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CG ups- She is a dangerous doof who came this close to being VPOTUS and possibly POTUS. For those of us who care about this country she was no laughing matter. Flakes like Huckabee are too wacky, but McCain picking her gave her credibility- which she quickly blew. She infuriates me because of what she symbolizes- I’m not wacky about it. I’m passionate about it.
I think Palin exposes a lot of the cultural fault lines in the US, to a greater degree than most politicians.
On the right, people like her because they see her as someone that states her case plainly and unashemedly.
More broadly, the left has never understood working- or lower- middle class conservatives. So they dismiss them as stupid, or provincial, or religious nuts or the like.
I voted McCain / Palin and would do so again given the choice. I think that now, however, Palin has most to contribute by not being in elected office. She should be a position herself commentator – the kind of person that can float unpopular or radical ideas without having to refer to an electorate.
Where did I take a pot-shot at Montrose? I took a shot at the choir – big difference. Think about it.
CG_Ups;
You’ve got it about right, but there is more to it. What was amazing to me was the reaction to Palin THE DAY AFTER she was nominated,by people who (at that time) knew NOTHING about her. As an example,see Maureen Dowd’s column the day after she was announced, when, I repeat, she knew nothing about Sarah Palin.
The Wall St.Journal editorial board corretly characterized this phenomenon: the elites on the coasts of the US were horrified that one of their crowd was not named. She didn’t go to one of the elite schools, they hadn’t met her before in the CNN Green Room, she just didn’t travel in the same circles as them. For God’s sake, this woman hunts!!!!
As the above thread demonstrates, however, this is a ju-jitsu (spelling?) situation. In their foaming-at-the-mouth beat-down of her, they instantly made a hero out of her to the folks between the coasts. The fact that she doesn’t back down, in the face of these vicious attacks, only adds to her appeal to these folks.
“Her thinking is shallow and misinformed on major issues. ” To us and other liberals, yes. To her following, no. As much as we love to believe we are in the right regarding our politics, there are others, many others, who have opposing views and are as staunch about their correctness as we are about ours. Clearly she had/has many people who love her, and not for any perceived physical beauty. While many republicans and other non-republican conservative identified voters may agree that she was not *the* most qualified, many obviously felt a certain level of comfort with her capabilities or I presume they would not have voted for a ticket that included her.
(this devil’s advocate thing is hard! get your buns back in here Benson!)
What? Me?…..How can you say that? Why, the poor woman has a Down Syndrome child she is protecting from an Obama death panel. (Makes me wonder who is protecting that child from her ego-driven need to be in the public eye).
CG ups- She is a dangerous doof who came this close to being VPOTUS and possibly POTUS. For those of us who care about this country she was no laughing matter. Flakes like Huckabee are too wacky, but McCain picking her gave her credibility- which she quickly blew. She infuriates me because of what she symbolizes- I’m not wacky about it. I’m passionate about it.
“many obviously felt a certain level of comfort with her capabilities or I presume they would not have voted for a ticket that included her.”
THAT, my friend, is the scariest thing about all this.
I think Palin exposes a lot of the cultural fault lines in the US, to a greater degree than most politicians.
On the right, people like her because they see her as someone that states her case plainly and unashemedly.
More broadly, the left has never understood working- or lower- middle class conservatives. So they dismiss them as stupid, or provincial, or religious nuts or the like.
I voted McCain / Palin and would do so again given the choice. I think that now, however, Palin has most to contribute by not being in elected office. She should be a position herself commentator – the kind of person that can float unpopular or radical ideas without having to refer to an electorate.
Who’s Sarah Palin?
Hi folks;
I’ve gotta go, but I’ll wrap up a few thoughts.
Where did I take a pot-shot at Montrose? I took a shot at the choir – big difference. Think about it.
CG_Ups;
You’ve got it about right, but there is more to it. What was amazing to me was the reaction to Palin THE DAY AFTER she was nominated,by people who (at that time) knew NOTHING about her. As an example,see Maureen Dowd’s column the day after she was announced, when, I repeat, she knew nothing about Sarah Palin.
The Wall St.Journal editorial board corretly characterized this phenomenon: the elites on the coasts of the US were horrified that one of their crowd was not named. She didn’t go to one of the elite schools, they hadn’t met her before in the CNN Green Room, she just didn’t travel in the same circles as them. For God’s sake, this woman hunts!!!!
As the above thread demonstrates, however, this is a ju-jitsu (spelling?) situation. In their foaming-at-the-mouth beat-down of her, they instantly made a hero out of her to the folks between the coasts. The fact that she doesn’t back down, in the face of these vicious attacks, only adds to her appeal to these folks.
To play devil’s advocate here for a minute:
“Her thinking is shallow and misinformed on major issues. ” To us and other liberals, yes. To her following, no. As much as we love to believe we are in the right regarding our politics, there are others, many others, who have opposing views and are as staunch about their correctness as we are about ours. Clearly she had/has many people who love her, and not for any perceived physical beauty. While many republicans and other non-republican conservative identified voters may agree that she was not *the* most qualified, many obviously felt a certain level of comfort with her capabilities or I presume they would not have voted for a ticket that included her.
(this devil’s advocate thing is hard! get your buns back in here Benson!)
Personally, I like watching her self-destruct…over and over and over and over.
Biff, if you’re payin for the trip, I’ll volunteer to be the translator. We can stop over at the old motherland. It’s a train ride away.
What? Me?…..How can you say that? Why, the poor woman has a Down Syndrome child she is protecting from an Obama death panel. (Makes me wonder who is protecting that child from her ego-driven need to be in the public eye).