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DMN @ Quad-Cities Online ^ | Dec. 02, 2009 | Rod Dreher

Posted on 12/03/2009 8:02:47 AM PST by skimbell

...As an early Palin supporter, I cheered for the feisty small-town Alaskan who wasn't part of the political and cultural elite. But when she started talking, revealing that she had no interesting thoughts about national governance, I was reminded of why a political elite matters...

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Another RINO "Palin isn't really what we need" whistle by the graveyard!
1 posted on 12/03/2009 8:02:50 AM PST by skimbell
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To: skimbell
I was reminded of why a political elite matters ...

In my opinion, all Dreher's writing can be summarized with "why a (something) elite matters" and why he considers himself a member of the specific elite class.

2 posted on 12/03/2009 8:05:34 AM PST by Tax-chick (Don't worry - the king cobra will save you!)
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To: skimbell
Dear Mr. Dreher:


3 posted on 12/03/2009 8:05:37 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: skimbell

Just another anti Palin troll. Any puke that thinks a political elite is necessary is not, in and of them selves, necessary.


4 posted on 12/03/2009 8:06:39 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: skimbell

Besides the Rino label, he needs another label that fits most of the so called males who hate Sarah:

A pusher of the gay agenda as documented by his articles and opeds:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-hptb5&p=Rod%20Dreher%20%20%2b%20gay&type=

Why do Gays and Gay Agenda pushers hate and fear Sarah so much?


5 posted on 12/03/2009 8:08:19 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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To: skimbell

another article full of crap.


6 posted on 12/03/2009 8:08:45 AM PST by unseen
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Why do Gays and Gay Agenda pushers hate and fear Sarah so much?

I suspect it's because they live in constant mortal dread of this. ;)

7 posted on 12/03/2009 8:11:25 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: skimbell
Her mind isn't geared toward resolving basic philosophical contradictions like her observation that corporations and politicians often collude against the common good, and her dogmatic belief in the sanctity of free enterprise. Well, which is it? You can't hymn the majesties of capitalism's "creative destruction" on one page, while proclaiming yourself a staunch defender of traditional families and institutions on another. Huh? WTH does this mean? Sounds like authentic frontier gibberish. Well, which is it? They are contradictory, I suppose, in the same sense that he considers himself a writer in the sense that he knows how to spell check a block of text?
8 posted on 12/03/2009 8:11:43 AM PST by jessduntno (Take a minute and watch it: -> http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=uoeuh-EGj7s <-)
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To: skimbell

Actually, I think he makes a few good points.

I’m as drawn to Palin as most people here, and probably for the same reason: Her unapologetically conservative speaches.

But beyond that, what do we really know about her?

I guess we can argue about what constitutes leadership, and that’s an argument worth having.

But nonetheless, maybe we should be a bit more circumspect in terms of declaring our allegiance on the basis of a few speaches. After all, isn’t that what we deride the left for doing with Obama?


9 posted on 12/03/2009 8:11:48 AM PST by Pessimist (u)
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To: Lion Den Dan
Just another anti Palin troll. Any puke that thinks a political elite is necessary is not, in and of them selves, necessary.

Yep. See for proof the presidency of Andrew Jackson:

Contemporaries interpreted Jackson’s resounding victory as a triumph for political democracy. Jackson’s supporters called the vote a victory for the “farmers and mechanics of the country” over the “rich and well born.” Even Jackson’s opponents agreed that the election marked a watershed in the nation’s political history, signaling the beginning of a new democratic age. One Adams supporter said bluntly, “a great revolution has taken place.”

10 posted on 12/03/2009 8:12:50 AM PST by The Enlightener
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“Why do Gays and Gay Agenda pushers hate and fear Sarah so much?”

Because she gets to sleep with Todd, and they don’t?


11 posted on 12/03/2009 8:12:58 AM PST by Clioman (wHAT)
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To: skimbell

We “need” an elite who look down on us because they have such interesting...thoughts...about governance

sarc

And most never hired someone (except a nanny or gardener), worried about meeting a payroll or produced tangible goods or services in their effete lives

Give me Joe the Plumber and Todd and Sarah the commercial fishermen anyday


12 posted on 12/03/2009 8:13:02 AM PST by silverleaf (More folks being invited to the White House for Holiday parties than are being sent to Afghanistan)
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To: skimbell

I’m waiting to see if she endorses McCain.


13 posted on 12/03/2009 8:13:13 AM PST by onedoug
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To: skimbell
But when she started talking, revealing that she had no interesting thoughts about national governance,

Author lost me right there. If he "thinks" that Gov. Palin has nothing interesting to say about "national governance" he's a fool.

14 posted on 12/03/2009 8:13:46 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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...her observation that corporations and politicians often collude against the common good, and her dogmatic belief in the sanctity of free enterprise.

This elitist can't tell the difference between collusion and free enterprise and calls Palin a fool because she can!

To paraphrase: There's no fool like a pompous fool.

15 posted on 12/03/2009 8:13:52 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Been collecting pitchforks for years - now I know why!)
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To: Pessimist
declaring our allegiance on the basis of a few speaches.

Thankfully, no one here is doing that.

Bring yourself up to speed.

16 posted on 12/03/2009 8:16:45 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: Grampa Dave

Cause she makes them Hoooorrney!


17 posted on 12/03/2009 8:17:18 AM PST by GulfBreeze (Palin 2012 - For The Change You Wanted!!!)
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To: Clioman; george76; little jeremiah

I asked: ““Why do Gays and Gay Agenda pushers hate and fear Sarah so much?”

Clioman answered: “Because she gets to sleep with Todd, and they don’t?”

Thanks, Clioman, now we know why all the gays hate Sarah. They are jealous.


18 posted on 12/03/2009 8:17:35 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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To: skimbell

I view Palin’s book as a foundation of her next book or series of speeches that will lay out policy thoughts.

If this book is a best a seller then the next one or the series of policy thoughts should prove interesting while garnering sales and attention that otherwise wouldn’t take place.


19 posted on 12/03/2009 8:17:55 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Pessimist
But beyond that, what do we really know about her?

I guess we can argue about what constitutes leadership, and that’s an argument worth having.

Mayor, Governor, mother, intelligent, honest, etc as compared to communist Chicago street thug.

20 posted on 12/03/2009 8:24:13 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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