Comments on: Palin Passport Mystery Solved!

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:42:20 +0000

For anyone who's buying Sarah Palin's "I'm an ordinary gal, I just can't afford to travel like all those lazy rich folk" shtick – I just read that her blazer alone at one night of the GOP Convention cost $5000! Ummm… That's roughly the amount I spent on a 10-week trip to Europe. And I wasn't even being that budget-minded. Who's the rich elitist now, eh?

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By: DHarbecke

DHarbecke — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:11:47 +0000

Weird. If you're a traveler, you're either filthy rich or a hippie stoner. What am I doing wrong? I blame her optician: nice glasses, but just a liiiiittle on the myopic side. If Biden keeps the train on the rails, it should be a fun debate on Thursday. What a muppet…

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By: Caroline

Caroline — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:44:51 +0000

Dear Sarah Palin, Okay. You're too busy to travel for leisure. Fine? My question is: Why have you never considered that using your (limited) political clout to do volunteer work, and call attention to situations abroad, would benefit other people in this world? If you had to work SO hard just to get by for the majority of your life, why haven't you chose to help people around the globe undergoing far greater hardships? If broke college backpackers can find a way to travel the globe volunteering, surely a governor can.

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By: Eva

Eva — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:16:16 +0000

Somebody better review the passport application requirements with this woman… Last I checked, Mommy and Daddy couldn't stroll into the passport office and apply on behalf of their widdle graduate! Absurd. Besides which, for me, her lack of travel experience only underscores even further her TOTAL lack of experience. Yes, she's been working "all her life" – but never at any job that required her to step over an international border. To me, there's a simple calculation at work here: No job that required international travel = no job that has adequately prepared you for the White House. Senators, Congressmen, most Governors (who've been in office for more than 18 months) and even many city majors (oh wait, Wasilla isn't a city, is it?) travel all the time. ps: Has Palin done anything to indicate that she has gained "a lot of perspective" (perspective now quantifiable rather than qualifiable??) about the world from education and books? It is a semi-acceptable substitute, if I actually thought she had done so…

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By: CollazoProjects

CollazoProjects — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:42:34 +0000

Malia- Thanks for your comment. What I failed to mention in my article–but what I'm sure was obvious enough to anyone who DOES hold a passport–is that one's parents cannot just hand their kid a passport upon graduation. If she doesn't even understand how the process of obtaining a passport works, I don't have a lot of confidence in her ability to elucidate the red tape of other bureaucratic processes.

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By: malia

malia — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:01:41 +0000

i am fuming right now!! i cannot believe how dismissive she is about the benefits of travel and of seeing the world, not to mention the implication that all travelers seem to be traveling on their parent's dime. i, too, have worked two (even three, four!) jobs at a time for most of my life, but that was to allow myself the chance to broaden my horizons and to see the world ouside of my town, my state, my country – to see what makes us all different, yet unique, and what makes the world such an amazing place. she is obviously completely out of touch. i am completely floored. thanks for the post!

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