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GOP pollster Conway: Palin "governed like a man...didn't raise taxes and throw all this money into social programs."

October 30, 2009 9:27 pm ET

From the October 30 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor

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    • Author by DAWUSS (October 30, 2009 9:50 pm ET)
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      'cept the times when she did
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    • Author by mjh (October 30, 2009 9:55 pm ET)
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      GOP pollster Conway: Palin "governed like a man..."



      OOOOHHHH -- so THAT'S why she quit . . .


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    • Author by open_mind (October 30, 2009 10:14 pm ET)
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      Isn't this that self-hating Ayn Rand form of conservatism? Why the imagery about being manly and all of that? Does this pollster really think women cannot be seen as good leaders while still being seen as women or yikes feminine?
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      • Author by Sharpe (October 30, 2009 10:32 pm ET)
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        ayn rand is today;s republican party. Her writing formed the base of the entire belief system.
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        • Author by christopher howard (October 31, 2009 12:29 am ET)
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          Except that Ayn Rand was an atheist and a proponent of philosophical realism, neither of which are really in vogue with today's "conservatives." There are many things to dislike about Rand, but I also maintain that her legacy has been, at least in part, highjacked by the right.
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          • Author by MickD (October 31, 2009 10:25 am ET)
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            The reason she fell out of favor with the right initially wss her atheism -- now they conveniently forget that aspect of her like they forget anything that doesn't play to their sheep.
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          • Author by bluestate69 (November 01, 2009 4:50 am ET)
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            ayn rand was an interesting author, but her political beliefs were a bit scary. her faith in industry and unregulated capitalism were very misguided, kind of like today's republicans. however, she was a great thinker. her philosophy makes for great debate, in that she's the antithesis of communism.
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            • Author by mescal (November 01, 2009 7:52 pm ET)
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              I'm sorry, Bluestate, but I've found Ayn Rand to be a God-awful writer. Her central characters tended to be a series of badly constructed, lantern-jawed, steely-eyed gods who frequently lapsed into lengthy, uninterrupted speeches about the worthlessness of the common man. Her bad guys were cringing, self-identifying villains who would spew out the lamest strawman arguments conceivable about how her heroic characters are a threat to the treasured mediocrity of the masses. There is not a single fleshed-out, complex human being to be found anywhere in her work.

              Ayn Rand simply took the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, stripped of its sardonic wit, added a dash of sexual sadism, drowned it in romanticism, and stuck it in the mouths of her cardboard cutout characters. Her egocentric obsession with the 'exceptional individual'... clearly her own vision of herself... often appeals to bright but alienated adolescents who are comforted by the idea that their social awkwardness is the result of their OWN exceptionalism.

              On the other hand, she did consider Ronald Reagan to be a boob.
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              • Author by bluestate69 (November 02, 2009 2:40 am ET)
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                hey mescal, notice i said she was an "intersting" author. i didn't say she was a good author. however, i find her staunch right wing ideology to be the anchor, or pillar, of modern republican philosophy. if i put marx at the left, i would put rand at the right of the political spectrum(adam smith works just as well). say what you want about the quality of her writings, she did articulate a strong libertarian argument. she doesn't just appeal to awkward adolescents. i was an awkward adolescent. we all were to some extent. her appeal extends to people of privilege as well. i think she appeals to the selfish id in all of us. just to recap, when i said "interesting" i didn't mean great. however, she didn't sell millions of books by not being interesting.
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    • Author by Sharpe (October 30, 2009 10:31 pm ET)
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      Governed like a man or governed like a republican? Those are not even close to equivalent.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 30, 2009 11:00 pm ET)
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      Sarah Palin wants to be a man...with lipstick. Ironic, huh...?
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    • Author by usp (October 31, 2009 12:40 am ET)
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      why are we talking about Palin?
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    • Author by pilotx (October 31, 2009 4:21 am ET)
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      Yeah really, is there ANY good reason to ever mention Sarah again?
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    • Author by mk3872 (October 31, 2009 8:52 am ET)
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      What is with this machoism in today's U.S. conservatives?

      Governed like a "man"? Huh?

      And who needs those stinkin' social programs when your responsibility is for the wealthfare of those stinkin' Alaskan people anyway, right?
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      • Author by mattcable250650 (October 31, 2009 2:49 pm ET)
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        Yeah, I would have said "She governed as a good Republican should, she despised American citizens and wants to see them all dead!!!" Sorry, but I got my view of conservatives form Charles Dickens ("I want to see all of these needy citizens out barefoot in the snow, dressed in rags and freezing! Bwah-hah-hah!!!")
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    • Author by SMTDL (October 31, 2009 12:02 pm ET)
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      But Palin gave back huge amounts of money to citizens..more than she should have and was unable to balance the budget a year later when oil prices fell.Kinda like Bush cutting taxes and starting a war on credit!!!!!!
      The state of Alaska gets back more money(~1.8:1)from the Federal Government than just about all the other states plus citizens share in oil revenue..so why would Palin need to put"lots" of money in social programs..for a state with less people than most med-large cities in the lower 48!!!Talk about a reach in trying to bolster a shortsighted, weak record of Governance (which she aborted) ..pathetic!!
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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (October 31, 2009 12:13 pm ET)
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      I know this is rather off-topic, but doesn't Sally Quinn look a whole lot like Orly Taitz? Has anyone ever seen them together in the same place?... :o)
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (October 31, 2009 4:45 pm ET)
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      GOP pollster Conway: Palin "governed like a man...didn't raise taxes and throw all this money into social programs."

      But she made women pay for rape kits.
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    • Author by 1st Republic 14th Star (October 31, 2009 6:04 pm ET)
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      Between running for vice president, planning her exit strategy, and resigning early to cash in, Palin can't really be said to have "governed" at all.
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (October 31, 2009 6:08 pm ET)
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        Palin was Governor from January 1991 to August 1992. From the moment she was tapped as McCain's running mate, to the day she finally made her resignation official, she had stopped "governing" Alaska. From that day on, it was all about Sarah Palin the Rising Political Star. Alaska was just a prop in the background of the Sarah Palin Story.

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        • Author by jjamele2880 (October 31, 2009 6:11 pm ET)
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          Excuse me, she was governor from January 2007 to August 2008. Don't know where those other dates came from.
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      • Author by mjh (October 31, 2009 7:41 pm ET)
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        "Between running for vice president, planning her exit strategy, and resigning early to cash in, Palin can't really be said to have "governed" at all."


        You're right about that, 1st/14th . . .

        But, I will say this: as mayor of Wasilla, AK, from 1996 to 2002, she took a town that had ZERO net debt to over twenty million in debt.

        So, while she may not have "governed like a man," she sure as hell municipally administrated like one -- a republican one, that is . . .




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