Ever since she was selected by John McCain to be his vice-presidential running mate, the Republican handlers have been keeping Sarah Palin on a tight leash. The media would have us believe the reason is because she is not steeped in national and international politics and they are afraid she will make too many mistakes if allowed to answer questions on her own. I think she’s moose hunting.
Sarah Palin ran for Governor against the establishment and won. She knows how to handle the press or she wouldn’t be sitting in the governor’s chair. Like any good politician she knows how to bob and weave through a press gauntlet. She knows how to respond to a question without answering it. She knows how to cover her tracks. Politics 101.
I think she’s moose hunting.
Let me tell you a story about moose hunting. Some friends of mine in Maine got their first hunting license some years ago, good for one moose. These are LARGE animals and can feed a family of four through a Maine winter, which is every month except July.
They parked their car on the road and walked, through knee-deep snow for a few miles and then spotted a large moose (the only size they come in). They shot the moose and congratulated themselves. Then they looked at the moose and looked back at their tracks through the snow.
They had to “field dress” the moose on the spot and it took them three trips to get all the moose back to their car. It was dark by the time the finished and, exhausted, they drove to the nearest bar to celebrate properly.
In the bar they met a Mainiac and bragged about their hunting success.
“That’s not the way you hunt moose,” the old-timer said. “You got the first part right. You go into the woods until you find a moose. Then you track that moose. Sooner or later he’s going to cross a road and that’s where you shoot him.”
What if Sarah Palin and her handlers are setting this up for the debate with Joe Biden? l
Letting everyone assume he will make mincemeat of her, lowering the expectations of her performance practically to ground level.
I think she's tracking Biden until he crosses the road on Thursday evening.
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They parked their car on the road and walked, through knee-deep snow for a few miles and then spotted a large moose (the only size they come in). They shot the moose and congratulated themselves. Then they looked at the moose and looked back at their tracks through the snow.
They had to “field dress” the moose on the spot and it took them three trips to get all the moose back to their car. It was dark by the time the finished and, exhausted, they drove to the nearest bar to celebrate properly.
In the bar they met a Mainiac and bragged about their hunting success.
“That’s not the way you hunt moose,” the old-timer said. “You got the first part right. You go into the woods until you find a moose. Then you track that moose. Sooner or later he’s going to cross a road and that’s where you shoot him.”
What if Sarah Palin and her handlers are setting this up for the debate with Joe Biden? l
Letting everyone assume he will make mincemeat of her, lowering the expectations of her performance practically to ground level.
I think she's tracking Biden until he crosses the road on Thursday evening.
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1. Stealing condoms from teenagers.
2. Selling her story and that of her pregnant daughter to People magazine.
3. Building bridges.
4. Firing people.
5. Teaching creationism.
(At least mine do :)
Just thinkin'
You'll have to ask her.
Anew…:
Let's see how the debate goes.
If she was playing a game in her interviews, is it "strategy" or is it misleading the voters? This election isn't a game or a big drama to the citizens of the US (and perhaps the world) as it seems to be to McCain and Palin. Was "suspending" the campaign clever?
I wasn't making a prediction — just writing humor.
(Mostly an excuse to tell my moose story?)
(see my comment to Tony above.)
Elmer Fudd
Thanks.
Just sharing the humor where I find it.
OK, that didn't come out quite right ...
ROFLMBO, John!
Although I really admire the lady, Governor Palin will be lucky to get a bead on Biden. We've been hearing her name 24/7 and, curiously, nothing whatsoever about him. I guess she'll have to wait for him to cross the road.
Thoughts on Palin. I hope she really is playing as a ruse. I'm not voting for McCain, but just in case he wins, I'd like to know she's a much heavy hitter then what I've seen, so far.
Palin has been grilled by very tough, very left wing reporters and she's come off as knowing little of substance. I predict that Gwen Ifill will be much tougher on both VP candidates than Jim was on Obama and McCain. My prediction is that they'll catch Palin on some historic points but that Palin will be prepared to shred Biden and she'll know his voting record by heart.
It was hard, driving from Minnesota back here in Sturgeon Bay, to find a radio station carrying the Obama/McCain debate. I bet there'll be a lot more interest in the VP debate.
Great moose story, and believable because my friend from Pocatello, Idaho told me a similar story about how they hunt mule deer. They wait until the deer is accessible by pickup truck before shooting.
With the Sarah debate, I'll bet you'll even find some bars carrying it.
Funny, Karen.
I feel for her. I'm sure they're coaching her to death.
Thanks, Norvona. Never thought of it that way, but I think that's what I do when I write columns. Think I'll use that next time I pitch a newspaper editor.
Probably true, MJ but sometimes all that throws one off stride.
Commenting on the first debate someone said he wished Obama used more humor, and then said maybe that's just the way he is and you don't want to change your natural style — look where it's gotten everyone so far.
I have no idea, Nippy. I haven't seen her at all as I try to defer thinking about politics until Mid-October when the dust has settled and the candidates have flipped their last waffle — then I look at the people and the issues.
"We've been hearing her name 24/7 and, curiously, nothing whatsoever about him. I guess she'll have to wait for him to cross the road."
That's what I'm wondering.
The irony is that Palin NOT talking much on her own diverts the media from Biden who makes plenty of gaffs and slips. (Everyone does.)
Beaker, instead of "world hunger" I think she talked about how she wanted to cure moose.
Good point, Aniko. I'm assuming she does but we'll find out.
I think you hit the nail on the head, Atlantis.
Thanks.
Not for Biden, Glome.
( I expect Biden to do fine. The question is how much better than expectations will Palin do.
The only way Biden might screw it up is if he says something that's interpreted as condescending. Then he's toast.
You're absolutely right. Regardless of who you vote for, I'd like to think all the candidates can pull the weight.
That is part of my point, Larry. It's what the Democrats did before the McCain/Obama debate that was supposed to focus on international issues until the economy took center stage.
As for her qualifications, haven't really been paying attention to that yet. (see my comment above about no politics for me until mid-October).
i have to call my life line....oh, i don't have one?...well then i will have to get back to ya!
(this will make sense to ya if ya watched Tina Fey on SNL in the Couric sketch,or if you watched Palin/Couric interview.....you can't make this crappola up!
back to bed....the rooster isn't even awake yet......yaaaaaaawn
cheers,gayle
Loved the Tina Fey/Hillary one.
How about Tina for VP. Looks and smarts and humor. A three-fer.
I think McCain sees the writing on the wall. She's a bimbo and is beyond coaching. What she doesn't know can't be taught in weeks worth of coaching.
I think McCain is going to another one of his totally last minute switcheroos... Rudy Giuliani will walk out on that stage to face Biden. Leaving everyone slack jawed and wondering "what the f2#k happened?"
The Guiliani rumor is going around the net.
But doesn't that say something about "judgment?"
That's their biggest fear.
You are so smart, John, I don't know how you figure these things out.
Peace!
And, ha ha!
What's going on?
Has she been kidnapped?
I also have always been a fan of Biden.
As for Palin, you gotta admit, the woman's got a lot of moxie (and a bunch of those great Jewish terms that I can never remember how to spell.)
Thanks.
(I will be highlighting humor in my administration: Coming soon, "How I'll run the country.")
Until then, there's always: Philipp Political Party Presidential Platform Planks & Positions (Partial)
Guess we'll see soon.
If no one saw her how did they know she was eating cheesesteaks?
All they have to do is stand up in public, and point the finger at her, and say,
"She hunts us! Don't vote for her and McCain!"
Now, that's what I call moose justice.
Te he!
1) keeping them straight
2) figuring out where to insert what point into what argument.
But we'll find out.
Anyway, she flies seaplanes so she can do no wrong in my book. :)
Thank you for posting to Make me Laugh
Biden has been known to overstate his case in public, conceded.
However, Palin has not done well in the interviews so far, and it has not been that hard compared to the real world. In terms of benefiting from low expectations, I think there are limits to what can work for Palin. It's not just Dems who are critical of her, Kathleen Parker and George Will have been harsh and they are Republican journalists.
Frankly, I was feeling bad for the moose. Some of my best friends are moose.
I created a link to this article from Humor Monday Update - 09/29/2008
He wouldn't want to miss FDR's important "We Shall Overcome" speech on the looming depression, now would he?
For the record, Bullwinkle was highly offended by your references to moose only coming in one size (large).
Also, for the record, Rocky found the article quite enlightening as it explains why Bullwinkle always makes him cross the road first.