Slog - Comments on "I Thought it Would be Closer"

Comment by Mechanical Turducken

Mechanical Turducken — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:44:15 -0800

Wow, her hair looks like shit. I guess all that money was well spent after all...

Comment by monkey

monkey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:45:31 -0800

Funny, I feel the same way about her as I do about G.W.Bush. Listening to either of them speak is like nails on a chalkboard while simultaneously having onion juice squirted into my eyes. And since there's a 98% chance that if her lips are moving it's a lie I figure why put myself through it.

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:00 -0800

Oh, so now she's giving interviews.

Comment by Lord Summerisle

Lord Summerisle — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:37 -0800

When will it end?

Comment by monkey

monkey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:47 -0800

By the way, the key her lying is the inflection she puts on "you know" to start her responses as if to say, "I know you don't believe me but this is my story and I'm sticking with it..."

Comment by Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:50:36 -0800

"our ticket representing the incumbency... our ticket represented too much of the status quo"?

well at least she's finally honest about that.

Comment by Peter

Peter — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:51:54 -0800

She took no responsibility whatsoever for the loss. Does she not realize that maybe, just maybe part of the reason for their loss was that she is a complete idiot? No, lets blame everyone and everything else.

Comment by disintegrator

disintegrator — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:54:10 -0800

I'm so sick and tired of hearing about Wardrobegate. It's really embarrassing that the October Surprise was about someone's clothes. I thought it was stupid when it was about John Edwards's haircut, too.

Comment by Chris in Tampa

Chris in Tampa — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:57:17 -0800

That quote is basically a perfect summary of the McCain/Palin campaign.

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:59:56 -0800

lies, lies, lies.

Comment by allover

allover — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:02:03 -0800

She is all over the map in her responses these days...

From the PI ... In an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, Palin faulted the policies of the Bush administration for the defeat of the GOP ticket, and said, "it's amazing that we did as well as we did."

Also, watching this video she's gone back to her old self, listen, the fakey over-played mid-west accent is gone and she's back to the hint of mid-west she's always had.

Comment by Julie in Chicago

Julie in Chicago — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:07:21 -0800

Part of me wants her to stick around, because of the entertainment value and because I think there's a distinct possibility that she could splinter the Republican party. But, the other part just cannot stand listening to her shameless lies.

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:21:14 -0800

I honestly think all of us Obama fans need to make sure she is the Republican nominee in 2012. I could not think of a better candidate for the GOP.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I'm not joking; we already have Obama who will run in 2012, let's make sure he picks up a few more states for his re-election bid. We need to switch parties for the primaries and vote in droves for Palin. Even give her a few bucks. The last thing we want is the GOP to nominate someone competent.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:21:18 -0800

Sorry to piss on your hate parade, but this interview makes her a much more sympathetic character. Too bad it does not juxtapose these comments with the hate she spewed at her rallies.

Comment by doctiloquus

doctiloquus — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:29:20 -0800

With her passing out of presidential campaign politics, a sad chapter in our political history is over.

Except she will rise like a zombie to ravage, again, our national consciousness someday.

Comment by blank12357

blank12357 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:29:46 -0800

She has not uttered a single sentence that makes sense once transcribed.

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:32:37 -0800

Blame it on the New York stylist. Those elitist homos.

Comment by AK

AK — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:39:12 -0800

yes, her hair does look like shit.

and yes, she is a political moron.

next.

Comment by It's Mark Mitchell

It's Mark Mitchell — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:47:48 -0800

Was that a wiglet or Trig stuck to the back of her head?

Comment by bronkitis

bronkitis — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:07:39 -0800

What she's saying at 1:35 is basically that the McCain camp had a lot of faith in the Bradley effect, and coasted on it. Fucking stupid assholes.

Comment by Al

Al — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:11:41 -0800

@14: No. It makes her look just as clueless and inarticulate and incapable of telling the truth as ever.

Comment by banjoboy

banjoboy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:26:01 -0800

You know, kind of, but also there was the feeling that not really and the faith in the change, also. What the people were, you know, looking for an incumbency change, and what's great, is in this country, we can say yes, we don't kind of, you know, as a maverick, you welcome surprises. Because John McCain, bless him, yeah, I have faith that for the American people, on the issues, having spoken, we did have a great result, but knowing ahead you do expect a big change, you know, there's hope.

Comment by banjoboy

banjoboy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:27:56 -0800

@5: Also her lips move and her voice comes out.

Comment by anon

anon — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:50:39 -0800

@20 re: Bradley effect

Yup. My jaw almost went through my desk. Even for her that's a shockingly awful thing to say.

Comment by Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:04:44 -0800

I'm divorcing Matt for the worst interview of the year. Man she's dull as shit.