Comments on: Paleos and Palin http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: David http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18622 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:54:33 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18622 It seemed to me that the oddness of Romney's speech was a lack of any apparent relevance to the situation at hand. It would have been a reasonable speech for Reagan to have goven in 1980. I think it was the context more than the content that had people scratching their heads. It seemed to me that the oddness of Romney’s speech was a lack of any apparent relevance to the situation at hand. It would have been a reasonable speech for Reagan to have goven in 1980. I think it was the context more than the content that had people scratching their heads.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18582 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:52:50 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18582 It wasn't clear to me that was an insult, but if it was, then that would be one of the parts I dislike. (I assumed he was just trying to imply a rapidly changing world of challenges, competitors, blah blah blah.) And it was presumably a veiled Olympics joke from an Olympics-organizing veteran, which may matter more among the masses, alas (as does sports generally). It wasn’t clear to me that was an insult, but if it was, then that would be one of the parts I dislike. (I assumed he was just trying to imply a rapidly changing world of challenges, competitors, blah blah blah.) And it was presumably a veiled Olympics joke from an Olympics-organizing veteran, which may matter more among the masses, alas (as does sports generally).

]]> by: Ken Silber http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18581 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:02:48 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18581 Hey Todd, if you agreed with virtually every word of the Romney speech -- what about "Adam Smith on steroids"? Hey Todd, if you agreed with virtually every word of the Romney speech — what about “Adam Smith on steroids”?

]]> by: toddseavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18580 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:05:50 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18580 And the first night of NFL football nearly lasted until McCain's speech -- clearly (as in sports-stadium funding debates), we need a greater separation of sports and state. And the first night of NFL football nearly lasted until McCain’s speech — clearly (as in sports-stadium funding debates), we need a greater separation of sports and state.

]]> by: Katherine Taylor http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18544 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:38:56 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/04/paleos-and-palin/#comment-18544 Golly. My pro-Palin mom was having an asthma attack during Palin's speech, too. Was I the only one totally distressed that Palin was speaking during one of the best Williams-Williams tennis matches ever? Golly. My pro-Palin mom was having an asthma attack during Palin’s speech, too.

Was I the only one totally distressed that Palin was speaking during one of the best Williams-Williams tennis matches ever?

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