What I like best about Palin is that she pisses off all the right people. Besides the usual left wing drivel about the evils of moose hunting (as opposed to dog eating) and not going to the right schools. She still is a powerbroker when it comes to the Tea Party (yea,yea, I know... the Tea Party has cooties and adore Hitler... I've heard it before). Of course I could play the liberal victim card and accuse the Palin haters of sexism and native american bigotry but that card is only played when all reason and sense has been squeezed out of left wing talking points due to icky 'ol facts and common sense. In the end though, Palin is doing what she wants to do. For this reason, I can't feel too sorry for her. I do however kind of feel sorry for the people who's adolescent hatred of Palin still eats away at them like a school of lobotomize piranha. I also find it funny that the people who talk about dodging a bullet with Palin conveniently forget that Biden is now our Vice President.
It isnt the moose hunting that makes me dislike her, I think thats cool. It isn't her choice of educational facilities, it isnt the fact that she is influential in the Tea Party, It isnt even her crazy husband. It's her stupidity that really eats at me. Her stupidity, Bidens,, Romney, Reid, Bonner, etc. whats the difference? What makes me depressed. is the people think that these clowns are competent. Why do we look at these elected officials as competent, no matter what side of the isle they are on? If we want to start winning elections again we need to do better than Sarah Palin, and stop this blind allegiance just because she has an (R) next to her name.
P.S. Same goes for you Democrats..
I can see you're at least consistent and I understand your point. We're going to have a gentlemen's disagreement though. I don't think Palin is stupid. Oh, I know she isn't a genius! Neither was Reagan or Obama for that matter. Some of our greatest presidents haven't been geniuses. I also think if Albert Einstien had the same biased press holding him under a microscope he would now be considered an eccentric crazy bastard who wrote nonsensical crap on a blackboard. Obama (the worlds smartest man) has had far more rhetorical flubs than Palin and of course Biiden, if not for an accident of birth, would be some sort of plant.
Let's keep in mind that Palin didn't get to where she was by imitating self proclaimed "feminists" who obtained power through their husbands (Hillary,Michelle,etc), No, she opened the political door on her own. She went from PTA to Mayor of Wassilla to governor of Alaska to vice presidential nominee.
I agree we need to stop having a blind allegiance just because people have an (R) after their name. This is why I didn't vote for John McCain. Palin would also agree with you since she made a name for herself in Alaska for taking on other republicans. I think there must be a way to not be knee jerk reactionaries protecting our "own" while not destroying people's reputations because of the press's inherent double standards, lack of objectivity and pure corruption.