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Originally Posted by Bergermeister

A good take on what to expect from the "interview":

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4424853.shtml

Originally Posted by Bergermeister

Is one reason they wish to protect her is because this will happen?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4426309.shtml

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat’s primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

Originally Posted by midwinter

if that is true, it is very bad.

Originally Posted by addabox

We'll never know if it's true or not, because the liberal media will very politely look away.

Originally Posted by Bergermeister

Is one reason they wish to protect her is because this will happen?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4426309.shtml

Originally Posted by FormerLurker

Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean



http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09...mean%e2%80%9d/

During the April 9 "Morning Drive," DJs Woody and Wilcox apparently started bantering with a caller about how to tell whether someone is a true Alaskan.

The DJs included a personal spin on an old saying that many believe crossed a line.

"The one guy says, Well, you are real Alaskan if you have made love to the Yukon River and you have peed in a Native woman,'" Davis recounted.

The [Alaska Native] heritage centers vice president of operations says the comments, though not uncommon, are detrimental.

It is not uncommon. That is disconcerting, for particularly our young people, and people of the community to listen to because it certainly is not a community builder. Its a community divider, Debra Call said.

Such comments are not limited to the Woody and Wilcox Show. Across town, the competition at KWHL-FM 106.5 The Whale makes easy fodder of Alaska Natives during early-morning humor on the Bob and Mark Show.

The DJs make mockery of Native language and customs and also poke fun at dental care issues in the Bush.

Bob Lester and Mark Colazecchio also play a bit called, Thats what I call Native. And, they say, its all done in the name of entertainment.

Anchorage DJ Bob Lester unleashed a vicious, mean-spirited, poisonous attack on Senate President Lyda Green last week while our governor was live on the air with him.

Lester referred to Sen. Green as a jealous woman and a cancer. Palin, who knows full well Lyda Green is a cancer survivor, didn't do what any decent person would do, say, "Bob, that's going too far."

Then Lester clearly sets the stage for what he is about to say by warning his large audience and Palin. He says, "Governor you can't say this but I will, Lyda Green is a cancer and a b----." Palin laughs for the second time.

But there is more. Lester then describes Green's chair as big and cushy. A clear reference to the senator's weight. Palin laughs a third time. She's just having a grand old time.

Lester asks Palin point blank: "Do you have any idea of what you did, to make Lyda Green dislike you, hate you?" How does Palin respond? Does she do the right thing? What you would expect from a mature leader, a governor and say, "Bob, Lyda doesn't hate me."

No, she responds like a 13-year-old and says, "Um, you know once and a while I try to figure that out but I can't figure that out."

But there's strong evidence Palin did condone Lester's name-calling. At the end of Lester making fun of Green as a mother, calling her a cancer, twice, and saying she has to go; after calling the senator a b----, making fun of her weight, and accusing Green of being jealous and hateful; after all of that, Lester ends the conversation offering to visit Palin.

How does Palin respond? "I'd be honored to have you."

Sarah Palin's Record on Alaska Native and Tribal Issues


It may be hard for those who are not native Alaskan, or even Alaskan for that matter, to understand the issues I am about to note and why Sarah Palin's stance on them is wholly detrimental. I would expect that those who are of native American heritage may have a firmer grasp on these issues than the rest of us, but having grown up in Alaska this is an issue that is close to my heart.

The following information is not fabricated. More importantly, this is a small glimpse into how she would act as veep. Remember, above all we want someone in power who will put the people first, before personal gain. So far, McCain and especially Palin have not showed any interest in this. If you want to know what the future holds you must only look at the past.

1. Palin has attacked Alaska Native Subsistence Fishing
2. Palin has attacked Alaska Native Subsistence Hunting
3. Palin has attacked Alaska Tribal Sovereignty
4. Palin has attacked Alaska Native Languages

In sum, measured against some the rights that are most fundamental to Alaska Native Tribes - the subsistence way of life, tribal sovereignty and voting rights - Palin's record is a failure.

Now, all of this may seem to be Alaska's problem and not affect the Lower 48. Think again. If she is veep she will undoubtedly expand her views to the entire nation. Tribal treaties overturned, land taken. It'll be another round of cowboys and Indians for her and McCain. Secondly, even if this were to be passed in Alaska only for now, it would set a precedent which could impact tribal sovereignties throughout the nation.

Please consider this if you are thinking of voting her she and McCain.

Originally Posted by MarcUK

so you're not the slightest bit interested in whether the story is true and Palin is a racist pig calling Obama "Sambo", just a bit more spin from you.

Lets face it Nick, it wouldn't matter to you if Palin was a fully paid up member of the KKK and McCain was Nazi - you'd still vote for your 'tax break' - and concoct any little fantasy to excuse them.

Originally Posted by trumptman

I'm always interested in a good news story, but not in idle gossip or smears.

On the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, Gov. Sarah Palin took a hard-line approach on national security and said that war with Russia may be necessary if Georgia were to join NATO and be invaded by Russia.

There's been ample discussion of late about Sarah Palin being sequestered, away from the media, because the McCain campaign isn't confident in her ability to answer questions about, well, much of anything. But what about McCain's ability to answer questions?

AmericaBlog posted a clip of an interview McCain did, via satellite, with Rob Caldwell at WCSH in Portland, Maine. Caldwell noted, for example, that McCain insisted that national security and counter-terrorism is the number one issue facing the United States. McCain denied ever having said that. Caldwell moved on, asking about Sarah Palin's experience in national security. McCain responded by attacking Barack Obama.

"Well, you say you're sure she has the experience, but again, I'm just asking for an example," Caldwell said. "What experience does she have in the field of national security?" McCain responded:

February 13, 2002 -- It was a sight Tony Knowles could not get out of his mind: a self-narrated home video of three young white men driving through Anchorage looking for fun, and for Alaska natives.
After locating their prey, they shouted racial slurs, aimed their paintball guns and began firing away. After hitting six or seven people on their first pass, they circled the block and came back for more.

Days later it was national news. Networks across the nation played clips of the 24-minute video, and millions heard them say, "We're going to AnchorageWe're going to shoot some Eskimos -- also known as muktuks," a term which means whale blubber, but has become a slur against Alaska Natives.

After a preliminary investigation by some of his staff turned up other bias-related incidents, Knowles created a 14-member Commission on Tolerance. It was the first of its kind in the nation, a group authorized by the governor to do two things.

"I don't believe this is a racist state, but I have seen this governor pick at the scab of racism until it's a festering sore," state senator Pete Kelly told the Anchorage Daily News (ADN). "He told them [the commission] to go around the state and find everything that's wrong with the state, sometimes in isolated examples, and then paint us as racist. I don't appreciate it."

Wayne Ross, running for the job Knowles is prevented from seeking again, called the report. "the liberals' what-I-want-for-Christmas list." He also told the ADN, "Alaskans are divided because we have too many people pointing out the perceived problems, and we don't have enough people pointing out how well we work together."

Originally Posted by tonton

Larry Sinclair.

Originally Posted by tonton

Don't move the goal posts. I was posting this in response to this:

"The [tabloid] media is reporting on Palin using "Lucille, the waitress" as a source and we really have to ask if the media is biased toward liberals?"

Seven out of 10 voters (69%) remain convinced that reporters try to help the candidate they want to win, and this year by a nearly five-to-one margin voters believe they are trying to help Barack Obama.