"I can't see Russia from here like Gov. Palin, but I can see South Dakota and South Dakota has figured it out - zero percent sells."--Bob Vander Plaats, Huckabee puppet?
Posted on 01/16/2010 2:19:53 PM PST by bigred08
"I can't see Russia from here like Gov. Palin, but I can see South Dakota and South Dakota has figured it out - zero percent sells."
Those words came from Iowa GOP Gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats during a forum sponsored by the Clay County Tea Party Patriots.
Vander Plaats is making his third attempt at becoming Iowa's Governor. He is a very close ally of Mike Huckabee, and served as Huckabee's 2008 Iowa co-chair.
empt at the Iowa Governor's office, the Sioux City businessman's appearance highlighted the first of three scheduled gubernatorial Informed Voter Forums sponsored by the Clay County Tea Party Patriots.
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And "conservatives" here on FR are attacking him over a one-liner advocating lower taxes?
Who's the "idiot", again?
Sorry, but you got it wrong. Sarah Palin did NOT say that and the fabricated remark is used derisively by primarily the left. If the fool was trying to name drop, perhaps he could have chosen a little better than to repeat a slam you might hear on MSNBC or CNN.
That isn't being thin-skinned, it is not accepting the Left's terminology and not suffering fools gladly. Bad enough if he wasn't mentally nimble enough to choose a better remark on the fly but inexcusable if it was written for him that way.
I dunno what world you live in but she said that "You can see Russia from Alaska.
Later on, a comedy skit portrayed her as adding the words "my home".
Both are true but the left took it to mean her home town which is untrue.
The fact is that on a good day you can see Russian territory from Alaskan territory, and the whole controversy is ridiculous.
Now what was it you were saying?
It is like "Mission Accomplished" in reference to Bush. It makes no difference the original context or intent, it is now universally recognized as a slam against him. If Bill Clinton said that to him at the end of their recent conference, everyone would see it as a back-stab.
Saying "can see" was a very poor choice on the part of the candidate and quite frankly this is the time to be weeding out the weak sisters. We can choose to hold our noses and rally around the best candidate AFTER the primary.
If you don't think "I can see Russia" is used as a derisive remark aimed at Sarah, then I can only shake my head in your general direction.
There is nothing wrong with what she said....
The Iowa politician did not know that there was even a controversy. This is all inside baseball within the conservative and lefty communities. He thought it was a good lead in way to mention her name and meant nothing by it.
The only idiots offended were on this thread and for no reason at all. And it's not the first time I've seen this nonsense. It looks just like this at DU. It ain't good.
Why exactly do you call Bob Vander Plaats a RINO?
Something about pigs and cornfields that encourages stupidity?
Clearly any ally of the hucksster is pure scum.
"I can't see Russia from here like Gov. Palin, but I can see South Dakota and South Dakota has figured it out - zero percent sells."--Bob Vander Plaats, Huckabee puppet?
He should have. It is common knowledge.
This is all inside baseball within the conservative and lefty communities.
No, it really it not. Saturday Night Live is not political "inside baseball."
Palin's actual "see Russia" remark was uncontroversial and passed unnoticed by the public. Saturday Night Live made it controversial and famous by changing Palin's words to make her sound like an idiot.
For Vander Plaats to reference the quote is to reopen that wound. Either he intended to insult Palin, or this was a gaffe.
Oh c’mon guys! He made an excellent comment that taxes on businesses and individuals should be ZERO!
These people are insane.
Not to mention that the politician in question is the more conservative one of the two repubs running and was giving a speech to Palin supporters. (ie: Tea Party
But no........he was really insulting her???? He said "I can't see Russia but I can see S. Dakota." Now he should just go away! LOL....I give up...
Yeah that works for me.....LOL! .
Having said that, there is understandable nostalgia here for Terry Branstad, even among people who didn't much care for him a decade ago. And why not? Hell, Tom Vilsack wiped out Branstad's budget surplus with one teacher-fellating stroke of the pen, and it has been downhill ever since; when Chet Culver was elected, the bottom of the barrel had been uncovered, but since that point the state has broken through and started digging into the floor.
I said it some time back and I'll say it again: Vilsack made Branstad look like Abraham Lincoln, and Culver has managed to make him look like a Lincoln/Washington tag team.
Mr. niteowl77
How so?
Anyone who [thinks] they can make some joke about this had better NEVER make it to my face! It will be his last!
What is so sacred about it that makes it off limits for humor?
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