Posted on 03/16/2011 5:17:02 AM PDT by techno
Never in the history of the world have so many memes been crafted by the MSM, the Left or Palin's enemies in the GOP establishment to bring someone down.
Normally by now, the prey would have quit, ended up being subdued, being imprisoned as political prisoner or been killed.
Instead Sarah Palin has managed to keep her head above water, risen from the proverbial ashes as a phoenix on several occasions and even had the effrontery to thrive in defiance of her enemies.
So in the interest of reminding folks of the crucible that Palin has emerged here are 50 memes that have been used against her over the past 30 months or so:
1)The celebrity meme in which Palin's only goal in life is to become rich and famous and is using politics simply as a vehicle to achieve this.
2)The stupid, dumb meme that Palin is an idiot and doesn't know what she is talking about
3)Palin doesn't write her own Facebook posts
4)Palin doesn't know world geography (Africa is a country)
5)Palin loves to answer hotel doors only wrapped in a towel
6)Palin needs to bone up on the issues
7)Palin's ACES policy was disastrous for Alaska
8)Trig Trutherism
9)Palin is an extremist because PPP claims her supporters are
10)Palin is not a conservative because she endorsed McCain
11)Palin favors amnesty
12)Palin and Todd are getting a divorce
13)Palin is directly responsible for the Tucson shootings
14)Palin wasn't vetted properly by McCain
15)Palin is a poor mother if she runs for President
16)Palin banned books in Wasilla
17)Palin does not believe in the use of contraceptives to prevent pregnancy (she does)
18)Palin believes the earth is only 6000 years old
19)Levi Johnston will spill the goods on Sarah Palin
20)Palin "quit" as governor of Alaska because she couldn't stand the pressure
21)Palin is a crook (Troopergate, ethics complaints)
22)Palin lost the election for McCain
23)Palin showed how extravagant she is because of the $150,000 wardrobe issue
24)There were massive overexpenditures in the building of an indoor sports arena when Palin was mayor and it was all her fault that they happened
25)Palin is a reality show TV star
26)Palin's interview with Couric is a typical example of her poor interviewing skills
27)Palin didn't know what the Bush doctrine was (Charles Krauthammmer who invented the phrase said she did)
28)Palin lied about the existence 'death panels'
29)Palin doesn't know anything about national security and foreign affairs
30)Palin shoots wolves from helicopters and abuses animals
31)Palin is erratic and unstable because she is going through menopause
32)Sarah Palin had an affair
33)Sarah Palin is a racist
34)Palin said: "I can see Russia from my house."
35)Sarah Palin is not a fiscal conservative
36)Sarah Palin denied rape kits as mayor of Wasilla
37)Sarah Palin had no or little role to play in the huge GOP victory in November 2010 and she lost the GOP a chance to control the Senate
38)Palin is uneducated and unsophisticated
39)Palin plays identity politics and plays the victim (recent meme)
40)Palin has no organization and has done nothing to prepare herself to run for President
41)Palin's supporters are cultists and she is a cult leader
42)Palin is not running for President
43)Palin will not go on rival networks because she is afraid of tough questions
44)Palin is a hypocrite because as a child her parents took her into Canada for medical treatment
45)Palin doesn't know the difference between North and South Korea
46)Palin is not a good speaker and voice/accent is irritating
47)Palin is not qualifed to be President and has little executive experience
48)Palin is too polarizing and divisive to be elected. Independents and moderates will not vote for her.
49)Sarah Palin was a cheerleader in high school
50)Sarah Palin will be the most popular the day she declares for the presidency and her popularity will decline after that and she will eventually fizzle out
If I missed any of the memes I apologize.
More of the same:
What if Sarah Palin Were President *Now*
http://www.frumforum.com/what-if-sarah-palin-were-president-now
Can you believe that?!
'FrumForum.com is a site edited by David Frum, dedicated to the modernization and renewal of the Republican party and the conservative movement.'
Jeb Golinkin and David Frum says they are conservative Republicans. I have never heard of them before. From the article and above description, Jeb sounds like a friend of Meghan McCain.
Does anyone have information on who they are?
I’ve seen this statement on FR, recently. I don’t know if it counts as a meme: “women as a whole (or women in general) won’t vote for her.”
What is a meme?
You don’t know who David Frum is? He worked in the Bush White House for a while then he wrote a “tell all” book about working in the Bush White House and was an editor at the National Review for a couple of years.
He keeps saying he is a conservative, but I have never seen any real evidence of that.
It a concept or idea that is picked up as true or relevant by a large population.
I LIKE no 5!!!
A cultural charateristic that is passed on and a word that is becoming overused IMO.
I heard another stupid criticism of Palin from a Rush Limbaugh caller yesterday afternoon while driving home. This woman was from Virginia and described herself as both a Republican and Conservative. She said that Palin should not run for POTUS because she is neglecting her children.
'What is this woman talking about' was my gut reaction to that.
I don't know if Palin will make a run for the office of POTUS or if she can win. I can't imagine anyone doing a worst job for America that the current occupier of the White House.
I have always that she..and what she represents with respect to Constitutional Government ...is the biggest threat to the status quo in DC that has ever arisen. And it arises from Flyover Country...not Al queda...not Russia...not China...
Wait until she achieves the GOP nomination.
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