there is a difference between sexism and calling a spade a spade.

Yeah, THAT’S the guy I want running the free world.

No more so than Obama or almost any other politician on either side. That’s what I liked about Fred Thompson, he actually had a brain on his shoulders and understood the issues at a deeper level than “because my constituents want it” or “because that’s what a Republican/Democrat is supposed to support.”

Her statement before the infamous soundbite was an empty quote.

Great, we’re close to Russia. We need to be buddies with our neighbors.

But when asked to clarify the first time, her answer was still the same:

I can see Russia from here.

Now, when asked to clarify again, she gave another empty quote. When asked what INSIGHT she had, she said that we’re neighbors and that we need to not have another cold war.

Nothing mis- or under- or ill-informed about it.

Your pin-up model is a ninny.

I wasn’t mocking, I was calling out your comment as stupid and uninformed. Pretty simple, and as I have just shown, it was at least the latter.

“We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors. We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.”

That set up her repetitive statement regarding the proximity of Alaska to Russia. She worded it a little poorly, but it wasn’t like she was saying that because she can see the country she knows what is going on. Stop being a typical liberal for a minute and don’t twist her words.

Darius shows his true colors.

I want to like you, but then, like clockwork, instead of having interesting debate and posting a link of a full transcript, feel the need to mock.

Well, Darius, I’m reading a full transcript now.

And even though she did say other stuff in response to other questions, she still did have the following exchange (and this is from the unedited transcript):

GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

Yes, she actually said some things in that interview that were intelligent, but she also said stupid stuff like the unedited quote above.

So, Darius, if you’re going to spout off about elitist, intellectual, terrible, no good, very bad liberals, you’d better have your facts straight.

Now, as for more “stupid” ideas that actually hold some water, let’s look at the facts about McCain:

1) He’s survived Melanoma how many times now? One of these days, it’s gonna come back and he’s not going to make it. That day, at this point, is likely to come sooner than later.

2) Everyone says he’s in good shape. For someone who spent five years getting the tar kicked out of him by the North Vietnamese. The guy can’t even move his arms above his shoulders. That experience HAD to have taken years off of his life. To think that it hasn’t is foolhardy.

3) Let’s talk about the stress of being president. Reagan looked no worse for the wear, but look at Clinton or Bush. They both look as if they aged 20 years during 8 year tenures. Do that to McCain, and you WILL kill him.

As for JP Stevens, was he tortured for five years? Has he survived cancer multiple times? Is being a SC justice nearly as stressful as being president?

Yeah, exactly.