Below is an exchange I prompted at Huffington Post today, link here. (Link should take you right to the comments, may have to scroll down just an inch or so.) Yeah, I’ve only got 2 fans there. Imagine that.
OK, I'm a conservative, particularly in comparison to the HuffPo crowd.
I don't get it. I don't get the Palin allure for those on the right and I don't get the profound hatred of her from the left. This article helps me to understand a little more why lefties don't like her, but it doesn't help me to understand the unbridled hatred she receives. I mean, come on folks, the way to handle such a lightweight is to ignore her, yet you all seem to fairly obsess over her. I come from the right side of the spectrum and I don't pay very much attention to her, other than that poster of her I have on my ceiling.
I can only compare her baffling popularity on the right to the baffling popularity that Obama enjoys (once enjoyed?) from those on the left. There is/was absolutely nothing in their CV's to suggest that they were competent to hold high office, from these babblings by Palin to Obama's unteleprompted ramblings and continued losing streak in initiatives.
When we fall into a cult of personality, like we have now, we are in dangerous waters.Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:13 PM on 12/07/2009
-heidiMT I'm a Fan of heidiMT 34 fans permalink
Under normal circumstances I would ignore someone of Palins intellectual caliber. That being said, I cannot stand by and remain silent at the divisiveness that she promotes. She is encouraging policy that is based on her religious beliefs. She is encouraging the resurgance of racially motivated attacks. I could go on and on about how I believe she is taking us backwards as a nation. Silence can be interpreted as approval.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:54 PM on 12/07/2009
-KayJay90 I'm a Fan of KayJay90 33 fans permalink
She's the face of a group of theocrats who are intent on "stealth" candidating their way into a majority of our national legislative branch, and if they can do it again, into our national executive branch of government. Witness: the C Street not-so-secret-any more secret society, of which several hypocritical 10-Command ment-break ing so-called christians belong, and are counselled (to hide their behavior) and "forgiven" by their peers.
The theocrats I'm talking about, also known as political evangelica l/dominion ists, have also done a dam'nd good job of infiltrating the U.S. Military with their brand of christianism, tinged with more than a little bit of race- and other-orga nized-reli gion hatred.Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:56 PM on 12/07/2009
-sippewissett I'm a Fan of sippewissett 54 fans permalink
Your last sentence is in fact why the Left and Moderates dislike Palin. (Don't use "hate"; she slings that word around against anyone who criticizes her legitimate ly.)
We are united in our belief that we need smart, ethical leaders, NOT a former beauty contestant who looks at public service as a series of pageants to "win". It is precisely "the cult of personality" that we disdain. Palin doesn't know what she doesn't know -- nor do her "base". Can you imagine someone with her shallow grasp of economics, finance, foreign policy, geography and history in the White House?
* If Faux News wants to give her a show, have at it. We don't watch Fox anyway.
* If Wasilla wants to make her their sled-dog catcher, have at it. We won't have her in our neighborhoods any more.
* If she wants to write another book with more "haters" in it, more victimhood, more adventures from a private jet so she can connect with "real Americkuns", have at it. We won't buy it.
We just don't want her on the national political "stage" thinking that it's time to play her flute as a way to obtain a serious public service position. Bring on smart, serious, public-ser vice-minde d people for national positions and leave Palin to rail against the unfairness of it all...back in Alaska, please.Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:57 PM on 12/07/2009
-wanda665 I'm a Fan of wanda665 32 fans permalink
Well said, Sipp, and I am in total agreement. The reason she flits around military bases is she is well aware many of the soldiers are from the towns she plays to. You know, the real Amerikuns. Well I am from a family of military men who do not care for her. Some men in the military know we need real leadership, not quitters. Trust is very important, and that whining bird cannot be trusted. Check her record in Alaska. Check about the school buses, if information is still available.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:06 PM on 12/07/2009
-MJHammonds I'm a Fan of MJHammonds 136 fanspermalink
As a woman who is also from a family of military men (father, brother, husband & son), I agree wholeheartedly, as does my family.
Fanned.Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:47 PM on 12/07/2009
-MJHammonds I'm a Fan of MJHammonds 136 fans permalink
Sippe, I just wrote a rather long post in response to the same one you responded to, but I think you said it best. Fanned.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:07 PM on 12/07/2009
-c2morow I'm a Fan of c2morow 10 fans permalink
I dont hate her, but at the same time I dont respect anything about her. However, I think the biggest fear is that there are people out there who actually believe in her and find her acceptable to hold higher office, thus presenting the statistical probability, that she could actually have a position of influence at some point. It baffles any rational person, to the point of frustration, that others buy into her logic, her views and it just seems perposterous that someone like Sarah could even get this far. At least, that's my take.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:59 PM on 12/07/2009
-Kitzy I'm a Fan of Kitzy 3 fans permalink
Well said.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:19 PM on 12/07/2009
-Jeff1958 I'm a Fan of Jeff1958 42 fans permalink
FaiI. Dragging Obama through the same mud as Palin suggests that you are, in fact, cIueIess.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:27 PM on 12/07/2009
-michelesda I'm a Fan of michelesda 3 fans permalink
I always wonder when people talk about lefties hating or fearing Palin; where does this impression come from? Is it because they don't take her seriously, make fun of her; does that equate to hate for some people? In fact, you have to take somebody seriously to hate or fear them. To fear SP, you'd have to believe that she actually has a snowball's chance in hell; who really believes that? Certainly not lefties, who are actually hoping she will run. That, and being a perpetual walking punch line; what's to hate or fear about that?
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:11 PM on 12/07/2009
-jdunaway65 I'm a Fan of jdunaway65 7 fans permalink
You know, I have been wondering that myself, and as I read your comment, a theory dawned on me...
As you say, not too many on the left have stated that they "hate" Palin. Many (myself included) are amused by her, and those with any intelligence keep an eye on her movements and followers, hoping there are not enough of them out there to actually get her elected.
But back to the "hate"... if you remember during the Bush years, they made all those statements that anyone who criticizes or does not blindly follow the President or support his war are unpatriotic, I think some even suggested treasonous (if that's the case, what are Cheney, Rush, Beck, O'Reilley, etc?). That same mindset comes into play when they say that anyone who criticizes or does not support her, HAS to hate her.
Again, I ask -- if non-supporters or critics of Palin hate her, wouldn't that mean that these same people who say that and at the same time do not support, or criticize Obama have to hate our President as well? Hmmm -- that's not very Christian (or patriotic), is it?Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:42 PM on 12/07/2009
-drlouise I'm a Fan of drlouise 17 fans permalink
I don't hate her...I'm just worried about the permission she gives folks to be intolerant, angry and bitter. Scares me, saddens me and amazes me that there are people who believe she is qualified to lead the country.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:56 PM on 12/07/2009
-Sundiszno I'm a Fan of Sundiszno 3 fans permalink
It's not that I hater HER. I hate the politics that she represents. I hate the resurgence of the Know Nothings.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:42 PM on 12/07/2009
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