Posted on 03/09/2010 9:17:09 PM PST by pissant
On her blog, Elizabeth Wright offers an excellent analysis of the mass hysteria that is the Sarah Palin phenomenon.
Wright is a black conservative who specializes in debunking the sense of victimhood that so many black leaders love to employ to their advantage. She argues that the many wannabe conservatives who are Palin fans are employing the same tactic. They invoke the liberal sense of victimhood in her defense.
That of course is the essence of the Palin cult. It consists of people who feel that they're being put upon by their betters. It never occurs to these characters to ask why Palin could be bested in an interview by her fellow airhead - and now fellow talking head - Katie Couric.
Imagine for just a second that the late William F. Buckley had been interviewed by Couric. Is there the slightest chance that Buckley would have come out second best? Is there the slightest chance that the intellectual and elitist Buckley would have done anything other than patronize the plebian Couric?
Wright does a good job of pointing out how Palin invokes the same sense of victimhood as those self-appointed spokesmen for black Americans:
In fact, many of these so-called independent thinkers on the right appear to equate a person who harbors sentiments that "exclude" others as un-American. "Inclusion" is the order of the day – because liberals taught them so. Now that Sarah Palin is on the scene, conservatives are warming to the task of smearing opponents as "sexist." Yet another victory for their liberal mentors.
Best of all, she even quotes the sole genuinely conservative columnist on any major American newspaper:
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.nj.com ...
LLS
Buckley would never have been elected Governor of Alaska and would never have achieved his status with today’s state run media. He would have beeen ignored or destroyed. The truth would have made no difference what-so-ever.
LLS
...and NEVER was a Conservative... those two are the Platinum and Gold standards.
LLS
Typical elitist libertarian blather. I think Palin would make an excellent president and their ain’t no victimhood in my background.
The only difference between Paulbots and and the commies occupying the WH is that do not have the state run media behind them. What they have in common with Marxists is their belief that they are the smartest people on earth, their ideological fervor, their willingness to engage in the politics of personal destruction and their comfort with lying.
How many lies can you count in this article?
How many lies can you count in this article?
ibtz
Oh, p, not more Sarah trashing?
I think you should be like your guy Duncan Hunter and sit on the political fence. “I like them both!”
I knew I could quit reading at this point.
And if your opinion is based on faulty, nonsensical, or downright silly logic, you will be called out on it. And, as is usual on FR, mocked relentlessly.
I'm sure the three governors you listed are fine women. No, I had not heard of them, because they had not been picked as VP.
Newsflash: McCain would not have even considered picking Palin had she not been a conservative able to shore up the base. So, out of four conservative women (I won't claim that Walker, Martz, or Hull were considered), the most attractive one was picked. Big whoop (thanks to the advent of television, physical appearance has become a factor; see the Nixon/Kennedy debates). Do Palin's looks somehow disqualify her own intellectual thoughts? Do they disqualify her mere ability to capture national attention, to change the direction of national debate, with only a few paragraphs on FACEBOOK (she changed the whole direction of the healthcare debate with the phrase 'death panels', period)? No.
Your posts indicate that Palin is where she is only because she's pretty. Given the vast multitude of evidence contradicting that (able to capture national attention easily, notable for rooting out corruption in her own state, advancing conservative causes through various media, the sheer effort spent by the Left to destroy her, and so on), that you continue to persist like this means your opinion is not logically sound.
Hence why you are mocked relentlessly.
pissant called the author of the piece a ‘piece of crap’.
Which is indeed amazing. But he still posted it.
And other FReepers post articles that slam conservatives, precisely so we can pick apart their arguments. And?
To: pissant
Oh, p, not more Sarah trashing?
I think you should be like your guy Duncan Hunter and sit on the political fence. “I like them both!”
128 posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:56:13 AM by ReneeLynn
Uh Renee.....we post insipid columnists here every day, so that we can have some fun with them. pissant called the author of the piece a ‘piece of crap’.
Uh, do you know Pissant’s posting history and his avid dislike of Sarah Palin? He may think the author is crap, but he still posted the article sans crap comment until later.
There are none so stupid that have eyes that will not read!
Some around here lately even attack the people that support them because they don’t feel that they are avid enough in their support. LOL
I’m getting out my pom poms and bobbie sox!
“Uh, do you know Pissant’s posting history and his avid dislike of Sarah Palin? He may think the author is crap, but he still posted the article sans crap comment until later.”
“Later” being the FIRST POST ??
Lady, you don’t own this forum, so quit acting like it is your personal playpen.
Mulshine is the idiot who thinks the only two conservatives alive are Ron Paul and himself. This is an especially illuminating piece of crap from this clown:
The American Conservative: Why Limbaugh and Levin are liberals
http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2010/01/why_limbaughs_a_liberal_the_am.html
1 posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:17:09 PM by pissant
Oh, geez. You’re a jerk. MY personal playground, huh? Yes, that’s what I’ve been doing. You’ve found me out!
(I think you should let Pissant speak for himself unless you’re his playground bodyguard or something.)
LOL! True. This guy is full of himself. Palin may not be Ronald Reagan reincarnate down to the last gene, but she is certainly no liberal as he paints her to be.
Well said. The little bullies are making Palin look bad and doing nothing to help her cause.
It might be wise for the bullies to get out there and start asking people what they think. The nomination is not in the bag quite yet.
I have two lovely conservative parents who don’t FReep. They are not sold on her yet. They are not impressed with the McCain support. My father wishes she would quit dropping the “g’s” when she speaks. It doesn’t bother me, but it is also true that it bothers some. She is still going to have to convince a lot of people outside of FR that she is who they will vote for in the primary. It can be done if that is her desire.
Saying this is not hate. The author of this piece oozes his hate.
Hate is one thing. Constructive criticism taken to heart is a chance for a person to make corrections. Which is a help.
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