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In an Op-Ed piece for Politico, Joe Scarborough thinks the GOP should "man-up" and take Sarah Palin down a peg. "Republicans have a problem," Scarborough writes at Politico. "The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected." To make matters worse, Scarborough prods, Palin does all of this while demeaning the legacy of GOP standard-bearers that many hold dear, people such as former presidents Reagan, whom she casually downplayed as "an actor," as well as George H.W. and Barbara Bush, whom she deemed "blue bloods." In a particularly caustic passage, Scarborough seeks to draw a comparison between the legacies of H.W. Bush and Palin:
"I suppose Palin's harsh dismissal of this great man is more understandable after one reads her biography and realizes that, like Bush, she accomplished a great deal in her early 20s. Who wouldn't agree that finishing third in the Miss Alaska beauty contest is every bit as treacherous as risking your life in military combat? Maybe the beauty contestant who would one day be a reality star and former governor didn't win the Distinguished Flying Cross, but the half-termer was selected as Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants." Source.
Ouch. Sarah Palin's seriousness was questioned as recently in October by none other than Karl Rove, who suggested that a presidential candidate who appeared in a reality television show wouldn't have much gravitas. Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan's speechwriter fired off a few choice words to Palin, calling her a "nincompoop." While many defend St. Palin, suggesting it's the mean ole poopy-pant liberal media that has it "out" for her, there are plenty within the Republican party that also think Sarah is a lot of hot air.
Joe Scarborough's editorial.
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Date: 30/11/10 18:55 (UTC)- John Kerry APRIL 22, 1971
If only he had sat on the sidelines.... What he did was far far worse.
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Date: 30/11/10 22:55 (UTC)That they may have actually been happening somewhere in Vietnam is irrelevant he had no personal knowledge of them.
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Date: 30/11/10 23:15 (UTC)When he was charged with political maneuvering to get a silver star for actions that were on the whole not terribly out of the ordinary for anyone in his unit it fit exactly with the John Kerry that I had known as a DA when I first started to become politically aware in the late 70's.
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Date: 30/11/10 23:57 (UTC)This should not be interpreted to mean that there was any criminal activity he was accused of, just being a slimeball.
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