Posted on 02/15/2011 5:04:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Greg Sargent notices something interesting in the PPP poll showing how unhinged GOP primary voters are on the question of Obama's very legitimacy as president: among non-Birthers, Sarah Palin has a favorable/unfavorable rating of 41 - 52. Among Birthers, it's a whoppingly favorable 83 - 12, far higher than anyone else. Here's Greg's interpretation:
It seems fair to speculate that the success of Palin's approach -- her grievance-mongering, her strident attacks on Obama, her virtuosity in crafting the most lurid formulations to paint Obama as an alternately weak and tyrannical figure -- is rooted in her unique ability to speak directly to the far right wing base's seething underbelly of anti-Obama hatred.
She is the base's base, and her appeal, in my view, is all about identity politics....
(Excerpt) Read more at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com ...
I was looking over today’s postings and my oh my you are doing a great job.
...among non-Birthers, Sarah Palin has a favorable/unfavorable rating of 41 - 52. Among Birthers, it's a whoppingly favorable 83 - 12, far higher than anyone else.
Andrew Sullivan???
Who cares what that old queen says?
What a dirt bag. This guy is so racist he should just go off himself ~ frankly, I'm tired of him being cited even so we can toss stuff at him.
Thank you. I really appreciate that.
That’s priceless.
And all this time I thought I wanted to see the long form BC, college admissions forms and passport records to answer a host of serious questions. To think it was nothing more than racism all along....
And Ann Coulter thinks were crack pots.
But 70 percent of GOP’ers are birthers.
And a lot more Independents and Democrats (especially the Hillary-ites and former Hillary supporters), which means the majority of voters nation-wide, unless my math is all goofed up.
2nddv- I am really disappointed that while 70 percent of those in the GOP think there is something amiss concerning Obama’s citizenship and yet NONE, zero of our conservative talking bobbleheads fail to address this issue and inform everyone on this issue.
IMHO- all of them are a disgrace. While saying they suppport our constitution they are cowards on this issue.
It shows me that if the jack boot were to really fall they would be timid little yes boy sheep.
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts
The birther issue is all about following the Constitution.
Perhaps Palin supporters see her as someone who is more likely to uphold the Constitution than the other possible candidates.
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