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To: onyx

“Palin’s Patriots.” Simply put, I think Sarah’s supporters are patriots. Salt of the earth. Working families. Military families. People who love our country for it freedoms, not for its entitlements. .’

You see this is the difference in perceptions that can doom a campaign via hubris. While some are thoughtful I’ve found other Palinistas on this site to be defensive, vulgar, nasty, profane, bigoted, close minded, ignorant, knuckle dragging buffoons.

And many of those were also people who pray and people who are proud to say God is part of their daily lives.

If the Palin supporters on this site are any indication of the future, the Palin candidacy is destined for irrelevancy.
Either she or her “juggernaut” are going to explode, at some point, and I hope when it happens it doesn’t take all of conservatism down with it.


86 posted on 11/30/2009 3:57:40 PM PST by Bob J
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To: Bob J
defensive, vulgar, nasty, profane, bigoted, close minded, ignorant, knuckle dragging buffoons.

You, yourself are not immune to this behavior. You've rather revelled in it at times, in fact.

So, I just have to wonder if your protestations are out of a genuine sense of personal affront, or a cynical attempt at hanging a negative label upon opposition supporters. It's fairly clear to me, just what you're doing.

90 posted on 11/30/2009 4:10:35 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Bob J
So first you say this:

I would appreciate if we could hear from the Hucksters only and if the Palinistas could hold there twitchy trigger finger for a few.

But then you turn around and post this:

I’ve found other Palinistas on this site to be defensive, vulgar, nasty, profane, bigoted, close minded, ignorant, knuckle dragging buffoons.

You know what? You should lay off the attacks on Palin supporters here if you have asked them to stay off the thread.

And you really should make an honest assessment of just what you are trying to do here - and be honest with the larger forum as well, instead of crafting this kind of schizoid thread where you ask the Palin supporters to exercise restraint when you are apparently unwilling to exercise such yourself.

93 posted on 11/30/2009 4:15:45 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Bob J
You see this is the difference in perceptions that can doom a campaign via hubris. While some are thoughtful I’ve found other Palinistas on this site to be defensive, vulgar, nasty, profane, bigoted, close minded, ignorant, knuckle dragging buffoons.

I get it now: you're talking specifically about "some unnamed" supporters of hers on this site and I am talking about Sarah's supporters as a whole including her internet supporters. FR has always been rough and tumble and sometimes outright ugly, but again, Sarah was trashed by the media and even by some self-described Republicans/Conservatives, so I have scant to zero pity for them.

Supporters I have seen at her rallies, at Tea Parties and her supporters I have seen on TV recently at her book signings and of course on the net and on FR.

They're PATRIOTS. Sarah is the real deal and if she is not, then she is the smartest politican ever, because she comes across so real as to make the elite news media hate her and the democrats fear her.

If the Palin supporters on this site are any indication of the future, the Palin candidacy is destined for irrelevancy.

How do you figure? The elite news media severely damaged her. "Maybe" irreparably, at least for 2012, but we shall see. 2012 is a long way out and 2010 will be a good indicator of the nation's mood and of the democrat's ability to steal elections. I don't believe any one forum can make or break any candidate, so again, I have to question your reasoning.

105 posted on 11/30/2009 4:58:10 PM PST by onyx
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