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Memo to Snyder: Don’t stop the radical reforms now!What the left does tells us who Palin is
January 19th, 2011 | 
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David Karki
Many columns have been written and much airtime consumed trying to figure out why Sarah Palin drives liberals so bat-bleep crazy. From a purely strategic standpoint, their unhinged anger makes absolutely no sense at all.
If Palin would make that awful a presidential candidate – to say nothing of a president, in the left’s eyes – then wouldn’t they want to saddle the Republican Party with her as their 2012 nominee? Or, if the establishment GOP refuses to go along, create the perfect wedge with which to permanently separate them from the conservative Tea Party base?
Driving them bat-bleep crazy.
With the opposition thus divided, President Obama could cruise to re-election. Either way, if the left is correct about Palin, then they’d stand to benefit greatly by ensuring she gets the nomination.
Moreover, the Democrats need to change the dynamic of the 2012 elections. They are coming off the biggest mid-term drubbing in modern American political history, which is usually very ominous for the re-electoral chances of the incumbent president under whom it occurred.
They have 23 Senate seats to defend in mostly red states that voted for McCain in 2008, while the GOP has only 10 – the biggest threat to which might just be Tea Party opponents in primaries. And the GOP will be able to use the 2010 Census results to draw districts that will re-align the House rightward for the next decade.
Suffice it to say, the Democrats will be fighting 2012 on a battlefield not tilted in their favor at all. (Oops, did I just use “overheated rhetoric” there?) And it would seem that the last thing they should want is to let the GOP not nominate someone who could produce another 1964 Goldwater defeat, and help them turn a tide that otherwise will flow strongly against them. What else could more quickly and effectively drive the independents who turned against Obama and gave the House back to the Republicans in 2010 back to the Democrats than the most polarizing candidate available?
Yet, for all these strategic reasons to build Sarah Palin up and ensure she gets the nomination – at which point the left could turn on a dime and destroy her, when it’ll be too late to replace her and prevent the negative coattails from dragging the GOP congressional effort down – the left instead is doing the opposite. Rather than sticking their opponent with a fundamentally flawed candidate when they have the chance, the left has become completely unhinged at the prospect of Palin at the top of the GOP ticket.
Why? Why give the GOP a chance to not be put in that vise of having to choose between accepting an independent-repelling Palin as their presidential candidate or infuriating the Tea Party by denying her the nomination? I thought this was the sort of manipulative politics-as-bloodsport that the far left lived for. And, until now, the sort of tactic they unhesitatingly employed – much to the frustration of conservatives who wish the GOP “leadership” had such brains and balls.
The best answer I can come up with – assuming that there in fact is any logical reason for this and that the far left isn’t simply stark raving mad – is that they do in fact see Sarah Palin as a legitimate threat to their power and existence. A big enough threat, in fact, that they must do whatever is necessary to keep her from getting in the race in the first place, regardless of how much self-inflicted public relations damage they incur in the process by using such over-the-top, scorched earth tactics. So big a threat, in fact, that the risk of having their media allies’ smear campaign backfire by inadvertently turning Palin into a martyr via blood libeling her is worth taking.
You’ll never get anyone on the left to admit this, of course. But if Palin is who they say she is, then they should not be doing to her what they’re doing – quite the opposite, in fact. The left’s actions toward and horrible treatment of Sarah Palin tell us all who and what they believe her to be: an existential threat to them so great that anything goes if it helps to destroy her. Nothing is beyond the pale.
She cannot be allowed to even get as far as primary debates – which will inevitably be dubbed “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” given how thoroughly weak and uninspiring the rest of the GOP field is – lest even those small opportunities to show her real self explode the phony image that the media has manufactured with its non-stop propagandizing against Palin.
Moreover, she would have the energy, huge crowds, and celebrity buzz that Obama had in 2008 while Obama would just look older (aided by the grey hair and accelerated aging the presidency inevitably inflicts on all who hold the office) and out of fashion, yesterday’s news. One certainty in politics today is that youth wins and age loses – witness Clinton/Dole, Bush/Gore, Bush/Kerry, Obama/McCain. The one who appeared to be younger, more energetic, and more vibrant won every time. Against any other candidate, Obama would still be on the good side of that equation. But against Palin, it would be the reverse. Admittedly, he wouldn’t be on the bad side by much, but he would be there. And it’s not a desirable place to be.
Not to mention that there would inherently be big momentum, perhaps unstoppable momentum, behind the first female major-party presidential nominee. The campaign would be historic, by definition. (A fact many have seem to forgotten, though I can forgive the left as they honestly believe Bill Clinton was black and Clarence Thomas was not.) It would cancel out at least a good chunk of the advantage that Obama would have against “just another white guy.”
And I have to believe that a lot of independent and even Democratic women are going to wonder just how the hell the Republicans got a female nominee first. Coming on the heels of Hillary Clinton being denied in 2008, they are going to be very unhappy. Given the abysmal level of the male vote they get, Democrats will need their votes at a very high rate, almost as high as the 95% they get amongst blacks. And women are 52% of the total population where blacks are only 15%; even considering the cultural gap between center-left women and Palin, the Democrats cannot risk any substantial portion of them defecting out of “loyalty to the sisterhood.” (If Palin is the nominee, I could see Biden quickly dumped from the ticket for a woman.)
Once all that got rolling, it might be impossible to stop such a runaway freight train with a strategy of destroying her after it was too late for the GOP to replace her. Thus, it’s far better to viciously smear her now, even at the risk of some collateral damage and impartation of martyrdom status, so as to intimidate her into never running in the first place. Or failing that, get the establishment GOP to view Palin as irreparably damaged goods.
So, when the Democrats and their media allies unleash their next slanderous verbal assault against Palin, just remember that what they are doing tells you who they really think Sarah Palin is. Their actions reveal it even as their words deny it.
I suspect the left’s top-level honest conversations behind the scenes sound much like the Emperor’s with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back:
“There is a great disturbance in the force.”
“Yes, I have felt it, my master.”
“We have a new enemy – Sarah Palin.”
“She’s just a girl…McCain can no longer help her.”
“The daughter of Alaska must not be allowed to become president.”
“If she could be turned, she could be a powerful ally.”
“Yes, she could be a great asset. Can it be done?”
“She will join us or die.”
But in the end, Palin becomes president despite it and defeats the Democrat Sith lords forever….:-)
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I think that the fascination with Sarah Palin is mostly due to the fact that it is surreal that someone who is so uninformed and willfully ignorant was a heartbeat away from becoming POTUS. She’s unwilling to even attempt to learn about foreign and domestic policy to the point that she doesn’t know the difference between North and South Korea. I’m not sure if you actually ever communicate with any liberals, but myself and ALL liberals that I know WANTED Sarah Palin to run for president against Obama. It would have been hilarious to watch the debates and then her landslide loss. Those hopes have been dashed however, because of the crossy hairsy, reloady, bloody libely and the multitude of other gaffes that make her a political train wreck and totally unlikable by all but the most crazy right wing nut jobs.
Your argument seems to hinge on several premises that I don’t believe hold much water:
1. That the left’s dislike (disdain, disgust) of Palin is motivated by fear of her political promise. This is a meme that is constantly repeated on conservative blogs, message boards, tv and radio networks. It ignores the fact that Palin shows very little political promise – her approval numbers continue to plummet, she has been an international punch line for the past two years and she divides the electorate like nobody else. Throwing red meat to your base may get you into the news but it destroys your approval with the other side. If Palin started to win over independant or left leaning voters it would be different. She won’t.
2. You claim that a mid-term drubbing is “usually very ominous for the re-electoral chances of the incumbent president under whom it occurred”. It is in fact the opposite that is the case: traditionally a first term president’s party loses the house in the mid-terms.
3. Your claim that Palin would in 2012 have “the energy, huge crowds, and celebrity buzz that Obama had in 2008″ is particularly laughable. The only huge crowds Palin can draw are the teabaggers and you can be sure that their influence, however powerful in the midterms would be less significant considering the scale of a presidential election. The only measure of celebrity Palin will enjoy comes off the back of her reality show, disastorous gaffs, tabloid-news fueds and facebook postings.
If Palin wins the candidacy, you can be sure she is up just so no viable candidate would be wasted.
I think one of the reasons that many people (liberals, moderates and conservatives) are so insanely annoyed with Palin and do not want to see her as the GOP nominee is because they truly care about their country. Palin in the race lowers the bar and distracts from the real conversations our country’s (true) leaders should be having. Palin is divisive and can only throw bombs. There is no talk of solutions. People want reasonable conversation about reasonable solutions. Palin continually shows that she is neither reasonable nor capable of carrying on a reasonable discussion that offers solutions (and the very real fact, that, just as in the real world, there are compromises to make, it’s never all or nothing). Imagine, if leaders of both parties could work together… 1. our country would be better off 2. Palin would be out of a job.
Michelle you are what is wrong with our brainwashed society. I was taught that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything, but you Michelle were taught that if you don’t agree, instead of arguing intelligently, say mean and hateful things without any evidence whatsoever. Tirades bring chaos and is it any wonder that we have uncontrollable debt, government interference, and moral and civil arguments buried and gone. I do not understand how you or anyone else wants government controlling their lives, want our children to finance our greedy ways, and you have the audacity to fling words of hate and sign your name to it. What a sad life you must have!
Sarah is very predictable – she gets played like a violin. Kind of entertaining but she’s gotten boring. United We Stand.
Michelle,
You are certainly not well informed with the facts. (Those small issues many liberals tend to ignore) Sarah Palin simply mis-spoke when the North and South Korea statement was made. As did a liberal pundit on CNN the very next day. They BOTH quickly made a correction. I’m sure that you nor I have ever made such an error, because we are all less than perfect. Not that you wish to admit that a liberal can be less than perfect, just us stupid conservatives or people that do not think exactly as you do. I do not for the life of me understand the hatred the left has for this woman. Please help me understand if you care too. Hatred on this level is unknown to me. Regardless of creed, gender, political sway, color, or any other reason. I’m not saying I want her to be my president, I’m saying hatred is wrong. Period.
Jealous women and girly-men who wish they had her cojones. Palin & Rubio 2012!
mistert1950, I didn’t say anything hateful about Sarah Palin. I was giving my opinions. What a sad life you must have to admire a a woman who makes Mickey Mouse seem like a genius.
I don’t HATE Sarah Palin at all. I am fascinated by the fact that a small percentage of people actually think that she is qualified to be president. She is very entertaining. Just when I think that I have fully realized the depth of her ignorance, she posts something on Twitter or Facebook and proves me wrong. She is a fascinating disaster and most news about her is a hoot! She’s like the Paris Hilton of the political world.
I believe that the vast majority of Americans see Sarah Palin for what she is; a greedy fame whore.
She sure ripped Biden a new one in their debate. I think they fear her because she represents so well what they hate the most – she lives her stated values. Her unwillingness to oblige their desire to abort a disabled fetus scares them to deeply. She is smarter than them, more beautiful and more successful. These things are exactly the opposite of what they want her to be – it is her very existence that is anathema to them. She needn’t say a thing. I love how her existence proves every liberal position a lie. I wouldn’t vote for her but I hope she continues to kick them where it makes their little eyes water.
Michelle, you are a misinformed liar, you hate Sarah Palin and you probably never sat down and opened your mind, and ears to her accomplishments and abilities or what she really says. You hate her because you are a liberal, you are a lost soul. Sarah Palin is brilliant, successful, and a gift to this great country, and hopefully the next president of the United States.
I just noted that there are a few typical liberal posters on this blog still trying to carry the partisan talking points that Sarah was not “qualified” to be a heartbeat from POTUS. I just want to point out again that she absolutely destroyed Biden in their debate and would have done the same with Obama. She was far more qualified than Obama. His only experience was as a community organizer and what did her organize? – ACORN for crying out loud. His entire time in the Senate was spent campaigning! He was famous for voting present when he did vote. His inexperience and the fact that slightly half of this country derangedly decided to vote based ONLY on skin color has damaged this country almost beyond repair. It will take years to repair the damage when he is gone in 2012. The only hope I’ve felt is that he will become less ignorant quickly. Sadly, you can lead a horse or a stubborn mule to water but . . . .
Finally a Journalist who has the audacity tell it like it is. Good work Mr Karki. In spite of the hate mail you will receive. I have been following Governor Palin’s life since she stepped into the national spotlight. I have read everything I can find about her and I’ll admit she’s far from perfect but no one deserves to be treated like that. She has become a soundingboard for hate. I don’t even think that folks realize why they hate her but they do. She has been incredibly resilient and if she survives this electronic assault I
I’ve underestimated her. This rediculous accusation that she in some way has been responsible for the tragedy in arizona goes beyond the pale. The problem is so many so called journalists have jumped on board with this false accusation. It goes to show that they have no respect for their readers. I don’t think a single one of them actually believe what they are writingI about her. The artical you just read explains their motives.
XI’ve underestimated her. This rediculous accusation that she in some way has been responsible for the tragedy in arizona goes beyond the pale. The problem is so many so called journalists have jumped on board with this false accusation. It goes to show that they have no respect for their readers. I don’t think a single one of them actually believe what they are writingI about her. The artical you just read explains their motives.
I’ll Take off my hat
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is a great story of American accomplishment. She was the first female, and youngest, Governor of the great state of Alaska. Did she have an Ivy-League upbringing to propel her to the VP spot (as the first woman in history to do so) on the Republican ticket? No. Her parents were school teachers. She was raised in Alaska. Her dogged honesty is both breathtakingly refreshing and frustrating for politicos like myself! We are used to politicians saying the same things, being asked the same questions, and hearing them give the same pseudo-answers.
I have come to appreciate Gov. Palin’s honesty. She says what she feels. She made me believe in the American political system again. She gave me, and many others, hope. Hope that we, too, could run for office. That, even though we weren’t raised in “Ivy-League” homes, we could still make a difference and rise to the top.
Kudos to you, Mrs. Sarah Palin. I know you’re not perfect. I know you’re not abundantly eloquent. I know YOU, though … because you let me know you. You let all of America know you. You are who you are, and that is why we embrace you.
There is so much more to admire, love, and appreciate, than there is to frustrate us. Thank you for being a shield for us. Thank you for taking the “darts and arrows.” We do have your back, and so does God: your Father. Let His love embrace you, comfort you, heal you, and melt away the pain, bitterness, unforgiveness, and rejection. You are loved.
Please consider joining us: http://www.facebook.com/defendpalin. We are a Facebook page designed only for supporters of Gov. Palin. We continually post articles from around the world that are “defending Sarah Palin” and/or her policy positions. Join us. The chorus is growing.
Dear J. York,
I understand that you admire Sarah Palin because she became a governor at such a young age and didn’t grow up in an Ivy League home.
I don’t dislike Palin because I look down my nose at her. I think she’s accomplished quite a bit in her life. And for those same reasons, I admire Barack Obama for getting an Ivy League education in spite of growing up with little money and almost no connections to that world.
What is troubling to me about Palin is that she doesn’t seem to know much about foreign or domestic policy. It frightened me during her candidacy when her supporters would say she’s qualified because she lived in a state close to Russia and she has executive experience because she was mayor of a town under 10,000.
Those aren’t qualifications; that’s just spin.
I was troubled by the fact that she never gave a press conference, reinforcing the notion that she wouldn’t know the answers to any of the questions. We live in a democracy where candidates talk to the people through the press. This kind of behavior is reminiscent of a politician behind the iron curtain, but instead of it being state-run media, she only goes to friendly media on Fox News and uses Twitter and Facebook.
I keep hearing that “She’ll learn,” “She’ll get good advisers,” “She’s got good instincts.” But that’s not going to cut it. Not when that 3 a.m. phone call comes.
I don’t want a president whose an elitist, but I do expect one that has the knowledge, wisdom, experience and mental toughness that is required for the job.
I also wonder how wise it would be to elect someone who quit her governorship mid term, especially in light of the fact that she has a history of quitting other political positions she didn’t like.
And what was truly eye-opening was the number of Republicans who endorsed Obama in the last election–not because they liked him but because they were gravely concerned about her lack of qualifications for being a heartbeat away from the presidency.
They were saying, “We care more about our country than we do about the party.”
I know there are many conservative women out there who share Palin’s philosophy and humble background. Surely, you can find one with the intelligence, discipline and character to hold this country’s highest office.
Otherwise, one must wonder, that in a country full of many accomplished conservative women, why a good chunk of the party is backing someone so completely unqualified to be president.
Thank you, Mr. Karki. Your political observations in this article are on target. As a Dem, I know that the Dems fear Palin can win on the strength of the Tea Party, Conservative (including Conservative Dems who disagree with Obama’s policies), and the Women vote. I have had this confirmed to me by other Dems who know what is said behind closed doors.
Many women, who may not agree with Palin on all her policies, will vote for her in the privacy of the voting booth. It’s a girl power thing for us. Similar to how Conservative blacks voted for Obama out of pride to see one of their own win the White House.
She is far more qualified than Obama or Biden. She also has more common sense than either. Her 90% approval rating as Governor of Alaska proves how effective an executive she can be (that was before the all-out Media assault of her after she was chosen to be McCain’s VP, of course).
A fellow internet wanderer may have grasped all that there is to make of Sarah Palin’s continued chewing on the foot that she repeatedly keeps sticking in her mouth. He said:
Reminds me of the exchange between the Army recruiter and Forrest Gump…. Recruiter: “Son, have you given any thought to your future?”… Gump: “Thought?”
Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.
The left is indeed frightened by Palin. They saw during the campaign crowds of up to 60,000 people turning out for her rallies, while McCain was getting crowds of 2,000 or less. They know that she did extremely well in her debate against Biden. They also are well aware of the fact that, despite the 24/7 carpet bombing they’ve inflicted on her, she is still standing, smiling, and moving forward. Perhaps the biggest thing they are aware of is the fact that in the mid-terms women voted 49 percent for republicans, and 48 percent for democrats. That is the very first time in about 30 years of tracking how women vote, that the dems didn’t enjoy close to a double digit advantage. This was largely due to the fact that Palin has become the face of the republican party. Another point they mull over and over is the fact that in early August 2008, before Palin’s selection as VP, polls showed that over 50 percent of Americans self-identified as “pro-choice,” but by the spring of 2009, 51 percent self-identifed as “pro-life.” The only thing that changed between the two polls was the arrival of Sarah Palin on the national stage, and Americas introduction to her son with Down Syndrome.
You can add to this the fact that 67 percent of those Palin endorsed in the general election won.
Palin has had a bigger impact on American society than the libs will publicly admit, but it haunts their dreams.
Excellent comment, Niamh Sanders.
The idea that the left is FRIGHTENED by Palin is ridiculous. She’s just a famous moron who I can absolutely GUARANTEE will not be elected president. The vast majority of people are just too intelligent to vote for her. However, I do think that it’s sad that there are a minority of people who are so uneducated that they believe that she is qualified to be president.
I cannot take seriously the arguments of anyone who says Palin is unelectable because she misspoke and said “North” instead of “South” Korea in an interview and therefore (in their small minds) doesn’t know the difference.
She had already spoken out numerous times about the threat North Korea poses before that interview. To believe that she didn’t know which was which is what’s stupid.
As for whether the American public would elect her, well, they were stupid enough to elect Obama.
…so maybe they wouldn’t vote for her. If they would buy the media bias and elect a guy with no record to speak of who has a history of hanging out with radicals, then it is hard to hold out any hope that they would elect someone who actually does have a record of reform.
We shall see.
Niamh Sanders,
So instead you would go for the guy who spent a grand total of a couple years in the Senate before he started running, voted “present” most of the time, and has a very disturbing world view?
And what did he do before that? Served in the Illinois Senate (big whoop, that’s less of a job than being a mayor) and was a community organizer who taught students about Saul Alinsky.
Brilliant.
You just keep swallowing that media bias.
And for every one that you say did not vote for McCain because of her, I could show you two or three who only voted for McCain because of her.
Speaking of radicals Todd Palin’s membership in the Alaskan Separatist Group that hates America speaks volumes. The group curses the “Damn US Flag.”
Uffda, watch Palin’s interview with Katie Couric. My ten year old could have answered the questions better. It was highly entertaining.
Did Palin understand the duties of being vice president? No.
Palin’s answer to an elementary school student who asked about the duties of vice president.;
“That’s something that Piper would ask me! … they’re in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom.”
This is funny stuff! I really hope she gets the GOP nomination!!!
Oh, brother. You people are stuck on that Katie Couric interview, aren’t ya? You’re like that mechanical wind-up toy that keeps running into the wall.
Branch out a tad –
viddler.com/explore/PalinTV1/videos/43/
youtube.com/watch?v=yYwf_nze_kA
Do you really want me to drag out all the times that Obama said idiotic things? I think not.
As for the AIP, nobody cares. He switched his registration back to Independent when they moved years ago and had to change his registration form. Said it was a mistake to begin with.
And even if it wasn’t, the AIP is probably the largest third party of any state third party. I haven’t run across a single Alaskan that has a problem with it.
As a matter of fact, I’ve seen liberals use Wally Hickel to bash Palin over the head. These same people have a problem with the AIP thing. Which cracks me up because Wally Hickel became Governor of Alaska running on the AIP platform.
Yes, when a true candidate resents themselves, and even more so a woman who has these staunch qualities, fry them! That is their cry……but it will backfire like a firestorm and fry the naysayers themselves. Let the games begin!!
Send me another request to follow you on twitter.
I do not fear the dog turds on my lawn. I am simply disgusted by them. And so it is with Ms. Halfterm.
Don’t see why that’s so tough to understand.
Although I am not American (Irish), I have been puzzled by the amount of ink and airtime directed towards Sarah Palin. I was particularly puzzled by the unprecedented vitiol. Like the writer I concluded that (a) the GOP establiehment know in their hearts that she will sweep the nomination and the Democrats and the vast Media allies know that she is capable of overwhelming Obama in 2012. Having taken the trouble to sift though her actual record, particularly that period as Gov between January 2007 and the end of the legislative session in 2008, it is hard not to be deeply impressed by her executive accomplishments. I was also surprised by some of the things I discovered. For instance, the alleged religious ‘fundamentalist’ vetoed attempts to rescind the rights of gay couples. This alleged drilling fanatic produced a plan with the highest target for renewable energy in the US. She also had a very fine record of bipartissanship with the Democrats in Alaska.
Try as I might to conduct a similar probe of Obama’s career I can discover no record of substantive achievement to compare. I have found the same in the case of Hillary Clinton. IOt seems to me that both are marketing/media constructs with little real substance. Palin on the other hand is real and her accomplishments are real.
Just thought I’d add a thought about that Kate Couric interview. As I began watching it from the other side of the Atlantic, I formed an immediate impression of Kate Couric. Watching her facial expressions and her body language, I thought to myself that this women hates Sarah Palin with a hatred of despair. She hates the very ground she walks on. And she is determined to damage her as much as she possibly can.
In comparison Couric’s interview of Obama and Biden were a joke. She all by sat them on her lap and said “are those nasty Republicans be awful to you you poor things”.
No one wants to REFUDIATE this?
“Speaking of radicals Todd Palin’s membership in the Alaskan Separatist Group that hates America speaks volumes. The group curses the “Damn US Flag.”
As for Katie Couric’s dislike of Palin, that is not an uncommon sentiment. Polls show that the majority of Americans have a highly unfavorable opinion of Sarah Palin.
Emerson, are you saying that when two people have a conversation and one participant dislikes the other, the person who is disliked loses their ability to speak intelligently?
When I first heard Sarah Palin speak, at the Republican Convention, I really did not like her. Not hate her. I just did not like her, mainly because I didn’t know her. I voted for President Obama. In the last two years, I’ve seen that President Obama was a much better actor on the campaign, than he is a President of our Country.
As I said, I didn’t like Sarah Palin, for her brash ways and for her disturbing rhetoric; however, in the last two years, the left has maligned her beyond belief, and through their hysterical hatred of her, I’ve gotten to know her, and I like her.
Do the left-wing media realize that it is their unfairness which has made many of us moderates appreciate her courage under fire? How she takes her drubbing every day, while still maintaining her equilibrium, is beyond me. I don’t know if I’ll vote for her, but I certainly know I won’t vote for President Obama again.
Michelle seems hell bent for election in her diatribes against Sarah Palin. I discover from her first posting I am in her category of being a right wing nut job, whatever that is! As my first vote for POTUS was Harry S. Truman in 1948 and Harry was in my opinion the last honest Democrat who wont the position, JFK had the makings of being a great POTUS whenh is short political life was cut short. As Michelle can think of all negative attributes to describe Palin I wonder what it is Michelle thinks Obama has which qualifires him to be POTUS?
Zane E. Jacobs
Zane, first and foremost, Obama is highly intelligent. That is a vital attribute in a person who is going to be POTUS. Sarah Palin may have below average to average intelligence, but what is so glaringly apparent is that she is UNWILLING to brush up on political science, history, law, civics, the structure and functions of the U.S. government… this is just a start with the assumption that she is not illiterate.
Obama was an Illinois state senator for eight years and a US senator from 2005 until he was elected president. Far better experience than being a governor who quits with 15 (at that time) ethics complaints against her.
I do hope that her popularity bounces back enough for her to win the GOP nomination.
News FLash: In Palins’ perfect world, she’d make over the USA as a theocracy. She is a christian
supremacist.
Pastor Murthee and many others think she’s a modern day Esther, of biblical fame
Since she (and her followers) believe she’s appointed by G*D to be President, nothing else matters, and all the people opposing her christian dominionist viewpoint are only an obstacle to be got through so that G*d’s will be done.
Given her extreme Xtian dominionist views, there is no doubt whatever that she would implement the most radical and narrowly religious initiatives our Government has seen in modern times.
Even taking us to war with Korea or Iran would not really matter since she believes
that we live in “end times” and it’s all G*d’s will anyway.
All of us need to contribute whatever we can so that Ms Palin and her ilk are never
allowed in the highest office of our once great country.
Boy, the author sure hit the nail on the head again in his writings! This topic should keep the electorate engaged until the 2012 nominations and elections for sure! Wouldn’t that be great if they did? Way to go–I like the chatter!
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