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1. Well, Mitch, educate me; I'm always eager to learn. "Pretend change" doesn't count, though - it's just as grammatical as "simulate change." Yes, pretend can take an object, as in "pretend illness."

   Tool seems a little extreme. But I'll apologize again for taking this a little too seriously.

   Posted by: tominsf | Jul 3, 2009 10:37:54 PM

   
   

2. Palin, recently alleged to have forced a public health official out of office for being "out of step on social issues"

   Posted by: mdeals | Jul 4, 2009 12:56:01 AM

   
   

3. I'm pretty sure that "affect change" is not an error. When used as verbs, "effect" means "have an effect on", while "affect" means "cause, bring about" (it took me forever to get this straight in school...). It seems more likely that she meant "bring about change" rather than "have an effect on change"--although with Palin, of course, you never know for sure exactly WHAT she means when she says anything.

   Posted by: Matt | Jul 4, 2009 3:29:14 AM

   
   

4. mmm,
   Running shoes and pantyhose, I smell a yeast infection brewing !

   Posted by: biggayneil | Jul 4, 2009 12:52:14 PM

   
   

5. The reasons of Palin resignation are obvious. Vote on the most possible one - http://www.votetheday.com/america/palin-resignation-424/

   Posted by: VoteTheDay | Jul 4, 2009 1:10:37 PM

   
   

6. To quote another major Repbulican politician/movie star: "She'll be back."

   Posted by: Bowler | Jul 4, 2009 1:25:56 PM

   
   

7. Didn't she realize she was totally disrespecting the American Flag - that good republican straights have bled and died for - when they snapped that pic?????

   ...you think she would have stopped it before the pic was taken, or anyone on her staff.

   What an idiot this woman is.

   Good riddence to Bad Trash.

   Posted by: Roger Ramjet | Jul 4, 2009 5:14:24 PM

   
   

8. "superficial, wasteful bloodsport"...like shooting wolves from helicopters?

   Posted by: captain obvious | Jul 5, 2009 5:00:06 PM

   
   

9. When she accepted the VP nomination, she knew she needed to bring her professional game up to another level, she never did. She knew that her family would get attacked as did Hilary and Chelsea before her (by even her twin maverick brother McCain in 1998), let face it she knew her family affairs would come out. But now she plays the victim card again, a card she played after those comical first extended interviews that we all enjoyed and SNL immortalized. But for the icing on the cake, she quits, because she does not want to be a lame duck governor, because the lawsuits keep coming, because it was the media’s fault, because seeing Russia from her house finally got to her, because its not fair that Alaskan’s paid her salary while she was running for the VP position, take your pick. So what does she tells us? Dear Mr. President, when things get tough, quit. Dear military men and women, if you are not having fun, quit. Dear son or daughter, if things are not going your way, quit. Sure, I agree when she first was introduced and gave a descent speech, sure the polls went up, but after the extended interviews, they went where they ended, down. She showed her true character, I real hope the book deal, Radio/ TV shows and the lecture circuits make up for what her party has lost by her actions. She may go down in history as the quitter that twittered.

   Posted by: Benito | Jul 8, 2009 12:34:50 AM

   
   

10. Can anyone real tell me that you were impressed by her exit speech? You can’t real believe that she is the only person that can win in 2012. You know, if she can’t take a joke, don’t get in the game, its politics, they all get kicked around. Let me paint you a picture, in my opinion, for the last eight years where the mantra was no regulation and no oversight and spread to all federal agencies and the justice department was filled by unqualified religious types and the dullard (ex-drunk) religious president started two wars of choice with extreme tax dollar spending, is anyone surprised with our current economic situation because of those choices. Sure “W” sucker the religious right to vote for him and that’s why he placed unqualified people in positions of responsibility and they failed (almost a “plan to fail”), do you forget Katrina, where the Director of FEMA Michael D. Brown, was relieved of his duties because of incompetence? Or can you forget disgraced White House correspondent James Guckert, AKA Jeff Gannon, the male escort, why was a male escort getting into the Whitehouse, hmmm? I know it was Barney Frank’s fault, he controls the county and republicans had their hands tied (even though 7 of the last 8 years they had the majority and the presidency to do something (fact or fiction?), but not the will to act). Oh, by the way I read that God blog, very funny, it reminds me of those TV evangelists who claim the talk to God and want so and so foreign country leader to be killed or such and such a us state to be punished by God for a court ruling that intelligent design is just another word for religion. We had enough of religious dullards in our government. If you believe that the USA has strayed from God then go out to your communities and preach to your neighbors, the sick, the shut ins, the poor and invite them to take part in your church, build a community. But I know that’s hard work we want a government official to do that for us, well they tried that and look where it left us, in the gutter, but our country does not quit and we will rise again. Do you remember how Ronald Reagan got us out of a recession? By spending and we will do the same. But she is just another “W” in heels and she is stringing the religious right along, she will sell you her books, her radio/TV shows and speaking engagements. Lastly, I do not want you to believe what I believe, so please keep writing, feel free, I am starting to enjoy this.

    Posted by: Paul | Jul 13, 2009 12:28:00 PM

    
    
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