Sarah Palin Speaks at the Republican National Convention
September 3rd, 2008 by Evil BeetEh, you have to admit, she’s quite likable when she’s talking, and she’s got that whole adorable Tina Fey look going on and that cute little Alaskan accent.
Another observation: between Bristol “Juneau” Palin and her hottie boyfriend, Meghan and Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin’s hot librarian look, this has gotta be one of the most physically attractive Presidential tickets in the history of the United States. I mean, the Obama camp has Michelle, who is admittedly quite beautiful, but can she really hold up all alone against the sheer photogenicism of the McCain/Palin ticket? I can’t help but think that McCain must have taken all this into consideration as he was choosing Palin — the McCain and Palin families standing together, well, they sure do look pretty.
And I have to make yet another observation — I know many (not all!) of you are fond of getting chatty in the comments about how I should stay away from politics because I don’t know anything about it. And I’ll happily admit to the latter. I don’t know much about politics at all. But you know what, motherfuckers? I’m an adult citizen of the United States who has never been convicted of a felony (thanks to my awesome lawyers!!) and my totally uninformed ass can march to the polling center and vote however I damn well want, and it will count every bit as much as Bill Clinton’s or Karl Rove’s or your vote in the general election. And you know what else, motherfuckers? Most people in this country know even less about politics than I do. They have their opinions — either deeply or loosely held — about things like gay marriage and stem cell research and the war in Iraq and Roe v. Wade or whatever, but, when it comes down to it, they understand the short- and long-reaching impact of economic and foreign and domestic policy decisions even less than I do. But you know what’s super duper funny? Their vote counts! Yes! It does! Just as much as yours, Mr. Genius Political Ingenue Who Occasionally Enjoys Leaving Unpleasant Comments on Celebrity Gossip Blogs.
So, frankly, the fact that my understanding of politics — or lack thereof — is representative of the majority of Americans actually makes my opinions more valuable than the opinions of people who know big words and important-sounding phrases and statistics and history and read The Economist and whatnot. Because I’m going to make my decision based entirely on what I see and hear and think on the surface, because I’m not equipped with the economic, historical or international framework to delve a whole lot deeper than that. And that makes me unique among American voters only to the extent that I am willing to admit that publicly. That’s kind of one of the grotesque beauties of politics in a functional democracy: I don’t have to know what I’m talking about for my opinion to matter more than the people who do know what they’re talking about.
I’m just saying.
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This is the first time I have posted on your website, but I had to post about this one. I applaud you and totally agree with what you wrote. You seem to have a great understanding of politics to me and seem very intelligent. Whoever is leaving unpleasant comments is obviously insane or maybe he/she needs to get “hooked on phonics” so they can better grasp what is being said.
This is the first time I have posted on your website, but I had to post about this one. I applaud you and totally agree with what you wrote. You seem to have a great understanding of politics to me and seem very intelligent. Whoever is leaving unpleasant comments is obviously insane or maybe he/she needs to get “hooked on phonics” so they can better grasp what is being said.
This is why I want to get a sex change and have your baby Beet! Isn’t it funny that they come to YOUR site and tell YOU what to do. I know, lets go crash THEIR trailer parks and slap the Pabst out of THEIR hands. I’m just saying.
Right now, politicians are sort or celebrities… at least until the election is over. I don’t see why people throw a fuss over Beet blogging about them. There’s a scroll down button on most keyboards.. if you aren’t interested in reading about politics just use the damn button and skip the post. Lord knows I use it every time she posts about that giant horse headed Michael Phelps.
Haha. I love you Beet. <3
PS. I got yo’ back. Let’s take these motherfuckers DOWN!
God, she sounds like Frances McDormand in Fargo. I hate politics so I reserved forming an opinion of Palin until after I heard her speak. After watching her – not a fan. She doesn’t sound much like a leader of anything and I could sooner picture her on Dr. Phil yelling at her neighbor about something that happened at her kid’s hockey game then sitting across from Putin telling him to knock off the B.S. in Georgia. The Republicans should have known they would have a tough go of it after nominating a guy a queen of diamonds away from starting a war…
Not to mention, who’s writing her speeches? Obama proactively tells everyone to back off her family and daughter and the first thing she does is go after him… not really the way to ingratiate the fence-sitters and ex-Hillarians that McCain obviously selected her to appease. I certainly understand, just by her acceptance to run with McCain, that she disagrees with Obama/Biden’s position, but if you can’t be diplomatic AND lead with your strengths, then you’re not much good. It seems to me their platform is “We aren’t as bad as Obama/Biden” rather than “We’re better.”
Hey Beet, you crack me up. Glad to read that you don’t take people’s BS comments to heart! :-) Besides, you should just threaten to vote opposite one of the loudmouths just to cancel their vote. :-)
You go girl :) You rock. The Republican ticket is damn good lookin’ and I love that you’re puttin that out there!
You have got to do some research. Even if you don’t take a liking to politics you absolutely need to know what is going on. I felt the same way towards it but I realized how bad everything was after I watched the corporation (which I recommend to you). After that I just became highly interested in how much these “corporations” were involved with politicians as well as taking control over peoples lives…. its pretty damn scary. Also, I recommend you check out Ron Paul as well as Dennis Kucinich, they may not be “popular” but they sure as hell aren’t afraid to talk about what is really happening unlike Mcain who is absolutely stupid.
Rock on Beet.
After reading your rant I just loved how used motherfucker. Too funny!
EB:
You do NOT need to know a damn thing about politics in order to express your view on what is going on right now. Anyone who has suggest otherwise should shut themselves up nicely. I’m proud that people, no matter their background or level of political knowledge, are taking the initiative and getting themselves involved and informed. Isn’t that, after all, the American spirit? You go, EB!
(P.S. I’m loving your coverage, very nice.)
That’s the Beet we love! :)
I think Palin’s speech was scary good.
And her kids are cutie pies, her family IS pretty. Have you seen the little girl licking her hand and then trying to smooth down the baby’s hair?
And what’s with the clown figure they led out of the room?
But most importantly, Beet, you’re amazing! :)
Oh my. And I just as I thought “at least it can’t get worse than Bush…” It seems that it can. That woman is – however hot and seemingly likable – absolutely crazy!
High taxes would make things worse for those who are not well off?? What are you Palin – stupid? I live in Denmark and I pay 60% of my payment in taxes. Therefore I get FREE EDUCATION, FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT, lots and lots of welfare benifits.. The idea of the high taxes is to help those in need, you idiot.
And what’s with “Obama wants to seek diplomatic solutions with terrorists .. we know better, McCain will start war instead”.. Seriously, these republicans are soo war horny.. WTF??
I hope the American people sees reason and votes for brains rather than beauty…..
Just had to get that rant of my chest.
Other than that, as always a great blog Beet. Go you!
Nice post, Beet. I wish more people would just put it out there.
I think,str, that the ‘clown figure’ that security people led out of the arena was a protester, because she kept looking over her shoulder and making the peace sign (that was the peace sing, right?).
There is another fascinating aspect of the RNC that the press is not covering – the St. Paul police bursting into homes of local protesters, claiming that there are reports that there are chemicals or bomb building materials in the residence, not finding any, and then arresting people and sometimes their under age 16, even under age 6, children with them.
Isn’t it wnderful living in the U.S. where we don’t have to worry about silly things like ciil rights??!!!
Trust me, the dirt on these candidates is facinating, and a lot mre interesting than most of the stuff put on gossip blogs these days,
I really hope they don’t win.
well if it boils down to voting, i suppose your opinion (vote) would count just as much as the political genius’ opinion, not more… but love how you wrote it. am addicted to beet.
Remember, Frances McDormand was SMART in “Fargo” too. She’s the one who figured it all out.
Now, however, let’s see how Sarah does WITHOUT the teleprompter.
Rock the vote Beet! The people of this country need to pull there heads from their tightly clenched asses, get informed and make a decision! The don’t need to be spweing their judgements about because the mojority of teh people who piss and moan about politics DON’T VOTE. So to all the fucktards out there that don’t even have a voter registration card…. shut the fuck up and let those that do speak.
Beet/Biden 08
Geez, a little extreme don’t you think? I missed the codicil to the First Amendment that required a voter registration card to exercise freedom of speech! :-)
beet, you are amazing. And also brilliant, and clearly a comic genius. That gives you like 10,000 more points than stuffy grad school politicos with over-tight assholes. or whoever it is leaving ridiculous comments on your blog.
I agree everyone is entitled to express an opinion, and mine is that most politicians suck.
The fact that we are not experts in macroeconomics or foreign affairs is not a good reason not to allow ourselves to have a view on a subject.
I came to the sad conclusion that many politicians only get to know what they are doing, once they start working on the task they were given, and sometimes they never get atrue grasp on what’s going on, because they are more upset in getting their perks, than interested on the problems of the people that elected them.
So, I wish you all the luck USA, knowing your true weight in world stability and progress.
And I hope I wrote/punctuated properly, and where is matters.
:)
a few of the millions of favorable Blog observations;
If those 40 million aborted babies were still alive.. there wouldn’t be a need for debate.
Sarah Palin likes to kick butt and kill and cook Caribou.. She’s all out of caribou..
Sarah did what I’ve been wanting GW to do for 8 years. Fight back at the biased, hateful, MSM hacks — because you can’t win no matter what you say!
There’s something of the cool, hot smart Librarian about her I like.
I have NEVER been impressed by any politician as I was impressed by Sarah Palin tonight.
She didn’t duck and dodge, she took the fight directly to Obama, Biden and, most of all, the media.
She didn’t give us pie in the sky rhetoric, she told us what she planned to do to kick this country back into shape.
What a Lady !
The future is here: Inspiring. Self-confident. Conservative. Unpretentious. Accomplished. Polished. Funny. Ruthless. Feminine. Strong. And knows how to drill for oil.
She own’s the ‘I am every woman’ song.
Tonight we saw the present and the future of the Republican Party (and it looks great). Now it is our turn and our responsibility to help John McCain and Sarah Palin have the ability to deliver on the promise. Talk to your friends and neighbors and give what you can. Let’s git ‘er done.
She looked natural and comfortable on stage which was a big plus, didn’t flub her lines, and it was evident that she worked WITH the McCain camp on the speech and didn’t simply rattle off a pre-prepared one. I don’t think she wears a Wonder Woman costume under her dress suit and, unlike the Obamanites, am not AFRAID that she wears a Wonder Woman costume under her dress suit. That’s their real problem with her, and if they were scared out of their wits by her they wouldn’t have attacker her so viciously over the past 5 days.
There is no Queen Pelosi or Hillary speech, including the one she gave at the Dem convention, that comes close to this in content or delivery. Face it, those two haven’t got what it takes to deliver a sincere speech and Pelosi only has the one facial expression. Frozen distain.
Sarah Palin brought the Republicans back to life last night. She stood up to the “good ole boys” media, the Left, and the elitists, and she opened up with both barrels to do it. Who could ask for more? She was simply outstanding and no one with half a brain could deny it. I loved it when she said her daughters were strong and mentioned them by name, as well as her sons. She will stand up to her enemies, of whom there are many, and she will do us proud. God bless her and help her through the slime that’s sure to come her way. I’m buying a new yard sign with both names on it today. Go McCain/Palin!
way to go beet! <3 ya!
Beet, you are the best.
Seriously, I’m European and we are scared shitless about what the next US president will be. We are scared of (some of) the clueless Amercian public, what will they do, will they screw it all up again? You go and talk, and talk and talk. But pls vote Democrat!
Beet, your blog, your words, F ‘em if they don’t like it… I thought Palin did a great job last night and was funny to see her daughter and her boyfriend all cleaned up and looking good too… I bet he won’t be talking about being an f’ing redneck anymore.
Isn’t that the point of a blog? You get to put out anything you feel like talking about?
:-) Beet youare fan-freakin-tastic!
Um, you’re not going to go very far calling your readers mother fuckers. Plus it doesn’t help that you’re pretty fucking ignorant. But as long as you’re proud of that!
i agree, you are amazing beet. as much as i understand the disgust with questioning the pregnancies and what not, i think it has to be mentioned when discussing this beautiful, well-spoken woman’s ability to lead. her own story of giving birth in april leads me to think that one of the following must be true: she shows exceptionally poor judgement and put her baby’s life at risk, she didn’t care if she put her baby’s life at risk (natural very late term abortion anyone?), or she’s lying and has been lying. think about it, are there any other possibilities?
Well put, gumball!
hey,
stick to the one thing you are really good at..
gossip.
airing out your useless opinions is awfully perez hilton of you.
dont branch out, dont push the limits on what this site stands for….id rather hear from you how fat you are and how you are fixing it.
thanks!
haha ‘ you know what motherfers? ‘ love it beet.
Palin you suck ass. Hearing what you have to say scares the crap out of me. Yah ok I’m proud of a woman ‘ making it ‘ regardless of pol. party, but come on. As usual we really only ‘made it’ for a mans political gain. IMO – im thinking she is not ready to lead the US. and there are other more experienced women (if he was going to choose a woman for his gain in the polls) that he could have chosen.
Then again we all know why he chose her – for everything BUT her own brain and skill in governing.
On a side note – did everyone notice how her whole family except for the father who gets the hand shake looks like they’d rather be hugging a dead fish than john ‘turtle head’ mccain? Love it.
Also, they sure cleaned baby daddy up.
Sarah Palin is a disgrace and a hypocrite. She CUT special needs funding (education) by 62% (maybe before Trig-which just shows how SELF serving she truly is). She said YES to the “bridge to nowhere” (earmarks anyone) until she realized that ALASKA had to pony up money to match…I mean, I could go on and on but I won’t. I’ll just leave it at those facts. Very very upsetting to see that people are falling for her rhetoric bullshit.
oh, and to blame the media as if every rational person wouldn’t question her judgement or truthfulness after hearing that she was on her fifth pregnancy (an at risk one no less) leaking amniotic fluid and still gave a speech and flew across the country before going to a hospital. never mind that the alaskan legislature had already put $100,000 aside to investigate troopergate and possibly impeach her- this was before the vp nomination. yes, the media has been talking about her, but come on! her action have been ridiculous how could they not comment on both palin and mccain’s questionable judgement?
Hey Beet…what do you have against the Economist?
Wow… mindboggling…
Oh, Beet, I’ve always kind of enjoyed you, but this takes the cake, and it makes me really sad. Seriously. I like you so it’s kind of hard for me to take you to task, but I just can’t help it. I guess the fact that you more or less called me a “motherfucker” makes it a little easier to respond.
You’re bragging about that? Seriously?
In a “functioning” democracy we have an obligation to be well-informed before we vote. And you’re saying that since the majority of Americans knows the same or less than you it’s ok because our democracy functions??? I wouldn’t necessarily call our government a “functioning” democracy – just look at the last two presidential elections that were highly controversial and fully fraudulent. Here we are brutally forcing democracy on people all over the world and we don’t even know how to function as one properly ourselves! You simply point out, when the majority of citizens approach it the same way you do – based on impressions of individual personalities, based on the surface, on feelings- bragging about being un- or apolitical – that our democracy is a joke. Yeah, that’s being a good citizen.
Our policy making machine (legislative branch – in case you didn’t know) is more or less controlled by big corporations at the moment. Is that a democracy? Sounds more like corporate facism to me, much akin to what went on in pre-war Germany. In fact, in the course I teach on the rise of Nazism and Racism in Germany from 1919 to 1945, I talk to my classes about how Hitler rose to power. Are you even aware of how that happened? Let me tell you that political apathy among the citizens of that country fed right into his hand and aided and abetted his rise to power. And you’re extolling your “right” to be apathetic and calling me a motherfucker for challenging people to stand up and accept some responsibility?? That ought to send shivers down your spine. We do have a responsibility as citizens of a democracy. Period.
I see this is coming from a 26 or 27 year old, so I’ll take it with a grain of salt. Wait until you have a family and children and a mortgage and a serious health issue and $10 a gallon gas and stuff like that, then maybe these things will take on a little more importance for you? I only ask because it seems that it will have to affect you personally before you’ll feel a real responsibility to be informed. Who knows. I see this constantly in the students I deal with in my classes at the university – so self-absorbed and self-centered in their approach to life, much more so than the kids I had about 10-12 years ago. Here’s my advice to you: Go live in a foreign country for awhile, get some perspective on our own country. OR Maybe when you’re in one of your “funks” trying to deal with life, you could spend some time contemplating the kind of world you want to live in and then start making personal choices that lead to that.
For now, go ahead and be funny (?) and call everyone of us who cares enough to inform ourselves “motherfuckers” for really wanting to be involved, for wanting to take on the responsibility of being a good citizen in a democracy and for challenging others to do the same. In the end, if we end up with a government that continues down the path that we are on right now, then you and all your apathetic fellow citizens have no one to blame but yourselves.
Yeah, sorry, Beet… but I couldn’t just let that go. Maybe you should stick more to the celebrity trashing. Isn’t that way more fun anyway?
p.s. what is so physically ugly about Obama or Joe or Jill Biden or the Biden or Obama children? I find that ticket just as photogenic as a self-described pitbull with lipstick and a plastic-surgery enhanced millionaire, trophy wife.
jojo:
WORD.
hmmm…somebody didn’t get her granola this morning.
Bring in compulsory voting, I say. In Australia, we HAVE to vote on election day or we get fined. Plus our Prime Ministers aren’t celebrities.
To all the haters: People only care about what matters to THEM. thats society. if people care about the state of the ‘roads’ or the ‘hospitals’ thats fine, but if people DON’T care, like Beet, it isn’t for anyone of us to judge.
Beet lives in America too.
she deserves the right to vote however she wants, just as much as you do.
YOU come to this site. YOU read her blogs, YOU care about her opinion. so instead of trying to change her opinion (which is prominent in north america) why don’t you just accept it?
deal with it.
(and i am sure beet was intentionally writing the post to call everyone who keeps themselves informed “motherfuckers” – it was just a symptom of being extremely pissed off at people who try to push their view on others)
I’m with ya beet.
Sarah Palin is a LIAR who continues to deceive the American Public.
As reported in the Anchorage Daily News,
Secret’s out: Palin pregnant (03/06/08)
SEVEN MONTHS ALONG: Even her staff was unaware that the first family was expecting a fifth child.
By WESLEY LOY
wloy@adn.com
Published: March 6th, 2008 12:02 AM
Last Modified: March 6th, 2008 07:48 PM
JUNEAU — Gov. Sarah Palin shocked and awed just about everybody around the Capitol on Wednesday when she announced she’s expecting her fifth child.
“I thought it was becoming obvious,” Gov. Sarah Palin said. “You know, clothes getting snugger and snugger.”
The governor, who recently turned 44, told a handful of reporters as she was leaving work to expect a new member of the first family, then headed to a reception at the Baranof Hotel to feast on king crab.
Palin said she’s already about seven months along, with the baby due to arrive in mid-May.
That the pregnancy is so advanced astonished all who heard the news. The governor, a runner who’s always been trim, simply doesn’t look pregnant.
Even close members of her staff said they only learned this week their boss was expecting.
“I thought it was becoming obvious,” Palin said. “You know, clothes getting snugger and snugger.”
But people just couldn’t believe the news.
“Really? No!” said Bethel state Rep. Mary Nelson, who is close to giving birth herself.
“It’s wonderful. She’s very well-disguised,” said Senate President Lyda Green, a mother of three who has sometimes sparred with Palin politically. “When I was five months pregnant, there was absolutely no question that I was with child.”
Well Beet welcome to the world of politics. I always end up getting pissed off too
Am I the only person who finds little Piper’s shadowing of her mother a trifle annoying? I know she’s just a little girl (and an adorable one at that) but, several times it’s looked as though she’s run smack into her mother when Sarah turned around to walk across the stage in another direction. Someone instruct the child to stay in one place for god’s sake! She’s considered ‘mature’ enough to hold the baby… then certainly she should be able to follow a simple directive to just stand on the side lines with the rest of the family instead of parading along side her mother like she’s the star in a kiddie pageant.
Beet,
I read your political opinions just as much as I read your gossip columns, I’m equally fascinated with your willpower to stop smoking, your love of your feisty little dog and your opinion on Vivica Fox’s outfit as I am your opinion on Palins speech. And why am I just as interested? Because you make being interested in ‘all’ current events (and personal) enjoyable to read. Unlike MW and jojo who do not have famous blogs… and why don’t they have famous blogs? Because after I read the first three sentences of they’re posts I thought blah blah blah blah and moved on to the next. Yes we get it… you’re smart, good job guys. Now leave Beet and her opinion alone, that’s what free speech is all about. If it were ‘free speech only if your a self righteous asshole’ then we wouldn’t be here and I would still be ignoring what you have to say.
Excellent, excellent points Beet. But one thing you forgot to mention…. this is a celebrity gossip website… not a political opinion website. I visit this website just about everyday and usually first. Normally it’s a breathe of fresh air (all in fun, completely hilarious, nothing too serious about it, purely for entertainment purposes). Since all this over indulging in politics I’m usually going to Popsugar, D-listed, JustJared and Mollygood instead. You should totally say whatever the hell you want to say about whatever the hell subject you want to talk about….. but I, as a reader, can totally go somewhere else. It’s a sad shame that you’re gonna loose readers b/c of politics when that’s not even the reason we come to your site. I even love the dog posts b/c they are interesting and fun. Politics seems to ruin a lot of things and now it’s completely ruining evilbeet.
Just a thought.
I still think you’re awesome as hell.
are you championing ignorance and complacency???
i won’t be back to your page, and i suggest many others boycott such a person.
WOOHOO!!!! Well said! Good for you!!!! I love you Beet :-*
also… what does that lovely ammendment say. The good one, about free speach and all that… I may not like it, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it… Blog on.