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Geraldine Ferraro, meet Harriet Miers Sarah Palin.

Hear she's big on the rights of the unborn front. Might get in a few of the evangelicals. Stupid choice, otherwise.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 12:06:56 PM EST
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At the 1984 (symbolic) demo convention, i was lucky to be honorary event producer and got kissed by Ferraro just after the acceptance by her as VP and the other guy who was the presidential nominee, the first time they were on stage together. It remains as one of the points (insert some adjective somewhere) of my life.  Her racist comments this primary season brought back my memory of how irrelevant the system has become.

I suspect the choice of Palin adds to the possibility of martial law before the election, since there's no way she would be allowed to be anything other than a marionette, if that, should anything happen to the aged POW.  But i do think it's kind of brilliant picking a non-entity for the second highest post in the land, not counting coca-cola CEO.  Could mean they know there's not a chance in hell, unless something perverse were to happen.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 12:53:40 PM EST
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Fox News analyst, too.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:16:51 PM EST
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You're shittin' me!  I don't watch FOX at all.  Has she whored herself THAT bad?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:20:04 PM EST
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The Corner on National Review Online

Ferraro Feeds Identity Politics   [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

From Fox:

GERALDINE FERRARO: It's going to be a very interesting campaign. I must say that several months ago I said that it would be great if there was a woman on the ticket, that I felt that John McCain would have to pick someone, especially if Hillary was the nominee, but without Hillary being the nominee it's really quite equally as important, because people are looking for a historic campaign, and I think this might do it. There are a lot of women who are disaffected by how Hillary was treated by the media, by how she was treated by the Obama campaign, by how she was treated by the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean not speaking up when sexism raised its ugly head in the media. (Inaudible)

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:23:27 PM EST
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Shit, I should work for FOX!  I typed that same shit here within the last couple hours.  I don't know about the whoring part, though.  Three inch pumps can be murder, or so I'm told.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:39:33 PM EST
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It must be nice to go through life without the necessity of cognizing reality.

people are looking for a historic campaign, and I think this might do it.

Because, after all, having a black and a women vying for the Democratic presidential nomination has been done so many times before.

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:04:55 PM EST
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How about, instead of looking for a historic campaign, we look for someone who's going to AT LEAST TRY to lead us out of our various messes?

In other words, WHEN THE FUCK ARE WE GOING TO GROW UP ?!!!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:18:33 PM EST
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eewwwwww yuck

Crazy Horse got Ferraro cooties!
Crazy Horse got Ferraro cooties!

(I try to keep my ET contributions on a high intellectual level.  :-)

by ATinNM on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:49:54 PM EST
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She was pre-radioactive in those days, or at least undiagnosed.  Besides, my judgement at the time was scientifically discombobulated, as i had been kissed far more often by Margeaux Hemingway, who apparently was a Dem.

Luckily, as i try to eat organically, except at party conventions, the cooties did not take hold, did not take hold, didnottakehold...

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:20:25 PM EST
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