Posted on 07/14/2009 5:04:36 AM PDT by steve-b
Sarah Palin is, and always has been, an intellectual and political featherweight. As a moose-killing Barbie doll, she was exactly what the Republican Party in Alaska wanted for a mouthpiece. She was adored by the Republican masses in Alaska (she carried a gun and favored secession, the only qualifications needed).
That worked well for Alaska. It enhanced the image of Alaska to have someone in frilly blouses, rather than plaid wool shirts, to front for their oil industry. Good for Alaska.
Then something weird happened. The Republican Party nominated the oldest person ever put forth by a major political party for president. While he seemed to be in good health, they were worried about the geriatric image this person gave of the Republican Party. Besides his advanced age, he espoused the same worn-out and proven ineffectual Ponzi schemes which were fast becoming revealed to an American populace, no longer content with the wool being pulled over their eyes.
With extreme misfortune for the Republican Party, the Democratic Party nominated a young, athletic, good-looking, vastly intelligent, multi-racial — and did I mention, young? — senator, with a photogenic wife and family. There was quite a contrast.
You had the old senator, with no plan, with "Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran" for a theme song and a multimillionaire trophy wife to replace the plain one he had while a POW, against a dynamic young senator, with new ideas and new plans to take the country back to greatness, after eight years of mismanagement and malfeasance. And worst of all for the Republicans, he had the ability to say that he was not a bit like George Bush.
What could the Republicans do? Well, they couldn't put forward any plans. They didn't have any. They couldn't run against the people who brought America down. They were the people who brought America down. So what could they do?
Send in the clowns.
They thought: "We need something different. We need a woman on the ticket."
There were a few women in positions of power in the Republican Party who actually had some experience and were qualified to at least run for higher office. Did they pick any of those women? That would have made sense.
So they didn't do that. They picked their concept of what they needed to counteract the vitality of the Democratic ticket. They picked the Alaskan version of Britney Spears.
No thought was apparently given to finding out if this person actually had the ability or the smarts to possibly become a real live president of the United States. It wasn't worth their time to find out if this woman was remotely fit for the position. She looked and talked good. Sort of. In a Republican sort of way. And they just didn't care what she might and could do to America.
And did the wise old man, who was the titular head of the party, object when this person was presented to him as his running mate? Nah. Did he care about the future of America? Or did he think that this stunt might be the only way he could live in the White House? I suggest that you pick option 2. That's what happened.
Now I have to ask all the folks — the Republican base — who attended those rallies and screamed about and voted for the guy who wasn't quite sure how many houses he owned and the Barbie doll who thought "Russia was just over the horizon" was a foreign policy statement: If Sarah Palin had been elected as vice president, would you have thought it a grand idea that she would cut and run halfway through her term? Why finish her term when there are book deals and right-wing conventions to arouse for money?
You have to wonder what the John Boehner-type voters were thinking, if anything, when they cheered Sarah "Cut and Run" Palin. Not much, probably.
Am I supposed to be impressed by this hard-hitting “analysis”, Steve?
This post needs a heavy-duty puke alert.
> Sarah Palin is, and always has been, an intellectual and
> political featherweight. As a moose-killing Barbie doll,
> she was exactly what the Republican Party in Alaska
> wanted for a mouthpiece.
Anyone daring to cast such aspersions on the currently sitting president will be labeled a “racist” by the media and the Leftist odiosphere.
Aother ‘hard hitting’ screed that starts out with the seven most popular lies about SP.
Go Figure.
And they say Republicans are hate filled!
What if a Zero had been elected as president, James?
Actually I’m glad Sarah didn’t become VP. I prefer her as President.
You posted an anti-Palin column. Why am I not surprised?
Absolutely amazing how every two-bit ‘feather-weight’ asshole “Look - I’m a journalist” moron has to have his or her “own” take on Sarah ‘Let’s Pile On and Kill Her Because we’re leftists and we love killing’ Palin. Pathetic. I for one intend to find this guy and take my personal pound of flesh!
What if 0bama had actually been a natural born U.S. citizen?
I suppose this load of liberul blather reflects your opinion stevie.
No doubt McCain ran the worst race of any Republican nominee for President in my lifetime. I thought George Bush I was terrible in his reelection attempt, but McCain was worse. We continue to suffer because of him.
Hatred and loathing, it’s all the Left has.
Here’s my suggestions, Palin needs to get off the victim message and become a vocal opponent of current democrat policies , articulating why they are so bad for the country showing she understands the issues. Instead of saying “the media and left attacked my family” say “my children and grandchildren are having their future lives ruined by Obama’s policies”
The presidental campaign canned talking points McCain fed her showed us nothing about her or McCain. Palin worshippers need to get off of 2012 and focus on 2010, let MSNBC worry about if Palin is running for president.
Well his pain is just beginning.
Palin isn't going away. His panties are going to get into a major twist when the "intellectual featherweight" starts crushing his liberal "intellectual" champions. Champions that are running the US economy into the ground at record pace.
Dole.
Yes, and Ronald Reagan was an amiable idiot.
President Bush was a dunce.
Dan Quayle was a complete moron.
Jimmy Carter was a lovable genius.
Bill Clinton was the most brilliant president of all time.
And Obama is the One they were all waiting for.
Back to mom’s baement; the sunlight is melting your brain.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.