Comments on: Will Palin Replace Steele at RNC? https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:27:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: RSG https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520338 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:27:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520338 Oh, god, please let it be. Idiocy replaced by total idiocy.

]]> By: Virgil Samms https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520337 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:13:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520337 Ix-nay, but not for the reasons cited by various commenters above. Sarah Barracuda is not ready to take a pay cut.

]]> By: Phillip IV https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520336 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:22:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520336 Well, she is a good fund-raiser, and what does the GOP have left to lose at this point? Credibility? *snicker* Respectability? *snort*.

]]> By: carver https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520335 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:06:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520335 Allen Keyes?? That’s the only rethug that could actually be dumber than Palin. Maybe they could ask Joe the (dumber) plumber.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520334 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:23:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520334 Yes, please let it be true. The Republican party is so out of touch with reality and for them to put one of the biggest, most ignorant clowns in charge would be stupendous. It would hasten the collapse of the party, plus we can get more big laughs out of it.

]]> By: prionattack https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520333 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:29:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520333 I don’t see her accepting, but I could see her declining it because it would divert too much attention from her precious family and special-needs baby and whatever else. She’ll make herself seem even holier-than-thou and boost her conservative-christian-mom reputation even more.

On the bright side, I think Palin might be more articulate than Steele. Maybe?

]]> By: D. C. Sessions https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520332 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:46:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520332 The people I know who are most in tune with that particular alternate universe are holding out for Alan Keyes as the new token darkie.

]]> By: Birger Johansson https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520331 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520331 While it may seem hard to underestimate the judgement of Palin, I do not see her accepting a very time-consuming job requiring good organizational skills now that she has secured a much more comfy job.

Going off on a tangent (crossposted from Pharyngula), but if you think of how the debates -of BP accountability, of health care reform or of just about everything- have been *usurped by Republican framing*, you may well find this article relevant: “Disaster Messaging” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/disaster-messaging_b_639040.html

My apologies for the detour, now back to Palin, and unintentional comedy. 🙂

]]> By: Mystyk https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520330 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:16:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/will-palin-replace-steele-at-r/#comment-520330 Ed Brayton laughed his ass off about the idea two days ago. Apparently, the idea is being floated around, but not many are taking it seriously. I pretty much agree with Ed: it would be great, self-writing comedy, but she almost certainly wouldn’t take the job.
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/07/best_idea_ever_1.php

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