Caribou Barbie equates "Nuclear Option" with dissing the memory of JFK. Oh, you betcha she did.

[Miles Archer]

https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/posts/10152038025758588

Sarah Palin · 3,910,103 like this
8:30am (3 minutes ago)

May this day honor the late President John F. Kennedy. In his honor, and to protect our republic, Americans implore today's elected leaders to exercise virtuous truth and integrity in office.

Shockingly to some, the White House and Senate Democrats, desperate for a winning political talking point before Congress’s Thanksgiving vacation, just did the opposite. Liberals just changed 230 years of enduring Senate rules by enacting the “Nuclear Option” that will now let just 51 votes approve the President’s nominees, and thus prevent dissenting Senators from filibustering controversial appointees who’ll be charged with decision making that affects our lives.

This is significant as further proof that our government is so broken. When politicians can’t get anything to work, they change rules and hope we’ll just get distracted. The hugely divisive, dysfunctional “Nuclear Option” sets a terrible precedent. Mark Levin appropriately calls it “the latest act of leftist tyranny.” It’s also leftist hypocrisy. Back under Republican control of the Senate, Democrats blocked President Bush’s judicial appointees. You should have heard Harry Reid and then-Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden freak out in railing against the “danger... arrogance... poison” of the Republican majority even considering enacting such a rule change. To ensure cooperation and unity in balancing power for We the People, Republicans wisely did not change the rules.

But that was then. Now this makes for a nice Thanksgiving distraction for the left, but Americans are awake today – we’re not easily distracted with turkeys like this.

[spanone]

1. dumber than snot.

[wandy]

16. No, not dumber than snot. This is what they want the party line to be.........

This is the propaganda they want the for real dumber than snot teapublican minions to believe.

[spanone]

18. snot has many more redeeming qualities than ms palin. her followers are dumber than shit.

[wandy]

20. OK, I'll concede that point. nt

[spanone]

23. bwahahahahahaaa

[madaboutharry]

2. Her writing skills are that of a middle schooler.

Her critical thinking skills are non existent.

[Botany]

3. I promise I will never again try to read Palin gibberish

[Control-Z]

7. Damn. I thought the same exact thing.

I can't believe I even tried to get through it.

[Botany]

11. What is really crazy is that it is ghost written gibberish and still it makes no sense.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Turkeys?

[warrprayer]

15. beat me to it!

[Aerows]

34. That was the first thought

that popped into my head when I saw her say "Turkey" and being distracted by them

I still have no freaking idea what she was talking about because the turkeys getting slaughtered in the back ground was both gruesome and hilarious.

[madokie]

5. I believe they can still filibuster, the only thing is now all it takes is a simple majority

not a super majority

[MadrasT]

6. Dumb as a box of rocks, that one. n/t

[Scuba]

8. Snow Snookie.

[FiveGoodMen]

26. Snookie is a name, not a term

[Scuba]

27. Actually no. Recommend you edit or delete your post. It'll likely get alerted ...

and hidden if you don't. That puts your membership at risk.

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Snooki is a reality TV personality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooki

and so the DUer was comparing Palin to her. It's better to use Google to look up terms you don't understand, rather than assuming they mean something rude, and showing your disconnect from modern life.

[Adsos Letter]

9. Grifters gonna' grift. n/t

[Beaverhausen]

10. Congress's????

for god's sake

[Botany]

12. and it was ghost written too

"This is significant as further proof that our government is so broken."

[NuclearDem]

13. The Palin family coffers must be running dry.

[avaistheone1]

14. She is a complete idiot.

Little wonder she is so valuable to the Tea Partiers.

[NM_Birder]

17. I'm learning a lot about DU this morning.

It's Ok to use terms like "snow snookie" (as seen in a post to this thread) , or "Caribou Barbie" or whatever sexist bashing name I want, so long as I don't agree with that "dumb chick's" point of view.

It's only sexist bashing if it's done to someone I agree with, .....when making sexist comments about a Republican woman it's just good fun and true .... and I'll be labeled and called names in 3...2...1

[RebelOne]

21. Nope, no name calling from me. I agree with you.

I don't like Palin, but I do not bash her.

[NM_Birder]

22. ......where is that "like" thingy.....

[Miles Archer]

25. It's times like this that I miss "mutual forced ignore."

You know, I used to be DU member "Amerigo Vespucci."

And those among us who remember me know I used to have a little thing I like to call "Have a nice day."

Right now, I'm going to invoke it.

Have a nice day.

[Jamaal510]

35. +1

I'm pretty sure the "Caribou Barbie" term originated on Stephanie Miller's show. But honestly, I never was a fan of that term myself, though. I think Palin is a nut, but I also feel like that name for her is kind of below-the belt like how some people make fun of Ann Coulter for having an Adam's Apple (even though some women DO have them).

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. It was a DU original - Miller credits DUer sfexpat2000

Original here: (Post #49) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3883129

by sfexpat2000 (as they were before a name change - later EFerrari)

Caribou Barbie a nickname for John McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin that achieved widespread popularity after frequent use by Stephanie, eventually being uttered by the candidate herself on Saturday Night Live. Stephanie was the first national broadcaster to use the term, on 9/2/08, which was coined a few days earlier on the Democratic Underground website by user "sfexpat2000".

http://www.960knew.com/pages/stephanie.html

Not that below the belt, it seems, if Palin would repeat it.

[KamaAina]

36. How about "Sarah, Duchess of Dork"?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. I didn't know all the

Dems in the Senate were Liberals! Good news

[TBF]

28. That moron has no business even speaking JFK's name. Shut up Palin. nt

[liberal N proud]

29. Another word salad served up by the ice queen

[Dawson Leery]

31. Palin has a filthy mouth! You, Sarah Palin, are s**t.

You are trash, filth.

Sarah Palin is the modern embodiment (tea party) of the same people who incited hatred against the 35th, duly elected President.

[napkinz]

32. love this quote ...

[malaise]

33. Shut the fuck up

ignoramus - gooooooooooooooooooooawayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[Volaris]

38. If I knew for a fact that she wernt trying to make money off of stuff like this, I would let it go..

but since I damn-well know better, all I have to say is this:


The only thing this Grifter Bitch could possibly do to live up to the patriotism, self-sacrifice, Public Service and life of President Kennedy would be to go sit down next to the Eternal Flame with a knife, tell the American People "I'm so sorry...",

...and then promptly disembowel herself.

Flag me, hide me, whatever....I don't care this time.

[struggle4progress]

39. I bet she can even see the Texas school suppository from her house