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I think the democrats are frightened by Sarah Palin. Why did they try to discredit her before they even knew her. I would love to see a debate between Sarah and Nancy Polosi. Palin would make mince meat out of her.
This line of reasoning always intrigues me. I'm not sure apologists for Palin realize just how incapable she has proven herself to be on the international stage and how narcissistic and petty and truly - and I am not just saying this to jump on the Palin insult wagon - truly unintelligent she is regarding matters of global import.
No one's frightened by her potential for greatness. Discrediting an opposing politician is politics, not about an individual. We are frightened for whether she might take one of her Donald Trump / Rosie O'Donnell style feuds to a point at which she launches a nuclear war.
"Nice mom, probably a decent person but I have yet since the moment it was announced she would be vice president candidate utter one coherent point about any U.S. related policy that wasn't regurgitated republican talking points."
Got a predicate to go with your fragment?
If you depend on MSM anchors to tell you what you think, you never will hear her say anything substantive. If, on the other hand, you listen to what she says or read a transcript, you'll see what her supporters do.
Groucho Marx asked the question, "Do you believe me or your own eyes?"
In this case you can simply read the original transcript.
I saw her not answer questions in interviews. I saw her not answer questions in the debat. I saw her make untrue and uninformed statements that do not help her when it comes to her Presidential Quality. But hey, believe what you will, the Demos would apsolutely LOVE for the Republicans to nominate her (never happen) in 2012, why do you think that is?
Casper
This line of reasoning always intrigues me. I'm not sure apologists for Palin realize just how incapable she has proven herself to be on the international stage and how narcissistic and petty and truly - and I am not just saying this to jump on the Palin insult wagon - truly unintelligent she is regarding matters of global import.
No one's frightened by her potential for greatness. Discrediting an opposing politician is politics, not about an individual. We are frightened for whether she might take one of her Donald Trump / Rosie O'Donnell style feuds to a point at which she launches a nuclear war.
Better yet, put the shoe on the other foot, what have the Repubs tried to do to Obama before the election, during the election and now after the election? I little bit of the pot calling the kettle black, ain't it. I just love it when posters forget their own tactics and whine when others use those same tactics against them, the term Hypocrite comes to mind for some reason, hmmmm.
Casper
For not supporting Sarah Palin. Nice mom, probably a decent person but I have yet since the moment it was announced she would be vice president candidate utter one coherent point about any U.S. related policy that wasn't regurgitated republican talking points. Her interviews make me cringe. Does the republican party have any other females that can articulate a point and message without handlers stepping in?
You're just a decent Republican. Now if you voted and supported GWB...that's another story.
I think the democrats are frightened by Sarah Palin. Why did they try to discredit her before they even knew her. I would love to see a debate between Sarah and Nancy Polosi. Palin would make mince meat out of her.
OMG please get a clue!! OK, get Sarah nominated for 2012! Please do!! There's no better way to assure Republicans to lose again. Has nothing to do with her being a woman! Or her being a Republican. It has everything to do with her being, ummm, I dunno, oh I know! Being an Airhead!!! No matter what party she belongs to, she's not qualified, PERIOD. It was insulting of McCain to appoint her just because she was a woman thinking women would vote blindly!
Better yet, put the shoe on the other foot, what have the Repubs tried to do to Obama before the election, during the election and now after the election? I little bit of the pot calling the kettle black, ain't it. I just love it when posters forget their own tactics and whine when others use those same tactics against them, the term Hypocrite comes to mind for some reason, hmmmm.
Casper
Along those same lines, I think Dan Quayle is a good example. Male or female, he was an intellectual lightweight who made silly comments and had no business having his hands anywhere near the red button. He was ridiculed relentlessly because of it. In contrast, someone like Colin Powell, with whom people may disagree, is never mocked. He has proven his intellectual abilities and his grasp of the issues.
Reap what we sow, I guess.
It's funny, though, how many people think the media manipulated us to see Palin as incompetent. It didn't take any media for me to hear her speak using her own words and endless sentences to realize, for myself - without anyone's help - that this beauty queen is in WAY over her head.
I understand that she appeals to a working class rural white family-oriented population with a long history of being skepitcal toward intellectuals, so I get why they defend her. In many ways, discrediting Palin as qualified is seen as a personal attack against the individuals who see a lot of themselves in her. I just think that demographic could do a lot better for itself - a lot of really smart, sophisticated people in that demographic. I've spent a lot of time living amongst them and there are many I'd vote for before her.
Hey, let us not leave Joe Biden out of the intellectual equation.
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