Posted on 07/03/2009 11:18:49 AM PDT by lewisglad
IF unnerving your opponent is half the battle in politics, then Sarah Palin appears to be doing quite well.
The Alaska Governor who shot to world fame last year as Republican candidate for the US vice-presidency has ruffled her critics' feathers again in her latest burst of publicity after claiming she could beat Barack Obama in a running race.
Left-leaning Democrat supporters such as the US political blog Daily Kos have taken the bait, ridiculing an interview published in the latest issue of Runner's World magazine in which Ms Palin says: "I betcha I'd have more endurance."
Daily Kos blogger Katy Kelleher seizes on one of the magazine's seven slick photos of Ms Palin in a jogging outfit to claim that the former vice-presidential hopeful "violates the flag code".
Ms Palin, a former beauty queen, is seen standing in a pose that shows off her legs while one elbow leans on a bunched-up US flag draped over a chair.
It is, declares Kelleher, a faux pas that would be regarded as a capital offence if committed by "the other side".
None of this nonsense would matter if it were not for the fact that the Alaska Governor is still being talked about as a presidential candidate for 2012.
Ms Palin was already in the news after spats with TV host David Letterman over her daughter.
The glamorous 45-year-old Governor, meanwhile, appears to be enjoying the celebrity amid rumours she might run for the US Senate next year to boost her national profile or, failing that, do a reality TV show.
Asked if she could beat Obama, Ms Palin said that determination and endurance made up for what she lacked in comparable physical strength. "So if it were a long race that required a lot of endurance, I'd win," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Flag abuse? I don’t think so... it’s just laying over a chair. It’s not like it’s crumpled up on the ground with her standing on it....
I am on her side - sign me up!
Showing off a successful effort to lose the baby fat. I am impressed. It’s a lot of work, and she’s proud of it.
How silly. The flag is not touching the floor; nor is she wearing it; nor is she standing on it. The person that is accusing her needs to go back and read the facts.
How silly. The flag is not touching the floor; nor is she wearing it; nor is she standing on it. The person that is accusing her needs to go back and read the facts.
It took me a while but, yes, there really is a flag in that photo. :=)
flag abuse? Hell the lefties would either be burning it or not have it in the photo at all, who are they trying to fool?
No kidding!
No to the Senate. No to the reality show. And don’t lean on the flag or allow it to be draped over the back of a chair.
Hang the flag properly or fold it and put it away.
Still, the left making noise about his is the highest level of hilarity. They support the idea of burning it to make a point. I do not.
Liberals don’t have any values of their own to live up to, but they are quick to point out when they believe conservatives have violated conservative values.
Yes...and this coming from people who support a moron who hates everything the flag stands for...
The way Obama smokes, he’d be rolling on the ground, coughing madly after the first few hundred feet or so.
Sarah would win, hands down!
She’s also gonna whoop his butt in the 2012 election.....
Sarah..? Abusing the flag..? But Bill Ayers STANDING on a crumpled flag in a Chicago alley..? That’s cool.
This is flag abuse!
Just goes to show the childish stupidity of liberals making such a statement....
Haha you both beat me to it - now there are 3 of those in a row!
oh snap!! :)
Oh, she’s about to have a press conference at 3:00. They say (on Fox) she is going to talk about her political future.
Great minds think alike...lol.
Mrs. Loyalist would put me in the doghouse if I commented on this picture.
Flag abuse? Has this a**hat ever said anything about Bill Ayers standing on the flag? Or said anything about any of the myriad of liberals who have actually abused the flag?
Hey thanks for the info!
What flag ?? I was admiring the view of the water .. ( Sarcasm ) ....
I think it’s a dumb photo for a number of reasons—like, who wears panty hose with shorts? And, I don’t like the casual attitude with the Flag. Much better that she had been saluting a flag. And, lastly, I think the photo is a mistake if she wants to be taken seriously. It’s as though she can’t make up her mind whether she wants to be just a celebrity or someone of real consequence.
Not that I’m against her photo in Runner’s World. It’s just that a photo of her actually running, sweating, grueling it out would have been much more effective. This one is just Stupid.
Fat lazy welfare queen KOS cows are just jealous that she looks so fine.
Thanks for the heads up.
You gotta get a kick out of the democrats and MSM who just want her to go away but can't stop talking about her.
What a gorgeous photo! Superb production values.
There are two flags in that picture (the other one is US Army) and no, repeat, no CHE posters.
Great minds, same channel.
It more like she doesn't know the difference.
[It took me a while but, yes, there really is a flag in that photo. :=)]
Hmmm, that picture is everyone’s Rhorshack test. Now for me, I certainly saw something that could lead to some violations, but they weren’t flag violations.
You obviously aren’t a guy. The photo is cute. She is just lovely.
I don’t see any panty hose there.
Christ Matthews is that you?
I'm still looking for an article in which the "media" says, "Mr. Obama, a former Chicago thug,..."
Excellent reminder of the picture of Bill Ayers and the American Flag.
Was Katy Kelleher concerned about the flag code after the Dem Convention when thousands of American Flags had been thrown on the floor, trampled under foot, and gathered in trash bags by the cleaning staff?
The reason for the storm of Palin articles and criticisms once again(I know, they have never entirely stopped)is because of the straw poll they had recently in which she scored 72% beating out all other republican contenders. This has not only pi**ed off the dimwits but we have people like that idiot from the McCain campaign doing the Vanity Fair BS.
Dimwits and the beltway RINOs are both terrified of Palin, and for the same reasons: She galvanizes a crowd, she has Charisma and she has conservative values. You can tell the RINObots on FR by the way they trash Sarah.
Anyone who looks at the way she runs Alaska and still thinks she doesn't have what it takes to run the country are brain dead.
Fox News reporting that Sarah Palin will be giving a presser at 3p eastern re: future as governor of Alaska.
Stay tuned.....
Palin PING!
Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.
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Fox News reporting that Sarah Palin will be giving a presser at 3p eastern re: future as governor of Alaska. Stay tuned.....
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