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Sarah Palin may be the most clever person in self-importance/promotion than any other person in the world.  She didn’t finish a 5k race this weekend citing that she wanted to avoid the crowd at the end of the race.

But didn’t she promote that she would be at this race? And didn’t she want a big crowd.

For someone who has been on our tubes “Going Rogue” for the last few weeks, she has turned it around about wanting the publicity but then she didn’t want the publicity but then she gets more publicity for playing the “I get too much publicity” card.

I find it perplexing.

I’m glad for the Red Cross though that benefited from her odd behavior so there is that.

I had forgotten about Terry Tate.
He’s baaack.

Can anyone answer this question?

Why was there a llama in the background of the opening segment of Saturday Night Live last night?

I’m still pondering that one. Did the llama get screen time later? I saw the donkey but am still wondering why a llama butt was behind Alec Baldwin, Lorne Michaels and Gov. Sarah Palin.

KTHnXBAI

H/T Boing Boing

No gaffes from Biden and he didn’t go ballistic.

Lots of folksy moments from Palin.

Guys, I lean left. I own it. I am not going to hammer Palin here but I have to say, she likes some adjectives. And I think Biden gave some good answers. If you have already decided, you are going to lean the way you like anyway.

I’ll write it about it more tomorrow.

It’s politics. Wash your brain out with either bleach or tequila. It’s about the same.

Sarah Palin is not made of china. Joe Biden, and yes he’s the gaffe king, is not made of china either for that matter.

I’m going to get a bit feminist on you right now. Treat Palin and Biden the same. If softballs are lobbed tonight, then I’m going to be one peed-off woman.  The debate about this alone is infuriating because I keep reading how Biden shouldn’t “bully” Palin.

Biden and Palin just need to debate. The end.

She’s a growed up woman, as my sister Homer would say. Treat her as a vice-presidential pick and move on with it. She deserves to be treated as a candidate. To say that Biden doesn’t need to go on the offensive is absolutely ridiculous. Biden has as much, if not more, to lose as well.

I have no idea why I watch the news as my blood pressure just rises and rises.

Why am I writing this? I run a business with several employees. I have to put on my big-girl panties everyday and deal with the realities that people depend on me to make good, solid decisions. It has nothing to do with the fact that I’m a woman. I manage a business which has no gender involved when it comes to day-to-day operations. My bi-monthly check doesn’t say “WOMAN” on it.

So that ticks me off that this is being talked about. I wonder what time tomorrow the media will tell us which designer’s clothes she wore. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin both, and I say both, have done a lot for women in having to deal with so much mainstream media crap.

On the other hand, the die is cast. Democrats will claim Biden the winner. Republicans will claim Palin the winner and the debate isn’t for another 11 hours.

I’m watching the newsers this morning and they are talking about how both candidates have “lowered expectations” regarding this debate.

Guys, don’t buy it. This is an old political trick that needs to be retired effective now. What kind of BS is this?

The American people deserve a debate and not a public relations stunt.

Just call me Cranky McComa.

I’m sorry but it’s just uncanny.

H/T My Confined Space

I’m seeing a great deal of weapons of mass distraction in the media, again, this morning over the Mike Kernell story.

Save yourself some time and go read Sharon Cobb who talked to the rep last night.

As Michael Silence said, this is all, as of the writing of this post, “rampant speculation.”

Kernell is a nice guy. I think I have freaked him out on the two occasions I have met him, but I’m a bit overwhelming at times. I own that. He appeared to be earnest and a pleasant fellow. Answered questions easily and was thoughtful.

Here’s my thing and I agree with a lot of folks. If his son did hack Sarah Palin’s email, it was wrong. But to crucify him in the press before any official documentation has been presented is also not cool. I would say the same thing if it was anyone.

Take a tip from a small-town Brenda Starr, documentation means it’s a story. Rumors are just gossip until there’s a hard copy to back it up. I hear stuff all the time in Hoots but it doesn’t make the paper until I have something tangible in my hands.

More from Kleinheider and, yes I’m linking Stacey Campfield here, who had a post about this.

Let’s see what the day holds for Kernell and his son.

When I initially saw the name Palin, I, of course, thought of Monty Python and immediately was going to vote for John McCain.

Of course, the sad and telling truth came out that it was an Alaskan Governor I had never heard of.

The media frenzy over Sarah Palin over the last few weeks has been interesting to watch. The PUMAs, the sad fact that people are going to vote for her just because she’s a woman (and there are those folks out there) and the reality that she makes Dick Cheney look like a conservative bunny.

Well, one of these kind of bunnies:

Anyway, I’m thinking that with the gas and economic crisis that’s been going on and with the new knowledge that John McCain invented the Blackberry which is just as goofy as saying Al Gore invented the Internet (silly weapons of mass distraction each and every time) I’ve rethought my position on many things.

I invented air or at least I’m going to take credit for it.

Carry on.

I have heard politicians say this saying for the last 20 years.

Let me repeat that, 20 YEARS, referring to certain policies were like putting lipstick on a pig. First of all, it didn’t look good, and second of all, it annoys the pig.

You guys thought this race was goofy pre-Palin.

It’s gotten much, much worse. I have never seen such asinine reporting from the Mainstream Media in a long time. Hurricanes, the economy, Iraq, Iran?

No, we are still in day three talking about lipstick on a frakking pig.

And, you know, it’s working. The very sweet and kind women who I adore who work for me who just happen to be Republicans were wearing Palin Rosie The Riveter political buttons yesterday. Dear Tennessee Democratic Party, the republican party in Nashville HASN’T forgotten about the rural vote, but you have and I have a whole new post for you later today ’cause you done gone and made me mad but that rant is for later.

I guess lipstick smeared on the face of political discussion is the way it’s going to be this year. (For the record, I don’t wear political buttons at work but they can if they want to.)

I realize I may be a day late and a dollar short on this due to the lack of blogging here to an upgrade, but it’s the same old media and, honestly, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Brilliant, I say, with a heavy dose of snark.

Change, my ample ass.

In another note, I was still having problems posting yesterday but it seems to have cleared out. It’s like hitting the side of the television when things are out of whack or pushing the vending machine when your PayDay won’t fall.

It wasn’t working. Now it is.

Glad to be back as I’m a blogging addict and my name is Newscoma.

I didn’t see Sarah Palin’s speech last night because I was watching the carnies work, drinking beer and taking pictures at Faith Night at the Tennessee Soybean Festival.

Now before all of this, I had a conversation with my retired alderman friend who I will call Bob because that is his name. He is a devout Republican, and other than tweaking my chains sometimes, we have some pretty good conversations.

We talked about economic development and that rural areas were suffering. He thought Sarah Palin got it, I said I wasn’t so sure about that. He kidded me that at least she wasn’t Muslim. I told him to stop that nonsense and he laughed because he was teasing me. I then asked him how he felt because he’s in his late 60s. He told me he was kinda tired and I came back at him that John McCain was three years older than him.

“Point taken,” he laughed. We do this. It’s fine and it’s between us.

Then we talked about local leadership and I asked him if mayors and reps and the like were being handcuffed to a degree due to the economy.

“They are,” he said. “Money trickles down. It always has. And it goes to where there is already money or a possibility of making money. We don’t have the money we once did. It’s a little bit scary.”

I love talking to people that, although ideologically we are completely different, we are the same in one respect and that is we like Hoots and we want to see it thrive. With the festival going on, there is a little bit of relief and hope of better things although it will be business as usual come Monday. We are anticipating 10,000 people tonight, Friday and Saturday.

This is good.

I wandered off to go see my beloved carnies, one who is apparently named Doorknob, but they were still having no part of me so I bought a polish sausage, took some pics and watched a band sing that was pretty good.

With that all said, I keep going back to my conversation with Bob.

We are all really the same in so many ways.

Just a few things about the day, as I would much rather be playing darts and hanging out on an extended staycation instead of coming off steroids from the recent bout of lung crud which has made me cranky.

1. I’m not even getting into the Sarah/Bristol Palin thing. I’m just not. It’s a private thing. I don’t dig her politics but I’m not going to get into that whole drama. Why? Because kids have sex and if you think they don’t, you are honestly not paying attention. No offense. I disagree with the whole abstinence thing because PEOPLE HAVE SEX.  They do. It’s their business, not mine. If I judge them, then I get judged (the little Presbyterian girl who lives inside of me from 1972 is kicking me in my gut about this as it was lesson #1 in my house growing up.) Not into it. Stay out of my bedroom, I’ll stay out of yours. I wasn’t voting for McCain Co. anyway. This makes no difference to me.

2. If anyone needs any help from Gustav and is around Hoots, let me know. Just send me an email at newscoma at gmail dot com and I’ll see what I can do. I know the natives and the good folks who can make a difference. We need to help each other out.

3. My blind dog is sick. I’m worried but she’s nearly 13-years-old and I’m just trying to scratch her back, as she likes it, love her and make her comfortable. There isn’t much we can do but pet her and hope for the best. Mabel and Duff keep spooning her and making her feel loved. Breaks my heart.

4. Have been investigating Nashville’s rental properties. I realize I need to sell my soul but I think it’ll be all right. Am thinking that if I have a commune here, I can have one in Nashville. What say you?

5. CNN really has a collective orgasm over hurricanes, don’t they?

6. TENNESSEE PLAYS TONIGHT!! Yay! Looking atcha Big Orange Michael.

7. Squirrel Queen is a rock star. I’m just saying.

8. It’s September? When the hell did that happen?

9. I love this post. It’s so real and honest. I just think Samantha is great and you should be reading her too.

10. This picture is still great and although I’ve posted it before, it still rocks ass.