tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802872038675042201.post6892107398198241877..comments2023-11-02T01:16:01.158-07:00Comments on Fiche Focal ...: Palin - not all plain sailinTomaltachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06472288290882778889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802872038675042201.post-89099554997469207452008-09-03T05:39:00.000-07:002008-09-03T05:39:00.000-07:00Toby Harnden in the Telegraph has some interesting...Toby Harnden in the Telegraph has some interesting thoughts on Governor Palin today:<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2008/09/03/sarah_palin_maybe_its_because_shes_a_redneck<BR/><BR/>Some of you may remember Toby as the author of Bandit Country, about paramilitaries in South Armagh. A harder way to earn journalistic stripes than writing about poor Katy French.An Spailpínhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156692732154093747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-802872038675042201.post-74177014245525699402008-09-02T11:46:00.000-07:002008-09-02T11:46:00.000-07:00I remain confident that McCain will win. The inexp...I remain confident that McCain will win. The inexperience or otherwise or Governor Palin does not preclude attacks on Obama's experience for a moment, for the reason that Obama is running for the big job and Sarah Palin is not. Very few US elections have been lost by the Vice Presidential nominee - in fact, I can't think of one. However, having Lyndon Johnson as a sweeper certainly helped John F Kennedy get votes in the south from people - well, crackers, let's be honest - who would not otherwised have voted for an Irish Catholic in 1960. This is Governor Palin's role this time around. The "heartbeat away" stuff is just scaremongering. HRH Prince Harry Windsor is three heartbeats away from the crown of England. I try not to think of it, myself.<BR/><BR/>The news of Bristol Palin's pregnancy is unfortunate of course. For all we know, the McCain camp mightn't have known either, because Bristol might only have spilled the beans herself in the past forty-eight hours. She wouldn't be the first, nor the last. But I remember some of the hateful things that were said about Chelsea Clinton when she was in the White House by adults who should have been horsewhipped until they learned manners, and perhaps it's best if we leave poor Ms Palin to deal with all this herself. God knows it wouldn't be easy at the best of times without the entire world looking at you. God love her.<BR/><BR/>Pé scéal é, a Thomaltaigh uasal, Geallaim pionta phoirtéir go mbeidh John McCain tofa ina Uachtarán Meiriceá ar an 4ú lá Samháin a Thomaltaigh, an pionta le fáil i dtigh tábhairne Neary's, Sráid Chatham, Bleá Cliath 2. Cad is dóigh leatsa?An Spailpínhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156692732154093747noreply@blogger.com