DragonFlyEye.Net » Vice President http://dragonflyeye.net Rochester Entertainment and Progressive Politics Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:33:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ok, One More: More Palin Stuff Coming Out http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/11/05/ok-one-more-more-palin-stuff-coming-out/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/11/05/ok-one-more-more-palin-stuff-coming-out/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:55:22 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2622 Well, the campaign is over and the back biting will begin in the Republican Party and the McCain/Palin Campaign specifically.  Newsweek has a story, summarized nicely by the Huff Po, about what the real cost of the Neiman Marcus shopping spree was.  And her coming out to speak with McCain advisers in a towel.  People, everybody knows no woman does that sort of thing accidentally.  She was attempting to use sex to get something over on McCain advisors, and I think we all know now why the media in Alaska loved her. . . .

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/11/05/ok-one-more-more-palin-stuff-coming-out/feed/ 0 For Sarah Palin: A Clue http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/11/03/for-sarah-palin-a-clue/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/11/03/for-sarah-palin-a-clue/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:04:11 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2594 Generally, European governments have a lot of money to spend.  As such, it is probably a tip-off that you might be getting pranked when the aid to Prime Minister Sarkozy hands the phone to the Prime Minister.  They have switchboards for that sort of thing, you know:

View full video at DFE.Net

And for you non-Vice Presidential nominees, don’t forget to keep updated with Sarah Palin as President:

http://www.palinaspresident.us/

Updated daily!  Don’t forget to keep clicking on the door to the left of the screen.

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/11/03/for-sarah-palin-a-clue/feed/ 0 Why, Some of My Best Friends are From the Jewish Agency http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/27/why-some-of-my-best-friends-are-from-the-jewish-agency/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/27/why-some-of-my-best-friends-are-from-the-jewish-agency/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:28:20 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2543 Oh, the richness.  Sarah Palin tells the Ambassador of Israel to the United States that “We look forward to working with your Jewish Agency.”

Unsubstantiated reports say she added that “we’re really excited to meet you Jewish people, with your Jewish cloths and your funny little Jewish hats.  We gots no Jewish people in Alaska!  Heck, all we gots is Eskimos.  Gots to be careful, no wantz innernational incee-dentz.  Did I mentionz that I nooz you were Joo-ish?  KTHKSBAI.”

Methinks it’s time to take a stroll down Memory Lane at Neiman Marcus before it’s all over, Sarah.

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/27/why-some-of-my-best-friends-are-from-the-jewish-agency/feed/ 1 Well, It’s Not Like It’s a Title or Anything. . . http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/23/well-its-not-like-its-a-title-or-anything/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/23/well-its-not-like-its-a-title-or-anything/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:51:33 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2527 I mean, you don’t need a degree to call yourself an intellectual.  There’s no Devry Institute program you need to complete and there’s no Sally Strothers-approved at-home learning program like there is for really important things, like gunsmithing.

Still, I have to say I find it surprising that Alaska Governor, Miss Alaska Runner-up and Republican Clothing Mogul Sarah Palin also considers herself to be an intellectual.  I gotta say: did NOT see that one coming.

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/23/well-its-not-like-its-a-title-or-anything/feed/ 0 To Type http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/22/to-type/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/22/to-type/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:13:19 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2524 With all that discussion on the Internet and in the media has been centered around Sarah Palin’s $150,000 shopping spree on the Republican dime, I’ve been surprised to find that no one I’ve read so far as made the point that this is really just Palin playing to type.  Maybe the point has been made but I’ve not read it, in which case this will be – like most of the media, traditional and not – redundant.

But it seems to me that from getting Walt Monegan fired; to taking her $50 a day stipend from the Alaska taxpayers for staying home; to jetting her kids around on the Alaska dime; to talking about the Vice Presidency like it’s a bullwhip on the Congress; to this latest shopping escapade and beyond, money and power seems to be all that Sarah Palin has ever looked for from holding public office.  To date, I have not seen so much as a single swatch of objective evidence to suggest that she’s ever felt any more noble calling which compelled her to public service of any kind.  Unless, of course, you count the fact that Jesus apparently wanted her to do it.  But then, Jesus’ record for calling people to action has been at best a spotted record, indeed.

The McCain Campaign will try to keep this incident isolated to one unfortunately timed shopping spree.  And hey, if they want the subject to be about her going on a shopping spree when she gets the chance at the same time as the rest of the economy goes into recession, that’s fine with me.  But the truth certainly seems to run much, much deeper than that.  Or perhaps, it’s much more shallow.

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/22/to-type/feed/ 0 Terry Tate Enforces The Rules of Political Discourse http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/18/terry-tate-enforces-the-rules-of-political-discourse/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/18/terry-tate-enforces-the-rules-of-political-discourse/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:34:32 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2507 Oh, hell yeah.  Terry Tate is back in action, layin’ the smack down on fools who don’t know the rules of this political humpty bumpty.  Get ready, McCain!  Meet the Pain Train.  Woo, woo!!!!

View full video at DFE.Net

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/18/terry-tate-enforces-the-rules-of-political-discourse/feed/ 0 AK Troopergate Report: DFE Roundup http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/10/ak-troopergate-report-dfe-roundup/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/10/ak-troopergate-report-dfe-roundup/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:42:17 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2399 I’ve just finished up an article on the Troopergate matter in Alaska involving our favourite girl, Sarah Palin.  For those of you who need a refresher on what exactly is going on, this article should probably serve as a good Clift’s Notes version.  And there are also a few other gems I’ve found around the net that haven’t made it into wide circulation, such as this one:

» Palin Attempts to Circumnavigate Troopergate Investigation || DFE News Roundup » DFE News Updates

Specifically, the Seattle Times is reporting that Todd Palin’s affidavit states that the alleged disagreement between the Palins and Monegan was over, among other things, the use of Alaska’s state trooper airplane. Todd Palin claimed that “It seemed that whenever Sarah needed this plane, it was unavailable.” Palin suggested that Monegan may have been retaliating for the Palin’s decision to sell the plane often used by the Public Safety department. This was the plane Sarah Palin has insisted on the stump was sold by her on eBay.

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/10/ak-troopergate-report-dfe-roundup/feed/ 0 Is Palin Selling the Best Product? http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/03/is-palin-selling-the-best-product/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/03/is-palin-selling-the-best-product/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:09:37 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2327 Helpfully, someone on YouTube took the time to split the entire debate up by question, posting each question as it’s own video.  This makes it much easier for the rest of us to hone in on the points of the debate we thought were important.  Go check it out, after you read this post, of course.

One thing that struck me quite clearly in the debate which did not get picked up yet in the mainstream media is Sarah Palin’s response to the question about what would change in a Palin Administration, should the elected president ever kick it:

View full video at DFE.Net

The first half minute of her ninty second answer is largely prologue.  She agrees what a tragedy it would be if either party’s president died, she banters on, making stall talk while she steers the ship where she wants it to go.  She throws in the cheesy grin she’s known for and shrugs off the inevitable “mavrickiness” of her party’s ticket.  She throws in a few bullet points about how John McCain really wants her opinion (sure he does, honey) and some crap about ANWAR.

Like I said: prologue.  It’s pretty clear from the tone of her voice that this is all perfunctory stuff before she gets to what she really wants to talk about: herself.  From here through the next fifty nine seconds, she talks about how Washington needs a little “Main Street Wasilla” in order to get it’s shit straight.  Where everything else is halting and weird, once she starts talking about herself, she’s in the groove and you almost forget that she’s second banana.

You can almost see her leaving Grandpa McCain at her brother’s house while she goes off on her little National Lampoon’s Vacation:

View full video at DFE.Net

Late Update: Sarah Palin, discussing the decision by the McCain Campaign to pull out of Michigan, says that if the McCain camp can’t do it all by themselves, why by golly, Todd and Sarah want to give it a try.  ‘Cuz ya know, them McCain folks is messin up the works, doncha know. . .

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/03/is-palin-selling-the-best-product/feed/ 0 Early MSNBC Polls Calling it for Biden http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/02/early-msnbc-polls-calling-it-for-biden/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/02/early-msnbc-polls-calling-it-for-biden/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:24:38 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2322 Wow.  I honestly didn’t expect it.  No links, yet, but Olbermann is reporting that the debate goes to Biden in the Court of Public Opinion.

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]]> http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/02/early-msnbc-polls-calling-it-for-biden/feed/ 0 Post Debate Wrapup http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/02/post-debate-wrapup/ http://dragonflyeye.net/blog/2008/10/02/post-debate-wrapup/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:39:57 +0000 Thomas Belknap http://dragonflyeye.net/?p=2316 This is a much more difficult debate to score than the first presidential one.  The reason is simple: there really weren’t many punches landed in the presidential, but there were tons on both sides in this one.

But I have to say, whomever ends best often wins, in the opinion race.  I got very worried for a minute because towards the end, Sarah Palin really started scoring some serious points.  But Joe’s response about his child stole the thunder of Palin, not that he was using it, but it did.  And his ending was supreme in its reach into Middle America.  I think it was probably very effective.

Very few people expected Sarah Palin to be specific about anything, and she didn’t disappoint.  But worse, she couldn’t answer questions and decided to just say whatever she wanted to whenever she wanted to.  I don’t think it came off well.  That’s especially true for the answer to the question of “what is your biggest flaw.”  No one expects an honest self-critique, but you have to couch it in some sort of humility, like Joe did.  It was out of control.

We’ll have to see what the big replays are to know who won.  But as I watch Tweety on MSNBC, it seems like the pundit class is not pleased at all with her performance.

I should probably mention the expectations game.  On this level, I’d say Sarah Palin mostly won. She didn’t come off as a drooling idiot, which is definitely an improvement.  But was it enough?  I’m not sure.  If you’re looking for competence, you have to say that she didn’t even bother most of the time to even play by the rules of the debate because she couldn’t answer the questions.

But she definitely got some serious shots in towards the end and she definitely proved herself quite a skilled debate competitor.  No one can take that away from her.

The trouble for the campaign is that the recent downturn in the polls had nothing much to do with Palin, even though her numbers have dropped along side the ticket.  The problem has been the economy and John McCain’s erratic, irrational responses.  On this level, Biden did tremendously.  Much better than I’ve ever seen him, in fact.  His ability to speak to the problems of Middle America in a real way – as opposed to Palin’s patronizing and placating way – was a force to be reckoned with.

If the American people are looking for answers – and I’m pretty sure they are – then the Biden responses, which dripped with fact and figure, must have come off well.  If they’re looking for style over substance, Palin wins.

Again, we shall see.

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