It was pretty basic. The McCain campaign began a 'She's Commander In CHIEF!' of the Alaskan National Guard, ergo, super-duper foreign policy experience because they are deployed overseas. The Adjutant General of the Alaskan National Guard noted that.. Well, that's bullshit.
But, in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, he said he and Palin play no role in national defense activities, even when they involve the Alaska National Guard. The entire operation is under federal control, and the governor is not briefed on situations.
Which shouldn't surprise anyone at all. So some guy on CNN asks one of McCain's surrogates to give an example of something Palin ordered relevent to the whole situation they're claiming gives her experience. Lots of dodging, as the video shows.
Now, in retaliation for asking a reasonable question, McCain has pulled out of the planned interview on CNN tonight with Blitzer.
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Yeah... um... bitches, what do you think it means when the national guard is federalized? COuld it mean *gasp* that it is now under federal control? No! It Couldnt be!
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I guess Palin is a Grand Feudal Lady who brings the Alaskan National Guard to battle as her feudal levy under the watchful eyes of Supreme King and Warlord George VI ?
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I guess Palin is a Grand Feudal Lady who brings the Alaskan National Guard to battle as her feudal levy under the watchful eyes of Supreme King and Warlord George VI ?
I remember when you posted your Ideal Government on DS a loooong time ago, and I criticized it as basically leading to feudal warlord-dom... so this is perfect
"I have sworn fealty to Governor Palin, and she hath given me three acres of fertile alaskan wilderness in exchange for a months free labor and required military service. She is verily a noble and valiant woman at arms, and has even issued me a glaive and a bike helmet for when she musters her vassals and goes to war under the Banner of Kind George VI"
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I guess Palin is a Grand Feudal Lady who brings the Alaskan National Guard to battle as her feudal levy under the watchful eyes of Supreme King and Warlord George VI ?
Under her ultra right wing conservative viewpoint, wouldn't regressing to feudal times mean she's at the complete control of her husband, and her sole responsibilities include keeping the bed warm, popping out children, and various household chores?
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I guess Palin is a Grand Feudal Lady who brings the Alaskan National Guard to battle as her feudal levy under the watchful eyes of Supreme King and Warlord George VI ?
Under her ultra right wing conservative viewpoint, wouldn't regressing to feudal times mean she's at the complete control of her husband, and her sole responsibilities include keeping the bed warm, popping out children, and various household chores?
The people who believe this crap inevitably believe they will be rewarded for their championing by being made exempt from such things.
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I guess Palin is a Grand Feudal Lady who brings the Alaskan National Guard to battle as her feudal levy under the watchful eyes of Supreme King and Warlord George VI ?
Under her ultra right wing conservative viewpoint, wouldn't regressing to feudal times mean she's at the complete control of her husband, and her sole responsibilities include keeping the bed warm, popping out children, and various household chores?
Not if she is the Grand Duchess of Alaska. Noblewomen ruling In Their Own Right always had particular latitude in feudal governments--that is probably where the tendency to forgive conservative women their sin of entering the Government instead of Staying At Home comes from. Ruling women get an exception from the rules, Always.
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I remember Chris Matthews embarrassing a state legislator from Texas who was supporting Barack Obama with exactly the same type of (relatively) innocuous questioning (i.e., can you give me specific examples of what your candidate has done?). That guy wasn't even an official campaign spokesman, but it clearly taught Obama's campaign that their representatives need to be prepared when they go on TV.
It doesn't seem as if McCain's campaign has learned that same lesson yet, so instead we get cries of sexism, vague stammering, and America FUCK YEAH!.
Alyrium Denryle wrote:I remember when you posted your Ideal Government on DS a loooong time ago, and I criticized it as basically leading to feudal warlord-dom... so this is perfect
"I have sworn fealty to Governor Palin, and she hath given me three acres of fertile alaskan wilderness in exchange for a months free labor and required military service. She is verily a noble and valiant woman at arms, and has even issued me a glaive and a bike helmet for when she musters her vassals and goes to war under the Banner of Kind George VI"
I'd love to see that thread where is it?
So if I fight in the Kings army and say the right things do I get myself all knighted with land and wenches and such?
Now on Topic: This is like the Democratic Primary on steroids. It's like anyone that challenges Obama just seems to self destruct from there own stupidity, after eight years of hell these are bright and happy times indeed
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I guess Palin is a Grand Feudal Lady who brings the Alaskan National Guard to battle as her feudal levy under the watchful eyes of Supreme King and Warlord George VI ?
I smell an AU fanfic.
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Alyrium Denryle wrote:I remember when you posted your Ideal Government on DS a loooong time ago, and I criticized it as basically leading to feudal warlord-dom... so this is perfect
"I have sworn fealty to Governor Palin, and she hath given me three acres of fertile alaskan wilderness in exchange for a months free labor and required military service. She is verily a noble and valiant woman at arms, and has even issued me a glaive and a bike helmet for when she musters her vassals and goes to war under the Banner of Kind George VI"
I'd love to see that thread where is it?
The whole board's been gone for well over a year. One of my homepage tabs is still set to it on Firefox out of force of habit, but I doubt it's ever coming back.
Interesting video. I particularly liked the bit where Mr. Bounds claims that the Republican Party is going to change politics or something like that. Yeah... they're going to change politics by continuing to do what they're already doing. Yeah.
Not if she is the Grand Duchess of Alaska. Noblewomen ruling In Their Own Right always had particular latitude in feudal governments--that is probably where the tendency to forgive conservative women their sin of entering the Government instead of Staying At Home comes from. Ruling women get an exception from the rules, Always.
This could be more simply stated as 'rulers get an exception from the rules. Always.' Seems to be one of the more basic principles of authoritarianism.
In other news...
Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina: "Governor Palin took on Ted Stevens. If she can take him on, she can take on the Russians."
I think you may be a decade or two behind the times, Senator Graham. Also, I don't know much about Ted Stevens, but I have serious doubts about the comprability of a political tussle to foreign policy...
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Aratech wrote:Under her ultra right wing conservative viewpoint, wouldn't regressing to feudal times mean she's at the complete control of her husband, and her sole responsibilities include keeping the bed warm, popping out children, and various household chores?
Not if she is the Grand Duchess of Alaska. Noblewomen ruling In Their Own Right always had particular latitude in feudal governments--that is probably where the tendency to forgive conservative women their sin of entering the Government instead of Staying At Home comes from. Ruling women get an exception from the rules, Always.
While the specifics varied throughout Europe, both geographically and periodically, and not always forward in the latter case, noble women as a whole always had considerable latitude in terms of rights and power. The whole ideal of the pregnant wife in the kitchen was rarely, if ever, an upper class thing.
