Bobby Jindal in 2012

[bobblehead]

Psycho Jindal makes Palin look like Pelosi. Authorized physical castration of sex offenders (this is unconstitutional).

Nobody outside of Dixie will take this guy seriously.

News flash...when you commit federal crimes you lose certain protections under the constitution.

Except the old "cruel and unusual punishment" thing.

given the repeat offense % I would say it is up to the courts to decide if its cruel and unusual. Cruel and unusual refers to the penalties not being reasonable for the crime. I think casteration for sex offenders (especially against kids, or repeat offenders) is very reasonable.

[mraynrand]

Jindal makes Palin look like Pelosi.

If this is true, there is no way I can vote for him. Our nation cannot survive an assault of this kind on female attractiveness.

[Freak Out]

Palin is waiting for word from God it seems. The comments on these stories are a riot.

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/585479.html

Palin wouldn't oppose call to seek presidency

(11/11/08 10:07:55)

WASILLA - Gov. Sarah Palin says she wouldn't hesitate to run for the presidency in four years if it's God's will, even though she never thought Campaign 2008 would be "as brutal a ride as it turned out to be."

In a series of interviews in the wake of last week's elections, Palin said she had no problem with Republican presidential nominee John McCain but that she resents rumors she said were spread about her and her family by the Arizona Republican's aides. She emphatically denied that she was a drag on the GOP ticket.

"The economic collapse had a heckuva lot more to do with the campaign's collapse than me personally," the governor said in an interview broadcast today on NBC's "Today" show.

Palin also said "there were a lot of times I wanted to shout out, 'Hey, wait a minute, it's not true.' It's pretty brutal."

Nevertheless, the relatively obscure governor of Alaska, whose selection for the ticket by McCain last August brought excitement - and controversy - to the 2008 campaign, said she would be eager to do it all again under the right circumstances.

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door," Palin said in an interview with Fox News on Monday. "And if there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door."

In the wide-ranging interview, Palin said she neither wanted nor asked for the $150,000-plus wardrobe the Republican Party bankrolled, and thought the issue was an odd one at the end of the campaign, considering "what is going on in the world today."

"I did not order the clothes. Did not ask for the clothes," Palin said. "I would have been happy to have worn my own clothes from Day One. But that is kind of an odd issue, an odd campaign issue as things were wrapping up there as to who ordered what and who demanded what."

"It's amazing that we did as well as we did," the governor said of the election in a separate interview with the Anchorage Daily News.

"The Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration? How have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration? If we're talking change, we want to get far away from what it was that the present administration represented and that is to a great degree what the Republican Party at the time had been representing," Palin said in a story published Sunday.

Palin has scheduled a series of national interviews this week with Fox, NBC's "Today" show and CNN. She also plans to attend the Republican Governors Association conference in Florida this week.

Palin has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012. She also could seek re-election in 2010 or challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Still uncertain is the fate of Sen. Ted Stevens, who is leading in his bid for another term but could be ousted by the Senate for his conviction on seven felony counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts, mostly renovations on his home. If Stevens loses his seat, Palin could run for it in a special election.

Palin and McCain's campaign faced a storm of criticism over the tens of thousands of dollars spent at such high-end stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus to dress the nominee. Republican National Committee lawyers are still trying to determine exactly what clothing was bought for Palin, what was returned and what has become of the rest.

[MJZiggy]

Good heavens, If someone 4 months ago had deemed that I needed to be wearing $150K worth of clothes, I'd have no problem looking through my closet figuring out what needed to go back...

[packinpatland]

...............the kid's underwear.......

[digitaldean]

given the repeat offense % I would say it is up to the courts to decide if its cruel and unusual. Cruel and unusual refers to the penalties not being reasonable for the crime. I think casteration for sex offenders (especially against kids, or repeat offenders) is very reasonable.

Sexual assaults against children are heinous beyond belief.

One of my daughter's former classmates went through years of abuse by her father. (which he now is being tried for). She's now scarred for the rest of her life because of that a-hole. Suffice it to say the mental health toll is enormous.

If castration is "cruel and unusual", then maybe you should live with the parents that have help their kids through the aftermath of that. Part of me would wish something infinitely more heinous on scum like that. The recidivism rate of violent sex offenders is high, so I can understand a state's desire to switch to extreme measures.

[th87]

given the repeat offense % I would say it is up to the courts to decide if its cruel and unusual. Cruel and unusual refers to the penalties not being reasonable for the crime. I think casteration for sex offenders (especially against kids, or repeat offenders) is very reasonable.

Sexual assaults against children are heinous beyond belief.

One of my daughter's former classmates went through years of abuse by her father. (which he now is being tried for). She's now scarred for the rest of her life because of that a-hole. Suffice it to say the mental health toll is enormous.

If castration is "cruel and unusual", then maybe you should live with the parents that have help their kids through the aftermath of that. Part of me would wish something infinitely more heinous on scum like that. The recidivism rate of violent sex offenders is high, so I can understand a state's desire to switch to extreme measures.

They certainly would deserve it. No disputes there.

But what if they catch the wrong guy?

And America is supposed to be enlightened and better than that. They do things like this in third world dictatorships. We're supposed to be the bigger people. Like if someone was giving you attitude, you can be unenlightened and punch them, or just feel bad for them and move on.

Life imprisonment - fine. Physical harm? No.

[Tarlam!]

But what if they catch the wrong guy?

In DD's post, he talked about a FATHER abusing his daughter. There are not too many daughters out there, that are going to accuse "the wrong guy" if it's their father, TH.

Cut his fucking balls and dick off and his fucking hands as well. Then, parachute him to an island, where all molesting fathers live, to scavenge for coconuts.

[MJZiggy]

Coconuts? Are there no islands in the north seas? There has to be an outpost in Siberia somewhere, but let's keep the sanctity of warm tropicals and beach chairs, shall we?

[th87]

But what if they catch the wrong guy?

In DD's post, he talked about a FATHER abusing his daughter. There are not too many daughters out there, that are going to accuse "the wrong guy" if it's their father, TH.

Cut his fucking balls and dick off and his fucking hands as well. Then, parachute him to an island, where all molesting fathers live, to scavenge for coconuts.

Great. So you'll have a high success rate of catching the father. But then again, what if the father's framed by a vindictive ex wife? Couldn't that happen?

And what about non-family sex offenses? Couldn't they get the wrong guy then?

[LL2]

Palin is waiting for word from God it seems. The comments on these stories are a riot.

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/585479.html

Palin wouldn't oppose call to seek presidency

(11/11/08 10:07:55)

WASILLA - Gov. Sarah Palin says she wouldn't hesitate to run for the presidency in four years if it's God's will, even though she never thought Campaign 2008 would be "as brutal a ride as it turned out to be."

In a series of interviews in the wake of last week's elections, Palin said she had no problem with Republican presidential nominee John McCain but that she resents rumors she said were spread about her and her family by the Arizona Republican's aides. She emphatically denied that she was a drag on the GOP ticket.

"The economic collapse had a heckuva lot more to do with the campaign's collapse than me personally," the governor said in an interview broadcast today on NBC's "Today" show.

Palin also said "there were a lot of times I wanted to shout out, 'Hey, wait a minute, it's not true.' It's pretty brutal."

Nevertheless, the relatively obscure governor of Alaska, whose selection for the ticket by McCain last August brought excitement - and controversy - to the 2008 campaign, said she would be eager to do it all again under the right circumstances.

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door," Palin said in an interview with Fox News on Monday. "And if there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door."

In the wide-ranging interview, Palin said she neither wanted nor asked for the $150,000-plus wardrobe the Republican Party bankrolled, and thought the issue was an odd one at the end of the campaign, considering "what is going on in the world today."

"I did not order the clothes. Did not ask for the clothes," Palin said. "I would have been happy to have worn my own clothes from Day One. But that is kind of an odd issue, an odd campaign issue as things were wrapping up there as to who ordered what and who demanded what."

"It's amazing that we did as well as we did," the governor said of the election in a separate interview with the Anchorage Daily News.

"The Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration? How have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration? If we're talking change, we want to get far away from what it was that the present administration represented and that is to a great degree what the Republican Party at the time had been representing," Palin said in a story published Sunday.

Palin has scheduled a series of national interviews this week with Fox, NBC's "Today" show and CNN. She also plans to attend the Republican Governors Association conference in Florida this week.

Palin has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012. She also could seek re-election in 2010 or challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Still uncertain is the fate of Sen. Ted Stevens, who is leading in his bid for another term but could be ousted by the Senate for his conviction on seven felony counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts, mostly renovations on his home. If Stevens loses his seat, Palin could run for it in a special election.

Palin and McCain's campaign faced a storm of criticism over the tens of thousands of dollars spent at such high-end stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus to dress the nominee. Republican National Committee lawyers are still trying to determine exactly what clothing was bought for Palin, what was returned and what has become of the rest.

Palin is everywhere this week. On Greta Van Susteren, Larry King Live tonight, the The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. She is even praising Obama right now. She isn't being shielded by McCain anymore. If you ask me McCain was his own albatross.

[swede]

I caught part of the 2nd interview with Palin on Greta's show.

Palin, I believe, is smart and has good political instincts.

But her elocution makes GW seem like Professor Henry Higgins in comparison.

She is toast, thoroughly Quayled.

Huckabee, however, has been impressing me with his articulate and thoughtful political observations on Fox News. It's hard not to like him.

If America was open-minded enough to overlook Obama's associations with terrorists and racial demagogues, will it overlook the fact that Huckabee is an ordained minister? Probably not. Even I had a hard time with that fact, but golly Huckabee seems smart and likable. Any attempt to parody or lampoon him would be likely to come off petty and inaccurate.

Republican candidates for 2012 will be like those penguins waiting to be first to step off the ice floe into the water with the orca.

"I'm not running against him. YOU run against him."

"Why should I run against him now? YOU run against him."

Huckabee, Romney, Jindal, Steele, et al would be smart to let Palin crash and burn in 2012 while they wait for 2016.

[LL2]

I caught part of the 2nd interview with Palin on Greta's show.

Palin, I believe, is smart and has good political instincts.

But her elocution makes GW seem like Professor Henry Higgins in comparison.

She is toast, thoroughly Quayled.

Huckabee, however, has been impressing me with his articulate and thoughtful political observations on Fox News. It's hard not to like him.

If America was open-minded enough to overlook Obama's associations with terrorists and racial demagogues, will it overlook the fact that Huckabee is an ordained minister? Probably not. Even I had a hard time with that fact, but golly Huckabee seems smart and likable. Any attempt to parody or lampoon him would be likely to come off petty and inaccurate.

Republican candidates for 2012 will be like those penguins waiting to be first to step off the ice floe into the water with the orca.

"I'm not running against him. YOU run against him."

"Why should I run against him now? YOU run against him."

Huckabee, Romney, Jindal, Steele, et al would be smart to let Palin crash and burn in 2012 while they wait for 2016.

Well, Jindal is only 37 so he will have plenty of chances to run for president. Heck, McCain is 72, so he has a lot of chances.

[swede]

Well, Jindal is only 37 so he will have plenty of chances to run for president. Heck, McCain is 72, so he has a lot of chances.

McCain rests up for the run at the oval office in 2016:

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Huckabee? LOL

If you want to further alienate moderate repubs and independents go ahead an nominate him.

BTW, there is nothing funnier than watching him "rock out" with his band.