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Good Morning!
Good Morning!...
Thanks to All...for sharing...your adventures with the 'CUDA!
Ditto that, Mia...and good morning to you and Jean!!!
Dear manajordan,
Have a wonderful time today. We are all looking forward to your account of the day!
I am overwhelmed beyond words when I think how blessed we are to be living through these fateful, momentous hours, days, weeks, and months...The Days of Sarah...The Years of Sarah!!
God bless Sarah and all of you!!
Brianus
Dear Nancy,
Thank you so much for your several supplementary comments yesterday on Julie's thread!! In some ways, these were my favorites!!
You brought those deathless moments with the Governor and with her family alive for all of us.
God bless!
Brianus
Dear Santa,
Will you please bring me some of that global warming that Algore invented for Christmas? The wind chill here in Illinois is -7 this morning. Will you also bring me the hat that Sarah is wearing in my avatar? Thank you.
Whitney
Good morning everyone!
And a drug clouded, but still good, morning to everyone. I'm sleeping between 9 and 10 hrs. a night, which is nothing short of a miracle, as sleep was a precious commodity in my life with all the drama of the prior months. I'm working about half a day now and only taking the drugs when I need them, so everything appears to be coming along fine. Unfortunately, I fear that I may have forever lost the chance to pose for Playboy, but hey, you can't win 'em all.
Still wallowing in all the joy of the book signings and the policy smackdowns. More and more media and pundit pinheads are taking notice and shutting up. Couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift than that.
Mia, I am still feeling the glow and the glory of our Raiders' victory over the Steelers last Sunday!! One cannot tell from one or two games, but there seems to be something special about Bruce Gradkowski. Could he be Kenny Stabler Redux?!?
God bless,
Brianus
Good morning, Whit...LOL!!!!..Santa Gore!!
Dear Bean Counter,
Praised be the Lord. We shall continue to pray and pray for you, Dear Sister!!
Brianus
Good morning everyone!! It was a pleasure sharing with you my experience with the "Going Rogue Tour!! Maybe after Jan 1 one of the premiere Videogrphers Video Sweet et. all. C an make a video of the Book tour!!
Good morning, Minnesota!!
Brainus...YES!!!...Bruce???...hmmm...Those are Big Shoes to fill!
We can Hope!
YAAAAAAAAY manajordon!!!! Have FUN!!!
Santa...Whitney has been a Bad Girl this Year!...Just giving the facts...
Good Morning all..
Just a reminder...for those interested...Todd's Father will be on KVOR.com with Richard Randall at 8:30am.. or about a hour and a half from now. I just hope my "Trist" Todd the other night is not mentioned! ;) I would hate for that to get out!
Good Morning.
It is -12 here this morning. Alright, that is a little too cold even for me.
YES!!!!!
Mia,
You know I'm complete innocent, but even if Santa gives me coal, at least I can burn it to keep warm. ;)
Off to work....:)
<span>Good Morning all..
Just a reminder...for those interested...Todd's Father will be on KVOR.com with Richard Randall at 8:30am.. or about a hour and a half from now. I just hope my "Trist" with Todd the other night is not mentioned! ;) I would hate for that to get out!</span>
Yikes, Beehive!!!!!
YIKES!!!!....burrrrrrrrrr....
LOL, thanks, Cruela!!
dang - too late?
btw - is anyone else disgusted with B Walters MOST fascinating???? ROFLOL! That disgusting woman is ANY thing but fascinating! She's hideous, odeous, anarchist, hateful, greedy and UBER jealous! NOTHING fascinating about any of that!! IT's just more HO HUM typical garbage that flows out from the S. Side of Chi town! blech!
and I said it on another thread that I am POSITIVE the only reason that happened was to keep her from getting flogged for nominating Sarah and Glen. MICHELLE is more of a freak show than fascinating. MOST disgusting would be my title for her!!
innocent????????...oh boy...
...hmmm...
Now now. Let's not get started on that.
Hey ladydawnelle,
Why don't you tell us how you really feel? hahahaha
I still cherish the moment when Sarah, in her RNC speech last year, took direct aim at Michelle O, "They love their country, and they are always proud of America"!!!
Anyone and everyone with "ears to hear," both in the convention hall and across America, caught the reference immediately!!
That woman is not my first lady. Sarah is my President; Todd is FDOTUS, First Dude of the United States!
Good Am Lipstick!...I have been on the treadmill...because of the weather!
Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!
Hope you are back at it Soon!
Lipstick
33 degrees!! You're killing me. That would be like short weather for me. hahaha
Two new posts up already ! Very hard to keep up.
btw, re: my Reagan friend (and his "buddies")
- it's working, it's working ....
or shall I say, they see Sarah for what she is, and they LIKE IT !
:-)
GOP= SARAH PALIN DENIERS
Good morning fellow barbarians. It's a bright and sunny day day here in Southern Louisiana although cold....packed away my shorts again from Tuesday's Global Warming Day (temp in the 70's). Temp here today supposed to climb to lower 50's....brr.
Sarah...we know that you read C4P because you were well aware of who the troublemakers are....I won't post any names...you know who they are. Has Todd recovered yet for the attack perpetrated by that crazy lady...you know who I mean.
The invitation to visit us here in South Louisiana still stands and if you bring the moose or caribou....I'll make the gumbo. Just one more teenie weenie fact to entice you to Louisiana just in case the food and fun isn't enough.....Louisiana is called the Sportsman's Paradise......it's on our license plates......you'll find thousands of sympatico hunters and if you come at the right time, we can arrange an alligator hunt by air boat in the bayous. Need a new purse or some new killer heels? I'll even cook the sucker up....ever had alligator sauce picante? ........Just a suggestion.
Here's wishing you, your wonderful family, and all your millions of supporters and readers an exciting, happy and safe day. Last stops of the current tour in the lower 48......I know you'll do us proud.
You're sounding like a winner to me!
You Don't???
<span>GOP=SARAH PALIN DENIERS - <span>The ultimate Force of Nature!</span></span>
I muist be living right, 'cause I know nothing of it!
Particularly well said!
Lipstick,
I too love to read sentences over and over again, when I am reading a great and beautuful and powerful work of literature. I loved savoring sentences in Sarah's book, reading them repeatedly, contemplating them, reflecting upon them, taking delight in both the SENSE and the SOUND, even reading some of them aloud to myself...turning them over in my mind and on my lips!!!
This book is an American Treasure; its author is an American Treasure!!
Brianus
I thought the horns went on Suburbans nowadays.
beautiful-typo!!
The left seems to be coming apart nicely. While they are doing a good job of stepping in their own and flailing, Sarah is certainly tugging a few threads to get those seams splitting even more rapidly. It is the best theatre there is!
Do you put the Christmas Wreath...on the center of the Horns?????
Relish in your rest and peace, Bean. Your body wants it and deserves it.
In a time when newspapers are seeking a bailout from the Feds, they just might find one in Sarah.
Rasmussen daily tracking poll:
-12 (28-40) strongly approve-strongly disapprove
"With just one exception in each direction, the number who STRONGLY APPROVE has stayed between 38% and 41% every day for a month."
-7 (46-53) approval-disapproval
Obama has lost 3 points in his approval in the last 72 hours.
Yeah. That's pretty cold.
I'm debating whether I am going on my walk this morning.
Maybe I'll wait until it's -5.
Thanks, techno!
hahaha
I have been to Texas...many times...Love it!...Except...you need to pick
up the speed...when TALKING!!! ;)
Lipstick,
There's a house near mine that has a Texas flag in their yard, in Illinois!! I'm still prayerfully considering making the move down there in the Spring. How long does the path to citizenship take?
Recommend the audio book Brian....hearing Sarah tell her story in her unique style over and over......priceless.......she's my new kitchen companion .....makes cooking all the more fun. By the time Sarah's second book comes out....I estimate that I will have "read" Going Rogue at least a thousand times.
...hehehe...
Right on Lipstick.
For those of you who missed the flurry of polls that come down in the last two days in respect to Obama's approval numbers (F/UF) here is a broad comparison:
RDTP CBS IPSO QUIN PPP MAR
OVERALL 46/53 50/39 49/49 46/44 49/47 46/44
INDIES - 43/41 41/55 37/51 46/47 41/44
MEN - - - 42/50 42/54 45/47
WOMEN - - - 51/38 54/40 47/42
WHITES - - - 38/51 38/57 -
MODERA - - - 56/33 66/28 48/37
SARAH PALIN
CNN POLL
F UF
OVERALL 46 46
INDIES 50 50
GOP 80 -
MEN 51 -
WOMEN 41 -
Hmm, what's wrong with some of us ladies out there. Palin envy?
Lipstick, wouldn't it be great to see Sarah touring the oil rigs and refineries located all along out two state's coasts and giving speeches in support of Drill, Baby, Drill!!!!!!! The roughnecks would love her and she would enjoy it too. The liberals and faux environmentilists would piss in their pants. Maybe, we should start a South Texas and South Louisiana book tour petition..........it could work. Also, meet some of the survivors of the last two years of hurricanes in both areas...you know who I mean.....the ones who get to work and rebuild and don't whine or wait for handouts from the government.
Dear Kjanlady,
If I do not get the audio book for Christmas, I shall buy it for myself. I LOVE the sound of Sarah's voice; I have loved it since Sarah Palin Day last year in Dayton, Ohio, when that voice lifted me up from gloom and quasi-despair to hope for America!! I cannot understand how "liberals" feel revulsion at the sound of her voice. I love it. Well, actually, I can understand very well. These vicious people loathe everything about her, so, of course, they would hate even her lovely voice. Anyway, LOVE IS STRONGER THAN HATRED, AND OVERCOMETH IT. Sarah's love for America, and our love for her and for our nation, will win and gain the palm and garland of victory!!
Thanks for the recommendation, and God bless!!
Brianus
-20 in Chicago!!
...and I LOVE your "thousand times"--we never tire of that which is REAL and TRUE and BRAVE!!
Lots of Texans have longhorns on their trucks, and shotguns in them! And we proudly fly our flags.
Morning Folks!
I'm reading the headlines of all that is going on, and I come here for encouraging words and thoughts. I'm reading Sarah's book AGAIN, Kitchen table politics, it's so inspiring!
I just think OMG!!!! President Palin is really going to have her hands full in January 2013, sifting through this mess, cleaning up the corruption. WHERE DOES SHE START? ACORN, CONGRESS, canceling all the BS legislation. BOY, WHERE DOES SHE START?
Thanks so letting me vent!
Bee
SARAH PALIN 2012!
i wish you would answer that for me, Ms. Whitney
Hmmmm......3 points in 72 hours? I'm sure this doesn't have anything to do with Governor Palin slamming AlGore's LOCKBOX shut once and for all about his bogus claims and putting Bamster on the defense about attending Copenhagen.
Good thing Obama gave another "riveting" 42 minute speech after receiving his Nobel Peace Prize this AM and couldn't resist more zings at the previous Administration. That shoud soften the blow.
...and we can NEVER underestimate the power of a VOICE..Sir Winston Churchill's fearless, lion-like, intrepid, voice, his "we shall never surrender," borne on the ethereal wings of the radio waves to all his countrymen, led Britain to victory. It was that great voice and spirit, that indomitable soul, more even than the heroic, dashing young airmen of the RAF, who saved Britain and the West!!
typo--"that" for "who" in last line!!
Great chapter! We'll finally have a President who actually reads the budget and the bills. That thought alone excites me!
Amen, She'll have to train Congress on how to do their job!
Laura Ingraham just praised Sarah Palin; shocking. She said Sarah Palin should have been the most fascinating person of 2009 for single-handedly derailing the Health Care debate with her "death panel" post. Plus, her Facebook postings are having an impact on the general debate of the nation and that trumps Michelle's arms.
Oh, and Sarah Palin is going to be on Laura's show today in the 3rd hour. NOT for an interview, but to help her launch the auction of her Going Rogue jacket.
CNN has an interesting poll about Oblamo and the Nobel Peace Prize (NPP)
Has Oblamo accomplished enough to be awarded the NPP?
Accomplished Enough...........Dec 19%......Oct 32%
NOT Accomplished Enough.....Dec 80%......Oct 67%
No Opinion 1%......Both polls
Will Oblamo eventually deserve the NPP? (Dec 2009)
Accomplished Enough.......................................19%
Not Accomplished enough but likely will...............35%
Not Accomplished enough & likely won't...............43%
No opinion........................................................3%
FYI....Have changed the one's name to OBLAMO because of his tiresome tendency to blame all of his troubles on the Bush Administration....I will change this when he takes responsibility for his own actions and quits trying to blame Bush.....probably when he has his 85th birthday.
Congressional appropriators agreed Tuesday night to give civilian federal employees a 2 percent pay increase -- which includes a locality pay increase President Obama didn't want.
Government workers will get a 1.5 percent nationwide increase in base pay and a 0.5 percent average increase in locality pay. The final agreement goes against the wishes of Obama, who called for a flat 2 percent jump and no locality increase.
WHAT???
Michelle's arms are just her misinterpretation of the 2nd amendment. She thought it was the right to bare arms, not the right to bear arms.
OBLAMO: love it!!
With Laura, the words or phrases ambivalent, of two minds, cognitive dissonance and torn come to mind.
Brianus,
You are so sweet! I really appreciate all of your encouraging comments!:)
The people here at C4P are the most fun, kind and encouraging people! It is one of the reasons we are so excited to tell people about this website.
I can barely contain my laughter, Whit!!
Bean,
Praise the Lord for your good continued healing!:) You are awesome! I love your upbeat attitude! It makes me smile!
Is the book tour really over? or just over for this year? Is she going to more places early 2010?
42 minute acceptance speech?? Don't they start playing music about 1 minute into the speech like they do at the Oscars, Emmys etc?
Nancy,
IMHO, this site is vey special. I think it manifests the diametric opposite of the hatred and ugliness found on so many leftist blogs.
God bless you always, my friend!!
"very"--geez, I am the KING OF TYPOS this morning!!
Good One Whit!
VIVA TEXAS!!!
As a native Texas I fully support #2 and gorged myself on all of those foodstuffs many times over. Bluebell factory tour in Brennan is a must!
What is striking is that the establishment GOP types in Congress who are supposed to represent the opposition stayed remarkably silent (until yesterday) on Obama's Copenhagen visit and that coincidentally after Palin's WAPO op-ed and her rebuttal to Al Gore that the GOP Congressmen have now announced they will be going to Copenhagen to offer a public opposition to Obama's agenda to legitimize climate change and to impose cap and trade on America.
Sarah doesn't believe in coincidences; neither do I.
Sarah resonates. Sarah leads.
Oops. I don't think Ingraham got the Mittens talking points today.
CNN underpolls her like most of the polls. Remember rasmussen had her amon indy's with over 50 favorable andlow 40's unfav
Governor Palin keeps giving and giving and giving because she is a kind-hearted soul who always thinks of others before herself.
Obama keeps taking and taking and taking.
Thank you for sharing the rules of citizenship, Lipstick! I'll keep those in mind if I make the move. I'll practice sloooooowinng down my speech so that ya'll can understand me down there. I'm all about Texas-type and TexMex food, so that won't be too much of adjustment. I would be living in the dry part of the state so I'd be looking forward to running with little humidity. It doesn't get as hot as Texas in Illinois, but our summers are really humid.
I wanted to show a more recent poll and make note of a Lefty poll that normally does not favor Palin.
For CNN to show Palin at roughly 50/50 with independents, IMHO before the CNN poll came out a few days ago, was akin to Obama thanking Dick Cheney for his constructive criticism of the Obama administration.
Gelston,
Ann Coulter has a theory about why most women vote for the Democratic Party. At first, I was insulted by it, but the more I watch the female voting trend, the more I have to give Ann kudos for being so observant. She says that as we have more and more women becoming single moms, they become more reliant on government to take care of them and help them out. In essence, the government has become the "caretaker/father/husband" in their lives. Of course, that helps explain a portion of the female voting bloc, and then there's the pro-abortion crowd who just refuse to support someone who's against abortion because they've been brainwashed into believing this will take their "rights" away. Bottom line: women (not all, obviously), but the majority of female tend to look towards government for taking care of them. That's why Democrats own this demographic - for now.
Don't know. I think 2010 is going to be spent campaigning, but maybe she'll squeeze in some more book signings.
PPP(D) poll out. Techno et al, I'll leave it to you for analysis. It's not as good as I expected and they continue to prop up Huck and Romney against Obama.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_1210.pdf
NOOOOO! Why couldn't it be the second hour? They cut off the third hour of Laura Ingraham's show here (when I can even get reception) to go with the other Laura (that nasty Palin-hating bitch Laura Schlessinger). There's another station that replays it at night, I'll have to listen then.
Not bad. She comes within 6 points of Obama AND her favorability went up 2 points. Again, not too shabby for a PPP poll.
Rasmussen had her within 3 points of ObaMao last time. They're a much more reliable poll than PPP.
I am finally here :)
Wrapping Christmas presents and continuing to gut the kitchen today!!
You all have been much to chatty this morning! Now I gotta catch up!!!
The PPP poll has been released of the 2012 GOP contenders:
HUCK PALIN TPAW MITT
OVERALL 35/35 41/50 12/24 32/36
LIBS 12/62 9/85 4/37 11/64
MODER 22/43 23/70 8/27 23/44
CONS 59/14 73/16 19/15 50/16
WOMEN 32/32 37/51 11/21 27/37
MEN 40/38 45/50 12/28 37/37
DEMS 17/48 14/76 7/32 18/53
GOP 57/14 73/18 16/18 51/15
INDIES 34/41 39/54 13/21 28/39
Thanks Techno, thats easier than scanning the whole doc for the cross tabs. As I said above, PPP(D) continue to prop up Huck and Romney against Obama. It's good Palin continues to blow them away among conservatives and GOP. Once again, she is still way down w/ women. I'm surprised she's also down w/ men. One other thing I noticed in scanning the doc was that Palin has highest F/UFs w/ Hispanics which is good.
BTW, O/T, Palin coming up next segment w/ Laura I.
Those numbers show she is still the one who can garner the nomination. She's outpolling every contender with the GOP and conservatives.
manajordan,
Have an awesome day!:) Can't wait to hear all about it! Woo-hoo!
HUCK PALIN TPAW MITT
HISPAN 26/32 37/58 5/37 11/37
WHITES 40/31 48/45 12/23 36/35
18-29 24/48 33/56 7/41 26/42
30-45 33/32 34/58 12/17 33/28
46-65 35/37 42/50 12/24 30/40
65+ 45/23 50/39 14/26 38/36
NOR EAST 23/45 32/61 11/26 22/40
SOUTH 37/30 48/43 12/32 37/32
MIDWEST 48/27 48/42 13/19 35/34
WEST 25/42 27/64 7/19 30/43
Texans talk too fast. Try a South Carolinian drawl. You did foget the Blue Bonnets and the fact that it is illegal to cut them when in bloom. So if they are in your yard you have to cut around them. Remeber that from being stationed at FT Hood for 3 1/2 years and yes I met all citizenship standards. Just with my South Carolina drawl (I now live in Georgia) I exceeded the slow down the talking part.
I think that she's got some work to do in AK.
I hate to admit this, but last night I ventured over to the Immoral Minority. They have pictures of the "building" that Sarah and Todd have been building. You know the one that Sarah said prevented Todd from being with her on the first leg of her journey because of the roof.
Well, by George, it is a HUGE new house!! It's outside structure looks complete, so I'm guessing out lady Sarah has some boxes to be packing and a new house to be settling into.
Early reports had said this building was a "large warehouse" that was going to have offices and maybe and airplane hanger. BUT, though this building is warehouse sized, it is clearly a huge new beautiful home, now that it has taken shape.
Looks like she's finally gonna have room for this ever-growing family of hers! And some office space. And maybe a space to do interviews in, besides her living room!
new facebook post...
<span><span>Laura Ingraham’s Auction to Benefit Our Military</span>Share Today at 11:19amIt’s a privilege to participate in the auction Laura Ingraham is organizing to help our men and women in uniform. Laura asked if I would donate the jacket I wore on the cover of my book, “Going Rogue.” I can’t think of a better cause, and it’s especially fitting because the book is dedicated to patriots and in particular to our women and men in uniform.
All the proceeds from the auction go to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project and The Fisher House (please click the links for more information about these wonderful organizations).
Our military and their families sacrifice so much to protect us. That sacrifice was so evident at our visit to the Walter Reed Hospital on Sunday. It was deeply moving and inspirational to hear our recovering troops’ stories and to see their patriotism reflected so vividly in their willingness to serve a cause greater than themselves.
Please join Laura in helping these brave and selfless Americans and their families. You can participate in the auction by visiting Laura’s website here.
- Sarah Palin</span>
It's interesting she has the highest F's among most demos/groups, but also has the highest UFs as well.
yogi41,
in Ann Coulters' book "Guilty", she spends a good portion discussing single moms and the disaster that this is (the single most accurate predictor of males in prison - being a product of a single mom)
- sorry any single moms, it's the facts
So what an astute observation by Ann, a whole segment of our society is dependent on the government, and the "polls" say (blah blah blah).
Can you actually believe what we have in Sarah ?
- it really is beyond amazing, I get chills even as I write this
bid is up to $775.00 already!
Why in the world does Laura Schlessinger hate SP ? What's up with that ?
Didn't she write a book about how wives could keep their husbands happy ? (lots of sex)
- Mrs. BiB has only read a couple chapters . . .
^^^^^ just sayin'
Governor Palin on Laura Ingraham right now. Talking about the red jacket auction, starts right now! Woo-hoo!
Already getting bids on website.
Laura talking about how giving Governor Palin.
Governor Palin gushing about our troops.
Tuesday's rally and Congress hearing the people.
Talking about Track.
Making fun of the reaction of the left to her climategate op-ed.
Calling out the stupidity of Al Gore. Talking about her record in Alaska and suing the government on the polar bear issue.
Gotta remember, Hoffmann was suppose to win by 19 points
HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUPS AGAINST OBAMA (Obama first number)
HUCK PALIN TPAW MITT
OVERALL 46/45 50/44 48/35 47/42
LIBS 89/7 88/10 86/7 86/9
MODERATES 63/29 69/24 67/17 65/24
CONSERV 11/79 14/79 12/64 11/75
WOMEN 50/40 53/41 52/29 50/35
MEN 42/52 45/48 44/41 42/49
I'm not sure why Dr. Laura hates her. If I remember correctly, she doesn't believe that she should be in public office and should stay home with her children, especially Trig. I don't really like Dr. Laura anyway. I enjoy her story, but I find her to be somewhat hypocritical.
14% of conservatives would vote for Obama.....that's sickening.
She sounds very mellow today. I wonder why?:) Probably wiped out.
Calling climate change cyclical. Questions man's role in the changes.
Would you debate Al Gore on this issue? Depends on how it is set up. Just said all wee-weed up about it!:) Producer laughing in the background!
Jacket up to 3,000+! Woo-hoo!
Al Gore wouldn't want to lower himself to debating little old Sarah Palin from Wasilla, Alaska!:)
Someone e-mailed in and said Governor Palin has more you know what than a the people on Capitol Hill.
Just said up to $6000 right before going to bottom of the hour break.
I think she just said bid is over $5,000 now!
Al Gore's people would be all wee-weed up about setting up a debate!
That is gold, baby!:) Love it!
I can't stand her. She's a nasty, preachy, vindictive, holier-than-thou bitch.
You know, I don't see much interaction in these comments with the contributors. I know Tommy Report chimes in on the polls and stuff, but it's like we're all alone in backyard talking and never get to see the cooks.
btw, a number of people reported that e-mails don't work, is it working for anyone ?
JS-Kit has fixed the original bug when we were in "Live mode" but when entering a reply you'd get bumped when another reply came it.
- this was fixed about the time that e-mails stopped working (close to 2 weeks ago).
The use of "oldest" first is not really a supported feature of JK-Kit Echo, it was a quirk in the system that it actually worked.
And if you remember, last Saturday night on the FairFax thread, there were like 600+ comments and it became a head-swirling activity to try and keep up, refreshing all the time.
Back when we started on Live-blogging, I actually liked it better, the comments just "roll in"
- and the number of comments on a page is very big, according to JS-kit
So with multiple threads going, you could open a window with each comments, stack them up neatly, and then just scan the comments as they roll in.
It's actually better than IM'ing / chat, because that's really crazy, but with the Live Comments, you "see the conversation".
Also, in regard to "oldest first" or "most recent first", we really don't have "intense debate", it's more "conversational", so "most recent first" isn't too bad.
And if you are having a conversation via Replies, you see that grow too (not sure if that is oldest first or not).
Overall, if I had to choose between the current system and the old one (sans trolls), I would choose the old one - - - it allowed you to "consume" all threads in one 'window' - e-mail.
The Fairfax Open Thread is a VERY small microcosm of what is to come.
And the mind has an amazing capactity to multi-task, but you can scroll through comments over and over and over without losing your mind.
That's my take.
What do you all think ?
HOly cow... jumped from $750 a few minutes ago to $6505 now!!!
i am happy with the new troll free system. there will be downsides to all systems. but the trolls were likely to overtake us as sarah rose in prominence in the coming years.
i wish i could read and post comments from my blackberry. i miss that.
^^^^ I would like to use live blogging, like I said, the comments just roll in.
- but what do you all think ? it would obviously have to be tested out and such
I could do my work and then on my 2nd monitor I could see Mia and the Sarc sisters goofin' on each other, all without having to refresh my screen !
that was a really frustrating system because you'd start to reply to a comment, a new comment would roll in, and your reply would be lost and you'd have to start typing again and try to beat out the next comment. That was WAY too frustrating. I'd rather deal with refreshing screens.
When I'm at work, I should be working and not watching C4P. When I'm at home, I have time to refresh screens.
HUCK PALIN TPAW MITT
DEMS 77/16 82/15 81/11 80/14
GOP 7/83 12/80 9/67 8/78
INDIES 49/41 50/41 49/30 47/37
HISPANIC 63/32 68/26 68/26 63/32
WHITES 36/54 40/53 41/37 36/50
18-29 49/40 56/43 51/26 54/30
30-45 54/39 53/41 53/33 53/39
46-65 44/46 49/44 46/36 44/44
65+ 37/57 42/50 44/40 39/48
NOR EAST 57/32 55/36 57/27 57/30
SOUTH 38/51 41/50 38/41 35/51
MIDWEST 38/56 44/52 40/42 40/49
WEST 59/35 66/31 67/21 64/30
Did Laura's producer say that Governor Palin's red jacket is going to be hand delivered to them on Monday?
defendAmerica,
my point on the old system was yes, no trolls.
between trolls and no trolls, this is 1000% better. but trolls were not in the mix of my comments.
The Minn Star Tribune ran Gov. Palin's op-ed in their paper...
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/78917412.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUvDE7aL_V_BD77:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
defendAmerica,
I agree on getting bumped.
- but that has been fixed, that's why I'm bringing it up.
This new system is unsustainable, in my opinion.
plus it's only for hard core bloggers, it should be easy to use, and new people should not find it crazy to ahve to refresh all day long - - - they'll just go away.
To keep up with all the clips I upload follow me on twitter
http://twitter.com/adoringpalin
where i update on everything I upload.
Thanks so much for all of your work with these videos and everything else you do! It is much appreciated.
I think so
Sarah had 150K twitter people before, but I dont think people know about her new twitter account since its just under 40K i think. Gotta get the word out.
I honestly dont even know why we pay attention to PPP. they are wrong constantly and are obviously a democrat push poll outfit to help shape opinion rather than report on it.
^^^^ also, the point with information systems is that the information should be "delivered" to you (pushed out), you should not have to constantly "pull" it.
I concur. :)
I wuv Texas.
In fact, I'm wearing my Aggie t-shirt today. :) Aggies are much cooler than Longhorns: it's Conservative Land. :):):)
They're as conservative as the LameStreamMedia touts David Frum to be.
O/T Want to watch Glenn Beck
http://www.therightscoop.com/category/glenn-beck/
Afternoon, Just caught up on all the threads and comments, Julie Smith great write up on events in Colorado Springs! Glad to hear Recovering Democrat is recovering, and what the hell is with that 10 most fascinating people list? Michelle Obama the most fascinating? Please who cares about her arms I think Sarah's arms are much better looking if you have seen that pic of her with the trainer system in kuwait
Whitney
I don't mean to demine Mel's pic. But It looks Like Al Gore's pointed head steaming from Sarah's blistering yesterday.
COMMENTS ON THE POLL INCLUDING OBAMA VS THE GOP CONTENDERS:
1) Let's get this out of the way. Tim Pawlenty was polled in October and 7 weeks later his F/UF have stayed virtually the same. To show you how ridiculous his numbers are, among the GOP he is at 16/18 and conservatives 19/15. Simply, to now he has not gained any traction.
2) Let me point out some poll variables that I believe are significant:
a) 53% of respondents were female; 47% male
This clearly biases the poll to folks who do not favor Palin as all polls have shown for months now.
b) D: 39% R: 34% I: 27%
This poll does not take into account the increasingly growing number of independents and the declining number of registered Dems and GOP members recorded by Rasmussen and others. As you might now what has given Palin a boost recently IMHO is the number of independent conservatives who are moving her way.
3) Again Huck's overall F/UF are 35/35 with 30% not sure; he is touted as the frontrunner while Obama's F/UF are 49/47 because of his matchup against Obama. The is the 10th straight monthly poll that Huck has been touted as the frontrunner. You would think as any reasonable person would by now that Huck's F/UF would be way better than 35/35 and that the momentum of being in the lead would have resulted in a bandwagon effect to lower his 'not sure' numbers. By the way Huck's F went down by 1 point over last month.
4) Folks have speculated for the last few days if the Clemmons' incident might affect Huck's F/UF. PPP has tried to make the argument that it hasn't based on their assertion that Huck is only 1 point behind Obama in a head to head matchup but based on two key measurements, conservatives and among GOP members F Huck has fallen off: cons (66 to 59) and GOP (65 to 57); this is not good news for Huck in the GOP primaries.
5) This is a stat that does not compute for me: Huck is at 34/41 among indies and Obama is 46/47 and Obama is beating Huck among Hispanics by a 2 to 1 margin and Huck is within 1 point of Obama. Something is amiss here.
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Bean
praying for you!... You sound like the rest is doing it's thing for you keep posting though.
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6) Now to Romney: the average F for Mitt in the past 4 polls has been 32.25. He has not been above 34 F. If Mitt can tout this number as a sign he is a frontrunner he is a much better salesman that I am.
7) For the umpteenth month Mitt has polled poorly among conservatives (50) and the GOP (51) although he did make slight gains over November. In contrast Rasmussen always shows Mitt with 70+ F with these two groups. This is the most puzzling aspect of professional polling that I have ever seen over a long period of time between 2 pollsters. Obviously both of these folks can't be right, but what gives? Why these numbers are so important is that Mitt still trails Palin 23 points among conservatives and 22 points among the GOP according to PPP. In a GOP primary against Palin he cannot win if Palin consolidates most of the conservative support.
8) Mitt has dropped 12 points in female F in the last 60 days (39 to 27). I wonder why. And for the first time Mitt is below 30 in indy F (28). He has lost 10 points here in the last 60 days. And the greatest outrage or most remarkable F/UF uncovered by PPP is that among Hispanics Mitt's F/UF is now 11/37; again a 11F- last month it was 30/22. 2 months ago it was 34/26. Wow! What has Mitt done in the last little while for Hispanics to abandon liking him in droves? This is shocking. By the way Palin's F among Hispanics is 37.
9) And in spite of all this negative data Mitt is within 5 points of the Messiah (47 to 42) in a head to head matchup. Go figure!
Kjanlady
amen to that...I'm listening to the audio and hearing Sarah's voice brings out the personality and humor of her words...listening in my car as came to
Colorado book signing and will finish it going back to Texas Friday... The miles just seem to go faster and I
pick up on things From reading that make it so much
more meaningful.
40 K is pretty good for now . . . it will continue to grow
- when will it exceed her Gov account ???
I like this system and I don't mind at all that the contributors leave us to talk among ourselves. Not that I wouldn't welcome them, but we're more than chatty enough to carry on a conversation with ourselves without aid or prompting from the contributors.
I'm just grateful that they keep this site humming along and post factual articles on the front pages.
10) And finally to Sarah Palin:
a) PPP this month shows a 6 point gap between Obama and Palin (50-44) which is a 9 point improvement over 3 months ago. That I would consider significant. Do I think the gap is even narrower? You betcha! Rasmussen called it at 46-43 but he uses likely voters. But as they say the trend is your friend.
b) PPP clearly shows a completely different result of Palin's overall F/UF (41/50) than several polls released since the start of the Going Rogue tour: Fox (49/37); CNN (46/46), Rasm (46/49); again this could have been caused by oversampling women or undersampling independents
c) PPP has Palin dropping 7 points among conservatives and Huck also dropping 7 points with Mitt gaining 4 points. This leads me to believe that independent conservatives who are a growing constituency for Palin or maybe Huck were undersampled. There is no way on God's green earth that the two most conservative candidates in the 2012 primaries both lost 7 points among their "base" over the course of 3 weeks. No way!
d) The indy F/UF of 39/54 unveiled by PPP is unbelievable given that CNN released a poll a few days earlier which showed it at about 50/50 for Palin and Fox showed it at 49/38. Look at Quin (37), Marist (41) and Ipsos (41) and CBS (43) indy F and then compare it to 46F and 47 UF for PPP. And then take the 39/54 number and compare it to Obama's 46/47 and your telling me the reality of the political lay of the land in America right now that Obama has a 14 point overall lead over Palin among independent voters. Of all the stats presented in the PPP I would say this is the most outrageous and clearly fabricated. And to boot PPP shows Palin losing 2 points overall with indies over November (poll taken before the Going Rogue tour began). So what PPP is claiming that Palin actually lost support among independent voters in the last 3 weeks. Boy, you have to have a lot of chutzpah or hubris to assert that against mounting evidence that it is not so.
e) Palin now leads Huck by 8 points in F among white voters and Mitt 12 points but among Hispanics Palin leads Mitt by 26 F and Huck by a 11 F. This is one stat that stands out like a sore thumb and one stat the RINO's want to bury, for part of their argument why Palin is not viable is that she does not play well to Hispanics. This info appears to dispute that.
CONCLUSION:
1) Despite Clemmons, PPP is somehow finding numbers that support the theory that Huck hasn't taken a hit with the murder of 4 cops, but instead is rewarded by the events of the past week or so by closing the gap from 5 points to 1 point against Obama. That's like saying Tiger Woods is going to cash in even more with endorsements than before as a results of his transgressions. Only in the world of polling could anybody make such a wild assertion. It's like the respondents were saying "Here's to you Huck-a job well done".
i am sure that they are not selling it. this new house is right next to the old one on the lake. i'm not sure what they're gonna do it with it.
they could use it as a guest house, since when people come out to work with her, there are very limited places for them to stay. there's a best western down the street- but i'm guessing there is limited privacy there.
maybe she's gonna have todd gut it and make some office spaces in it.
maybe more space for bristol and tripp, who surely won't be safe out on their own as sarah's popularity rises and as elections heat up in 2010 and 2012.
you can head over to the immoral minority and look at them- i trolled the comments for a while last night...
pjtv with a rap about oblahblah's peace prize- it's funny ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnLqoRtUAVg&feature=player_embedded
I love that one! good pic defendAmerica post it in the newest thread
BIB,
Can they set the system up for each person to choose their format? That way if someone wants a Live thread they can choose that or if they want refresh they could choose that. I wouldn't mind being able to live thread certain ones but only have to refresh others.
Any programmers on here?
Maybe for the Secret Service????
I like how she writes "women and men" instead of "men and women in uniform"
There is a 10 minute podcast on iTunes for free from the show.
Steven Crowder rocks! He has done some good work investigating the real Guantanamo Bay, Canadian Health Care, and 'Stimulus' dollars allocation. I highly recommend everyone look through his youtube channel when you get a chance.
I've actually done all those but for the Aggie game. Hook'em Horns, we say. My grandfather was born at College Station, was in the calvary at Ft. Bryan (on horseback), rode with Pershing after Pancho Villa. He retired at Brownsville. Some years after he died I married a Texan in Ft. Worth. Texas is a mighty fine place to be. I've spent a lot of time there, but never actually resided there. Ya gotta love a state that was once its own country and hasn't forgotten.
LBJ and the great society.
CNN has the GOP within one point in the generic Congressional ballot. The Dems had a 10 point lead in August and a 25 point margin in January 2009.
Crowder is anti-Palin. He jump the shark for me with this doozy:
<span>"I'm a conservative Christian, and Sarah Palin doesn't speak for me",</span>
Like you said.
<span>There are no LIZARDS in Alaska? NO WAY! </span>
It's true. There used to be, but Charles Johnson banned them all.
Here are some more poll numbers from Economist/youguv which I believe that Obama is sinking fast and a comparison with PPP:
ECON PPP
OVERALL 47.5/44.8 49/47
18-29 51.1/35.9 53/40
65+ 43.2/54.7 49/49
WHITE 42.9/50.3 38/57
MALE 45.3/47.9 42/54
FEMALE 49.6/42.1 54/40
ECON PPP
DEMS 78/17 83/14
GOP 10.4/86.5 11/84
INDEPEND 45.3/50.9 46/47
LIBS 85.2/13.3 87/10
MODERATES 52.3/41.0 66/28
CONSERV 16.7/81.5 15/81
NORTHEAST 50.5/44.3 59/35
SOUTH 47.4/44.5 41/55
MIDWEST 43.8/49.3 40/57
WEST 49.6/40.5 64/28
Here is the F/UF for Obama's job approval on the recently released Fox News poll:
F UF
OVERALL 50 (46) 44 (46)
DEMS 86 (85) 10 (9)
GOP 18 (15) 74 (80)
INDIES 44 (34) 48 (51)
CONDUCTED DEC 8-9 WITH 900 REGISTERED VOTERS
Cruela,
One word, three letters: TMZ
They are EVERYWHERE!!
You go girl!! ;-)
Ditto from this transplanted Texan.
GOP types in Congress = Johnny come latelys.
I guess they finally felt her boot up their arses!!
Firelight,
I doubt if there can be an option. The "oldest first" is actually a quirk and is unsupported (what we use).
I'm a techie type but not able to help with this.
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