backs.

I want to officially issue you the Strong Black Woman title. You’ve earned it… keep speaking the truth. I love your wisdom and kindness.

Lynda – GA Peach

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By: Lynda on October 16, 2008
at 2:35 PM
This Anti-Palin blog ONLY spouts claims that Palin is stupid, uneducated, immoral…but cites not a single fact. Is that what you wanted a retort too? Really? It’s hard to retort angry, baseless
facts. It also references Elizabeth Hasselback, who, as the only conservative on the view, is blasted on a daily basis simply because
she sees things from a different perspective.

Furthermore, the blog ridicules the Palin’s “discussion” of college costs as though the cost doesn’t pertain to them because they have a
child in the military and a pregnant unwed daughter? How is that relavant? And frankly, going to college is not a right, it’s a privilege. My family built on it’s successes over the generations so that now every member has been to college and has a degree. Congratulations to m family, but please remember my grandparents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents earned that success as blue collar workers: miners, horsemen, cops, and military servicemen. No one told them they were entitled to a college education. They were told of an opportunity to make a living and save, so that someday their children would go to college. The socialist dems believe we, as the educated and tax paying Americans, are REQUIRED to pay more taxes so that the “entitled” can go to college. Ironically enough, a lot of that type of thinking grew its roots in the lovely state of California. Now…why do think that state is broke? Entitlement, immigration (more entitlement), welfare, etc.

Back to the blog..yeah Palin won’t do interviews….wanna know why? Because no matter what she says the liberal media slant, skew, and contort everything she says, only after they’ve ridiculed her for whatever they fancy that day….her accent, small-town sayings, hair, makeup, pregnant daughter, bad-ass husband
(who’s more of a man than just about every male in the lower 48…just look at what he’s done in his life), military son, or autistic son. Yeah…if she were a democrat she’d be praised as unique
for her quirks, courageous for her stance on any given issue, and one helluva a mom for taking care of five children, including an autistic
child. If I were in her shoes, I’d tell the media to F off too. They don’t give her a free shot, ever. Apparently it’s working because so many uninformed people are spouting their mantra of hate against her (facebook group after facebook group all comprised of hate for Palin). If only she were a democrat things would be different. The same thing goes for the debate…if the moderator is a liberal (and she is a proud liberal) then what would you do? Would you have them tell you
what to answer when you know the cards are stacked against you? I think not. Why didn’t Ifell ask Biden why he voted against the Senate
Banking Committee’s bill that was supposed to “considerably tighten regulations on Fannie and Freddie, including controls over their capital and their ability to hold portfolios of mortgages or
mortgage-backed securities”…well if he had and had gathered a few more democrats we might not be in this mess. But Gwen didn’t ask…and
why should she?

This blog article is a piece of shit. It’s poorly written with zero research and a whole lotta claims and assumptions…sounds like a Michael Moore movie. It’s disgusting to see adults reading crap like this.
Of course, I am here so I guess I disgust myself. Now back to my book burning party…

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By: DQ on October 16, 2008
at 2:10 PM
My friend sent me the link to this page, and I LOVE THIS. I lived in Alaska for eight years, at which time, Sarah was NOT governor. The town she was mayor of was (no offense to those from Wasilla) basically a shit hole suburb of Anchorage. My mom worked for the city we lived in, and had a chance to meet Sarah Palin. She said Sarah used to be even worse than she is now (apparently that’s possible?) Thank you for, like you stated, saying what everyone else wanted to!

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By: Jenni on October 16, 2008
at 1:14 PM
Pure Hatred, typical liberal bullshit. Way to go commrads

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By: Dana on October 16, 2008
at 12:16 PM
Ted is too stupid to realize how dumb sounds.

Kinda like Palin

lol

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By: LB on October 16, 2008
at 11:11 AM
Elizabeth-I think McSame was thinking by putting a female on the ticket; he would get the majority of the female vote. from the moment i heard who he picked as a running mate, it SCREAMED desperation to me. sorry McSame, it takes more than someone who has the same “private parts” as me to get my vote. I think instead of McCain-Palin on the signs, it should read-DUMB and DUMBER!!

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By: jorie p. on October 16, 2008
at 10:15 AM
helen…YOU GO GIRL!!

to Queen B, which the b i will just guess it stands for BITCH!! which obviously you are and one w/ NO respect for our senior citizens. when you get to be helen’s age, you best keep your mouth shut and not say how you feel about anything b/c according to you, seniors have no right. in my eyes, they have EVERY right to say what they want-look how far they have come in life and all the crap they have seen. you do realize that your man McSame is a senior citizen?? is he a dried up raisin that should go find a bridge game???

and to Jeff whose comment was near queen’s. OF COURSE she tried to keep her daughter’s pregnancy a secret. everyone seems to forget that Palin kept her OWN pregnancy secret as long as she could from her employees (and seemed quite proud of that fact) and didn’t even tell her own children that the baby had down syndrome! in my eyes, that is absolutely disgusting! if she can’t be up front and honest to her employees or family; what makes you think she would be up front and honest to the american people!!

HELEN-keep on keeping on and calling it like you see it! I care what you have to say (and apparently a lot of other people care, too!)

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By: jorie p. on October 16, 2008
at 10:05 AM
[…] Margaret and Helen tell it like it is: But what really makes me mad is the hypocrisy. She claims to be a Washington outsider and yet is the worst kind of politician. She will say anything and avoid answering any question instead choosing to spout whatever line or soundbite some adviser put into her mouth a few hours earlier. And exactly when did sounding like a hick make someone “more like us”. Last time I checked we were a country striving to educate our children to be intelligent and honest. I think I would die if my daughter came home from school and said something like “I gotta tell ya. Change is a comin’.” At the very least I would remove the Beverly Hillbillies from her approved TV viewing list. […]

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By: Palin Smackdown - flyingpenguin on October 16, 2008
at 9:21 AM
As a mere Brit (British) may I say how much I agree with these blogs. I got my first sighting of Madam Palin in Aachen, Germany while on holiday. She sure scared me witless, and for many of the reasons posted here. This woman is a ‘sick’ heartbeat away from being the first woman President of the USA and she is not fit for the job. What could McCain have been thinking of?
As someone who grew up in Kenya it is obvious where my vote would go – if I had one – but I do have to say that I would not wish on my worst enemy having to deal with the present financial situation.

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By: Elizabeth McDougall on October 16, 2008
at 3:47 AM
Brilliant! and so is Stephanie Miller for mentioning your blog. The Republican schoolyard bullies need their noses bloodied, and you’ve done a good job!

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By: John5051 on October 16, 2008
at 1:42 AM
No s _ _ _ sherlock. Helen, who are you? I love you. You so have it figured out.

What is with these people who cannot see through her. UGH.

Let me tell you, if she moves any further up the food chain, BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.

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By: mare on October 15, 2008
at 8:30 PM
You rock Helen. Keep up the good work.

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By: Jennifer on October 15, 2008
at 7:51 PM
Refreshing to hear some real frankness in the political debate. Thanks Helen. Let us step into a different future! May our elders lead the way!

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By: Antonia Dignidad on October 15, 2008
at 7:19 PM
Ted, Ted, Ted … are you really that stupid!

“They will take this country fastest down the tubes, than McCain and Sarah could ever do.”

Not exactly a master of words , are you?

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By: Todd on October 15, 2008
at 7:11 PM
Amen and amen! You hit it on the nose. We couldn’t have said it better! We totally agree about Sarah Failin and the b/s about funding college. Hey my mom died and my 13 year old could sure you a smart grandma so if you are available…. ?

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By: Deb on October 15, 2008
at 6:44 PM
Your blog was mentioned on the Stephanie Miller show today, she even read your bitch entry.

You are now nationally famous, you deserve it!

Keep it up.

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By: Todd on October 15, 2008
at 6:27 PM
You’re incredible, seriously!
Reading this from Beirut, Lebanon and LAUGHING! Keep up the blogging

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By: Lama on October 15, 2008
at 6:12 PM
I cannot remember where I read it today but someone commented on a Palin story and called her “Bible Spice” (as in the Spice girls). I found it hilarious 🙂

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By: Lorax on October 15, 2008
at 6:11 PM
You make me laugh my ass off. And I don’t have that much ass to spare.

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By: Joe B. on October 15, 2008
at 6:09 PM
[…] And then there is this one-line only, perfectly-concise, almost koan-like post: Sarah Palin is a Bitch… there I said it. […]

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By: Cataplexis » Blog Archive » If You Do Nothing Else On-Line Tonight… on October 15, 2008
at 6:04 PM
Will you be my grandma? You are too wonderful. I don’t care if you’re really 82 or 28!

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By: katbur on October 15, 2008
at 6:01 PM
Poetry.

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By: Kelly on October 15, 2008
at 4:14 PM
I actually think Sarah Palin is completely dangerous for this country. She’d be a giant step in the direction they want to take this country — theocracy.
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By: Trittydi on October 15, 2008
at 3:35 PM
If Palin/McToast win — Fear, Hate and Greed win. This country – our children – deserve a better future than that.

Way to go ladies!! A few years back I realized that I had lived long enough to speak frankly on topics younger people often don’t. So it’s helpful that those of us who understand this DO ACTUALLY speak our minds.

As you say – they’re all thinking it — we’re just saying it.

Quilters, eh???????
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By: Trittydi on October 15, 2008
at 2:47 PM
I completely glossed over the comments by Ted.

You seriously believe McCain and Palin even know what to do with the economy? The public hasn’t heard anything from McCain other than he knows how to fix it. WTF is that suppose to do? If anyone had any sense they would’ve listened to Nader back in 2000.

McCain and the Alaskan Wonder Bitch haven’t a clue and the country is letting it be known they are done with 8 years of miss-management. All the Republicans seem to be interested in doing now is smearing their opponent. Address the issues at hand and maybe they’ll see the decline in the polls stop.

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By: Enorme Nuez on October 15, 2008
at 2:31 PM
Huzzah! Well said and well done. Keep it coming.

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By: Enorme Nuez on October 15, 2008
at 2:13 PM
Ted,
You are a sad excuse for a human.
A racist bastard would be a “nice” description for you.
Climb back in your hole….

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By: Mike in Ohio on October 15, 2008
at 1:49 PM
As (nearly) everyone has already said, thanks for a great post on a great blog. I, too, heard about you on the Stephanie Miller Show. Getting a shout out from her is a compliment to your writing and thinking.

Don’t worry about the neo-nuts who are saying nasty things here in the comment section. Their thought and logic magazines are empty. They have nothing of substance left; only blank cartridges of personal attacks on critics and deflection away from the real issues.

Keep the faith. You are in my heart . . . and my bookmarks.

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By: HunterThompsonWannabe on October 15, 2008
at 12:54 PM
Couldn’t agree more! I may not be 82, but I’m from Texas, and we don’t all agree with Palin and McCain down here!!

Keep telling it like it is!

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By: Handler on October 15, 2008
at 12:41 PM
You will regret when Barak Hussein Obama and his bitch wife go to the White House. They will take this country fastest down the tubes, than McCain and Sarah could ever do. It is better to have a white bicth in the White House than a have ***** pulling the strings on Obama. This is the end of America; Just wait and see…

{Ted is done}

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By: Ted on October 15, 2008
at 12:41 PM
BRAVO!!!! I CAN ONLY HOPE ENOUGH PEOPLE READ THIS , CAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT, SHE WOULD BE SOOO DANGEROUS TO THIS COUNTRY, I REALLY PRAY TO G-D PALIN & MCCAIN LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: lori on October 15, 2008
at 11:55 AM
“The really sad part is that Senator Magoo and Bullwinkle Barbie with the A-cup ensemble are breathing our air.” — JR Ford, Oct 2008.

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By: jr ford on October 15, 2008
at 11:45 AM
Talk about the straight talk express. That dummy McCain and caribou bardie doll Palin could learn a lot about telling it like it is from you. Keep giving em hell.

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By: BOB on October 15, 2008
at 10:55 AM
You rock my world. Bravo.

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By: Dev on October 15, 2008
at 10:47 AM
Helen,
Just heard you on Stephanie’s show. You are a strong, awesome woman—YOU GO GIRL!!!
I think there may be a position in Obama’s cabinet for a fiesty gal like yourself.

I LOVED when you talked about Sarah sharing her love of learning to her children! Did you hear that the hockey jock has now dropped out of high school to go get a job on the oil fields? You betcha, that love of learnin’ is a real value there in Alaska, my friends.

And by the way, my Mom said the same thing about Sarah’s newborn being up at the late hour, she also mentioned that it was way too much noise for developing ears. I guess only GOOD mothers notice those details. Thank God for GOOD mothers!

Keep up the good observations!

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By: Karen P on October 15, 2008
at 10:45 AM
Thank you ! Bravo !

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By: stan on October 15, 2008
at 10:29 AM
Hold on to your hats Ladies, you’ve just been featured on Stephanie Miller’s radio show this morning!

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By: Ederlore on October 15, 2008
at 10:21 AM
Hey girls-

I am listening to “The Stephanie Miller Show”, on the Jones Radio Network, and she just read parts of this post on the show!

You are hittin’ the big time!

Keep kicking their ignorant, pathetic, republican failure, asses.

McCain=Bush=Conservative Ideological FAILURE

Vote OBAMA/BIDEN 08!

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By: Rick Hegdahl on October 15, 2008
at 10:16 AM
THANK YOU

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By: Thomas on October 15, 2008
at 10:12 AM
Yay! Stephanie Miller just read most of this post over the air on 30 major radio markets!

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By: David E. on October 15, 2008
at 10:11 AM
I suppose you voted for Clinton too.

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By: Proud to be a Republican on October 15, 2008
at 1:52 AM
[…] and blogs this evening. She seemed perfectly open to inappropriate humour and thought highly of eighty-year-old women calling Sarah Palin a bitch, but I still wanted to tell her my favourite blog is that of a former hooker to see what her […]

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By: I aim to misbehave » Blog Archive » Optimism on October 15, 2008
at 1:49 AM
Some of the replies here illustrate the point how dangerously irresponsible the republican attack campaigns are. McCain and Palin are whipping ignorant and angry mobs into a frenzy with hate mongering based on six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon quality logic. When their audience yells “Kill him!” and they let it, they come razor-thin close to enticing violence. It is shameful.

Palin is to dumb and self-posessed to feel shame or know propriety, but McCain should know better. Unfortunately, the one thing that his campaign has made clear is that he is willing to sell his soul and his principles to win. The republican presidential campaign is now morally bankrupt.

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By: ToadB on October 14, 2008
at 11:20 PM
Amen, Helen! My grandfather, an engineer and test pilot during WWII and a lifelong member of the Republican Party, wrote the party and discontinued his membership after Bush showed up in a flight suit in front of a Mission Accomplished sign way back when this war was just getting started. He’s got a few years on you, but you can bet he’s voting Obama/Biden in a few weeks, too!

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By: Annie on October 14, 2008
at 10:16 PM
The only fun she’s brought to the world has been Tina Fey’s impersonations. But Tina even said that she’d not do them anymore.

Sarah makes me ill. I know at least 30 women personally who are much more qualified to run for VP. At least they don’t say stupid things like “Joe Sixpack, youbetcha and ‘pallin’ around with terrorists.”

If she drops one more G in her speeches, someone should shove them where the Good Lord split her!

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By: debutaunt on October 14, 2008
at 6:48 PM
oh my. was this really written by an old woman (i hope that isnt wrong to say), but i absolutely LOVED this, you snapped- SO HARD, wow! you’re like my hero. I love this… i’m soooooo posting this on my fb pages. Check me out- http://www.theurbangent.com

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By: Jacinda on October 14, 2008
at 5:43 PM
Wow. I am saddened by some of the comments on here. This is just my personal view, but it seems whenever I read something hilarious like this (especially the snl sarah palin clips) Palin/McCain supporters, or other people who agree with them come out and trash what is said. Seriously, there are some awful people out there who don’t seem to care that what they say is mean. Even on the Saturday Night Live website, where they make fun of everybody, some people just had no sense of humor and went on and on spouting absolutely untrue things about everyone. Although you are right Helen, Sarah Palin is a horrible horrible horrible choice for VP and McCain is only slightly better than Bush because he probably wouldn’t torture, but thats the only difference.

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By: Natalie on October 14, 2008
at 4:56 PM
Check this out Helen:
http://badcampaign.blogspot.com/

And for a GOOD laugh:

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By: YoMomma on October 14, 2008
at 3:39 PM
Yes, shame on Gwen Ifill for not making her answer the question and shame on Jim Lehrer for not making Obama answer the question about what programs he would cut.

Helen, speaking of “shame”, it’s a shame you can’t see that Palin and Obama (and everyone else) play the same game in debates!

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By: Joe Alvarez on October 14, 2008
at 11:18 AM
Ms. Helen,
You need to run for president! The hell with your age; it didn’t stop none of those other old ass men from running did it??? Love your blog! This was the first article I’ve seen from you and you can bet I’ll be reading them more often. Talk about calling it like ya see it, I couldn’t agree with you more. Sarah Palin is a BITCH! There, I said it too. And although I respect and admire John McCain’s military service (I’m retired from the military), he’s a P.O.S (Piece of Sh*!) too, not to mention arrogant and clueless. Obama is right, he just doesn’t get it! Some folks think that your comments are rude; I say you just got the guts to say what a lot of us are thinking. If I could meet you in person, I’d give you a hug and tell you to keep giving them hell! Thanks for the comments, Ms. Helen.

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By: Jazzydee on October 14, 2008
at 11:03 AM
“He’s not even black. He’s an Arab. Three of his grandparents are Arabic and one is black.”
— By Chris at 10/13 at 11:58 p.m.

Chris, maybe you need to get to bed earlier. You’re raving like a lunatic. Use your brain and don’t believe every e-mail that drops into your in-box. Obama’s dad was pure black African, not Arabic. His father’s relatives still live in Africa. His mom is a white woman born to a white couple in Kansas. Stop trying to spread rumors. If you don’t like the candidate’s views, then don’t vote for him. But don’t lie.

To any folks of Arabic descent reading this, there isn’t anything wrong with being of Arab descent, of course. To any moron who thinks all citizens of Arabic descent are terrorists, think Marlo Thomas, Paula Abdul, etc.

Oh, and by the way, Chris, this blog is about Sarah Palin. Duh.

And Helen, this is a hilarious post. Yes, a little crude, but it’s what I’m actually thinking. And you sound like my 76-year-old mother-in-law when she goes on a rant over Sarah Palin. Keep up the good work!

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By: Leslie on October 14, 2008
at 10:20 AM
Bob,
if you are intent on bringing up ancient history,
let’s discuss the savings and loan crisis and McCain’s association with Keating.
Give it up man… you are picking a fight that you stand no chance of winning.

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By: Mike in Ohio on October 14, 2008
at 10:00 AM
Helen, you rock.

I couldn’t agree more with everything you wrote about Sarah Palin. It galls me that the Republican Party has so little regard for the intelligence of women that they thought one vagina would substitute for another. UGH! Sarah Palin couldn’t measure up to Hilary Clinton in either intelligence or experience or accomplishments if she had several lifetimes to try.

I truly hope this entire sick strategy turns around to bite John McCain and his advisors in their big old white asses!

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By: tygrrlily on October 14, 2008
at 7:14 AM
The people that hate Obama are ignorant. I do not hate McCain. I do not like his policies. I do not like the way he let the hate talk get out of hand. He finally realized what he was doing and toned it down. He knows that he was inciting the insane people that will cause problems when Obama is elected. That is why he said what he did to the nut job old lady in the crowd.

I am not voting McCain but I am glad he stepped up. All of the people on this blog saying crazy hateful things about Obama should take a cue from your own leader.

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By: Dean on October 14, 2008
at 3:12 AM
Margaret and Helen, that’s an awwersome post. I had those thoughts myself, but I could have never put them together any better!!!!

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By: Mary on October 14, 2008
at 2:50 AM
Thank you Helen.

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By: Khadija Ramzan on October 14, 2008
at 12:36 AM
You blind mislead OLD women need to get an education and look at your inexperienced socialist candidate. He really is not ready to lead the greatest nation anywhere except into slavery and socialism. He’s not even black. He’s an Arab. Three of his grandparents are Arabic and one is black. When Nobama is president and you can’t even afford internet anymore just remember this IGNORANT blog and that YOU voted for the biggest socialist to match all the socialistic elites in the house and senate!

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By: Chris on October 13, 2008
at 11:58 PM
What is with these Ayers nuts, Russ, Bob, and Hillary hijacking the comments tonight?

Anyway, nice article, Helen!

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By: eds on October 13, 2008
at 11:44 PM
You’re all right in my book, Helen!

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By: votepalin on October 13, 2008
at 11:21 PM
AP: It’s Racist to Mention Obama’s Terrorist Ties
The media’s attempt to install an unqualified ultra-left radical in the White House has entered the Twilight Zone with the alarmingly powerful AP’s attempt to smear as racist anyone who objects to Obama’s close association with anti-American terrorists.

Obama is a protégé of unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers, who introduced him to the Chicago political scene at his apartment back in 1995. Highlights of Ayers’s resume include bombing the Pentagon, the Capitol, and New York City police headquarters, getting away with it because of “prosecutorial misconduct,” then bragging in the September 11, 2001 edition of the New York Times that he wished he had done more.

Also in attendance at Obama’s coming out party was Ayers’s wife Bernardine Dohrn, another unrepentant terrorist who invented the Weather Underground’s three-fingered “fork salute” in honor of the fork the Manson Family stuck in Sharon Tate’s pregnant belly.

Obama has worked closely with Ayers on the Woods Fund and the Annenberg Challenge. When their friendship actually began is unknown, but Dohrn knew Obama’s noisily anti-American wife at least since 1988.

No reasonable person aware of this information would want Barack Obama to have access to America’s nuclear codes — which is why AP has declared discussion of the topic to be racist. Here’s how it tried to slap down Sarah Palin for bringing it up:

By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is “palling around with terrorists” and doesn’t see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign.

And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret. […] Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the false [sic] image of a black presidential nominee “palling around” with terrorists while assuring a predominantly white audience that he doesn’t see their America?

It doesn’t matter that Obama’s terrorist mentors Ayers and Dohrn are Caucasians. All resistance to the Obamessiah is racist.

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By: Hillary on October 13, 2008
at 10:28 PM
Obama Needs to Explain His Ties to William Ayers

In my U.S. News column this week, I make a brief reference to the unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist bomber William Ayers and his connections to Barack Obama. They were closer than Obama implied when George Stephanopoulos asked him about Ayers in the April 16 debate—the last debate Obama allowed during the primary season. To get an idea of how close they were, check out Tom Maguire’s Just One Minute blog and Steve Diamond’s Global Labor and Politics. The Obama-Ayers relationship is also mentioned in David Freddoso’s The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.

Ayers was one of the original grantees of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school reform organization in the 1990s, and was cochairman of the Chicago School Reform Collaborative, one the two operational arms of the CAC. Obama, then not yet a state senator, became chairman of the CAC in 1995. Later in that year, the first organizing meeting for Obama’s state Senate campaign was held in Ayers’s apartment. Ayers later wrote a memoir, and an article about him appeared in the New York Times on Sept. 11, 2001. “I don’t regret setting bombs,” Ayers is quoted as saying. “I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Ayers was a terrorist in the late 1960s and 1970s whose radical group set bombs at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.

You might wonder what Obama was doing working with a character like this. And you might wonder how an unrepentant terrorist got a huge grant and cooperation from the Chicago public school system. You might wonder—if you don’t know Chicago. For this is a city with a civic culture in which politicians, in the words of a story often told by former congressman, federal judge, and Clinton White House counsel Abner Mikva, “don’t want nobody nobody sent.” That’s what Mikva remembers being told when he went to a Democratic ward headquarters to volunteer for Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s, and it rings true. And it’s a civic culture in which there’s nobody better to send you than your parents.

That’s how William Ayers got where he was. When he came out of hiding because the federal government was unable to prosecute him (because of government misconduct), he got a degree in education from Columbia and then moved to Chicago and got a job on the education faculty of the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle. How did he get that job? Well, it can’t have hurt that his father, Thomas Ayers, was chairman of Commonwealth Edison (now Exelon) and a charter member of the Chicago establishment. As Mayor Richard M. Daley said recently, in arguing that the Ayers association should not be held against Obama, “His father was a great friend of my father.”

In none of our other major cities is genealogy so important. I remember a story that Bill Plante of CBS News has often told. Plante was working for WBBM, the Chicago CBS-owned and -operated affiliate, during the violence-plagued Democratic National Convention. At a press conference, he asked the late Mayor Richard J. Daley a question “da mare” thought was impertinent. Daley’s answer was, “Sometimes even in the best of families there’s a bad apple.” It baffled the members of the national press, but not those from Chicago. Plante’s father and brother were Democratic precinct committeemen in the 49th Ward. The late Mayor Daley had the whole city of Chicago in his head. It is only natural that his son should vouch for someone by saying that their fathers were great friends.

The voters of Chicago and Illinois respect family ties in a way that voters in no other state or city do. The current Mayor Daley is, of course, the son of the late Mayor Daley; the two Daleys have been mayors, and effective and competent mayors, of Chicago for 40 of the last 53 years. The attorney general of Illinois is the daughter of the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. The governor of Illinois is the son-in-law of the Democratic ward committeeman in the 33rd Ward. The congressman from the 2nd Congressional District is Jesse Jackson Jr. Jackson’s predecessor-but-one in the district was Morgan Murphy Jr., whose father was chairman of (get this) Commonwealth Edison.

But my favorite example of the importance of family ties is 3rd District Rep. Dan Lipinski, who was first elected in 2004 to replace his father, Bill Lipinski, who was first elected in 1982. Bill Lipinski won the Democratic nomination in the March 2004 primary. But on August 13, he announced he would not seek re-election and would resign the Democratic nomination. The deadline for replacing him was August 26, and a meeting was set on August 17 for the 19th Ward and township Democratic committeemen to choose a new candidate. Lipinski announced his support for his son, who was then a professor of political science at the University of Tennessee and had not lived in Chicago for many years. Among the committeemen making the decision were: 11th Ward committeeman and County Commissioner John Daley, son of the late mayor and brother of the current mayor; 13th Ward committeeman Michael Madigan, speaker of the Illinois House and father of Attorney General Lisa Madigan; 14th Ward committeeman Edward Burke, who succeeded his father as a council member in his 20s and and was longtime chairman of the Finance Committee, and whose wife is a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court; 19th Ward committeeman Tom Hynes, former Cook County Assessor and father of Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes; and 23rd Ward committeeman Bill Lipinski. An electorate more averse to an argument against nepotism cannot be imagined. Lipinski advanced his son’s name and said, “I’m optimistic, but one never knows in politics until the votes are counted.” It did not take long to count them: Dan Lipinski was nominated without opposition. To the charge that the nomination was rigged, one participant dryly noted that anyone could have run.

To which it should be added that Dan Lipinski has since won two seriously contested Democratic primaries to hold the seat (Republicans are not a factor in this district). One reason that Chicago and Illinois voters have acquiesced to the politics of nepotism is that its products—or many of them—are quite competent. Mayor Richie Daley, if I can call him that, has on the whole been an excellent mayor. Edward Burke is a cultured man of high intellect. Michael Madigan seems to be a solidly competent sort, and for all I know his daughter is, too. Dan Rostenkowski was a highly competent chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 14 years, until he was laid low by a bit of cheap chiseling; at that point he and his father had been the 32nd Ward committeemen for just about 60 years. (The younger Rostenkowski got his seat in the House in 1958 because his father, Joe Rostenkowski, had supported the late Mayor Daley in the 1955 Democratic primary against fellow Polish-American Benjamin Adamowski.) There are exceptions. Many political observers would put Rod Blagojevich, the son-in-law of 33rd Ward committeeman Dick Mell, on the top of the list of the nation’s dumbest governors. But then, for Chicago, it has always been more important who is mayor than who is governor (not to mention out-of-town jobs like U.S. senator).

Which leads us back to Barack Obama, who is now a U.S. senator and will shortly become the Democratic nominee for an office that even Chicago regards as more important than mayor. And the question presents itself: How did this outsider from Hawaii and Columbia and Harvard become somebody somebody sent? His wife, Michelle Robinson Obama, had some connections: Her father was (I believe) a Democratic precinct committeeman, she baby-sat for Jesse Jackson’s children, and she worked as a staffer for the current Mayor Daley. Obama made connections on the all-black South Side by joining the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s church. But was Obama’s critical connection to le tout Chicago William Ayers? That’s the conclusion you are led to by Steve Diamond’s blog. And by the fact that the National Review’s Stanley Kurtz was suddenly denied access to the records of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge by the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle. (Kurtz had already been given an index to the records.) Presumably the CAC records would show a closer collaboration between Ayers and Obama than was suggested by Obama’s response to Stephanopoulos that Ayers was just a guy “in the neighborhood.”

The increasingly sharp McCain campaign had the wit to ask the University of Illinois to open up the CAC records. But it doesn’t seem likely the university will open them up; as John Kass puts it in a characteristically pungent column in the Chicago Tribune, “Welcome to Chicago, Mr. Kurtz.”

Does it matter if William Ayers was the key somebody who made Barack Obama a somebody somebody sent? I think it does. Not that Obama shares all of Ayers’s views, which surely he does not. Or that he endorses Ayers’s criminal acts, which, as he has pointed out, were committed while he was a child in Hawaii and Indonesia. But his willingness to associate with an unrepentant terrorist is not the same as Daley’s (expressed, as George W. Bush’s thoughts are, in disjointed prose but the product of a considerable intellect and seasoned judgment):

“Bill Ayers, I’ve said this, his father was a great friend of my father. I’ll be very frank. Vietnam divided families, divided people. It was a terrible time of our country. It really separated people. People didn’t know one another. Since then, I’ll be very frank, (Ayers) has been in the forefront on a lot of education issues and helping us in public schools and things like that.

“People keep trying to align himself with Barack Obama. It’s really unfortunate. They’re friends. So what? People do make mistakes in the past. You move on. This is a new century, a new time. He reflects back and he’s been making a strong contribution to our community.”

For Daley, family is paramount, and Ayers is admitted into le tout Chicago because his father is one of its pillars. And electoral politics is also paramount: In a city that is roughly 40 percent (and falling) white ethnic and 40 percent black, with an increasing gentrified white population, the current Mayor Daley has maintained very strong support from lakefront liberals, including the Hyde Park/Kenwood leftists like Ayers who were the original movers behind Obama’s 1996 state Senate candidacy. It’s in Daley’s interest to work with these people and against his interest to do anything that seems like disrespecting them. As Bill Daley told me when I asked him some years ago whether his father would have approved of Richie marching in the gay rights parade, “Our father always told us when a group was big enough to control a ward, we should pay attention to them.” Staying mayor is real important to Daley, and Daley staying mayor is real important to le tout Chicago. An unrepentant terrorist? Hey, we know your dad. And you control the 5th Ward.

For Obama, the outsider who gained the trust of the insiders, the position is different. He was willing to use Ayers and ally with him despite his terrorist past and lack of repentance. An unrepentant terrorist, who bragged of bombing the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon, was a fit associate. Ayers evidently helped Obama gain insider status in Chicago civic life and politics—how much, we can’t be sure unless the Richard J. Daley Library opens the CAC archive. But most American politicians would not have chosen to associate with a man with Ayers’s past or of Ayers’s beliefs. It’s something voters might reasonably want to take into account.

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By: Bob on October 13, 2008
at 10:19 PM
Will the Media Report Obama’s Terrorist Connection?
Barack Obama has been running his campaign in the style of a revolutionary. Just how radical and liberal Obama is has been well hidden by the campaign. If you haven’t heard about his friendship with the leaders of the radical group, the Weather Underground, you can thank the media. Just how radically left this man is can be seen in what company he keeps.

In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

…“I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to Bill Ayers’ house to learn that Alice Palmer was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress,” said Dr. Quentin Young, a prominent Chicago physician and advocate for single-payer health care, of the informal gathering at the home of Ayers and his wife, Dohrn. “[Palmer] identified [Obama] as her successor.”

Obama and Palmer “were both there,” he said.

Obama’s connections to Ayers and Dorhn have been noted in some fleeting news coverage in the past. But the visit by Obama to their home — part of a campaign courtship — reflects more extensive interaction than has been previously reported.

Ayers and Dorhn are extremist radicals from the 1960’s anti-war terrorist group the Weather Underground, and they are unrepentant in the bombings they were a part of. They disappeared in 1970 after a bomb designed to kill army officers in New Jersey accidentally destroyed a Greenwich Village townhouse. They turned themselves over to authorities in 1980. While the Weather Underground claimed 25 bombings, these characters were never prosecuted. Charges were dropped due to improper FBI surviellance.

Even today they remain proud of their violent past.

“I don’t regret setting bombs; I feel we didn’t do enough,” Ayers told the New York Times in 2001.

Obama does some nice double talk and condemns the actions of the Weather Underground, however he remains good friends with two of them that remain unrepentant for their actions. They helped launch his political career.

Via Right Wing Nut House: There were other “encounters” with Ayers over the years, including the fact that both men served on a far left foundation as board members:

Wondering whether the three may have crossed paths is not speculation. It is a fact that they have. Ayers, Dohrn, and Obama have appeared together at a number of gatherings and academic events.

In November 1997, Ayers and Obama participated in a panel at the University of Chicago entitled Should a child ever be called a “super predator?” to debate “the merits of the juvenile justice system”.

In April 2002, Ayers, Dohrn, and Obama, then an Illinois State Senator, participated together at a conference entitled “Intellectuals: Who Needs Them?” sponsored by The Center for Public Intellectuals and the University of Illinois-Chicago. Ayers and Obama were two of the six members of the “Intellectuals in Times of Crisis” panel.

Ayers, “who in the 1960s was a member of the terrorist group Weatherman and a wanted fugitive for over a decade as a result of the group’s bombing campaign,” is currently the Board Chairman of the Woods Fund of Chicago and Obama is a former Board member.

Lefty blogger Taylor Marsh:

This is the vein in the Democratic party I will never understand, cannot accept on any level. What is it about some people who just don’t get the problems with our Democratic nominee being friendly, even taking a contribution (however small), as well as having a meeting as recently as 1995 with an unrepentant domestic terrorist like William Ayers? It reveals a lack of seriousness about the issue of terrorism and the dangerously immature judgment of anyone who is going to associate with a man, at the very least, that Republicans will use to beat us over the head with, having the bonus of hitting a spot the public loves to drink up, which is that our party is not serious about the dangers we face in this world.

Rick Moran asks the ultimate question:

Will the media expose Obama? Will they criticize Senator McCain if he tries to paint Obama as a radical? Will they dig deep into Obama’s associations and associates to discover the truth?

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By: Russ on October 13, 2008
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It is scary to see that there are this many naive Americans. What are you all thinking? How can you be so blind to support that idiot, Hussein Obama? Please open your eyes and your minds. He is the most radical Democrat to run for office in our history. How can you overlook the fact that he befriends terrorists? His birth certificate is a forgery. He supports near term abortions. Imagine that. A child is pulled from its mother in the 7th or 8th month and left to die.
I am a U.S. Marine, and there is no way I can ever respect this jerk. He voted against funding for the troops, who are overseas fighting for our freedom. I can never salute an idiot like that. He has never even worn a uniform of any type. McCain is a war hero, who has given his whole life to support and defend this nation.
All of you Democrats need to open your eyes.
By the way, Sarah Palin is more of a Presidential candidate than Obama or Biden will ever be. Joe Biden said it himself that Obama does not have what it takes. I know you all remember that.

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By: Russ on October 13, 2008
at 10:12 PM
I don’t believe I have laughed as hard as I did reading this post!!!! Good on you for speaking your mind. I wish more people would do the same!!!

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By: Diana on October 13, 2008
at 9:47 PM
Thanks for this! I explains how a lot of us feel, and don’t know how to express as well as you do!

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By: Donna on October 13, 2008
at 7:00 PM
You go Girl! She IS a crazy bitch we can’t let get into office. Holy Moly. What an idiot.

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By: Pam on October 13, 2008
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YOU. GO. GIRL.

Don’t stop writing. You are a national treasure!

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By: Lisa Torrieri on October 13, 2008
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Dear Ladies:

Aren’t you glad that you have lived long enough to earn the right to vote and can now exercise that right to keep Lil’ Ms. Palin out of office? Shoot…I’m 92 and where I come from (Alabama) we would have called Ms. Palin “uppity” for thinking that anyone with her lack of education, understanding of the issues (or, heck, desire to know more about the issues) would be qualified to assume office. And, while we’re at it, can we pause for a moment to discuss the idea that the Republican party must really hate women…the best they can offer is a moose shooting gal who is basking in her newly assumed title of VPILF? I haven’t had the chance to have a career like those of my daughters or granddaughters, but if I did, I don’t think I would have gotten far walking into an office of executives winking my way through an interview or presentation. Unless, of course, it was a meeting of ophthalmologists, in which case they may have prescribed me a good eye drop to cure that dry eye. Really, her presentation at the VP debates was the equivalent of a woman walking into Mensa in a short skirt and cleavage bearing top in hopes that someone wouldn’t think to ask her IQ. Where I come from, we call that “loose”. So, here we are, an “uppity”, “loose” woman who hopes to assume the VP position. I’m with you.

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By: SKRockin on October 13, 2008
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[…] Like most of us, I have watched all of the debates and I have read up on all four of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidtates. I would never try to stear anyone to vote a certain way….except for the SMART way. This year’s election will determine how far America has truly come when they are stared in the face with BLACK SKIN vs BLONDE BRAIN (no offense to any intellectual blondes out there). During my course of viewing all sides I have read numerous political blogs and ALL dull in comparison to 82 year old Helen Philpot’s “Sarah Palin is a b***, there I said it! I literally spent 9 hours reading the comments alone on this HILARIOUS, yet HONEST opinion of Vice Presidential Candidate, Sarah Palin. See for yourself. All I have to say is, Obama/Biden ‘08!https://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/bitch-there-i-said-it/#comment-989 […]

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By: Turf Scholar Dot Com » Blog Archive » You said it, Sister! on October 13, 2008
at 4:24 PM
Beautifully put =)

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By: Samantha on October 13, 2008
at 4:19 PM
To those upset at the language here? Puhleeease, what a joke. There aren’t enough words to describe the pure absurdity of the McFailin campaign, so of course we will have to broaden our vocabulary to use the words that carry the most value to me/us.

What about all their ridiculous attack ads, filled with nothing but lies and deceit? I suppose that’s OKAY? I get so tired of self righteous pompous folk, telling others how to spell, speak, or act. If you want that, go to China, I hear they love censorship. Perhaps what you fail to realize is the US was formed on the basis of FREE SPEECH. This is what our forefathers wanted, for us to be able to express ourselves however we see fit. If you don’t like Helen’s blog or the language used here, you have every right to GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. Like another poster said, it would be absurd for me to go to a Republicunt blog and try to ‘express’ my viewpoints. What on earth would be the purpose? You can’t change people’s views, they are what they are, however unfounded and uninformed they may be.

Oh, and Mel, you couldn’t be more off base, yet your age explains a lot. You don’t like my spelling or grammar? Go suck an egg, like I really care. Hardeharharharrrrrrr! See, what you’ll learn with age and wisdom is: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT OTHERS THINK. WHAT MATTERS IS IF YOU CAN LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR. Do you honestly think I have the time to proof read every post I send out? LOL! Why would I care to? Perhaps if I was writing to the National Board of Academics…. LOL. So honey, get real and stop trying to detract from the real issue. Your utter lack of comprehension. Perhaps you are yet too young to realize the total hypocrisy you have spewed forth. You are not old enough yet to have worked with as many needy kids and moms as I have, so you really have no idea what it is you think you saw or ‘know’. Get in the gutter and get to work, get your hands dirty, talk to single mom’s on welfare, get a job out on your own, pay your own bills, do ALL this before you put your biased, unintelligent opions forth in such an agressive ‘I think I know it all’ manner. It only proves you haven’t a clue. Seriously. My son is 16, and he has such an advantage over you, it really is sad. I’m so lucky to have a smart, sensitive son, who seems to understand a lot more than yourself. At 16, he’s been involved with charities, political organizations (even started an Obama club at his H.S! that’s MY boy!), and offered his time/services to several local families in need. He didn’t ask for a thing in return, and more importantly, HE DIDN’T JUDGE THE PEOPLE HE WAS HELPING. Unlike you, apparently.

Take hope people, Mel is NOT indicitave of the average youth. My house is The Hang Out. I talk to these kids, aged 13-22. They ALL have said the same thing: they are angry where Bush’s politics have taken us, they WANT a future, and they ALL think McFailin is a total joke. There, I said it too. McFailin is a joke, a laughing stock if you will.

To those who keep pushing the ‘other’ candidates….ahhh idealism at it’s finest! When the world is ready for a 3rd party, maybe we’ll see it. But, as for now, we are POLARIZED. We have 2 parties, and you have to pick between one of the two, or throw your vote away. I wish it were different, but alas, it is what IS. The only thing Ron Paul has to bring to the table is the decriminalization of marijuana. He doesn’t really have anything else to offer, and certainly does not carry the ‘presidentialness’ that Obama has, nor the experience (yet on different levels). As a Republicunt, he’s one of the lesser evils, yet he is still ‘one of them’.

It is such joy to me to wake up every day and take in the polls. Obama is clearly running right over McFailin, whoooooooooopeee! I think it’s gonna be a landslide folks, truly. I’m gearing up for a huge election party. My house is gonna be full of merry liberals, drinking in the new era!!!

To all ye of no judgement, we will fight for your rights too, even if you seem unworthy, because its the right thing to do. Pure and simple. Keep spewing racism, hate, and ugliness, and you will get it alllllllll back, tenfold. I guarantee it!

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By: Nikki on October 13, 2008
at 4:15 PM
People like Sampson get all their info from Fox News, Limbaugh, Savage and other media slime balls. At least Helen tells it like it is, and I am proud of her.

Obama/Biden in ’08

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By: Don in Massachusetts on October 13, 2008
at 4:14 PM
best. post. all. year.

god bless you.

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By: larryly on October 13, 2008
at 3:37 PM
U ARE SICK

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By: robin long on October 13, 2008
at 2:47 PM
Hey John Samson: “Pretty” doesn’t run a country, jackass!!
Have some respect for someone who’s lived a bit longer than you probably ever will & who’s sharp enough to know what she’s talking about!

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By: Leslie on October 13, 2008
at 2:03 PM
I love you and I think you are brilliant! Give them hell darling! I grew up around enough seniors that said whatever the hell they wanted, although in my case most of what they said was racist paranoid hateful blather. Why not speak truth to power instead of blaming everything on certain ethnic groups or uppity women! Stay strong sister, stay strong!!!!!

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By: Juliet on October 13, 2008
at 1:48 PM
Great article! I agree completely.

There is an online petition posted to urge the producers of Saturday Night Live not to invite Palin on the show before the election. I hope you’ll check it out and sign it.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nopalinsnl

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By: Steve Doppelt on October 13, 2008
at 12:56 PM
Cindy you’re so right, especially point number 2, sentence number 2.

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By: Maddie on October 13, 2008
at 12:55 PM
Helen my dear, you are wonderful. You should be on television reading your letter to the American people. I wanted to write to let you know two things:

1. You are brilliant, I loved your blog.

2. Don’t mind these people who are posting hateful words to you. That’s part of the Republican mentality. They have no respect for anyone or their personal views. All we can hope is that when Obama is elected they will move to Alaska.

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By: Cindy on October 13, 2008
at 12:51 PM
Haha. Right on the money. Some writer from the Simpson’s called her an evangelical dominatrix on Bill Maher’s show this weekend.

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By: Jason on October 13, 2008
at 12:43 PM
Amen!!!Hugs to you Helen!! Well said!! I have been saying this since McCain brought her into the spotlight and I cannot believe how many people look at me like I am nuts!! Sarah Palin needs to take her overdone 80’s hair, ugly suits and her low IQ back to Alaska. This country is going to hell in a hand basket and I am mad as hell! I am not going to take it anymore!!! There I said it too!! :o)

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By: Angela on October 13, 2008
at 12:25 PM
I think I love you!

Amen.

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By: Adorable Girlfriend on October 13, 2008
at 12:01 PM
Love it – your blog rocks!

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By: bonnie on October 13, 2008
at 11:22 AM
Helen, you are my new favorite blogger. Please don’t stop – YOU CAN TURN THE WORLD ON WITH YOUR WORDS!

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By: thajackster on October 13, 2008
at 11:16 AM
Helen you are a JOKE!! I can see you you don’t know what your talking about! What have you ever done in your life? People Love to put other people down because it make them feel like they are something. Well that tells me you have never done anything in your life worth a Damn!!! I bet you just sit around and complain about everything and everybody in your little pethetic life. Take some Laxitive so the crap stops running out your mouth!! Don’t be in envy of her good looks either she can’t help that shes Pretty and your just an OLD BAG!!!

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By: John Samson on October 13, 2008
at 11:15 AM
Helen:

I feel SOOOOO much better after reading this! I’d have to bet you were smarter in the 2nd grade than Sarah Palin is now. You need a nationally syndicated talk show so we can listen to your common sense 24/7! You speak for so many of us – THANK YOU!

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By: Judy on October 13, 2008
at 10:59 AM
WTG! So when you running for office?

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By: Kate Ashley on October 13, 2008
at 10:28 AM
Helen,

YOU ROCK!

I just love your blog. I got the link from a knitting group that I read posts in (Ravelry). If you are ever over there, come check us out!

Would you join our knitting circle?

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By: Laurie on October 13, 2008
at 10:25 AM
Absolutely fantastic! This is the greatest thing I’ve read in a long long time. This could rival the SNL skits!! Sadly, it is all true and unless we get out there and vote, our cuontry will no longer be America The Great. Grampy McCain and Caribou Barbie will ruin this country! Keep writing Helen, you are awesome!

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By: Pug on October 13, 2008
at 10:25 AM
[…] this is funny…an 82 year young woman blog and her view of sarah palin… Sarah Palin is a Bitch… there I said it. � Margaret and Helen […]

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By: VP pick of Palin.. what does it mean? - Page 6 - VFRworld on October 13, 2008
at 10:00 AM
Thank you, Helen! Hugs from a fellow Texan.

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By: cyn on October 13, 2008
at 9:51 AM
this was amazingly said. made my week. probably some of the truest words that have been said about the woman.

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By: jordan on October 13, 2008
at 7:27 AM
Buh-bye!

(oh, that’s MRS. Maddie to you).

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By: Maddie on October 13, 2008
at 5:28 AM
Miss Maddie-You need to go way back as well as to another name used and review remarks…and for your information I do have the right to get involved. The person that was attacked happens to be one of my best friends.
Correcting other people’s grammar detracts from the topic at hand and THAT was totally rude and an ongoing mission with Barb on other comments. I have devoted enough wasted cyber space voicing my opinion here so I am deleting the link. Enjoy yourselves and I truly hope you do turn out to be a peace maker. I hope you hugged your cat today.

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By: ANGEL NURSE on October 12, 2008
at 9:10 PM
“I can see the end of Sarah Palin’s political career from my house.”

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By: Elizabeth on October 12, 2008
at 8:40 PM
From what I read, Alta started with Barb, but whatever, it’s over and between them – not for anyone else to get involved with.

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By: Maddie on October 12, 2008
at 8:30 PM
You are the funniest thing I have read on the topic of this election. You have been the topic of discussion on Black Voices (which is where I found out about you)! For all who don’t believe that inside, we are all equal I would beg them to read your blog. Keep up the good work. Detroit LOVES you!!

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By: Jae on October 12, 2008
at 7:24 PM
Please keep posting! I live in TX also and I am surrounded by McCain/Palin signs. It makes me mad because the people who have these signs also have at least 2-3 kids. They are raising another generation of stupid people.

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By: Ginger on October 12, 2008
at 6:51 PM
Very well said! This had me cracking up the whole time.

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By: Ashley on October 12, 2008
at 6:26 PM
Why are we not hearing such a perfect analysis from the media? Thank you!

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By: Dee Kat on October 12, 2008
at 6:20 PM
Helen, you are the bomb!! Girlie, just keep on telling it like it is, being real is not what most people care to do.
For the life of me, I can’t understand how anyone who calls themselves intelligent and educated not be impressed with Barack Obama’s background. It takes a lot to even be admitted into Harvard and not to mention becoming President of the Harvard Law Review. The man is brilliant and if given a chance, I know that he will show this country and the world what he is capable of doing.
It is time for a change and that does not mean another 4 years of Bush.
Like those of us who put up with him for 8 years, let those who don’t want Obama to win put up with him for at least 4 years.

You haven’t seen the worse on sara palin yet. There will be more sh** rolling out on her worse than this weekends revelation of her abusing her position as Governor. A lot of crap gets hidden when you live in a hide away like Alaska.
The Republican Party ought to censure McCain for even choosing her. She will bring him down.

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By: Annama on October 12, 2008
at 5:37 PM
THANK GOD SOMEONE SEES THE LIGHT. I HOPE THE REST OF AMERICA READS THIS AND THINKS THE SAME! COME ON REPUBLICANS, EVEN YOU HAVE TO AGREE SARAH IS AN IDIOT!! MCCAIN COULD HAVE AT LEAST PICKED A BETTER WOMAN SINCE HE WAS DESPERATE TO STEAL THE FEMALE VOTERS! GREAT JOB HELEN!

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By: SUSAN FINN on October 12, 2008
at 5:13 PM
Helen, you called it right!!

Listening to her KKK rally “campaign” speeches this week, I must agree that she is a very dangerous woman. Not because of her associations, either, but because fundamentally, she’s a crazy bitch!!

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By: Gigi Jones on October 12, 2008
at 3:59 PM
I am ashamed of all of you who have used profanity throughout this blog in a weak attempt to express yourselves. To know that some of you walk among us terrifies me. To Barb who told Alta to “drop dead”- SHAME ON YOU. I don’t know who you think you are… To Maddie who thought everyone should play nice you did not apparently realize that you had fallen into a pit of vipers. To all of you who have the decency to express yourselves in a civilized manner using facts instead of vulgarity keep it up. Words can hurt and words can heal. Attacking someone you do not know on a personal level speaks volumes. When fur starts to fly venom is spewed from both sides. Those of you who support your candidate simply state the reasons without getting vulgar. I have been monitoring both conservative and liberal blogs. This one certainly gets the award for the most inappropriate content I have ever seen. For those of you who are proud of what you have said here congratulations for painting yourselves as true morons. If you think Obama would be proud of your comments here-really think about that.

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By: ANGEL NURSE on October 12, 2008
at 3:26 PM
Helen! My mother forwarded me the link to this blog. Good on you for speaking your mind. I’ve been living outside of the US since shortly after Bush got elected. I hope to return if Obama gets in. I don’t really see how anyone can feel that McCain is the right guy for the job, especially with his VP pick. She really isn’t that bright, and contradicts herself constantly. McCain just never really says anything of substance. But I’m a proud “loony lefty,” as the Republicans love to call us!

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By: B on October 12, 2008
at 2:31 PM
THANK YOU for bringing up the point that this lady sacrificed her daughter’s reputation in order to have a chance at being vice president. If she really knew her daughter was pregnant, then she shoudl not have accepted the nomination. She KNEW they would have a field day with her daughter, and LET IT HAPPEN ANYWAY. Nothing makes me think less of her than that fact.

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By: Jill on October 12, 2008
at 2:30 PM
you betcha, well gosh darn it, thanks for telling it like it is! We’ve just about reached the point where natural selection will supplant the viability of this nation. Stupid is as stupid does. We’re all going down if Palin gets elected…

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By: carrie stiegler on October 12, 2008
at 2:21 PM
I actually received an email-forward which purported to affirm her goodness as a person and candidate because she smiled at and held a baby or two on the campaign trail! Sheesh, what kind of critical thinking ability is that?

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By: Lynda Lehmann on October 12, 2008
at 2:11 PM
Thank you thank you thank you for saying what so many have been thinking. And in such an intertaining way!

I am so disgusted by the Republicans (they are causing further loss of moral during a extremely frightening economic crisis and further lowering our image in the world) every time either (GOP) candidate opens their mouth! I’m an independent voter who is voting blanket Democrat this time.

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By: Kat on October 12, 2008
at 1:57 PM
Okay, I had to cut and past this e-mail (giving you the credit by posting your website at the bottom of course) and sent it to all my friends. WOW! You hit right on. I have never been into politics before in my life and with this election I have had CNN running 24/7. My husband is wondering where this woman has come from. But becoming a first time mother, It is not only about me but the future for our children, and we can not afford 4 more years of the same. I gotta tell you, I LOVE OBAMA/ BIDEN. I believe them and WE NEED CHANGE.
Thank you for your blog. I love it! I found it on http://www.republicansforobama.com (btw, I am not a rep. more like an independent voting for the best candidate….. which CLEARLY is OBAMA!!!) Girl you need to get on the view! I love all your blogs. Keep them going!

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By: dgracey1979 on October 12, 2008
at 12:02 PM
Bravo Helen!
As a former 32 year resident of Alaska, including 21 years in Wasilla, I’m dedicated to saving the world from Sarah Palin. McCain supporters need to clean their rose colored glasses and realize that this woman is dangerous. It is absolutely unfathomable that there is a scary number of our population that have embraced her. Not withstanding the obvious lack of intelligence, the blatant racism, the blind ambition….yes, she is a bitch. And a mighty dangerous one I might add.
Join us at http://www.sarahpalindont.ning.com and help us save the world from Sarah Palin one vote at a time.
Keep up the good work!

Lori

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By: Lori on October 12, 2008
at 10:06 AM
I love you! Can I adopt you for my grandmom? Seriously, I appreciate your saying so much of exactly what I am thinking. One thing that scares the crap out of me is the number of women in this country that are saying, “Oh, *I’m* voting for Palin! We have SOOO much in common! I mean, I have a vagina, and she has one TOOOO! Isn’t that special!?!? And she’s a MOM! Just like me! These bubblehaeds don’t even realize they are voting for McSame, not Caribou Barbie!

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By: Jennifer T on October 12, 2008
at 8:50 AM
Like Hari, I too am not a citizen of the US and I will not vote in this election. I have been following the campaign for some time now and find it interesting that the McCain/Palin camps confusion about Barack Obama. On the one hand, they call him a man who cohorts with terrorists, then on the other hand they say he will wave a white flag and leave from Iraq.

They say Barack does not have much experience and has a thin resume. I suppose that would be better than an “executive” experience, wherein you can invite your spouse to sit-in during important decision making meetings, try to twist people’s arms to get them to do your biding, ban books that go against your belief, claim to have won a war, distract others from more important issues such as economy and the like.

Barack’s last name was mis-spelt as Osama in one of the voting sheets. You think it was a typo?!

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By: Amused bystander on October 12, 2008
at 8:47 AM
I have always loved listening to the older generations tell things how they are. LIfe lessons and history are the true teachers in life. Helen, you should win a Nobel Prize for your post. Palin is frightening. She would ban books in her libraries, fire staff she feels do not share her views (as unanimously found in the Alaska Legislature to be true), and would strip the MEDICAL rights from women and call it moral, and probably ship all gay and lesbian citizens out of the country if she could. Sounds like a Nazi to me.

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By: Bryan on October 12, 2008
at 7:15 AM
[…] Helen Philpot: Sarah Palin is a Bitch…there I said it Straight-talk from eighty-two-year-old women whose lived through fourteen administrations. She knows her shit! Don’t just read this particular entry either – read all her other, more recent, blog entries. […]

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By: Jingwen » Blog Archive » Link Dump no.2 on October 12, 2008
at 5:56 AM
where is Margaret Thatcher when you need her!
The good news is that the evil woman is suffering from advanced senility and is completely ga-ga. Even so, she would probably be more coherent in an interview than your Mrs Palin. So, we’ll send her over. She always wanted to be American, anyway (you get to own guns and execute people – she likes that sort of thing).

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By: MadPriest on October 12, 2008
at 3:04 AM
I enjoyed reading everyone’s comments and most of all yours. But there is one thing missing from this whole election: choices. Why are we stuck with only two choices when there are other qualified people out there. Ron Paul being just one of them. We as a nation have to change the way of choosing so we have more choices, more party representatives, more quality. Helen, keep speaking up no matter who you vote for. At least you make some sense.

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By: CJ on October 12, 2008
at 12:14 AM
Hey Helen!

Check this out!

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By: Glenna on October 11, 2008
at 10:08 PM
Hi Helen,
LOL means Laugh Out Loud. ROFLMAO means Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off. I did both on reading your post.

I’ve xeroxed your post for my ma to read, another feisty lady. Good job!

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By: Zumbasan on October 11, 2008
at 9:09 PM
Thanks Helen for sharing your wisdom. Having lived abroad for more than 12 years, I can tell you that our respect in the world does not get any lower. After the end of the cold war, we had a great opportunity to use our world leadership in a positive way, but instead we squandered it away bullying the rest of the world. The Republicans selected Bush as their candidate. After the sh*t they have stepped us in, can we really trust them with their next line up?

Poor Sara should have stayed in Alaska. But in some ways, I am happy she didn’t. Had McCain picked a stronger running mate, well…maybe the forgetful American people would go another round with the republicans, and we could continue our slide downward into the dustbin.

Regards and great blog,
Republicans for OB 2008

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By: Ranger1 on October 11, 2008
at 9:05 PM
I keep sending this blog to my friends! It rocks! McCain and Palin…its coming to an end soon. Thank goodness!

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By: Elizabeth on October 11, 2008
at 8:48 PM
Just curious. Can you tell me what ROFLMAO means. I have seen this a couple of times among the comments. My grandson told me LOL means laugh oh laugh so I get that.

Thank you.

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By: Helen Philpot on October 11, 2008
at 8:34 PM
I was just sent a link to this blog.
Your bluntness and forthrightness are a refreshing break from the mincing of words usually associated with political discussion. It’s nice to hear what so many people are thinking and not saying–we tend to leave the more lively rhetoric to the extreme fringes, so it is nice to see it applied to a more general cause, a more shared sentiment.
I am generally rather oblivious to blogs, but yours is amazing!

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By: A M H on October 11, 2008
at 8:32 PM
Miss Helen, You are my hero! The two teams that we have to choose from to try and salvage our country from what Bush has helped do to it, absoloutly TERRIFY ME! I don’t feel that McCain OR Obam are good enough to be president, and I believe our votes don’t even matter when it comes right down to it! If they did, we would have Hillary running instead of Obuma(yes, that’s the correct spelling!), because the PEOPLE wanted her. But Obuma was PUT there by “super-delegates” instead of OUR votes! This land is DOOMED no matter which of the two IDIOTS win!

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By: Sandy on October 11, 2008
at 7:13 PM
Uh, what about her reply to the “Achilles Heel” query – since it’s defined as a “fatal weakness” I guess all those things she plans to do for America she gave as her answer would be fatal for the rest of us.

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By: Mary Jane on October 11, 2008
at 6:46 PM
Sarah Palin Remix:

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By: Virginia Voter on October 11, 2008
at 6:44 PM
You are amazing. This is the best description of this woman I have ever read. When did we start believing what we are told to believe rather than the truth!! It’s like “The King with No Clothes.” I wish everyone could read you article. Perhaps the country would be shocked back into reality.

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By: Yolanda on October 11, 2008
at 6:44 PM
Thank you for saying it; I think you’re my new hero!

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By: Mark E. DaSacco on October 11, 2008
at 6:01 PM
Both my grandmothers are dead. Can I adopt you as my grandma? (although you’re younger than my 90-year-old father–I don’t care)

If I’m lucky, when I’m older I’ll have a quarter of your level of piss & vinegar when I’m older, and half the writing verve.

–barb
http://www.biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com

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By: barb on October 11, 2008
at 5:31 PM
Helen you are my new hero!

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By: Wendy on October 11, 2008
at 5:25 PM
You guys ROCK! Keep up the good work. Would you like to exchange links? my blog is: http://astrologyandpsychicpredictions.wordpress.com

Best wishes to you both!
It’s great hearing your opinions.

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By: zoma777 on October 11, 2008
at 4:27 PM
As an member of the generation standing poised to take the reins of this country I want to say thank you. Thank you for saying the things that we are all shouting at the top of our lungs that seemingly fall on deaf ears. I often find myself looking around the room and pointing at the TV in disbelief as if to say, “Am I the only one watching this?” Sarah Palin is an embarassment to intellectual women throughout this country who strive to break gender stereotypes. I am glad that I am not the only one who sees these things! Thank you! I only wish my grandparents were as wise as you!

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By: Dawn on October 11, 2008
at 3:32 PM
I find the most astonishing thing on this entire page the fact that Jeff knows, personally how GAWD wants her name spelled! Jeez, Jeff, why don’t you run? For pope, king, prophet?

Palin’s bigoted, ignorant, narrow minded flavor of insanity is almost too obvious to be discussed.

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By: Abbyknitz on October 11, 2008
at 2:57 PM
You are the greatest!

America’s needs are too large for McCain/Palin…They only know how to stoke people’s hatred, and blind these people to the real thuth…Sarah, go back to Alaska and stay in the wild with the people who know nothing except what is around them!

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By: Glenna on October 11, 2008
at 2:34 PM
They say the older you r the wiser you become!!! In most cases I would not agree with that! However, in this case I can not disagree. The truth is the truth!

Paulin is everything you said she was and more!

Question? If McCain does not out live his age, who will be President?

A) The Bitch
B) The first Woman
c) The dummy
d) Dila in the bible daughter
e) Sarah Paulin
F) All the above

Ans: F( Fake, Fool, funny, freaky, and forever dumb Paulin).

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By: NCanfall on October 11, 2008
at 2:29 PM
Sorry, correction. The data is:

“in the eyes of UK voters: 87% think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace, compared with 75% who think this of Mr Bush”

So I was not accurate in my previous post: British regard Osama Bin Laden as a greatest danger than Bush by a slight margin of 12% (not the other way around).

Still amazing, isn`t it? The closest allies think Americans chose twice a leader just slightly less frightening than Osama Bin Laden. Just try to imagine what the rest of the world is thinking.

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By: Ernesto Jimenez on October 11, 2008
at 2:11 PM
3LC, I see you make the same point I tried to make.

Americans should know that a recent poll conducted in Europe found that, all over the continent, when European citizens were asked “Which country do you think poses the greatest danger to world peace”, Europeans ranked the US as No. 1, ahead of IRAN! Ahead of NORTH KOREA!

Even in Britain! For Britain, check the facts at the reputed The Guardian newspaper:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/nov/03/terrorism.northkorea

The BRITISH answered that they regard W Bush as a greater danger than Osama Bin Laden!
And the uncomfortable fact is that Americans voted for W Bush twice.
That is what I mean when I say that Americans face a big responsability in this election.

By the way, THANK YOU, HELEN!

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By: Ernesto Jimenez on October 11, 2008
at 2:00 PM
“Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?

Well it’s NOT you girl…”

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: YellowDogDem on October 11, 2008
at 1:09 PM
wow. right, how is sarah palin not good at interviews? she has a journalism degree. brian williams, anchor of nbc evening news, doesn’t even have that. (other than honorary)

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By: jill on October 11, 2008
at 12:37 PM
Is it just me, or do most of the folks who disagree with you make it a point to insult you instead of trying to justify Pallin? These must be the same folks who go to Pallin rallies and do an imitation of a brown shirt rally in 1930’s Germany.
I guess it’s not important to have a leg to stand on as long as you can still resort to bullshit when you come up short on brilliance. At least that’s what some of your critics seem to be counting on.

As for me, you’re my new hero and I wish you many more years of sharing your thoughts with us. If I’m lucky I’ll one day be “old and fat” and called bad names by inferior people for speaking my mind. I hope I can have half the grace and dignity that you do when that happens. VIVA!

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By: Katie on October 11, 2008
at 12:25 PM
I am overseas and have already cast my vote for Obama/Biden via absentee ballot. I live overseas, seeking political asylum from the Bush presidency.
The comments here by the anti-Helen/pro McCain voters are confirmation that I would be persecuted for my ideas in the U.S….

Is it really any surprise that the Republican party put forward someone like Palin for VP? Two terms of George W. Bush should be proof enough that Republican voters do not place a premium on intelligence or command of *any* language for their Presidential candidate, the #1 representative of the USA. George Bush knew NOTHING about foreign policy either time he ran for President (Condoleeza Rice defended him the first time by saying he could learn…). For Republicans, “Moral” considerations only matter when it’s the opponent…

62 million people were dumb enough to vote for Bush the second time (many of whom had already suffered from the effects of his first term), 50 million the first time…

I don’t know if it’s more embarrassing to be represented in the world by an idiot as a leader, or to be associated with those idiots who voted for him– because that’s what people think of Americans.

But really, we should be focusing on McCain.

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By: 3LC on October 11, 2008
at 11:05 AM
Helen, I wish I was with you to give you a big Hug!
Is that an aircraft carrier?
God Love you!

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By: Ann on October 11, 2008
at 10:48 AM
I ADORE you. Love this blog…

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By: Meghan on October 11, 2008
at 10:02 AM
Madam, I disagree. I LIKE Sarah Palin’s glasses. Everything else you said is right on.

For the record, I’m an independent voter who found this link through the SNL web site. I liked both candidates through the primaries and thought this might be a tough decision between two good men. That is, until the VP nominations were announced. On the one hand, McCain’s greater experience led to the choice of someone who is poorly qualified to step into the Presidency. On the other hand, the choice was a VP who is known for speaking Truth to Power, which is a good omen for future appointments. Since the choice seems to be Judgment vs. Experience, I say that we have to go for Judgment because what use is Experience if it isn’t used to make better decisions?

Please keep up your own Straight Talk, Helen. You are a hoot, and I wish I knew you. God bless!

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By: Elizabeth Luna on October 11, 2008
at 9:39 AM
I am not disagreeing with you, Ernesto, but you should take care in your words – they can be very offensive to some people. Believe me, I KNOW about my Nation, thank you very much and yes, we do have a special responsibility; but just take care in your words, that’s all I’m saying.

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By: ILUVMYCOUNTRY on October 11, 2008
at 7:20 AM
Just to mention a few “thank you America” items of late:
– War for oil in Iraq
– Trying to block the Kyoto Protocol fight on climate change
– Subprime mortgages sold to the world by american institutions and rated safe by american institutions
– Trying to destabilise the United Nations and blatantly lying at the UN (Remember that “evidence” of WMD?)
– Blaming the Chinese for polluting the world, while each American alone pollutes more than a hundred Chinese put together.

Belive it or not I am pro-American. That is why it hurts more. Belive it or not, your nation is the world leader. That is why it hurts more. That is why you have a special responsability.
If you are not prepared to learn about what your country has done wrong, I am sorry for you, maybe I am wrong. Maybe I should re-think being pro-American.

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By: Ernesto Jimenez on October 11, 2008
at 7:16 AM
Repair the damages we inflicted on the world?? Ease up, Ernesto, WE are not the only ones responsible – it’s interesting how many of “you people” knock us, but when you need something? All sorrowful eyes turn to America. Trust me, most of us are not at all happy with the Dark Ages of the past 8 years, but don’t come on here chastising us. We may not be proud of our leadership right now, but all of us here are certainly proud to be Americans (and thank God for it) and won’t tolerate being bashed.

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By: ILUVMYCOUNTRY on October 11, 2008
at 6:54 AM
Finally I read some common sense coming out of the US!
You americans have a long time ahead to repair the damage inflicted on the world. You chose W. Bush. You chose him TWICE. What were you thinking? What were you sniffing?
And now Sarah Palin is a contender. I am really angry at the religious right. As far as I know, we were given neurons. If some God gave them to us, I think it is an insult to Him not to use them.
We have endured now many years of an indecent war. A war for oil, a war for money (oh, sorry! The war was for Weapons of Mass Destruction, probably things like Subprime Mortgages, CDO’s and all that rubish that white collar terrorists planted in New York, I guess). Shame on you!
And that straight talking man says he will come out of this war a winner. What does “win” mean to him? Killing a few million more for the sake of some cheap oil?

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By: Ernesto Jimenez on October 11, 2008
at 6:23 AM
Let the mean comments roll off your back – I get the feeling you can (much better than I could), and thanks for reminding us that Palin has nothing to do with feminism (quite the opposite). In fact, in my opinion – YOU are the most beautiful example of feminism as it SHOULD be! So, don’t stop writing – women need to never stop speaking up (thoughtfully and intelligently). Good job!!

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By: Molly on October 11, 2008
at 1:25 AM
Know what? I have a fat cuddly cat that I love!!!!

There, diversion from the fighting.

🙂

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By: Maddie on October 10, 2008
at 9:57 PM
Good God almighty – you’re on a tear, aren’t you.

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By: DoReMi on October 10, 2008
at 9:52 PM
DoReMi my comments were not to you so take a hike

Beth believe it or not I got this website from a friend who got from a friend that is a Democrat that is not voting for Obama

Barb I will drop dead some day as will you, but I’m not going just yet I have a lot of living to do. So good by and good luck as I have better things to do with my time. Now you can go attack someone else that has an opinion. My favorite saying was always OPINIONS are like ASSHOLES almost everyone has one!!!

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 9:49 PM
You know what, whatever…..I’m just tired of reading these insults and Beth makes a great point. True, we’re free to have our own opinion (thank God THAT’S still free!), but all of this other stuff? Really – totally classless.

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By: Maddie on October 10, 2008
at 9:49 PM
Well well now someone is using my name and posting things I did not say like Calli Duh and No…..childs play.

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 9:40 PM
PS – Alta, if you don’t like what we all believe, feel free to go back home to FreeRepublic to be amongst your own people. No one is forcing you to read Helen’s opinion and bashing ours just makes you look like a fool.

For the life of me I cannot fathom why your type would come here and post. I would *never* consider going to some right wing conservative website and call them all morons because I don’t share their beliefs. That’s just a complete and total waste of time.

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By: Beth on October 10, 2008
at 9:39 PM
AnotherNYer Oh and I forgot to add a foul mouth moron before the word idiot. Really I know your age group by your vocabulary. Truth be know you don’t have one that is why you have to use the F word in between every other word you speak. Where was your mother with the soap when you started spewing words????

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 9:34 PM
Bless you Helen! I love your site and agree completely with your sentiments. Keep up the good work.

PS – I forwarded your site to everyone I know and they’ll be passing it along to their friends too. You’ll be an internet sensation soon, and well deserved. You echo the thoughts of so many Americans, regardless of age or gender.

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By: Beth on October 10, 2008
at 9:34 PM
AnotherNYer now Barb you see why my spelling is bad this idiot is a New Yorker TOO!!

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 9:28 PM
Okay, then, I tried to be nice.

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By: Maddie on October 10, 2008
at 9:26 PM
no

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 9:22 PM
Scandle (Wrongfully FIRED)

Well I see I have my answer. Now maybe she will, as she said “give some real answers to the hard questions”. This woman is clearly motivated to action by her emotions. NOT LEADERSHIP QUALITY!! Sarah Palin should be brought up on charges if she broke state law.

GO TO MSNBC.COM for the story.

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By: Ejipt on October 10, 2008
at 9:20 PM
Ummm……I don’t get what’s going on here, but is it really necessary? I mean the recent insults are disgusting and demeaning. Okay, you don’t agree with each other, we get it. But all this other stuff is just polution – can you stop please?

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By: Maddie on October 10, 2008
at 9:20 PM
Helen — I’m a long-time, registered Republican on Active Duty in Iraq at the moment, and I want to thank you for the wonderful belly laughs this morning after my cousin sent me a link to your blog post!

You go, girl!!

Thanks for voicing what a lot of us over here can’t say publicly.

God bless you and Margaret and the United States of America!

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By: Active Duty in Iraq on October 10, 2008
at 9:16 PM
Calli. duh

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 9:14 PM
Who is this Alta person? You like insulting people?

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By: DoReMi on October 10, 2008
at 9:11 PM
“Maybe their mothers should have flushed them….”

Really?

Frankly, you should have died in your mother’s womb, or at best, she should have swallowed.

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By: DoReMi on October 10, 2008
at 9:01 PM
The only thing I will respond to is this-
When I refered to sitting in a comfortable office puching papers, I was refering to my career choices, not everyone elses.

I would only hope that women would be intellegent enough to realize that contraceptives are not perfect. I have not judged anyone.

But I would also appreciate if you would defend yourself as to why you can call me disrespectful while you are calling me a “hypocritical little punk”.

Are you not an adult? Do you not have respect?
I really don’t mean to be rude, but I am curious.

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By: Mel F. on October 10, 2008
at 8:54 PM
Calli you go girl………..these idiots will see the fire of hell but never the light. They are a bunch of atheist morons who do not believe. Maybe their mothers should have flushed them. World would have been a whole lot better place without them.

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 8:49 PM
Mel F, you said “I personally, would rather not have been aborted.”

Holy cr@p! When were you aborted? Are you posting from the great internet beyond?

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By: Lorax on October 10, 2008
at 8:42 PM
And just to clarify for all of you who claim to be Christian supporters of McFailin’, while calling names to your elders and judging “liberals”:

Biblical Quotes Supporting the Belief that Jesus Is A Liberal

Peacemaking, not War Making: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. [Matthew 5:9]
Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. [Matthew 5:39] I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully
use you, and persecute you; [Matthew 5:44]

The Death Penalty: Thou shalt not kill [Matthew 5:21]

Crime and Punishment: If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone at her. [John 8:7] Do not judge,
lest you too be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be
measured to you. [Matthew 7:1 & 2.]

Justice: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. [Matthew 5:6] Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy [Matthew 5:7] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses. [Matthew 6:15]

Corporate Greed and the Religion of Wealth: In the temple courts [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves and
other sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep
and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. [John 2:14 & 15.] Watch out! Be on
your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. [Luke 12.15.]
Truly, I say unto you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew 19:23] You cannot serve both
God and Money. [Matthew 6:24.]

Paying Taxes & Separation of Church & State: Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God
the things that are God’s. [Matthew 22:21]

Community: Love your neighbor as yourself. [Matthew 22:39] So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to
you.[Matthew 7:12.] If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven. [Matthew 19:21]

Equality & Social Programs: But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be
blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. [Luke 14:13 &14.]

Public Prayer & Displays of Faith: And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward. But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father
which is in secret… [Matthew 6:6 & 7]

Strict Enforcement of Religious Laws: If any of you has a son or a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not
take hold of it and lift it out? [Matthew 12:11] The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. [Mark 2:27.]

Individuality & Personal Spiritual Experience: Ye are the light of the world. [Matthew 5:14]

So, Jesus may love you, but he wants his religion back.

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By: Danielle on October 10, 2008
at 8:37 PM
Jim, I couldn’t have said it better. 🙂

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By: Maddie on October 10, 2008
at 8:27 PM
He’s a pompous little ass, in plain English – apology or no apology, who are YOU to judge???? Some day, you little twit, you will have a daughter – I pray she’s never in a situation to have to make a decision like this and deal with the likes of you.

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By: Maddie on October 10, 2008
at 8:24 PM
Helen –
I have been studying this Presidential race since the beginning of Bush’s unfortunate (for the country) second term. I am looking forward to hopefully electing a person who has compassion for the middle class (not a Republican), a sense of pride in giving our fighting, returning veterans the care they need (not McCain) and a vice-president and president who know how to, yes, unconditionally, sit down with other world leaders and talk about their problems and disagreements.
The election of John McCain and Sarah Palin would be a tragic mistake. McCain has an axe to grind with any foreign country or foreign leader that looks at him cross-eyed. I think he feels he has a score to settle after being a prisoner of war. He said as recently as eight short years ago that “I hate gooks”. This from a man who wants to lead our country. He’s a war mongering fool. As for Sarah Palin, she’s one who is of the “family values” ilk, yet, obviously doesn’t educate her own children about it. Case in point? An unmarried pregnant teenage daughter. A hypocrite from the word “Go”. Palin is just as corrupt as any Washington politician, so that crosses off the “outsider” claims.
Helen, keep speaking up. Good on you!

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By: Jim on October 10, 2008
at 8:20 PM
My bad Mel, one last thing:

You stated “Should the younger generation be preparing ourselves to one day govern this country? I would prefer leadership with a backbone.”

There is a difference between ‘leading’/’governing’ with a backbone and CONTROLLING. The line of thinking you seem to be stuck on is of the latter. That is the problem with the right wing. Even your god says people get to have their own choice. Respect your god and stay the hell outta the personal choices and circumstances of others’ lives.

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By: Danielle on October 10, 2008
at 8:19 PM
Mel,

Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
Matthew 7:2

You make this too easy.

You’ve made many uninformed judgements, including but not limited to:

–judging women who are unable or unwilling to carry a pregnancy to term for any number of reasons you obviously do not understand

–judging women who are able or willing to carry a pregnancy to term, but need financial assistance to care for the LIFE of the child (explain how that makes you pro-life – no, don’t, it’ll just be BS)

–judging “a good portion” of people on “welfare” as “lazy” when you have no idea what it might be like to try to pay the bills and support a family on the subsistant pay most Americans receive – better move out of your parents house and start paying all your own bills now, while you still know everything

–judging against people that “Sit in a comfortable office pushing papers” (even if that keeps them off welfare!)

–judging “women who are on the pill” who you feel should be “smart enough to know there is still a chance to conceive.”

You are an inexperienced, judgemental hypocritical little punk. End of discussion. I will not have a battle of wits with an unarmed individual.

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By: Danielle on October 10, 2008
at 8:15 PM
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” -1 Timothy 4:12

I have been quite respectful. At times sarcastic, I will admit. And for that I will apologize sincerely. My intentions were only to make a point. I have not name called, or purposely tried to hurt anyone’s feelings. I have not put myself above anyone. I realize that not everyone will think or believe the same way I do, but I do know that we live in country where we can state what we think and believe. I may be young, but that does not mean I don’t have the right to give my thoughts or opinions.

Should the younger generation be preparing ourselves to one day govern this country? I would prefer leadership with a backbone.

Again, I am sorry if I have been disrespectful.

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By: Mel F. on October 10, 2008
at 7:36 PM
No, Alta, your English is poor because you’re a f-n’ moron, you pathetic loser.

Go Barb!

Keep posting Helen, you’re the best. People like this asswipe are a waste of life!

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By: AnotherNYer on October 10, 2008
at 7:36 PM
Drop dead, Alta.

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 7:32 PM
Ya’ll, bless your hearts! Gosh, don’t worry none ’bout that yungin’ Mel F., ya hear? Mel’s just a “Teen for God”…the very reason they set a minimum voting age as most people gain a lil’ logic and reason after a few years experience in reality (Helen Philpot is a good proof of this). For example, if Mel was really as god-lovin’ as Mel claims, wouldn’t Mel know the “word of god” states:

Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:32 NASB

Mel, by your own standards, you have sinned by disrespecting your elder, you little punk hypocrite. So I give you a bit of advice, when you grow-up you will look back at this time of your life and release what a fool you’ve made of yourself:

“Help me know, four years from now
I won’t believe in you anyhow
And I’ll mope around the campus
And I’ll feel betrayed
All those guilty summers I stayed
But then I’ll laugh
That I fell for the lure
Of the pain of desire to feel so pure
And I’ll bear all the burdens
Of my little daily crimes
Wish I had a God for such cynical times
Far from today”

(song starts at 0:40)

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By: Danielle on October 10, 2008
at 7:15 PM
Michele, I understand what you are saying. But I am going to stick to my position and say it is not right to kill the child. A crime does not justify terminating an innocent child’s life. Although not perfect, adoption is still a better option.
Women who are on the pill should be smart enough to know there is still a chance to conceive. If they choose to have sex then they should understand the possible consequences.

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By: Mel F. on October 10, 2008
at 7:08 PM
“I like strong women… worship them”

Ditto.

Therefore, I like you Helen Philpot…worship you.

Keep speaking truth to power.

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By: Danielle Davis on October 10, 2008
at 6:49 PM
perfect! the palins are a disgrace. to everything.

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By: anne from malaysia on October 10, 2008
at 6:41 PM
YOU GO GIRL! I AGREE! Keep up the great work! As to the rest of you Repugnant trolls on here, stop drinking the Kool-Aid and become informed voters instead of spouting off McNasty campaign propaganda. McCain is an asshole and so are Repugnants. Even members of your own party think so. There, I said it! Long live Helen 🙂

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By: Kim in Florida on October 10, 2008
at 6:00 PM
Barb I too was born in New York that is why my English is so poor……so excuse me. I learned the English Language from my parents. Who by the way took me south to Florida to raise me.

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By: Alta on October 10, 2008
at 5:38 PM
Please do not judge we Alaskans by our idiot Governor. The state has been in the past represented by some wonderful, educated(not always by colleges) statesmen. Our few but diverse people are as insulted, joyed, angered, embarased and frightened by Ms Palin being thrust into the national spotlight. She has in my view abandoned her responsibilities to the state and the people. Though I will say due to the “infection” she has been exposed to, I don’t wish her back.

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By: Marc on October 10, 2008
at 5:29 PM
What a treat this has been to find your great blog, Helen. I, too, am a senior and I, too, tend to use “colorful” language to express myself. Isn’t it hilarious that most of the posters who take issue with “straight talk” are mostly the ones who present themselves as preachy, negative and mean-spirited?

For those who think Palin is a saint for not aborting a fetus with Down Syndrome………..puleeze. I do not know anyone who would have done that and I know a lot of people who are pro-choice. Certainly, knowing that a child will have challenges before it is born, helps prepare for what is to come, but by no means would most people abort for that reason.

That brings me to the so-called pro-life group who are not really pro-life, but are really pro-birth. Once the child is here, the hell with him. That is evidenced by comments from the Palin apologists for her dragging that baby out to display him in front of thousands of people. At the time of the convention, it was said that the baby was four months old. I would not want to take a child that young out in such a group if she was perfectly healthy. A child with DS is more vulnerable to viruses and other infections. Shame on her.

Further shame is due to Palin for using that baby as a prop to show what a wonderful person she is and how she knows what it is to have a special needs child. No she doesn’t. At the age of that little boy, she has no clue. I have an 18 year-old nephew with Down Syndrome. As an infant, he was a piece of cake other than his having frequent colds and ear infections which is typical of DS babies. Before he was three years old he was already being taken for speech therapy and I do not remember how many other kinds of interventions.

Sarah Palin and the McShame campaign have made that baby into a plus for their political purposes. He is no more than an object to promote their devious positions. BTW, have you noticed that whenever she would grab the baby after a speech she never looked at him? He was a prop for her drama. Spare me.

Thanks Helen for saying it like it is.

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By: Champagne on October 10, 2008
at 5:04 PM
Helen:

You’re my new hero. You are witty, intelligent and there is no bullshit in your soul. Keep up the great work!

Oh, look, Deb@birdonawire gets her quotes from Starbuck’s coffee cups. I think it’s safe to say that Madeline Albright does not support stupidity, female or otherwise.

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By: Sharon Powell on October 10, 2008
at 4:42 PM
Helen:

You are intelligent, witty and honest. We need more people like you in this country. Keep up the great work!

Oh, look, Deb@birdonawire gets her quotes from Starbucks coffee cups…I think it is safe to say that Madeline Albright would never support stupidity, female or not.

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By: Sharon Powell on October 10, 2008
at 4:38 PM
Thank you so much for saying this. It almost made me cry. You should run for the Vice Presidental office… God knows you’d do a better job then her. Bravo!

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By: Jillian Brooks on October 10, 2008
at 3:58 PM
Mel F.,

Granted, there are people getting welfare that fall under your description of “lazy” and “not willing to take responsibility”. However, what about the 16 year old girl that’s walking home from school & gets raped? Or worse, her father creeps into her bedroom at night and forces himself onto her. Did she make a bad decision? What about the .1% of women that are on the pill that end up pregnant? Did they make an “unwise choice that they are not willing to take responsibility for”?

I hope you will stick with what you say and you end up doing what you can to make this world a better place.

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 3:54 PM
your mean

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By: foward on October 10, 2008
at 3:38 PM
I thought I got this as a joke. WOW what opinions. As aconvicted felon ,drug addict,homosexual, minority I must say some of you are mean.

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By: foward on October 10, 2008
at 3:34 PM
Michele, What is wrong with mothers and families being on welfare is that a good portion of them, excuse the harsh term, are lazy or simply had an unwise choice that they are not willing to take responsibility for.
In fact I would, adopt and someday will. But really, what do you at all about what I want to do with my life? Sit in a comfortable office pushing papers? No, that’s not it at all.

Barb, thank you I forgot to proof read my post. But you clearly haven’t taken the time to read Nikki’s either.

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By: Mel F. on October 10, 2008
at 3:34 PM
Michele, Mel F can’t even write properly, look at the grammar – so don’t waste your time, though your argument is brilliant!

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 3:27 PM
Mel F.,

While talking with friends this past week, we replaced the term “pro-life” with “pro-birth”. Most of you that are in favor of taking away a woman’s choice and forcing them to give birth to a child are the same ones that complain about those same mothers and children going on welfare.

It’s great that you say you’re willing to give up your time and your money. Does that mean that you will be adopting as many of these children as you can afford when you are of legal age and encouraging the abortion clinic protestors to do the same?

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 3:23 PM
Nikki-
First off- that’s MA’AM to you.

Now- I will tell you that those children are happy, and they are grateful. They are grateful to have people willing to give up their time and money to come and help rebuild their homes and just to play with them. And belief me ma’am, if the local children’s home in my area allowed volunteers under the age of 18, I would be down there every chance I got. The truth is, whether you wish to accept it or not, being alive with an opportunity to make something of themselves is much better than stripping them of the three basic rights promised to every American, LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The wonderful thing about my God is that you are never forced to follow any “laws” other than to love those around you, no matter their lifestyle or choices, but to also strive to be like Christ. God has given us the liberty of free will, but He wants us to WANT to be like Christ and to WANT a relationship with Him. If something is forced on us, there is no reward. I am not intentionally forcing anything on you, I am merely stating that abortion is murder. God cares about the children and the mothers, but He allows us to make our own choices.

I personally, would rather not have been aborted. I also do not consider myself “religious” actually, that is the last thing I would want to be labeled. I religious person worships out of fear, I worship out of love.

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By: Mel F. on October 10, 2008
at 3:12 PM
Yeah – I meant to bring this up before, but didn’t because I don’t think Calli is reading this blog anymore. Here’s a very interesting site when it comes to the “Bible is against gays” crowd. Happy reading!

http://www.christiangay.com/he_loves/lev_18.htm

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 3:05 PM
Hey! Don’t go insulting Alabama like that!

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By: Julie on October 10, 2008
at 3:04 PM
Calli (to Justin): “…REPENT and leave your gay lifestyle if you are truly a real Christian. …”

Gee Calli does this include the priests, too, from whom you listen to the Good Word and take the Eucharist – want me to start on this topic now????? Who are YOU to judge anyone, you pompous (no doubt in the closet) pig!

Yea, forward, you’re so right, this just got incredibly funny!!! 🙂

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 2:46 PM
This is too funny to go away.

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By: foward on October 10, 2008
at 2:12 PM
yea, okay, keep babbling………

hoping someone “stops draining social security” makes you a complete toad; and since you allegedly don’t need it, why on earth would you care if it’s depleated?

Go away!

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 1:57 PM
I do not need ss money took care of my self. This was fowarded to me and I am LOL at all these bitter losers who want someone to fix something for them.

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By: foward on October 10, 2008
at 1:55 PM
Helen – If my grandmother were alive today, she would want to be your friend. Thank you for saying what so many of us think. I’m worried for our country but I’m also happy to see so many people on here who feel as I do. There is hope for us yet! You are awesome!

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By: Amy on October 10, 2008
at 1:48 PM
let mccain in and you’ll NEVER see your own social security! ignoramus!

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 1:46 PM
hopefuly you will be gone and stop draining social security. that would be change we could all use.

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By: foward on October 10, 2008
at 1:44 PM
Have not got the stamina to read all the responses.. only to add my own…
Helen!!! You Rock!!!

As a 63 yr old granny, 2 days out from my 3rd breast cancer surgery, I’m happy to know you are here… speaking words that I would speak.. cept for the damned pain meds.

Keep it up. One of my daughters sent me this link.. I’m so proud of her and all my kids for being so smart and loving!!

Rock on Grannies of the world!

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By: Patt on October 10, 2008
at 1:42 PM
God bless you Helen!!!

I want you to be my Grandmother!

Very well said.

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By: Jeff on October 10, 2008
at 1:42 PM
I AGREE!!! And I even did my own post on the Palin nightmare. Palin vs. TRULY STRONG WOMEN! Please check it out, it’s the Sept post, second one down.

http://www.kaphotollc.wordpress.com

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By: Katharine on October 10, 2008
at 1:38 PM
Yeah, I’m baaaaack, just can’t get enough good liberal sound bites! Ok first off….

DEAN: I’m rocking now as a matter of fact. I’ve found death metal to be great fuel when dealing with conservatives. Flattery will get you every where, I’m shameless. Does my butt look good in this btw?

SETH: I would LOVE to. Get in the ring that is. My bro was state wrestling champ 8 years in a row until he graduated HS and moved on to other things. Guess who his sparring partner at home was? Yup. My folks were good liberals and they thought nothing wrong with a brother and sister wrestling. Keep the jokes to min people, we weren’t hillbillies! LOL I enjoyed it and picked up a few moves allright. Throw in my kick boxing experience and I’m ready to get in the ring with any neocon any day. In fact it would be a pleasure to sweep the floor with them. YES, IAM that MAD, that I DO think kicking somebodys arse might make me feel better. KA-POWWWWWWW!!!

Is ‘hate’ too strong a word? I used to hate that word, hahahahaha, but now I find it weasling its way in to my vocabulary!

Oh God, we can’t forget poor misguided Mel, who in his response does show that he is a caring man. However, I think he mistook the suffering children’s ‘happiness’ as he called it for something else entirely. Mel, please do not confuse that happiness with gratefulness, and the neediness that comes from sheer desperation. I’ve worked with these kids and to call them HAPPY is a gross misjudgement of character. I think you saw what you wanted to see. Perhaps you are insinuating they are just happy to be alive, but I’ver had many tell me they wish they never were, saddend that not only did their parents turn their back on them, but now so has their countrymen. Again, shame. You leave no answer as to what we would do with all the ADDITIONAL ‘unwanted’ living children’ if abortions were illegal. Where would they go? Who is going to care for them? If you force a baby out of MY womb, I’ll make sure that every single No-Choicer on earth gets a unwanted, woulda been aborted fetus down their own personal chimneys. If you are going to FORCE me to have it then YOU will have to care for it. All the un-abortioned children will now be the responsibility of all the No-Choicers. And YES, Mel, it IS self righteous of YOU to expect ME to follow the same so-called ‘laws’ of your ‘god’ when I do not share those same views. Besides, since christians seem to think their god is so vengefull and all knowing, then wouldn’t that be HIS responsibility? To take care of these possessed pregnant women himself? Where is he then? Why isn’t he making abortions impossible somehow? Because the god you worship does not exist, and sir you are not going to tell me what to do with my body based on a nonexistent entity. Now, I consider myself a highly spiritual person, not religious at all, but spiritual, which I believe to be far more important than worshipping false gods. I believe in the mystery of the universe, that some answers aren’t supposed to be known, because we just can’t handle the truth, look at how we treat LIVING CHILDREN. Living spiritually means doing unto others, as you would have done unto you. IT really is that simple.

It would be something short of a miracle if all these No-choicers put down their posters of cut up fetuses and went down to the foster homes and began adopting foster kids at break neck speed. Then I would say HALLELUJAH!!!!

Mel, you are entitled to you beliefs, but only when they don’t overstep their bounds into MY body, that is when you enter the arena of the self righteous. You seem like a nice enough man, so why don’t you take action on something you DO have some control over? I just don’t get it. From this point on I won’t listen to another No-Choicer, not until they got foster kids coming out of their ears……

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By: Nikki on October 10, 2008
at 1:29 PM
Helen, I’m appointing you as my adopted grandmother. I never had one who was as sharp or spunky as you.

Way to cut to the chase and say what everyone is thinking. I’m so tired of Christians (and I call myself one too) basing their life and politics on 2 issues: abortion and sexual preference. When are we gonna address the other zillion commands in the Bible about loving one another and feeding the poor? And for God’s sake…why must we check our brains at the front door of the church?!

I can’t, for the life of me, understand how people of faith can support such a manipulative, ignorant, intolerant candidate.

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By: Melza on October 10, 2008
at 1:04 PM
PBS has an online poll asking if Sarah Palin is qualified.

Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes.

The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media.

It can influence undecided voters in swing states.

Please do two things — it takes 20 seconds.

1) Click on link and vote yourself.

Here’s the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you know, and urge them to vote and pass it on.

The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewers think Sarah Palin is qualified.

Right now the Poll is split about 50/50.

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By: Carl Jeck on October 10, 2008
at 12:59 PM
Thank you Helen! You nailed this one. You said it loud and clear what any rational person has been thinking and saying in conversations. I look forward to more of your ‘words of wisdom’.

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By: Elaine on October 10, 2008
at 12:58 PM
Seriously!! You said it. I am so tired of men telling me that I should like this woman for the simple fact that she is a woman. Are you kidding me? I can’t even watch this woman try to trick the nation into falling for her act. She is condescending and it’s an insult that she is using this act of hers to try to win support. I almost had to leave the country when Bush won two terms. If McCain and Palin win there is no hope for any of us.

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By: Christina on October 10, 2008
at 12:49 PM
To Helen, Margaret, and Helen’s grandson:

I apologize for taking up your bandwidth with my posts. I hope you don’t mind.

To all:

Before the McCain/Palin crowd starts calling me a hypocrite (after all, the title of this whole thread is Sarah Palin is a Bitch… there I said it.), one of the main reasons I’m voting for Obama has to do with the health care plans that each candidate is advocating.

With Obama’s plan, nothing would change for me and my family. My current family health and dental care coverage would continue to be paid for in full by my employer (yes, I realize how very lucky I am) and my employer would actually get a tax credit to ensure they could continue to provide this fantastic benefit.

With McCain’s plan, my paycheck will go down significantly because the premiums that are sent to the insurance company will become taxable income and additional tax money will have to be taken out of my earnings. In addition, if there’s no more write off for my employer to provide me and my co-workers with health insurance benefits, they may very well decide to stop paying the premiums altogether and I’ll have to start paying them. If this happens, it’s very likely that my family would turn into one of the millions of families that have no health care coverage because we simply couldn’t afford the premiums of approximately $2,000 per month (I changed jobs last year and found out how much my former employer was charged via my COBRA statement – I have better coverage with a much smaller company so I’m assuming that the premiums are a bit higher). I may not be the world’s greatest mathematician, but the $5,000 tax credit would only cover 2.5 months of this coverage and I need to come up with the other $19,000 annually.

This is meant to be a simple, straight-forward analysis of one of the issues that’s been highly debated in the current election. If you find that there’s been an error on my part, please let me know.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 12:47 PM
Hey There Helen –
I really loved your blog. A friend sent it to me.
What also amazed me was how so many people would use your PERSONAL BLOG to argue with you, each other and put one another down. Apparently you hit a pretty “hot topic”. Good For you!
I am proud that many of the seniors of this country CAN and DO not only blog, but feel free to state their opinions in a humorous and passionate manner! I loved this.

Many of the put-downs and “intelligent” comments of the nay-sayers are just angry folks who may be threatened, apparently, by a sharp and sassy 82 year old woman.

Have a wonderful day Helen and keep up the good work!

Peace…

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By: interested on October 10, 2008
at 12:43 PM
Helen,

Well said! Sara Palin is an embarrassment to all women.

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By: Ginger on October 10, 2008
at 12:29 PM
Yes she would indeed!

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 12:14 PM
Helen would make a great News Commentator!!!

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By: Robert on October 10, 2008
at 12:12 PM
Why? Your first response was just fine – I understood and frankly, you’re right. This trashing back on forth is getting tedious.

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 12:11 PM
I suppose that I should better explain my last post. If the McCain/Palin supporters want to win me over, it’s not going to be by telling me how Obama is the embodiment of evil or how I’m must be out of my mind thinking otherwise. If you don’t have anything good to say about your candidates, then why are you supporting them in the first place?

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 12:05 PM
I’m getting tired of this whole thing, to be honest.

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 12:01 PM
Not a problem. I’m just getting very, very tired of not reading a single positive thing about McCain and Palin – even from the people that claim to be supporting them.

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 11:58 AM
Thanks Michele – you’re the best!!! I didn’t even want to go there with that person – just another desperate attempt, I suppose.

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 11:52 AM
Obama birth certificate question – been there, done that. Disproved that myth over 7 weeks ago.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

This seems to me to be yet another attempt by McCain/Palin supporters to use a recycled fallacy to beat down Obama. If you’re going to support your candidates, please do it by showing how their policies are going to positively affect me, my family, and the rest of the nation.

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By: Michele on October 10, 2008
at 11:46 AM
BTW, my responses to Alta’s smut are in parenthesis.

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 10:55 AM
Alta –

“…after all I voted for Clinton and when he disgraced our country with the words I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN I lost all faith in him as a President. He should have been Impeached for lying under oath. …”

I don’t disagree with that, not at all.

Plus Obama still has not come forth with a certified copy of his Birth Certificate. Or have you not heard about the lawsuit on that one????? If your (pardon me, it’s YOU’RE for YOU ARE!!!) not a citizen of the US legally you can not run for President of the United States!!! (Really? No shit, I didn’t know that! Please….) Lets see how he gets out of this one. (yes, let’s!) I am not a racist I have many black friends (and I’m sure they just love you) something of which you probably do not (who are you to assume? Yes I certainly do, but I don’t need to advertise like you!)

“Sounds like you are from the South (this one gets me – I’M BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY for God’s sake)

thinking all women should be barefoot and pregnant and not doing anything but raising kids and keeping house. Wake up! Now days its a two way street and women as well as men take care of the financial needs as well as taking care of the home and kids!!! (AND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I DO, are you kidding me with this?) Your (there you go again – YOU’RE IS YOU ARE – get it right already) just afraid of Palin because she is a strong WOMAN!!! (No baby, I’m afraid of Palin because she’s evil and an idiot)

This whole website is a bunch of nasty mouth people as far as I am concerned. All of you are frustrated and this is the only place Ya’ll can air your nasty foul mouth comments and get away with it. (Then get off the website, do us all a favor)

…But then again I have faith it the majority of the AMERICAN public to vote for the only one person running who is qualified to run this country. John McCain!… (Yea, good luck with that!)

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 10:53 AM
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By: The Diva Muse » Blog Archive » Interesting Blog Post on October 10, 2008
at 10:44 AM
Sorry Barb but I am not paranoid. Just old enough to know better, and for your information I do not vote just Republican………….I vote for the person who I think is better to run the country…………after all I voted for Clinton and when he disgraced our country with the words I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN I lost all faith in him as a President. He should have been Impeached for lying under oath.

Plus Obama still has not come forth with a certified copy of his Birth Certificate. Or have you not heard about the lawsuit on that one????? If your not a citizen of the US legally you can not run for President of the United States!!! Lets see how he gets out of this one. I am not a racist I have many black friends……..something of which you probably do not.

Sounds like you are from the South thinking all women should be barefoot and pregnant and not doing anything but raising kids and keeping house. Wake up! Now days its a two way street and women as well as men take care of the financial needs as well as taking care of the home and kids!!! Your just afraid of Palin because she is a strong WOMAN!!! This whole website is a bunch of nasty mouth people as far as I am concerned. All of you are frustrated and this is the only place Ya’ll can air your nasty foul mouth comments and get away with it.

Yep I was raised in the SOUTH!!! So I can say Ya’ll legally.

Ever read Obama’s books???? Think you should they are very interesting to say the least. He stands with the Muslims and guess who is trying to destroy AMERICA???? What better way for the Muslims to get a foothold in this country. We walk among many here already just lying in wait. Who do you think the biggest contributions are coming from for Obama??? How are they getting the money to send………why our high gas prices we pay for OIL is how. DUH doesn’t take a genius to see that!! If he wins I hope you and yours enjoy turning your faith to ISLAM and are ready to Muslims.

But then again I have faith it the majority of the AMERICAN public to vote for the only one person running who is qualified to run this country. John McCain!

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By: Alta Swaine on October 10, 2008
at 10:40 AM
Wonderful blog! I’ve said much the same to everyone who will listen. The woman is embarrassing and I can’t take another moment of her silliness. I cringe that she is raising clones of herself!

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By: Cici on October 10, 2008
at 9:40 AM
Good, I’m glad you came to your senses!

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 9:39 AM
I feel your pain. I guess you really miss Hillary too. Speaking of…I re-read this “old” Sept. 30, 1999 NYTimes article that stated: “Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits…From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,” said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American an Enterprise Institute. ”If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry.” Hmmm. The seeds of Socialism were being planted in America’s democratic earth some time before this administration…but I’m sure with Obama in the lead, everything will work out just fine.

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By: Luz Perez on October 10, 2008
at 9:34 AM
Ahhh typical Republican, paranoid that everyone’s out to get you – GROW UP!!!!! Obama, the anti-Christ??? Why, because his middle name is Hussein? Sing a new tune already, will you, we’re tired of this one and it’s gone flat.

Frankly, being a former-Republican (yes, folks, I admit it), I’m rather surprised you all would even CONSIDER a woman to be anywhere but barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. And, well, there is the fact that most (of not all of you) are pretty racist, so there ya go.

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By: Barb on October 10, 2008
at 9:16 AM
Just as I figured they removed my post that I did on Oct 7th at 11:37 pm…………must be a strictly DEMOCRAT website……can’t take the heat but can sure dish it out. OINK OINK Thousand of little piggies being led to slaughter by the PIED PIPER OBAMA. Wake up America he is the Anti Christ!!!

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By: Alta Swaine on October 10, 2008
at 9:06 AM
Helen,
You are dead on. Sarah Palin is possibly the worst thing to happen in politics since I gained the right to vote four years ago, but please don’t assume that all Southerns or people with a certain dialect are stupid. Why aren’t woman like you in ruling positions?

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By: Megan on October 10, 2008
at 9:01 AM
You women really rock!!!!

Keep up the good work.

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By: White woman for Obama on October 10, 2008
at 8:56 AM
Dear Helen:
You are the bomb!! You make me proud to be an almost senior citizen–and a woman!!
I LOVE your honesty, your no-holds-barred articulation of reality. I am going to circulate this blog to everyone I can think of–of course, they are already in your camp when it comes to Palin, but I think they’ll get a charge out of you.
Keep on telling it like it is! I hope I’m giving them hell when I am 82! You are my hero!
Ann

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By: Ann Middleman on October 10, 2008
at 8:46 AM
Helen – you are the first person brave enough to ask out loud – why aren’t Palin’s kids college material??? Good for you! The press tries to make it sound so wonderful that her kid with a strange name joined the Army. Geeez, I’m pretty sure she and the “first dude” laid down the law and said, “Either get a job or join the Army.” so he did. And the fact that Palin herself made a big deal of a pregnant teen and her sperm-donor friend – who in the world would air that dirty laundry on national TV? And then says family issues are off limits for politics – unless it suits Palin for a photo-op. I cannot listen to her voice again, so I’m glad there was only one debate. Keep posting these blogs, Helen – you’re the best!

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By: Sally on October 10, 2008
at 8:45 AM
Helen – you’ve hit the nail on the head! It’s such a pleasure to read your blog on Palin. You’re right she is an “ignorant, ranting, whining bitch”! It’s about time someone called her what she is. Furthermore you’re right about her being a crappy mother – not only is her special needs infant toted around for photo ops – you notice she’s only holding him for a moment or two so the photographers can take some pictures – then he’s pawned off on various family members until the youngest daughter winds up holding him. Not for nothing but she’s too young to be up at 11 pm too, let alone assuming the parenting of a special needs infant while the parents campaign. My mom is 82 and also named Helen. You and her would get along great I think! Keep up the good work 🙂

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By: Gilda on October 10, 2008
at 8:37 AM
I say “you go girl”! You hit enough nails on the head to build a house. How people out there are bamboozled by her fake folksiness – particularly after the last 8 years – is completely beyond me. I guess Mencken was right: “Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people”

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By: Another hip Helen on October 10, 2008
at 8:29 AM
Thanks for posting, Helen.
We do not need any more “just folks” politicians running this country. Life is complicated, politics are complicated. That’s why the Palin selection is so sad. It’s not just a case of women turning against women. It’s women being intelligent enough to know when they are being sold an empty sack or bag of goods. Doncha betcha?

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By: Suziannie on October 10, 2008
at 7:46 AM
hallelujah, amen, ms. helen.

i hope i have your fire in about 40 years! can i adopt you as my nearly grandmother?

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By: Cathy on October 10, 2008
at 7:41 AM
This portrait is so true to life!!
I agree totally.
Many of the points, I had already thought of myself.
The one about college though, I had not, but it is an excellent one.
What a fraud that wind up doll Palin is!!
And you know, a recent MRI performed on her has revealed the absence of thinking lobes in that bird brain of hers. It’s all occupied by the control center for her motor mouth.

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By: Philippe on October 10, 2008
at 7:36 AM
you helen, are an idiot…make that an old, ignorant, ranting idiot. I think you might just make a good canidate for VP…for B.O. as you both stink!

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By: alic on October 10, 2008
at 7:21 AM
Congratulations! This is the best post I’ve seen on Palin yet. She makes my blood pressure rise whenever I hear her nasally abuse of the English language. She can’t name the newspapers and magazines she reads? God, give me a fricking break. And the right-wingers think it’s perfectly fine to put this dip-wad within one heart attack of the presidency.

She’s an insult to all women, like myself, who’ve worked hard (and avoided using sexuality and soul-selling) to get to where we are today. McCain sold us out. His choice of Palin proves him to be reckless, not a maverick. Do we really want this man sitting in the oval office with that sniveling, whining, uneducated, stupid woman at his side (or perhaps kneeling under the presidential desk?) There, I said THAT!

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By: Caldwellelle on October 10, 2008
at 6:49 AM
WOW!

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By: steadycat on October 10, 2008
at 6:28 AM
Helen – Thank you for your post. I probably wouldn’t have had the nerve to put it in writing but I’m glad you did. I hope I’m still participating when I’m in my 80’s as you are.

I do hope that Americans start looking at the facts and not vote based on their party. The two parties only divide us. John McCain showed how poor his judgement was when he selected Palin. Furthermore, why does everyone want our president and vp to be just regular folks? I want our president to be not only highly educated but very smart and have good judgement. I don’t want them to be like me at all. I’m not capable of running the country. Hello???

Helen thank again! Looking forward to reading future posts. 🙂

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By: dml on October 10, 2008
at 6:13 AM
Helen U ROCK. I’m from Alaska and I’ve been telling people for years that Sarah Palin is a lying, coniving, vindictive, self-righteous, racist BITCH.

Thanks for helping in spreading the word about this crazy lady! Keep up the AWESOME work!

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By: Afro on October 10, 2008
at 5:07 AM
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008! It’s coming! 🙂

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By: Elizabeth on October 10, 2008
at 5:06 AM
Thank you so much for saying what everyone has been thinking!

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By: accountantgrrl on October 10, 2008
at 4:40 AM
Wow! Thanks so much for saying what we all have been thinking.

Helen, you are truly bootylicious.

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By: O. on October 9, 2008
at 11:42 PM
Larry & Carol:

You are out of your mind. It’s ok. McCain is too. You suck ass, but thanks for playing. Remember, patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when they deserve it. If McCain gets elected, the best thing we can do as educated, free-thinking people is move to Canada or somewhere else, so all you ignorant bastards here can get the shit nuked out of you when McSame bombs Iran. You deserve it if you elect that fecal matter. We will vote for Obama and pray he brings America back to greatness. God Bless America and God Bless the next President of the United States, Barack Obama!!!

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By: Dustin on October 9, 2008
at 11:10 PM
Helen – Thank goodness there are still a few Americans smart enough to recognize a disaster in a skirt. You hit the nail on the head. You should run for President! – Ross

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By: Ross Weintraub on October 9, 2008
at 10:11 PM
Sarah has recently asked when will the media ask the hard questions of Barack Obama and when will they get straight answers. I would like to now how the investigation into the firing of her brother-in-law is going. I live near Detroit MI and I am aware of the national attention the Kilpatrick text message scandle received. Quite frankly I lean to believe that she would have tried to have her sisters ex-husband fired. I would like questions asked regarding that and real evidence to support answers!!

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By: Ejipt on October 9, 2008
at 9:13 PM
“Sarah Palin is an ignorant, ranting, whining bitch. There I said it. But lots more are thinking it.”

Whoohooo! you say it sister! way to tell it like it is!

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By: Sarah S on October 9, 2008
at 8:59 PM
Go Rae Go!!!!

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 8:43 PM
Sarah Palin…., there are no words to describe what a sad, F’d up place America will be if that bitch and John McCain are elected. Thank you Helen, for giving voice to what intelligent Americans are thinking. I recently spoke to a 28 year old man, who told me he is voting for McCain because Palin is “hot” Thats what we need, a”hot” President in the White House. Remember, all you republicans who think she is hot, John McCain may not survive another 4 years, and she is what you’d be left with. She is an embarrassment to all women.

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By: Rae on October 9, 2008
at 8:35 PM
I pretty much agree with you Helen. Sarah Palin seems to be an absolute train wreck — I find her a train wreck that’s hard not to watch.

Well, here’s to tomorrow’s Troopergate report — likely another railcar careening off the tracks.

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By: Autumn Sandeen on October 9, 2008
at 8:04 PM
Hey everyone. Margaret and Helen have been nominated for a Bloggers Choice Award in both the Politcal and Humor categories. Go vote for them at http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/

Let’s make our gals famous!!!

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By: et on October 9, 2008
at 7:51 PM
[…] want to come and spoon feed me facts, you are free to do so. But if a 86 year old woman can call Palin a bitch, won’t apologize for it and tells McCain what she really think, then we have to stop and think […]

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By: “That One” Entry I Wanted To Make… at Thought Remixer on October 9, 2008
at 7:28 PM
Barb, I noticed that CNN report earlier in the day. I read several of the comments that followed, and the majority of them are from women who can’t stand Palin and argue that Palin doesn’t begin to represent them. It’s a complete opposite to the notions of the 10 conservative moms meeting together that the report addresses.

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By: I can see traffic; Palin says that qualifies me as a transportation expert on October 9, 2008
at 7:20 PM
And yet, CNN is showing/interviewing women in Florida who absolutely love Sarah, the “hockey mom.”

I’m speechless, I really am.

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 7:06 PM
OMG!!! Helen, you rock!!! Iam 52 years young and i want you to adopt me!!!! Where were you when i was growing up with my wimp-ass mother and son-of a-bitch, militaristic father?? I am so proud to recognize a wonderful, witty, strong, way-y-y intelligent (somewhat)older woman– thank god for my wonderful husband who turned me on to your blog! Long live Helen!!!

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By: elizabeth reeves on October 9, 2008
at 7:00 PM
I adore you. I would like to bake you cookies and fluff your pillows. You are the woman I aspire to be.

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By: kooolaidred on October 9, 2008
at 6:51 PM
Ooops, something didn’t come out (not that it matters but, I’m OCD): It was supposed to say, up there, “At least Olbermann doesn’t pretend he was touched by a (insert diety of choice) to impart his thoughts on people, unlike O’Reilly and Hannity, et al.”

Not that anyone but me will read it – I just, however, had to fix it. : ) Thanks for the forum.

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By: lissafaith on October 9, 2008
at 6:33 PM
This is a hoot, totally.

First things first. Whomever you are, you have my utmost admiration and agreement, unlike the typical Republican response of, “well, they don’t agree with me, they don’t know what they’re talking about, they have to be wrong”, blah, blah, and blah. (Actually, the blah parts are the most succinct things I think the GOP can muster. Man, I’m sick of that party of lies, exaggerations, and clueless self-righteousness. I believe “arrogance” is more befitting to a conservative, really.) I am tired of having to pretend that I have to be “fair” and listen or respect the other side – they show me absolutely nothing to respect, and I’ve no interest whatsoever in what a single one has to say, anymore. (They are starting to turn my stomach almost as much as seeing or hearing Mariah Carey always has – ugh, I can hardly stand it.)

Second – to those people who still, for some unfathomable reason, still support this inane and thoroughly unqualified woman (I can barely type her name without my stomach churning (from nausea or laughter, I’m not sure which): Oh, please – how ridiculous. Sarah Palin SHOULD be questioned, repeatedly – investigations of impropriety; the audacity to try to regulate other people’s morality when she doesn’t even have a clue about her own family’s “moral decisions”; she “doesn’t exactly know what a Vice President does”; she also “doesn’t pay that much attention to Iraq”; her popularity in her own state that the GOP spouts about is generally derived from her instigating monetary rebates – come on, folks – you can only play these games for so long, don’t you think 8 years was enough? You should be embarrassed. She has NO substance at all. Seh’s cute but, so’s a squirrel wearing a hat and water-skiing around a swimming pool.

Now she’s found it morally correct to crow about these obvious exaggerations regarding Senator Obama? And some people are buying it? No wonder this country’s in such a mess.

Third – one of the posters up there complained about CNN being “on the side of the Democrats, and how unfair” – I’m paraphrasing. Does anyone even entertain the idea that Fox News (God, it’s hard to even type that trite) has any sort of unbiased reporting EVER? What is with these nasty and clueless conservatives, anyhow? The Daily Show pegged it, and Olbermann is right on the mark with those blowhards. AND BILL O’REILLY STARTED OUT ON INSIDE EDITION AS A TV RAGMAG NEWSREADER. Remember that. At least Olbermann doesn’t pretend he was touched by a to impart his thoughts on people, unlike O’Reilly and Hannity, et al. And of course, Jon Stewart knows who he is. He also knows the Republican party provides a lot more comedic entertainment, and they are hardly even trying.

Finally, I was saying to my husband after I discovered this blog that, though I certainly could be wrong, I wondered if you, Helen, are really, say, your grandson – or whomever – posing as this very funny, charming, and truly on – the – mark woman and of course, has access to all these great photos of the same ladies and therefore, can make it appear to be she. (Not that it’s impossible for a woman of that – or any – age to be so involved and well – informed – of course not; my dad’s 79, and he’s a kickin’ old guy.) However, it matters not who is behind all this – what a great read, and it’s refreshing to see so many who still have the capability of using their thinking mind to try and help solve the disaster that the last eight years have wrought.

Thank you, again. : )

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By: lissafaith on October 9, 2008
at 6:22 PM
Helen, you are a hoot! Thanks for making me laugh at the end of another long day. xo

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By: Kathy on October 9, 2008
at 6:10 PM
Ok – my first post didn’t go through… so in order to condense what I wanted to say – yes, I agree Palin is a MAJOR BITCH & MCCAIN SUCKS AZZZZ! And yes – I know how I spelled it !

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By: yami on October 9, 2008
at 6:06 PM
Thank you for this entry, Helen. I couldn’t agree more. You have an enviable way with words–thank you for using that talent to say what so many of us are thinking.

You’re awesome.

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By: Meribeth on October 9, 2008
at 5:48 PM
Nikki,
I am so sorry that you do not see how abortion is the murder of an unborn child. No matter the circumstances of the conception the fetus, aka a child, is alive and breathing. I’m not sure what a fetus would be other than a HUMAN. Those orphans your talking about, would you kill them? No, I highly doubt you would. So how could you possibly be okay will kill an unborn human, death is just at painful for them as it is for someone outside of the womb.

I was in NO way trying to speak on God’s behalf. You are correct in saying that no one can do that. But I do believe that the Bible is God breathed and that He can use His creation to speak through. I am incredibly sorry that you believe you are no one, I certainly don’t. I know that I have a place and purpose for being on this Earth and so do you.

I do know about the children in Africa and Mississippi. I have been to Nicaragua (and Mississippi since you mentioned it) and witnessed the work there is still to be done a year after hurricane Felix hit. I have seen the children who are living without even the bare necessities. It breaks my heart. But I also know that they are the happiest kids I have ever encountered. I care about them more than you can imagine. They are joyful and THANKFUL for a God that loves them and cares about them.

I did not mean to come across as trying to shove anything down your throat or as you like to refer to me as a “self righteous ass” I merely wanted to point something out.

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By: Mel F. on October 9, 2008
at 5:32 PM
Last time, I looked, walking around with a baby with special needs with all the press lights and noises around it isn’t good for the child!

Besides, what about that part in her life when her water broke and she kept going from one place to the other ? She’s was trying to loose the baby ! The same one she holds high when the spotlights get turned on !

My hat’s off to you, lady!

Very well said!

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By: JJ on October 9, 2008
at 5:27 PM
Ladies,
I have passed your blog onto many friends and here is one response I would like to share;

OMG, I have tears in my eyes.
Your email arrived while I was outside talking to my 75+ neighbor – she was bathing her terracotta angels. I’ve lived next door to her for 30 years – a twice widowed Spanish woman who sounds like Charro. She’s a good Catholic girl, very conservative and all these years I’ve thought she was a staunch Republican. Boy was I surprised when she pointed to my Obama yard sign and told me she liked it. Furthermore she told me she prayed for Barack every day and she even has a picture of him in her kitchen so she can discuss things with him. I used to think yard signs were kind of tacky, but I highly recommend getting one if you haven’t already. You never know what you’ll find out about your neighbors.

Also, if you know Margaret and Helen you might want to tell them that my mother who turned 82 three days ago, and has been a registered Republican all her life, is out knocking on doors in Colorado…for Obama! For the very same reason – she and my father believe it is time to pass things on to the grandchildren.

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By: gary mcdaniel on October 9, 2008
at 5:05 PM
Helen, you’re FABULOUS. Wise, funny, and telling the truth. I love it. I will be checking in every day from now on.

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By: Madelien on October 9, 2008
at 5:00 PM
I have to quote you Helen:
“You refuse to give live interviews and then whine when your taped interviews get edited”

That is exactly the point why she wouldn’t even make it anywhere Helen!
SHE CANNOT SPEAK what needs to be spoken – she’s a ditzoid from hell with a face only her mother would love, and sometimes I wonder!

The woman doesn’t have an ounce of intelligence in her pinky – let alone brain !

She’s a bitch – yes – and a cocky one at that – and she’s going to eat her crap – (to put it nicely).
God forbid McCain would ever get elected and croak – can you imagine her for president ?
GOD HELP US NOW !

I’d be the first one outta here and moving to another country !
The hell with that !
She has no commense sense at all !

She will never make it anywhere – and she’s really got to get over herself with the SHE’S A HOT BABE mentality that alot of men are thinking & commenting about her !

Her face shows that of lies, deception…
That little stupid grin she has makes me wanna hurl – and yes – right along with you – I’ll make it into the shape of Alaska !

Ok – She is a bitch – need I say anything else?
OH yeah – and for the record – MCCAIN SUCKS ASSSSSS !!!!
BIG TIME!

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By: yami on October 9, 2008
at 4:58 PM
This was a fantasic post! Thank you so much for writing it- I second every word you said!
I think we may even be related, because my great-grandmother was from Waxahachie, Texas, and her mother was a Philpot.
Keep writing and take care,
Emma Curry-Stodder
Age 17
West Hartford, CT

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By: Emma Curry-Stodder on October 9, 2008
at 4:43 PM
Awesome, this is pure awesome. Glad to see not all of our older populous has lost their minds.

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By: Aaron Trostle on October 9, 2008
at 4:34 PM
You are fabulous. My sister sent me this link and I agree. Katie Couric should interview you!

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By: Abiola on October 9, 2008
at 4:27 PM
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. Thank you so much for your blog.

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By: Phil on October 9, 2008
at 4:24 PM
Id first say that if I disagreed with you…I wouldn’t call you names or berate you. My mother taught me to respect others opinions and especially to respect my elders. With that said I totally agree with you. After 8 horrible years of GWB, I cant believe there is still a person in this country who would openly admit they are even a Republican. McCain and Palin scare the hell out of me.

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By: Hogan on October 9, 2008
at 4:12 PM
i love this and its oh so true. couldnt have said it better myself. this should be televised. helen needs to be the next guest on saturday night live, for real. i’m with you helen. i’m reading this over and over, to me delight, and hope and wish helen gets to be heard on some other relevant topics.

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By: k mitchell on October 9, 2008
at 4:07 PM
I can’t get enough of this. I don’t care how old or young you are. I also don’t mind the language.
Your points are not only valid, but hillarious and will put.
I say to the Haters: If you don’t like what is written in this blog then stop reading it!
And what kind of name is Cortillaen?!

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By: Pattie on October 9, 2008
at 4:06 PM
I’m a youngster at 61, but had a grandma who was as outspoken as you are at 96. Keep on speaking your mind. No need to mince words either.

I just wish that folks who don’t like what you have to say would go off and write their own blogs. It’s a free country – no one is forcing them to drop by here.

Have bookmarked your website, and plan to come back to visit as often as I can.

Thank you!

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By: Denise in Saugerties on October 9, 2008
at 4:03 PM
Way to Go Helen! I’ve always thought it would be great to hold the debates (first off, with all the viable candidates — Green, Independent, etc.) but with the moderator holding a “cut the mic” button that would allow them to stop the particular politician from trailing off to tangent land and not answering the given question(s). The said politicians would look ridiculous and have to adhere to the answering policy so that their thoughts could actually be articulated — otherwise — dead mic for them!

Palin would have been dead all night, no?

Oh, by the way, Obama/Biden all the way!

Cheers from Monterey, California!

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By: Rich on October 9, 2008
at 3:48 PM
Helen,
May God bless you for another 82 years! Your mind is sharp, your wit cracks me up, and in these gloomy economic, war-times – you are a breath of fresh air.
Blog on, missus!
Blackoak

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By: Blackoak on October 9, 2008
at 3:36 PM
We’re voting the Margaret-Helen ticket! Love the photos. Love the sassiness. You made our day!

The Gimpy Girls

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By: Cait & Marty on October 9, 2008
at 3:03 PM
Cortillaen,

While your points may be valid, thank GOODNESS you didn’t write the original posting, which would’ve been read by 2 people (you and your most favorite loved one).

SNOOOOOOOZE

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By: Fan on October 9, 2008
at 3:02 PM
Thank you, Helen. You and Margaret remind me of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. I have no trouble believing you are 82: how else would you have become so wise? I’m about half your age and hope I know half what you do. Sorry you’re getting the angry folks posting, but like Michelle Obama says, when it’s not true, there’s no reason to take it personally.

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By: Jennifer on October 9, 2008
at 2:54 PM
BOY IT IS TRUE AMERICA HAD BETTER WAKE UP AND PUT SOMEONE IN WHO THINKS ABOUT THE COUNTRY NOT HIMSLEF . THAT WOULD BE McCAIN AND PALIN . GO SARAH

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By: GRANDMA on October 9, 2008
at 2:47 PM
Wonderfully said! First time reading your blog, certainly won’t be the last. And even though I’m married and everything- I think I love you 🙂

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By: Nadine on October 9, 2008
at 2:33 PM
WOW- COUNT THE GREEN EYES POSTING HERE…WAY TO GO SARAH!!! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS EXPECTED AND THE WHACKED OUT OBAMA-BIDEN SUPPORTERS DID NOT LET US DOWN….THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR I DOTS TO POST HERE…THE STENCH IS PRETTY BAD BUT FRESH AIR IS ON THE WAY…

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By: WAKE UP AMERICA-WAKE UP!!! on October 9, 2008
at 2:18 PM
whatever.

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 2:08 PM
There is only one person on this blog that has made a point. Thank you Cortillaen

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By: Carter on October 9, 2008
at 2:03 PM
oops! Spelled Triple wrong – long day

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 2:01 PM
Tripel Amen to that!!!!!!!!! Between hockey mom and maverick, there should be a drinking game!

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 2:00 PM
Amen to that, and then some!!!!
Could not have ranted any better myself about it. It is what it is, and its the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

If I hear her say Hockey Mom again during any interview, debates or anything else where she oinks on-air, I will hurl a huge puddle of chunks in the shape of Alaska, with the ugliest chunk right where Wasilla should be.

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By: Andrea on October 9, 2008
at 1:57 PM
Amen! I don’t mind the swear words by the way, or the pipeline up her ass. Language always helps to convey emphasis. One more thing, what kind of idiot winks at a television camera?

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By: Jesse on October 9, 2008
at 1:21 PM
I want to be like you when I grow up:

And when you get there, shove a piece of the pipeline up your considerable ass.

Might I suggest (to Palin):

“Up yer fundament with a rubber tube-a-ment.”

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By: Maven on October 9, 2008
at 1:18 PM
I found your blog by chance and i have to say i am very intrigued. I love your politics and i love them more in respect to your age.

I just wish my own grandmother knew how to check email let alone set up a blog.

A+

ill be checking back

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By: Erin Haleen on October 9, 2008
at 1:04 PM
My This is Great. Keep on writing as those so called professional journalist cant seem to say the things you so clearly can explain.

Look forward to your future post… Good on you girl

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By: ACDM on October 9, 2008
at 12:50 PM
I miss Tim Russert too.

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By: tjsthings on October 9, 2008
at 12:49 PM
Wow, hate much?

Seriously, could all of you DEMS and REPUBS just rent an arena and hash it out gladiator style?

Then, we can elect someone who isn’t plugged in to the system.

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By: Seth on October 9, 2008
at 12:24 PM
Now this is an interesting piece of work…
“Governor Palin is a stupid, conniving bitch.”
“When exactly do we all get to call “bullshit”?”
“Damn I miss Tim Russert.”
“Sarah Palin is an ignorant, ranting, whining bitch.”
“…shove a piece of the pipeline up your considerable ass.”
“McCain – the ass wipe…”
I can’t say I’ve known too many folks over seventy who care to use such language. Of course, this is the internet. What guarantee have we readers that you are who and what you claim to be? Your word and some pictures? By that basis, I could easily “be” my father, mother, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or the family dog. On the internet, there are three reasons to identify yourself: The vain do so to flatter themselves with the idea that innumerable people online know of them. Professionals do so in the name of accountability. The deceivers falsely do so in order to grant their words added weight from the illusion of authority, wisdom, or competency. That you seem to feel the need to repeatedly remind readers of your declared age certainly seems odd to me…

Regardless, I’m not the sort to take a hundred year-old’s words any more or less seriously than those of teen ager. That’s the best part of the internet: Should you so choose, you can only be judged on the merit of your ideas and how you express them. That also means that respect must be earned, and you, whoever you may truly be, have done a poor job in that regard. Foul language is the tool of a weak mind, a crutch to aid poorly-reasoned arguments by sheer emotionalism. However, I have read more than a few well-thought articles by individuals to whom such language is simply a habit, so I’ve learned not to condemn a viewpoint merely because it was expressed uncivilly. However, declaring one’s opinion to be immutable truth (“Fact: Sarah Palin is stupid.”) is a rather more egregious offense. It speaks of either an exceptional arrogance or fundamental dishonesty in the author. These, combined with the apparent purpose of this article being to repeatedly insult someone for holding viewpoints and a political image greatly differing from those you would prefer, do almost anything except engender respect. That you appear, by inaction, to condone “Mike”‘s heavy-handed editing of dissenting comments only further damages your image.

If you truly are eighty-two years of age, I must say you do a great disservice to your generation here. Likewise do any who find your article “refreshing”, “beautiful”, or otherwise positive. While I support your right to say your fill, I equally support my own right to tell you that saying it this way only makes a fool of yourself. You could have chosen to explain why you disagree with Mrs. Palin on issues or why you believe she was a poor choice for the ticket in a rational, civil tone. Instead, you have debased your views to a vitriolic article dedicated to your acidic contempt, if not outright hatred, of the woman on a personal level. I am aware that few people, especially the set-in-their-ways elderly, should you be such, can take criticism well, but I strongly suggest you try to set aside your anger. Letting emotion direct your thoughts and actions has, throughout history, been a great failing of humanity.

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By: Cortillaen on October 9, 2008
at 12:22 PM
[…] it like it is to a new level. Her three recent posts are absolutely an outstanding read: (1) Sarah Palin is a bitch; there, I said it. 2) Yep. I called her a bitch and I am not taking it back. and 3) Maverick my ass! Please […]

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By: Telling it like it is « Notes from Lake ZigZag on October 9, 2008
at 12:19 PM
You are so brilliant and funny. I LOVE your blog! Please keep writing.

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By: Janet on October 9, 2008
at 12:17 PM
82 year old women don’t use the term “ass wipe.” I call bullshit on this blog–but it’s funny anyway.

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By: dj on October 9, 2008
at 12:00 PM
82 year old women don’t use the term “ass wipe.” I call bullshit on this blog. Although it is funny.

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By: dj on October 9, 2008
at 11:58 AM
Exactly how stupid is “Alabama stupid”?

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By: Cindy on October 9, 2008
at 11:56 AM
Sounds like you are the old bitch…if you don’t like it, leave like Vanessa…

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By: MacBones on October 9, 2008
at 11:44 AM
The best thing I’ve read on-line EVER. You are the best if you ran I would vote for you.

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By: Judi Gaynor on October 9, 2008
at 10:42 AM
Helen … Thank YOU!! Wish I could meet you and chat. How nice to hear someone finally willing to tell it like it is! Keep it up ….

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By: Diane on October 9, 2008
at 10:41 AM
It’s too bad that it takes name-calling to call attention to the obvious ineptness of Gov Palin. However, I was so horrified when I watched the Couric – Palin interview, I nearly fainted. Couric is an intelligent, polished, interviewer and it must have been shocking to her to have to listen to Palin’s blubbering, nonsensical answers. To know that this interview identifies Palin is a cause for everyday headaches. This country is in deep need of spiritual intervention along with the cool, informed intelligence of Sen Obama.

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By: Dee on October 9, 2008
at 10:35 AM
Helen, you are remarkable woman. This is perhaps the most insightful and funny rant I’ve read in a long while. Seems you’ve got the insight of Jim Hightower, the wit of John Scalzi, the humour of Jon Stewart, and the angry satirical snap so many people lack today all rolled into the body of a feisty senior citizen. One hopes I’m still as sharp in another 35 years. You go girl.

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By: DaveyJJ on October 9, 2008
at 10:26 AM
i feel like you have said everything that most women have been thinking for months now. Thank God you finally said it.

Now if only somone can get Palin to read and understand what you wrote. She might realize how much she is actually hated.

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By: Andrea on October 9, 2008
at 9:58 AM
LOL apparently, Jeff, you’re not intelligent enough.

“Your going to loose…”

Firstly, it’s YOU’RE, as in YOU ARE. Secondly, “loose” means something not fastened or secured well.

Now, LOSER means YOU – get a job.

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 9:26 AM
I just found your site, and I think I found my new second home. God Bless you for saying what we are all thinking. Keep up the good work.

Jerame Clough
-Next Gen Politics

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By: nextgen08 on October 9, 2008
at 9:24 AM
I just found your site, and I think I found my new second home. God Bless you for thinking what we are all thinking. Keep up the good work.

Jerame Clough
-Next Gen Politics

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By: nextgen08 on October 9, 2008
at 9:24 AM
You rock! I hope I am just like you when I reach 82. It depresses me to see so many American’s ga-ga over an poor excuse for a beauty pagant contestant who can’t even give a coherant answer to a question unless someone has drilled her on the right answer for days on end. Do we REALLY want this as an example for our daughters? I would be ashamed of my two daughters if they turned out like this!

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By: Jane on October 9, 2008
at 9:23 AM
I hope everyone who has written here and everyone else vote obama. this clown loves to hunt what’s more she is teaching her children that it is ok to kill for sport. as per tv showing her with a child over a killed moose. Bad example as a mother and certainly not fit for a leader. as a proud canadian I speak for most that obama is the saviour of the free world. it is time america dump their stupid attitude to race and show the world that we are all equal. go obama go. long live barack obama

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By: Joan Hancock on October 9, 2008
at 9:17 AM
Attention libtards.. Your going to loose..

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By: Jeff on October 9, 2008
at 9:16 AM
This is the best thing I have read in a long time. You should turn pro, Helen, we need straight shooters like you.

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By: Ms Zola on October 9, 2008
at 9:11 AM
God Jeff, get a grip. Or maybe job…..are you intelligent enough for one of those?

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By: Barb on October 9, 2008
at 9:04 AM
You are my hero!

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By: Monica on October 9, 2008
at 9:01 AM
To Larry and Justin….go back to your cheetos guys….you’ve accomplished your assignments….

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By: Sister Faith on October 9, 2008
at 8:47 AM
If you don’t like Palin, don’t vote for her. Simple as that. She does, however, have the right to voice those views, just as you do. When people have to resort to name calling and ridicule, it becomes apparent they’ve lost their grip on the intelligent conversation. That’s often apparent by the extremes of either of the two major parties. What a breath of fresh air it would be it be able to hear more views than what is spewed by the folks serving the kool-aid red or blue. But, that’s not how our “democracy” works…

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By: Hugo65 on October 9, 2008
at 8:32 AM
Hello Calli. Hello Lorie. Hello Dee. Having a nice day?

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By: HP on October 9, 2008
at 8:32 AM
collectively.. America is at a third grade level.

we’re doomed.

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By: Son of Bill Brasky on October 9, 2008
at 8:20 AM
[…] Sarah Palin is a bitch…there I said it […]

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By: an old dog with funny tricks on McCain/Palin « how to disappear completely on October 9, 2008
at 8:01 AM
Helen,
I agree with everything you have said here. My wife and I are both highly offended by Palin’s “Joe SixPacks” references. It sounds as if she equates every man in America as a beer guzzling redneck.Maybe in Alaska…

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By: psybok on October 9, 2008
at 7:16 AM
The Republicans should’ve just gotten Anna Nicole Smith to run. She has more energy than McCain and can move around better eventhough she is dead. Anna could ACT like she had experience like Palin is trying. Real life experience is what makes a woman. I can see Palin in a corner hiding when the REAL pressure comes. Or…she could just ask the advisors what to do. She wouldn’t know.

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By: Lorie on October 9, 2008
at 7:16 AM
Hey why do u keep deleting my post…I guess you dont wanna face the truth..Oh thats sooooo sad…u are just as pathetic as me…..

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By: Paula on October 9, 2008
at 7:09 AM
Thanks Mark, agreed!

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By: Ren on October 9, 2008
at 7:00 AM
I don’t know who you are, but I love you, and I want to hang out with you. Better yet, I wish we could get you in Washington. Reading this was definitely the best part of my day.

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By: Regina on October 9, 2008
at 6:55 AM
Hey Jeff–The gap between Hillary and Palin is as big as the grand canyon. Hillary has a Law Degree from Yale and Palin has a Journalism degree from Idaho. What a joke. My guess is that you probably have a GED and don’t know the difference.

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By: Mark on October 9, 2008
at 6:41 AM
It’s too bad your man Hillary couldn’t make it to the big dance. I can feel your pain and broken heart. Just because someone makes it without having a former President to give them a name shouldn’t make you bitter.

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By: Jeff on October 9, 2008
at 5:57 AM
OMG! THANK YOU.

Her nomination and all her interactions – interviews, debates, questions on the run, etc. just make me think

WHAT!?? I’m taking off work and making sure all those who registered to vote can get a ride to the polls. This CANNOT happen.

I miss Tim Russert, too.

Carol

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By: Carol on October 9, 2008
at 5:55 AM
GOD BLESS YOU MARGARET and HELEN 🙂

My friend, Mitch sent me the link to this blog and
you guys started my morning off BEAUTIFULLY!

HONESTY, INTEGRITY and DOWN RIGHT BLUNT, I LOVE IT! I think the constitution calls it FREEDOM OF SPEECH, it’s amazing that it still exists.

This blog re: Sarah Palin is the best read I have had all week, thanks for making me smile today ladies.

My take on McCain choosing her was that he was not thinking of the country, he picked her as a slap in the face to OBAMA for not choosing Hillary Clinton. Although, if you know Hillary Clinton she will tell you that the VP job is NOT the one she wanted in the first place anyways.

John and Cindy McCain need to take their 13 houses and go on vacation because after November 4th they will need to spend their time in other ways.

I also have to add that the only reason Elizabeth is on THE VIEW is because Barbara Walters wanted to bring controversy to the table for higher ratings. I AGREE – EATING A RAT on SURVIVOR MAKES ONE FAMOUS? WOW !!!

Oh and by the way… I can see RUSSIA on my map 🙂

MARGARET and HELEN – YOU GUYS ROCK have a wonderful day …

Kim Bachstein, Entrepreneur
– Cicero, New York
http://www.GiftSolutionsByKim.com
http://www.AngelsThatCareFoundation.com

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By: Kim Bachstein on October 9, 2008
at 5:47 AM
I am also an “elderly” woman – 75, in fact – who lived a few years in Alaska a bunch of years ago. Ms. Palin scares me! One step away from the Presidency, if enough Americans vote like they vote for American Idol, linked to a man my age on the ticket, she could become President! I’ve wondered a few times if McCain really wants to lose this election and figured by adding a completely inept ding-dong to the ticket that he wouldn’t win. Since I am old enough to remember women like Eleanor Roosevelt, I feel I can discern women deserving our respect Palin is a feather-headed fool by comparison. (Hillary doesn’t cut it with me, either). fyi- I am an Independent.

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By: Nancy on October 9, 2008
at 5:34 AM
…you go girl! Keep callin’ ’em as you see ’em.

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By: Gordy on October 9, 2008
at 2:42 AM
Hey, I don’t know why everybody’s talking about the Beverly Hillbilllies, Alabama, etc.

The crazy freak is from the upper midwest, and she has that godawful nasal accent.

Besides, any smart person from the south who’s not a racist (and there are many, including me) would see right through her boloney and put it in its place given half a chance.

She’s so sick, we should feel sorry for her. But the last time we felt sorry for someone because he was so dumb and pitiful, this country elected him as president — TWICE.

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By: Naras nalip on October 9, 2008
at 12:04 AM
Helen, I’ve never met you but I love you.

It’s about time we had more women stand up and say, “this bitch is the embodiment of everything we have spent our entire lives fighting.”

To those who are supportive of Palin, I still have to ask why? Here are some facts about Sarah Palin:

-She can’t name a single Supreme Court decision other than Roe v. Wade.

-She made women pay for their own rape kits.

-Despite being governor of one of the smallest states in the union, there are two things her state and hometown came first in during her tenure — rape and crystal meth.

-She believes the founding fathers included “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance (the Pledge wasn’t written until about a century after America was founded and “under God” wasn’t added to it until the 1950s).

-She believes a girl who was raped by her father should be forced to have the child.

-She believes marriage is a sacred institution between two non-consenting teenagers.

-She had to transfer to several different schools over the course of six years in order to graduate with a BA — due in large part because of her own poor performance.

-Alaska has been the recipient of some of the most blatent earmarks under her tenure.

-She can’t name a single news publication she reads.

-Her idea of foreign policy experience is “I can see Russia from my house!”

-Her energy policy has been denounced by energy experts across the world who say that it would take ten years of drilling before we see a single drop of oil and even then, the price of gas would only drop by a few cents — if at all.

-She doesn’t know what the Bush Doctrine is.

-She recorded advertisements for the Alaskan Independence Party, a secessionist organization.

-Her spiritual mentor, the man she credits with making her governor, is a sociopath who brags about how he made an innocent woman in a Kenyan village a town pariah, had her terrorized and eventually run out of town because “she was a witch.” And his reasoning for why she was a witch? There were a few car accidents near her house.

-In less than two years as governor, Palin’s administration is already the subject of two ethics investigations for abuse of power.

-Palin saddled her town of Wasilla, which had a balanced budget before she came in, with twenty million dollars in debt.

-Her claims of “working across the aisle” and “being a maverick” consist of firing everyone who doesn’t agree with her and replacing them with cronies who do her bidding.

-She fired a librarian for “not cooperating with the mayor’s office” because said librarian refused to ban books. Town outcry got the librarian reinstated but she eventually left anyway because she was afraid of what Palin would do to her.

-She constantly refers to average Americans as “Joe Six-Pack,” which I think is extremely insulting given that she’s basically saying average Americans are borderline alcoholics.

-She blatently refused to answer questions posed to her during the VP debate because she wanted to “talk straight.” Talking straight is answering the questions, not dancing around them to pick out the right talking point.

Those of you who want someone “just like me” running the country deserve to be sterilized, lobotomized, and left in a padded cell to rot for the rest of your natural born life, because you are a danger to yourself and others.

This trend of anti-intellectualism has got to stop. You know who founded this country? Big-city, college-educated, non-Christian liberal elitists. The foundations of the Constitution didn’t come from Hicksville, USA or the Ten Commandments — they came straight from John Locke’s philosophies, collectively known as the Common Law, theories which are also known by another name — LIBERALISM.

The greatest Presidents in the history of America — Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton — they were extremely well-educated individuals.

I wouldn’t trust “Joe Six-Pack” with a student council government, let alone the United States government. Those of you who would are damning yourselves. Why do you think the Dark Ages were called the Dark Ages? Because ignorance ruled the world and that’s what you want to bring the world back to.

And people like you are sickening degenerates.

Helen, once again, well said on all points. You perfectly embody the spirit of feminism.

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By: Percival Constantine on October 9, 2008
at 12:01 AM
I am a hick and you suck.

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By: DH on October 8, 2008
at 11:47 PM
Great post! I’m not taking sides either way, but this was one of the most entertaining posts I’ve seen in a very long time; thanks for writing it.

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By: Mitch on October 8, 2008
at 11:43 PM
All I can say is you Obama followers are like a bunch of pigs being led to slaughter!!!!! Oink Oink

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By: Old Enough To Know Better on October 8, 2008
at 11:37 PM
That was a hilarious read – thank you 🙂

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By: Shane on October 8, 2008
at 11:30 PM
Very interesting blog post and responses.

Because you asked, I’ll tell you that I was referred to this site from a link on Democratic Underground. Fellow Democrats are welcome to join us there. I hope to keep reading what Helen and Margaret have to say as well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com

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By: Laelth on October 8, 2008
at 10:59 PM
If Palin wins I can never leave the US and travel the world again. Everyone all over the world will laugh at me and stone me to death for being from a country that elected an idiot who claims she has foreign policy experience because she can see Russia from her backyard.

Serioulsy, the world makes so much fun of us for electing Bush twice…..now Palin….wake up America!

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By: Traveling Girl on October 8, 2008
at 10:54 PM
Helen check this one out, it’s Betty White as McCain’s speech writer and her opinion on Palin:

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By: Virginia Voter on October 8, 2008
at 10:24 PM
Sarah Palin really has a degree in journalism?She sure behaves like an idiot.I guess Palin is the best John could get as a running mate.Considering that John,graduated from the bottom of his class,they sure share a lot in common.

Elly

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By: Elliot Ono on October 8, 2008
at 10:13 PM
I salute you, Helen!
If only you were in the race-I’d vote for you.
More, more, more!

Wailin’ Palin scares the shit out of me; everything she stands for is anti women’s rights, anti Earth, anti animal(It’s one thing if hunting must be done to eat-but she is clearly brutal. She’s even offered a 150.00 bounty for a severed paw from each wolf killed!)-she cares nothing about the polar bears drifting away on melting ice; as long as she gets to “drill, baby drill!” What is wrong with her?!
Our orphanages are overflowing with innocent unwanted children and yet if a woman is raped, she wants that woman to carry to term!??!

I’m voting early, and I’m voting – Obama/Biden!~

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By: AnimalAdvocate on October 8, 2008
at 9:58 PM
I couldnt agree more with the Margaret Thatcher comment. As a British gal I miss her. Good ol’ Thatch.

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By: celebutard on October 8, 2008
at 9:53 PM
OMG!!!! I think I just found my long-lost grandmother!!! I CAN’T believe how much you sound like “The G-Man”. Our styles are so simliar. (Smiles)

This was truly a GREAT, GREAT article. As a token of my admiration, I invite you to read my latest, “George W. Bush:A$$HOLE!”, which has become an Internet sensation. Here’s the link:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1083646/george_w_bush_ahole.html

Enjoy, and THANK YOU for a wonderful article!

“The G-Man”

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By: Gary "The G-Man" Toms on October 8, 2008
at 9:25 PM
HELEN AND ALL THE OBAMA POTTYMOUTHS , ANGRY, HATEFUL PEOPLE. SHAME ON YOU ALL. PALIN IS JUST WHAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS. HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT ANYONE WHO KEEPS VOTING FOR LATE TERM ABORTIONS AND WANTS THE LAW OVERTURNED TO PROTECT BABIES THAT ARE BORN ALIVE HE WANTS THEM TO JUST LAY THERE TILL THEY DIE. THAT IS WHO YOU ALL SUPPORT A BABY KILLER WHO HAS NO VALUE FOR LIFE.

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By: GRANDMA on October 8, 2008
at 9:01 PM
Helen,, I’ve been reading your blog since Sunday morning– love it.
Thought you would like this story on Palin about her Newsweek cover shot, it’s a hoot.

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By: Virginia Voter on October 8, 2008
at 8:40 PM
Amazing hilarious blog – great job Helen, kia kaha!

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By: CowboyBear on October 8, 2008
at 8:18 PM
You are amazing!!! Every word I agree with..she terrifies me because she is so senseless, inexperienced (more than Obama!), and religious (what happened to separation of church/state?) that it would literally kill this nation since we are in such a horrific state…anyone for her really must be super glued to the Republican party…for god sake’s people, open your eyes! As cliche as this sounds, it’s time for change.

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By: Katie on October 8, 2008
at 8:01 PM
I really believe you are the stupid ignorant bitch. No apologies.

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By: Chris on October 8, 2008
at 7:54 PM
**Helen for President!**
Gosh darn it! Caribou Barbie ain’t got nothin’ on you!

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By: Kari on October 8, 2008
at 7:21 PM
If Obama wins..oh wait…according to most of you here he has already won so I think many of you are protesting way too much about Sarah…If what you say is true then why all of the chatter…Feeling a little insecure are we?! Heh heh!
Hide and watch…You think this country is circling the drain now…Wait until your chosen one flushes one last time…Now…just get over yourselves and spin
this!

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By: WAKE UP AMERICA-WAKE UP!!! on October 8, 2008
at 7:19 PM
Nice work Helen. I’m with you. Keep it up and I’m glad to see you involved.

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By: Jeremy on October 8, 2008
at 7:17 PM
You go honey…with all the qualified people out there, McCain picks this doozer.

Go home and stay home, Palin: the rest of the nations’ women who are competent VOTERS don’t buy goshbygollygee bullshit. We refuse to step back evoluntion by voting for “any woman” the Republican party throws out there.

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By: Cori on October 8, 2008
at 6:51 PM
Palin is not only ignorant, she is dangerous.

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By: Earth Hiker on October 8, 2008
at 6:42 PM
Barbara, Then don’t read this……..

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By: Carol JF on October 8, 2008
at 6:08 PM
this is totally disgusting. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.

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By: Barbara on October 8, 2008
at 6:00 PM
Helen ..you are saying the words that many of us 60ish women are saying .. This Palin is a bitch who would change all that we have fought for through these years. I saw young women in school in the 50’s who had back alley abortions. Thank God things changed and women have the right to choose.

We choose Obama/Biden, how sad that uneducated, uncaring, unsensitive people will purposly vote for Palin. We know that Mccain will not survive and this winking blinking ding dong could be President.

Horrors of what the whole world would think then. Bad enough that we have had an ill speaking, eating food with his mouth open, ignorant President for the last 8 years. Imagine our world if these ignorant women who would rather be like the poor girls in Utah. No voice over their own lives, no rights to speak out, no control of anything. Palin would like our world to be like this. She is a Taliban in hot lipstick. And likes to shoot Moose !

Shame on the old men who chose Palin for Mccain ..

Speaking of Mccain ..How has he gotten though this far in his campaign with not anyone asking him about Cheating on his first wife, Mother of his 3 older children, who had a horrid accident, leaving her no longer a gorgeous tall model, which gave him the go ahead to have affairs, and discover this very wealthy woman, divorce his wife and move on with this new woman ???

Holy cow, he didn’t remember how many homes he owns, guess he forgot !!! OH YES THEY HAVE 8 homes. Doesn’t have to worry about any of his being repossessed does he !!!

Mum is the word I am assuming.

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By: Sharon on October 8, 2008
at 5:47 PM
Nikki you rock.

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By: Dean on October 8, 2008
at 5:04 PM
Carol JF

I can’t recall the date (mid-Sept sometime), but, yes, it’s the Lonesome Trail one. Chilling.

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By: T on October 8, 2008
at 5:00 PM
Hi

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 4:59 PM
I. am so. speechless. Helen, you said what I’ve been feeling, I have not been able to articulate through my rage at this sham of an election. How many pundits are out there saying what you are? But somehow yours was the money shot. I really agree with you; I couldn’t agree more, and I wish there were a million Helens — the glass ceiling would’ve been broken a looong time ago.
Your blog is so cool I forwarded to my friends. Thanks for making me feel heard.
-With love from California

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By: my heart can sing on October 8, 2008
at 4:53 PM
You go girl! You are my hero!

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By: eric on October 8, 2008
at 4:46 PM
Kelley, thanks for the english lesson. I didn’t have time to spellcheck my first-draft. Maybe I should have a ghostwriter like Osama had to write my blogs for me. I’m sorry that the content was too far above your head to really respond to.
Your a bitch just like all bleeding heart liberals. There I said it — _you’re_ a bitch – thanks Helen

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By: marcus from Florida battleground state on October 8, 2008
at 4:33 PM
Is it the Sept 15 issue, the article titled, The Lonesome Trail? excues my typo, the refeence is STEPFORD WIFE!

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By: Carol JF on October 8, 2008
at 4:31 PM
I have seen several references to the New Yorker article regarding Cindy McCain, AKA stpford wife, which issue was it in, what’s the name of the article?

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By: Carol JF on October 8, 2008
at 4:27 PM
Great post, Helen. I agree that Palin is a bitch (a beauty contestant AND a basketball player? definitely a bitch).

But I don’t think she’s stupid. I think she’s narrow-minded, unsophisticated, un-nuanced, shallow, petty, immature and brainwashed by religion (did I just describe W or what!?!?!?). But not stupid.

No, stupid is a label that should be left for the people who think Palin is a legitimate choice for VP and possibly Pres, and therefore vote for the Republican ticket. I don’t agree with John McCain on most things, and I wasn’t going to vote for him anyway, but I could have lived with him as Pres. Now, that prospect sends chills up my spine. WHY?
– Because he made an impulsive, reckless choice of runningmate.
– Because he brought her on the ticket to appease the far right that threatened to boycott the election, thereby showing that he in fact is NOT the independent person he claims to be.
– Because he, like so many other (but not all) men, seems to throw all reason to the wind because this woman winked at him.

But he probably relates well to bitchy women. Did anyone read the article in the New Yorker a few weeks ago about his wife?!?!?!?!?!?

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By: T on October 8, 2008
at 4:14 PM
Darlin’ Helen! Such delightful reading. I enjoy your columns so much. Bet it didn’t take you 5 years and 4 schools to get an undergraduate degree in journalism!
with laughter, marjiep

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By: marjiep on October 8, 2008
at 4:05 PM
Nice Carrier.

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By: Diego on October 8, 2008
at 3:58 PM
In Gwen Ifill’s defense, the McCain campaign demanded a format without follow-up questions, or Palin simply wouldn’t show up at all.

Gwen also had no choice in accepting that, the decision was made by the “Commission on Presidential Debates”. As moderator, she committed to it.

I do wish Palin had been asked constant and relentless follow-up questions, just out of common human decency towards BS. But the voters are seeing right through her anyway, bless ’em.

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By: jim on October 8, 2008
at 3:55 PM
Holy Crap. You just said it all, didn’t you? Now I can say nothing but Go Helen! Go Helen! Go Helen Go!

I love you!

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By: Babypusher on October 8, 2008
at 3:19 PM
A woman knows what a woman needs ( and I’m sure a man knows what another needs)

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 2:45 PM
I also believe we should all have a choice in whom we wish to marry. (be it opposite sex or same sex)
If you have not tried it, why criticize it?

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 2:43 PM
Oh, I’m so glad you wrote this and I stumbled upon it. Couldn’t agree with you more.

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By: Tere on October 8, 2008
at 2:39 PM
Helen and Margaret:
You’re seasoned with years, popular, computer savvy and spunky. Use those skills, and your 1st amendment rights to create positive change, rather than sling provocative mudballs. Blog about this: Ways to Sacrifice for our Country. Here’s a tip#1 to start with: Buy American.
Run with it gals…(our nation has too much to lose).

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By: Former Cpt. US Army on October 8, 2008
at 2:39 PM
Rock on Helen! You’ve got my vote!

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By: Gordon Russell on October 8, 2008
at 2:36 PM
No Mel, the most vulnerable among us are THE LIVING CHILDREN. And they should ALL be protected from McPalin indefinitely. McPalin has no plan to help the LIVING children who are suffering, in fact, he thinks we’re ‘doin’ pretty darn good’. How can he help them if he doesn’t think there’s a problem. I’m sorry you seem to think my womb and what’s inside of it is any of your business. Now get off your self righteous ass and get to your local foster shelter and adopt as many children as you can afford. These are the children that need you help. The FETUS in the womb is not YOUR business, and you have no right to say what God does or does not think. Who are you? Nobody. Just like me. No one man or woman can say what God, Allah, Buddah, or whoever actually wants, and anyone that claims to is an abomination. The bible is NOT the literal word of God, and was created by men seeking power and wealth. Help the living children, I beg you Mel, for they need you now more than ever. Your abortion war will never get off the ground, so its best you stick to helping children who are here and now. Your wasting precious time arguing such a personal issue, when the LIVING children of your god continue to suffer and go without, while you continue to beat a dead horse. Get over it, your side lost, now let’s move on to something that we CAN be productive with. Do you not care about starving orphans in Darfur, or the Mississippi Delta? Are they less important than your fetus? Shame, shame on you for such an extreme oversight.

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By: Nikki on October 8, 2008
at 2:32 PM
Helen, Tim Russert (you know, the guy you miss) would be appalled by your comments and disrespect. He was one of the very few decent hosts NBC ever hired.

oh and by the way, unless your liberalism is different from Obama’s Nikki, the statement, “I believe the most vulnerable among us should be protected” is not applicable.
the most vulnerable are the unborn, and he doesn’t seem to care at all about their lives.

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By: Mel F. on October 8, 2008
at 2:17 PM
Tim Russert would be appalled by your comments and disrespect. He was one of the very few decent hosts NBC ever hired.

oh and by the way, unless your liberalism is different from Obama’s Nikki, the statement, “I believe the most vulnerable among us should be protected” is not applicable.
the most vulnerable are the unborn, and he doesn’t seem to care at all about their lives.

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By: Mel on October 8, 2008
at 2:17 PM
My name is Paula and look where I sit..
In the world of ‘DUH!’ and my head is full of Shit…
I don’t even know whats latest in the news..
But I do like to stick my finger in other people’s views…

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By: Paula on October 8, 2008
at 1:48 PM
Keep on keeping on Helen. McCain could have
picked a mop and door mat for what he got
in Palin. The American people deserve better.McCain, lets face it is not the most respected amoung women. Cindy was dating him
while he was still married to his first wife. I’ll take
Obama and Biden’s family values any day.

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By: carol on October 8, 2008
at 1:36 PM
This is long, but needs to be said. I get tired of all the ‘bad liberal’ talk, when most don’t even know what the true essence of a liberal is. So, let’s clear that up. Below is what being a liberal means to me. And I come from a long line of ’em! My Cherokee ancestors decided to flee the trail of tears and refused to be numbered. They were the real warriors, the original liberals, the true freedom fighters. We refused to be numbered and turned down reparitions. I’m proud of where I come from, a long line of people who refused to believe the government at face value.

A Liberal Moral Creed
By Rodger Raino

* I believe people are more important than things
* I believe all of our children should have access to a high quality education
* I believe we should respect those who are different than ourselves and treat them with dignity
* I believe everyone should be treated equally under the law
* I believe the most vulnerable among us should be protected
* I believe that while war may regrettably be necessary it should only be undertaken after all other solutions have been exhausted
* I believe encouraging diverse viewpoints makes us stronger
* I believe society should be responsible for endeavors, that support the common good and are beyond the scope of individuals
* I believe it is my duty to pay for the costs of services government provides
* I believe it is wrong to dictate the beliefs of others
* I believe that none of us should be forced to live in poverty
* I believe everyone should have enough to eat
* I believe everyone should have a place to live
* I believe everyone should have access to quality healthcare
* I believe all religious traditions deserve respect
* I believe that those who claim to speak for God have not been listening carefully to the words of God
* I believe that moral positions which promote hate are actually immoral
* I believe I am responsible for my own behavior and the consequences of that behavior
* I believe t hat policy decisions should be based on facts and science
* I believe we should try to eradicate the root causes of crime
* I believe criminal justice should never be cruel
* I believe it is wrong to take advantage of others
* I believe we must resist the temptation of majorities to tyrannize minorities

As for anyone who thinks there is anything wrong with any of those statements…..well, you need more help than anyone could possibly give you. Shame too, because Karma is the real bitch here, and when she kicks your ass I’m gonna laugh all the way to the bank!

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By: Nikki on October 8, 2008
at 1:28 PM
I’m English and even I shudder at the thought of what would happen if McCain/Palin got elected – let alone if something happened to McCain and you’re left with HER as the President.

There’s a new doll for your daughter to buy ‘President Barbie’. About as plastic and empty headed as the real thing.

I hope when I get to your age I can be as forthright as you.

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By: Sharon on October 8, 2008
at 1:24 PM
Hey, I’m Calli too! Wow! We are all drones created by the Republicans. Now, where’d I put my remote control, I need to see what important information Fox News is sharing today!

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 1:23 PM
Carol Nabb
Where’s the link to that statistic comparing IQ levels? I haven’t seen that research paper. As a researcher, I wouldn’t trust it anyway. Research is only as good as the person paying the bill. It’s bad enough that a small % of people are trying to draw party lines based on faith………very bad idea and extremely insulting to the bulk of believers…..but now you want to throw IQ in there? Sorry, I’m just not buying it and I would imagine most people wouldn’t either. It is also an incredible fallacy to base your standards of IQ on formal education. The two are not synonymous. Never has been and never will be. Just look into history for an extremely long list of incredibly intelligent contributors to mankinds progress and you won’t see a higher education on most of their resumes.

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By: Wendy on October 8, 2008
at 1:19 PM
See Calli. It’s me Paula.

I’m stupid. Please love me. Don’t change my words.

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 1:18 PM
Calli, you really are clueless aren’t you. Anyone can type any name in here and say whatever they want. THere are probably a dozne people now using the name Calli just to piss you off. Go away. You are sooooooo pitiful.

To make my point. Wathc the next comment from Calli.

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By: Paula on October 8, 2008
at 1:17 PM
I don’t know what polls you’re watching, I have yet to see a single one that puts McStupid ahead of Obama, not a single one. These people are just going to get more desperate and will continue to pull outrageous claims out of their dirty little bag of tricks. Isn’t it refreshing to see someone like Obama take their bullshit in stride with a knowing smile? Do they really think baiting him will cause countless skeletons to fall out of his closet? LMAO! See, the thing is, they don’t know what to with an educated brother, don’t know what angle to take, so it’s pretty funny watching them flop around uselessly like a fish out of water. They’ve got nothing on him because there is nothing to be had.

I have attended O’s rally’s everytime he comes to town, and bring a van load of supporters, including my 3 kids. We protested the VP debate, and that is a long story, but suffice it to say Palin’s group was up to their business as usual trickery, attempting to keep the protesters at bay. Crazy. She was so scared of us. When her motorcade came through, the Palin supporters shouts of support were drowned out by overwhelming BOO’s. I’ve never had so much fun boo-ing someone since the 6th grade! LOL.

When Obama wins, you will see me standing naked in the street, being born again if you will, into the new world. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah baby!

To all the Calli’s out there, you’re gonna be hurting pretty bad when your guy goes down, so it might be a good idea to line up some professional help now, the appointments are going to fill up fast!

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By: Nikki on October 8, 2008
at 1:16 PM
TB,
I have a gay hair stylist. The reason I said I think the website host is gay is because the way he writes sounds just like my gay hair stylist. Gotta love em, honey.

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 1:12 PM
Dear “Helen” and/or “Margaret”:
What have you actually done – not wrote nor talked about – to sacrifice for this country – in a way that would inspire/teach your grandchildren, and all children who yearn to learn, make informed decisions, respect those that disagree, and work together in a creative (a non-destructive) way in order to form a “more perfect union”?

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By: maggie on October 8, 2008
at 1:12 PM
By the way TB, I wouldn’t consider anyone who puts on a sheet a true Christian just as I wouldn’t consider someone who straps bombs on himself and blows him up a true follower of Islam.

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 1:10 PM
(From a Canadian, facing our own election next week… bet you heard nothing about it did you?)

Helen, will you adopt me?

Seriously, as a Canuck, therefore frustratingly ineligible to vote (which I wish we were, because, let’s face it, we may be a different country, but we’d be delusional if we thought that what happens in the USA didn’t matter here in Canada… although I think your electoral process is RIDICULOUSLY undemocratic, drawn-out and hugely expensive at best) I SHUDDER to think what will happen to this continent (yes both USA and Canada… not mention a few other places too, not to mention overseas…) if McCain/Palin is elected.

PLEASE PLEASE USA, for the sake of not only YOUR own country, but others of us who are looking southward and shaking our heads at the sad state of things down there, PLEASE VOTE… and PLEASE VOTE INTELLIGENTLY…

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By: Sheila on October 8, 2008
at 1:09 PM
Helen,
I’ve always wanted to be a wise woman when I grow up and you are a perfect balance of wit, wisdom and tenacity with a light seasoning of expletives.

You rock the house Ms. Helen! WOOO HOOOO!

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By: Caladonia on October 8, 2008
at 1:07 PM
2 other posts not written by me but have my name on them appeared. I think I’ll just start my own blog and call Obama and Biden names and delete anyone who has anything that is bad for them. I must be making someone mad because they can’t handle what I have to say, they have to erase it.

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 1:07 PM
I have a problem with the word “bitch,” Helen, but I think I understand what you are trying to express by it, and the attributes you describe are just as obnoxious and off-putting to me.

I have read posts here claiming to have been written by well-educated strong-minded women who are “proud” to support the GOP ticket, but I don’t personally know of a single one. It’s baffling how anyone could support Palin based on anything but wishful thinking.

A Republican friend called me after the GOP convention, and I have never heard her so angry. She felt deeply insulted by the Palin nomination, and as time has gone by, she had gotten only angrier. She wrote a letter to the chairman of the RNC after the VP debate, and I would be surprised if she left the party forty years after she first joined it. But she knows she doesn’t have to be a Democrat to vote for Obama, and she is looking forward to it.

I am, too. In 35 years of voting, I’ve never put a lawn sign in front of my house before, but there’s one now reading “Obama/Biden ’08.” I’ve never made phone calls before either, but I’m doing that once a week. Not only is it something I am happy to do, it’s the only way I can really support the Obama/Biden ticket. I’ve had to take a job at 50% of my former pay and I know it will be a long time before I get a raise since everyone’s salaries have stagnated.

As both Obama and Biden have said, it’s going to take a long time and a lot of hard work to get our nation back on our feet again, both at home and in the community of nations, but we are a service-oriented country and I have confidence we can do it, particularly with the strong leadership of Barack Obama.

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By: JBL from Maine on October 8, 2008
at 1:06 PM
TB,
Where are my comments that I said anything about Helen? They magically vanished.

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 1:04 PM
So,, my maverick John kicked butt last night.
I guess that Barry can just throw in the towel.
It’s all over.
I wonder if they will let Sarah pick the new Whitehouse china?

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 12:55 PM
TP in DC…WHY DONT YOU ASK HELEN TO “GROW UP-BITCH”

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By: Nik on October 8, 2008
at 12:54 PM
Hi kids,
I just smoked a fatty and had a couple nips… feelin’ good now…

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By: Calli on October 8, 2008
at 12:50 PM
Calli and other staunch Republican: You forget that the God fearing, bible toting Conservatives of not too long ago were actually sheet wearing murderers who hunted innocent black Americans and killed them for sport. This activity clearly made them racist. Why must we label everyone? Politics is not about conservative or liberal (whatever that means) it’s about common sense. For all of you who are trashing Palin, let’s look at this from a different angle. Sarah is doing exactly what she intended, she is making us talk about her. Be it positive or negative, WE ARE talking about her. That’s the strategy. The McCain/Palin ticket cannot offer anything of substance so they are dazzling us her brillance ( just watch the way McCain checks out her butt each time she walks by) and baffling us with the BS. If we spend our time on her we will never get the real deal out of them. This woman has used all of her pagentry skills to command an audience. Unfortunately, those skills are geared to sex and some men can’t resist the T&A. If McCain wanted a winning ticket he should have chosen Condoleeza Rice as his running mate. There you have experience, intelligence, class and someone the women of American can relate to and be proud of. Someone referred to Obama as not having experience (check your facts) and did not want someone doing on the job training as President. What do you think SP is doing. Remember she was elected gov. with less than 1,000 votes and her two campaigns together netted less than 2,000 votes. We all know she is not competenet to stand ready for the biggest job in the country, so stop giving her credit by spending the time to discuss her. Maybe if we ignore her she’ll go away.

PS, Calli, BTW, why couldn’t Harry be a 26yo white man? I find that you are race baiting. Is this what your party is all about? When you don’t have the facts or can’t defend your actions you stoop to name calling and playing the other card.

This is an announcement from the land of common sense.

Sensible,
TB from LV

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By: TB from NV on October 8, 2008
at 12:46 PM
John…..you are an uneducated idiot. Please go away and play with your moral, uneducated ……. goat!!! I would imagine you can ONLY relate to animals and that’s because they are penned up and have no choice. You are like a pesky fly…..well shoe fly shoe…..you’ve been smacked against the wall…..repeatedly. Just fall to the floor with your smart ass remarks and die will you??

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By: Wendy on October 8, 2008
at 12:45 PM
Helen – you are truly magnificent! You have a tremendous way of expressing your words and your words I know mirror what millions of us are thinking as well. Thank you for taking the time to write these blogs. They make me laugh in spite of how dire this situation is if McCain and Palin are elected. Never will there be a scarier time. We’ll keep watching for your next blog! You have more common sense and wisdom than any media reporter does – they could take lessons from you!

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By: Maria on October 8, 2008
at 12:40 PM
Geez, how sad that the McCain supporters have stooped to “how stupid you all are” and these others blogging on and on about being ‘hacked’ to waste time – –

Helen we love that you posted TRUTH and didn’t result to name-calling, after all, Palin started this “BITCH” thing by calling herself a Pitbull-in-lipstick….

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK and the rest of you, GET A LIFE…

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By: 2smart on October 8, 2008
at 12:38 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa…..James and John since when is voicing our opinions in this country amoral?????? I haven’t read one immoral comment yet. You need to re-read and look at what is REALLY being expressed here. If anyone has been immoral in this entire election process, it’s in McCain’s choice to reduce women in this country to vaginas for the sake of votes. THAT ‘my friends’ is immoral.

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By: Wendy on October 8, 2008
at 12:33 PM
Thank you Political Amazon
I’m from the U.P. originally and find Palin’s convenient accent…..just like Minn, northern Wis and the U.P. ….insulting. What is even scarier is the thought of her representing our country, meeting with world representatives and trying the same stunt. ((((shiver)))) Another poster put it as clear as can be…..I do not want someone like me in the White House. I want someone appropriate for the job. Say it ain’t so Joe but Palin ‘ain’t’ it.

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By: Wendy on October 8, 2008
at 12:26 PM
Angela Marie
“Her views on “womens rights” for instance are held by a huge population of the US. ” What counrty are you living in? You obviously are as ignorant of the views or your own sex as Palin! You and Palin are very much in the minority. I’d also like to ask you a simple question……what is your stand on capitol punishment? I bet your a hypocrit like the majority of pro-lifers.

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By: Wendy on October 8, 2008
at 12:16 PM
Loving your no nonsense, tell it like it is style, Helen!

I think you can appreciate this flowchart of Sarah Palin’s debate flowchart:

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By: Tom on October 8, 2008
at 12:16 PM
~
[stands and applauds]

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By: Lisa on October 8, 2008
at 12:03 PM
C Brooke…this is what I am talking about…look what grandma Helen is teaching u…

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By: Nik on October 8, 2008
at 11:44 AM
Right on! I expressed the same opinion of Palin in my blog but without the wonderful sense of humor you include in your.
🙂
Alison

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By: Alison Barrows on October 8, 2008
at 11:38 AM
Great post, Helen!

I think it’s interesting that I haven’t noticed any of the folks blasting Helen for her post talk about how smart Palin is, or defend her in any meaningful way. It’s primarily name-calling and attacking other posters’ spelling and grammar. If you’re so excited about Palin and you support her so much, wouldn’t it make more sense to try explaining why she’s a great choice?!?

I’m glad McCain chose her. Just that much easier for us to win on November 4th.

GO OBAMA/BIDEN ’08!!!

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By: Fan on October 8, 2008
at 11:25 AM
PS – re-reading my post, I should say that I don’t at all mean to imply that the 82-year old “Helen” couldn’t appreciate or even choose to publish the sepia image – just that it’s pretty unlikely that the character being played here would choose to make that one of only two on the site.

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By: Smiling on October 8, 2008
at 11:24 AM
Love the post, but it does seem pretty clear that Helen is most likely a 23-year old guy. I suspect you are supposed to get that joke, and it’s funnier for him if you don’t. I mean really, “Philpot?” How many clues do you need? But the real closer is the photos. The banner photo is a little too perfectly messaged to be accidental, and what 82-year old have you ever run into who would post that sepia picture as the only other picture of herself on the site? It’s an artful photograph with a level of sophistication that is not at all in accord with the down-home vernacular of “Helen.”

Speaking of which, I think the mostly younger audience here has not spent enough time around actual 80-somethings, if you are buying the near-Grandpa Simpson levels of old-timeyness in some of the language (most evident in other posts.) Borderline Palinesque, really.

I could be wrong, and as others have noted, it really doesn’t matter either way. But if it’s a game as I suspect, it’s just fun to play a little.

Oh, and yeah, I agree with everything in the post.

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By: Smiling on October 8, 2008
at 11:22 AM
Now that’s the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Akeisha on October 8, 2008
at 11:14 AM
Brooke.
Read my earlier blog. Please.

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By: maggie on October 8, 2008
at 11:12 AM
Can you be my grandma? If you take that job, can you do something about my parents?
😉

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By: bernie on October 8, 2008
at 11:12 AM
hey Nik- BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH are you going to implode? BITCH BITCH..it is a word get over it.

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By: Brooke on October 8, 2008
at 11:09 AM
“Your insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that his home state has elected him to office 6 times.”

I wouldn’t throw stones when your grammar is awful. I think i leaned the difference between your and you’re in…. 2nd grade?

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By: M.Lew on October 8, 2008
at 11:07 AM
One thing I’d like to add to Helen’s blog: Ms. Palin wants us to to vote for her because she’s just like the rest of us?? Well, quite frankly, I don’t want someone in the White House who’s just like me…If I did, I’d run myself! I’m smart enough to know that I’m not qualified for the job. I’d like whoever’s running our country to be smarter than me.

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By: Traci on October 8, 2008
at 10:57 AM
Helen,

I saw your post at Democratic Underground, so I decided to come over and give you a “shout out,” Sarah Palin style.

Sarah Palin is not only a conniving bitch, she’s a certifiably crazy, and dangerously ignorant bitch.

Screw you, John McCain, for foisting this simpleton on us. We’ve had enough “straight talkin” from both of you.

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By: Karen X on October 8, 2008
at 10:50 AM
Holy Hell, you are fabulous! That’s really all that needs to be said. Fa-Bu-Lous!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Terra Chandler on October 8, 2008
at 10:49 AM
Helen..love you! I love strong and smart women too.

Hey Marcus (from FL), I guess you don’t read the newspaper (just like Palin) and haven’t heard about the socialization of our financial markets by your current republican government, a move that makes Chavez look like a moderate conservative president. Get the facts straight. Over the last 5 decades democrats in this country have operated governments with fewer deficits than republicans. Democrats are the fiscally responsible party…look at the mess in Wall Street!
…and a gun? why would you need a gun to defend your family from liberals? Remember we don’t have guns. Look at the facts and the numbers, not just the crap coming out of the Fox network and Hannity / Rush’s ass. I have a bumper sticker in my car that says…”Think, it’s patriotic” (with an American flag background). Marcus, it’s time for you to be patriotic.

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By: Franco on October 8, 2008
at 10:39 AM
I wish either candidate would/could have answered the most important question asked in the debate: “What sacrifices should AMERICANS make to help this country, as they did during WWII?” There is such an sense of entitlement in this nation, that we have lost the biggest call to action for people (in a true democracy) of all parties, ages, genders, races, economic status, stripes, to pitch in. We’re good at “slinging mud”, we have been (and could be again) even better at building something worthwhile, together. Here’s a list those candidates should have chosen from: support wounded soldiers returning home, tutor non-english speaking students, donate time and just a few items to to food banks, build homes via Habitat for Humanity, report drug activities in your neighborhood (more addicted Americans are “funding” the drug-trade: they’re handing checks to Osama Bin Laden), carpool, exercise….that’s just the beginning of the list. But, we play video-games, buy stuff we don’t need, join gangs, cheat on exams, find ways to steal the identities and money of others. We’re not “all that” here in America right now. Both candidates had a chance to truly inspire every American, and even illegal Americans to step it up–apply for citizenship and join the contributors. Maybe they don’t think a great leader of a great nation doesn’t have to do that: inspire the people in a specific, real way? “We the people” need to sacrifice to bring about change.

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By: maggie on October 8, 2008
at 10:32 AM
Wow Nik, thanks for teaching us about name calling and spreading your dissaproval. Did you not read the headline of this blog? Obviously you did, so you knew what words were in it. If you have a problem with it, dont read it. This is an adults blog to adults, its not on the Disney channel. So shut the Fuck up.

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By: Grl28 on October 8, 2008
at 10:23 AM
Nik- Grow up – Bitch

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By: TP in DC on October 8, 2008
at 10:03 AM
I would just like to say thanks to Greg Hiller and his post –

“Shooting living creatures from a helicopter, and wounding them horribly, and leaving them in agony to suffer and die, must be the closest a human-being can get to the Devil; except for those who like doing similar things to humans in war-situations, although the pain and the suffering will be the same.
It frightens me to the core that such an atrocious individual could easily become President, if McCain were to be elected.”

Well said.

What kind of a person does this? I couldn’t knowlingly vote for someone like this male or female.

I do not see either intelligence or compassion when I look at McCain or Palin. The war-mongering from McCain and the brutal violence exhibited by Palin are enough to convince me that they are souless and truly not capable of leading our country forward. We deserve a president and VP that are human beings.

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By: Leslie on October 8, 2008
at 10:02 AM
Queen B- You need to respect your elders. The truth hurts .

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By: TP in DC on October 8, 2008
at 10:01 AM
Marcus- The contraction for you are is you’re. As in… perhaps “you’re” the idiot after all. Before sharing your empty republican sound bites, learn to write.

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By: kelley on October 8, 2008
at 10:00 AM
Nikki, I feel very sorry for people like you. The thing that you don’t realize is that Osama will tax you as a business owner way more than any republican. The only thing that Obama knows how to do is spend “OUR” money. He is proposing almost a trillion dollars in new spending. You also know that it will be way over the estimate. Who do you think is going to pay for that? You and I. YOUR THE IDIOT!!! If you want to live in a socialist country were the government takes care of everyone, there are plenty to chose from. I’m sure you probably got grants, loans, or somekind of help from the government. Affirmative action doesn’t work. I realized a long time ago that I’m a white hetero male and don’t have a chance against a femi-nazi like yourself or any other minority. But this man is not going down without a fight. Gun in hand to protect my family from idiots like you when we get taken over by another country and you defect to other side, because it was the politically correct thing to do.

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By: marcus from Florida battleground stat on October 8, 2008
at 9:46 AM
THANK YOU.

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By: Raine on October 8, 2008
at 9:37 AM
Bravo! Bravo! Thank you for your honesty, and for writing what the others won’t say!

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By: Bethany on October 8, 2008
at 9:34 AM
Would absolutely love to send this to all my idiot friends who are actually going to vote for the sarcastic bitch/rich asshole pair. It’s as if you took the words straight from my cranium. Especially the Katie Couric question about what publications Palin reads to keep up with world affairs. I named a dozen in the space of her avoidance……4 outside the U.S.!!!! And she is a shortstack???? What an idiot. Didn’t anyone tell her she needs to be able to think on her feet? Oh ya…..that would be rather hard when you’re standing on your brain half the time or don’t have one at all.

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By: Wendy on October 8, 2008
at 8:45 AM
Ahhhh… it’s so refreshing to simply say things the way they are! Thank you girls for being real, honest, smart women, with a sense of humor and the courage it takes to speak your mind. Graceful indeed…

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By: Pasqua on October 8, 2008
at 8:11 AM
Helen, thanks for expressing all of this so well. What’s going on is really scary (like, jackboots and concentration camp scary), and it’s reassuring to know that not everyone in the country has gone completely insane.

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By: David on October 8, 2008
at 8:02 AM
Hey Tanya..I am not arguing with the fact that Sarah made bad choices…All politician do…I am on your side for that..What I want to say is that she does not deserve to be called the B word for that..
and Helen is doing no good to the young generation passing on such words instead of good values…There are better ways to make people understand your point…
Calling Sarah a Bitch may give her blog alot of hits and calling my Comment Bullshit may give your comment attention BUT THE FACT IS THAT BOTH ARE DISGRACEFUL…..

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By: Nik on October 8, 2008
at 7:54 AM
Helen,

I meant to write: I Love it You Go Gurl. All true and thanks for saying what so many people would love to say today.

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By: Lisa on October 8, 2008
at 7:50 AM
Well said, dear lady.

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By: Rachel Green on October 8, 2008
at 7:46 AM
I Loive It You Go Gurl…

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By: Lisa on October 8, 2008
at 7:39 AM
Bullshit Nik. She could have brought dignity to this campaign but from day one she started talking the same ole shit that the Republicans have been dishing out for years. She knew damn well that this wouldn’t be a good time for her family to be in the national scene but she said “screw ’em! I’m going to Washington.” She bacame McCain’s lap dog… I mean attack dog and where I come from that makes her a big ole bitch.

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By: Tanya on October 8, 2008
at 7:28 AM
You Go, Miss Helen….tell it like it is! Too Funny!!!

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By: John M. on October 8, 2008
at 7:21 AM
YOU WENT TOO FAR HELEN…Hey…yes you are right that she does not have experience and avoids answering questions…but that DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO CALL HERE A BICTH…..
You are talking about bad mothering ..tell me is this the king of wisdom you want to pass on to the young generation clicking on your blog…My mother or grandmother would never use such language infront of us..
Sarah has not done anything disgraceful… McCain approached her she did not go begging to be the VP pick..that shows bad judgment on Mccain’s side..Sarah just grabbed the oppurtunity that knocked on her door….WHAT IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU A BITCH JUST FOR WANTING TO MOVE AHEAD IN LIFE….Yes you can say she is not the best VP pick but lady she is no Bitch..Ok..

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By: Nik on October 8, 2008
at 7:16 AM
woman, keep on saying what you are saying and doing what you are doing. You are a true inspiration to all of us.

Send Sarah back to Wassilla!!!

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By: Mary in PA on October 8, 2008
at 6:59 AM
This entry absolutely made my day!!! I couldn’t agree with you more. Keep writing.

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By: Scott on October 8, 2008
at 6:51 AM
Hmmm… Helen. this seems a bit harsh.

Though I don’t agree with Palin’s value system and voting for her ticket is out of the question based merely on that fact, I don’t think the personal attack is necessary.

There are so many things wrong with Palin’s positions, which you and previous posts have done a great job of mentioning. We don’t have to make up character flaws or exaggerate intelligence levels to prove the point. It’s made!

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By: LHB in Germany on October 8, 2008
at 6:22 AM
Nail, meet hammer…

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By: tkrivak on October 8, 2008
at 5:28 AM
I love you. You summed up everything I’ve been thinking all along, but have had a hard time expressing – for the simple fact that Palin *is* a woman. I hate that of all the smart women in the US, she is in the position she is in. But on the bright side – McCain done fucked himself!

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By: Annie in Seattle on October 8, 2008
at 3:14 AM
P.S. To Marcus:

Please understand that we all work hard and just b/c we WILL NOT abide with another 8 years of idiocy and economic collapse from the republican front, does NOT in any way shape or form mean that we don’t love and respect our country. Yes, we live in a great country. Did anyone say that it wasn’t? NO! We simply want it run better.

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By: Jaime on October 8, 2008
at 1:29 AM
To Helen,

You would make my Grammie proud. As someone who comes from a strong line of women who are NOT afraid to speak their minds I salute you.

To Those Who Oppose:

You have every right to disagree, it is your choice, nay your freedom (wink, wink) to say what you choose just as it hers to speak it. I simply want to put it to you this way:

“We have the Navy Seals, they are the best of the best. We choose the best people to fight for and protect our country. Don’t you want the best of the best to also run it?” – Tim Robbins on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

Obama is a Harvard Graduate, with multiple degrees. Biden is an established and RESPECTED leader.

I am from the south and can say with all certainty that I DO NOT want another person in the white house who can’t even pronounce NU-CLEAR correctly. I definitely don’t want some woman (can I even call her a woman, b/c as a woman she makes my skin crawl!), who feels that we are all so dumb, that she doesn’t even have to speak in complete words or sentences when addressing us.

Helen, Thank you!

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By: Jaime on October 8, 2008
at 1:18 AM
Carol_lou sweetie, if you must make me an ‘ist’, then call me a humanist. I can look at myself in the mirror with a wink and a smile, while at night I sleep soundly on my old feather pillow.

Thanks again Ms. H, this was a fun little clip this evening, made fixing my computer much more entertaining! Keep spreadin’ the word sister. I live to laugh and learn, you can dish it. Whoever said write a book gave good advice.

Adieu!

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By: Nikki on October 8, 2008
at 12:48 AM
Helen, I think I love you!!!!!

Can I call you grandma??? 😉

Keep givin em Hell … or as Harry put it so well …. Keep tellin the truth and make em think it’s hell!!!

BRAVO!!!

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By: Reggie on October 8, 2008
at 12:45 AM
Helen, I couldn’t agree with you more!
Sarah Palin is a tool. She’s an insult to the intelligence and appeals to the lowest common denominator. She’s completely conceited in her ignorance like a lot of the people who support her.

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By: suri on October 8, 2008
at 12:22 AM
Nikki, my dear, you are a poor misguided socialist.

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By: Carol_lou on October 8, 2008
at 12:11 AM
You’re right about Alaskans getting a PFD (Permanent Fund Distribution) yearly, but this year is was $2000 with an economic stimulus check of $1200 combined, due to the high cost of fuel, firewood, gasoline, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I am NOT for Palin, and believe she is incredibly dangerous…. thanks to my friend Rose for forwarding me your blog.

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By: Rhonda kitchens on October 8, 2008
at 12:04 AM
Marcus, I know you’re home crying right now because McStupid lost the debate. Prepare yourself, that’s not the only thing he’s gonna lose. People are fed up with folks like you. Brag about how you work so hard, handing out money to liberals? Puh-lease, get your statistics straight before you post such moronic bullshit. You apparently don’t know that the vast majority of people on welfare nowadays are not black, but white. It’s also fact, that most of these white recipients vote predominantly Repukeican. Go down to your local welfare office dummy, and take a look around. Might surprise you to see all these god fearin’, flag totin’, bible thumpin’, intolerant rednecks waiting in line. I dare you. Go look, then ask them who they’re voting for. I would love to see the look on your pathetic face when you realize just how stupid you’ve been. Check the parking lot, there will be sure to be plenty of banged up hoopty pick-up trucks, sporting NRA, Anti-Choice, Believe in Jesus, and McCain bumperstickers spread out all over to hide the rusty parts. These people vote against themselves! It’s incredulously jaw-dropping.

Stop watching Fox news, already and pull your oversized head out of your gaping ass. Please tell me just how you know exactly what Helen has done with HER life? What do you know of it? Nada. Squat. From what I’ve seen, she’s far more qualified to be VP than Palin, as is the cashier at my local supermarket. See, what Helen has, that Palin does not, is simple. Common Sense. Palin is clearly lacking. She thinks being neighbors with Russia gives her foreign policy experience. She thinks dinosaurs and humans co-existed. She teaches abstinence and family values yet her teen daughter gets pregnant. She can’t name a fucking newspaper, even my 4 yo can do that. She couldn’t name a legal case besides Roe V Wade. There’s more, lots more…. should I continue? There’s enough for Tina Fey to work with for a lifetime.

I work my ass of everyday, just as you claim. I want my tax money to help Americans, not fund a bogus war for oil. I would prefer my tax money went to working out our problems in Pakistan and Afghanistan, to find the real 9/11 criminal, Bin Laden. I would prefer my tax money not be spent on dropping bombs on innocent children for a faux war. I want my taxes to cover American childrens healthcare and basic needs. So many of these so-called Christians preach all this love thy brother stuff, but when it comes time to help out they withdraw their hand. How Christian is that? Aren’t we supposed to shepherd the meek because it’s the right thing to do? What kind of world would this be if we didn’t?

I’m a small business owner, and the last 8 years has been tumultous, now is no exception. You’re a real idiot if you’re a small business owner and you don’t vote for Obama. I guess you WANT to pay higher taxes? I guess you like forking out over a quarter of your monthly income to payroll taxes and healthcare. Obama has an excellent strategy for small business, and if these business owners aren’t aware of what McCain has in store for them- and still plan to vote for him…well, they’ll get exactly what they deserve.

You’re a total laughing stock if you think Helen, or I, or any Obama supporter is going to stay away from the polls! Several of us have already formed groups to stay at the polls to ensure no unfair practices are allowed. What happened in your state will NOT be allowed to happen again. There’s a hell of a lot of angry liberals out there, and you should be very, very afraid.

The true threat to our NATIONAL SECURITY you ignorant twat, is people like YOU, who support people like McStupid. You’re sinking our ship with this bullshit war, and the desire to continue the war, is the worst threat to our economy. Look at it now. What happens when our economy gets pulled out from under us Einstein? We become vulnerable. If you don’t see how that adds up, then I, nor anyone else will be able to make a dent in that small minded narrow brain of yours.

Really people, I’m beginning to think that evolution will weed out these sort of mutations. I honestly think that is what these fundies are, is less than human. Perhaps they are just a bump on our evolutionary journey. Nature eradicates that which becomes no longer neccessary. Progessive folks are furthering their own evolution by keeping an open mind and a balanced life, and their descendants will be assured of a continued family line. I only wish that we were furhter along. These mutants will not last long, such is Mother Nature.

Am I an extremist in my viewpoints? Perhaps. But I say desperate times call for desperate measures. It’s time for all the closet liberals to come out into the light. Be not afraid, for we are many. Come out and be loud, be heard, do not back down. Be your own advocate. The time to stand up is now. I am so gladdened by all the enlightened souls who chose to commend Helen, so glad to see you all out there. Wave your liberal flag loud n’ proud people!

OBAMA BIDEN 2008
(and don’t you forget it)

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By: Nikki on October 7, 2008
at 11:24 PM
Will you be my adoptive grandmother? Your assessment is spot on in my opinion. McCain was obviously counting on her ‘folksiness’ to play well in the stix to counter his grumpy pumpkin persona. Unfortunately, to a degree, it will work. I for one cannot in good conscience vote for either of the two major parties, although for a microsecond I considered voting for the Dems as an ‘in your face’ response to the Repubs for snubbing Ron Paul. I’d be interested in your thoughts/perceptions of Dr. Paul if you would care to share them. Thanks for a great post. I’ll be forwarding it….A LOT!

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By: No1uknow on October 7, 2008
at 10:52 PM
You are one smart lady and you see through all of that lipstick. I like you because you have a brain. And so many others out there just don’t get it. They actually believe this woman would make a good V.P. And the ones that think this, really lack intelligence. They have to if they believe this woman can even be President. LOL…. Yes, they are retards like her. Anyone with a brain that works knows that this woman is a joke and no way in hell is Presidential. Lol… I have to laugh. And this really shows how much of a idiot McCain has to be if he pick a woman like her. He goes out and picks the dumbest woman on the planet. Helen, I love you and keep up the good work. And keep that beautiful brain of yours working. I love a smart woman and you are one of them.

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By: Connie on October 7, 2008
at 10:50 PM
Brava. It’s sad that so few people have the guts to simply admit this. I’m in awe of your courage and wisdom. I wish you were my grandmother.

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By: Jennifer L on October 7, 2008
at 10:34 PM
Helen I’m sorry, I don’t like to disrespect elders, but you are so far off base with your comments about Sarah Palin. I’m sure you have had things happen in your life that you are angry about, but you shouldn’t take it out on a (very strong) woman. Governor Palin has done more in her life than you could ever dream to do with yours. Excuse me, I’m sure your the head of your knitting brigade. Attacking her doesn’t make your crappy life any better. It’s not your fault, you’ve been brainwashed by watching shows like The View, Oprah, Jerry Springer (the reason you hate hicks), All the Judges shows, Keith Olberman on communist MSNBC, CNN(fair and balanced HA HA!), and last but not least the CBS evening news with Katie Couric(now there’s a bitch). Like I said it’s not your fault your the Whining Brainwashed Bitch who tools around on your fatass while the real world pays for all OSAMA’S earmarks. God forbid HUSSEIN becomes president we won’t have a pot to pis in. Just so you don’t forget, this is the greatest country in the world and damn you and all the liberals who stand around waiting with your hand out for your next check from the government (which I work my ass off everyday with my own business and four kids to take care of). This country will cease to exist if self loathing people (like yourself) don’t get there head out of their asses and realize that Obama’s crazy agenda, that is tax and spend plus jepordize our NATIONAL SECURITY. We can’t trust this guy that no one “REALLY” knows to run the free world.
Helen wake up, do us all a favor and stay home on election day. The country will thank you for it!!

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By: marcus live in florida battleground state on October 7, 2008
at 10:30 PM
Thank you! Thank you! I’m so tired of hearing how happy with Sarah we women are – especially the seniors – well I am one and I love this country, but if Sarah ever made it to the White House – I would consider agreeing with reconsidering being the 50th state and I’m not winking.
Aloha, June

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By: June Raymond on October 7, 2008
at 10:11 PM
Who the hell are you and where have you been all of my life???

Fabulous!!

Helen Philpot for President!!!

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By: KellyL on October 7, 2008
at 9:57 PM
Oh, thank you for saying out loud all those glorious truths about the lying wench that is Sarah Palin :o) I can’t wait to hear what you have to say next!

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By: bimaima218 on October 7, 2008
at 9:48 PM
Oh Ell, honey. Crawl off the cross now.

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By: Fanny on October 7, 2008
at 9:42 PM
Miss Helen, you are absolutely hysterical! I like many others want to adopt you as my own. And bravo to you for telling it like it is!

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By: Angela on October 7, 2008
at 9:14 PM
I love the way you write! How about writing a book, Helen??? I would be the first in line to buy it!!! Your voice is what has been missing from life in America today. Keep the blog going!

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By: Sam V. on October 7, 2008
at 9:14 PM
I appreciate your opinion, and agree with you that Sarah is not “all that and a bag of chips”. She frightens me! How scary for our nation if she is to become VP, let alone, have the Pres position!

I’m a lifelong resident of Alaska, and am embarrassed that the nation, and the world, look to Sarah as a representative of our wonderful state. She’s not! Trust me, there are many here who do not approve of her either! In fact, many think she should be impeached.

Keep up the communication!

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By: J on October 7, 2008
at 9:03 PM
It sounds like Helen knows what she’s talking about. What do they say – It takes one to know one”. All these democrat respondents should certainly be ashamed of yourselves at such vitriolic personal atttacks.

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By: Ell on October 7, 2008
at 9:03 PM
Anyone voting for McCain because of Palin or simply for McCain should be ashamed. McCain thinks women don’t get Equal Pay for Equal Work because we are not Educated and Trained. Hello, talk about being in the dark ages.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/mccain-dismisses-equal-pay-legislation-says-women-need-more-training-and-education/

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By: sagittariusaztec on October 7, 2008
at 8:37 PM
[…] https://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/bitch-there-i-said-it/ […]

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By: Hey, I’ve got a blog! « Elderpriestess’s Weblog on October 7, 2008
at 7:47 PM
Thank you so much for writing this. I live in Idaho (where the bitch was born) and people here cannot get enough of her and it is SO frustrating! So your post was a breath of fresh air, thank you so much!

Also the “Alabama stupid” remark made me LOL. Again, thank you.

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By: Kelly on October 7, 2008
at 7:40 PM
Way to go Helen!

Sarah IS a bitch. Sarah should be ashamed of herself. McCain should be ashamed of himself. As the whole McCain/Palin ticket starts slinging the bullshit and the lies.

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By: Jaime on October 7, 2008
at 7:03 PM
Diane from Georgia, Actually there wasn’t a lot of name calling going on, just a lot of well written truth. She is more interested in political power than she is in her family. That is pretty clear.

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By: Mark on October 7, 2008
at 6:56 PM
You are fabulous! I only enough people feel the way you do to make sure that Sarah Palin never darkens the door of the White House!

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By: Cait on October 7, 2008
at 6:42 PM
right on!

you might like this also:
Sarah Palin, all-American Cheerleader
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/06/EDD613BV04.DTL&hw=cheerleader&sn=001&sc=1000

“That wink is at the heart of her campaign. The wink is all about sex, which is what made it all the more jarring in the context of the national debate. It was the wink of a bikini-clad model selling a car and a dodgy bill of goods. It was the wink of a temptress offering a promise that will never be kept. It was the wink of the all-American cheerleader knowing why every male, and not a few females, are interested in her short skirt, and determined to milk it for all it’s worth.”

sex(ism) sells in america. unfortunately this time it’s gone all the way to the top.

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By: amy.leblanc on October 7, 2008
at 6:15 PM
Helen,
You are wise beyond words. Thank you for being an intelligent female voice of reason, and I wish that you could be sitting in the town-hall forum toinght at the debate to ask McCain some questions that actually count!!!!! Thank you again for your wisdom, and your point-on opinion!

Laura

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By: Laura Sodorff on October 7, 2008
at 6:04 PM
THANK you, THANK you, thank you! All of my female friends and I are in our 30’s and we can’t believe how irresponsible McCain’s decision was to have her on his ticket. How are citizens of this great country falling for it? Do we have that many vunerable people who lack one ounce of reality in their life? They need to understand the big picture, we know Sarah Palin definitely doesn’t! I am mad that they wasted such a historical event on a woman who IS NOT prepared to a lead a country. It is an insult to the level of intelligence we have in the US!

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By: Elizabeth on October 7, 2008
at 5:55 PM
Even if you are 82 which I doubt, this is too over the top. Let’s stop the name calling and cussing. We can dislike each others politics and positions without disliking the person. Shame on you if you are 82 or if you are pretending to be 82.

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By: Diane from Georgia on October 7, 2008
at 5:51 PM
I am a 89 year young African American and I think that Obama is a fine young man. Just let him get in there and do his thing. He will turn all of the unjustices we’ve dealt with around. Im glad that the black voice is finally going to be heard in this country. I will finally be able to say I am proud of this here country.

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By: Mable on October 7, 2008
at 5:46 PM
and Calli,
I grew up in socialistic country in Europe….what Obama is suggesting will without a doubt NEVER leave to socialism

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By: Peter on October 7, 2008
at 5:33 PM
Well, I couldn’t speak without my cue cards either, but me aside, Go OBAMA. We need someone to stand for us blacks. We been trodded on long enough. time to get back at those rich whites

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By: Peter on October 7, 2008
at 5:33 PM
Calli,

Palin couldn’t speak without her cue cards – see what happened at her interview with CBS. why does she not hold a press conference and answer WE the people….??

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By: Peter on October 7, 2008
at 5:29 PM
This would be an ok blog if it wasn’t censored. Stop changing people’s comments. Would you like it if they changed what you had to say. Is Helen really Helen or Harry?

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By: Hussein on October 7, 2008
at 5:28 PM
this is getting funny

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By: theoregonkey on October 7, 2008
at 5:26 PM
I like McCain because he was smart enough to pick Sarah. She stands for everything that I do.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 5:25 PM
Calli,

As you (hopefully) can tell, I’m trying desperately to ignore what’s being posted under your name (although sometimes it’s hard to tell what is from “you” and what isn’t) .

Can you please tell me *why* you believe (besides pro-life) McCain & Palin would be better for this country than Obama & Biden? What pieces of their platform do you feel make them the better choice in this election?

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By: Michele on October 7, 2008
at 5:20 PM
Helen, I think you are brilliant! If I can be 1/2 as eloguent as you are when I’m 82, I’ll be a happy woman. Keep it up. We love you!

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By: theoregonkey on October 7, 2008
at 5:18 PM
Actually, you got it all wrong. I’m a successful business owner, and am all for doing my part, even if it means being in a higher tax bracket. It is our DUTY as Americans to make sure all the same freedoms money can afford are available to those less fortunate than I. Money is great, sure, but it doesn’t solve all your problems and you sure can’t take it with you when you die. I believe it is up to us, as a nation to hold each other up, and support each other, and to ensure that no child in the USA goes without food, quality healthcare, and a viable shelter. Being a selfish person doesn’t sit well with me, and in case you hadn’t noticed, your schools, fire departments, and police stations are all run by socialist ideas. Duh.

I seriously doubt you have 2 cents to rub together because all the neocons I know have no money, live in rural areas, and are pretty backwards alltogether. So ridiculous how you vote against yourself. If you are ‘rich’ as you claim, then maybe you can hire your OWN hacker to settle the score.

She must like abuse people, she keeps coming back!

And, yes, I stand behind what I said. I’m not a nice liberal anymore, I’m fired up and pissed off. I have nothing in common w/Republicans and I’ve listened politlely while turning the other cheek long enough. Republican friends? NO THANKS! Republican view point? Spare me, I’ve heard more than enough. They have nothing to offer me or my children and are attemtpting to destroy the very faric of our nation. I will not sit idly by….I guess you could say I’m prejudiced against Republicunts, and that sits just fine with me!

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By: Nikki on October 7, 2008
at 5:08 PM
Calli, could you try some discourse that isn’t just regurgitated bleck and blether from right wing talking heads?

Obama isn’t a socialist. Obama’s so far from being a socialist it’s a scream and a half to see someone call him that. True socialism would have you running from the country screaming, and wetting your pants. Study up on socialism and get back to us when you’ve been to eBay to buy your next clue.

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By: Fanny on October 7, 2008
at 5:06 PM
How can you see any intelligent arguments when I’m being censored and spending all of my effort defending what I am actually saying.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 5:03 PM
Calli,

You claim that you haven’t called anyone names yet there’s

“Make me, pig”

and

“I hope Palin’s little “catchy phrases” drive you nuts for the next 4 years! You Betcha! Gosh darn liberal nut cases.”

Unless you’re also claiming that these were the work of “the hacker”.

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By: Michele on October 7, 2008
at 5:03 PM
😀

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By: Julia on October 7, 2008
at 5:03 PM
Hey Nikki,
I’m sorry you haven’t gotten my comments without them being edited by the site’s manager. You don’t have any idea who I am. I’m sure not sitting in a trailer. Didn’t you know that all Republicans are rich business owners with doctorate degrees? Sorry to burst your bubble but I’m sitting in one of my paid for 1/2 million dollar homes. 🙂 Hoping that the socialism doesn’t become a reality if Obama gets elected because that means I would have to share my wealth with you who are sitting on your porch waiting for the next government program to help you out.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:57 PM
Way to go, Helen!!!! Watching the Right Wingers having melt downs right here on your Blog is AWESOME!!! You are one powerful Lady!!!! Go, Helen, Go!!!!!

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By: NM Ortega on October 7, 2008
at 4:56 PM
Fair enough, calli. It doesn’t really matter in this arena anyways (to me at least).

Nikki: I’ll have to say censoring would be the wrong path. I’d be willing to listen to intelligent arguments for or against…. but I haven’t seen too many of those.

Kind of ironic name-calling someone because they swore at Palin.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 4:55 PM
Then perhaps it’s time for you to leave a spot that clearly makes you so unhappy, Calli. Or, you could call Jerry Fletcher for help………

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By: Fanny on October 7, 2008
at 4:52 PM
oh, cussing is so intelligent

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:52 PM
Calli-get a f’n life!

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By: Dana on October 7, 2008
at 4:51 PM
Max,
I didn’t put, “I’m right”. The manager of this blog has added and changed my words.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:49 PM
LOL, the only way McCain could smoke Obama is if he rolled him up and lit one end of him, and took a puff. Maybe McCain HAS been smoking……..something………it would at least give him something to blame his Palin choice on. *snicker*

Calli…..Anger Management Class called. They want their star pupil back. Apparently you haven’t finished with your tutelage.

Helen…….you remain awesome. 🙂

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By: Fanny on October 7, 2008
at 4:46 PM
I don’t care if anyone believes me. It is true that someone changed my comments. It may just be some lonely hacker who supports Obama and I pissed off. But I am lonely.

The above is another comment of mine that is obviously altered by Harry or Mike or whoever manages this site.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:45 PM
While I agree with everything Helen had to say I find it interesting that everyone who doesn’t is so angered. But I guess that s the Republican way…Clinton is an ass for having an affair..if Palin did have an affair, she wouldn’t be the first christian woman. Britney Spears sister getting pregnant is the mothers fault and lack of direction…Sarah Palin is so wonderful for supporting her daughter through her teenage pregnancy. ITS BULLSHIT PEOPLE. You always have so much to say about people until it affects you then you turn the whole thing around. I love how you all think Palins great…but I’ve never heard a single person give me any concrete evidence why they feel that way…why she’d make a GREAT VP. McCain was a sneaky asshole for choosing her in the first place and announcing it early to distract from what a shitty job he did at the debate. I recommend you all read this article about McCain.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

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By: Dana on October 7, 2008
at 4:41 PM
Calli- SHUT THE FUCK UP. Your idiotic ramblings make no sense. For those who think an 80yo is incapable of running a web page, I taught my dear old 95 yo grandfather how to do anything online and on the pc. So, yea, stupid shits, its not only possible, it’s nearly commonplace. If you were able to look outside that small, tiny, closed mind of yours you might realize what fucking century we are actually in (and that McStupid is too dumb to use a pc!).

Calli, I don’t think anyone here gives a rats ass about your so-called opinion, because it has nothing to do with facts. And no, no one does care about you. Why would they? No wonder you’re lonely. You’re gonna stay that way until you learn to stop being a ignorant dope, educate yourelf, and develop some character. You sound like white trash to me, are you writing from inside or outside your broken down trailer?

You honestly think a ‘hacker’ is changing your words? LMAO, like people would actually take the time to mess with an imbeciles pointless ponderings. Get over yourself and go play in traffic.

Typical neocon. Unintelligent, preposterous accusations, prefers fiction over fact, and greedily eats her boogers.

And

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By: Nikki on October 7, 2008
at 4:39 PM
You repeatedly yelling “I’m right!!!!!11!!1!” isn’t really a convincing argument either.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 4:37 PM
Calli, I hate to tell you, but no one really cares.

So far you’ve brought up the one legitimate (ish) point that “Obama has a better plan on some issues but I weighed out everything to make my choice”.

Lacking an explanation that’s actually worth less than the energy required to read it.

So either leave because the “hacker” is messing with you (and there might actually be one, but again, I hardly care) or make a point.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 4:35 PM
Helen I ADORE YOU!!!!!! I will watch the debates tonight with you on my mind….can’t wait to hear what you think tomorrow!!!!!

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By: Sally on October 7, 2008
at 4:33 PM
Calli,
It’s not fun being messed with is it? You have been dissing this site all day. I thought I’d give you a taste of your own medicine.

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By: Mike on October 7, 2008
at 4:28 PM
Calli,

Unfortunately, it’s rather easy for someone to change your comments here without even hacking. On my blog, which has the very same capabilities as this one does, anyone that is allowed to manage this site through what called “My Dashboard” can edit your comments at will.

I don’t care what your politics are, but people that edit others comments as they have done to you, are dispicable!

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By: giovanniworld on October 7, 2008
at 4:24 PM
They changed my comments again, above:

Please beleive me. Please like me.

I DID NOT WRITE THIS

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:21 PM
hey hockey mom-

stay the puck out of d.c.

drill, baby drill

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By: truth hurts on October 7, 2008
at 4:21 PM
I may be a conservative and for McCain in the election but I have not called names (except for calling Helen- Harry) I did that as a joke because I thought someone else possibly could have started this blog (not Helen). Wish I knew how to change people’s comments. Am I making sense? Can anyone hear me. Does anyone care about me? I am RIGHT. I am RIGHT. I am RIGHT!!!!!!

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:20 PM
Julia,
All day I have talked bad about what Helen had to say- calling Sarah names and attacking her children. I made someone who knows how to “hack” mad and they have changed my comments. I am telling the absolute truth. Please believe me. Please like me.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:15 PM
I know it can happen. I also know that it didn’t.

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By: Julia on October 7, 2008
at 4:12 PM
Julia,
I am NOT lying. Some hacker has changed two of my comments. Don’t you think this actually can happen? It has never happened to me and I am outraged.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:10 PM
Where is the humanity and respect for life? Can she imagine her family running across a snow covered field being fired on by a low flying plane? Her entire family being wiped out? What about her family living in the only place available to safely live and bear young, destroyed by a search for oil?

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By: Carol on October 7, 2008
at 4:09 PM
Calli, no one would bother going through the trouble of changing your comments. You make yourself look ridiculous enough without help.

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By: Julia on October 7, 2008
at 4:06 PM
I’m happy that you were able to make your choice by fact gathering, much as I have. I am not, as your posts have inferred, a bleeding-heart liberal. I am choosing to vote for the Obama/Biden ticket simply because I believe that their plans for solving many of this nation’s problems are well-thought out and obtainable. I don’t have the same conviction towards the other candidates’ platforms.

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By: Michele on October 7, 2008
at 4:06 PM
I don’t care if anyone believes me. It is true that someone changed my comments. It may just be some lonely hacker who supports Obama and I pissed off. But I am lonely.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 4:01 PM
That site represents a few of the untrue things both sides have said whether intentional, or not. I agree that Obama has a better plan on some issues but I weighed out everything to make my choice.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:59 PM
Right, Calli – it’s all a left-wing conspiracy aimed directly at YOU.

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By: Peg on October 7, 2008
at 3:58 PM
Well Leslie,
You suprised me, you actually do not have a brain. We shouldn’t judge eachother, but it’s hard not to. We will all be judged soon enough. Like me. I had sex with a stranger last night but I asked for forgiveness first thing this morning.

THE ABOVE COMMENT WAS NOT MADE BY ME. A HACKER CHANGED IT.
REAL FUNNY TO CHANGE SOMEONE’S COMMENTS. DID OBAMA HIRE YOU? WOULDN’T SUPRISE ME.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:56 PM
I AM NOT LYING. I HAVE NOT SAID ONE LIE. I AM SERIOUS. TWICE, MY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:52 PM
So, Calli, if I understand you correctly, it’s ok with you if McCain & Palin lie more than Obama & Biden? And we should still vote for (believe) McCain/Palin because they…..???? I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to finish that sentance.

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By: Michele on October 7, 2008
at 3:51 PM
THIS BLOG IS FAKE. HELEN IS A MAN. MY COMMENTS ARE BEING CHANGED BY A HACKER. ANYONE, TELL ME, IS THAT FAIR OR RIGHT? CHANGING MY COMMENTS. WOULDN’T YOU STAY ON HERE JUST TO PISS THEM OFF? PLEASE LOVE ME.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:51 PM
Um, hackers? Right. Calli, stop lying.

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By: Julia on October 7, 2008
at 3:49 PM
Say Good Night, Calli…

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By: Fran on October 7, 2008
at 3:46 PM
Helen,
You are the anti-christ
ha ha

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:45 PM
Helen….ignore her. Helen, you are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Tony on October 7, 2008
at 3:43 PM
Helen,
Go shave!

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:41 PM
Watch the debate tonight and listen to some of the truth to be said about Obamas character.

Changing my words- fine. Try to change McCain’s tonight in the debate. He will smoke Obama.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:40 PM
Calli,

Have you actually *read* what’s on that site? On that page alone, it’s 7 misrepresentations by the Obama/Biden camp vs 11 by the McCain/Palin camp.

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By: Michele on October 7, 2008
at 3:40 PM
Not finished yet. You want to talk about families? Obama’s mama was white trash. His dad was a drunk. Where did he learn his values?

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:34 PM
OMG! You said it perfectly! I agree 100%. God help us if McCain/Palin get into office.

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By: Laura on October 7, 2008
at 3:33 PM
Oh, Calli, you poor dear. You DO need help. You know, there are MILLIONS of other blogs out there. Millions! Surely you can find one with people that will welcome you and your comments with open arms. Find one…or get help.

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By: Susan in NYC on October 7, 2008
at 3:32 PM
This is beautiful. Palin is an insult to all the women who fought for equality and opened doors for their daughters, who are in Palin’s generation. She is so out of touch with reality, it’s not even funny. Even sadder, is that she is being totally manipulated by McCain. She’s doing his dirty work and in turn, will be blamed when he fails. She chosen precisely because she is too stupid to understand that.

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By: anonymous_palin_hater on October 7, 2008
at 3:32 PM
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_whoppers_of_2008.html

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:28 PM
He’s probably the creater of this blog. There really is NO Helen. It’s a blog created by the Obama campaign. Helen is a man. A gay, liberal, hacker.
he he

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:27 PM
“GO OBAMA! I first got on board the Obama support train when Oprah started supporting him. The way I figure it, if she puts her reputation on the line, she has surely done her homework on him.”

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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By: Jonathan on October 7, 2008
at 3:25 PM
I bet 95% of these comments are from the guy who’s hacking into my comments and adding things I’m not writing on here.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:25 PM
I agree with Catt. Everyone, please instead of getting caught up in how “cute ” Palin is when debating; read every debate transcript. You will see in written form how simple she is without the influence of her pretty twisted smile. She has no substance.

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By: Erin on October 7, 2008
at 3:24 PM
Have fun hacker on adding false words to people’s comments.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:23 PM
You are a GENIUS, Helen! You have said it all!

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By: Mimi Pond on October 7, 2008
at 3:23 PM
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/the_whoppers_of_2008.html

Check the facts yourself.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:23 PM
I will be leaving this site as all of you libs want. Hackers are changing people’s comments. I’m sure Obama campaign hired them.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:21 PM
Leslie,
I did not make comment that is by my name. A hacker is adding words to my comment. What a lame person.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:20 PM
Someone on here is hacking in on my comments and adding things that I am not saying.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 3:18 PM
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
How have we let ‘stupid’ become a qualification for running the country?
Palin thinks “Jurassic Park” is a documentary!
When the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge and the ocean’s continental shelf are assaulted for oil, will Sarah make them pay for their rape kits?
“Stupid is as stupid does.” I want her to take an exam on American History & Civics? Let’s see what Alaskan schools and evangelical churches have produced.
It’s getting dangerous and scary out there, boys and girls.

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By: Siouxy on October 7, 2008
at 3:14 PM
Calli – you still pick the bits of the bible you want to follow, then accuse and condemn people of doing the same exact thing as you.

If you’re okay with being a hypocrite, fine; if you’d rather try to insult me than make an actual reply, that’s your choice. I’m just going to sit back and giggle at all your nonsensical comments.

By the way, Helen, great job on these blog entries. I can’t agree with you more, and the crazies that keep popping out of the woodwork are just hilarious.

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By: Leslie B on October 7, 2008
at 3:11 PM
You need to drive your tax payer funded (I’m sure) scooter into oncoming traffic, because you are a dumb old bitch. You do realize that Obama is an anti-American, pro government, Marxist, piece of shit.

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By: John on October 7, 2008
at 3:10 PM
Beautifully put Helen! Thanks for making some intelligent, valid (and entertaining!) points. It’s exasperating to see that ignorant insults are the only things people disagreeing with your views can think of as a response…

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By: bee. on October 7, 2008
at 3:07 PM
Are you single? You’re a little older, but I think I’m in love.

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By: nick on October 7, 2008
at 3:03 PM
yes palin is a stupid bitch and dear god please end the rep. controlled hell but you have no right to dis an entire culture. that just shows your own ignorance. go to alabama and you might be suprised to find yourself below the standards.

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By: somebody on October 7, 2008
at 2:59 PM
Is there any merit to that woman? Of course there is, and what comes immediately to mind is that she doesn’t devour her young.

Yeah, she just tries to have a “natural” abortion by putting her baby’s life in extreme danger by going out of her way to deliver in a hospital with no NICU, one month early, when she should know that Downs babies have a much higher risk of complications. But, no, she didn’t eat her baby.

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By: Julia on October 7, 2008
at 2:54 PM
What an awsome posting. Thank you so very much. I will share it with my 17 and 15 year old kids. You are terrific. Thank you so much. I miss Tim also.

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By: sophie on October 7, 2008
at 2:51 PM
My overwrought brain cannot comprehend the stupidity of people who think Palin is great; people who believe that she came out super with Katie Couric (the best TV journalist, in my view); and that she beat Biden in their debate. These are the same science-challenged semi-humans who believe in ghosts, that the dead speak to them through the static on idle TV channels; and that the position of Uranus determines Urcharacter. (FYI, Palin’s name in classical Greek means “backward”; cf. “palindrome”.)
Let’s put a few adjectives on “Sarahcuda”: stupid, unprincipled, uneducated, dishonorable, ignorant (even I know what the Bush doctrine is, because I heard him announce it after 9/11), chaotic-minded (proved by her chaotic sentences, or is that the “speaking in tongues” they do in her church?), egomaniacallly ambitious, sociopathic (to put her pregnant daughter on national TV before a vast audience at the convention), theocratic, intolerant, ultracynical as shown by silencing troopergate witnesses and then claiming that she is fully cooperating with the investigators; to think that the voters are even stupider than she is: so stupid that they think that a few aw-shucks-ain’t-America-greats and a patently phony smile mean that a weak mind doesn’t matter; so stupid that they don’t care whether she answers questions or knows any facts or history or geopgaphy; and so stupid that they don’t see that her and McCain’s criticisms of Obama fit themselves even
better (a psych phenomenon called “projecting”); and I could go on and on and on.
Is there any merit to that woman? Of course there is, and what comes immediately to mind is that she doesn’t devour her young.

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By: Charley Matthews on October 7, 2008
at 2:50 PM
Adopt me.

I will never forget your birthday, I always remember to write thank you cards, and I rub feet like no one’s business!

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By: MontiLee on October 7, 2008
at 2:48 PM
OMGosh!!! I so admire what you said and how very very truthful it is!!!!
I find Palin absolutely FRIGHTENING…..
and UNEDUCATED for this position—-what an absolute IDIOT
THansk Helen!!! Keep up the great blog!!!!!

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By: MARCI on October 7, 2008
at 2:42 PM
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
82 year old woman, 25 year old black man…who gives a rats ass…this is just plain, old, HYSTERICAL rhetoric! What a fantastic display of social debate!!!

Helen, if that’s really your name (LOL) you GO GIRL! Perhaps if Palin stopped playing the role of the village idiot we could stop insulting her, until then all’s fair in love and war. RANT ON!

Everyone else – keep the comments coming, I can hardly contain my peals of laughter!

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By: Twinning on October 7, 2008
at 2:40 PM
McCain… what a “Maverick”, struggling to obtain a “non-white-male” support group by adding a Republican “Hillary” sequel to his ticket in hopes to get the swing vote & women of the US on his side.

Unfortunately, McCain doesn’t know how to operate a computer and will never read this post or any Internet feedback therein. Oh yea, Palin, she’s a stunt to get votes, of course she’s a moron, people buy into this kind of shit. If they didn’t Fox news wouldn’t be on the air, MTV would show music videos, Clear Channel would be out of business, Amway would be bankrupt.

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By: Enrique Gutierrez on October 7, 2008
at 2:40 PM
I LOVE YOU! Will you adopt me…please?

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By: Grace on October 7, 2008
at 2:23 PM
I’ve never heard it said better than you said it. If only the rest of the country would close their eyes and open their damn ears, we wouldn’t even be having this discussion right now.

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By: Catt on October 7, 2008
at 2:18 PM
Helen, you are certainly a bright star to me!! I couldn’t understand why people other than California couldn’t see Nut Cake Palin as she is. You look at things realistically and that’s all it takes a person to see on who should be President of the United States. We had 8 years and that’s enough. Since GWB has been in office, my husband has been out of work. We do need change and if people would put aside their racism and give Obama a chance, they will see why we voted for him.

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By: Lois on October 7, 2008
at 2:16 PM
Helen, you are fabulous!!!!!
I look forward to your blog after tonights debate 🙂

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By: Rhonda on October 7, 2008
at 2:11 PM
Your rant cheered me up this afternoon. (I was up late trying to convince a friend of a friend that Obama is not a “terrorist.”) I’m glad you can vote in Texas. Thanks!

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By: btn on October 7, 2008
at 2:06 PM
As a woman, it makes me proud to see so many other women realize that Sarah (can i call you Sarah?) is an embarrassment to us all. I can’t believe she is still on the ticket. It is an insult to women everywhere, to have this woman as our spokes person. I would never let my daughter hear her speak, as it might diminish her use of the English language, and give her the wrong idea about what a powerful woman looks like. Sarah has probably gotten ahead in life by batting her eyelashes at any old republican man, putting on a dumb smile, and twirling her hair around a finger. There are so many intelligent and talented women in the US government, leave it to the Republicans to pick the dumbest on the block. But again, thats the way they like their women, isn’t it?…

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By: melanie on October 7, 2008
at 1:53 PM
Sarah Palin is universally hated by dried-up, smelly pigs. So what? LOL

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By: mike on October 7, 2008
at 1:52 PM
Thank you Helen!! Your blog was dead ON!!

OBAMA/BIDEN ’08

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By: Gina on October 7, 2008
at 1:32 PM
Oh dear Helen, how I would love to sit at the kitchen table sipping on hot coffee with you. I would love to hear your tales of elections past, and what you think of our nation today, comparitively. How did we get here??? How did we let the government get away with feeding good intentioned, honest Americans a cavalcade of bullshit for so long? So long that many of them believe people like Palin or McCain could actually be a decent president. How the hell did we let that happen? Weren’t we supposed to shepherd the meek? The meek have gone completely insane, and I must say I will never have a republican friend again. I consider myself open minded, but I now feel they are hardly worth the effort, and don’t deserve to be friends with a nice liberal girl like me. Birds of a feather and all that I guess.

To all the dopes who came to slam Helen, nice. It shows the typical Republican philosophy, shit on people who don’t agree with you and take off before they have a chance to respond. No balls. I would happily attack a Republican, just not one on Medicare. Why? Because even tho’ I’m sure someone like Helen here can take care of herself, I WAS RAISED WITH MORALS AND ETHICS, AND TO SHOW R E S P E C T TO MY ELDERS. Just a thing called common courtesy, something I have yet to see any Republican take a stab at. So, yea, the idiots who came here to talk shit, think they’re smart- GET A LIFE PEOPLE, AND GET PREPARED. We are taking our country back, and F.U. if you don’t like it. We played it your way for awhile and we see where that got us.

To the FLAMING IDIOT who said, “we need people like us in office, and sarah is like us”. What a TOTAL MORON. Last time I checked an outstanding degree with magna cum laude accolades isn’t something the ‘average’ American has, and in todays soceity is exactly the essential type of experience REQUIRED for holding office. YEAH, right, let’s fill the White House with elitist hockey moms who have no clue how to run a country, but can manage a PTA. Hillary (even tho’ I’ve always been an Obama girl), would have been an excellent choice for office as she has DEDICATED her WHOLE life to politics and the law. So, yes, a woman CAN do it, just not a STUPID woman. DUH. I would be the last person you’d want in office, and I can’t name a friend or neighbor qualified to run either. You actually want an uneducated person running the country? MORON. Jesus Christ! Some people are so stupid it’s scary. Must be some form of genetic mutation, the conservative gene. Whoops! God, better get back to the drawing table, mama told me you didn’t make junk! What happened? Where’s the garbage truck, roll it up, we’ve got a HUGE load of ignorance to throw away. Completely useless.

To the person who replied to the person who’d said she’d leave if ‘they’ won, and then told her she was un-American? Lady, you’re a fruitcake. I wholeheartedly agree, and if we lose this election (doubtful) I’m OUT too. I’m a D.A.R., and have had ancestors fight in every war this country has ever had. They fought for OUR right to not stand for the pledge or anthem, if that is our wish, because this country is ALL ABOUT FREEDOM OF CHOICE!!! Republicans want to take all our choices away, and turn this in to the United States of Corporate America, Home of the Intolerant, Land of the Greedy. That is not what my ancestors fought for, not what our forefathers intended. If ‘they’ win (highly doubtful) it will no longer be the USA I once believed in, and I’m not sure I want to stay in a country so full of blatant idiots, and will happily shed my flag for warmer waters. Until this country becomes something I CAN be proud of, I’m gonna hold on to my pipe dreams of Costa Rica. Or, we could just move all the Republicans to Alaska or Texas, and let them have it.

This is OUR country, and no one has the right to change the constution at their whim. Please people, REMEMBER TO VOTE!!!

Keep spilling the truth, Helen, dump it on their heads. Eventually REASON must sink in!!

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By: Nikki on October 7, 2008
at 1:30 PM
Thank you for putting my exact thoughts to words. I think you’d make a far more fitting VP candidate. Even better as a presidential candidate. Goodness knows we’ve let the boys screw things up far enough and for long enough.

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By: Melissa on October 7, 2008
at 1:30 PM
Yes, Helen everyone in this nation with a half of brain is thinking exactly what you are thinking and discussing it around our kitchen table as McCain and Palin stoop to the lowest, most embarrassing levels of the kitchen sink. Thank you for saying what we are all thinking. Have you sent this to editors of major newspapers? If not, please do.

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By: Carol Rytter on October 7, 2008
at 1:25 PM
So happy that Palin’s nomination has become a joke to thinking people. She is truly putrid.

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By: Rosemary on October 7, 2008
at 1:23 PM
Helen, you’re my new favorite. You RULE!

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By: Lauren on October 7, 2008
at 1:23 PM
Well Leslie,
You suprised me, you actually do not have a brain. We shouldn’t judge eachother, but it’s hard not to. We will all be judged soon enough. Like me. I had sex with a stranger last night but I asked for forgiveness first thing this morning.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 1:16 PM
Helen,

Your blog posts made my day. Ignore the edjits. Obama / Biden 2008

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By: Daisy on October 7, 2008
at 1:11 PM
Helen, you rock.

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By: Liz on October 7, 2008
at 1:04 PM
someone online, you obviously fail to realize that the biggest argument fundamentalists use against homosexuality is Leviticus 18:22. Furthermore, Calli’s argument was about cherry-picking what is or isn’t true from the bible, not about whether the Old Testament is obsolete.

When it comes to the New Testament, Jesus doesn’t specifically vilify homosexuality in the gospels, focusing more on a “love your neighbor” and “judge not” theme. Not until St. Paul’s letters do anti-gay comments show up, and they’re *only* in Paul’s letters, which were (according to scholars) written to address specific situations of the time.

Keep in mind that St. Paul also wrote that women were not to speak in church, that their heads must be veiled in order to indicate their status as second in creation, and that women could only be “saved” by bearing children. Most of which has been disregarded, and St. Paul has gotten the reputation as a misogynist and a homophobe.

Oh, and just for the fun of it, why don’t you look up some of the writings of St. Aelred. He wrote some excellent passages about his deep love for other men, yet given his sainthood, I’m sure he’s happily swishing through heaven.

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By: Leslie B on October 7, 2008
at 12:54 PM
helen = awesome

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By: ollivander on October 7, 2008
at 12:53 PM
Right on!!!! When is this country going to wake up? The problem is that the people who have plenty of cash, such as McCain, want to be the powers that rule America. They want to make sure that the good old boys stay in control, and keep themselves rich. Liars, liars! How can anyone try and justify their bullshit, when Palin is obviously not qualified, and McCain is looking out for himself.

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By: L'Tanya on October 7, 2008
at 12:47 PM
It baffles me that people are so damn racist that they cannot see what a fucking circus the Republican Party ticket has become. I completely agree with everything you have said, and could only hope the small minds of America can open their eyes! I GUARANTEE with my life that if Palin were **GASP** not White, she wouldn’t anywhere NEAR a government position with the bullshit she’s bringing at such an important and frightening time in US history. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!!

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By: Julia on October 7, 2008
at 12:45 PM
My favorite thing today? Helen’s brain.

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By: Melody on October 7, 2008
at 12:43 PM
Margaret.
Just a short note to say “Thank You”. My 25 year old son found your website & emailed it to me. He is really keyed up about the politics of this election & you just made our day!!
My grandmother had a saying “You may as well say it as think it!”. So, thanks for saying what so many of us are thinking. Here in NYC we are far more liberal then a lot of the country, but this pandering by McCain for our 18 million cracks forgot to vet the crack he has as a partner in crime. HAGD & GOD BLESS!!!

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By: ArleenMarie on October 7, 2008
at 12:41 PM
I love you! You, my friend, are fabulous.

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By: Kathy on October 7, 2008
at 12:35 PM
Thank you, Helen! The reason so many people have visited your site is because of your insight. You are absolutely correct about Palin, and I too miss Tim Russert. Keep telling it like it is!

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By: Dave on October 7, 2008
at 12:33 PM
Right on Sister!

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By: Jennifer on October 7, 2008
at 12:29 PM
I’m a supporter of McCain/Palin (if you couldn’t tell). I have visited Obama sites and the SNL site, where I found this link. The skits were actually quite funny. (on both parts) I was insulted that an old woman would belittle herself to calling Palin a rude name. It’s a shame that Palin is pretty and charming because that is what a lot of you hold against her, along with her God fearing beliefs and moral integrity. Obama reads from a teleprompter at most of his rallies. At least Palin/ McCain know what they believe and don’t need to read it.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 12:25 PM
Leslie:

The funniest part of that argument is that she mis-quoted it. The quote is “women who don’t HELP another woman”.

Big difference, no, but Margaret Albright actually said that despite the quote not meant in a political sense, the best choice for women would be Obama/Biden. Oops.

the story is here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/palin-misquotes-albright_n_131967.html

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 12:19 PM
Helen,

You have restored my faith in the American people.

Thank you and God bless you.

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By: Belinda on October 7, 2008
at 12:19 PM
should read..”surfing this blog….”

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By: Scout62 on October 7, 2008
at 12:19 PM
Just a quick question…
I support Obama/Biden. I have NO desire to visit McCain/Palin web sites! And never have. Why then, are there so many McCain/Palin supporters surfing this web?? Maybe they need to put their idiotic 2 cents in just to ease a guilty conscience for “peeking” into this blog…

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By: Scout62 on October 7, 2008
at 12:17 PM
Calli, do you eat shellfish? Do you eat milk and meat in the same meal? Do you eat pork? Do you wear mixed fiber clothing? Because those things, along with many others, are against the laws set by the book of Leviticus. Do you sacrifice doves and cattle to atone for your sins? Do you stone people who commit blasphemy, or your children when they disobey? ‘Cause all of those are dictated by the book of Leviticus.

Above comment is from Leslie B.
Leslie,
You obviously don’t know what the New Testament is or you wouldn’t have said what you said. It’s ok. There are a lot of people who pull something out of the Bible and use it the wrong way, they are just a bit undeducated on the matter or don’t care to study it. Learn what the New Testament is and then try to “school me”. I actually don’t have to read it. God speaks to me directly late at night when I am touching myself.

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By: someone online on October 7, 2008
at 12:14 PM
You are so awesome. Everything you wrote is exactly what I think about Palin. God, she’s such an embarrassment to this country.

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By: Diana on October 7, 2008
at 12:13 PM
It’s times like these that I so appreciate being an American and being able to dialogue, regardless of levels of eloquence, wit, or intelligence.

My 2 cents: I was raised in West Virginia, and know first hand that what makes ANY stereotype a stereotype is the drop of “truth” contained therein. I kind of consider myself “Jane six pack” although I prefer wine to beer, classical to country music, I still would rather talk about what my local government is going to do about the homeless in my town than what my federal government is going to do about wall street.

In my opinion, what makes us stupid is forming our opinions based on information spoon fed to us by our spouse, pastor, parent, news reporter, politician, or anyone else, without checking out the information for ourselves. YES it’s a little more work than just sitting on the couch, church pew, folding chair at the rally, etc. and believing every word that comes out of the mouth of the speaker. NO, you can’t believe it just because someone you admire has said it, or she’s hot, or she sounds like your mom, or he’s a Vet.

These are challenging times and unfortunately we have to start paying attention to what the federal government is doing, how our representatives vote on the issues that matter to us – and what exactly is in that bill or law that they are voting on to begin with! If you take the time to do that once or twice, and find a newspaper or news station that reports the facts (it’s OK to comment, analyze, etc. as part of news, but TRUTH first please, then comment), then MAYBE you can rely on that source for the truth.

We so want to believe that the people who are in power in our country are there because they want to make the USA and the world a better place, that we have a tendency to believe anything but the truth if the truth means our government has intentionally deceived us.

I believe the McCain/Palin campaign is capitalizing on this – the trust of Joe Six Pack in the ideal of America. Yet, anyone can watch as step by step the McCain campaign is doing everything their opponents predicted they would do when backed into the corner of talking about the issues – slingin’ mud and lying, and thinking that Joe Six Pack is going to be so caught up in the mud slingin’ that he’ll not take the time to check out the lies. In fact, that’s something they are counting on.

My prayer is three-fold: That the smoke and mirrors act will continue to be exposed, that we will have eyes to see and ears to hear, and that the votes that are cast on Nov. 4, 2008, WILL COUNT! God Bless America.

http://www.truthout.org/video/greg-palast-rove-has-already-fixed-2008-election

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By: KC on October 7, 2008
at 12:09 PM
Helen you are the best!!!! Thanks for making my day!!!!!

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By: Mary on October 7, 2008
at 12:09 PM
“Calli” eh? Sounds like Palin got wind of the site and is chiming in now. She is so gosh darn mad.

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By: My glasses make me smart on October 7, 2008
at 12:06 PM
oh and i am a bitch
spelled C.U.N.T

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By: juston on October 7, 2008
at 12:06 PM
Absolutely spot-on.

The whole point of our leadership being somewhat elitest is because, for the most part, they’re supposed to be better than the average citizen.

I don’t want my leadership to be a ‘hockey mom’! I want my leaders to be award-winning economists or a nobel peace prize candidate. We need responsible governance, not ‘Mavericks’ (Soooo sick of hearing that word).

Helen, may you have many more years of calling it how you see it.

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By: Canadian on October 7, 2008
at 12:02 PM
Deb@BirdOnAWire quotes, “‘There’s a special place in Hell for women who don’t support another woman’~Margaret Albright.”

That’s such a bullshit argument. Just because Palin is female doesn’t mean all us women must throw our votes at her ticket; she still needs to be qualified. She’s so anti-women’s rights, it’s scary. She does not represent me or my values. She does not automatically deserve my vote.

As a woman, however, I support her right to choose her path in life. I support her decision to run for public office, just as I support her decision to also have a family. But I strongly disagree with her platform and will not vote for her. That’s *my* right as a woman.

Calli says, “If you believe in God and are a real Christian then that means you believe the Bible is true, right? Not just parts of it?”

Calli, do you eat shellfish? Do you eat milk and meat in the same meal? Do you eat pork? Do you wear mixed fiber clothing? Because those things, along with many others, are against the laws set by the book of Leviticus. Do you sacrifice doves and cattle to atone for your sins? Do you stone people who commit blasphemy, or your children when they disobey? ‘Cause all of those are dictated by the book of Leviticus.

You’re just as guilty of picking and choosing which bible passages to follow as anybody you accuse. Remember Matthew 7:5.

undecided says, “Maybe this country needs someone that hasn’t been corrupted by Washington.”

Washington isn’t the only place where corruption happens. Palin is under investigation for ethics violations in Alaska; she’s corrupt already, before even setting foot in Washington. And McCain’s not exactly innocent, he’s been in Washington for 25 years.

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By: Leslie B on October 7, 2008
at 12:01 PM
oh and i’ve read the bible verses that say i am an abomination to god.
they are vague and I personally do not think that they apply to homosexuals

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By: juston on October 7, 2008
at 11:59 AM
Whoops I meant ” plain speaking”.

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By: jason andrews on October 7, 2008
at 11:58 AM
CALLIE
i never said i was christian….i go to a non-denominational church.
that means it does not focus on one religion like christianity.
I am gay and have read the bible all the way through. And the koran and the Torah, even the Bagavadgida
God does not always mean the father, the son and the holy ghost. You should remember that.
Also the slutty comment was me channeling a republican if Palin ans her daughter were Democrats.
Sorry but the right wing would totally jump on that and say it was amoral

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By: juston on October 7, 2008
at 11:58 AM
@Calli:

I don’t need or want you to hang yourself. Just offer something of worth or leave. I’ll even accept you saying you disagree with Helen and call it at that, some like the message, some don’t.

But you have a different opinion? Great. Now give me a reason to care or shut up.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 11:57 AM
Was directed here by a friends e-mail and will continue to follow your blog from now on. Loved your comments on Palin. Some of the wisest,palin speaking, direct comments i have read yet.

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By: jason andrews on October 7, 2008
at 11:57 AM
Helen,
You are so right in everything you said.

Sarah Palin scares the hell out of me, and should scare every woman out there who has fought for women’s rights, or who has a daughter, and/or a granddaughter. Palin has done more in the past few weeks to set the women’s movement back.

She is completely ignorant, and her attempts to joke about how and why she refused to answer questions of the “mainstream media” are ridiculous.

I say it’s more than past time we all stood up and said BULLSHIT !!!

Any women out there who backed Hillary Clinton and now say they are voting for McCain/Palin really need to get a clue and think about what they are voting FOR instead of who they are voting against. They better start thinking about voting the issues, not the person.
Go OBAMA/BIDEN !!!

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By: Cherylynn on October 7, 2008
at 11:56 AM
Can’t handle someone with a different opinion than yours, Peg? Feeling all warm & cozy with the lefties leaving comments? Too gosh darn bad.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 11:51 AM
Make me, pig.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 11:50 AM
Calli –

Go over to the Fix News website and hang out with like close-minded people like yourself.

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By: Peg on October 7, 2008
at 11:48 AM
Love you Helen!

I look forward to seeing how President Obama will
revise the economy and revamp the healthcare system.

GO OBAMA! I first got on board the Obama support train when Oprah started supporting him. The way I figure it, if she puts her reputation on the line, she has surely done her homework on him.

In regards to Sarah the Bitch – I’m sure Hilary is laughing her a** off! I know I am.

Thanks Helen. Know that you have made a difference in our world – and it is good.

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By: phyllis from IL on October 7, 2008
at 11:44 AM
FAKE SITE!
Pd for by the Obama Campaign.
I think Helen is actually Harry, a 26 year old black man.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 11:43 AM
Jonathan,

Yep, were ALL liberal bitches, but what does that make someone like you and the Republican party, who try lie about their opponent and then when that doesn’t work, go to every length to disenfranchise people likely to vote Democratic?

Hmmm?

BTW – “Disenfranchise” means to deprive of the right to vote, just in case your come back was “In what respect, Charlie?”

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By: Peg on October 7, 2008
at 11:38 AM
From Justin on Oct 5:

“69.3% of Alaskans are white. That stands as the LOWEST percentage in the United States. Therefore, Alaska has a greater racial diversity than any other state!”

69.3% is not the lowest percentage is the US, and even if it was, certainly doesn’t make a correlation to diversity.

You go Helen! Spot on.

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By: Berna from Hawaii on October 7, 2008
at 11:14 AM
I couldn’t have said it better myself, mostly because I hesitate to refer to other women using the “b” word, but in this case, it really is well deserved.

This whole Palin debacle has given the term “Only in America” a whole new meaning, and not in a good way.

I’ll be reading you daily 🙂

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By: Have the T-shirt on October 7, 2008
at 11:14 AM
Loved your post. Did I agree with everything? You betcha! (Yuck. The stupid winks & catch phrases have got to go!)

Just found your blog today… It’s great! I’m looking forward to reading through your archives & new posts!

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By: sarah on October 7, 2008
at 11:14 AM
We get to call bullshit right now. BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!

It’s about time this country got angry – long overdue! And if Palin suits that purpose, well then it’s about time she makes herself useful because strong, INTELLIGENT women on both sides of the aisle have worked too hard to have this ignorant, snarky politician-in-the-worst-sense-of-the-word set us back a century.

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By: Jo on October 7, 2008
at 11:12 AM
I agree 1000%. Thank you for your honesty.

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By: Friends on October 7, 2008
at 11:12 AM
This made my day. Helen, I got here through an Obama community link. I’m afraid you’ve gone all over the internet. I know I’ll be linking this.

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By: discotrash on October 7, 2008
at 11:10 AM
You are AWESOME.. more power to you for speaking your mind. I wish you lived near me, I’d have you at ALL my events speaking your mind!!! We need more Crones of Wisdom in this world

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By: Liza on October 7, 2008
at 10:59 AM
AMEN TO THAT!

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By: Abby Cox on October 7, 2008
at 10:59 AM
“Get off your soap boxes and look at how she is more like you and me than you want to say. I look forward to having someone more like myself in the White House.”

I do not want someone like me in the White House. I am totally unqualified for the job! I am fairly well educated and keep abreast of most of the issues–still–that hardly makes me an expert on any of the important issue that this country faces. I used to hear this about Bush Junior ‘He’s the kind of guy I would like to have a beer with!’ OMG!! NO!! Let’s put it another way–you have a life threatening medical condition; you must have an operation that will require great skill by the doctor. Do you choose a doctor who ‘reminds you of yourself, someone you would like to watch a football game with but is not considered a top-notch doctor or do you choose the doctor that is considered an expert in his field but is rather arrogant and intellectual sounding?– A guy/gal you “can’t relate to”? You choose the expert, right?! Why wouldn’t you choose people for the highest offices in the land, leaders that have the power to influence the world, for the same reasons–we need the best and brightest to do this job.
Let’s just award Sarah Palin ‘Miss Congeniality’ and give the top prize to someone who
‘wants world peace’ LOL

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By: L. Arthur on October 7, 2008
at 10:52 AM
Thank you for saying what so many think. What amazes me is that they think that simply because she is female all women will vote the R. ticket. She doesn’t represent me or any of my views, nor does her running mate. No way, no how.

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By: Patria on October 7, 2008
at 10:40 AM
Thank you thank you Helen. You made me smile.

I like how you keep it real.

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By: Marie on October 7, 2008
at 10:40 AM
Thanks Bless you too. Thanks for your kind words.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 10:39 AM
Dean, it is obvious tht God has already blessed you with a loving, even-tempered disposition. Many good wishes to you, from me, this day.

“I am a black woman and would not vote for someone just because of their color. That is insane!!!!”

Well, me too, except that I am a middle-aged white woman, and neither would I vote for anyone just because of their color. That’s unrelated to me choosing to vote for Obama, since the old Republican man, who is a Bush knockoff but not as bright, and the Bimbo are too ridiculous to even consider.

I wish someone like Colin Powell would run for president. He’d get it in a heartbeat. I wonder where he is these days? Sitting quietly watching from the sidelines?

BTW, I also love watching Hasselbeck blow her cork!

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By: I can see traffic; Palin says that qualifies me as a transportation expert on October 7, 2008
at 10:35 AM
Lovely! May I repost this – with your link and name attached, obviously?

Thank you! 🙂

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By: Satyrblade on October 7, 2008
at 10:31 AM
82 isn’t so old. My grandmother lived to 95 and would have loved this post. For myself, I prefer a little more substance and less cursing, since the facts of the matter are out there and need only to be better known. Palin is a liar and needs to be exposed, as Rolling Stone magazine has done with McCain. Blowing off steam makes one feel good and maybe gets you a little attention, but the real need is for information. For that, I recommend talkingpointsmemo.com and I hope readers of this blog will go there and learn what they really need to know to enlighten their friends and actually keep McCain and Palin from giving the US another 8-year nightmare.

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By: joanne on October 7, 2008
at 10:29 AM
Actually, her glasses aren’t from Lenscrafters. They were custom designed by a local woman in Anchorage named Joy Leedham.

Right on about everything else though!

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By: outrider on October 7, 2008
at 10:26 AM
Oh, this is a beautiful thing, this blog. My Mom is 82 as well, and an Obama supporter.

She’s gonna get a kick out of reading this.

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By: s. katz on October 7, 2008
at 10:18 AM
I think that what Biden wants is for gays to have civil rights protected under federal law. If a couple chooses to participate in a civil union, then they should have the legal right to put the other one on the better insurance plan, to make medical next-of-kin decisions, if needed, and to enjoy similar kinds of civil protection under the law.

The right-wingers and rednecks, on the other hand, don’t want ANYONE to enjoy civil freedoms or civil rights. Everyone is supposed to follow THEIR interpretation of THEIR version of the Bible. No separation of church and state…it’s all just one big church-run government for them.

God spare us the hypocrisy of the right-wingers’ fundamentalist bullshit.

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By: I can see traffic; Palin says that qualifies me as a transportation expert on October 7, 2008
at 10:17 AM
I have read many blogs and never left a remark. However Helen deserves many kudos in what she has said. Thank You for being so very honest and blunt! I am a 30 yr old married working mom and this lady makes me want to vomit.. Sarah Palin is a complete Moron.. My employer and I have been at odds regarding this election and he actually said to me.. I don’t understand it. “You woman are so very close to having a woman in the white house and all I hear are complaints is it jealousy or what” ( see his wife is also against Palin) I responded with.. Exactly what is there to be jealous of.. & tried to make my case. If there were an intellegent woman up for the job I would consider switching parties and take a serious look at her. However this lady is a complete MORON and I have more intellegence in my big toe than she in her entire brain. It is a sad truth that I have faced during this election and that is there are just so many ill informed ppl in America. I am saddened to think that the McCain/ Palin ticket could possibly even have a close race considering our current economic crisis & foreign policy mess. I am so very proud of the job that Obama and Biden have done in there campaign and that they are uniting Americans.. The ideal of hope in this country was all but lost and I do pray that on Nov 4th we will be able to unite as the greatest country on earth and show that we do have hope in our future and that we are able to correct past errors and move forward positively!!! Obama/Biden 08!!!!!!

Till Then!!! Go Helen Go!!! We do need more woman to speak up..

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By: Andie on October 7, 2008
at 10:16 AM
Thank you for calling “bullshit”.

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By: Fawn on October 7, 2008
at 10:13 AM
I know black people who are not voting for Obama. I say vote for the person you think will make a good president. If you think that is McCain/Palin that is ok.
It is just the people who come out and say they like Obama but will not vote for him because he is black that is a problem.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 10:10 AM
Syd,

You are upset why? Because she speaks the truth? Keep listening to Hannity and blindly following and hanging on to every word he says without fact checking. Palin is unequivocably unqualified and in way over her head. Anyone without blinders on could at least admit to that.

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By: ayeita on October 7, 2008
at 10:06 AM
Helen – I can’t say I agree with everything you say, but I do appreciate your honesty on your opinions. It is refreshing to read and very entertaining.

People – no matter what side of the fence you are on, we are all entitled to voice our opinions…and calling Helen names for expressing her own opinion is vile. If you don’t like what she is saying, stop reading or just go start your own blog.

Helen – Good luck with your blog and may God (in whatever form you believe in him/her/it) bless you. My God apprciates a good sense of humor.

with kindest regards,
JBP

p.s. you just got added to my bookmarks.

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By: JBP on October 7, 2008
at 10:05 AM
I love it people say that we wont vote for Obama because we are racist. No how about this, we won’t vote for him because he wouldn’t be a good president.

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By: Jonathan on October 7, 2008
at 10:04 AM
Maybe this country needs someone that hasn’t been corrupted by Washington. Maybe this country needs someone that ain’t afraid to mix it up with the big boys. Maybe this country needs someone that kind-of-knows the difficulty of raising a family today with economic pressures. Maybe this country needs a different perspective on how questions should be answered. If you don’t know, say you don’t know, but say I’ll get an answer and get back to you. Don’t just make up some bullshit like what we’ve been told for the past several presidencies. If this is all ok with you, then McCain/Palin should be your choice. If not, then vote the other two Mavericks that have been in and around enough people to both be a lot like what we have had in the past.

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By: undecided on October 7, 2008
at 10:03 AM
Proud to be a Bitch.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 10:03 AM
Hasselbeck. OOPs.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 10:00 AM
Midwest for McCain,

Please take down your rebel flag and read what McCain/Obama really believe.

Then you are free to comment. You embarrass me being I am from the midwest also.

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By: The REAL Midwest and we are for Obama on October 7, 2008
at 10:00 AM
Amen!!

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By: kona on October 7, 2008
at 10:00 AM
Liberals you are bitches, there I said it.

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By: Jonathan on October 7, 2008
at 9:59 AM
Hasslebeck gets riled up also. I love that. That is why I watch it.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 9:59 AM
Anyone who genuinely thinks that Sarah Palin is a qualified to lead this country is completely entitled to their oppinion, but I don’t think they should be allowed to operate heavy machinery. I saw someone in this long line of posts, state that she was, “Articulate.” If we are just flat out lying, we might as well come out and say that John McCain is young and energetic. Look, Sarah Palin is a lot of things, (Just read Helen’s post!) but she is the oposite of articulate. She just thows a bunch of big words and talking points together in a confusing way to create a smoke screen for less educated (a.k.a. Republican) viewers who want nothing more than to impregnate her.

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By: Jon on October 7, 2008
at 9:58 AM
Helen…you rock!!!!!!

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By: Mary Jane on October 7, 2008
at 9:57 AM
Calli,
Religion is very objective. There are many beliefs.
Do you know that are people that want to kill you because of the way you dress and interact with men. In their sight you are a sinner going to hell.
There is more than just the bible out there. I was brought up a Christian also. I am glad that I can think on my own now and choose what I want to believe and not expect everyone to think like I think.
God Bless America

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 9:57 AM
I hope Palin’s little “catchy phrases” drive you nuts for the next 4 years! You Betcha! Gosh darn liberal nut cases.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 9:57 AM
I enjoyed this blog very much. Right on Helen!

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By: Nellie on October 7, 2008
at 9:56 AM
Yep, I love Elizabeth Hasselbeck. She is my voice. I am glad she is LOUD and clear. So funny how she riles the Left up.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 9:54 AM
To Justin and all of the other gays: Explain to me this: If you believe in God and are a real Christian then that means you believe the Bible is true, right? Not just parts of it? How can you justify blatenly throwing you are gay in God’s face? I know we all sin but we can repent. REPENT and leave your gay lifestyle if you are truly a real Christian.
To Justin, here is what you said,
“Christians are not supposed to judge others. They are supposed to have compassion!
Oh and I believe if Palin were a liberal with her unwed slutty daughter the tables would be completely different”
Justin, this goes to show, you contradict yourself in being a gay Christian just as you contradicted yourself in this comment. You say don’t judge and then you call Palin’s daughter slutty. POW!

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 9:49 AM
Helen, you are obviously a bitter, old, thinks she know everything , overally liberal, stupid bitc.

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By: Sydney on October 7, 2008
at 9:45 AM
Midwest and Elizabeth Hasselbeck are having lunch together today….you betcha!

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By: Stan on October 7, 2008
at 9:43 AM
GO OBAMA!!!!!

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 9:41 AM
You have the right to say anything you want Midwest. I think you just you just said it. That is what is good about this country. We can disagree and still live together.
Nobody will agree with each other all of the time. How boring.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 9:40 AM
Helen,
If people like Palin can win the 2nd highest office in the nation, it would confirm that we do have a majority of morons in the population. Collectively, we would receive the punishment that we deserve.

The last 8 years don’t seem to be enough, yet.

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By: Dennis on October 7, 2008
at 9:38 AM
Yep…you’re one of them…..

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By: Stan on October 7, 2008
at 9:33 AM
and to the Callie woman…..
not all liberals are atheists….
i myself worship god at a non-denominatinal church.
oh and i’m gay!
it’s people like you that think you’re high ethical and moral attitute is superior to others that makes this country terrible.
Christians are not supposed to judge others. They are supposed to have compassion!
Oh and I believe if Palin were a liberal with her unwed slutty daughter the tables would be completely different

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By: juston on October 7, 2008
at 9:33 AM
Insighteful! Great post!

It’s so sad that our “great” political system even allows dimwit like this to get this far in the election.

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By: Dennis on October 7, 2008
at 9:32 AM
Guess you bloggers on this site don’t pay attention to Obama’s faults. You’re blinded. It’s a shame if he’s elected; the country will continue slipping on integrity and ethical values. The 50’s would NOT be a bad place to be (morally speaking) Obama is sly and he is fooling you… or maybe he’s just what you want- Black liberal theology, just like his pastor. What a shame.
Actually, what an idiot. He actually believes that there was a conspiracy to give black people AIDS. Oh boy, talk about a nut case. You can’t tell me that Obama had no idea about his radical beliefs. Give me a break. He was his follower for 20 years and never knew this? I know this blog is DEAF for anything I have to say but I don’t care, I can say it any way. GO McCAIN!!!! The REAL HERO!

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By: Midwest for McCain on October 7, 2008
at 9:32 AM
Hi Helen,

We just read the post on Stupid Palin, and i laughed my ass off. They need to put you on SNL. I haven’t heard so much truth since that “old white haired dude” picked the bimbo for VP.

I would like to see how she would do if her poor index cards were not in order “help me, wait…i can’t find the right card…help…oh now look I broke a nail…dang!!!!

Is anyone really that stupid.

we are an alternative lifestyled couple from california that keep to ourselves i wished she would stay out of our business.

I will be coming back to your site frequently. I love what you write, true feelings, true expression you keep it coming so that the rest of the world can see what is really going on in politics…not the white washed BS.

Thanks,

Gregg and James

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By: Gregg and James on October 7, 2008
at 9:27 AM
Palin is only articulate when she practices. She can duck and dodge all she wants, but her lack of knowledge and understanding is clear.
Not all Democrats are atheists. I am just not self-righteous. God gives everyone a choice. The government should also.
God Bless America

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 9:27 AM
I just love this Helen lady!
How anyone cannot see that Palin is slightly touched is beyond me!
Being a feminist myself I find it appalling that the first female vice president could be Palin.
With all the qualified women in the world; the republican party chooses someone so totally unprepared for the job.
It is a slap in the face of all women and all Americans that this women could possibly lead us!

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By: juston on October 7, 2008
at 9:26 AM
Your post sums up so much of what I have been thinking these past few weeks. As a woman I am so insulted by the sight of this arrogant, idiotic, winking ignoramus. She thinks this whole election is about her. She can’t wait for McCain to kick the bucket. She admires senior Bush because he became president after being VP. She admires Cheney for taking more power than he is legally entitled to. This bitch wants to lead our country into Armageddon.

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By: Dany on October 7, 2008
at 9:22 AM
I am sooo happy to read this blog!!! I think you hit her literally right on the damn nose! (wish it was physically) for ppl to still want to vote republican just shows how this race really is about race. This woman had a company that was french for “red neck” how american is that? If Obama did or said half of the things that she is continuing to get away with there would be no race! Wake up ppl! John mccain is Bush’s flunky and palin is the puppet.

-Always A lady

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By: Tadams on October 7, 2008
at 9:20 AM
Hey Calli,
I bet you voted for Bush. I know you did. Good choice.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 9:18 AM
Thank you for posting this, you are my hero!!!!
Seriously, the best blog I’ve read in a long time, I applaud you for bringing out the truth and I’m passing this blog along to everyone I know 🙂

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By: Ren on October 7, 2008
at 9:16 AM
You go, Helen! You’re my hero, too.

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By: Bill on October 7, 2008
at 9:15 AM
you are my new hero.

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By: Jodie on October 7, 2008
at 9:11 AM
I was making phone calls for Obama and spoke with an 80+ year old woman who was “undecided”. When I expressed concern about the possibility that Palin could be president if elected VP she was unconcerned. She called Palin “feisty”. My heart sank. My thoughts are in line with Helen’s post. This voter had not seen the Katie Couric interview or the parodies on Saturday Night Live. SNL did not even have to change Palin’s actual words to make their joke. How can we get through to voters how horrible it would be if she were elected VP?

I am also very concerned about McCain’s involvement with the Keating 5. He did not learn from the experience. He continued to push the deregulation which is the root of our current troubles.

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By: Susan K on October 7, 2008
at 9:11 AM
Jay,
I will be in the light. I know I am out numbered in this blog but I don’t care. I can say what I believe too.

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 9:11 AM
Helen and Margaret what can I say…but thank you for spreading the word. I read my local newspaper blogs daily (http://www.natchezdemocrat.com) and am horrified at the ongoing racism and bigotry still in the heartland of the South, the continued blind faith of the right wing and the stupidity of “stuck in the 50’s” mentality. May the young at heart, first time voters and 60ish babyboomers (and older) all have the strength and foresight to see thru the Palin/McCain worldwide embarassment they are spewing. Mississippi for Obama

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By: LMD on October 7, 2008
at 9:09 AM
Ain’t nothing better than a pissed off older woman all fired up!

A very good friend of mine linked me to your blog and dangnabbit, am I ever so happy he did. It’s been a pleasure to read your words…YOU BETCHA!

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By: Marika on October 7, 2008
at 9:03 AM
oh, no…Calli….you’re one of THEM!!!
Walk toward the light, sweetie…

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By: Jay on October 7, 2008
at 8:58 AM
I can’t wait until I get 82. The courage to say (the truth) what you want about whomever you want and don’t care what anybody feels about it must be great! Thanks!

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By: Ana on October 7, 2008
at 8:56 AM
Sarah Palin was a perfect choice for V.P. You would think, by the way everyone is mentioning her, that she is the one running for President. She is very articulate and steadfast in her moral and ethical beliefs. She is what America needs whether atheist liberals believe it or not. You want to name call? What could we call Obama? How about Molatobama? Baby killer advocate?

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By: Calli on October 7, 2008
at 8:55 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, this is craaazy stuff. Never read anything so funny and true in my life. Why is this not being aired somewhere?

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By: Miki on October 7, 2008
at 8:52 AM
Helen,

You must be doing something right if the neocons are coming on your blog and calling you names. Keep up the good work!

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By: Jim on October 7, 2008
at 8:51 AM
This was a great blog! Way to say it!

I couldn’t agree with you more. Especially as someone who lived in AZ for 10 years, so has been doing a little raging about McCain for quite a while now.

But Palin puts him to shame. It really makes me see that perhaps women have not come as far as we thought we had, since people are judging her by different standards – by which I mean lower expectations. I would like to think that it is because she clearly is not as smart but I don’t think that is all there is to it…

I hope you post again after tonight’s debate! It is nice to hear an opinion articulated so well that resonates with my own!

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By: AlexandraK on October 7, 2008
at 8:48 AM
AMEN!

Hey, I live in Alabama and Palin’s even a stupid bitch by Alabama standards!

The heels may be on, the gloves may be off…BUT NOBODY’S HOME on the Dimwit-Bimbo ticket!

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By: Johnny on October 7, 2008
at 8:46 AM
OMG, Thank you! Yes, you did indeed say exactly what so many others including the media want to say but cannot!

I second Kerry from a posting prior…”YOU ARE MY HERO”

Sincerely,
Texasfemdem

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By: texasfemdem on October 7, 2008
at 8:46 AM
Your observations of Sarah Palin are spot on, and I’m glad to see people who are outspoken on this. You are saying what the mainstream media is apparently afraid to say, and that is it is an outrage to have Sarah Palin even in the running to represent our country.

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By: Jonathan on October 7, 2008
at 8:45 AM
Bravo! You go girl!

I keeping asking everyone – do you really want “Joe Six-pack” running our country?

When I am standing on the sidelines of any school sporting event, I look to my left, I look to my right, I see lots of “Joe Six-packs” and not one of them is qualified to run for office of dog catcher, let alone for the second highest office of the land.

Thank you for your wit and wisdom.

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By: witchypoo on October 7, 2008
at 8:41 AM
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By: Voter Guide for the Environment ELECTION ‘08 « Wild Reiki and Shamanic Healing Blog on October 7, 2008
at 8:36 AM
I have only one thing to say in response to your post about Sarah Palin:

YOU ARE MY HERO!

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By: Kerry on October 7, 2008
at 8:34 AM
[…] October 7, 2008 Best blog post ever: https://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/bitch-there-i-said-it/ […]

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By: Dear Universe, Thank You for Margaret and Helen. « jlsdesigner on October 7, 2008
at 8:27 AM
thank you — I can finally exhale

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By: chris on October 7, 2008
at 8:26 AM
Excellent blog. I’ve got a campaign button that says
Old White Woman for Obama.

I may be a mere 48 years old, but I’m through menopause…so I figure I qualify. You’re blog has been linked on the politics board at Fark.com…if it goes green (gets approved by the admins) you’ll have more hits than you know what to do with.

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By: Melanie S on October 7, 2008
at 8:23 AM
Long live Thatcher! She would have had Palin for breakfast with her morning tea!

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By: Khalid Mokhtarzada on October 7, 2008
at 8:21 AM
So you live in a big city now. Congratulations. I suppose you think that gives you carte blanche to toss out the “hillbilly” and “redneck” slurs which, if applied to any other group of people, would immediately qualify as racist and classist.

And in a way, it does. The white working class and underclass are the only groups that are fair game for such slurs in today’s climate. No wonder people such as Sarah Palin appeal to them. They don’t feel as if she’s shitting on them like the rest of the media is.

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By: Burt S. on October 7, 2008
at 7:52 AM
My God! Thank YOU!

I remember when she made the comment about seeing Russia from Alaska, and thinking if that counts, then everyone on the planet is an Astronaut since we’ve all seen the moon! But everyone tip-toed around her comments.

There is impolite and then there is debate. Somewhere along the line we forgot that.

Thanks for saying what needed to be said.

And everyone, remember, she can still WIN. Make the time to vote in your state. Don’t listen to the polls and think your neighbors will carry your water for you. They are probably thinking the same about you. And if it is a lost cause in your state, vote so they know they don’t have as much support as they think they do!

Dang, you’ve made me preachy!

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By: Andrew (Bronx) on October 7, 2008
at 7:48 AM
Zachary,
You seem very intelligent.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 7:43 AM
Good point Max
However, I think SNL makes fun of both sides. I laugh just as hard when they make fun of Democrats. Palin, you must admit, is giving good amunition to SNL.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 7:33 AM
She is even stupid by our standards here in Alabama. Just for the record, we aren’t any less intelligent. We just have a larger representation of the “redneck” sect of the population than most states. None the less, I get and appreciate your point. I’m not sure why everyone insists on voting for someone “just like them.” I look at myself and think, dear God, they can’t really let someone like me run this country can they? I’d do a horrible job much like the last president that was “just like me.” I’d rather the leaders of the free world be highly educated and have a vast understanding of how both domestic and foreign policy really work. Oh silly me…

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By: Zachary on October 7, 2008
at 7:28 AM
I can’t say how good it is to read your post!

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By: Marie on October 7, 2008
at 7:18 AM
You sure seem to be bigoted against places such as Alabama. Don’t you realize a lot of black people live there?

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By: Randy Mandible on October 7, 2008
at 7:16 AM
A Georgian putting down Alabama?

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By: Yohan on October 7, 2008
at 6:49 AM
This week in the news: 82 year old Texas resident Helen Philpot adopts 30 grandchildren.

😛

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 6:45 AM
Thank you for being honest and giving us “straight talk”. I am impressed with your insights and am a bit embarrassed that I assumed until now that all senior citizens think the same way. (conservative)

So, all that said… Could you possibly “adopt” me as your granddaughter?

Thanks!

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By: Dee on October 7, 2008
at 6:38 AM
Well, Dean, it’s true that anyone can get here, but I got here from HuffPo, a liberal website, and SNL parodies are currently favoring the democratic candidate as well (I judge fairly, I would think).

So not only is the entrance more likely on the pro side, but also, most people stumbling upon a website bashing their VP pick (hypothetically, of course…) with a great deal of people agreeing with it (and no doubt ready to shoot you down). Not saying nobody would speak up, but odds are less.

Erin:
Why, but Obama’s name has two sort-of middle-eastern connotations! Surely that would make HIM the terrorist! Surely.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 6:32 AM
I love that Palin has accused Obama of hanging around with “terrorists”.
Has anyone noticed that the Bush family hangs around with the BIN LAUDINS?

Hypocrisy at its finest! I’m scared because Palin is just like Bush, and that is what gets elected in this country.

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By: Erin on October 7, 2008
at 6:12 AM
You are 100% correct!!
I sure hope Americans are not dumb enough, not to see through her and McVain as well..
I am scared!! We did vote Bush in for two terms…

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By: Chris on October 7, 2008
at 6:10 AM
Thank God there are other people seeing her for what she is & seeing McCan’t for what he isn’t!!! I said the exact same thing after the VP debate – why in the hell wasn’t her child at home & in bed! This has got to be the most ridiculous pick for a VP in the history of this country!

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By: Marcia Hamilton on October 7, 2008
at 6:08 AM
I disagree with you Max
Anybody can access this blog, Democrats and Republicans. This is a pretty compelling statement that most people think Palin is out of her league.

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By: Dean on October 7, 2008
at 5:53 AM
The one and only positive thing about Sarah Palin is that she has provided fodder for Tina Fey to make us all laugh every Saturday night. Other than that, she is a completely useless pandering moron. She makes George Bush seem intelligent by comparison.

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By: JK on October 7, 2008
at 5:43 AM
I’m pretty sure you’re my new hero. Keep up the great (and hilarious) work!!

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By: Danielle on October 7, 2008
at 4:28 AM
clifford:
I wouldn’t say a winning percentage of consensus on a blog bashing Palin would make those people right.

I’m not saying they’re wrong, just that that isn’t the way to justify it.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 4:07 AM
we have 1% differed view and i think someone should let her know that 99% and helen thinks she is a bitch!!!

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By: clifford on October 7, 2008
at 3:45 AM
Well, I wish I could’ve jumped in here earlier, I fear most of the people I’d argue with have already left. If not, as Doodypants (and lets face it, not the best name to inspire cred, though I have nothing against it) pointed out, difference in opinion is necessary to a healthy democracy.

I’ll just sort of start with the last bit of the comments, and hopefully come back when I can.

Alex and T-Dub summarize most of my arguments here. Be civil, and actually use an argument if you want to convince anyone of anything.

Erin: I would really have a problem with the media bringing it up if she hadn’t used it herself in the RNC. Using your family as a story of why you’re fit to lead makes them admissible for scrutiny. If you didn’t want people to talk about it, don’t bring it up.

As for the actual Palin issue, I’d say it’s dangerous to assume her as stupid. She (or at least those who prepped her) clearly went for the emotional vote instead of the substantive one. As for a comment (I forget by who) saying you shouldn’t dislike someone for how they talk, it’s not the accent I dislike, it’s using colloquialisms and the word “maverick” as some sort of Jedi mind trick to convince people you’ll be a good president. Disturbing.

Lastly, Helen: I did enjoy your article (not that you’ve never heard that) and I hope to see more from you, but it’s hard to get a good from-the-heart rant out on a timetable, so I’ll just stick to this board til a new one comes or it dies.

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By: Max on October 7, 2008
at 2:44 AM
well said! I’m sure most rational people agree with you and I wouldn’t give two beans to fools who defend Palin!

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By: Chris on October 7, 2008
at 2:24 AM
Thank you for putting this out there! You’re completely right – this IS exactly what we’re thinking (well, those of us who ARE thinking, that is)! I can only hope that glowing gems of blunt truth like yours will permeate the populace and convince otherwise ignorant voters to actually look around and see what they could be getting themselves into.

Because I don’t want to move out of the country, but I will before I let the McCain/Palin ticket govern me.

With love from the desperately red state of Texas,
Ashley-Marie

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By: Ashley-Marie on October 7, 2008
at 12:39 AM
Sorry, mispelled Barack Obama’s name above. Reading too much Sarah Palin stuff. Queenie

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By: jan weidhaas on October 7, 2008
at 12:27 AM
Miss Helen, will you be my gramma?

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By: Heather Rae on October 7, 2008
at 12:23 AM
Thank you Helen for your remarks! I can’t believe anyone would actually vote for this stupid woman. Her remarks about joe6pack are sickening. Her insistence on ignoring the question from the moderator and constantly winking to the audience was so idiotic! I just hope this country is smart enough this time to vote for Osama/Biden. The last 8 years of Bush and Chaney have ruined this country. I just returned from a month long trip to Germany and all our friends and people on the street asked is Obama going to win? I had to say I don’t know, just pray that he does. Queenie in Dublin, Ca

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By: jan weidhaas on October 7, 2008
at 12:23 AM
Helen, You are reffreshing a gift to this heart of mine…*S* You just keep it coming. Your frank, honest and speak the truth from your life and experience. You see what I see in this Palin woman, and she is a misinformed whacko with no common connection to those in the real world. That she kill for sport is a what just riles me up, and that is why I see a dangerous woman who makes bad choices all the way around. We need mre honest people who speak their truth, and dear…you hit the nail on the head….*S*
I wil be back more often to read your blog….for your honest is crisp and to the point….Love It!
~Namaste~
PommawolfWolfweep’s
Strongwomanseekingjustice

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By: Pommawolf?Wolfweep's on October 7, 2008
at 12:22 AM
Very well said! She is one crazy bitch!
-Ashlie. Huntsville, AL.

Obama 08′!

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By: Ashlie Miles on October 7, 2008
at 12:02 AM
Eloquently stated! This needs to be posted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. Heck, it needs to be on all mainstream News Media. Hats off to you, and don’t call yourself an old lady….You are very wise and truthful! Thanks so much. By the way, I’m about 35 years younger than you and I haven’t learned how to build a web page! Can you give me lessons?

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By: Beverly on October 6, 2008
at 11:51 PM
HHHEEEELLLLEEENNN, YOU GO GIRL! I see all the tired nasty replies that carol ann and john and Michael have posted and not one has a single rebuttal of the facts in your post. Micheal for an allegedly educated person you have shockingly little grasp of the obvious. By saying that you “love” Palin without giving one reason I believe you are just another right wing conservative hack that wants to control women as Mrs. Palin is so obviously being controlled. And for having two degrees “1 an MBA” I’m so impressed since in the next sentence you must stoop to calling dear sweet Helen names. Why don’t you demonstrate the education your parents bought for you as you couldn’t have worked your way through school with such a narrow unfocused view of the world we live in. As to Helen’s reference to Sarah Palin as a bitch, she brought it on herself with her cute, folksey comparison to a hockey mom.
My name is Jonrbarr and I approved this message. Accompanied by light classical music designed to lull the audience into a stupor so they will vote for McLame/Palin.
SARAH HAS THE RIGHT.
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to remain silent…

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By: Jonrbarr on October 6, 2008
at 11:09 PM
Helen, I want to be just like you when I decide to grow up! How refreshing to find someone who isn’t afraid to say Sh*t stinks.Palin is a JOKE!! Do we want someone in the White House who squeaks when she talks? My head was hurting when the debate was over. She brags about being a maverick. Well,after 8 years of having a cowboy in Washington, who the Hell needs 2 mavericks to replace him?
People,wake up!!

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By: MiMi on October 6, 2008
at 11:06 PM
BTW, Helen, just so u know, Ms Palin is well traveled…not out of the country, but hey, how many people go to at least 4 different colleges to get a basic degree in journalism….

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/9/5/sarah-palins-extensive-college-career.html

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By: The Washington Game Changer!! on October 6, 2008
at 10:57 PM
Well said! I do miss Tim Russert like you pointed it out so well.

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By: Claude on October 6, 2008
at 10:54 PM
“Well behaved women rarely make history” –Laurel Thatcher

You go girl! Shout outs from the Caribbean! You make women proud- all colors, shapes, sizes and ages.

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By: Laurel Thatcher on October 6, 2008
at 10:54 PM
Erin on October 6,

Not so! The McSame campaign leaked the news.

CNN.com has announced that Bristol Palin is now five months pregnant (thanks “shon”) … more fuel to the fire:

Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, is pregnant and will keep the baby and marry the father, a senior aide to Sen. John McCain confirmed to CNN Tuesday.

The aide said it was decided the campaign would reveal this information now because of rampant Internet rumors that Sarah Palin’s 4-month-old baby, who has Down syndrome, was actually Bristol’s.

“In the course of correcting that, we needed to get the truth out,” said the McCain aide.

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By: JetSetter on October 6, 2008
at 10:51 PM
I love you! Your post was well thought out, well delivered, funny and honest. I am coming back again and again to read your thoughts. Man I miss my Mom.

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By: JetSetter on October 6, 2008
at 10:48 PM
From Georgia here.

Nice post. Thanks for your frank (and very astute) assessment.

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By: John on October 6, 2008
at 10:33 PM
To all of you attacking Helen for her personal views: you came to this blog by your own volition. No one invited you. You were not forced to read it. If you do not like the content, go find a blog that agrees with your views. Or start your own. I doubt that you will be able to articulate your views as concisely or with as much flair as Helen. By the number of positive responses to Helen’s blog, she has won more than a few admirers. Bravo!
To Helen: With age and experience comes wisdom. Helen, you have what my mother would call “moxey” . . . bet Ms. Palin would have to consult the dictionary for that one, huh? She just wouldn’t understand.

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By: fionawv57 on October 6, 2008
at 10:10 PM
What a mean post! I’m voting for Obama but I don’t think Sarah Palin is a bitch. I think she’s close-minded and needs to be exposed to much more in the world but I don’t think she’s a bitch. She’s just a bit one-sided in her views. The world will benefit from diplomacy and I think Obama/Biden will bring that much more than McCain/Palin. I do think McCain is a good guy but he lost a lot of his goodness during this campaign. He should have remained a gentleman and been a bit more understanding of others. That being said, Obama seems to have a finer character all around. Everyone makes mistakes and both candidates definitely have, but Obama has my vote come November 4th. It’s just gotta be OBAMA! Whoo-hoo!

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By: rk on October 6, 2008
at 9:45 PM
“The national media was responsible for talking up Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy; a fact that Sarah Palin wanted to keep secret from the media.”

This comment was made in defense of Palin but doesn’t it show her stupidity in and of itself? Did she really think she could keep this secret when accepting the VP nod?

Maybe underage kids of Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees (or even those in office) shouldn’t be fodder for discussion, but please, we still hear things about them.

And a pregnant 17 year old daughter of a super conservative mother would definitely come out. If Palin didn’t think this would happen, I ask again, does that not show her stupidity?

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By: Erin on October 6, 2008
at 9:40 PM
On the night of Ms. Palins’ nomination I asked myself how many children have been mauled by Pit Bull Terriers? With or without their lipstick? No Thank you Mr. McCain and Mrs. Palin, I don’t want my children or grandchildren attacked anymore. I’ll vote elsewhere. And to think, I was once a very proud Republican.
P.S. Wasilla AK happens to be the marijuana hot spot of the northern U.S. (Not that it should matter.)

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By: awg52 on October 6, 2008
at 9:23 PM
Helen,
I thoroughly enjoyed your blog. Mostly because I agreed with it one hundred percent. For the person who doubts and elderly woman would talk like this, you are so deluded. 90% of the women I know over the age of 70 talk just like you. Some would even use a stronger word than bitch.
Unfortunately, Sarah Palin has already ruined the good name of woman. She has taken us back to the stone ages and now we will need a new Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth type woman to help us get back on track. Perhaps someone more like you would be in the cards.
If Palin were to become vicepresident she would not only throw the US into chaos but Canada would suffer from it as well. You are our closest allies and we rely on your good judgement as much as you do.
Vote well. Don`t throw yourselves into another depression, because surely that is where you, and we, are headed if McCain and Palin get in. For godsakes they don`t even have an idea of how to solve the economic crisis. Theie idea is reducing spending. How is that going to bring down the 11 trillion dollar + debt that Bush has gifted your country with.
I respect and value the opinion of elderly women and I try to model myself after you in my own life.
Thankyou again for saying what so many are thinking.

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By: Canadian Woman on October 6, 2008
at 9:19 PM
Hey Helen,

I’m British and living across the pond from you, and your words certainly don’t stray from the truth. To the modern, intellectual world, Palin is like an unwelcome blast from the past.

I’m sure I’m not alone when i say that people all over the globe are looking on the up and coming elections with increasing trepidation. We’re not just talking the future of a single nation here, we are talking global impact.

I can see the damage increasing tenfold to the global economy (let alone all the other factors such as war…) if Palin ever gets into a position of power in the States.

I’m thousands of miles away, and this woman still scares me.

Helen, you’ve got it spot on my dear.

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By: Mark on October 6, 2008
at 9:09 PM
I was cheering the whole time I was reading your post. I am sending this to anyone who can read. Thank you Helen for saying just what anyone with half a brain was thinking.

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By: Michelle on October 6, 2008
at 9:09 PM
Helen, right on the money…and the people insulting you are clearly ignorant…not only because they support Palin/McCain but because they can’t respect someone else’s opinion. I can understand staying faithful to one’s respective political party but REALLY? This year? Obama/Biden aren’t perfect but they are leaps and bounds ahead of the other candidates…and unless Obama is our President on Nov. 4th it is safe to say (though it may take many Republicans a while to realize it…) our great country will be royally screwed. If McCain/Palin win, I’ll be excited to see your response to that, and even more excited when by the end of a few months of them in office, all the naysayers who have commented on this blog will be crawling back to apologize as the worst president/VP in history are getting impeached. Or even better yet, Obama can just take them down!

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By: JDWC on October 6, 2008
at 8:57 PM
God Bless you, Helen. And thanks. Just goes to show how in America, you never can tell how far one voice might carry.

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By: El Bruce on October 6, 2008
at 8:49 PM
You are right one the money! Love your blog!!

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By: Jessica Stovall on October 6, 2008
at 8:45 PM
It’s great to have an opinion, it’s better to have a vote!

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By: the1divadi on October 6, 2008
at 8:41 PM
you nailed it…. mcshame should be embarrassed at the campaign he’s running and so should every republican across this country. his pick of sarah palin as veep has to be one of the most irresponsible thing he’s ever done. maverick my ass…..

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By: kevin on October 6, 2008
at 8:37 PM
WOW WOW what a writer you are. I just finished your posting I could not agree more. You said it all and then some.
I also just got done with Rolling Stones articule at this site about Mccain and his past
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain
All of you 495 people who responded read this it is very eye opening.

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By: Tim Dewing on October 6, 2008
at 8:35 PM
You go, girl!!

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By: Peter on October 6, 2008
at 8:33 PM
Spot on, Helen! I’m voting for you!

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By: Fran Sexton on October 6, 2008
at 8:22 PM
Helen,
thank you for expressing exactly how I feel about Alaska’s Governor, Palin, who is running for Vice-President.
I CANNOT STAND THE WOMAN EITHER!
Those who love her and want her in office ( which is a breath away from the Presidency) may have fantasies about having sex with her…who knows.
It is a mystery to me.
I love your candor,
spoken as only a woman of maturity can, without caring about what others say.

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By: Miss Val on October 6, 2008
at 8:14 PM
HEAR HEAR!

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By: Eloisa San Juan on October 6, 2008
at 8:11 PM
this blog is mavericky!

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By: roy on October 6, 2008
at 8:11 PM
YES!!!!
What a great post! You tell it like it is and I am with you 100%! I call bullshit!

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By: delia on October 6, 2008
at 7:56 PM
Thanks Helen–Here’s agreeing with you 100& from the reddest of red states Kkkansas

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By: cobber4now on October 6, 2008
at 7:51 PM
I beg to differ, madam. She IS stupid by Alabama standards.

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By: Jeremy on October 6, 2008
at 7:48 PM
RIGHT ON, SISTER!

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By: Peg on October 6, 2008
at 7:44 PM
i think i love you. and i love my friend who sent me your blog. now let’s hope all 533+ people who read and responded to your blog are registered voters and get out and vote on the 4th.
i’ve got a great sunset photo to send you but don’t know how to post a photo any more than margaret did 🙂
but i am from texas and miss molly and ann – and even barbara jordan – more than ever this election.
thanks for taking up some of the slack!

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By: srr on October 6, 2008
at 7:36 PM
I’m thinkin’ it! Thanks for being my voice. Best post ever. EVER.

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By: happy zombie on October 6, 2008
at 7:30 PM
I can tell you how I found your blog. It is referenced on SNL’s website in the response to the Sarah Palin/Katie Couric interview spoof.
Love the blog! So “spot on”! That’s calling a spade a spade! Couldn’t have said it better myself. Educated women everywhere — beware of Palin!

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By: R. Schneider on October 6, 2008
at 7:12 PM
Scott – You said ” Without resulting to name calling and demonstrating your own lack of intelligence… what are you comparing Palin to that warrants your one-sided and clearly misconstrued perception of another person?” You already showed who you support there so don’t try to sound like you have no bias.

Then you go on with “I could care less about Palin/McCain or Obama/Biden so take this with the correct intent… Certainly not someone’s capabilities because Obama is clearly less capable then Palin… ” Again you showed it. If you want to ask a question, don’t inject a lie to sound unbiased. It negates what you say is your intention, or lack thereof as you try to imply.

You can’t ask something honestly, no one should feel compelled to reply. Kinda something along the lines being argued here by Helen’s original post. You betcha.

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By: Lorax on October 6, 2008
at 7:05 PM
Helen,
If my grandmother were alive today she would be 108 yrs old and your words sound exactly like they came out of her mouth. She was a straight shooter and never mixed her words so you knew where she was coming from- (BTW, though she only had a 3rd grade education she could respond with a complete sentence when asked a question –haha sarah–and knew the value of the education she never had an opportunity to seek as a black woman, born into a sharecropper family). Must be something about grandmothers from GA– speaking truth, it one of many values she passed on to me –though it doesn’t always serve me well in business, my conscious is clear at the end of the day.

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By: broogha on October 6, 2008
at 6:51 PM
You Go Girl!

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By: MJ on October 6, 2008
at 6:20 PM
This was fantastic. You go girl!

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By: Emma on October 6, 2008
at 5:50 PM
Excellent! Another Molly Ivins anyone? My neck of the woods is overrun with Republicans and I often wonder how they can put a McCain/Palin sign in their yard and not be embarrassed. The woman is a national joke. I think the scariest part of the debate was when she went off on the “flexibility” of the VP role between the executive and legislative branches ala Dick Cheney, but Biden nailed her on it. Ironically, this was one of the few questions she actually answered. Vote Obama/Biden and raise the IQ of the executive branch!

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By: dr. strange on October 6, 2008
at 5:32 PM
You go girl. I really liked your comment about muthering a baby at 11 pm and the observation about the college frets for her kids who are in the military and pregnant. Palin is a blubbering hypocritical idiot.

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By: ernieson on October 6, 2008
at 5:30 PM
Helen, you rock!

Horace Grant: you are a disgrace to the human race!

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By: David on October 6, 2008
at 5:13 PM
You sound like a sour-faced, sanctimonious old bitch yourself who probably ate your own children. Where do you get off with your holier than thou rhetoric when you support the biggest liar and storyteller in the history of known politics – The Obama? Guess you don’t mind looking like a hick? Horace

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By: Horace Grant on October 6, 2008
at 5:09 PM
Great blog, Helen! Palin reminds me of Miss South Carolina… (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtkX3OyPF4Q)

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By: TruthHurts_Puts_Me_To_Sleep on October 6, 2008
at 4:58 PM
Helen, God Bless You! Fnally, someone who had the guts to say what the mainstream won’t. I cannot believe all of my former republican sisters would be so fooled by this woman. It is sickening! She is so transparent, but some just fawn over her. I guess the anti-intellectual side of the GOP has overrun the rest of the party.

She is the poster girl for anti-intellectualism. She believes the Flintstones are a documentary, for pete’s sake! Saddle up those dinosaurs! Don’t teach your kids about birth control (you’d rather have them pregnant and push them into a shotgun wedding). Make rape victims pay for their own evidence gathering kits and call it fiscal responsibility. Oppose the right to make one’s own choice, even in cases of rape and incest. Don’t even hesitate to abuse your power to retaliate against a former brother-in-law. Elevate your school friend to a high position havin to do with agriculture and cite her “childhood love of cows” as qualification enough.

We cannot afford to have this person anywhere near the White House!

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By: Julia O on October 6, 2008
at 4:58 PM
Hey Michael,

Pretty is as pretty does, babe. If that Palin dummy makes it in to office you can kiss your 1st Amendment rights bubye! That means you won’t have the right to freely express your opinion or read the opinions of others. Think about it.

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By: Librarians 4 the 1st Amendment on October 6, 2008
at 4:44 PM
then get yourself a pysch degree and give yourself some serious help.

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By: truth hurts on October 6, 2008
at 4:40 PM
Actually, I AM from Alabama and have to say I didn’t like that part of the post, but even for us ALABANIANS, yes she is totally out there! I hate her!
Hellen for Prez!

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By: April on October 6, 2008
at 4:40 PM
I’m willing to bet I have a higher education level (2 college degrees, 1 is an MBA) & I absolutley love Sarah Palin. The odds are against her this election, but if McCain loses, I’ll put my Palin 2012 sign in my yard later this year & keep it up for 4 years!

And BTW, you are a crank old jealous bitch who wishes that, even in your prime, you were half as smart or pretty as Sarah is.

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By: Michael on October 6, 2008
at 4:29 PM
You took the words right out of my mouth! Amen!

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By: Eileen on October 6, 2008
at 4:25 PM
Georgia, huh!? My mom went to school in Georgia and today she is 71, so you used to celebrate pick-a-nanny day like she did in her school? I saw pictures of her with her face blackened in a gingham dress and hair in braids………whatever were ya’ll thinking? Of course that may have just been in the Greater Atlanta area that they did that in, so whatever, mom says she is voting Obama too. Would or could someone tell me please how Obama is going to change things, you know the “what”, the “when” and the “how”……….he hasn’t given any concrete plans for the future. Let’s start with term limits and only future pay raises that the people give them and we need to have job performance reviews for Congress…….the lazy bums! My 82 year old cousin Tom down in Alabama sent me an email a year after Congress had been run by the Dems and showed us how the price of everything had risen………….things always cost more under the Dems, notice how they always need to raise tax money, but those temporary taxes always become permanent! Remember Carter and the oil crisis? Weren’t we running out then too? Whoever is elected come November I think the least you can do is show your respect, no matter who gets it………………………!!!!

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By: Virginia on October 6, 2008
at 4:21 PM
I am so glad someone else feels the way I do.

I was amazed how Palin can roll off so many whiny, run-together, bird-like sounds that say nothing. She did not answer the questions. The sounds came from her vocals, but if there were meaningful words, they weren’t heard. This is certainly no one I would want communicating with world leaders. I could not believe she would throw out “Joe Six Pack” in what was supposed to be a professional communication to the country. Her vernacular is atrocious. America doesn’t need this moron trying to communicate with world leaders. A woman who considers herself a “Joe Six Pack” does not and can not represent me and is not like me and not like professional, educated and intelligent ladies. “Joe Six Pack” is a man that spends all of his time in a smoky beer smelling pool hall and on his way home, stops by the convenient store, picks up a six pack of beer to swig during what’s left of the evening. Palin is really telling the world who she really is; pool hall beer swigging git.

We can’t have a VP who equates everything to being a freaking soccer mom. Maybe she should have spent more time paying attention to her fifteen year old, teaching her about protection and safe sex or teaching her daughter to learn how to take care of herself before having to take care of a baby……. a baby having a baby is what it is.

I believe that, at one time, we had young girls who aspired to run for the presidency one day. I think Palin has embarrassed and changed the minds of some little girls. Those little girls may now aspire to be “Joe Six Pack”, your common, everyday beer swigging brute.

I’m so glad my daughters are all educated professional executive working women. I don’t have to worry about them thinking that they can be like Palin; your average and common, everyday beer swigging brute. I would want any young girl looking to Palin as a role model. Palin is setting professional women back before Women’s Suffrage because she’s making the sounds, but the words she repeat, over and over and over, belong to someone else …… it feels as if she is the “joke” of the republican party and the men are laughing …….. it feels like what it must have felt like in 1776; the way Abigail Adams felt when her husband laughed at her when she told him to think about the women. She must be rolling over in her grave.

Palin keeps saying that “There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you in places where winning means survival and defeat means death, and that man is John McCain…. “ …………….. is a major slap in the face of every man, woman and 18-year old child who has fought and died protecting all of us, this country, and the rest of the world. It is a slap in the face of mothers and fathers who have buried their children. It is a slap in the faceoff the children who has to go to bed every night with a hug and a kiss and a bedtime story from someone who is not mom or dad. Palin was wrong to say this and I take offense. Just like many other families, my family has given its fare share of lives. We are all in this election together. For Palin and the rest of the Republican party to single out McCain as some glorious hero, is a travesty.

The real heroes are the ones who didn’t come home from the battle field. The real heroes are the ones whose bones and flesh have become particles on the soil on every battle field that the US has ever been engaged war on. The real hoers are the ones who have to sleep on the streets because our government has thrown them away. The real heroes are the ones who are suffering because our government has forgotten about them and the service they have provided. The real heroes are the moms and dads who had to bury their children just because they care so much for this country. The real heroes are the mom and dads who are still wondering where their son or daughter is. The MIAa are the real heroes. Those are the ones in this election who has really fought for us, in places where winning means survival and defeat means death. John McCain came home to his family and a country to tell his story and to live a life of luxury.

Palin is the laughing stock of the planet and the Repubs are trying to save face by attacking Senator Obama. She is the rear end of the moose and the world is laughing at her. What a mess.

I just heard that there is some women’s group giving Palin a boost. What are they; a pack of idiots? I’ll bet they are all soccer moms and beer swigging brutes.

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By: trulyscaredofamoronvp on October 6, 2008
at 4:17 PM
BRAVO! You have expressed my every thought – all of which I have been sharing with anyone I can since I was so highly insulted by McCain’s announcement of his running mate.

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By: judy on October 6, 2008
at 4:17 PM
BRAVO! BRAVO! I have been sharing these same thoughts with everyone I know. You have expressed it wonderfully.

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By: judy on October 6, 2008
at 4:14 PM
i see margaret thatcher used a role model in the opening salvo. maggie girl totally boinked britian with the english version of the chicago school of economics. we are just seeing it here in the states after being road tested in various south american states.

tina thatcher.

there is no alternative.

socialize the costs, privatize the profits.

margaret thatcher has her own condo waiting for her in hell.

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By: truth hurts on October 6, 2008
at 4:06 PM
Adam,

Get yourself some popcorn, put on your heels and take off the gloves, and WATCH! Know what the heck you are talking about before you speak…..oh wait you are using McCain/Palin as your role models…..never mind, just relax and watch.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/keatingvideo

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By: Terri - Michigan on October 6, 2008
at 3:44 PM
I dont’ care if you are really 82 and from Georgia or not. You have published my own feelings and those of my friends down to the punctuation. The woman is a skank and a liar. She is even a BAD liar!

As for Justin who asked “Wouldn’t it be great to actually hear someone say that they will surround themselves with subject matter experts since nobody is an expert in every field of life?” Seems to me that this was one of the justifications Republicans used for electing the current clown. A politician who had to work her way through 5 (or was it 6?) schools to complete a journalism degree is even, dare I say it, WORSE than one whose daddy bought him a degree at Yale.

Goddess protect me from another 4 years with an ignoramus who cannot pronounce the word NUCLEAR.

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By: luvvie on October 6, 2008
at 3:38 PM
for Just Me:
Too bad what?

I didn’t say you weren’t entitled to your opinion, I just think it’s sad if you’re a woman that you think SP is a good role model.

I can think of countless women in history who are far better.

But if you think she’s your girl, then I guess go for it.

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By: Violet on October 6, 2008
at 3:30 PM
Adam,
Oh, and the fact that you call him “Barry Obama” clearly shows that you went into reading his Blueprints for Change with a closed mind, if you read them at all. Please don’t try to tell us that you did otherwise.

Helen,
Sorry that I’m spamming up your blog with a bunch of questions for those who talk a bunch of shite.

The only naysayer I’ve met here is “doodyhead” and he/she did have some valid points through personal experiences.

I’ll refrain from answering the naysayers any further. I’ve seen an expression on the blogsites, “Don’t feed the trolls”. I guess I’m guilty of that. Sorry. I’ll stop.

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By: Living in Texas - Can't see Alaska on October 6, 2008
at 3:26 PM
Adam,
You said:
I’ve taken the time to read Barry Obama’s “Blueprint for change” on his website. All I can say is WOW! His ideas are so far out of line with reality that it’s scary! It truly shows his lack of experience and how out of touch he is.

Can you give specifics as to what’s so crazy about his platforms. The problem is, many of us Obama supporters see a lot of good in his Blueprint for Change. Could you be more specific with regard to your distatste for his ideas so I could see where you’re going with this. With regard to his platforms, please don’t say “All of them” as Sarah Palin has done when asked what periodicals she reads.

I’m tired of the blanket statements against Barack Obama with no specifics. It’s a cop out, IMO.

You may disagree with his politics, but surely “ALL” of his proposals aren’t too bad. Please specify.

Thanks.

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By: Living in Texas - Can't see Alaska on October 6, 2008
at 3:21 PM
Great job Hellen!
What people don’t realize is that McCain can die for being sick and having a few problems and she will be the president. It happened in Brazil in the 1980’s when Tancredo Neves died right after winning the presidential election and Jose Sarney took over and FUCKED Brazil for over 20 years… I was there, I lived it!

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By: ann on October 6, 2008
at 3:20 PM
Obama has done absolutely nothing to deserve anyone’s vote! If you are a Dem and always vote Dem…so be it. If you are a bleeding heart liberal…he’s your guy. If you feel that you are a victim and you are entitled to more…you’re thrilled that he’s your candidate!

I’ve taken the time to read Barry Obama’s “Blueprint for change” on his website. All I can say is WOW! His ideas are so far out of line with reality that it’s scary! It truly shows his lack of experience and how out of touch he is.

Will someone please tell me what they like about Obama? All I’ve heard is that he’s smart and he went to Harvard. He would worsen our economy, threaten our homeland security, and take away more of our personal freedoms by building government. His 95% tax cuts are a farce. Repealing the Bush tax cuts would be bad for everyone and so would any tax increases on savings/investment…that hurts everyone! Obama is not the answer to anyone’s prayers…I feel bad for people who think that he is.

I also feel bad for people that label someone as “stupid” because of the way that they talk. Bill Clinton sounds like a hick, but he is one of the smartest and well spoken Presidents in my lifetime. It just justifies my belief that you are radical bleeding heart liberals. Obama is a well educated, good looking man full of empty thoughts and promises. The only way for him to make his 1 trillion dollar spending plan work is to increase taxes on everyone…don’t be fooled and take a look at his history. There is no way that he is going to CHANGE…

Maybe we should all read a history book or a book about Ronald Reagan?

“Piss off a Liberal…work hard and be happy”

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By: Adam on October 6, 2008
at 2:56 PM
Vote Libertarian. It’s the only way out of this whole mess.

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By: Deb on October 6, 2008
at 2:53 PM
Well Said Helen!
and seriously.. to carol nabb.. you elect palin… the rest of the world WILL be laughing at those of you that did… she is a stupid, cruel, heartless bitch… she actually threatened the life of her most recent child by failing to go to hospital or respond to the fact she was in labour when she was giving her conference and taking her 10 hour flight home… and another thing.. its bad for abortion despite how horrific the circumstances yet the killing of polar bears is perfectly fine… what a load of absolute shit.

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By: Jimmy on October 6, 2008
at 2:21 PM
Mr. John and Mr. James (if not one in the same) seem to be emblematic of their party: “You are wrong. You are stupid. You are immoral. Yet, we are not going to elaborate on why we believe this. Our way is the only way. You are wrong. So shut up, get back in the kitchen and make us some meatloaf.”

One has to hope that the bulk of the country is more evolved than that.

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By: Betty in Ohio on October 6, 2008
at 2:18 PM
Go Margaret & Helen!

Great to see this kind of spunk left from those who have lived through the crap. For those who can’t see beyond the skin color and a person’s name, stick with the “party” and cast your 1 vote on the 4th. Palin is a non-qualifier. McCain is a chameleon as he has changed who he is three times in the past 10 days. Today, he is a conservative and proud of it. A few days ago, he was a maverick. A few days earlier … he was putting country first. Heck … no wonder they call him “erratic.” Oh, I forgot … he can also look into your eyes and see your soul (e.g., Putin’s eyes are filled with K.G.B.). I wonder if the mirrors in McCain’s house still work or has he looked into his OWN eyes lately? What does he see?

For the others … believe that you do make a difference. Vote your heart and continue to speak up for your beliefs. Again, go Margaret & Helen.

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By: Nate on October 6, 2008
at 2:16 PM
This has nothing to do with gender. Your vote should be based solely by his/her ability to govern. This is the most important period in our current history. One must determine whose intelligence, imagination and experience to deal with people, other nations and emergencies best suits your needs. To me it is no contest. I wouldn’t vote for a candidate because of gender, color or political party if it doesn’t make sense and doesn’t benefit me, the country and most important the future of our children. We need to seriously think about what is on the table. McCain is getting up in years, he’s had cancer 4 times(not the good kind) and he doesn’t seem well informed or advised. I have a very big problem that he only met Pailin once before choosing her. I’ve been on job interviews with more meetings than that. Obama is a Harvard grad. Brilliant and most important a person who cares about the people. After Harvard he could have gone into the private sector but chose puplic service. He’s not part of the “Boys Club of Washington” and I strongly believe he will make massive changes to our country…not talk…action.
We need someone who looks at a problem and determines that we need to start creating fuel stations from coast to coast with Hydrogen, E85 and electric pumps. A huge infra structure that would employ millions of people to create. These people would be employed building the stations, pumps, tanks, etc. They should be putting these factories in areas that currently are in a depressed state. They’re are 11 major US cities that can use a major bailout…not with US tax dollars but with jobs that would create an environment of tax payers and spenders. We can capture a huge international market IF we take the lead and forge ahead with this kind of thinking. If we start getting our car companies to convert their thinking to alternate fuel and start building these cars, fuel centers (gas is a dirty word) we can lead the world for decades to come. At the current administrations mentality gas is gold, money and there way to riches.

Please think where you want to go and who is best to get you there. The lever on November 4th is the m ost powerful tool you have to change America and forge its direction.

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By: Maurice on October 6, 2008
at 2:08 PM
Dear Helen,
I’d like to add my compliments to the others and call you “Maude”….. And I can’t tell you how happy I am that you survived death….. how’s Harold, by the way?

Love from a crazy German living in Quebec

And, while we’re at the “right-wing bashing”:
Q: What is a Nazi in a minefield?
A: A step in the right direction!

P.P.S.
For all of you who never have seen “Harold and Maude”, go in a good sorted Video-store and rent it or try to find it through your public library, it’s old, but a good example how an agile mind can beat nearly anything, even McCain/Pa(l)in in the butt

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By: Werner Oderwer on October 6, 2008
at 1:58 PM
You sound like the typical radical leftist, Helen. Glad to see that you are so passionate about Palin…she must really be getting under your skin? Plenty of things bother me about Barry Obama, but if I stated my mind someone would probably put a brick through my window. He in fact is the least qualified presidential candidate of all time. He seems pretty un-American if you ask me. From the comments that he’s made, the decisions he supported, to the people that he’s been associated with…nothing adds up. He may very well end up winning in November and that though makes me me want to vomit! Liberals like him are killing the traditional values that made our country strong. People feel like they are entitled to things (money, homes, autos, ways of life) that they have done nothing to earn. I am middle class and I know that if I want better things in my life I need to work hard for them! Too many people are looking for Government handouts…which is what the Dems use to bolster their political platform. People need to be empowered not entitled! As for Joe Biden, the guy makes over 2-million dollars per year…yet he has a net worth of $150k??? Not much goes to charity…must be one hell of a lifestyle you are leading Mr. Biden? I give Biden credit for being passionate during the VP debate…even if he lied or distorted the facts. No VP candidate should be expected to know everything.

Also, I’m sure that a lot of cooks that are supporting you blog are many of the same people that supported John Edwards, Al Gore, and Jimmy Carter…some of the biggest frauds in history! Edwards cheated on his wife while she was fighting cancer! Gore created a myth that he has even admitted he may have been wrong about. And Carter was the worst president in my lifetime!

I agree that George W. Bush hasn’t made the best decisions during his 2 terms in office. In his defense, he did have to make a stand during the 9/11 crisis and he did protect us from further attacks. Many of his decisions were supported by people that used it against him for political gain. That is also un-American in my book.

The SNL skits are very funny…they actually make me watch the show again. The Palin bits are funny, the Obama bits are great as well! The best ones in my opinion have been the Barney Frank and Bill Clinton bits in the past 2 weeks! Clinton not supporting Obama made me laugh.

Fred Thompson was my first choice for Pres this year. I now support the McCain/Palin ticket and I have a hard time understanding why some of the Dems out there don’t? McCain is in the middle or maybe even left on a lot of issues…other than the key ones like lowering taxes and protecting our country!

NoBama, NoBama, NoBama…we’ve already suffered enough of him through this campaign!

Helen could do us all a favor and write in Hillary in November…maybe you like the way she dresses better?

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By: Adam on October 6, 2008
at 1:45 PM
Right on, girls! Right on!

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By: bettyn on October 6, 2008
at 1:42 PM
Perfect post! I wish my mother was like you. She is like many religious fundamentalist with eyes shut, hands on ears… nah nah nah la la nah nah… She’s Christian! She’s Christian…therefore God wants her to lead our country. Just like they did with Bush.

Yes, I agree totally with you, Helen, that Sarah Palin is a BITCH, but guess what? I am sure she is PROUD to be bitch. She loves it. She’s SICK! We certainly don’t need someone like that to run our country. Same with McCain.

Everyone, please Vote for Obama/Biden

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By: Brendah on October 6, 2008
at 1:19 PM
Helen, I have to tell you, YOu are an awesome lady! My pal becky and I (friends since 16, we are now 40-ish), totally agreee w/ you! I admire your spunk, and tenacity. I hope Becky and I are as politically aware as you are one day. Keep up the good work, and encourage all to vote for McCain/Palin-NOT!!!!! Thought I woulld make you laugh! Hang tough Helen!XOXOX Michelle

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By: michelle on October 6, 2008
at 1:11 PM
Dearest Helen,
Thank you for saying everything I have been feeling! You are an inspiration to all of us.
My BFF Michelle and I are going to be just like you in another 40 years!

Yes, that Sarah is some “mother”. She doesn’t deserve the title of mother in my opinion. Keep up the great work!

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By: Becky on October 6, 2008
at 1:11 PM
I agree with Helen , all the way, everything she said. Oh my God!!! It’s so nice to here that someone (“with all do respect”) white, really can see this thing clearly, with out making a pile of (#$@@%$#^) L.O.L. Thank you Helen, you’er like a breath of fresh air to me! Thanks again. I LOVE YOU FOR THAT, Jocelyn Harris

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By: jocelyn harris on October 6, 2008
at 1:11 PM
This Palin bitch is sooooo stupid she thought the Scopes Trial was about mouthwash.

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By: Harmonika Savingsbonds on October 6, 2008
at 12:52 PM
An excellent blog entry here from Margaret and Helen. Every single word of it is true.

I have no political affinity what so ever in this coming election, and I myself would always choose the very best candidate,(s) and not the party.

McCain, who left High School as almost the very poorest achiever out of a total of nearly 300 students, is extremely unlikely to be a clever or intelligent man. In fact one only has to listen carefully to what he says, and observe him over time, to be able to conclude that he’s just an untruthful, manipulating, empty-box.

Many men who are even much older than McCain, and I’m talking 10 or 15 years older here, still have fast moving brains, and sharp minds. McCain, at 72 years old, seems to be decidedly the opposite; lethargic, slow, and with an amazing lack of real, up-to-date, off-the-cuff, information stored in his brain. At times, I have even thought that I noticed a degree of senility, or worse; and I mean that sincerely.

He seems to know little or nothing, is confused sometimes, and he mixes things up occasionally: And never forget, he is briefed very thoroughly by expert aids before any speech he makes. His only ‘virtue,’ as he sees it, is that he loves everything to do with wars and the military.
That he was shot down 5 times during the Vietnam War, and that he was imprisoned and tortured by the Vietcong in their own country, whilst being regrettable, is neither here nor there.

John McCain would actually love to become (very)high in the military, but he knows he is not clever enough to even get close to such a position. The Presidency is for him a means to an end: For him, to become Commander-in-Chief, means that he ranks higher than the highest military position. This is his dream I suspect.

McCain’s copying of almost everything that Obama starts doing first, is beyond laughable, it’s downright pathetic.

McCain being already over 72 years old at present, over 76 years old after any possible first term as President, and over 80 years old, should he stay for two terms as President, means that the V.P. choice is extraordinarily important in this election: Much, much, more important than the choice of a V.P normally is.

Not only do I agree wholeheartedly with all that these two ladies, Margaret and Helen, have written here about V.P. choice Palin, but I’d go even further in my criticism.

Without resorting to expletives, it is not easy to express oneself as one might wish to, regarding this awful person Sarah Palin.

One can comment with conviction that Mrs. Palin is an extraordinarily bad choice for anybody’s V.P..

It literally amazes me that someone like this woman could ever have become mayor of anywhere, however small, let alone Governor of Alaska.

Mrs. Palin is seemingly a very, very, simple, low-level, illiterate, uneducated person, with little or no knowledge about anything at all. However unlikely this might seem to be. (to me too!)

Whenever this ‘Pitbull with lipstick’ (as she describes herself) opens her mouth, without being able to fall back on prepared-texts made for her by other people, either learned by heart, or written on cards or on a Teleprompter, she flounders terribly, and not only seemingly knows nothing, but doesn’t know which words are used where in the confused babble she exudes.

Sarah Palin is a verbal desert whenever it is required of her to speak with any content, or answer even the simplest of questions: Poor woman.

The real level of the Mrs. Palin and her husband can also be deduced by the seeming lack of any remote idea of how to bring up their children and interest them for any degree of a decent educational level and a good life later; not to speak of any acceptable social level.
Keeping their young children up so late at night to be able to display them to the public, shows again a deficit of any normal intelligence or knowledge level. Amongst other things, sleeping on-time is essential for childrens’ brain development.

I could repeat here the many, many, negative things, any interested party has seen and read already about Mrs. Palin, but I’d be here all day.

A couple of thoughts though:-

It does appear that Todd Palin was very frequently in the governor’s office, also during interviews and other meetings, which I find very odd. It might be the case that he, and not Mrs. Palin, had effectively been running Alaska: I wonder?

Shooting living creatures from a helicopter, and wounding them horribly, and leaving them in agony to suffer and die, must be the closest a human-being can get to the Devil; except for those who like doing similar things to humans in war-situations, although the pain and the suffering will be the same.
It frightens me to the core that such an atrocious individual could easily become President, if McCain were to be elected.

McCain’s father and grandfather both died before the age McCain is now. I.e. they never reached the age of 72.

Therefore, even before taking account of the 6 years McCain spent imprisoned, with poor food and being tortured by the Vietcong, there is a very large chance that he will die and need to be replaced by his Vice President.

This is why much more attention must be given to this lady, before it is too late. A disaster would result; even though McCain himself would be a huge risk to the American people, due to his infamous short fuse and terrible temper; both of which have been reported widely.
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By: Geg Hiller on October 6, 2008
at 12:47 PM
McCain’s slogan “Country First”. That is why I’m voting “Obama/Biden 08”. We need an “organizer” to organize this mest up country of ours. We need “Change”. God Help Us, we need it.

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By: Monique on October 6, 2008
at 12:45 PM
Thank you!!!

well said, Helen… well said.

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By: valejandras on October 6, 2008
at 12:45 PM
Thank you!!!

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By: martin basch on October 6, 2008
at 12:35 PM
OMG – I howled with laughter while reading your article! You are saying what SO many of us have been thinking if not saying quite so well as you 😀 EXCELLENT!

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By: pinkgirlythings on October 6, 2008
at 12:32 PM
Please people-don’t use those same STUPID expressions Gov. P. does when she’s trying to show a cute(?) actually very stupid side. It’s like “nails on the chaulk board”. Good for Suffian, Jason, Frank, “tool guy”-real men. As for Larry, John and James…

go get a lap dance and leave everything else to Helen and friends! Stay away from what is intelligent and important!

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By: Debra on October 6, 2008
at 12:31 PM
Wow, this is a greattttt blog, and the best part is that it comes from an older generation which in most cases would side with the republican party!!! I’m glad grandma called palin out on her BULLSHIT!!!!!! I love the way you talk Helen!!!!

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By: mali on October 6, 2008
at 12:30 PM
LOVING IT!!!! GO HEAD GIRLS!!!

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By: Sonia Roman on October 6, 2008
at 12:29 PM
BLESS YOU!!!!…my dear, for saying what we all are thinking and keep yelling at our TV’s…your comments only serve to prove that with AGE comes WISDOM. I couldn’t agree more about Palin and that BITCH on the View…Elizabeth….I’ve been e-mailing Barnara to get rid of her for sometime now….THANK YOU!!!!!!

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By: BrownLady on October 6, 2008
at 12:29 PM
I want to take this time to say, “Hooray.” Someone who speaks her mind!!! Love it…. Keep sharing your mind with your audience.

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By: Sonia Roman on October 6, 2008
at 12:28 PM
Helen you’re a breath of fresh air. What we need is more plain talk, not “folksy” baby talk nonsense from Palin. She IS a bitch, a mean and vindictive one at that. And McCain is a senile old coot. The fact that he would choose someone as wildly unqualified and uneducated as Palin seriously calls into question his ability to make informed decisions. After reading the Rolling Stone article, it would appear he is also a borderline personality as well.

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By: Librarians 4 the 1st Amendment on October 6, 2008
at 12:23 PM
Gosh… for a moment there I really thought Americans buy the crap sold on tv…

Helen the blog is great but you’re merely stating facts.

The really impressive thing is to see how many ppl are asking Americans to wake up!
Were u guys sleeping or something? cause hei, creapy stuff is happening (8 years of self distruction just went by, no one noticing)- and that’s just someone from a third world country speaking

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By: googoo on October 6, 2008
at 12:22 PM
THANK YOU THANK YOU for saying what every bought and sold journalist is too afraid to say. See you can’t fool all the people all the time.

Thanks for your wisdom and your honesty. And please continue to tell it as you see it ladies.

VERY BEST TO YOU!

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By: Kadie on October 6, 2008
at 12:21 PM
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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By: dagwood on October 6, 2008
at 12:14 PM
I think 2 words that are missing are vapid and cunning….She’s a vapid cunning bitch who is ignorant, but definitely not stupid. Her act should not be underestimated.

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By: Ava on October 6, 2008
at 12:11 PM
wow, what an intelligent comment! let me guess – you’re voting for mccain/palin!

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By: for MAGGNUM on October 6, 2008
at 12:06 PM
My hat off to you, my sentiments exactly!!MCCain/Palin scarieeeeeee!!!

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By: afl on October 6, 2008
at 12:05 PM
Sara Palin is a stupid BITCH! And it’s not because she is not at home with her kids, but because I know more about politics then she does and I don’t know much. It is so true that she needs to be at home with her “First DUDE” and her children. They need her. Her daughter, who is with child at the tender age of 17, is not on the seen anymore. And yes, her baby should have been in the bed at 11 o’clock.
Helen, thank you for saying what the media won’t say. Palin was a dumb move and McCain showed how SENiLE he is getting. How stupid is he to think that we as women will vote for an AIRHEAD as Palin.
Once again, thanks Helen…..

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By: Ncole from Charotte on October 6, 2008
at 12:04 PM
Helen, you go girl! Say what you mean and mean what you say!

Isn’t that really what all of us want from our candidates? The only candidate I have seen this from is Obama.

I read on a list this morning that back in 1988, a young woman was at the airport, she was going to join her new husband in another country who had flown ahead of her. The baggage check person informed her that in order to take all of her luggage it was going to cost her an additional $103 dollars, that she did not have.

The check person wasn’t about to change the rules for this lady. A young man spoke up and paid the $103 for the lady. She insisted he give his name and address so that she could send him back his money when she reached her destination. He wrote it on something she stuck it in her pocket. She did return his money.

The young mans name was Barack Obama, his address was in Kansas where his mother lived at the time. The mother of the young woman wrote to flash forward, Sen Obama years later to thank him for his kindness and to let him know that her daughter did well, Sen Obama responded in kind.

This is the kind of man we need leading our country. Someone who truly knows how to step up and do what is right. Someone who knows how to care about those who are in need.

I am paraphrasing it all, if you want to read the actual story follow the links below.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1…053/633/619747

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/pr…p?artid=527005

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By: Terri on October 6, 2008
at 12:04 PM
yes, I whoteheartedly agree; a bitch. But….I’ve taken to calling her a wolverine; known to be the most vicious and tenacious of arctic predators. So, I know a female fox is a vixen, a female cat is a queen. What is a female wolverine ? I’m guessing it would be the same term as either a badger, weasel, ferret or otter, since it’s in the same family of mammals.

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By: andres on October 6, 2008
at 12:01 PM
Brava and well-said!

Congratulations, Helen, on making such a splash on the Internet! As for how so many people found it, it’s just that people who read it loved what you had to say so much that they told their friends who told more friends.

I’m sorry for the idiot people who can’t disagree with you on any reasonable grounds but have to resort to name-calling.

And as for the people who think an 82-year-old couldn’t have written this, I disagree. A few years ago I had the pleasure of having dinner with journalist Helen Thomas (now 88). She is whip-smart and pulls no punches. Her criticism of the Bush administration is both acerbic and insightful.

So I can have no greater compliment than to say Helen Philpot reminds me of Helen Thomas.

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By: Kristin S. on October 6, 2008
at 12:01 PM
It must really suck to be fat, ugly, and old. the jealousy in the crap of an article is hilarious..

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By: maggnum on October 6, 2008
at 11:59 AM
You rocccccccck. This is the funniest thing I have ever read in my entire life. You are amazing! I am 22 years old and couldn’t have said it better myself, your wisdom knows no bounds and I bow to your greatness!

I hope my generation and future generations learn to be more effective in the world and look for the truth instead of being ignorant and consummed with themselves…

Rock on CHICK!
OBAMA 08″

P.S. Sara Palin is a Stupid BITCH! oh wow it felt good to say that and it doesn’t make me a sexist! after all she is responsible for the return of dark aged inspired women’s rights….A wag of the finger(thanks Colbert) to Sara, animal killin, gun tuttin Palin!

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By: Jade on October 6, 2008
at 11:37 AM
Well said, Helen! To find this blog all one has to do is search “Palin + bitch”… heh, heh. And then one person emails another… or a few thousand! It takes off from there.

Hope the rest of America wakes up soon and helps to take our country back. Support the troops, end the war!

Peace.

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By: loveandonlylove on October 6, 2008
at 11:36 AM
BRAVO!!! Why won’t the media say exactly what you have so eloquently stated? They will put anything on television these but they will not call this woman out for what she is. My 11 year old is more articulate than she is. THANK YOU!!!!!

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By: Tina on October 6, 2008
at 11:35 AM
GOD LOVE YOU! CAN YOU ADOPT ME! Right on ladies! My nine year old son saw through her bull in a second, yet everyone on Fox news is practically worshiping at her feet! I wish more women with moxie would stand up and speak the truth about this woman. I cringe when she is upheld as an example of leadership!

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By: dbldiva on October 6, 2008
at 11:33 AM
Love the blog but Helen, uh-uh, honey, no the correct term for Sarah Palin is cunt.

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By: Liz on October 6, 2008
at 11:29 AM
Helen, I whole heartedly agree with you! Thank you for posting what so many of us are too “politically correct” to say..!

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By: Just Jess on October 6, 2008
at 11:27 AM
So impressed with your article Helen! I can’t sleep at night wondering what’s going to happen on Nov. 4th… I only hope this country doesn’t make the same mistake we made 8 years ago…

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By: Deanna on October 6, 2008
at 11:17 AM
I second the nomination!!!!

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By: Jay on October 6, 2008
at 11:07 AM
You are awesome! Thanks for saying it like it is. I would like to nominate you for President of the Sarah Palin is an idiot club.

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By: Wendie on October 6, 2008
at 11:04 AM
“I’m open to hearing a good pro Palin argument.”

So am I, MuM. My post came across as belligerent, I know, and that’s because I’ve basically lost all hope in anyone coming out in her favor using logic. But I’d actually love to be proven wrong about that.

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By: Alex on October 6, 2008
at 10:58 AM
I love this! Anyone who is voting for McCain/Palin is one of two things………….
Ignorant or Racist. Choose your own destiny…. And actually, the two are one in the same at the end of the day. Doesn’t matter that McCain is on the ticket anyway………he’s a heart attack away from being 6 feet deep and then the idiot is our President……….Oh, good Lord, please have mercy on our souls………….

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By: Karina on October 6, 2008
at 10:55 AM
Awesome. Simply awesome. You’re amazing.

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By: Fanny on October 6, 2008
at 10:52 AM
Wow, you guys have been friends 60 years? Almost as long as my kid sister and her best friend, who met in kindergarten. Ok, that’s only a bit more than 50. And her best friend now lives in Alaskas – and guess what? She hates Sarah Palin!

Sarah Palin is everything women have fought for 50 years to get past, to be judged on our talents, our education, our skills, our experience, and not on how well we deploy physical accidents of nature. I am sure some will bristle at your description of Palin, but to me, she’s not pretty at all but repellent, largely because it’s hard to seem pretty when you are willfully ignorant, vindictive, hypocritical, untruthful, arrogant, smug, mean and ruthlessly ambitious. Ugly on the inside, ugly on the outside.

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By: Ambercat on October 6, 2008
at 10:51 AM
You are fantastic. I believe that you hit every nail on the head where Palin is concerned. I have two beautiful daughters and fear the set backs to womens’ issues should she become VP.

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By: Jeff on October 6, 2008
at 10:51 AM
Thank You, Helen!!

Your blog has made my day!! You said exactly what I’m thinking.

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By: carolina on October 6, 2008
at 10:49 AM
Helen,
Thanks for speaking your truth. You go girl!
I have trouble understanding how citizens of this great country of ours voted in a “C” student after a Rhodes Scholar. But, excuse me we didn’t actually vote in a “C” student the first time, did we?
Anyway, I digress. I too would like to have an intelligent president and vice-president. Governor Palin, as a candidate, is a joke (as a vice-president, is a nightmare).

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By: Kathy on October 6, 2008
at 10:47 AM
Thanks Helen for saying what so many of us Americans are feeling.

Bravo…this needs to run on Fox News…*wink*

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By: truessence427 on October 6, 2008
at 10:46 AM
Yahoo! I like your point about how this reflects on what John McCain really thinks of women.

The scariest part of the debate for me (aside from all her weird, forced “Surging Maverick” talk and strange references to Reagan and out-dated cold war era gibberish, is the fact that she still couldn’t answer what the vice president does and she believes he/she can use whatever amount of power they so choose. Also, why is she even running if she has a history in the Alaska Independence party and spent the entire debate talking about practically no government involvement. Please, please, say what you mean and just get the heck out of government and be a total Washington outsider–the world would thank you for it.

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By: Sarah on October 6, 2008
at 10:41 AM
Helen- thanks for speaking up for all of us “regular” people. “Educated American” should get a real education (where does he think Osama got his start, hmmm. Can you say CIA and the Senior Bush as head of that august organization??). Also, Bush (junior) led us into Iraq because of personal reasons, not because Saddam was a real threat to U.S. (I’m using senior and junior to delineate one from the other. I do know the names of these presidents. I don’t claim to be fully educated on every subject, but, then again, I’m not running for V.P.)

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By: coskid on October 6, 2008
at 10:35 AM
Amen Alex. Helen may have called Palin a bitch….but she backed up her argument with facts.

Palin defenders have only called Helen names and left it at that.
I’m open to hearing a good pro Palin argument.

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By: MuM on October 6, 2008
at 10:33 AM
Everyone’s found your blog because you’re hilariously astute. Thanks for representing Texas ladies so well! 🙂

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By: Katie on October 6, 2008
at 10:28 AM
Well thank you for basically saying anyone that speaks with a southern accent is stupid. We really don’t have a great choice for the next President or Vice President. We are stuck between two choices that are less than desirable. And I did want to vote Obama until I read his book “The Audacity of Hope” in which he states how “surprised” he was to have made it to the State government let alone Washington. He is on a journey. I believe him to be a good man but a man that needs another 12 years in the Senate. He can only serve 2 terms and then would be an ex President. Why not spend 12 years in the Senate and then 8 years in Washington. On the other hand McCain is not a barrell of rose petals either.

My point is this, if Palin was old you would say she was droopy or in need of a facelift. She is a beautiful woman and contrary to your comment she does not have an “ample” ass. Most of America is overweight and I would love to have an ass like hers after 5 kids the youngest still being a baby. You can’t handle that she’s attractive and young. I doubt that she is stupid, although it’s true she is not a brain surgeon. Hillary Clinton could easily have run this country and comments about her are that she is too tough, or too cold. You just can’t win can you?

You seem to be pretty good at spitting out venom.

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By: Kelly on October 6, 2008
at 10:28 AM
Palin a dumb? You betcha.

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By: Carol Band on October 6, 2008
at 10:24 AM
Helen,

Thank you for reviving my faith in humanity, especially the older generation of America. I have oftened wondered lately how the Greatest Generation could be so fooled by these despots when they are so much like the ones that your generation fought off in World War II.

God Bless You and bring you many happy years to come!

And my apologies for those rude members of my own generation for their bullying ways; brownshirts all. May they be defeated and crawl back into their holes, God willing.

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By: KSLiberal on October 6, 2008
at 10:24 AM
To add to my post, I couldn’t bring myself to read every single comment but I read a pretty good number of them. Has there been even ONE person here that’s tried to defend Paling using logic and reason, rather than the old ad hominem standby?

If you don’t like what Helen has said here, prove her wrong.

Go ahead. Give us all the FACTS that prove Helen wrong and show us that Palin is the ideal candidate.

I’m waiting. And if what I’ve seen here and elsewhere is any indication, I’ll be waiting a long, long time.

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By: Alex on October 6, 2008
at 10:23 AM
Unfortunately, people are already talking about her running for President 4 years from now — which is really my BIGGEST fear. I’m afraid she will appeal to a certain segment of society that feels left out — folks from what my Grandmother called the “other side of the tracks.” You’re right — we DO send our children to school to learn how to speak properly. What happened here? And since when did a journalist find it OK to murder the King’s English? None of MY journalism professors would have found that acceptable.

Good for you for standing up and saying what so many of us are feeling. I hope we’ve given her enough rope to hang herself.

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By: Karalyn on October 6, 2008
at 10:14 AM
WOW! This blog is Amazing….You hit the nail on the head with Palin.

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By: Deanna on October 6, 2008
at 10:10 AM
Excellent blog post here, a friend of mine linked me this. It honestly scares me the number of people who say “Oh, she was so EMOTIONAL and ENERGETIC. She was so EXCITING and Biden was so BORING.”

Granted that I really haven’t seen all that many Palin supporters, every time I see anyone say something like that (and I’ve seen news articles use those exact words as well) I really want to just smack those people and say “You’re basing your vote on that? Seriously? Politics isn’t supposed to be fun and games. The Vice President’s job isn’t to do a little song and dance number to keep you, the people, entertained.” President Bush makes me laugh every time he appears on TV (in the words of comedian Gabriel Iglesias, “I don’t have to make fun of the President, he does it by himself.”) but I think an approval rating of less than 30% speaks for itself.

I wasn’t all that interested in the election aside from mild interest in Obama up until the point Palin was named VP candidate for McCain, but when a man who regularly criticizes his opponent as lacking experience takes a total political novice to stand by his side in a presidential election (and, by extension, proclaim said political novice as an adequate successor should something happen to him – and let’s face it, God forbid but odds are pretty good something will happen to him if he gets elected) I have to sit up and take notice.

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By: Alex on October 6, 2008
at 10:06 AM
Whether this blog is real or not….it says exactly whats on the minds of alot of people.

To those still blind enough to believe Palin is anything more than a hick puppet, you are in denial. No intelligent person could watch her speak and feel confident in her ability to be a compitent leader of our country.

I know its hard to admit you’re wrong…but do it for the sake of your country.

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By: MuM on October 6, 2008
at 10:05 AM
October 6, 2008

Thank you Helen! I am a 70 year old retired pediatrician still working part time to help a cause dear to my heart…the survival/rescue of America’s wild horses & burros. Can you imagine this person (and I use that term loosely) advocating aerial shooting of these courageous and beautiful creatures, like she enjoys slaughtering Alaskan moose and wolves. Another Dick Cheney, but worse.

I watched the VP debate. Senator Biden was great! Palin is one big phony. The impact of taking care/responsibility of an infant with life-long “special needs” has not been realized as yet. Palin’s “trophy” husband is never shown holding his son. Why? I, too, get very angry at Palin and all for toting their infant around in front of the public/camera at ALL hours of the day and night. That’s not taking care of his “special needs”. Palin is just now stating she supports children with “special needs”…where the heck has she been all these years!

PS: Palin touts a proud “track record”, yeah, one that is nothing but a massive “bloody tract” in Alaska. This woman has NO compassion. Enough is enough! Humanity doesn’t need this woman or the McCain/Palin ticket! Save our country and Alaska from this person and others like her.

Go, Go, Go Helen!!!

Betty

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By: Betty Kelly on October 6, 2008
at 10:02 AM
“Not that McCain is the worst choice as far as Republicans go, but he is not enough of a “maverick” to go against his party on 90% of what they do. 90% of a Bush administration is still 100% disaster.”

Well said, Henry.

90% OF A BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS STILL 100% DISASTER!!!

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By: I can see traffic; Palin says that qualifies me as a transportation expert on October 6, 2008
at 9:58 AM
Helen Rocks!!!!!!!

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By: Gretchen on October 6, 2008
at 9:55 AM
Helen is a BITCH… there I sad it! cry me river now! how easy is to hide behind this stupid blog and point fingers….

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By: John on October 6, 2008
at 9:53 AM
Well said Grandma! I am glad someone is paying attention to the lies!

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By: Barbara on October 6, 2008
at 9:51 AM
“Damn I miss Tim Russert.”

A-F’n-men!!

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By: PJ on October 6, 2008
at 9:48 AM
Great post. I hope the idiots who are blinded by propaganda their party is spouting haven’t caused you too much dismay.

As an American, the 2004 election broke my heart. Anyone can be excused for voting for the moron the first time, but the second time was inexcusable. So, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if another Republican was voted in again.

Not that McCain is the worst choice as far as Republicans go, but he is not enough of a “maverick” to go against his party on 90% of what they do. 90% of a Bush administration is still 100% disaster.

Good for you. Enjoy your 15 minutes. And I hope that there are more minutes out there for you.

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By: Henry on October 6, 2008
at 9:43 AM
You need to loosen up and tell us what you really think, Helen!

By the way – well said!

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By: tomcat on October 6, 2008
at 9:39 AM
Helen, you are my idol…

I was waiting for someone to say this once and for all. I’m no American but I’m not stupid to the point to fall for that evil smile, she grins all the time. Even when Biden had this emotional moment–My God! She finally has an opportunity to prove that she actually has a heart and not a heartless black widow but no-no. “Keep shaking those hips and smiling girl!” I sure bet that’s what she’s thinking. Please God, someone murder Palin right now or at least injure her and McCain to the point they are unable to move, please..

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By: Phailin on October 6, 2008
at 9:38 AM
Helen, you said it better than I would have thought possible. Bravo!!!

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By: Gina on October 6, 2008
at 9:37 AM
here is what mark commented earlier,

Also, Biden focused SOLEY on legislative practices that he would institute as VP, but someone should tell the senate’s #1 expert on “foot-in-mouth” that once your VP your job is not to legislate.

All I have to say is, Isn’t the Vice President the president of the Senate???

Just a thought!!

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By: jim on October 6, 2008
at 9:37 AM
I love you. I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!

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By: Lola's Mama on October 6, 2008
at 9:36 AM
Wow…I couldn’t have said it any better and I am 50 years younger.

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By: Tee on October 6, 2008
at 9:31 AM
Mark,
Watch the VP debates again. It was Palin who said the Constitution gave flexibility for the VP position over the legislature, siding with Cheney and said that she would like to extend the VP’s role in the legislature.

Biden was the one who said that Cheney is the most dangerous VP we’ve had and has been improperly interpreting the Constitution to expand his legislative powers. Biden said that the Constitution was very clear. The only role of a VP in the legislature is to break a tie vote. That’s it! It was Palin, not Biden of whom you speak.

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By: Living in Texas - Can't see Russia on October 6, 2008
at 9:30 AM
Thank you for saying what many of us are thinking. I fear that there are many out there that are not as worried as I am. It is hard for a white man (thats me!) to say anything so thanks for taking charge!

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By: Joby on October 6, 2008
at 9:30 AM
Thanks for a wonderful post.

Perhaps Palin should practice Abstinence.

Wish my 82 year old Mom was so cool!

Cheers.

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By: Warren on October 6, 2008
at 9:26 AM
There is nothing wrong with exchanging ideas back and forth. If a blog gets us to talking that is a good thing. God Bless America. We have freedom of speech.

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 9:25 AM
But mark…whats so funny is that you’ve stated that biden wont be working in a legislative aspect, well is palin WERE to get elected…
if i recall correctly Executive isnt the first bullet point on a VP to-do list
they are mostly concerned with FOREIGN AFFAIRS, which she has no experience on…?
hmmm doesnt add up

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By: The OTHER Population on October 6, 2008
at 9:24 AM
You are awesome, Helen! Thanks for the great post.

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By: Cammy on October 6, 2008
at 9:24 AM
Helen…..I love you!
Goshdarnit…I needed that laugh!!!!

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By: Sandy on October 6, 2008
at 9:23 AM
Your blog was funny, but don’t mistake it for true or anthing less than partisan favoritism. Gov. Palin might not have an ivy league legal education or have been the governor of a major state, but she is far smarter than you make her out to be.

She’s well spoken and DOES have executive experience…maybe not for NY or California, but that’s executive experiece that Obama, Biden, and McCain have NONE of.

A little is better than none if you ask me.

Also, Biden focused SOLEY on legislative practices that he would institute as VP, but someone should tell the senate’s #1 expert on “foot-in-mouth” that once your VP your job is not to legislate.

Of course, being the socialists (nice word for Communist by the way) that Biden and Obama are I’m sure they will be doing plenty of legislating from office.

By the way, please tell Senator Obama that a you can’t functionally be president of the United States by saying “present” every day.

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By: Mark on October 6, 2008
at 9:21 AM
Helen, you are what I want to be when I am 82! Thank you for making my day 🙂

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By: Karol on October 6, 2008
at 9:20 AM
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, Helen! That was absolutely fabulous. I’m a registered Replican, have never voted Democrate in my 28 years of voting …. but, this year is changes. I’m voting for Obama/Biden. Thank you for saying/blogging what’s been on my mind for the last month. I’ve added you to my regular online reading, so I hope you keep posting.

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By: Marta on October 6, 2008
at 9:19 AM
Thank you Helen, for standing up and speaking out against this joke of a woman. It is highly insulting to all Americans that the republican party paraded this clown onto their ticket. All, especially woman, should take offence to Palin’s “bullshit” and be afraid, very afraid of what she, they, are trying to sell.

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By: Nancy on October 6, 2008
at 9:14 AM
Thank you and keep writing!
Your words give us hope.
Ginny Wallace

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By: Ginny on October 6, 2008
at 9:14 AM
Politics haven’t changed much – issues throughout the years have always polarized the people; colinization, slavery, boston tea parties and more recently same sex benefits, and stem-cell research and the list goes on and on And it’s nothing new to see religion and faith having such an impact for some in selecting our next President.

Republican or Democrat, name-calling or mud-slinging doesn’t make you sound very intelligent when speaking for or against any particular candidate. That goes for the candidates as well as bloggers who choose to bash them. So cut it out.

So what, Helen called Palin a b*tch. This is HER blog, to HER friend. It was seemingly never intended for public viewing. Leave the woman alone, she’s entitlted to her opinion. And if you don’t share that opinion, respectfully disagree and go find a forum to which you feel more inline.

But for those of you who have chosen to engage in verbal volleyball over which side is “ignorant” or “immoral”….please. You aren’t arguing points, you’re arguing platform. It’s disgusting and counter-productive.

I’m not going applaud Helen or bash her opinions either. I pay VERY close attention to politics and weigh the facts. I don’t watch programming on CNN or FOX news and make decisions. I attend rallies. I read journals (all of em, you know, that are in front of me), I research, I listen. I encourage all of you to do the same. Hopefully, you’re smart enough to figure out if this post is directed at you.

And to the person who posted: Obama/Biden, Osama Bin laden…. give me a break. I got another one for you. Santa, Satan same letters – but seriously…who among us thinks that Kris Kringle is really the anti-christ?

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By: T-Dub on October 6, 2008
at 9:04 AM
Doodyhead,
You appear very passionate about what you’ve done to help kids and run an honest business. I’m sorry you’ve seen such hard times.

Can you give me specifics though about what Bush did, what did he implement to help small businesses that the Clintons did not? I just would like a little more specifics to begin my research that you suggest we all do. What legislation was passed to by the Bush administration that helped small business owners? This is not a rhetorical question. I’m truly curious.

As a military vet, I don’t feel that John McCain has the temperament and diplomacy to keep our country out of harm’s way. He’ll continue this war with no end in Iraq and may even start a few news ones with countries that tick him off. Palin scares me a bit too because of her radical “this is the end of days and we need to prepare for the arrival of the people from the lower 48, who will come to Alaska to ride out the end of days”. She’s accepted the fact that she’s living in the years of the apocalypse and will see a world war as “God’s will”. I am a Christian, but I don’t feel like these are the end of days. I believe that none of us have the knowlege to know when the end of days are coming, but there will be signs. I haven’t seen the biggest sign, which, according to my beliefs will be the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, but I digrees.

I really don’t want either one of these people with our nuclear codes. I think McCain is too prone to tantrums and Palin, with her beliefs and naivete in foreign affairs will see the first sign of a global war as, “Well this is it” instead of trying to thwart it.

I guess that’s where I’m coming from and I truly feel that I’ll be sleeping with one eye open for the next four years with these two in office.

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By: Living in Texas - Can't see Russia on October 6, 2008
at 9:02 AM
Yes, please….keep thinking us dumb hicks from Alabama are stupid. We are so unsophisticated. The I trio:

Incestuous
Illiterate
Ignorant

Now where’s my Sears and Roebuck catalog? I gotta go out back to the outhouse beforen I go to work at the Mercedes plant…..

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By: Paul on October 6, 2008
at 9:01 AM
OMG that was halarious, however true!!!

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By: DrkCharm on October 6, 2008
at 9:00 AM
Yeah Pamela

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 8:55 AM
Agree with Helen, am sort of sorry her personal blog is getting spammed. But, there you go. I’m contributing to the mess.

I think at the end of the day we have to discard the idea of Democrat or Republican and what that stands for. It’s gotten too out of hand, to the point where it’s just name-calling and assumption. If anything, this election has made me realize that both sides make mistakes, and both sides are polarizing radically to the point that either extreme is disastrous for our country.

At least at this point the House and the Senate are primarily Democratic, so if by some horrible twist of (electoral vote, NOT POPULAR VOTE) fate we get McCain/Palin, there will be a checks-and-balances system in place. America has been through rougher times, and has weathered the storm. We can do it again, if we have to. As long as it takes for people to wake up and smell the suck.

Personally, I’m voting for Obama, because I believe him. I’m loathe to say that I believe a politician, period, but he seems to be a better fit for what our country needs: progress and change. Not more of the same.

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By: Kelly M. on October 6, 2008
at 8:54 AM
Wya to go Helen! I love it! You are spot on!
Go Obama! I am voting this week as we got our early ballots already.

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By: Julie on October 6, 2008
at 8:53 AM
Check out this great video:

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By: Richard Brisco on October 6, 2008
at 8:53 AM
Someone linked to your blog entry from our forum at http://thechurchofgroove.com/, and I wanted to jot a quick note of gratitude for saying what many, many of us have been thinking and saying.

And you called McCain an ass wipe… I nearly peed my pants! I love it. That happens to be one of my very favorite pejoritives.

Anyway, thank you lots.

Jeffrey in St. Louis

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By: Jeffrey on October 6, 2008
at 8:51 AM
Brava darlin’! I almost completely agree with your assessment of the ignorance and frightening potential of Sarah Palin, but since when did someone’s accent still matter so much? I carry my Appalachian accent with a necessary pride considering there are people like you constantly criticizing things that you don’t seem to understand … you complain about the Beverly Hillbillies polluting someone’s English (the brand of it that you seem to be espousing) and you don’t even know how to differentiate between “less” and “fewer” … Alaska can only have “less” of something that can’t be counted, like spinach or unnecessary intolerance. Anyway, both users of southern English, African American Vernacular English, and other forms of this beautiful language, in case you haven’t learned, have valid forms of communication. By the way, I love the Mary Tyler Moore reference … she’s bigger than corn in these here parts =) Thanks for saying it like it is =)

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By: Willie Carver on October 6, 2008
at 8:49 AM
http://www.cnn.com, 10/6/08

“Stocks plunged in early trading after a deepening financial crisis in Europe heightened worries about a global economic slowdown. The Dow shed 300 points, dropping below 10,000 less than hour into the trading day…”

8 years of George Bush; McCain voted with him MOST of the time.

How far is it down to the bottom of this financial abyss, and who will survive it financially intact?

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By: I can see traffic; Palin says that qualifies me as a transportation expert on October 6, 2008
at 8:45 AM
Thank you for your words of wisdom – I only wish more folks would use their brains to figure out what’s really going on here! I am absolutely ashamed of the party that I have called my own since I have been able to vote, and will for the first time ever, be voting for the Democrats this year. I was was surprised at the choice of McCain initially, but when the party decided to endorse this air head bimbo as their pick for VP, I tossed in the towel. No thanks! I love the thought of an engaging, intelligent, well spoken woman in the White House, but this one certainly isn’t all those things! Let’s hope more folks come to their senses before election day!

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By: Pamela on October 6, 2008
at 8:45 AM
Ha, that would be “idiot” not “idioit”…doh!

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By: Allie on October 6, 2008
at 8:35 AM
Can we also mention that she can’t stop saying “nucular,” not unlike some other idioit already in office??

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By: Allie on October 6, 2008
at 8:34 AM
When we say change, we should say change back (Democrat).
McCain voted most of the time with a president that was dead wrong most of the time. Most people DO agree that he is one of the worst presidents. McCain agreed with him most of the time. That is the bottom line. State all of the facts and figures you want. That is the bottom line.
That is part of why I cannot vote for McCain/Palin.

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 8:34 AM
Helen – That was a fantastic post! My dog even thinks she’s an idiot! You need to be on TV!

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By: Connie on October 6, 2008
at 8:33 AM
I’m terrified that there are people who still support Palin and that there is a chance she might make it into national governance.

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By: Ana on October 6, 2008
at 8:32 AM
maggie biers,
You wrote:
The real issue is: the 3 men who brought down wall street – where are they now?
1. Franklin Raines: Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor.
2.TIM HOWARD? Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama.
3.JIM JOHNSON? Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was
selected to run Obama’s Vice Presidential Search Committee. Would you trust the men who tore
Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street? Don’t know what their hair looks like, or if they wear glasses.

You got that in a viral email and those lies have already been debunked. Do your research before you vote please.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/fanniemae.asp

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By: Living in Texas - Can't see Russia on October 6, 2008
at 8:32 AM
Bravo, Helen! As at least one other person commented, it amazes me to see a post like this from an 82-year-old grandma from Georgia. Palin has scared me from the moment I first heard of her, and you have eloquently explained why she scares those of us who think for ourselves.

Also, kudos to leslie above. Her post could have been written by me, especially the first paragraph. My Daddy was a Republican, so I always voted Republican until Bush made the mistake of speaking out against stem cell research. That’s what finally made me open my eyes and admit to being the political liberal that matches my liberal personality and beliefs.

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By: Ann on October 6, 2008
at 8:31 AM
“Repeating false “facts” like this is as bad as the Democrats continuously spouting that McCain has voted 90% of the time with his own party. ”

Well, if you didn’t make false claims about Democrat claims….

They said McCain has voted with bush 90% of the time, which he has.

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By: Republikraut on October 6, 2008
at 8:27 AM
All I can say to all of this, is that this is the country that voted Bush in twice. I would love to see an Obama win, but I can see it going to McCain just through the sheer stupidity of the American people.

Whoever America votes for, is who America deserves. I’m just scared that the rest of the world won’t deserve it. Palin is such a laughing stock worldwide, the shreads of American repsect which are barely held together will be thrown away.

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By: Republikraut on October 6, 2008
at 8:25 AM
Sorry, I guess I was supposed to comment on the Tina Fey impersonator.

McCain said he was going to choose a VP strong on the economy (since he openly admitted he did not know that much).

What happened there?

As his first big decision, not too good at all.

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By: stereoview on October 6, 2008
at 8:21 AM
We appreciate reading peoples’ opinions. But, we appreciate facts better than strictly emotions. Just for one, as Alaska citizens, we did not get “$3200 this year.” Repeating false “facts” like this is as bad as the Democrats continuously spouting that McCain has voted 90% of the time with his own party. Just take a moment to go back to the source and check your facts in the actual Congressional Record. Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress. Meanwhile, during the same Congress, John McCain has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88.1% of the time. And he breaks with the Republicans on important issues, such as voting to facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP, or to increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009. Joe Biden is even worse than Obama, voting with his party 96.7% of the time (trailing Hillary Clinton at 97.3%). McCain has voted as low as 76.2% of the time with his party, while Obama’s lowest is 94.8%, and Biden’s is 84.5%. In fact, of the nine Congresses in which McCain and Biden have served, McCain has not once voted more than 88.1% of the time with his party, while Biden has voted six out of nine of those with his party at least 91.2% of the time! So who’s for change here? And you can keep your bigotry to yourself; judging a person’s intelligence based on their accent is way off. It would be as bad as me saying that all those from Georgia are ignorami because of their accent. And by the way, all the critics ought to try listening to the Alaska accent for a change: it’s NOT “Fargo.” I suppose y’all think Canadians speak “Fargo” as well. You and the media (i.e., the Fourth Branch of Government) need to stop basing opinion pieces on rumor and urban legend, and go back an look at the facts.

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By: Mick & Mag on October 6, 2008
at 8:17 AM
Helen…thanks…thanks for all of us who see through this Palin mystique. The bottom line is, if this is the type of judgement McCain shows in picking her as his VP, then I want no part of it. But I also question Palin’s judgement for accepting the offer to run as VP. I just hope her loose tongue gets her into more trouble (like the Couric interviews) and she completely implodes before the election. I really don’t think McCain will win, but it would be nice to see her go down before the election.

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By: Pat on October 6, 2008
at 8:15 AM
Brava Helen Brava!! Of all the qualified, experienced, intelligent women that John McCain COULD have picked, why did he reach for the bottom of the barrel.

As everyone has said, thanks for saying what the mass media won’t.

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By: Marcella Lewis on October 6, 2008
at 8:11 AM
Lady, you are one eloquent woman! Bravo to this post!

I’m not an American. But here in my country, we’re also interested and we try to keep up-to-date with what’s happening in the U.S. Presidential campaign. Based on my social network friends and RL friends, most are for Obama/Biden. Well, judging from the recent debates, I bet there’ll be more who’ll vote for Obama.

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By: Prudence on October 6, 2008
at 8:09 AM
Freddie Mac and Fannie May are just intermediates in this process. The Gramm bill made it so insurance companies and Wall St. could buy loans too. Since they were bypassing Freddie and Fannie, F&F were in danger of becoming irrelevant so they bought too as instructed by our politians on both sides of the bullshit fence.

If you are a banker, you are going to take a few more chances because you know you will sell the loan and there were plenty of buyers out there besides Fannie and Freddie.

That brings the collusion down to the real estate level where brokers, in a world of easy loans, are going to escalate prices to make more dough while convincing home buyers that their stuff is worth more than it is. Home buyers bought the scam because they wanted to. They wanted a house and the “wealth” it generates. They wanted to believe that what goes up never comes down. Wrong. It’s just physics. Being a Pollyanna is easy in such a situation.

I watched “Flip That House” a while back and watched people in CA buy an 1100 ft. ratty ranch house for $510,000 and put 20-30 grand into it and sell it for $700,000!

Uh, what? I live in Maine where prices do make sense and banks aren’t failing so much. We all think these folks may have bumped their heads.

We get into the difference between real and perceived value. When a home price approximates the value it would cost to build it, that is real value. People in CA, NV, and FL in particular, started believing that their property was worth so much more. That, dear friends, will always be wrong.

It broke the back of the enormous (Gramm) republican inspired shell game.

McCain voted for this.

Until recently McCain had Gramm as his economic adviser. Clueless. We are circling the bowl now. Vote McCain if you want to hear that giant sucking sound heading down the pipe.

Up till now his mantra was earmarks which at most would save a measly 16 billion. Small change compared to what is going on now.

Up till now his mantra was less regulation and the economy is strong. Uh, never mind.

Up till now his mantra was drilling which would not yeild a drop of oil for 10 years. Duh……….

A government spending freeze would put millions out of work. The cure is worse than the disease.

Everybody including me wants to pay less taxes. Anybody can choose to think that way. It’s so easy. In the face of massive deficits and ballooning national debt, like it or not this will not work out. It’s just numbers. The ones we have been pretending don’t exist.

Every man, woman, and child owes $36,666 against the national debt. Who will pay it? No one? Not likely.

You can be a selfish horses ass and say “I will die before payback time”. Maybe not.

I have a child so I think my concern is well founded. Even if I cash in my chips before reckoning day, this is not what I want to leave my son.

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By: stereoview on October 6, 2008
at 8:03 AM
I definately LOVE you Helen, and I hope and pray that you will read this as well as many other people will read. Where can i even begin. well as all have noted, this blog may have been harsh but it is very very truthful. i personally wouldnt call her a bitch, however one gentleman noted the instance perfectly when stating that she called herself a pitbull with lipstick, thus, a bitch.

Howver, back to the originaal reason why i’ve decided to post. I read this from someone posting the blog on Facebook and because i am politically ‘inclined’ if you will, i felt it is necessary to express my opinion as every one else has(which i have sat fr the last hour, reading every response). One thing i believe is that Palin has completely disregarded an American Principal that we all know, which is to obtain knowledge!

we come from a country where GREAT, and INTELLIGENT leaders would rise up. Many peoples response to that would be ‘shes like us’. well thats why i’ve decided to name this the Other Population. Lets be honest, every person is NOT from some small town, and no disrespect to those people, but I am not the Average, middle class American. I dont know anything about steel work, or much about farming, or anything of those sorts.

Im an African American 17 year old who will have his first oppurtunity to vote. And whats ALARMING, is that i would never vote for someone because they are ‘more like me’! That is Fundamentally what has held this country back for quite some time. To be honest, i would never want someone more like me in office. I speak in Slang majority of the time, think i can accomplish anything and i think im invincible, as most young people do.

Im saying all this to say, what does McCain, or Palin, know about the citizens who will soon take the mantle in this country. Helen has excellently articulated what we all know and need to say. And for the people who state that she doesnt have Class and what not– Ridiculous. not being Politcally Corecct is a treasure that most people will never find in todays world. Do people really want to pass the world on with PALIN, who understands nothing about our struggle to go to school, SURVIVE gunshots, gangs, drugs, and many SOCIAL issues that she rarely has to deal with in a state of 700,000. Also i saw someone say they are the most diverse as well as have the highest cost of living. well statistcally, as i am a statistician in college now, she would have a higher diversity rate because the population is so low. and CALIFORNIA, has the highest cost of living. I get sick of how candidates pander to these states that, yes are great, but dont have to deal with the assortment of issues like we do

i.e. NO BUDGET, which means by the end of October we will have no money to continue funding schools k-community college and ever universities, highest cost of living, the epicenter of the mortgage meltdown, BOARDER CONTROL, which seems to have been forgotten, off shore drilling and environment, some of the worst eduacation rates but highest college prices, as well asan assortment of other issues.

I say all this to say it is ridiculous to believe that Sarah Palin can adress ANY of these problems. I am no socialist so i dont believe government whould barge in, however something must be done and she wouldnt know what to do! There is no way that a 17 YEAR OLD, should know more about politics and the workings of his governement, even though everyone expects you not to, than a grown women!!!

There is so much that this blog brings into existence and the ramifications of us ignoring the issues this brings up WIll be catostrphic!! PLease people WAKE UP!!!!!!
There is no EXCUSE for not knowing what damned magazines or newspapers i read. if im being tortured and there asking me wha cereal i eat, you should be damn well sure that im going to name every cereal on the shelves of the grocery store. COME ONE DONT EXCUSE HER IGNORANCE!!

i can see mexico from california, does that make me knowledgable in foreign affairs? because if it does then i will run!

Palin is a scary as well as stupid women. i’d love to be able to respect her and like her, but even basketball players have to answer questions. What happens if there is a crisis, is she going to say, HEY, im not answering your questions im just going to tell you what i want you to hear MY FREINDS (as mccain would say) that is the WORST kind of politician. i would say more and i propably will later but ive got class lol!

HELEN BRAVO! Can i come for THanksgiving?!?!
p.s. even if a young person DID make this site, you cant say this generation is lost, we are some smart and informerd citizens!

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By: The OTHER Population on October 6, 2008
at 7:57 AM
Leslie for Vice President.

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 7:49 AM
Leslie, I am in GA as well. I did curse every Georgian that voted for GW, but you are forgiven. Anyone that recognizes their mistake, and is not swayed by the ongoing scare tactics and name calling (unpatriotic) should be trusted to vote again.

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By: Christina on October 6, 2008
at 7:47 AM
Yeah Leslie,
You are awesome!!!!

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 7:47 AM
Way to go, Leslie!!!!

Helen and Margaret…you two are the best!!!!

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By: Mary on October 6, 2008
at 7:45 AM
Helen,
I am very glad that I came upon your site. You see, I was a Republican all of my life. I actually voted for George in 2000. After the last 8 years I feel that I owe this country an apology for helping to bring George Bush to office. I never paid enough attention to politics and voted the way my family always had.
For all of you Republicans out there, all I can say is that it IS patriotic to want your country to learn from it’s mistakes and become better. Our country was founded on the principles of free thought and free speech – there is nothing more AMERICAN than being able to realize your mistakes and then try to fix them.
I’m all for having a female in the white house, but not just anyone. I look forward to the day when we can vote in an intelligent, savvy woman to the oval office. Unfortunately, Sarah Palin is not. I think deep down you know that too.
Our country is in serious trouble. We really cannot afford to continue down the rabbit hole. I desparately hope that we can bring our nation back from the edge. I love this country and I don’t like that we have behaved, as a country, like bullies – immature, spoiled brats. We are better than that.
It is one of the most difficult things to do – admit that you have made a mistake. No one likes to do that. But the most respectable and honorable thing we can do is to look at our failings and work to improve ourselves, collectively, as a nation.
After reading the comments, the name-calling, I see just how divided we have become. I also see how disgustingly racist so many people still are. Let me ask you: do you believe that Jesus was a racist? Do you really believe that God is looking down on you with pride?
I am a middle-aged white female and I am voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. I know that we need an intelligent, compassionate person to lead our country out of this mess. We need someone we can look up to and respect.
Whether you are republican, independent, or democrat doesn’t matter right now. We need change!
Helen, I agree with your feelings, and even if I didn’t, I will stand up for your right to say what you believe. That is what Americans do.

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By: Leslie on October 6, 2008
at 7:43 AM
wow

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By: The OTHER Population on October 6, 2008
at 7:32 AM
Fair point on the facts Maggie. Good FACT CHECK! Try that with the other side now…oh yeah…that is not a part of the process for the McCain camp.

I have a lot of respect for McCain, because he WAS a maverick BEFORE he won the nomination.

Back to the facts…despite Sarah Palin’s request to not look back…the financial crisis is a result of REPUBLICAN insistance on de-regulation. Lots of money to be made, and too difficult for conservative republicans to turn down. FACT CHECK that. No really…

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By: Christina on October 6, 2008
at 7:32 AM
I posted this in another site and, I approve this posting:

“She may not have played the flute butt, she sure was whistlin’ dixie.

She reads well butt, I bet she doesn’t actually know what it is that she’s reading and what it means.

Also, she plays the game of that old “prk” teaser we knew in H.S.
She uses her looks to distract her lack of legitimacy.
I would actually bet that she is the real CONTROLLER in the home.

I’m a single adult hetero male and, I have ALWAYS avoided this sort of female.
They are phony to the core and probably to the corps.
I’m glad that not all women are like her.”

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By: TOOLGUY on October 6, 2008
at 7:31 AM
The real issue is: the 3 men who brought down wall street – where are they now?
1. Franklin Raines: Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor.
2.TIM HOWARD? Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama.
3.JIM JOHNSON? Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was
selected to run Obama’s Vice Presidential Search Committee. Would you trust the men who tore
Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street? Don’t know what their hair looks like, or if they wear glasses.

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By: maggie biers on October 6, 2008
at 7:26 AM
WORD, Helen!

I couldn’t agree more. Since when did we become a nation of slack jawed hayseeds making leadership decisions on the merits of whom we’d like to have a beer with?? I have news for these patronizing assclowns: illiterate bumpkins are the LAST people on Earth I want to have a beer with!

I can’t wait until November 4th, when Wasilla gets their village idiot back. Her 15 minutes are UP!

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By: Brett D on October 6, 2008
at 7:26 AM
Finally. You have restored my faith in the US intelect . I have been worried that we would be making the same mistake as 4 years ago (first time, shame on him…). Your words were harsh, but true. Truth hurts, sheep…I mean non-independant minded Republicans!

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By: Christina on October 6, 2008
at 7:24 AM
BRAVO!!

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By: Deborah Zotian on October 6, 2008
at 7:21 AM
Well said! And I might add that perhaps one of the most disheartening things about Palin is that she’s wasting an opportunity that few women get. When was the last woman on a national ticket? Geraldine Ferraro in 1984! (and personally, I’d rather see old Geraldine on a ticket again, rather than stupid Palin). In over 20 years there’s only been TWO women on the ticket — we can’t afford to mess up! Palin SHOULD be studying her stuff night and day! Or maybe that’s exactly what the republican’s want — a pretty girl whose not as smart as the big boys, so they can feel in control? All I know is that Palin’s making the rest of us look bad and throwing away an opportunity afford to VERY few of us.

Blessings to you Helen! And GO OBAMA!!

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By: jennie on October 6, 2008
at 7:20 AM
“As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?” –Sarah Palin, interview with CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co”, July 2008

“As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border.” –Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS’s Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008

“Well, let’s see. There’s — of course — in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.” –Sarah Palin, unable to name a Supreme Court decision other than Roe vs. Wade, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008

“All of ’em, any of ’em that have been in front of me over all these years.” –Sarah Palin, unable to name a single newspaper or magazine she reads, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008

“I told the Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that Bridge to Nowhere.” –Sarah Palin, who was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it, multiple

“Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending soldiers out on a task that is from God. That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan.” –Sarah Pailn, on the Iraq war, speaking to students at the Wasilla Assembly of God, June 2008

“I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.” –Sarah Palin, asked by Katie Couric to cite specific examples of how John McCain has pushed for more regulation in his 26 years in the Senate, CBS interview, Sept. 24, 2008

“That’s exactly what we’re going to do in a Palin and McCain administration.” –Sarah Palin, elevating herself to the top of the ticket, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 18, 2008

“Perhaps so.” –Sarah Palin, when asked if we may need to go to war with Russia because of the Georgia crisis, ABC News interview, Sept. 11, 2008

“I’m the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can’t.'” –Sarah Palin, as quoted by former City Council Member Nick Carney, after he raised objections about the $50,000 she spent renovating the mayor’s office without approval of the city council

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By: mike on October 6, 2008
at 7:16 AM
[…] an 82 year old grandmother with an opinion about Sarah Palin. I highly recommend reading it – click here – Helen tells it like she sees it and I admire that. I found the link for her post on the SNL […]

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By: More autumn leaves and Sarah Palin « Blog Archive « Daily Vignette on October 6, 2008
at 7:13 AM
Sarah Palin is one of the biggest idiots I’ve seen lately. I cannot believe that ANYONE ANYONE can get nomineed for vice-president of United States. I”m so sick and tired of the news media riding her cock so hard she didn”t do anything she didn”t say anything. The only reason why John Mccain picked her is to pander to woman; SHE EVEN SAID IT HER SELF! well you aint getting my vote, if Hillary would”ve been on the ticket with Borak we would”ve never known who Sarah Palin is. Damn Mccain its fine that you chose to pick a woman as your running mate but did it have to be a dumb BITCH at that. I hope people look beyond THE BULLSHIT and really listen to what this bitch is saying. There’s no plan on the table for what she and Mccain is going to do for our country. Oh yeah their plan is wait til Obama comes up with his and find some way to hate on it….hmm SHAME SHAME! well there’s defenetly more that i can say about Sarah Palin this is just some general anger that i cant get passed. to those people that are dick riding her you are just as dumb if you can’t see pass the bullshit.

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By: Yalissa on October 6, 2008
at 7:10 AM
Also,
I am glad that Sarah did relatively well in the debates. I was really questioning, like everyone else, her ability to communicate. I am voting for Obama and wanted her to do better so that Biden could show how much better he is over her and McCain. She made some good points, but not enough to make me vote for McCain.
I vote for the person that makes sense to me. Like I said earlier, I am a black woman and I do not vote according to color. When Jesse Jackson was running, I would not have voted for him. He was not intelligent enough to get my vote. The comments he made about Obama brought that out.
Obama and Biden are two smart people and get my vote.

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 7:03 AM
Beautiful.

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By: Karl Rovelution on October 6, 2008
at 6:58 AM
You ‘betcha’ Helen.. I completely agree with you and more. I think I could have perform as well as she did if I had been tutored and coached on the few issues she did answer questions on. Did you see how she looked down at the podium, she probably had a blue tooth device in front of her with McCain aids prompting her on what to say.
As for ‘Mother of the Year” ha ha, did you see after the debate her youngest daughter holding the baby ,looked like she was about to drop him!!
I am so looking forward to Nov 4th.
Ms. Sarah Palin doesn’t represent this Walmart mom or my Husband ‘Joe six pack.”, hell we were drove to drinking during these Bush years……..
Sarah go back to Alaska, and continue to be an outsider. Go help you 17 yr old make the best of this situation, and marriage isn’t the answer. Two wrongs do not make a right……. How bout Miss Helen Philpot for VP!!!!!!

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By: J Price on October 6, 2008
at 6:56 AM
Karen,
I can take comments from Doodyhead. I just do not agree with the politics. I respect the comments from all intelligent people and Doodyhead seems like an intelligent person but I disagree with the politics.
Scott I don’t agree that Palin is more capable than Obama, but, I agree with you on being civil when we talk to each other. Thanks for your comments.

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 6:53 AM
Your a senile old bitch!

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By: Fuck Off on October 6, 2008
at 6:52 AM
Seems like you have all the accolades from the peanut gallery that you need. So here is something for you to consider… what exactly is it that upsets you so much about Palin?

Without resulting to name calling and demonstrating your own lack of intelligence… what are you comparing Palin to that warrants your one-sided and clearly misconstrued perception of another person?

I could care less about Palin/McCain or Obama/Biden so take this with the correct intent. When we sink into a hole of name-calling what are we really debating about? Certainly not someone’s capabilities because Obama is clearly less capable then Palin… but we just sound like the same moron you are complaining about spewing venom in hopes of gaining acceptance. Remember what your mother said… “If you can’t say something nice… don’t say anything at all.”

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By: Scott on October 6, 2008
at 6:46 AM
Way to go Doodyhead you’re right on & they can not take it/
At least there are a few smart people around.
THANK YOU DOODYHEAD

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By: Karen on October 6, 2008
at 6:34 AM
THANK YOU for saying what so many of us feel but can’t. You have exposed the Republican Party for what it is. They pander to a bunch of phony self-righteous cowards who hide behind their opposition to abortion because they don’t have the courage to truly support human life through diplomacy instead of wars, affordable healthcare & economic security for all instead of windfall profits for corporations and lower taxes for the wealthy. McCain was a decent guy until he stooped to their level by selecting Palin.

BLOG ON Helen and Margaret! Please tell us more about yourselves and how you started blogging. Count me as your newest fan!!

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By: Cathy on October 6, 2008
at 6:24 AM
I LOVE IT. Just one correction. Palin is stupid by Arkansas standards. We Alabamians thank G-d for places like Mississippi and Arkansas.

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By: V Mose on October 6, 2008
at 6:21 AM
[…] wish I could get Margaret and Helen to post this, but FRL will have to do: My Place Of Work even has a little more documentation work […]

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By: Free Range Librarian › Octoberfest links on October 6, 2008
at 6:17 AM
ROCK ON, HELEN!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Mary on October 6, 2008
at 5:51 AM
Why are Palin’s daughters not going to school? But they have time screwing around.. so much for family values. Why did Palin get ultrasound and other tests before baby was born? Shouldn’t you get whatever baby God gives you? Palin is a 3-piece crap from hell. Helen you are absolutely right. I wonder what’s wrong with folks who see good in her venom-laced cranky toxic-filled sxit coming out of her mouth. For the good of this great country please step down. You do not belong in the Whitehouse along with jack-ass McCain the Moron.

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By: IdiotJohn on October 6, 2008
at 5:45 AM
Doodyhead dood,

I have a small business and did great during the Clintons reign. One man with one occasional employee. When Bush came along is when my fortunes started heading south. Nothing the Bush admin did helped me in any way. Just hurt. Republicans brought on this problem especially jerks from Texas who brought us Gramm, Leach Bliley act that started this mess. You are in serious denial.

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By: stereoview on October 6, 2008
at 5:35 AM
What a way to start my week!
Helen….You are the best!!!!
(hello to Margaret as well)

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By: Stephy on October 6, 2008
at 5:34 AM
Helen, you have said everything that I have been feeling lately! This woman is the opposite of someone who cares about their own family, never mind gender. She has no morals, ethics, or backbone.

Thank you for such an honest post 🙂

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By: Rachel on October 6, 2008
at 5:19 AM
Okay Doodyhead,
Write as much as you want. Bottom line is our country is in a terrible state of affairs and we need a change. Even John McCain went for the government bail out. I repeat government bail out. He should have voted “no” no matter what if he is for “small government”. He cannot have it both ways. Sorry.

I am voting for real change which is Obama. My husband and I make a great living and would financially benefit more from McCain but, our country needs help right now and the middle class is the backbone of our economy. That is being witnessed right now. I do not hate Sarah Palin and McCain, I just don’t share their political beliefs.
I respect everyone’s views and agree that bitch is too strong, but, I agree with the overall message.

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By: Dean on October 6, 2008
at 5:08 AM
I wanna be like Helen when I grow up 🙂

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By: Tiffany on October 6, 2008
at 4:15 AM
Well,
I was fixin’ (texas term) to go to bed, but have to answer “Living in Texas” regarding how small and medium businesses did under the Clinton administration. The fact is that many people working for small and medium sized corporations did lose their jobs & their benefits.
I think many with larger corporations actually did the same. It is hard to explain, but the Clintons and the Democrats, in general, are pretty socialistic. Now, socialism, as a theory is commendible, but in theory as in Cuba it does not ever work.
Do your homework girls & boys, so you know what the definition of socialism really is. It sounds good in theory, but has failed any and every, time it has been tried.
Look we are the little guys. When the Democrats are in power us little guys cannot afford to pay our employees or give them benefits. When the repupicans are in power, we can. You have to know that we hire high school grads and give them a chance. Sometimes, kids that did not graduate. We train them. We pay for them to get more education to help our business. The Democrats think there is only big business and them. But, there are many small business people like us out there that are willing and able to take a chance on kids that maybe did not have the advantages of a Harverd ed – like obama – we don’t care, if you want to work and advance we will try you out!
The Democrats for all their posturing hurt the chances of the little guys to make it. The kids that for some reason just could not make it through high school, or went to Jr. College, but didn’t get through. During Repuplican times we were able to pay them to take courses through the Jr. College here to better themselves. We were helping the little guy and appreciating them. But, the Democrats stop all that for us and the little guys that could make it if they only had a chance!
The Democrats think it is only big business vs the little guy. It is not. Sometimes it is the little business along with the little guy that wants to make a difference and the Demoracts for all their posturing hamstrings us in everything we try to do. We had a program to help all of our employees to better their training. I am proud to say that we would pay for them to take hours of education at our local Junior College. It was a great deal for us and them really. Some left us to work for competiters. YIKES. Did they have no loyalty? Well, when we met up with them at community meetings, they did not forget the leg up that we gave them. And we did not regret doing so.
The thing is Democrats think that there is only big business vs the little guy. They don’t realize that sometimes the little guy is the business guy giving a little guy a leg up. The Democrats decimated what we were doing. We could no longer hire kids, give them benefits and train them.
Under the Republicans we could do that. We could take kids that could not afford to get an education – Hell – kids that did not graduate high school – and give them an even chance at the world – an even chance to pursue the real American dream. A chance to turn their lives around and live and dream for something!
Now, with the nation leaning toward Obama & the Democrats again, everything is drying up again. We are cutting back. We have no other choice. Will the business survive? Not if the Democrats enact what they say they are going to do. Were we ever rich with our own business? No, we made a pretty good living for a while. But we were never rich. We were rich in the way we could help kids that would otherwise fall by the wayside, when the Republicans were in office. Yeah, we were. There are kids – ha kids, maybe kids in their 30’s now and 40’s who would go to bat for us any day, because we made the difference in their lives. We paid for their courses at Junior college. We helped them. But sorry we are not big business, we are not big manufacturing. So, when those taxes are imposed on business – we will probably declare bankrupcty no more kids helped from us. No more 50 or less jobs here. How many others like us will fall – plenty. Because we are a corporation however small our business is. So, we will be taxed beyond our ability to pay and we will let our 50 employees go and we will lose our business. A business that for over 20 years has helped employees & their families survive the best of times and the worst of times & always come out on top. Bye, bye guys. Bye, bye employees. Hello big government. I just hate it. I always loved helping these girls and boys who barely got out of high school and sometmes didn’t even do that. And, yet we were able to hire them and encourage them and help them get educated. It really breaks my heart. It breaks my heart. I had to say it twice to make myself realize what is going to happen.
We will lose our small business, we will lose the opportunity to help these kids.
And so, many years ago the Republicans wanted to put restraints on Freddie Mac, et. al. But the Democrats refused. Do your homeowrk chilen’s the Democrats refused the controls on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae years ago that would have prevented this economic crisis. Now they want to blame the Republicans. Once again do the homework and see what you come up with. Now they want you to believe that they are the ones to save the economy. Hell, they could have saved it years ago, but they were too dumb to see what was going to happen. Those that don’t remember the past (S&L crises) are doomed to repeat it!
And now we are. Too little too late. Those of you with a brain should search the internet & whatever libararies are available to you. Quit harping on Palin looking like a bitch. Quit being so petty and get the real facts. Quit listening to failed promises and get the real truth for yourselves. Quit listening to clelbrities. Quit listening pundits. Seek the truth. It will set us all free. Although, it is probably too late for our small business and many others, it may not be too late for you to be snowed under by slick politicans. Quit listening to what you want to hear and seek out the truth of how things really work in a free economy. Take responsibility for your own actions. Otherwise just go to blogs like this and call women bitches, and men SOB’s and live in your little imitation soap operas.

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By: doodyhead on October 6, 2008
at 2:14 AM
Hi Helen
You can say 57 times what you just wrote & I will never believe it. Sarah Palin is so
HOT you’re just jealous, because you have never been like her & never will. At least she is no closet Muslim & has always loved her country. There is a radio station in Houston, Texas that has offered 10,000 dollars for a picture of Obama with his hand over his heart saying The Pledge of Allegiance. A big part of the trouble in this country is people like you I love my country & do not want to see it under the likes of Obama. When he is not elected & we do have McCain-Palin in the White House you will be free to leave this country & I hope you do with all you’re other left wing NUTS. Have a nice day
John Kenedy

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By: john on October 6, 2008
at 2:01 AM
Oh by the way, I included white in my comment above, because the MSM never misses a chance to say that Obama has a hard time with the middle aged and older white female demographic. I think they want us to think it’s closer than it really is.

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By: eight is enough on October 6, 2008
at 1:19 AM
Thanks Helen, It was very encouraging coming upon your blog. You speak for so many of us older white ladies. Keep it up!

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By: eight is enough on October 6, 2008
at 1:12 AM
doodyhead,
It was great talking to you. I will look for you after the debate. This should be fun. I wonder if McCain will grind his teeth and blow his top. I wonder if Obama will stutter. I’ll be making some popcorn for this one.

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By: Living in Texas on October 6, 2008
at 1:08 AM
doodyhead,
I didn’t know that unions did that back in the day? Do they still do that?

It reminds me of people who stay on unemployment nowadays because of the minimum wage, but now, it’s so horribly low. Also, people make more money on welfare than they would on minimum wage. The gap between the cost of living and the minimum wage is now a huge crater. Obama is for raising the minimum wage and getting people back to work. 😉

Also, did you see what I wrote about Obama’s tax plan for small businesses? I wrote it above:

As for small business, Barack Obama’s plan is to eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses, cut corporate taxes for firms that invest and create jobs in the United States, and provide tax credits to reduce the cost of healthcare and to reward investments in innovation.

I know this won’t even begin to change your mind, but it’s my patriotic duty to spread the word about the candidate I believe to be the best choice this year. 😉 :::saluting you:::

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By: Living in Texas on October 6, 2008
at 1:06 AM
yikes, my English teacher would kill me. I was typing so fast that I misspelled & misused almost every word in the English language. Well, all you purists – hope you got the gist of the last message. Would love to meet you all back here tomorrow night or say better Tuesday night or Wenesday after the next debate. What a great time we will have then?
Love you all whatever your views. We are thinking. That is great! See you later. Thanks for fun.

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By: doodyhead on October 6, 2008
at 1:04 AM
doodyhead…FYI- Starbucks is closing stores down because they oversaturated the market in areas by haveing a Starbucks on every other corner. Basically equates to overexpansion without enough customer base to support all the stores.

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By: Lori on October 6, 2008
at 1:04 AM
doodyhead (LOL!)

I agree with you! Amen, doodyhead. 🙂

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By: Living in Texas on October 6, 2008
at 1:01 AM
doodyhead have you seen the movie IOUSA? You really should see it.

You might understand why taxes were raised when Clinton was in office. In order to balances this nations federal deficit and pay it off, you have to do a couple of things. One raise taxes to generate more money to pay off the countries debt and two cut spending on unnecessary programs or where ever you can make budget cuts. Those things happened in the Clinton years, thus the reason your employees checks were less. Taxes were raised.

You know what, during the Democratic Clinton tenure (believe it was in 2000, but I would have to double check) it was the only time we actually had a balanced budget (no over spending) and were on the road to eliminating the enormous country deficit which was slated to be completely paid off in 15, 20 years or something like that. During Clinton’s tenure the US National Debt Clock in New York was permanently turned off as the debt was being reduced.

That of course was until Republican George Bush came along and opened the floodgates to spending with his approval and funding of an unnecessary war. Bush has put this country at an economic disadvantage and into a black hole that it will never recover from. Our national debt has grown by over $4 trillion dollars during his presidency or over 71.9 percent. I won’t even go into the economic bail out plan that was just passed which will push the countries debt to over $11.31 trillion.

Get ready, one day the USA will no longer be the powerhouse of the world. Get ready, because that day is coming. We owe so many IOU’s to other countries and nations, that if they ever call on this debt we are screwed as a country because we can not pay it off. Get ready for China or some other country to be the new powerhouse, because it’s coming. All great civilizations fall sooner or later, just look at the Roman Empire. It will also happen to the USA.

This countries deficit is enormous, and is growing everyday. Our deficit as of October 6, 2008 is $10,19,071,226,211.20, which equates to a debt of $33,324.11 per ever citizen of the USA. The US National Debt Clock has been turned on again.

Unfortunately, once again, the only way to reduce this deficit will be to raise taxes and cut funding for programs. Kiss more of your paychecks goodbye, kiss more of your healthcare benefits good bye, etc, etc, etc. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I hope you are ready for that to happen. No matter who becomes the next president Democrat or Republican, it will happen, it has to happen.

Tell me, how either of the candidates can honestly say they are going to be able to reduce taxes when we have such a huge outstanding debt balance? I have yet to hear either of the candidates Republicans or Democrats even discuss, or address how they plan on reducing this outstanding balance. Issues that are extremely important are not even being addressed. We get to hear garbage about lipstick, Mavericks, and hockey moms.

The longer we continue to stay in Iraq the worse this deficit gets. We need to get out and get out now. Good God this country needs to admit that we were wrong in starting a war with Iraq and pullout. We never should have been in Iraq in the first place, but that is beside the point. We have Bush and his incompetent administration to thank for that, and while we are at it, thank them for the huge deficit they have created for this country, that our kids, grandkids and future generations are going to be paying for. Oh, and if you were thinking you would have your social security check in retirement some of you better think again. I seriously doubt I will be seeing that when I retire since this country does not have the funds to cover and pay for that either.

FYI- There was only one time in the history of our country that we were in balance and had no deficit and that was many years ago sometime shortly after we gained independence as a country. Seriously our National Debt is a really scary thing, oh and asks yourself this, when is the last time you have ever heard George Bush discuss the National Debt.

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By: Lori on October 6, 2008
at 1:01 AM
Living in Texas – I love tht you crack up typing doodyhead. I really thought it would be a sort of ice breaker in getting everyone to get to the real issues. LOL. Don’t you love it?
Anyway, there are a lot of us here. And, many with different views. I love hearing all the different veiews. Even though I seem to be so entranced in my own.
Different views is what makes our nation the best in the world. Sometimes, it is far, far too too left, sometimes far too far right, and sometimes, like Goldilocks – it is just right! Don’t you think?
It takes all of us, with all our differing views to make up this great country of ours. Sometimes, people suffer from lefts in power, sometimes the other way around, but, make no mistake, we all let our governing folks know one way or another how we think – maybe that is why sometimes they really are afraid to do anything?
I love America, I love the left, I love the right & I love everybody in between. It doesn’t take a village to raise a child – it takes a nation like us!
God bless us all, regardless of our differences. God bless us because we have the freedom to express whatever we think. Wher else could we call a VP candidate a bitch? Where else could we call a Presidential candidate a womanizer? We live in the freeist, best nation in the world!
God bless us everyone no matter what we think!
Am I right about that are what – come on it is my only chance for anyone her to agree with me!!! LOL!

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By: doodyhead on October 6, 2008
at 12:58 AM
Carol Nabb,
I think there are both intelligent and stupid people in both parties. I’d like to know where you got your statistics that Republicans are generally smarter than Democrats. I don’t know about statistics just thrown out at me like that.

I think it’s wrong for one party to think they’re “smarter” than the other party anything and if anyone implied that the Democrats more intelligent, I don’t agree. I think both parties consist of a diverse group of people at all levels of education.

When you talk about Republicans being smarter, are you talking about the base, the moderates? And where do the Independents fall? I was always a moderate Republican, being a military vet, I tended to lean that way. However, I usually vote based on who’s running and the platforms upon which they run. I think this year, it’s a no brainer for me. Obama is my choice.

Picking up Sarah Palin was the last straw for me and I’ve tuned out to McCain. She may know Alaska inside and out, but as far as national and internation affairs, I feel she’s sheltered herself. My first cue was the fact that she is a middle aged woman who is running for a national level position and she’s never traveled outside of North America. She got a passport for the first time a year ago. I guess it’s a lack of interest or curiousity of the world around her turned me off initially. Then she started getting insulting and snarky on the stump, but would not allow herself to be interviewed about why she makes the comments she does. It seemed to me that she was mouthing off without having to answer for it. After the Couric interview, I saw why. She truly doesn’t know what’s going on in the world, much less the country and the fact that McCain tapped her for this position to get bigger crowds at his rallies and “the women’s vote” was just the last straw. She isn’t for many women’s rights from what I can tell. I’m not just talking about her pro-life position, but the fact that her running mate voted against equal pay for women. McCain said that if women wanted equal pay, they needed more training. And she’s running with that man. I don’t think she’s a champion for women. Hillary may be a champion for women (although I never supported her), but if McCain was trying to get the votes of disgruntled Hillary supporters, he can’t just put any woman up there. She is NO Hillary.

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By: Living in Texas on October 6, 2008
at 12:51 AM
Look at where the strongholds of the Democratic pary is. Large population areas. On both coasts. Listen to this. Back when we were having some of the same problems under Carter when people were being laid off say at General Motors.
Some of my relatives came down to Texas at that time to look for work. Yeeeks. Guess what they really did not want work. This was years ago when $5/hr was a really good wage in Texas. You could actually afford a pretty nice rent & take care of your family for that – at least here. They refused to work. They refused $5/hr jobs! I was like so go back to Michigan dudes, but they were like = no things are cheaper here! So, they used their union unemployment benefits to prosper down here in Texas when at $5/hr you could make a living. & their union unemployement was like $15-20/hr. Whow did they prosper. They bought big homes. But, they refused work. The unions paid them too much – and of course the Democrats were tied to Unions and of course it took us years – again to overcome the stupid Democratic take on business. But, we finally did and all the overpaid union workers went back to work, but eventually all the overpaid UNION workers finally lost their jobs to workers in other parts of the country or other countries because the unions finally negotiated all the workers out of jobs!!!!! You know business can only pay so much for labor or charge so much for produce. If you can’t sell cars because nobody can afford them, then you can’t afford to pay anyone to make them. Bye bye jobs. Unions were very important at one time in America, but they became detrimental to business. If you have to pay $15/hr to make cars then you cannot make a car that the average American can afford. Truth. So, move the building of cars south of the border. Now, the average American can afford a car. Well, crap the unions think they were screwed. Now, think about it. They made 15/25 an hour and wanted more according to the union. Price of cars up/people can’t afford since average was $5/hr. DO THE MATH FOLKS. The unions negotiaged the car workers out of jobs! But the unions still had their cadilaccs, etc. I will never forget working for a printing company that was able top put the “UNION BUG” on printing (therefore able to print union books) So those guys in the union – not me – said oh well we have retirement we have this that and the other. I said, sorry, but nobody is gettig any of my salary. If I have to negotiate my salary, I believe I can do that on my own & not have to pay anybody else = let alone some creep driving around in a stretch limo!
Low & behold they declared that particular union bvankrupt – the retirement fund was no longer there. Nobody really knows what happened -that was during the days of HOFFA – so nothing was ever concrete pardon the pun. So all the years they paid $40 out of every paycheck went for naught. Seems the union just made up their rules as they went along much like the Democratic party who has always supported them. Read your history chilens’ – do your research. Do you want the truth or do you just want to keep crying “Bitch” in a fantasy land soap opera?

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By: doodyhead on October 6, 2008
at 12:44 AM
You’ve just convinced me that old people can still rock. Awesome blog, Helen.

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By: Suffian Rahman on October 6, 2008
at 12:43 AM
Doodyhead, (Sorry, I crack up every time I type your screen name)

I am sorry for what you and your friends have seen under the Clinton Administration. It seems like you’re still having problems. You’re right. I don’t own a home business. But can I ask you, did you do better under Bush, prior to the last two years when the democrats have been in control of congress.

Also, people discuss that it’s the democrats running congress who are making these bad policies. What the real problem is that I see is gridlock in Congress and nothing can get done. Although the democrats have a majority, it’s not enough of a majority to get anything done. In the House, you need to pass bills with over 2/3’s of the vote. The dems don’t have that. In the Senate, their majority is so slim that they have to caucus with Joe Lieberman so they have a majority.

On healthcare, did you know that McCain is trying to do away with employer provided healthcare. Here’s what he’s proposing – he will give a family a $5K tax cut to purchase private healthcare. What he doesn’t tell you is that he wants to tax your healthcare benefits so if you make $30K per year and the company benefits cost $10K per year, you will be taxed for $40K worth of income. What this will do is make the younger, healthier employees opt out of employer benefits only leaving the high-risk employees on the company plan. That will lead to insurance premiums going up and companies discontinuing healthcare benefits programs. Now that $5K credit I will receive for buying private health insurance will have to go toward a plan for my family that will cost of $12K. I think that is very dangerous for the future of healthcare in this country and it will further clog up our emergency rooms.

As for small business, Barack Obama’s plan is to eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses, cut corporate taxes for firms that invest and create jobs in the United States, and provide tax credits to reduce the cost of healthcare and to reward investments in innovation.

I don’t know what McCain’s plan is for small businesses, but economists have gone over Obama’s tax plan and believe it can be implemented and will give the majority Americans a tax break.

I was looking at McCain at first, as I was a McCain fan in 2000, but I don’t know what has happened to him. He seems to change his platforms, when he actually has some, with whether or not they “poll well”. He seems to put country first but I’ve only seen gimmicks from him beginning with the gas tax holiday, then picking Sarah Palin for his running mate, “suspending” his campaign, and now claiming he’s the big regulator after years and years of fighting for less regulation. He’s just not believable to me anymore.

Finally, he said that he was going to run an honorable campaign. He’s been very negative throughout his entire campaign and when asked why, his response was that if only Barack Obama had agreed to those town hall meetings, he would have run a cleaner campaign. That excuse doesn’t wash with me. I don’t know of anyone running for office who would allow their opponent to dictate how to run their campaign. I think it was odd that McCain wanted Obama to run alongside with him. Was it to get more people to his town halls? Was he going to “stack” the audience? Who knows, but I will tell you that I would never allow an opponent tell me how to campaign. That would be downright stupid.

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By: Living in Texas on October 6, 2008
at 12:32 AM
Hey Girl! My son, Erik Brown ,who wrote “I love you!” just above my post sent me your link! While my sone lives in California I live in Anchorage, Alaska.
I don’t mind Palin as our govenor but I just died when she was nominated to run as VP for the Repulican party.
Now she is saying that Obama is friends with terrorists….well her running mate was not so long ago endorsed by the communist government of Viet Nam. I ask, what interest is it to them to endorse any one for president of the United States let alone one of their former prisoners?(read more when you Google Viet Nam vets against Mc Caine for president) There are pictures of Mc Cain hugging his former captives…what’s up with that?We can thank the Republicans for “opening up” Communist China and getting us in the horrible finacial mess we are into for the tune of billions of dollars in loans that we owe them.
It’s funny in hind sight that when as a young women and my son was just a baby his father and I protested the war in Viet Nam. I can not tell you how hurtful it was to be called a red and a commie.Told to go back to Russia,etc……..
Well, the truth is that, in MHO, Mc Cain is the Manchurian Canidate and to vote Republican would be treason….So, lady, thanks for the post. But I do take issue with calling other women bitches….we are not dogs in heat…..just a slight issue…. 🙂

Lauren In Alaska

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By: Lauren on October 6, 2008
at 12:32 AM
One last thing…regardless of what happened with what party in the past, what we have had recently is not working. Clinton wasn’t bad, but he was just as shifty.
Bush is shiftier. Sorry for the typo earilier. It’s late and I’m tired.
Anyhoo, during his second term, our wages were cut, we lost our pension, our cost of living, vacation and our insurance is way too ghastly to even bring up. Goodnight all.

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By: p on October 6, 2008
at 12:30 AM
I am sorry for all those who felt a hit in during the Clinton admin. I don’t know what to say. I work for a business, I do not run one. We must’ve done something right.

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By: p on October 6, 2008
at 12:24 AM
Actually, that is not so for the dem ads. Perhaps you should line them all up side by side and review. You’ll find it is quite the opposite. Not that the dems are completely innocent, but they are 99% selling themselves without bashing anyone.
And if the repubs are so intelligent, why then has the national deficet steadily gone while they were in office beginning with Reagan. It then reached a balance with Clinton and has steadily gone up when Busch took office with an almost vertical incline with Busch Jr.
By the way, by wages with Clinton also rose. We worked years of overtime and I raked in the cash. My daughter had the pleasure of attending Montessori due to this extra income. Oh yes, my daughter, my little Abby Hoffman. You should see her on her soap box. Did I mention she has as IQ that blows Palin’s out of the water? A near genius IQ that is. Ha! Even mine is higher.

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By: p on October 6, 2008
at 12:20 AM
I hope that all of you here either work for large corporations, schools, or government entities and not for small business like us. Those who are low wage workers for restaurants, Starbucks (already closing stores down), us – training folks for higher wage jobs, – or
I will never forget before the Clinton election. One of our employees came to us and asked what we thought. My husband said I can’t tell you how to vote. You have to vote the way you think is right. But, the only thing I will tell you is that your taxes will go up. Afterwards the fellow came to him – since his check was much less. What could we tell him? More taxes were being taken out. He said to my husband – maybe you were right. He had listened to the Democrats promises. I am sorry to say we had to eventually let this employee go because we could no longer pay his salary + the added taxes. That, folks, is what the Democrats do for you. He voted Democratic because of their promises and he lost his job.
We just recently had to stop benefits for our empoyees again! Shit! That is not what we want to do, but what government – the Democrats force us into.
I don’t know how to relate this to you except to try to tell you our experience. We want good employees, we want to pay them good wages, they are important to us, we want to give them benefits and have always strived toward that goal, but everytime we achieve it the Democrats strip it away! We are ready to give up. Let government take everything over. We are ready to go on the dole. We are ready to get on welfare. At 60 years old, do you think I want to go back to working 18 hour days/7 days a week?
Yeah, I think I will vote for the Democrats and let all of you guys pay for the money I will collect while I pretend to live under a bridge. Screw trying to take care of 50 employees. Screw their families. Screw thier dreams of home ownership, screw their dreams of sending their kids to college. let Washington take care of it – I’m frankly tired of working 18 hour days to make a company work & trying to get benefits for a bunch of hardworking American folks in the heartland. I’m voting Obama – he’ll give me everything. Screw my employees let them vote Democratic. Government should give me and them everything we need – why work? Let’s just all go on the fucking dole!!!!

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By: doodyhead on October 6, 2008
at 12:16 AM
Reading this blog passage has got to be one of the highlights of my day. Thank you Helen for being such an inspiration! Even though you are incredibly blunt about it, (funny nonetheless) I’ll have to admit I feel almost the same way about Palin… I’m very uneasy about the Republican ticket altogether, as I have compared both their and Democratic views. I’m just not impressed at all with the McCain/Palin standpoint, and I’m sure not going to give them any support whatsoever. I’m just hoping that the election will go in favor of what the US, and even the world, needs… Bush will be leaving us in shambles, but I’m confident that Obama/Biden will be able to bring us out of the slump and into better days. Realistically, it won’t be a sudden change, but any change for the better is good for me.

As for those “nay-sayers” and (aptly titled by internet forum standards) “trolls” who have nothing to contribute to the matter other than smart remarks and calling those who don’t agree with their viewpoint “immoral” and “evil”… how about you give proof and a solid stance rather than mouth off and call everyone idiots? Holier-than-thou attitudes will get you nowhere fast… all they do is make you all the more narrow-minded in everyone else’s eyes. But I guess having an open mind and a constructive opinion about something is considered a great evil to you guys, huh?

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By: Leigh on October 6, 2008
at 12:10 AM
who said either Palin or McCain are not intelligent? Do you actually KNOW they are unintelligent? Do you actually have ANY idea what they really know or don’t know. Unless you are a relative or one of their employess, you have absolutely no idea…nor do I.

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By: carol nabb on October 6, 2008
at 12:09 AM
ditto for the democratic ads….

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By: carol nabb on October 6, 2008
at 12:08 AM
How do you account for Palin, then? And, McCain was no scholar, either…

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By: Elsie on October 6, 2008
at 12:07 AM
I research everything on both sides. My point was that hearing the republican ads turns my stomach. 99% of what they contain is insults directed towards the opposing party.
If McCain wants my vote, he has to earn it. That would start by telling something positive in his plans. Be offensive not defensive.

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By: p on October 6, 2008
at 12:06 AM
To all of you who believe that we republicans are unintelligent and believe everything we are told, are you aware that STATISTICALLY republicans have higher IQ’s, higher average incomes, and more education than those less fortunates in the democratic party?

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By: carol nabb on October 6, 2008
at 12:05 AM
oh p…..all you hear from ALL political ads is negativity. If you put any credibility in any of it you are just plain silly.

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By: carol nabb on October 6, 2008
at 12:00 AM
doodyhead,

Excellent points made and I agree wholeheartedly. The government’s idea of “middle class” seems to be far different from those living in it.

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 11:58 PM
Oh, but Bill, we are critiqueing experience. Palin is deficient and a threat to the well being and credibility of this country.

If name calling and insults turn off, then I would assume McCain has fallen in your eyes. All I hear from his ads is exactly what you are condemning.

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By: p on October 5, 2008
at 11:56 PM
Living in Texas
I love your debate. Actually, the S&L crisis was much more complicated than just the Keating Five – incidently 3 of the 5 were Democrats, so let’s be fair.
What I am trying to do is to get the people to think and dig for the truth. I do not trust the regular news people = so often it is just sound bites. Plus they leave out what they do not want the regular folks to hear. So much different from what news used to be – fair and unbiased.
Maybe you should consult factcheck regarding some of the other claims.
we have a small business. before clinton was elected we had 50 employees – we were able to provide them with healthcare benefits and were able to give them a 401K retirement program. After Clinton, they all complained because their checks were less. That is because taxes were raised, but whatever came out of their checks we paid double that! For every employee. Because of that we eventually had to lay people off & do away with the insurance and retirement. My husband & I went back to working 18 hour days. After the republicans got back – we were able to expand again and buy out a couple of businesses. Then we were able to give our employees health insurance again. They had benefits for several years. Now we have to cut back again. We cannot afford $6,000 a month for health benefits for our employees or for us. We are all without health insurance now – including us. It is just not big business that drives the economy, it is people like us with 50 or fewer employees. We consider our employees the most important part of our business. We want to provide them and their families with whatever benefits that we can, but the government gets in the way. You tell me. I work 7 days a week, 18 hour a day. We are struggling not to lay off any more of our dedicated folks, but government is making it harder and harder. We are involved in their lives, we know their children and their grandchildren. We have cook-outs with them. They are are our friends & the ones that keep our company going!
You tell me. How can we pay for their benefits when the Democrats are hamstringing small business? For years we were able to give them & yes ourselves health insurance and retirement benefits & able to grow our business to benefit and give nice raises to our employees. They were able to send their kids to college, they were able to buy new houses, they were able to buy new cars. Now, they are lucky to still have jobs.
Now, multiply that by all the small business owners in America and you will see. Not everyone works for large corporate America. Most work for people like us. Do your homework. We are middle America. We are hurting. And, we are laying off right and left and failing right and left. And, it is because of the Democrats – not the Republicans! The Democrats are destroying small business owners in America. They are throwing more and more regular American citizens out of health and retirement benefits. Please do your homework & please don’t just consult the biased media or websites.
We are probably going to sell out. Our employees will get sold out along with that, but if we can’t take a wage out of the business what will we do. You think if someone has their own business they have it made? They work 2 or 3 times as hard. One year I worked 5 months straight 18 hours a day with no days off. Yes I worked all Easter weekend, mother’s day, etc. January to May = not one day off! I had to do that to keep the business going. And, I have done that more than once. But the truth is if the Democrats get into power again, we will not do it. We will close the business down as we will not be able to pay our employees or the taxes. So goes another 50 jobs in America, but small business – it will go un-noticed, but be repeated all over the US.
Heaven help us all!

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By: doodyhead on October 5, 2008
at 11:47 PM
And of course if St. Bill said it, it must be so….bullshit on that!

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 11:44 PM
You are all filled with hate! can’t you stop your insults and name calling? who the hello are you? give all the candidates some the same fairness and critique their experience for this job!

what a bunch of hypocrites you are!

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By: Bill Blazer on October 5, 2008
at 11:43 PM
Carol Nabb,
Did you see the interview with Bill Clinton last week on Meet the Press? He discussed the deregulation and how his administration had an uphill battle with the Republican congress.

John McCain was for amnesty of illegal immigrants before he was against it. I agree though, we do need to close our borders and sort out who’s here before we can move forward on this. Neither candidate is talking about this right now, which I find disappointing. I guess the economic crisis is top priority right now.

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:33 PM
Sarah Palin said in the debate “also” that she wanted to extend the powers of the VP position over the legislature.

Now, here’s this woman with no experience, who knows nothing about this bailout, the war in Iraq (what was she talking about in the debate about talking in Iraq to al Maliki and “the Talibani”? No Taliban nor ‘Talibani’ in Iraq!), Supreme Court decisions or what periodicals she reads, but she has the nerve to say she wants MORE power over the legislative branch of our gov’t. That shows some major chuzpah! She’s a little too ambitious for my tastes, as she’s clearly out of her league.

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:30 PM
Do any of you actually realize that the deregulation began during the Carter administration, was strengthened during the Clinton administration and ignored by the democratic congress we now all love to hate. The same congress with the lowest approval rating EVER. Do any of you also realize that we spend 10 times as much annually for all services provided to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS than we have spent on the entire war effort. A war effort that has kept the vast majority of terrorists busy across the world while we enjoy relative safety in our own country. Anyone remember 9/11?? Those illegal immigrants receive innumerable benefits that our own poor citizens don’t enjoy and our congress has refused to do anything to curb their entry into our country.

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 11:29 PM
doodyhead,
Both parties were at fault. The democrats for pushing for more people to see “the American dream” of owning a house and the republicans for deregulating the companies giving those loans, the bundlers who were selling the bad loans and the greedy companies who bought those loans and pumped up their numbers to make their assets look more valuable than they were. There is plenty of blame to go around.

You seem like a reasonable person who is willing to look at all sides. Please read more about how this has happened. It’s a travesty.

The real question now is, who is better poised to get our economy back on track? I’m putting my money on Obama and so are the majority economists across the country.

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:24 PM
In response to doodyhead… I honestly think that all of you are demeaning women – all you all men here pretending to be women?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I am a woman. I am a woman who would love to see a woman in the Whitehouse someday, but I want to see an educated woman, who is qualified for the job, with the proven ability to do the job. A woman who has good morals and values which are aligned with mine. I do not want to see a woman picked as a running mate who could potentially become the President, just because she is attractive and pleasing to look at. A woman picked purely on looks and her right winged religious values. A woman picked to sway the uneducated American masses that seem to value superficial factors such as looks over real qualifications or substance. A woman picked because of her right winged religious views sole to appeal to the religious folks who hold beliefs and views that are a bit more right winged the Mr. McCain’s. Attractiveness and good looks will never make up for smarts, and qualifications.

If Hillary were still in the running, she would have had my vote. If Condalisa Rice were in the running, she would have had my vote. Why? Because these are two strong, qualified, and educated woman who probably would have made a great president and done this country a lot of good.

Mrs. Palin needs to go try out for President of the PTA, the hockey mommie club or in charge of the cookie bake sale, she is underqualified for VP of our country.

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By: Lori on October 5, 2008
at 11:24 PM
Way to go, Helen.!!!

Sarah Palin is an embarassment to intelligent women. The fact the John McCain even considered her as his running mate, much less chose her, makes me understand why he graduated 5th from the bottom of his college class.

To thionk that Americans would even consider electing her to an office that is one 72-year-old heartbeat from Prsident of the United States is an insult to women like Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Ghandi.

The USA is becoming a laughingstock to intelligent people around the world.

The people behind the 9/11 horror have accomplished just what they set out to do. Our economy is a shambles due to a disasterous war and deregulation of greedy millionaires’ businesses. Now we have nominated an illiterate, uninformed female to run for the second highest position in our country–a women who admits to not knowing just what that office entails.

A word to those of you who think that an elderly women couldn’t have written that article:

Just because we are seniors doesn’t mean that we are brain-dead or don’t care about the future of our country. We fought hard for the women’s rights that you all take for granted!

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By: Meg on October 5, 2008
at 11:22 PM
Matt,
I appreciate you for all your hard work and efforts in Iraq. It’s funny that even General Petraeus states that the word ‘victory’ should never be used when discussing the end of the war, but McCain and Palin keep trying to shove that pipe dream down our throat.

I am an AF vet and was in the Gulf War. What a difference. A clear and solid goal that never changed. We had a UN Charter, we went in and did our job and went home. What he have in this war is no charter and the big business contractors running the show, talking the administration into staying in theater to continue to make money. I think it’s shameful.

Afghanistan is where we need to be with a clear goal and charter with multinational forces fighting right along with us.

You are a wonderful person for the country. I’m sorry for what you’ve had to go through and I am thankful for your service to this country.

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:18 PM
To Gordon:

I would bet I have significantly more education than you…including PLENTY of biology classes. Don’t be so quick to look down your nose at someone who believes in the sanctity of LIFE, in ANY form. The miracle of a developing group of cells capable only of becoming a human being is one to be cherished, not discarded. Try not to be so condescending in the future, it may serve you well one day.

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 11:17 PM
I believe that low-income people do have a right to housing, but not at the expense of our economy. I believe there is a better way to do it than our stupid government reps. Everyone – black, white, brown, purple, green or otherwise – straight, gay or bi- all deserve a right to healthcare & housing, but not the way this was done.
There has to be a better way to insure equality. Your democratic politicians screwed our economy. I would love to think that all of us could come up with a better way to make things equal. I think we can= don’t you?

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By: doodyhead on October 5, 2008
at 11:11 PM
doodyhead,

When you were talking about the S&L scandal in the 1980’s, don’t worry. After Ms. Palin has been going around with falsehoods about “Barack Obama palling around with domestic terrorists.” and “I think the American people need to know the truth about Barack Obama and I’m gonna tell ’em – you betcha!”, the Obama campaign has decided to bring up the big S&L scandal from the 1980’s – the one involving the Keating Five and John McCain.

You’re absolutely correct. Although factcheck.org has said that Sarah Palin is false in her rumors about Barack Obama and domestic terrorists, she continues to make her bitchy little comments on the campaign trail. Therefore, the Obama campaign thinks the American people should be educated on the 1980s S&L scandal since it mirrors what is going on today, and John McCain’s involvement in that scandal.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/obama-to-attack.html#comments

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:10 PM
Please excuse my grammatical/spelling errors..You will still be able to make out my opinion above…thanks

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By: Maya on October 5, 2008
at 11:08 PM
First of all, Helen, Great post. I loved it!!! your views reminded me of my late Grandmother’s views, which are also mine.

To all the Republican’s who seem to only to come back with short worded un-educated responses like John at 4:50 today, “i dont have time i make time sorry i would like a better world to live in and do my parts to try and make it so.”

It just goes to show how dumb most people are, and how they are voting for someone who exploits their stupidity and gets their vote. Luckily, the intelligent people of this country are starting to wake up and see McCain and especially that idiotic blow hard Palin for the fake, evil, lying, pieces of garbage that they are.

It will be a scary day to see McCain/Palin win this election!!!!!!

By the way, I am a two time Iraqi war Vet. And from witnessing that shit hole in person, I can tell you that this war was never won, it was never a success, and it never will be. I am disgusted by Palin and McCain from saying that they would rather put more of our men and women in harms way for a losing cause. FUCK YOU Sarah Palin for your ideas on how to handle this war!!!!!!

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By: Matt on October 5, 2008
at 11:07 PM
Helen,

Your post is awesome – well said and well thought out. I posted a reply on your response to Margaret’s Hello? post, but I see they are now gone, which is good. This post needs to stay at the top for a while.

I definitely think anyone stating how well Palin did is just deluding themselves, although she didn’t do as badly as I thought she might. I was yelling at the TV when she wouldn’t answer the moderator’s question, but instead talked about whatever topic on which she had talking points. Her mispronunciation of nuclear also had me yelling at the TV. I just know that at the end of the VP debate I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, because she did well enough that some people might not see through her.

It has been said here already, but please get out there and vote – Obama/Biden!!

Thank you, Helen.

Toni

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By: Toni on October 5, 2008
at 11:04 PM
I AGREE with your blog. Palin is not suitable to be a politican. There maybe conservatives republicans siding with McCain and Palin for the sake of holding seats. There maybe people that blindly trust this fake I relate with you the people of America B.S. from Palin and I have served for US from McCain. Honestly, what are they going to do for the betterment of USA? Are they going to dodge the questions and bring the reputation and well being of America down with them? I’ll focus on Palin for now since the blog is about her. I dont want a “oh I ones was Ms. popularity with many joe 6packs in highschool” to become VP and have potential chance of crisis to be President.

She does not repersent educated-intelligent, hardworking etc. women of today or tomorrow. …I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOMEN LOOKING HICK-PRETTY, BECOMING A HAND PUPPET, NOT KNOWING ABOUT POLITICS/AMERICAN HISTORY AND HAVE THE SKILLS OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER (OH IM SORRY I SHOULDN”T INSULT THE KIDS BY COMPARING THEM WITH HER) WORSE THAN THAT, NOR THE QUALIFICATION OR SKILLS TO UPHOLD US ETC ETC have supporters still!! ITS JUST B.S.!
I dont want another monkey in charge…had enough with the one thats in DC currently…

AHHHHH!!! all I have to say is just forget the political parties UNTIE AS AMERICANS to stop this B.S.! and for the betterment of U.S.A !!!

PLEASE VOTE>> SAY HE** NO TO B.S.! We want stability, change and progression not depression and not abother monkey in office.

AMEN!!

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By: Maya on October 5, 2008
at 11:04 PM
Sorry, I should correct that link. There is no “www”. It’s just:

mudflats.wordpress.com

By the way, fact check all the claims she made at the VP debates. She’s been caught in many lies and continues to do so, ALSO!

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:02 PM
Dear Doodyhead,
I am a woman and I have been following the Sarah Palin story since she was nominated. I have been following the news out of Alaska. I’ve also opened my ears when she’s been on the stump, making rude, snarky comments about community organizers and Joe Biden’s age. Have you been listening? She does act a bit like a bullying bitch. Of course, when asked about the things she says, she says, “No, I didn’t mean it that way” all innocently. So yes, I think “bitch” is pretty fitting and judging by the news coming out of Alaska, the stunts she’s been pulling up there as Mayor and then Governor, you don’t disagree with her or else.

If you want to know more about her stunts in Alaska, check the Anchorage Daily News (google it) or there’s a blog site and a movement set up called Alaskans for truth. They don’t like the fact that she’s not cooperating with the Troopergate investigation now that she’s running for VP. She’s trying to block the investigation to which she earlier agreed to comply.

Just do a little research. There’s a blog site that covers her activities in Alaska since joining the McCain camp and she is being challenged.

Just read through the main threads, don’t get bogged down in all the comments if you don’t have hours to spend on the computer:

http://www.mudflats.wordpress.com

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 11:00 PM
Right on!! Palin is an idiot. Took me 30 secs being subjected to her babble to figure that out.
This is just another pageant to her. If she were taken it seriously, she would learn a little more about the people she is trying to win over as she visits the states.
I couldn’t believe the stupid remarks coming out of her mouth when she was in Wisconsin in an effort to put all us women in the same class.
Simply put, keep your phony crap out of the whitehouse and out of my home.
The only good thing I can see is that my 16 year old daughter and a lot of her friends are worried about this. This is a good thing. They are paying attention already. Next election they will be voting and will remember this.
Parents, educate your children on both sides. Get them involved. Let them make their own decisions and challenge them on those.
It is a joke that Palin is McCain’s running mate and a mockery that she accepted. But, of course, the entire republican campaign has been a mockery and insult to the intelligence of the American people.
WI has recently become a target of a political game trying to desengranchise voters. The highest ranking republican official in the state, Attorney GEneral J.B. Van Hollen, filed an election lawsuit against Wisconsin’s Goverment Accountability Board. J.B. Van Hollen also happens to be co-chair for the John McCain presidential campaign in WI.
This move could throw out thousands of votes in the larger and more liberal cities like Milwaukee and Madison.
As if this isn’t enough, it has been reported that a large number of number of absentee ballot applications addressed to the wrong clerk of courts have been sent out by McCain’s presidential campaign. These ballots were directed mainly toward WI democrats.

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By: p on October 5, 2008
at 10:55 PM
Helen,
really be real. palin did pretty damn good on the debate – could you have done better? It was like Fred & Ginger Rogers – she did everything backwards & in heels.
Give the little gal just a little credit. I honestly think that all of you are demeaning women – all you all men here pretending to be women?
I personally like Palin – and so do many of my counterparts. Quit getting hung up on bitch/no bitch. Dig a little and get the real issues. i.e. does anyone know the history of the savings & loan failures back in the 80s? & how does that relate to what is happening today? does anyone here have any real facts or are they just here to trash Palin? Hmmm guess you all belong on a soap opera – spitful bitchy little shallow things. Does anyone here know what it takes to run a business? Oh, does anyone here even know what it takes to run a real job? Geeeee. Where are you all coming from – kindergarten?

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By: doodyhead on October 5, 2008
at 10:52 PM
Fantastic! It’s as though you read my mind. And the concept behind this blog is hilarious and clever, regardless of who is orchestrating it. I just wish you used it more often! I’ll be checking back…

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By: Bella on October 5, 2008
at 10:44 PM
Hey you!
this really could be written by 82 year olds! who sez we can’t blog!
My mother in law – oops – ex-mother-in-law is 98 & from South Dakota. I firmly believe – because she is a bitch of the right kind – that she would either learn to blog or make her mama’s boy blog for her!!!!
I am over 60 & a graphic artist that has taught herself photoshop, illustrator, QuarkExpress, and all the other programs needed to be the same. I am teaching myself website design programs right now – so knock off the old farts! We can blog circles around you kiddo!

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By: doodyhead on October 5, 2008
at 10:43 PM
I could not care less if this was written by a real 82 year old or 16 year old intern at the DNC.

After the brazen lies of McMummy and Carribou Carrie, a real or even fake blog could not POSSIBLY do any harm compared to McMummy’s irresponsible tax strategy or Carribou Carrie conducting foreign policy from her backyard with her bionic LensCrafter’s glasses.

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By: DS9Sisko on October 5, 2008
at 10:41 PM
Hi everyone. There was a time in my life where I would have tried to write each of you a little personal note thanking you for your comment, but I don’t think I could write so many notes at my age.

My grandson says I’m “just a little bit” famous now because of what I wrote. I don;t know about that but he was really tickled when he saw how many people were leaving messages. He understands all this stuff but I don’t.

My apologies to those of you from Alabama. It’s just a saying that old folks from Georgia have always said. I really didn’t think anyone could see this except Margaret and me. Margaret said she isn’t going to post anything about this because this is all to sophisticated for her.

I keep coming back because I think I am going to try and say some more. It might not be good. We’ll see.

One thing. Doesn’t it make you laugh at how some very smart people on TV are actually talking about how good she did at the debate? Did they watch the same debate as us?

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By: Helen Philpot on October 5, 2008
at 10:38 PM
When she loses the election could anyone ask her if she could pose for Playboy?

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By: Patotay on October 5, 2008
at 10:38 PM
I think it was said best when I read somewhere, you can fool and mislead people at the beginning and that gets your foot in the door but at the end of the day, your going to have to know something if you want to stay.

With that I think it’s time to go for McCain/Palin, she did a great job of attracting attention with her capricious antics and embarassing use of English pronunciation but as you can clearly begin to see, it’s time for the people that know something to get some work done, playtime is over.

*****OBAMA – BIDEN********

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By: Melody in Florida on October 5, 2008
at 10:37 PM
Does it really matter if it was written by an 82 year old or someone younger? The point is it is a pretty accurate analysis of Palin, her short comings and lack of qualifications and someone had the guts to write it and put it in a blog. Way to go whom ever the writer is and whatever age they really are.

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By: Lori on October 5, 2008
at 10:35 PM
Really? No one else can see this “amazingly original blog” by 2 82 year olds, who, by the way, refer to cultural pheonmenon that even the most sharp 80 year olds aren’t aware of, is NOT WRITTEN BY 2 80 SOMETHING year old women but by someone considerably younger who is an Obama Fan and probably on a Democratic payroll somewhere? Please, let me be clear: I AGREE with everything that was said in the post. I am happily Democratic, and thrilled to be voting for Obama. I DO believe Palin is woefully underqualified and it is a travesty that she is a VP candidate….

but I am also not stupid. An 82 year old woman is not going to say, “If my daughter came home one day from school saying…” since her DAUGHTER WOULD BE 60 YEARS OLD by now and any reference to her would be in the past tense, “If my daughter had ever come home saying,” or even more apt: “If my grandson came home saying,” or even great grandchildren.

I like the statements made about Palin. I just think it is highly suspicious that an 82 year old is BLOGGING….and not just emailing her friend?? Why? Blogging is a 20’something phenomenon, and not that others in all different categories cannot partake in it, but I am sorry: I am not buying. “Helen and Margaret” welcome to a new category on snopes.com, when people figure out this is a scam. (and of course you know everything about snopes, being savvy 82 year old blogging grannies, right?)

People are smart enough, just say what you need to say, you don’t have to make it a big lie advertised on the SNL website to get heard….

Obama/Biden ’08

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By: Candacey Ann on October 5, 2008
at 10:31 PM
I love You !

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By: Erik Brown on October 5, 2008
at 10:23 PM
Wow! Helen, your blog is great! I can’t believe how many people have commented. I took the time to read every single one of them. Terrific writing Helen, many of us feel that way. I don’t know if I would go so far to say Palin is a “bitch”, since I define that term as being spiteful, ill tempered, and unpleasant. To me, Mrs. Palin doesn’t appear to be any of these, but she is guilty of being nauseously perky, cute, adorable, folksy, and ditzy. Traits well suited for a woman trying to win a beauty pageant and trying to impress the judges with ‘awe look how cute I am’, but not suited for someone trying to become the VP of our country, and God forbid if anything happened to McCain should he win the election, our future President. Helen I agree, she appears to be a ‘weak, pathetic woman who thinks big hair, winking, baby talk and self deprecation is somehow becoming of a woman who wants to lead the free world’. I am not sure what the Republican ticket was thinking when they chose Palin to be McCain’s running mate. I think the Republicans shot themselves in the foot by picking Palin. The McCain/Palin ticket does not represent myself, my values, or my views regarding the state of our country one bit. We have a low moral man whom cheated on his first wife with the woman he is with now; we have a right winged former runner-up beauty pageant contestant, who obviously could not instill good values in her own kids (use of birth control or abstinence to avoid teenage pregnancy). I definitely do not relate to hockey mommies, beauty pageant contestants, and Joe six packs, so I am not sure how either of these individuals represents me or my beliefs. Lord knows we do not need a continuation of the Bush regime in office for another 4-8 years. It would take to long to describe all the harm the Bush administration has done to this country over the past eight years. A good movie out in selected theaters right now to see regarding our economy and what the Bush administration has done to it is IOUSA. I suggest everyone on this blog go see it before Election Day. It’s a real eye opener into how screwed we are as a country and how bad things are going to get in the future. This movie is not getting much publicity, but it is a great movie to see right before election time. I can not wait for this election on November 4th. I always vote for whom I feel is the best candidate, I never stick to party lines. I can proudly say for this election without hesitation it is Obama/Biden all the way.

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By: Lori on October 5, 2008
at 10:16 PM
If you watch her face closely, you can see the point at which she hears the question and then she simply shuts off and a mangled mess of talking points spills out. A leader cannot let nerves or even a bundle of information overwhelm their processing abilities. If she cannot handle an interview with predictable questions posed to her, how could she possibly handle the job requirements as a Vice President?

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By: altitude5280 on October 5, 2008
at 10:13 PM
But, but… she’s a maverick! LOLOLOL

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By: lisamm on October 5, 2008
at 10:09 PM
You are so right about her!! I only wish that everyone else could see it this way! Palin is an uneducated bitch!

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By: vee on October 5, 2008
at 10:02 PM
BTW, Joe Six Pack..he can’t afford his beer anymore ’cause he either doesnt have a job or he has to pay way too much for gas. Oh, but thats the Big W’s policies..McCain is different..he’s a maverick….like maybe 10% of the time..haha!!

I wonder if Joe Six Pack was willing to trade his beer in for a “wink” ??

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By: The Washington Game Changer!! on October 5, 2008
at 9:59 PM
Helen:

Thank you for putting your wisdom in words for all to see!

I live in Malaysia. How America votes will effect the rest of the world. I hope the citizens of the USA realize this.

The thought of McCain/Palin in the White House gives me nightmares … it would be so tragic for the world.

So, citizens of the USA – please vote and vote wisely – for America and the rest of the world.

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By: CC on October 5, 2008
at 9:55 PM
OMG- Helen- God love you! You are my SHERO!!
I have not seen the so-called professional pundits articulate the Palin situation as well as you have. BRAVO to you girl! And just keep preachin’ – hopefully your light will lead the way for some other lost souls out there.

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By: MBH on October 5, 2008
at 9:55 PM
Helen, of all the blogs and commentary and punditry over Sarah Palin that has been written, yours is by far the most concise, intelligent and on the money evisceration of that manipulative, lying skank ho that we have seen made public.

But the real freak show are all these nut jobs that support Palin. I never in my life thought that the Republican Party and conservatism at large would be betrayed by their own bottom feeding people who believe that competence is a bad word, curiosity and learning are evils, that “Joe Six Pack” is more desirable than a formal education, that the truth should be avoided at all costs and that hypocrisy is not only a virtue, but a lifestyle choice.

These people have had their day. And it was long enough to wreck the economy, push for deregulation on everything that they could from lead poisoned toys from China to a financial meltdown in the credit markets, a loss 700,000 or so jobs this year alone, a war in Iraq that everyone now knows was based on lies and another in Afghanistan that has been mismanaged, an administration that hampered itself so much that Iran might have and North Korea has expanded nuclear weapons technology…the list of failures of their ilk are almost innumerable.

And this state of affairs lies at the feet of their discredited and disgraceful current President who was “an average Joe,” one with whom they could sip a beer. And the asshole STILL hasn’t found Osama bin Laden.

Like many others, I too call bullshit on these nattering, whiny, irresponsible, intellectually challenged, reality dodging Republican/conservative morons who have fucked up this country to the point where their own great, great grandchildren with be digging through the trash to find food because these motherfuckers didn’t care about THEIR future to understand that all a few winks will buy you is a warm and fuzzy feeling and a temporary erection, not a national security or economic policy.

God bless you, Helen!
You have the thanks of a grateful nation.

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By: DS9Sisko on October 5, 2008
at 9:54 PM
Adam, I agree… McCain doesn’t seem the same lately. It’s like he has stopped running the show and someone else is running him. Recent months are not showing us the McCain we knew before.

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By: Lorelei on October 5, 2008
at 9:53 PM
Helen, I think I love you!

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By: Mari on October 5, 2008
at 9:50 PM
How come no one has pointed out (while all this mud-slinging is going on) that a response on this blog submitted this morning (Oct 5th) stated that: “Yes, Obama is black, but Palin is an uneducated white woman.”

Uh, Ms Jan Carter, are you basically saying that electing Obama – who is black – is the lesser of two evils as far as putting Palin in office? Ouch. That seems pretty racist.
(or is just me?)

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By: KB on October 5, 2008
at 9:38 PM
Many people have asked me why I’m not inspired by seeing a woman running for vice president. For all of us smart, well-informed women, she is an insult!! I respect intelligent women like Condoleezza Rice and Hilary Clinton. But Sarah Palin is a joke. It’s UNBELIEVABLE.

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By: Christine on October 5, 2008
at 9:37 PM
Hi, Helen!

What a wonderfully funny, clear and pithy post. I had the best laugh I’ve had all week. I hope you will take this one step further and vote this election. I know we live in a red state, but I’m still hopeful that the more Sarah keeps yammering, the more Republicans will jump ship. “Keep talkin’, Sarah. You betcha!”

Aly,
There is a lot of information that is being compiled about Sarah Palin that is on a blog site out of Alaska. There’s actually a movement going on up there right now to make her answer to Troopergate, get her appointed attorney general fired for telling witnesses to ignore subpoenas, etc… They’re doing great work up there. There are many comments after each thread so I suggest you just start out reading the main threads for the past week so you can catch up. Here’s the site. It’s great!

http://www.mudflats.wordpress.com

That was how I found this site. Enjoy!

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By: Living in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 9:32 PM
My, my. I only wish that my family saw it the way you two do. I’m afraid for our country. I know everyone is watching, but why isn’t anyone LISTENING! The women (sara) doesn’t make any sense at all. I found your blog on the SNL web site. Someone left a comment to one of the videos and added a link to your site! Good job girls! I don’t understand why people aren’t burning bras over this! But thank you for having a voice (something that America lost long ago).

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By: leanne on October 5, 2008
at 9:23 PM
re: john, and others claiming this website to be false.

my grandmother is 86 and equally thinks Palin is a bitch, and that John McCain, the maverick of the senate has sold his soul over the past 4 months by reversing his long held positions on nearly every major issue. If my grandmother owned a computer, her blog would say the same thing.

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By: adam on October 5, 2008
at 9:22 PM
Right ON! I was so inspired by your comments on the beauty queen candidate that I had to write and tell you. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska and am NOT a Palin pal. The woman scares a lot of people up here. Our newspaper blogs have heated up like crazy with love or hate for her. I swear, some people believe she’s off limits for criticism like she was the Virgin Mary or something? Your site was on one of the comment sections under the article about the SNL skit with Katie Couric. It’s SO refreshing to hear that Ms. Palin hasn’t fooled everybody with her perky, condescending mannerisms. She’s so fake, she makes me want to puke when I think of how close she is to being the most powerful person in the world. Oh ma Goddess! NOOOOOOOOO!

We had an Obama rally in town yesterday, and one of my favorite signs was “We can see Obama from Alaska!”

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By: doris on October 5, 2008
at 9:16 PM
I feel sorry for you ladies, likely having grown up with nothing but network television. Your kids probably went to public school, too.

I don’t think you could possibly have liked Margaret Thatcher. You are far too partisan for that.

You seem to me to be playing along with the media line, while women who can think for themselves feel very favorably about Sarah. Give her a chance. And to better educate yourselves on *your* wonderful choice, read:

http://www.instapundit.com

Reading blogs and independent media is a good way to be informed. Network TV is lying to you. I’m a 39-year-old woman, a college graduate, a former network manager, and now a busy mother, teacher of three, and weekly tutor to ten children. The college-educated home-schooling mothers (dozens) I know are happy about voting for Sarah.

I don’t even have a television, so perhaps my views lean independent. Watching shows like “The View” shows me that you make bad choices about how you educate yourselves, and you say you value education.

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By: Melissa on October 5, 2008
at 9:12 PM
You are simply right with your observation. Thanks!

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By: Mashawnda Dowell on October 5, 2008
at 8:58 PM
Yes, you did say what we are all thinking. Palin is a BITCH! Did you see the non-response she gave Biden after his emotional moment during the debate? Ugh!

Your blog made me cackle from beginning to end. LOL

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By: Stephanie on October 5, 2008
at 8:56 PM
Thank you Helen! I hope that when I’m your age I’m as intelligent and ballsy as you are.

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By: Summer on October 5, 2008
at 8:56 PM
I’m absolutely delighted that ONE blog could generate so much conversation in this USA! Helen, my mom was much like you…gutsy, politically savvy, full of wisdom, and willing to call “bull” bull! It’s refreshing to read of someone who would be willing to share her insight and opinions with others… agree, OR NOT, it’s great to see the amount of dialog this has generated!

I find it so incredible that the Republican party, having access to persons with REAL experience, REAL intelligence and REAL political savvy would choose such a candidate! It’s totally embarrassing to think that (doubtful!!%#%!) American women are so keyed into having a woman in the White House that we’d be willing to tolerate such a candidate! It’s “over the top” to anticipate that we’re that naive!

Running as a presidential running mate means that one should be “presidential”… I’d anticipate that perhaps Palin took her “folksy conversation” lessons from George W… another 4 years of that is frightening to anticipate! It’s also sad to think that “identifying with with general public” could be misconstrued as needing to talk in such a manner. Our nation’s leaders need to be insightful, articulate, well-read, and able to carry on a meaningful conversation without being condescending and “down home”. After ALL, we A
we’re looking to elect a Vice PRESIDENT, who could, in an unfortunate instant, be required to lead our nation, engender world respect and actually understand the repercussions of the information that is shared with the public. Many people have endured “bull-in-the-china-closet” bosses and leaders who think that “maverick rudeness and inappropriate behaviors” are OK, simply because they’re “in charge”,. Folks… THINK of the repercussions of such a “maverick” in dealing with volatile or unstable nations! Shame on McCain to think that he could capture the women voters in America simply by this action! It’s embarrassing!

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By: jo on October 5, 2008
at 8:55 PM
You are my new online hero! This article was amazing and you should be the VP choice. Thank you for speaking your mind and letting everyone know what you really think about Shara Palin. You Go Girl!

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By: Greasyguide.com on October 5, 2008
at 8:55 PM
This is very funny….but she is NOT a bitch….she’s actually a slut and I’ll explain.

The girls and I were just playing our Sunday night Whist when my grandaughter showed me this blog. We all laughed and said bad words that mirrored the naughty thoughts in our heads.

When we heard about Gov Palin’s daughter being pregnant, we gasped. Then someone read about she and Todd eloping and then EIGHT MONTHS LATER having their baby. Nothing about it being premature either (which no one would believe anyway).

We wondered, who are these ‘Christians’? How can Sarah speak the words of the Lord while practicing the actions of the Devil?

One of the ladies in Circle at church is a righteous woman who, we found out a few years ago, was a virgin at her wedding and her daughter was too. THIS is a woman that could act in a righteous way, but not Miss Beauty Queen/knocked-up trollop/Sportscaster/Mayor/Governor/Oil & Gas Head/small business owner/Mother doing a bad job Palin.

We guffawed when Ms. Couric interviewed her. Howled with laughter as Palin went on Fox saying she’d been somehow attacked or her words twisted. Heck, she twisted ’em enough on her own and is dumber than a doornail!

Many of us are now thinking the Anti-Christ is among us and has chosen Sarah Palin as his messenger. How else to explain a loose moralled woman, begetting a daughter who can’t keep her legs together, and speaking the poisoned words of Satan (lies and half-truths) with a wink and a smile?

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By: Bernice J on October 5, 2008
at 8:36 PM
first off thank you , i dont think palin is a a bitch,just a real fucking dumbass, or that is how she comes off, and second shame on all of you who are talking bad to these to old ladys, i was raised to respect your elders and if you didnt no matter how old you are,you would get smacked in the mouth, so ya’lls mother should smack ya’ll right in your smartass mouth for being rude to 2 old ladys. Texas should leave the U.S.A, Republic of Texas,sounds good to me

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By: robert on October 5, 2008
at 8:36 PM
err country….well in the words of Palin….Goshdarnit you know what I was saying. lol

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By: Shannon on October 5, 2008
at 8:29 PM
Hahah you tell it….I wish my grandma was at your mindset lol….omg finally someone who else thinks along the lines as I do…..If palin gets in this counry is screwed and you all know it…..

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By: Shannon on October 5, 2008
at 8:28 PM
[…] 5, 2008 · No Comments Helen says out loud what others are thinking: Sarah Palin is an ignorant, ranting, whining bitch. There I said it. But […]

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By: Palin Gets pwned by Helen Philpot, 82 « DezertDiva on October 5, 2008
at 8:27 PM
I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe. I love you. I’m 44 and hope to be like you by the time I’m 45. Thank you for taking away a lttle of the grim, constricted feeling I hve had for so many weeks.

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By: Natasha on October 5, 2008
at 8:22 PM
Ohhh Helen,

I love you! Is your invite to Thanksgiving open to everyone who reads your blog? If so, I’ll send in my RSVP here. I’ll want to be celebrating the Obama/Biden win with you instead of my in-laws who just returned from a Palin rally a few hours ago.

I’m so happy your blog is getting the attention it deserves. I have a feeling there is more to come!

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By: Darci on October 5, 2008
at 8:19 PM
Thanks Helen, that’s a really fun way of expressing our exasperation at the painful thought that someone like Palin is just a heartbeat away from being President if elected as VP. May God spare America.

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By: Dione Williams on October 5, 2008
at 8:13 PM
Right ON Helen. I’m embarrassed to say I’m an Alaskan, but it gives me hope to read all of these responses. I used to respect McCain, but the day he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate was the day he lost me and many others. So much for “country first”–it’s “ME first”, obviously.

Get ready to vote, people–they can’t take another election from us!

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By: Bonnie on October 5, 2008
at 8:11 PM
Bravo Helen you nailed that moron.I posted some thing similar to snl blog where I had your link.Thank God that at least people can realize how dump and uninformed she is.I cann’t believe she couldn’t name a newspaper she reads or have heard of in her state Was she really the Mayor and governor?I betchu I’m going to run for office in Alaska.I don’t hear her slogan “thanks but no thanks to …”Have the Mclies camp warned her to stop it?I think so.Ride-on Helen

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By: Maverick on October 5, 2008
at 8:09 PM
OK sorry what I meant above was the outside pieces I am seeing disgracing Biden about his mother in law dying today. I am just mad that people have the gall to scream about a man losing someone AGAIN. To those here supporting the ticket, yeah buddy! But to those seeking out news clips about Biden losing his mother in law and using it as a place to be mean, grow up. You stink.

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By: Lorax on October 5, 2008
at 8:07 PM
Amen, Margaret & Helen. I’m glad you are out there and on online!

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By: Tara on October 5, 2008
at 8:00 PM
Will you be my new grandma? My family sure could use a shot of spirit like yourself.

Great work on the blog. I love opinionated birds….I hope one day, that I can have a voice like yours.

Keep up the great work!

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By: laurabzowy on October 5, 2008
at 7:59 PM
Bravo, Helen!

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By: Young at Heart on October 5, 2008
at 7:59 PM
Do you want a Vice President or President that winks and says GOLLY?

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By: The Washington Game Changer!! on October 5, 2008
at 7:52 PM
I’m 60 and this is my first time to blog, but I had to say “Right on Helen!!! I can’t understand why some of my women friends like her – they tell me that Sarah Palin speaks for all women. No – she does not now, nor will she ever speak for me. Sarah Palin is a narrow minded, homophobic, book burning, animal killing bitch. W and his cronies have chipped away at our rights in the name of national security and if McCain/Palin get in office, it will be a very sad day for women and for anyone who is different. Wake up America – Sarah Palin is not the second coming – she is the Anti-Christ!

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By: Linda on October 5, 2008
at 7:52 PM
my words exactly. Neither he nor she know what the truth is. Why hasn’t anyone investigated her messes in Alaska?? There is alot more to hear on her shady pass!

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By: aly on October 5, 2008
at 7:47 PM
Helen -You are awesome. You really hit the nail on the head. Your Thanksgiving letter was also hilarious. Keep it up!

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By: Lulu on October 5, 2008
at 7:44 PM
PALIN quote of the day…. “People say that I speak too simply, or don’t have quite the — I don’t have my thesaurus in my back pocket all along through my speeches,” she told donors in Englewood, Col. “Well, I don’t have time for that.”

I bet she doesnt even know how to use one!!

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By: The Washington Game Changer!! on October 5, 2008
at 7:40 PM
agreed wonderful, and true!

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By: Crystal on October 5, 2008
at 7:40 PM
I use to respect McCain. No longer. Have you ever heard republicans use the word “sexist” as often as they have since Palin was introduced to the world?

Palin makes me cringe. Thankfully, my 14 year old daughter is wiser than Palin and knows that Palin is not a role model.

Thanks Helen. You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!

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By: antonia on October 5, 2008
at 7:37 PM
In honor or Biden’s loss today i think we should all now shut up, for a while at least. Give the amn and his family due respect. Just stop fighting for a bit, for a little while.

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By: Lorax on October 5, 2008
at 7:36 PM
McCain made a reckless decision in choosing Palin as his running mate. It’s hard for me to laugh at the situation, because McCain might win, but I appreciate the comic relief nonetheless.

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By: alisa on October 5, 2008
at 7:35 PM
Helen:

You are great. Why aren’t you one of those talking heads on the networks? You weren’t afraid to make lot more valid points than I’ve heard elsewhere!!

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By: Cheryl on October 5, 2008
at 7:35 PM
God love you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This post needs to be spread far and wide. You go girl!

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By: nb on October 5, 2008
at 7:32 PM
Thank you for saying what so many people are thinking, Helen. :o) You bluntness & fearless honesty remind me of my beloved great-grandma (she was a feisty open minded redhead till the day she died 14 years ago). I only hope a majority of Americans see Palin/McCain for what they are BEFORE Election Day. I hope you don’t mind, I have linked to this post from my Twitter. :o)

Take care & keep fighting the good fight!
~Stacie Obama/Biden ’08!

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By: Stacie on October 5, 2008
at 7:29 PM
you nailed it!!! thank you!! plus, i love the humor in your writing – honest, to the point and so clear. I laughed out loud – one, because its true, and two, because its a little scary that this is a person who has made it to the national stage on absolutely nothing!

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By: jason on October 5, 2008
at 7:25 PM
Oh…I don’t know…have you ever shot a moose from a helicopter??

better than sex, my friend…

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By: Shawna on October 5, 2008
at 7:25 PM
reading that was better than sex!

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By: tallulahbankhead on October 5, 2008
at 7:20 PM
SO…does it really matter how old Helen is or isnt, or whether this is a blog from her or a bunch of teenage kids??? The fact of the matter is, what was said here is probably the tip of the iceberg!! Oh wait, do they have any of those up there in Alaska??? And Ms Sarah says she’s an outsider…
Lets just think about one thing…Troopergate! I’m not saying that she’s guilty or not, but the fact that she and her husband ( the first dude..haha..does he have tea parties??), refuse to testify on Troopergate, and will do anything to make it go away. Now, if thats not true Washington inside politics, I don’t know what is!!!!

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN, and I bet we will get HILARY as well 🙂

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By: The Washington Game Changer!! on October 5, 2008
at 7:16 PM
Thank you for writing this…MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! It is appalling that the McCain camp is making false claims about Obama in a desperate attempt to make gains in the polls. Like many Americans, I have had quite enough of them stooping so low, and have lost all respect. I cannot wait to vote for OBAMA!

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By: Cass on October 5, 2008
at 7:13 PM
All I have to say is YOU GO GIRL!!
You are fantastic and you say exactly what many of us think.
Keep blogging. We love you.

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By: Grandma Pat on October 5, 2008
at 7:06 PM
The McCain campaign announce today that they are starting a smear campaign. It saddens me that a candidate for the President of the United States needs to stoop so low to try to win an election. What has politics come to?
Fortunately, Obama is a man of dignity, grace and strong moral fiber. He will not lower or reduce himself to even qualify these smears.
John McCain is certainly NOT the same man as in 2000. He seems desperate and feeble. Adding “the Gov” to his ticket will, hopefully, end the nightmare of the last 8 years because I can’t believe that anyone with half a brain would be so stupid as to vote them into office.
My schauzer is smarter than Palin.
And, finally, Helen…thank you for expressing what, hopefully, is what a majority of voters are feeling and thinking.
WE CAN’T ALL BE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Scout62 on October 5, 2008
at 6:54 PM
Tell it like it is, sister! 😀

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By: Nicole on October 5, 2008
at 6:54 PM
You go girl! Thanks so much for writing what MANY of us are thinking. If I have to read one more time about Palin’s ability to resonate with women, I think I’ll puke. She’s an insult to our gender.

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By: K on October 5, 2008
at 6:49 PM
I’ve never visited your site before, but I think I love you. You said everything I feel, and more. I can’t stand that pandering woman, and I don’t understand why ANYONE thinks she’s worth of any title other than “Wicked Bad Mommy”. Certainly she’s no politician, nor is she the brightest bulb on the tree. I can’t wait till Nov 4 to see McCain and Palin skewered in the polls. Every day Obama pulls further and further ahead because much of this race IS about personality, and we’re sick of being lied to, pandered to, and thought of as morons. We don’t like mean. We don’t like dumb. And we DO NOT WANT 4 more years of Bush politics.

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By: margalit on October 5, 2008
at 6:43 PM
@carol nabb – Because one isn’t a small collection of cells replicating in a woman’s belly? Pick up a biology book. Learning is a good thing.

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By: Gordon on October 5, 2008
at 6:42 PM
So just how is it that abortion (the KILLING of a totally innocent human fetus) is a choice, but capital punishment (the killing of a guilty human adult) is murder?????

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 6:38 PM
Helen,
You are a hit! I liked your post.

I encourage everyone on this site to register to vote! Then on 11/4 – please vote. We have an obligation to the world to make an informed decision. Do your part and vote!

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By: Lisa on October 5, 2008
at 6:34 PM
Hey, Helen. I’m 57 years old and I hope I’m as smart and perceptive and literate as you when I’m your age. Rock on, darlin’, you’re right on target.

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By: phoebes in santa fe on October 5, 2008
at 6:33 PM
Helen needs to be on Ellen!!!!
(i mean..on her show….not actually ON Ellen….you know what I mean…)

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By: Shawna on October 5, 2008
at 6:29 PM
Ok, I had some spellcheck moments, but the thoughts were genuine!
ssmaller – smaller
res to fthe = rest of the
did I have any others? Don’t wanna be spell checked any more than I have to ,especially since I only have one properly working arm and the other is injured.

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By: Lorax on October 5, 2008
at 6:27 PM
Rock on Helen.

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By: Tamara on October 5, 2008
at 6:26 PM
well your definately “in” right now if you agree with this woman

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By: ? on October 5, 2008
at 6:23 PM
To Hari – we appreciate an outside of American view as well. I think this speaks volumes actually. If people from outside the US are laughing at us (which I know they are) about Palin, this means a lot. We have to repair our standing with the world. I am an international traveler and I am sad to see the US isn’t seen as it once was. Our world become ssmaller as we shut the res to fthe world out, which the US has been doing, not to the delight of those of us which would like to actually travel outside the US borders. The fact that outside the US people prefer Obama means a lot to us and I hope we can make the right choice in November, the one that will re-unite us with the world and reinsure dafe travel for us, as well as good relations and economics all around.

I am not white (Hawaiian!), not male (I’m a “chick”) and not falling for it (Siding with Obama/Biden on the election). Please, don’t hold the mistakes of our leadership against all of us. There are many good Americans here.

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By: Lorax on October 5, 2008
at 6:22 PM
Brilliant rant! Thank you.

Can we please try electing someone who isn’t a fundamentalist idiot for once? Isn’t it worth a shot? I know being a moron is the “in” thing now, but I think well-educated, calm, forward-thinking people deserve a shot too.

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By: Gordon on October 5, 2008
at 6:21 PM
Evidently, there are those who rather enjoy listening to the sounds of themselves typing.

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, thanks again Helen, you’re a peach!

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By: Peter on October 5, 2008
at 6:19 PM
Awesome! I love everything you said, except the part about her not being “stupid by Alabama standards”… I am from Alabama. I am a very intelligent, educated, young woman. In my opinion, she is the dumbest woman I have ever seen actually get air time on TV. She embarrasses me, and I don’t even know her. Sad…

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By: Miss B on October 5, 2008
at 6:17 PM
yet again “its amazing how blind yall are”

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 6:06 PM
The only immoral liars I see are McCain/Palin…

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By: Laurie on October 5, 2008
at 6:05 PM
i fear for it to cause instead people would rathar vote for immoral liars

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 6:02 PM
RE: By: Justin on October 5, 2008 By: Justin on October 5, 2008
at 7:21 am- It doesn’t really matter what party you are affiliated with, everyone should agree that a presidential (or VP) candidate shouldn’t be required to have all the answers.
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I AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID. HOWEVER ONE MUST HAVE AMASSED A CACHE OF KNOWLEDGE WITH EXTENSIVE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY AND THE VERNACULAR TO SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT ANY ONE ISSUE ON A WHIM. ONE MUST ALSO HAVE AN EXPANSIVE VOCABULARY, AND PARTAKEN HIGHER LEARNING, NOT BE THE COMMON MAN/WOMAN BUT BE RELATABLE TO THE COMMON MAN; LEAD WITH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS WITHOUT SABRE RATTLING:
T H A T I S B A R A C K O B A M A!!

T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

ONE MUST BE SHARP DEEP AND INSIGHTFUL:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N

CALM AND LEVEL HEADED IN A CRISIS:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

KNOW THE CONSTITUTION WHICH THE PRESIDENT MUST TAKE AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND NEVER ABANBDON IT!!
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

MUST HAVE INTEGRITY:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

SHOW A WILLINGNESS TO UNITE AMERICA:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

SHOW A WILLINGNESS TO RESTORE AMERICA’S STANDING IN THE WORLD:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

SHOW A WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN DIPLOMACY WITH OUR ALLIES:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

SHOW A WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN DIPLOMACY WITH OUR ENEMIES:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

SHOW A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN WITH CAUTION TO ALL SIDES IN A DISPUTE:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

BE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

BE EMPATHETIC:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

SHOW A DESIRE AND WILLINGNESS TO REDUCE RACISM, REDUCE CULTURE WARS AND UNITE OUR COUNTRY:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

RESPECT THE LAWS OF THE USA:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

RESPECT THE PUBLIC OFFICE TO WHICH THEY ARE ELECTED:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

BRING INTELLIGENCE BACK TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND:
T H A T I S N O T P A L I N /MC C A I N!

MUST RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE FAILURES IN NOT FUNDING ONE CHILD LEFT BEHIND. A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BREED ANOTHER GENERATION OF STUPIDS OR WE WILL SURELY GET A GENERATION OF MCCAIN PALIN!
YIKES! OF ALL THE THINGS PALIN/MCCAIN AREN’T, THANK GOD WE HAVE OBAMA BIDEN AND WITH GOD’S HELP WE WILL HAVE THEM IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE NEXT 8 YEARS!!

AFTER THIS DEBACLE, WE MUST ALL ENSURE THAT ALL INCOMING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HIGHER LEARNING AT LEAST SUCCEDED AT THE MASTER LEVEL AND GRADUATED AT TOP HALF OF THE CLASS. NO MORE WILL WE HAVE IDIOTS RUN FOR OFFICE! IN GOD WE TRUST.

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By: NO MORE BS on October 5, 2008
at 6:02 PM
Well put. As one male who didn’t fall for her obvious attempts at seduction, I’m angry at my former party for such a poor choice. It’s incredibly sad that Americans are willing to vote based on someone being cute or spunky. I fear for this country.

Republican voting for Obama.

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By: Frank on October 5, 2008
at 6:01 PM
Helen i want you to take a look and see how no one responds to truthful comments

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 5:59 PM
Yeah, but do you LIKE her?

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By: nothingpetty on October 5, 2008
at 5:56 PM
I’m spending a buttload of time reading the comments! Wow! Helen, I love this post! And I find it interesting..to the woman who commented that maybe we dems would be “happier if Palin and her daughter murdered their children” I’d just like to say: No, we wouldn’t. It was their CHOICE to KEEP their children. And that’s what we LOVE. That they had the CHOICE to make!!! People who are pro-choice are not pro-MURDER. Learn up and figure out how to differentiate the two already!!!!!

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By: jen on October 5, 2008
at 5:56 PM
IN REF TO: By: just me on October 5, 2008
at 12:46 pm
THE ONLY THING PALIN AND I HAVE IN COMMON IS A VAGINA. I AM WELL EDUCATED, INTELLIGENT AND INSIGHTFUL AND CARE ABOUT UNITING THIS COUNTRY NOT DIVIDING IT WITH CULTURE WARS. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY TOO MUCH TO RUIN IT. NO “JUST ME” THIS WOMAN AND I HAVE NOT A DARN THING IN COMMON BESIDES A VAGINA AND BOOBS!!

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By: NO MORE BS on October 5, 2008
at 5:55 PM
its amazing how blind yall are

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 5:53 PM
Commenting only to say that I can’t think of a single thing I would add to Helen’s post. As far as I’m concerned, “ditto!”

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By: William Bernstein on October 5, 2008
at 5:49 PM
Helen, thanks for the plainspoken wisdom. You give me hope.

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By: Lazyeye on October 5, 2008
at 5:47 PM
As a younger person who isn’t making her way in the world via an electric scooter, I really appreciate the words of an old broad. Helen, you have it, you gave it, and you got it right. Keep it up.

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By: snowflake1307 on October 5, 2008
at 5:46 PM
i’m glad all of you have nothing better to do than name call it shows what this world is coming to

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 5:41 PM
Thank you thank you thank you!!! You really did put into words what people are thinking. Palin is an embarrassment to this country. We are the laughing stock of the world because of her. She’s set all the hard work of the women’s movement back decades! Imagine a man behaving the way she did in the debate – it’s disgusting!

Palin IS a lying, conniving, bitch!

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By: Laurie on October 5, 2008
at 5:39 PM
Helen….
Kudos. You have expressly stated what many understood to be the undiluted facts.
I salute and blow kisses to you. You my Lady, are a true American of a dwindling variety and a patriot who recognize danger whenever it “rears (its ugly) head”
Live long and prosper………..

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By: CH on October 5, 2008
at 5:38 PM
I dont quite qualify for this debate since am an outsider & not an American citizen or resident. But let me put in one thing which all the people outside dislikes to admit (though they secretly agree) – The security & stability of this planet primarily rests upon the governments of U.S & Russia.

So becoming a VP of U.S is definitely “one toughest assignemnt” one can pick, especially since he/she is the 2nd in Command of the Country. Do Palin qualify to talk/negotiate/articulate with guys like Vladimir Putin who are such seasoned, Stone Cold Spy masters !!! I dont think so…in the words of Matt Damon “If Palin becomes the VP, its like a Disney movie gone wrong…very wrong”.

Meanwhile Great work Helen…

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By: Hari on October 5, 2008
at 5:36 PM
Amen!!!!

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By: Connie on October 5, 2008
at 5:31 PM
Angela Marie….
I see you are aspiring to be something that you are not. (Palin fan I presume?). I believe the word is spelt definitely, not “definately”.
As long as I am in teaching mode: Sarah Palin is imminently unqualified to be the head of even her very own dysfunctional household. Instead of switching channels when she makes a TV appearance, (as I now do when Bush appears), I would be tempted to boot my TV set out the door.
Come Nov 4th I will be voting for intellect and vision, not ignorance and shortsightedness.

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By: CH on October 5, 2008
at 5:29 PM
Helen, you are absolutely right on target. Palin is a bitch; And she’s a dumb ass. She, herself, has given this country (and the world) all the evidence we need to support both of these claims, which speaks volumes to McCain’s “judgement” (and motive).

To Larry, who obviously was never trained in how to respect his elders: I am a MAN. More than that, I am an intelligent (what idiots call ‘liberal’) democrat, who makes decisions based on SUBSTANCE instead of RHETORIC, INNUENDO, LIES, and MIS-CHARACTERIZATION, without regard for whether a candidate is of one party or another. Larry, do you have kids? If you do, listen to John and Sarah some more. Remember when you voted for Bush and Cheney ?

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By: Earl on October 5, 2008
at 5:28 PM
To john toe frequest poster of put-downs. You are exactly the mentality we cannot understand yet we hope all the best for along with all the rest of us. You seem full of hate against this brave woman who has seen much and done much in her years and was bold enough to call bullshit when it needed to be called. You also seem to hate those of us who are standing up for right, tired of wrong.

If you don’t like the post, I suggest find one you do and comment there. But in the america today and of our forefathers we have freedom of speech so you CAN bash approximately (at least)half the population and you can type against an 82 year old woman. But, you’re getting nowhere. Yet, you are able to because of our rights. Helen has her rights as do we all, thus the hate comments as well as praise here.

Speaking of right to free speech, Obama has been dealing with hate during his rallies (http://www.washtimes.com/weblogs/trail-times/2008/Sep/19/protesters-disrupt-obama-rally-in-floridaf2c45/). He asked people to let him finish his speech but they were allowed the right to their opinions; he stayed in focus and allowed those who oppose him to have their views acknowledged as well. What happened to the war vet who protected at the RNC along with other protesters? Roughhoused and arrested. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35828 and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26471627/. Heck, just google it goshdarn and you betcha.

This says a lot for differences in tolerance between free speech between the parties. And this is why oyu can come here and say what you want, however viceral and gutteral it is, or intelligent and factual.

Helen, you go girl.

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By: Lorax on October 5, 2008
at 5:13 PM
Helen, you hit that one out of the park! Outstanding!

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By: Richard on October 5, 2008
at 5:09 PM
You Rock Helen!!!!

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By: Connie on October 5, 2008
at 5:05 PM
Helen heres the best advice i can give you “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1 & 2

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 4:56 PM
its still daylight

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:52 PM
Say Good Night, John.

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By: Fran on October 5, 2008
at 4:51 PM
i dont have time i make time sorry i would like a better world to live in and do my parts to try and make it so

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:50 PM
so what your sayin is you want the country to continue goin down hill ohhhh now it make sense you like a sucky economy, no jobs, and immoral practices abroad. btw your “educated level of dialogue” does not scare me and if you want to use that thats fine but i’m not in this world to float your boat so i’ll talk how i want (oh and if you want book smarts just tell me and i’ll teach you a thing or two)

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:47 PM
Thank you, Helen!

Can’t wait to read a follow-up post…..please ignore all the negative comments – especially from John, who obviously has too much time on his hands. Get your own blog..

Helen – you rock!

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By: Teddy on October 5, 2008
at 4:43 PM
Absolutely agree with you Helen. There are morons and super morons. Palin is a moron and supporters are supermorons. I was a Republican and after Palin’s shameless selection I am out. I just finished reading great speeches of Abraham Lincoln. And here we have Palin trying to occupy his place with winks, betcha, darn, and crap.

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By: PalinBS on October 5, 2008
at 4:42 PM
‘yet again the truth hurts dont be mad that a woman can out do you with her “beauty pageant smats”’

Personally speaking, I’m thrilled Palin is on the ticket. She’s dragging McCain down in the polls, and her selection only went to show up what a craven, irresponsible politician McCain has turned out to be. She is going to guarantee his loss, while dragging down the Republican Party in lower-level races.

Sorry, but I don’t see a downside here.

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By: Peter on October 5, 2008
at 4:42 PM
Yo, John: I pray that we will finally elect a president and vice-president who actually have “book smarts”. I’m looking for EDUCATED, INTELLIGENT, WELL-READ, PREPARED TO LEAD, ABLE TO HOLD THEIR OWN IN BASIC CONVERSATION….Yes, Dude, that is EXACTLY what we need. Why are you so afraid of “book smarts”, anyway? Does an educated level of dialogue scare you?

I stretched out “Rigggghhhhhttttt.” so that any intelligent person reading it would know that I meant for the word to be stretched out in the reading of it. Obviously, that escaped YOU.

Back to the important person at hand: Hey, Helen: Continue to speak your mind and know that you are supported by intelligent people who are not afraid of scary book smarts.

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 4:41 PM
peter if i wanted to hear from the peanut gallery i would’ve asked you

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:40 PM
“David” – your an immoral person who obviously agrees with all the evil in the human race

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:38 PM
Someone might want to look into attending a meeting of the local chapter of Rageaholics Anonymous.

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By: Peter on October 5, 2008
at 4:37 PM
yet again the truth hurts dont be mad that a woman can out do you with her “beauty pageant smats”

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:36 PM
“John” – you are a disgrace to the human race!

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By: david on October 5, 2008
at 4:36 PM
I cannot thank you enough for having the courage to say what others are reluctant to say. May God give you a long life.

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By: Anjali on October 5, 2008
at 4:36 PM
John wrote: “book smarts cant run a country so come back when you get some common sense and then you can give me the learnin i need”

Well, there’s always beauty pageant smarts for Ms Palin to fall back on.

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By: Peter on October 5, 2008
at 4:33 PM
of course you have nothin to say now… the truth hurts dont it thats why you dont like palin shes double the woman with double the values that you could ever wish to have

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:32 PM
btw right isnt spelled with 4 g’s 5 h’s and 5 t’s

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:28 PM
book smarts cant run a country so come back when you get some common sense and then you can give me the learnin i need

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:27 PM
John @ 3:47:
“Yall all need some learnin”

Rigggghhhhhttttt.

Get it straight, Sweetie. It’s either “Y’all need some learnin’.”, or, “You all need some learnin’.” Use of a double “all” there is bad learnin’. Really…get with the program, Dude.

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 4:25 PM
As are most idiots that cant see the truth through all of the evil things in this country created by people like you

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 4:23 PM
LMAO! Helen I think I love you. LOL

And carol nabb–you have your head up your ass. Can you see Alaska from there?

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By: Frecklesmom on October 5, 2008
at 4:23 PM
A book banning pro incest pregnancy candidate in the White House? God help the constitution if that happens.

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By: JaneG. on October 5, 2008
at 4:21 PM
Helen, great post. I’m sure you’re startled by all the visitors to your blog, which apparently was never meant for broader public consumption, so I appreciate all the more the fact that you have left your post up for others to read.

I notice that your critics offer little by way of a reasoned defense of McPain. It’s all about how you are immoral, foul-mouthed, wretched, and on and on. Well, none of that is true. You are a genuine patriot, and I’m thrilled to listen to you speak your mind.

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By: Peter on October 5, 2008
at 4:21 PM
yes you go girl thats the way to screw up this country one more person at a time

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By: ... on October 5, 2008
at 4:17 PM
Bravo. I can picture my grandmother, who passed away in her 90’s more than 10 years ago, saying exactly what you are, but with a bit of Yiddish thrown in. And don’t mind the detractors. You go girl!

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By: mole333 on October 5, 2008
at 4:15 PM
Obama/Biden…
Osama Binladen…
Not a whole lot of difference there

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By: Educated America on October 5, 2008
at 4:14 PM
Helen, what exactly do you mean stupid by Alabama standards. I hate to think you might be related to one of the finest men ever to cross the Alabama, Georgia state line, the ex pres of Auburn Univeristy. Nonetheless, since we live in America and are entitled to our opinions, I have one for you.
“There’s a special place in Hell for women who don’t support another woman”~Margaret Albright.

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By: Deb@BirdOnAWire on October 5, 2008
at 4:08 PM
Can I just address the McCain Portion? Cause I know people are wondering too. I heard Palin mention on several occasions about McCain being a maverick and war hero. Also heard her state that he won wars. I’m sorry but what time was this in?

First off, you are not a hero because you got caught behind enemy lines. You didn’t escape on your own. You didn’t destroy alot of troops. All you did was get caught and not give up any information. Someone else came over and helped to get you out. That makes you someone that doesn’t plan very well. Rambo was a war hero. Chuck Norris and Arnold Swazenegger were war heros. Only thing is it was in a movie. Speaking of which, watch the movie “Behind Enemy Lines” to learn what a real hero does. Did McCain receive the Medal of Honor? Basically lets cut the crap. War hero not!

Next he has not won wars. There is a difference between fight, battle, and war. He may have won some fights but not the other two. Colin Powell has won wars. Get the picture.

Maverick, Where do I start. He is close to the oldest living person in congress. For that he is a maverick. Come on. He’s been there 26 years and how much has he really changed? Now that he can see the guy with the black robe and cape on, he all of a sudden wants to change. PLease. That didn’t start until he heard Obama say it. sure you stood up on some bills and legislature and for that we commend you but you are not a Maverick.

I mean really dude, you cheated on your wife to be with the woman you are with. Voted for less change. Chose a clueless running mate to be your VP and God forbid something happens to you, your change involves that stupid person taking over? Is he really a Maverick?

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By: Graig on October 5, 2008
at 4:08 PM
earth2lisa thats a good name for you because its obvious to see that you havent heard from reality in a long time if you agree with this blog

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By: James on October 5, 2008
at 4:06 PM
Thanks, Helen. I’m only 64 but I know bullshit when I hear it – having worked in corrections for the last 10 years. The only thing you missed is how bad this broad wants to be president. By the way, check out rollingstone.com for their expose on the “maverick” John McCain.

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By: Pat on October 5, 2008
at 4:06 PM
And Carol Nabb,

Are you Palin’s twin sister? You are obviously not intelligent enough to know that this adminisitration has gotten us to where we are now.

You should leave too! Go to Ur..anus because you are not one of us earthlings.

Americans, don’t trust me – really…go VOTE for Obama because I obviously am ERRATIC and impulsive. I can’t be trusted to make any decisions for our country. I chose a bimbo as my running mate!

I am join McCain and I approve this message.

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By: TheRealMcCain on October 5, 2008
at 4:03 PM
Gee, Helen … tell us how you really feel. 🙂

Here’s hoping you don’t wait nearly a year before posting again.

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By: earth2lisa on October 5, 2008
at 4:02 PM
wow yall are stupid its mind boggling to see how many uneducated idiots there are to agree with this blog

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 4:02 PM
You nailed it. She takes us all for hicks and idiots.

Bravo.

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By: Mike on October 5, 2008
at 3:58 PM
Helen,

You hit it right on with how we all sane people are thinking about Palin!

She is only a heart beat away from becoming our President and to think she can run this country when she isn’t intelligent enough to articulate her answers to one of the easiest question out there…she couldn’t name a magazine she read. Don’t even talk about politics, the economy our health care because it’s too big a topic for her to answer unless she is prepped by those idiots who prepped our current BIMBO (Bush).

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By: TheRealMcCain on October 5, 2008
at 3:57 PM
Right on John. Its sad to see that there are so many immoral people in the world theses days

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By: James on October 5, 2008
at 3:57 PM
I’m so glad you brought up the fact that Palin is using her newborn as a prop. It enfuriates me!! What is wrong with that woman? She should absolutely not be flying all over the country with a newborn and dragging that poor child out amongst thousands of people, at 11 o’clock in the night, under hot lights, camera flashes and loud music. It’s quite sad, quite sad indeed!

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By: Just Capri on October 5, 2008
at 3:56 PM
Simply brilliant post, Helen! Very succinct. Thanks for telling it like it is.

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By: cmac on October 5, 2008
at 3:53 PM
This is the biggest list of morons I think I’ve ever found in one place. Yall all need some learnin (except Larry you hit the nail on the head)

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 3:47 PM
Compare this to Gov. Palin:

~Before getting to the US Senate Obama served 11 years in the Illinois State Senate.

~Barack Obama is a graduate TOP of his class at Harvard Law School. Barack Obama also has a degree in Political science specializing in International Relations.

~Barack Obama worked in Chicago, Illinois as a community organizer, Obama, as the director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago, helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants’ rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.

~When he joined the Developing Communities Project, it had a staff membership of one person and an anual budget of $70,000, but when he left it three years later, it had 13 staff members and an anual budget of $400,000. Barack turned a public service organization that prepared people for education, jobs and serviced their struggling neighborhoods into a solid success.(EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE)

~Barack Obama worked as a Civil Rights lawyer for 9 years.

~Barack Obama was also a University of Chicago Constutitional Law Professor for 12 years.

~In the U.S Senate Obama has served on the FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOUR & PENSION COMMITTEE.

~In the US Senate Obama has written 890 pieces of legislation, and co-sponsored 1096 pieces of legislation.

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By: Mike Johnson on October 5, 2008
at 3:41 PM
Thank you, Helen! It is soo good to know there are many of us who feel the same way about Sarah Palin! I found a very interesting web site more of you may also find interesting – http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter, on the right-hand side of the page is a “browse” section, click on each candidate’s name to check the truthfulness of statements made by each. Very enlightening.
To John – being elderly does not make you a prude or a “goody-two-shoes”. I am 62 and as I have gotten older, I have gotten much better at speaking my mind and using whatever words I need to get my point across.
To Just Me – I can’t imagine any intelligent, articulate, self-confident woman who would consider that Sarah Palin is “just like” them.
To Gigi – Have you not been really listening to what Palin is saying and how she is saying it?!
Again, Helen, great post!

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By: Judy n Sacramento on October 5, 2008
at 3:40 PM
I agree with everything you said. I would not want my daughter looking up to Sarah Palin. I taught my daughter to be a strong, honest, hard working woman. And to stand up for herself. She’s twenty years old and I am very proud of her.

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By: b on October 5, 2008
at 3:38 PM
Hi, Helen! SNL let me to you. You are great! Keep it up!

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By: Chicago Squirrel on October 5, 2008
at 3:38 PM
I agree with everything you said. I would not want my daughter looking up to Sarah Palin. I taught my daughter to be a strong, honest, hard working woman. And never to stand up for herself. She’s twenty years old and I am very proud of her.

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By: b on October 5, 2008
at 3:37 PM
Aw, Jeanette–don’t get ticked off about the Alabama thing….I’m sure that Helen meant no harm…

I’m from Texas, and it’s not at all unusual for us Texans to be insulted for one reason or another. But, then, of course, Dubya, Dick Cheney, Tom DeLay (former pompous, arrogant Republican whip), Alberto Gonzales (former U.S. attorney general) and plenty of others like them came from this state….

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 3:37 PM
My daughter was one of the 26,000 that attended the rally in Fredericksburg, Va in the pouring rain. The opportunity to be apart of such a historical moment in such a historical part of our country was one that none will soon forget!!! Virginia has come such a long way!!! Go Obama and Biden!!!

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By: Psomiadis on October 5, 2008
at 3:37 PM
Helen,Thanks so much for being so honest. I have been telling my family she is just eye candy and has no substance. McCain could have chosen a women who was actually qualified, it is a disgrace to all of us.

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By: gb on October 5, 2008
at 3:37 PM
You Are AWESOME! 🙂

Man, I sincerely and desperately hope people see thru Sarah Palin like you do.

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By: Seung on October 5, 2008
at 3:35 PM
Helen you are my new hero…We women are smart enough to know an ignorant bitch when we see one. Sarah Palin is pathetic….

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By: judi on October 5, 2008
at 3:35 PM
Oh, Helen, thank you so much for that direct and honest articulation of your feelings about Ms. Palin. Like so many other Americans, I have been losing sleep at the thought that this woman might get anywhere near the White House. But every time I hear or read a new voice calling her out as the fraudulent “change agent” that she is, I am heartened.

You know, I have my own 5-year-old Helen here at home. I certainly hope that she grows up to possess the kind of honesty and clarity of thought that you have!

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By: Leslie on October 5, 2008
at 3:34 PM
[[[Wow, I was really enjoying reading your comments until you said “maybe not stupid by Alabama standards” what a disappointment to read when someone is voicing an opinion you may agree with to find that your location includes you in an area that is considered “stupid”
some dumb lawyer in south alabama,
Jeanette]]

Jeanette, perhaps Ms. Philpot was referencing the fact that in the 2006-2007 Smart State Rankings, Alabama is #45.

Of course, California (my state) is #47. Arkansas is #32, Texas is #25, and they both beat the snot of both of our states.

If I got upset every time someone made a crack about my state, I’d be even more cranky than I am now.

Let’s face it: both of our states are stupid. But, as my Arkansas mother said, “Life is too short and the grave is too deep” to be upset when someone reminds us of it.

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By: Political Amazon on October 5, 2008
at 3:33 PM
I must say this was great. You just wrote exactly what I was thinking about.
You have given me hope that one day I can be older while still being a liberal democrat. :).

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By: peacefulme on October 5, 2008
at 3:28 PM
You hit it on the head. I couldn’t have put it better. For the life of me, I can’t understand how or why people are blindly buying into this “Palin” hype. I may have to link to this post.

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By: embrownny on October 5, 2008
at 3:24 PM
Fran:
[[[
Call WOlf Blitzer on CNN!!!!
Helen needs to be added to the “best political analysis team on television!!”]]]

No, call MSNBC! Let’s put her smack-dab next to that asshat, Pat Buchanan. She’ll tell him a thing or two, and, in no time at all, she’ll have his head twirling around like Linda Blair on steroids.

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By: Political Amazon on October 5, 2008
at 3:18 PM
Wow, I was really enjoying reading your comments until you said “maybe not stupid by Alabama standards” what a disappointment to read when someone is voicing an opinion you may agree with to find that your location includes you in an area that is considered “stupid”
some dumb lawyer in south alabama,
Jeanette

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By: Jeanette on October 5, 2008
at 3:09 PM
Thank you for this, Helen!
It’s great… please post more.
I also found this from someone posting your address on the Saturday Night Live website.

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By: Holly on October 5, 2008
at 3:07 PM
Just Me, “Get off your soap boxes and look at how she is more like you and me than you want to say. I look forward to having someone more like myself in the White House.” That’s the scary part! I don’t want someone like me in the White House. I want someone much smarter than me. Sarah Palin is not running for VP of the student government. She is running for VP of the United States. I am a successful business leader in my company, but I know I am not ready to be the CEO. Likewise, Sarah needs to recogonize her limitations. Governor of Alaska – yes….VP of the USA – no way!

BTW, great post Helen!

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By: London's Mom on October 5, 2008
at 3:06 PM
Helen, you are my hero!

You made me laugh out loud with your scathing critique. You are spot-on.

Best wishes to you!

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By: Paul G on October 5, 2008
at 3:02 PM
I just want to stand up and applaud you for this post. It is so perfect, so….true.

Thank you for speaking the truth and not tiptoeing around it like so many others have. It still pisses me off that she trotted that baby out on stage at the debate like some kind of badge of honor.

She is no credit to the smart women out there. Like you.

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By: Karoli on October 5, 2008
at 3:00 PM
[…] old Helen, over at Margaret and Helen blog has a few observations about Sarah […]

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By: 82-Year Old Grandma Calls Palin What She IS - Bang the Drum on October 5, 2008
at 2:54 PM
Just me,
I am a teacher and I am damn good one too. If your children were fortunate enough to be in my classroom they would encounter a challenging environment in which they were encouraged to think critically about their world and its future.

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By: Jennifer on October 5, 2008
at 2:39 PM
Anyone else having a hard time getting anything else done besides following this phenomenal blog???

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By: JaneG. on October 5, 2008
at 2:38 PM
So many have already said it, but let me add my own thank you to a straight forward and no nonsense post. However, doesn’t calling her a bitch make real bitches look bad?

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By: AuntB on October 5, 2008
at 2:38 PM
Helen,

You are right on and I loved everything you had to say.

I cannot stand those fakes McCain/Palin.

I’ve been voting against McCain for years. He’s a do nothing Senator of my state.

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By: MargaretO on October 5, 2008
at 2:36 PM
Thank you. Thank you for saying so well what I’ve been thinking. Since so many Americans voted W in for a second term I’ve been real worried about our intelligence. I’m afraid the same group loves this woman without regard to the fact that she’s a soccer Mom with no qualifications to be the leader of the free world.

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By: Sandy on October 5, 2008
at 2:31 PM
Amen, sister!!

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By: Beth on October 5, 2008
at 2:28 PM
This was absolutely brilliant!!!!! I am so sick and tired of hearing how she “connects” with real Americans. I am a real American and I certainly do not want so fundamentalist, moose killing, yapping, Walmart-hockey mom BITCH a heart beat away from the presidency. She is an insult to hard working, ambitious and intelligent women everywhere!
THANK YOU HELEN!

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By: Vera on October 5, 2008
at 2:24 PM
Wow, I really got a kick out of your post as well as the many comments. Thanks.

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By: Vida on October 5, 2008
at 2:22 PM
Thanks for the photo accompanying the post. As a navy vet, I especially love the Battle E in the upper lefthand corner and you all “make” the photo.

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By: MBG on October 5, 2008
at 2:19 PM
I can see from the responses that you don’t need any more affirmation of how great this post is, but, nevertheless, this post is great! Palin’s pride in her own ignorance is bordering on sociopathic. And now the horrible woman is trying to play on the ignorant and racially-motivated slurs being whispered about Obama by saying he palled around with domestic “terrorists.”

Oh, and I think the answer to someone’s question above (as to why all the critical comments thus far have been mean-spirited or worse) is that it’s a defense mechanism. When stupid people are confronted with information that doesn’t vibe with their blindly-held beliefs, it causes a visceral reaction. Hence, resorting to telling Helen she won’t be around in a few years. Just as disgusting as Sarah Palin, really.

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By: Stephanie on October 5, 2008
at 2:16 PM
I am talking about Republicans that will not vote for McCain/Palin.

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By: Dean on October 5, 2008
at 2:13 PM
Helen,

Your comments are right on. I notice more people are on your side than not. That is great. As a black woman I am proud of our country for mostly wanting a change without prejudice.
I love America!!!
I also appreciate the intelligent Republicans that know that we need a change.

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By: Dean on October 5, 2008
at 2:11 PM
Loved your post, saw a link in a comment off HuffPost regarding Sarah’s misquote today, implying we will go to hell if we don’t support her.

Thank you for telling it like it is and what the MSM is afraid to say. For those nasty posts you are getting here they are just trolls who are getting McCain points for posting pissy comments. To really think that they could look you in the eye and say Sarah is qualified is an amazement, hard to imagine being that sheep like with no desire to actually find out who Sarah Palin really is
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8c130fe3-adab-4cb3-8443-c363f085cf13

My 80 year old mother is TOTALLY with you on this on too Helen. You Rock!!!

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By: redtoblue on October 5, 2008
at 2:11 PM
Wow…you are a teacher Jennifer? I hope that you are not in my children’s classroom. Regardless of the rest of your post, I do not remember any of it other than the nasty language…shame on you!

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By: just me on October 5, 2008
at 2:10 PM
“Your insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that his home state has elected him to office 6 times.”

It’s actually “You are, not your.”

I’m insulted by your profanity – it definately sounds like something from the mouth of a teenager with nothing better to say than from an 82 year old. I though people in your generation grew up with morals and knew how to act with dignity and grace. I certainley can’t imagine Jackie O talking like that even though I suspect she wouldn’t be a fan of Sarah Palin.

Whatever side you’re on, debate your points with class. Maybe you can take a hint from Palin or Biden (both of whom debated without calling each other “whining bitches”).

Sarah Palin is someone that we are definately not used to in the Political arena, but she does have supporters. Her views on “womens rights” for instance are held by a huge population of the US. You can’t immediately discount them. Just because some women don’t support murdering their own children doesn’t mean that they hate women…it means they hate murder. If you aren’t ready for children, keep your legs closed. That’s how you CHOOSE. Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy shouldn’t disqualify her either. I’m sure that we can all agree that no family is perfect – not even your own.

Have your opinions, argue them, but do it respectfully. Maybe then America can be respected.

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By: Angela Marie on October 5, 2008
at 2:08 PM
Thank you for your boldness, Helen. I hope for the sake of our country that your voice reflects the majority and not the minority, and I hope that majority speaks up on election day.

Jeff – you are an idiot with far too much time on your hands. Grammar and capitalization lessons? Really?! That’s all you’ve got. I’m a teacher and I’m disgusted with your mundane and pointless post. Get a f***ing life!

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By: Jennifer on October 5, 2008
at 2:05 PM
Seriously,
I am a republican who has followed John
McCain`s effort to become president
since 2000 against Bush. When he won the nomination, there was no doubt in my mind, I would be voting for
him. McCain is not the same person I admired so much 8yrs ago. I was starting to see the change before he picked Palin. There is no way I would vote for him now. when he says he puts
country first then selects someone like
her to be VP & to think there would be
any chance for her to become president
makes me want to cry. I have a neighbor that goes on & on about how
cute she is & how she will clean up washington!!! All of the problems going
on in the US & there are people like her
that will be stupid enough to vote for her. Thats why I will not be voting for
McCain. I feel that is why he picked her.
He realizes a dumb good ole boy beat him in 2000 & he has a dumb good ole
girl on his ticket for those people to vote for. God help us!!

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By: BB on October 5, 2008
at 2:04 PM
Very articulate. Thanks for sharing. I agree wholeheartedly. I can’t imagine that she would seriously be thought of as potentially able to lead the country. May our deity of choice help us all should they win and something happen to McCain. I can’t imagine where we would be then.

Some interesting things to note re: the reactions you’ve received- most (?) are men, and the persons who have been to war (even if they were previously R) are voting for Obama.

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By: J Michael on October 5, 2008
at 2:03 PM
Thanks for the truth!! The republican party is counting on the American people to be as stupid and racist as they have been in the past!! Wake up America….Your future is at stake…November 4th will show how much you’ve grown.

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By: Alisha on October 5, 2008
at 1:59 PM
Helen and Margaret, YOU ROCK.
Perhaps all thinking women should start wearing t-shirts that say:

SARAH PALIN IS A BITCH!

Oh yes we can.

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By: KIMBER on October 5, 2008
at 1:58 PM
After the conservatives lose in November they too will be able to admit how embarrassing Palin is! Thank you Helen for this hilarious catharsis.

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By: Tiffany on October 5, 2008
at 1:57 PM
Well goshdarnnit Virginia Voter, why didn’t I think of that! wink wink

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By: JaneG. on October 5, 2008
at 1:54 PM
Brilliant! Hats off to you wonderful women from a younger Texas Democrat. Keep your wisdom coming, please. We all need it!

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By: BlueLikeTheSky on October 5, 2008
at 1:52 PM
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a Great and true blog by Helen. I am 25 years old and pray I live to see 82, and I have seen a lot in my 25 years to know that Mc Cain/Palin is not the right choice for America. I have served in the military with tours in Afghan, and Iraq. I know every soldier in those combat areas agree with Obama/Biden. It is Time For A Change!! Bravo Helen for saying what the mainstream media is scared to really say.

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By: Lawrence Williams on October 5, 2008
at 1:51 PM
Helen, YOU NAILED IT!

I’m posting your link all over, including the comedy site: foxnews.com

Let’s all spred the word and send Helen’s blog Viral!!

You Betcha…

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By: Virginia Voter on October 5, 2008
at 1:48 PM
God bless you, Helen, for telling it like it is. Especially loved the part about the pipeline up her considerable ass…priceless! Keep up the excellent work honey!

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By: Texas Memaw on October 5, 2008
at 1:47 PM
Great ranting post! I feel better after reading as you have articulated many of my thoughts and observations as I suffer through election time!

Real women bitch! And are not afraid to use the word!

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By: Lynn~in-Sac on October 5, 2008
at 1:46 PM
P.S. Please run for office
next time around.

Best,
Jane

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By: JaneG. on October 5, 2008
at 1:45 PM
What an inspiration you are Helen. May you live forever. I am spreading the word about your blog.
Keep up the good work.

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By: JaneG. on October 5, 2008
at 1:42 PM
Too bad for you Violet….I stand firm in my beliefs. My daddy taught me…’you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything’…glad I have listened to his wise advise.

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By: just me on October 5, 2008
at 1:40 PM
Where do I start?
I can’t thank you enough for your honesty. You really have brought a smile to myself and many others. I do not wish you the burden of publicity but I would be a huge fan if you where to receive more mainstream attention.
Thank you.

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By: arizona on October 5, 2008
at 1:39 PM
Helen and Margaret — will you adopt me??
You have hit the nail on the head! I couldn’t agree more with your assessment.

This is for “Just Me” — I’m am so sorry you feel that Sarah Palin is just like you.

I on the other hand am proud to be nothing like her. wink wink.

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By: Violet on October 5, 2008
at 1:37 PM
“doesn’t talk like an ignorant hick”? Gigi, does your television not have audio?

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By: No moose killer here on October 5, 2008
at 1:37 PM
Thank you, Helen, for saying what many of us are thinking. Hopefully, what most of us are thinking!

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By: florida lady on October 5, 2008
at 1:32 PM
You’re the bomb! Thanks for saying what needed to be said. I’m north of you in Denton, can I come for Thanksgiving this year? I’ll bring $20!

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By: Brenda on October 5, 2008
at 1:30 PM
Helen,
God bless ya! I love this blog!

One of the things I agree with the most – I miss Tim Russert too! I would love to hear his opinions on the Democratic and Republican tickets, especially the candidates for VP; on the history of this election; on the financial bail out…

I’ve bookmarked this site!

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By: SeeJay on October 5, 2008
at 1:30 PM
There’s one thing you definitely convinced me of, you are certainly no lady. You talk like trailor trash. If you don’t like Palin, that’s your business but she seems to be much more successful than you. At least she doesn’t have to use the b word and talk like an ignorant hick. If you are from the South, what an embarassment you are. If not, you should come down and learn a few manners!

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By: Gigi on October 5, 2008
at 1:26 PM
EXCELLENT POST!!! I’m passing it along to everyone I know! It takes someone from the greatest generation to say it like it is…now if the masses will just listen to it. THANK YOU!!!

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By: Herb_Gardner420 on October 5, 2008
at 1:26 PM
Hello everyone,
I’d like to congratulate Helen for this entry, a bit harsh, but a lot accurate. As my nick indicates, I’m not an US citizen, but I, like lots of people around the world, am really worried about the possibility of a person like Sarah Palin to get to the US vicepresidency, and eventually, to the presidency. I’d like to say to all of you, in the United States, that knowing the importance of your country in our planet, you must leave behind the political sectarism and vote for the person that is most qualified for such an important job. Your great nation and our whole world deserves it.

A friend from Colombia.

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By: Foreigner on October 5, 2008
at 1:24 PM
To all the conservative idiots:

If you want to call Helen a senile old bitch because she decided to call Palin a weak, pathetic, power-hungry bitch, fine. You are entitled to your own opinion. But reality check?? If you guys let McCain win – not only will U.S. be a laughingstock, your country will be doomed in the matter of days. Can you really see McCain surviving another 4 years? Do you really want to have this idiot of a woman to run your country? Someone who pronounces the word “nuclear” as “nucular”?? If that’s your choice, then don’t complain when you face difficulties in the future.

As for Helen, props to you for not being afraid to say what so many people from different countries are saying.

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By: kikyou on October 5, 2008
at 1:23 PM
Queen B – I’m young, college educated, pretty well off… and i say Palin is a bitch. There I said it too.

Helen, you are awesome, speaking your mind, speaking the truth. My mother called recently to share her views on this VP candidate as well, and sounded MUCH like what you wrote above. Bravo! You’re very inspiring. And thank your grandson for us for setting up your account.

Oh yeah, and ignore folks who are on here angry with you, the truth can really hurt people and they’re just not ready for it. In the meantime, stay sharp!

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By: Lorax on October 5, 2008
at 1:22 PM
Amen sister.

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By: opinionated on October 5, 2008
at 1:20 PM
Beautiful, Helen! Thanks for this perfect blog! PS: I have a tough time getting family to come to College Station for Thanksgiving myself, even when the game is in town. Texas in November is perfect, and at least the two of us know it.

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By: scardanelli on October 5, 2008
at 1:20 PM
From City Council, to small town Mayor, to Govenor, to Vice President, and just a hearbeat from President. GO PALIN!!!!!

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By: Tim on October 5, 2008
at 1:19 PM
Helen,
Thanks for your blog. I agree of with your assessment of Palin. One thing concerns me though is that eventhough Palin is getting negative publicity she is getting publicity. She is accomplishing want the politician McCain wanted to happen… get people polarized so that his base will get out and vote.
And the media is ignoring how the people are feeling about anyone but Palin.
I wrote the following after attending an Obama rally on Saturday Sept 25th. There was virtually no coverage of the rally in the print or TV media.

The national news media has missed the story on the Obama’s visit to Fredericksburg, VA. It is not the excerpts from the tried and true stump speech that were news worthy. It is the people that attended. It is the way that Obama looked out over the crowd taking in the meaning of what he saw – 26,000 people that had STOOD IN PLACE for 5 or more hours, through mealtime… a** to elbow soaked for hours in the rain. They stayed without umbrellas, without food or water because nothing could be brought into the rally area for security reasons. Most of these people probably had not stood in one place for more than 15 minutes in their life or rarely missed a meal. These people wanted to be there to hear Obama and Biden. (By the way media – it was raining and thundering at 5:00pm and kept raining off and on for the next 3 hours and people STOOD in place in the mud. It didn’t just rain when Obama started to speak) There are a lot of sore backs in the area Sunday.

And this rally of 26,000 occurred with only two days notice… on soccer/football/field hockey/lacrosse Saturday; in red country VA where Ollie North had run for office a few years ago; a ½ mile from where Secessionist voted resolutions of secession in March 1861; within a ½ mile of where the “slave sale” stump still stands in memorial on a downtown street corner; and where confederate flags still fly on trucks, cars and homes.

There were not any banners, TV ads, or roadside signs announcing the rally. A couple of newspaper articles, emails from the campaign to some people and word of mouth got the 26,000 people out to the rally.

The crowd was a good mix of the Fredericksburg area but mainly white middle class. Not all the people were party faithful either. In listening to the conversations around me (a 50+ Midwestern born and raised Republican) I heard, like me, most people had never been to a political rally before. The draw that the Obama candidacy has is to fulfill the yearning for a leader that people can respect. The yearning for a change, that is what drew the people to the Obama rally. The news is not the talking points which we have heard before – the news is that people were there, the people stayed and the people were enthusiastic all the way during the soaking rain and into the darkness when the rally finally took place 2 hours behind schedule. How could Obama not be moved by what he saw and the enthusiasm he heard. He carried on soaked like the rest of us probably much to his aides chagrin for his health.

The saying goes, build it and they will come. I say; given a leader, the American people will follow. And America needs a leader now more than ever.

PS – to rally organizers. Hint, get more than one CD or invest in an IPOD. After hearing the same set of songs on the PA for the 6th or 7th time it gets really, really old.

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By: Linda 2 on October 5, 2008
at 1:14 PM
I wish you were my grandmother. 🙂 Or, my best friend. 🙂

Best of luck and keep it coming.

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By: Danny on October 5, 2008
at 1:12 PM
I’ve been calling bullshit on this CUNT (which i think is much more accurate than “bitch” and have been using -no pun intended- liberally) from the first moment I heard her name. Thank you for this great piece. sry for the crudeness, but it makes me feel so insulted when someone tries to sell me on sex alone. She is absolutely the opposite of a feminist.

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By: joshgeek on October 5, 2008
at 1:06 PM
Thank you for not being afraid to say what so many people are thinking!

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By: yamagirl on October 5, 2008
at 1:05 PM
Hello Helen and Margaret. I came to this site at my wife’s urging, apparently she like many found this personal blog via a link on the SNL video skit of the Veep debate. I must say I was initially skeptical that the posting (Sarah Palin is a Bitch…) was fabricated by someone – this blog hasn’t had a new post in over a year and the premise of the blog seems to be a means for two friends to stay in touch with each other. I’m also suprised (pleasantly) that two elderly women are cognizant enough of technology to know how to create such a blog format, though I suppose you had help from your son? Regardless, after reading through the comments here and finding your specific replies Helen I must say I’m believing that an elderly woman such as you truly does express this opinion of the Republican choice for VP.

Quickly to those naysayers here – your opinion is as valid as any others, so long as you (unlike the Republican National Convention) do not try to distort the facts. Also, treat the poster with the respect a woman of her advanced years is due. I do not personally know her but I have to say based on her post she is articulate, intelligent, and possessing a sharp wit – unlike Sarah Palin.

My view (and a slightly tempered version of my wife’s 😀 ) – the Republican Party has lost the faith of the majority of America these last eight years and they’re not going to do any better with whom they’ve selected as the President and VP candidates. Its too late to bemoan missing out on better candidates (oh Huckabee!) but rather better to look toward 2012. I personally am a Democrat but I will vote for someone I feel is qualified to lead this great nation. That’s not John McCain and Sarah Palin…by any stretch of the imagination. Merely stating you’re a maverick is not the best qualification for being a candidate…

Oh, and I concur – Helen needs to hit the national circuit. 😀

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By: Tom on October 5, 2008
at 1:04 PM
Hi Helen,

I think you are getting so many responses because someone posted a link to your blog on nbc.com from the Tina Fey parodies. (http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/)

By the way, you rock! It is so refreshing to hear an older person tell it like it is. Please ignore the rude comments people are leaving. When people have no real counter argument, they fall back on petty attacks.

You have this girl’s respect!

Jen

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By: Jen Elam on October 5, 2008
at 12:59 PM
Thank you! I love it!
I’m so fed up with all these people excusing her ignorance by saying they are sure she is a “nice” person.
Horsesh&$ – nice people do not spout lies in order to win political office. SHE is a conniving, backstabbing politician -. One of us? Gimme a break. Also the “b” word for me mostly describes someone who attempts to use her position as a woman to gain power via either conforming to male stereotypes of what a woman should be (cutesy, airhead, obedient) or backstabbing other females. Palin is all of the above.

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By: Anna B on October 5, 2008
at 12:50 PM
Also…if she did not have the baby with her, you all would have been complaining that she should have been home with her baby. There is not a way that she could handle the baby that you would be pleased with…wait a minute, maybe there was. When she was pregnant and found out the baby had Down’s Syndrome, she could have had an abortion, and her 17 year old could have had an abortion…would that have made you happy?

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By: just me on October 5, 2008
at 12:49 PM
I would like to know why it is bad for a mother of a baby to run for vice president? Would that be such an issue if it was a father running for VP? How many families do you know that are or have had to deal with an unplanned teenage pregnancy? Get off your soap boxes and look at how she is more like you and me than you want to say. I look forward to having someone more like myself in the White House.

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By: just me on October 5, 2008
at 12:46 PM
Sarah Palin:
– Looks Great!!
– Sounds Good!
– Where’s the beef????

The ‘Redneck in Lipstick’ cannot disappear from the national scene soon enough. She is soooo out of her league.

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By: Gari Palmer on October 5, 2008
at 12:41 PM
Great post Helen! You should be on Jon Stewart’s writing team or may be SNL’s!!

Palin does not understand the fundamentals of a woman’s right to choose. Pro choice does not mean NOT being pro-life. Being pro-choice is about having an option to choose but Palin is not open minded nor does she has enough understanding of era we live in.

If we are stupid enough to elect her than we have just pushed women’s right movement back to 60’s. AND if we are stupid enough to elect her than we will be getting a government we deserve……

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By: Madhvi on October 5, 2008
at 12:37 PM
Excellent…simply excellent but you know what so this NIGHTMARE doesn’t come true we need to get the word out there to vote come Nov 4th. We need to.
This campaign as you have heard is going to get ugly on behalf of this dimwit incompetent and his cancer survivor lunatic. They have admitted they will change the theme of the economic and healthcare woes this country faces to political crap. That’s were we come in. To support, campaign and vote for CHANGE.
Thank you for this blog. I’ll go ahead and spread the word around. God Bless!

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By: Juan from Tacoma on October 5, 2008
at 12:31 PM
Agreed!

You two are too cute. You both should have a sitcom.

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By: tina on October 5, 2008
at 12:27 PM
You Betcha! There’s a place for you in heaven Helen. Wink, wink.

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By: Anne on October 5, 2008
at 12:27 PM
You go girl. You are my inspiration. My husband and I thought we were the only ones upset about the baby being with her — I don’t care what time it is, that baby should not have been there. Period.
The Republicans would never tolerate any of the Palin antics from a Democrat. If Hillary were the VP candidate and Chelsea were pregnant, can you imagine the things they’d be saying! Thanks for saying what needed to be said.

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By: Kat on October 5, 2008
at 12:26 PM
Here’s one thing: Voting R isn’t a shame. Voting D isn’t a shame. Voting STUPID and INCONSIDERATE however IS! Now voting for someone, who shortly before chosen to be Mccains running mate, confessed that she HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE DUTIES OF A VP ARE, is mere idiocy. The US deserve better. I say this as a German.

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By: Veronika on October 5, 2008
at 12:23 PM
palin is a moron. how can anyone even consider her being part of a team that runs the most powerful country in the world?

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By: anonymous on October 5, 2008
at 12:20 PM
Although I agree with your attacks Helen, quite whole-heartedly, I think it comes down to one ideal for me.

I believe leaders should be admired, respected, even revered for their public service, their dedication, hard work and above all, their intelligence. I desire leaders that intimidate me with their wisdom, strategic skills and knowledge. I crave a DC where it would be dream to have dinner with those in office. One night, where I could marvel at their minds.

Helen’s eloquent rant resonates with my same frustration. It really wouldn’t matter if this site was manufactured, or if a few of her numbers are off, because the fact remains: Sarah Palin may be a decent mother (although that is questionable, considering circumstances), but she is a completely unimpressive politician, could not be referred to as a scholar and is in need of some speech therapy. She reminds me of the neighborhood church moms when I was growing up, the head of the PTA, hell give her a role on Desparate Housewives. People, this is not a game.

This is the future of my children, my country. While I would surely allow Palin to read them a storybook at the library, I do not want her teaching policy, economics or science, which she does not even “believe” in. Palin is vying for an office in the government of the country we all love. An office which requires capabilities to SOLVE the enormous issues with our economy, continue our struggle for democracy throughout the world, battle terrorism, communicate with world leaders . . .all these things require much more than small-town charm and the naive belief that God=Government. My dear Sarah, God gave you a world, so you might get a passport and check it out. God gave us the spectacular art of science so that we might learn from our mistakes, develop, grow and flourish, using its principals. God gave you a brain, so that you might use it.

Thank you for expressing yourself Helen. It’s so refreshing to hear truth, even if it makes us cringe a little bit. 🙂

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By: MK on October 5, 2008
at 12:15 PM
Sarah Palin is a joke for one reason only — No self-respecting Mother would even seek the VP office when she has a child that’s still a newborn. How can you even justify being a commited VP candidate when you’re sacrficing valuable time bonding with your child. And she’s a weak opposer of women’s rights too. She’s a joke and she makes a mockery of strong women everywhere.

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By: Anonymous on October 5, 2008
at 12:07 PM
Aw Helen, you had me at hello.

Fellow Texan here that agrees with you 100%. Palin simply offends the senses, and you summed her up quite well.

It is nice to know that there are other Texans out there who feel as strongly about her as I do and aren’t afraid to say it. She’s horrible!

Shame on McCain. Country first, my ass!

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By: Kim in Texas on October 5, 2008
at 12:02 PM
McCain is not so much of a maverick as he is a loner. And, if you look at how the Republicans are staying as far away from Bush right now as they can, you can picture a McCain presidency. The Loner will not bring together his party and the nation to rebuild what the Bush administration has torn up, dismantled (like civil rights), and spit out.

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 11:58 AM
Helen…very well written opinion! You sound like one smart cookie, and very spunky, too! Thanks for putting to print what many of us are thinking!

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By: Charlie on October 5, 2008
at 11:57 AM
Dear Helen,

I loved your review of Palin! I think you have the woman nailed!

Did you know that someone posted your blog address on SNL comments for the video of their spoof of the Biden/Palin debate – that’s how I found you. My guess is that by this time tomorrow your comments will have tripled. I sent your link out to several friends that I know will love your blog.

Sheryl

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By: Sheryl White on October 5, 2008
at 11:50 AM
Anyone else notice that Palin is like a female version of Dubya? Watch the speech excerpts on the Letterman show and compare his “eloquence” without cue cards to Palin’s communicative abilities when deprived of her own cue cars….She just does the folksy Alaskan twang, instead of the folksy Texas twang. “If’n ya liked 8 years of Dubya, I betcha gonna love 4 years of McCain and Palin, don’tcha know…Here’s a shout out to all you sacker moms out there.” [Obviously, the ex-beauty queen thought she was back in high school running for hall monitor…]

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 11:50 AM
I am a registered Republican. I have never been more unnerved by the selection that is on this ticket. Look, along the way we all make bad choices and be-friend the wrong people. But why can’t we all as a NATION see that McCain and Palin are TOTAL Unbalanced individual’s that together as “MAVERICKS” will not only crash and burn but potentially take us with them!!!! Vote OBAMA!!!!
Palin is out of touch and clueless!!! McCain is such a Maverick…..where and how??McCain is McCaught in a McWeb of McLies!
They are so desperate! Palin has be stating that Obama is being “friendly with terrorist”….Come on!!! If memory serves me correctly,I believe USA was friendly with OSAMA. Enough with the low blows!! I wish Obama would sue her Moose-killin ass! for defamation of character.
Wake up America! Take a Stand and Vote!!
Hopefully, nothing will be manipulated!!!
Vote Obama!!!

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By: Psomiadis on October 5, 2008
at 11:48 AM
Dear Helen, Thank you for your words of wisdom. My Mother dislikes her too, but can’t bring herself to say the B-word.
Since Molly Ivins and Ann Richards died I have felt a void. Darlin’ you have filled it.
I love you. Keep up the good work, smart words, and good wishes for a brighter future for America.
Keep ON ROLLING!
your Friend, texrednface

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By: texrednface on October 5, 2008
at 11:44 AM
Helen Thank you, harsh but true…did anyone remember the Brady Bunch episode where Cindy was on tv and when the red I came on she looked at the screen like an idiot and didn’t said anything that what the Palin reminded me of at the VP debate.

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By: Mdh on October 5, 2008
at 11:43 AM
how is it that most of the responses that are critical seem to be based on name calling or other mean spirited,delusional,ignorant,base aspects of human nature? could it be true that not all conservatives are stupid but all stupid people are conservative?(note to the stupid person about to point out my hypocrisy…change stupid to less intelligent.) Helen i hope i’m as sharp and honest as you when i’m your age!!!!!!

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By: b. bayliss on October 5, 2008
at 11:42 AM
Helen Rocks! You took the words right out of my 57 y/o-conservative-Republican-mother’s mouth.

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By: Kris on October 5, 2008
at 11:39 AM
THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU….for articulating my thoughts excatly. Its good to know there are still Americans who can see throught this B.S and aren’t to p.c to say it like it is.

She is dangerous, and will set American back in time. She is merely a campaign guinea pig.

John McCain chose a VP that would energize his campaign, and not someone who is fit to be president.

SAD that this is what we’ve come to today….

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By: Mary on October 5, 2008
at 11:38 AM
Just go watch the HBO special “Hacking Democracy” – November 4th – votes…ha!

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By: busjaskea on October 5, 2008
at 11:31 AM
Well said!
When I watched the “debate”, I recognized the technique. I attended a session presented by a group of media coaches at Book Expo America a few years ago. They advised authors on book tours to ignore the questions asked by interviewers. Instead, they told us to have 5 to 7 talking points. We were to say, “I’m so glad you asked that. It is an imporant question, now here’s what I want to say” and then proceed toany one of the prepared (memorized and rehearsed)talking points.
Now, I can see doing that with a book reviewer or morning talk jock. They just want content and they don’t really care what you say. Most haven’t had time to read the book anyway. A debate is different.
I can’t believe she got away with it! Good for you, and for Tina Fay, for calling her on it.
You can’t blame McCain for looking for an excuse, any excuse, to call off the debates. She’s scary and he doesn’t want people to see it.

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By: Linda on October 5, 2008
at 11:26 AM
Most excellent! Well said and right to the point. What I can’t believe is that with all the truly intelligent Republican women out there McCain hoists Palin on us!

If he wins as a nation will we desreve everything that comes our way!

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By: Chuck Wegrzyn on October 5, 2008
at 11:26 AM
Bravo, Helen, well said. I couldn’t agree more.

John, who care if the site is being moderated for comments? Last I checked, this was a personal blog where the person who runs it is in charge. She can say or do whatever she wants here. I’d say the same if I made a liberal comment on a conservative site and it was removed – they have every right to do so.

Jeff, thank you for nitpicking her post and correcting minute details. Now can you make a post of reasons that Palin would make a great president should it come to that?

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By: Lara on October 5, 2008
at 11:23 AM
Love it. Have been trying unsuccessfully to frame my feelings about Palin in more sophisticated ways. Problem is my feelings about her aren’t sophisticated, I am insulted. Thanks for clearing away the confusion. You nailed it.

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By: Newt on October 5, 2008
at 11:22 AM
I enjoyed reading the blog and the comments. Thank you for speaking your mind! Here I found the “Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart” :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/03/sarah-palin-debate-flowch_n_131607.html

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By: May on October 5, 2008
at 11:20 AM
W made every man thinks he could be president.
Palin makes every woman thinks she could be the vice president.
Where are the Lincolns and the Washingtons in this great nation? We don’t want Joe Six-Pack or Hockey Mom to lead our country. We want great men and women to lead our country!

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By: xRepublican on October 5, 2008
at 11:15 AM
Thank you so much for sharing your views with us. I just moved from Texas. If I had known women of you caliber were there, I might have considered staying. Please forgive the comments of the young and ignorant that have posted ugly remarks to you. You have stated what is in the hearts of any woman with a sense of pride and an IQ over 100. I appreciate your willingness to put yourself out there in this manner. May God bless and keep you.

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By: Ramona on October 5, 2008
at 11:11 AM
Texas=The Late Ann Richards…uh, GOP, no, but TX according to you is one of those “old” Republican states?

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By: Queen*B* on October 5, 2008
at 11:10 AM
The second Elsie here, who is 62 years old, lives in Texas, one of those old Republican states. Let’s see what happens comes November 4 this year….

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 11:08 AM
Oh Helen…you simply HAVE to go to the website and see the parody Tina Fey is doing of this woman. It’s sad but it’s HILLARIOUS!! For the most part they only use her own words in the skits. I’ll include the link so you can have a peek…I swear my sides still hurt from watching the debate skit.
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/

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By: Corwin on October 5, 2008
at 11:05 AM
“It doesn’t take much intelligence to quickly realize this site was fabricated by someone younger with ill-intentions to mislead the public into believing an elderly woman would actually say these things. Real elderly women bring an element to dialogue that is sorely lacking in this one, wisdom.” Hey Dude, I’m 62 years old, and Helen could not have better expressed my own beliefs about the high school bantering, folksy talking, trailer trash from Alaska… She’s so bright that it took her 6 years and 5 colleges to get an ordinary journalism degree? For God’s sake, we need, now more than ever since Bush drove this country off the rails, intelligent, EDUCATED, well-read, accomplished, respected and respectful leadership to try to get us back on a sane track towards prosperity, strength, and some kind of productive future. Obama may not be everything we need, but he’s damn sure better than what we’ve got, which is McCain’s dear buddy Dubya. Palin is just another horrifying right-wing ideologue like Karl Rove and Cheney, etc., EXCEPT SHE has to have cue cards in order to string together two sentences. Oh, and she can field-dress a moose. [Gosh darnit, I guess ya jus’ gotta go with your strengths? Ya betcha!] Thanks, Helen…You keep going, and let your words be read by anyone who realizes that our country is toast if we get 4 more years of Republican “leadership”. Old uppity women–Unite!

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 11:05 AM
When I grow up I want to be just like Helen! Tell it like it is honey! YOU ROCK!

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By: Soma on October 5, 2008
at 11:03 AM
I got here from SNL comments too, that was a great clip, the only thing i wish they’d done was something on the ‘achilles heel’ question because i’m pretty sure miss sarah had no idea what that meant. . .

I am from alaska and lots of us up here are horrified at what our governor has turned out to be and what kind of (drill baby drill) mindset the rest of the country must think we have up here . . . much of it is simply NOT TRUE for your average alaskan, for example we are small-time farmers.
Among other things. This woman IS dangerous, not least because she and many of her supporters do believe that she has been ‘lifted up of God’ to lead this country . . . yikes. They are very serious about this belief, no humor in it.

Don’t have link, but try googling ‘sarah palin debate flowchart’ for a good laugh. BTW, ‘palin’ is from the Greek and means ‘back’. (As in ‘palindrome’ which means ‘back way’, this term is so scarily synchronous to what we are seeing).

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By: irina on October 5, 2008
at 11:03 AM
For John who posted at 10:27 Oct 5:

I’m surprised that you think this is a fake blog.
I bet you were raised in a nuclear household, without daily exposure to the wisdom and wit of older people.

Older people are younger people with experience!
Only if an older person is mentally inactive, avoiding new challenges and experiences, will they become ossified in their thinking as they age.

George Bernard Shaw, for example:
“In 1950, Shaw fell off a ladder while trimming a tree on his property at Ayot St. Lawrence in Hertfordshire, outside of London, and died a few days later of complications from the injury, at age 94. He had been at work on yet another play.”

I hope I’m like Helen when I grow up. (Heck, I’m only 70…)

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By: Elsie on October 5, 2008
at 11:02 AM
I knew it would be some dried up old skank like you that would be calling Governor Palin the B-word. Please. Doubtful you’re even going to be around in a few more years and that is fine by me…I get so sick of these SENIORS that just run their mouths because they feel so entitled and justified to do so because they have managed to outlive a majority of their peers. Go find a bridge game or something.

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By: Queen*B* on October 5, 2008
at 11:01 AM
Alaska has nearly 700,000 people. Most live within an area that covers less than 1% of the land area of Alaska. 69.3% of Alaskans are white. That stands as the LOWEST percentage in the United States. Therefore, Alaska has a greater racial diversity than any other state! The Alaskan Permanent Fund gives a dividend to resisdents who maintain constant residency for more than 11 months. The highest dividend was $1,963.86 back in 2000. In spite of this, Alaska has one of the highest cost-of-living averages in the nation. In fact, federal employees are given a 25% cost-of-living allowance above their base pay because the cost of living is so high.

Because Alaska is in its own time zone, having a baby on national TV at 11pm means that, to the baby, it was only 7pm. I fail to see how that is bad mothering.

“God” is spelled with a capital “G”.

The national media was responsible for talking up Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy; a fact that Sarah Palin wanted to keep secret from the media.

The sentence, “Your insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that his home state has re-elected him to office 6 times,” should read: “You’re insulting to a United States Senator who is so respected that the state of Delaware elected and re-elected him to office 6 times.” Joe Biden’s home state is Pennsylvania, not Delaware. It is impossible for anyone to be re-elected without first being elected, therefore Biden was re-elected 5 times and elected once.

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By: Jeff on October 5, 2008
at 11:01 AM
Oh, and Helen… Brilliant. =)

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By: ChrissyOne on October 5, 2008
at 10:57 AM
Justin, you ignorant slut.

Can you not name a magazine when pressed? Or a single Supreme Court decision aside from Roe v. Wade? It’s okay to be just as dumb as Sarah, we’ll still love you and give you a gold star when you win your very own Olympics…

But you DON’T get to be president.

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By: ChrissyOne on October 5, 2008
at 10:57 AM
You nailed it, Helen.

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By: llilly on October 5, 2008
at 10:56 AM
Ma’am, you rock.

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By: Arp on October 5, 2008
at 10:55 AM
Helen thank you for saying it!

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By: monica Perez on October 5, 2008
at 10:54 AM
I found your site while I was reading comments to the Saturday Night Live “comical” video of the Biden/Palin debate, the Saturday 10/4/08 episode, at http://www.nbc.com.

I hope you get on that show or at least somewhere where you can say what we have all been thinking…

Pumpkin

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By: Pumpkin on October 5, 2008
at 10:47 AM
Hi John. Feel free to post whatever you want. I don’t mind. I would need my grandson to tell me how to remove any of it. He might be doing that and hasn’t let me know yet. He now lives in London so I will hear from him eventually I know. Thank you for stopping by and remember I am not the one running for Vice President and I don’t watch that show you are talking about but I hear it is very funny.

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By: Helen Philpot on October 5, 2008
at 10:40 AM
Call WOlf Blitzer on CNN!!!!
Helen needs to be added to the “best political analysis team on television!!”

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By: Fran on October 5, 2008
at 10:34 AM
It was obvious from the minute she started her whole idiotic self-portrayal on the stage when Republicans “unveiled” her- testosterone levels shot up on the old guys and younger men lost their common sense also when there she tramped…” a woman of power instead of just a older male.Their cameras flashed as though for Pam Anderson. they wanted young they wanted female they wanted someone opposed to abortion.
Shit for brains!!! That is her and all who are taken by her “hick” ways. She totally offends and does set womens issues back so much. WHO gives a “rat’s ass” if she moose hunts,fishes or whatever in Alaska.
I think as George Bush has ruined the U.S. image all over the world, so has Gov. P. ruined the reputation of Alaska and all we thought of in the minds of Americans. What a floozy! Why!? didn’t the moderator insist she stay on course during debate? She chose to return to her lengthy note cards(in a panic) as though someone said to her- “If /when you get stumped, return to these cards-no matter what the topic is for the debate. You talk about these” …and she did and she got away with having her own little bratty agenda her own bratty way.I pray McCain loses and she goes back for Troopergate never to be seen or heard from again

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By: Debra on October 5, 2008
at 10:31 AM
Hope I’m as feisty as you when I’m 82!

Tina Fey/Helen ’08

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By: liz on October 5, 2008
at 10:29 AM
Helen is right on target.

I am 44 years old and have voted both R and D in my life, depending on the candidate and the issues. This election is critical. With so many significant global and domestic issues hanging in the balance, we need intelligent and thoughtful leadership.

McCain, with his choice of Palin, has demonstrated neither. I hesitate to even comment on my level of insult at the pandering for the female vote…as if we would be complimented by that choice!?

I was concerned about McCain prior to the VP choice, but I am truly terrified for our country’s future at the thought that an intellectual zero like Palin could be one of our leaders, especially with her view of the powers of the VP.

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By: Allison on October 5, 2008
at 10:29 AM
I’ve posted this several times today, each time it is removed. To anyone reading this, see if this message is still here in the next couple of minutes or hours. The site is being censored.

I stumbled on the site through a link from a Saturday Night Live video comment.

It doesn’t take much intelligence to quickly realize this site was fabricated by someone younger with ill-intentions to mislead the public into believing an elderly woman would actually say these things. Real elderly women bring an element to dialogue that is sorely lacking in this one, wisdom.

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By: John on October 5, 2008
at 10:27 AM
I would be proud to call you my relative. Thank you Helen for expressing your (and my) opinion on this unfortunate choice of running mate to represent our nation.

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By: Paul on October 5, 2008
at 10:20 AM
Oh dear. Call me a bitch if you want to. I don’t mind. But I am not runhning for Vice President. I don’t understand how all this works but I had no idea this would get so much attention. Margaret just called me and she is wondering how everyone found our silly little blog. I can’t wait to ask my grandson.

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By: Helen Philpot on October 5, 2008
at 10:20 AM
Wow, harsh but true – I’m an X-Marine Gulf War Veteran (1st war) – voted for Bush – Provided Jobs and have taken advantage of all the tax breaks for the companies I have owned – a Die Hard Republican – but this year – WOW….Can’t do it I Love my country to much much to vote the Palin/McCain Ticket – although it would benefit me on taxes, health care etc.,… I can’t do it – Joe Biden has my Vote therefore Obama has my vote – Palin oh my God what is going on with our country? People even on this post are protecting her, from the obvious, for what?? Wake up People, I don’t know if I would call Palin a Bitch but everything else you’ve posted is….well, BRAVO!

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By: Robert on October 5, 2008
at 10:11 AM
McCain/Helen

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By: Richard Brisco on October 5, 2008
at 10:08 AM
I just heard that McCain is dumping Palin so he can get Helen on his good side. McCain now realizes that Helen is his only chance of winning.

He should be calling soon.

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By: Richard Brisco on October 5, 2008
at 10:07 AM
I really hope you are 82 years old because that means that my negative presumptions about seniors are not always true! I was worried that I was doomed to become a naive republican in 2054, (When I turn 70) but you have given me hope. Keep it up!

I think its safe to call her a bitch since she practically called herself one. Allow me to explain:

She said the only difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull is “lipstick” right? Assuming she is reffering to a female pitbull, (I can’t imagine she is reffering to a male) then she is reffering to a bitch, a.k.a. a female dog. She essencially called herself a bitch with lipstick. It is quite possibly the most sexist and degrading comment I have ever heard on the political front. (Aside from McCain allegedly calling his wife a C*nt.) Maybe they’re perfect for eachother afterall. Now McCain has a Bitch to his left and a C*nt to his right!

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By: Jon on October 5, 2008
at 10:05 AM
That was a great synopsis of this whole debacle. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

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By: Vanessa on October 5, 2008
at 10:03 AM
Amazing, simply amazing!

When an 80+ y/o from Georgia is able to see bullshit and call it what it is, then America should listen! While it is true that not all elders show such dead on accuracy, Helen, my dear you hit the tree and the target. I can only say thank you.

Palin is scary as all of the great Alaskan outdoors. I shake my head when I see people saying how great she is. My neighbor was one such person, but then I asked her the following:

“If your daughter where to become pregnant via incest or rape, would you want her to carry the child to term?”

Needless, to say after she was able to get over the horror of my words she gave me an resounding “OH HELL NO!”. Well, when I looked at her and explained to her that Sarah Palin believes just that, she thought at first I was lying, but after finding out that is what Palin said. She purchased 2 Obama bumper stickers and yard signs!

America, WAKE UP!!!!! Now, is the time to fight for what we believe in and belive in what we fight for.

Yes, Obama is black, but Palin is an uneducated white woman. We all know that McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of his class, what about Palin? Every time she opens her mouth, she shows exactly how much focus America needs to put on Education, because people she is a raving idiot!

I’m Jan Carter and I approve this message.

Obama/Biden 08

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By: Jan Carter on October 5, 2008
at 10:02 AM
Fantastic post!

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By: Nikki on October 5, 2008
at 10:00 AM
As a young woman I am afraid for my rights and the rights of my future daughters if this woman were to be elected. Thank-you for saying what so many pundits are afraid to. Absolutely brilliant!!!!

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By: Taura on October 5, 2008
at 9:59 AM
Bravo! I’m horrifed to think that this woman could be the first woman to occupy the office of VP (or even President should the need arise). And I’m insulted to think that the Republican party thinks she is a model for American women. Are you kidding me? I don’t want a beauty queen who believes in creationism — I want a well educated, knowledgeable, articulate candidate! There are plenty of women out there who fit that description.

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By: Eileen on October 5, 2008
at 9:55 AM
i understand you are old … that can’t be helped. you are also a liberal democrat … yes, it shows.
and to use your own word … you are the bitch.

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By: larry on October 5, 2008
at 9:54 AM
Good Vanessa…..go because we sure don’t need TRUE Americans like you!

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 9:48 AM
If Palin is indeed elected as the VP of USA, we will be the real joke around the world…!

IF they get elected will be leaving this country next day.

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By: Vanessa on October 5, 2008
at 9:46 AM
You must be a senile old bitch, then….

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By: carol nabb on October 5, 2008
at 9:45 AM
Kudos Helen, you go Girl
Katie Couric should interview you

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By: LARRY KEITH on October 5, 2008
at 9:00 AM
Helen for President!!!!!

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By: Betty Fairchild on October 5, 2008
at 8:15 AM
Helen, liberal California thanks you! Wait…let me clarify, the intelligent, liberal Californians thank you!

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By: Garrett on October 5, 2008
at 8:05 AM
Your clarity and wisdom is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for being a real American and spreading the message that my dad drilled into me my whole life “Use your head for more than a hat rack America”. Think about the effect having a bumbling idiot running the country could cause, and if you need an example just recall the last 8 years.

I wish some of my fellow 20 something middle America friends were as wise as you.

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By: Annette on October 5, 2008
at 7:28 AM
“knowing McCain that might have been his plan all along”

You know McCain? That’s so cool! Because you wouldn’t really say something about someone that you don’t really know, would you?

It doesn’t really matter what party you are affiliated with, everyone should agree that a presidential (or VP) candidate shouldn’t be required to have all the answers. Even Obama has said some pretty dumb things because he was pressed for answers. Why not allow these candidates an opportunity to gather up the great minds of this great nation to support a unified cause? Wouldn’t it be great to actually hear someone say that they will surround themselves with subject matter experts since nobody is an expert in every field of life?

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By: Justin on October 5, 2008
at 7:21 AM
BRAVA!!!!!!! Exactly. God help us if McCain/Palin (or should I say Palin/McCain) get elected. palin is very very dangerous. She reminds me of Delores Umbridge in the harry Potter series. They are both power hungry (palin said it herself, both in the Couric interview and then in the debate), both are totally for the system, and both are ignorant and sadistic. The only difference is that Umbridge is truthful about where are her alliances.

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By: Sandy on October 5, 2008
at 1:58 AM
Finally! Someone out there articulated my thoughts in precise detail. I am often curious how people fall in love with a smile while jabbering about the paramount issues in a disrespectful, nonsensical method. McCain could have chosen Mickey Mouse, and he would have spoken with much more intelligence and logic than this hot air baboon.

Please, go back to Alaska and keep participating in the AIP club, and leave the remainder of Americans alone. We are tired of the country, folksy chatter that leaves me ill!

Helen, thank you for taking the courage and saying what the mass media could say, but will not say. Kudos to you!

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By: Matt on October 5, 2008
at 1:54 AM
Helen, I admire your frankness. It is amazing to me that most Americans can’t step back and look at the historical arc of the rethuglican party over the last 30 years (oh, I guess most of them are proud of their ignorance and that they don’t read anything anyway…). Reagan acted his way through 8 years of the presidency in an Alzheimer’s daze, and put the first knife into the Constitution (i.e. Iran Contra) that had earlier been saved from the potential depredations of Tricky Dick and Watergate. Then comes GHWB with the bush crime family’s tainted money from the Nazi era (and also the Carlyle Group), who is so out of touch with common people that he has no clue about what a supermarket barcode scanner is. He also introduces the first clueless clot to the VP slot (i.e. Qualye) and pardons all the murderers of the Constitution (Oliver North, Adm Poindexter, etc). Then after 8 yrs of a respite under Clinton, comes the Shrub. Eight years of the snake-oil salesman Shrub have made the US almost uniformly the most hated country around the world, and the rethuglican machine keeps generating more and more stupid candidates for office. About 50 more knives were plunged into the Constitution during this period by Shrub, Cheney and their henchmen, and few Americans said anything (I mean, habeas corpus done away with after 700+ years since the Magna Carta? C’mon!). RIP the Constitution. Next the US already is the laughing stock of the world as the rethuglicans nominate McLiar and the lipsticked Palin pig. What wonders will next emerge from the mushbrains of the rethuglicans? Oh, I know — in 2012 let’s have them nominate a slobbering, drooling idiot from a funny farm and then the US can become known as the bankrupt Mental Hospital of the world! What a future to contemplate! Sadly for us, Osama is sitting in his cave and can’t believe his incredible luck that in 8 yrs he has achieved all his goals and more by getting the sole “superpower” to implode with 8+ Trillion $ more debt since Carter by his (OBL’s) expenditure of a mere $350K and a few robot “martyrs”. Way to go USA – this is far more entertaining than the decline and fall of the Roman empire would have been on TV. I’m sick at heart at what’s been done to our country by all these madmen.

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By: TheObserver on October 5, 2008
at 1:53 AM
Helen, I love your mind! You said it all and have set the rest of us free. The emperor has no clothes, and Palin has no brain! God help this country!!

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By: Joy on October 5, 2008
at 1:40 AM
Amen Helen. This is exactly what myself and other intelligent women think of Palin. She is an embarrassment to us all. And you are right, she is too full of pride to graciously step down. I admire your honesty. I can only hope that peole wake up and see how transparent Palin really is. Thank you for this truthful post.

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By: buzzybeegirl on October 5, 2008
at 12:34 AM
I call bullshit

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By: Tanya Hitts on October 5, 2008
at 12:34 AM
Well put. I heard somebody criticize her constitutional view of the Vice Presidency. I had to disagree, because I am certain that Palin has no idea of what the constitution states. I think she is two cue cards deep on almost any subject because it is obvious she lacks any intellectual content or curiosity.
And now her criticism of the Couric interview is interesting because she could not answer the question of the day about the $700 billion rescue/bailout plan.
What is so offensive, as you note, is that a “shucks I am a country girl” stuff works with a not insignificant portion of the population.

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By: Everyman on October 5, 2008
at 12:32 AM
Oh Honey. If an old woman originally from Georgia can see the light. Anyone can. Have a little faith.

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By: Helen Philpot on October 5, 2008
at 12:25 AM
Great blog. However, I am afraid that we’ll be seeing more of her in the future. America is way to racist! We would rather elect a fake and moron!

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By: Steve on October 4, 2008
at 11:59 PM
doggonnit! I can’t believe some people actually thinks she’s capable! gosh darn it!

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By: Lucas on October 4, 2008
at 11:23 PM
Completely agree with your posting. I think all these people that are saying that she’ll be the best VP ever have a blindfold pulled over their eyes. Obama and Biden are the best candidates right now so I think any true “patriot” should support them regardless of their party. Even some Republican supporters are agreeing that we can’t afford another 4 years of the same garbage.

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By: Greg Davidson on October 4, 2008
at 11:20 PM
Completely agree with you. I think all these people that are saying that she’ll be the best VP ever have a blindfold pulled over their eyes. Obama and Biden are the best candidates right now so I think any true “patriot” should support them regardless of their party. Even some Republican supporters are agreeing that we can’t afford another 4 years of the same garbage.

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By: Greg Davidson on October 4, 2008
at 11:19 PM
Helen, you are one fantastic woman. You articulated the Palin problems PERFECTLY. It was as if you were reading my mind. THANK GOD SOMEONE SAID IT! I do not understand how any woman could support a woman who doesn’t believe in WOMEN’S RIGHTS?! Palin ALMOST makes Bush seem intelligent. Thank you so so much. I really admire your honesty. Frankly, it’s hard to believe you are 82 years old.

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By: Rachel on October 4, 2008
at 11:07 PM
Funniest blog I’ve read all year!
Unfortunately, it’s only funny because it’s true!

Keep on dishin’ th’ truth, honey!

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By: Jerry Wilson on October 4, 2008
at 10:28 PM
Bravo, dear! Hopefully we won’t have to worry about her after Nov. 4th. From my keyboard to God’s ears…

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By: Betty Fairchild on October 4, 2008
at 8:45 PM

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