Posted on 02/14/2010 4:44:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin may very well be the worst presidential candidate in the history of U.S. elections. It’s not because she’s a Conservative and I’m a Liberal. It’s because she’s plain unqualified to manage a game of “Civilization IV,” much less the political affairs of the office of the president.
It is a mystery to me, to be honest, why she has so many supporters, because anyone with a vocabulary larger than the words “you” and “betcha” understands she rivals former President George W. Bush in literacy.
For those of us that don’t watch Fox News, this was illustrated perfectly at the National Tea Party last week. The Associated Press story printed across the nation started with the following line: “Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama ...”
Therein lies the problem. Enthusiasm will get absolutely nothing done in international politics nowadays. Palin would make an absolutely terrible president. She has a lot of enthusiasm, I’ll give her that. She knows how to get all folksy and talk to an audience like my mother. The problem with this is that my mother would probably make a terrible president.
For some reason, there has been an intellectual backlash against Obama. The term intellectual was bounced around during the 2008 campaign in a derogatory fashion.
Personally, I would love to be called an intellect, but it seems to play directly into the conservative movement of anger and hate. The conservative movement, ever since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, has considered the Democratic Party elitist and for the intellectuals.
The backlash could be attributed to the lower education standards in conservative states. In 2006, the Census Bureau released a report detailing the percent of people in each state with a bachelor’s degree or more. A key statistic behind the highest 15 states: each one of them Obama won in 2008.
I don’t think that’s a coincidence. The most intellectual states want an intellectual president. But the question begs, why doesn’t everyone? Shouldn’t we elect the smartest capable person to the most powerful office in the land?
Typically, it’s hard to judge people based on their educational alma maters. However, every president since Lyndon B. Johnson has been to a very prestigious university, ignoring the brief period an actor with terrible leadership qualities led the country between 1981 and 1989. It shows having a good education is necessary to even become the president, much less become a good president. Bush was actually a Harvard grad, if you can believe that.
Since her brief stint in the world of academia, it seems unlikely that her political prowess has sharpened her understanding of the world. Her most recent gaffes are far more embarrassing, as they show her distinct lack of understanding of the nation’s political system.
Four days after her resignation as Alaska governor, she famously referred to the non-existent Department of Law in Washington in an interview with ABC News. Mere weeks before the election, she completely melted down in a CBS interview with Katie Couric, insisting she reads all of the newspapers. In that same interview, she could not name a Supreme Court ruling other than Roe v. Wade.
Perhaps her most famous quote from that interview was her response to a Couric question regarding the $700-billion bailout. “But ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy.” A 4-year-old playing Mad Libs can construct a more competent sentence.
This week alone featured her using her hand as a notepad at a Tea Party convention and incorrectly characterizing fellow right wing pundit Rush Limbaugh’s use of the word “retard” as satire on Fox News Sunday.
It’s fairly obvious she is far too unqualified to become leader of the once-free world. Not only is she about as politically savvy as the lipstick she puts on a pig, her credentials just don’t stack up. Obama was again targeted by the Conservatives for being unqualified and not prepared for the job. He served in the Illinois Senate for seven years, followed by a term as the junior Illinois senator in Washington.
Palin, meanwhile, hasn’t had a position of national prominence. Her highest office was the position of Alaska governor, and she resigned that position after two-and-a-half years. Her previous international political experience involved looking at Russia from her house. She cannot, and should not, be expected to deliver a speech to the United Nations without even knowing Kenya’s location. She could start a war with the country of Africa without even knowing it is more impossible to win that war than our two current wars.
I only get one column a week, and I’ll be going well over my word count again this week. I can’t even discuss half of the stuff that makes her a terrible candidate. However, presented with the aforementioned proof, I have to ask her supporters one question. Why, exactly, do you support this woman?
... and that is where Tony loses 80% of his audience.
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This guy sounds like he is talking about Obama..in 2007 only 29 percent of Americans believed Obama was qualified to be President..hmmmm..question, if this flaming liberal is so convinced she is not qualified, he should want her to run..I mean, easy win for Obama right..Libs KNOW she can beat him, THAT is what they fear
The author obviously forgot about Michael D.and his famous tank ride.
So, conservative states have lower academic standards.
But,
liberal states are in massive red ink,
have huge unemployment,
are losing people by the millions,
have big cities that are sinking into holes of despair,
are run by corrupt politicians(a redundancy),
are in the bottom of charitable contribution lists,
have massive tax burdens,
are overrun by illegals and deadbeats on the public dime,
have the highest expenditures per student in public ejicashun with the highest drop out rates,
are infested with corrupt public service unions,
and you’re concerned about the words you betcha.
You keep using that word intellectual. I’m not not sure what you think it means, but in the real world it’s starting to mean snotty butt scratcher.
>> “She could start a war with the country of Africa without even knowing it is more impossible to win that war than our two current wars”
Haha. So much for “intellectual” university students ... I’d bet Palin would know that Africa is a continent.
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Liar!
You may have a long wait ahead of you Poindexter.
Shouldn’t someone writing a piece on the lack of intelligence of Sarah Palin, do so intelligently? What a poorly written article.
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Someone ought to produce a graph that shows the increase of anti-Palin articles as it intersects and heads downward in Obamas’approval ratings.
Lol that's one of the best descriptions I've ever seen describing Obama's qualifications for the presidency. And he proves it every day, and almost every time he opens his mouth.
Perhaps her most famous quote from that interview was her response to a Couric question regarding the $700-billion bailout. “But ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy.” A 4-year-old playing Mad Libs can construct a more competent sentence.
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In fact Mr. DUmmy Intellectual, Couric asked palin about healthcare and the 700-billion dollar in some weird question! talk to Katie not sarah
Because she drives idiots like you crazy! That's why I LOVE her!
“For those of us that don’t watch Fox News,...”
Telling in two ways. One, he is totally close minded. Two, he is uninformed, or, at least, myopically informed.
There is so much wrong with his views it would take a week to address them all and fifth of liquor each day to numb my brain down enough to deal with such hate and ignorance.
Plus as a bonus she knows to capitalize her name.
Awesome!
Hey Sonny since when was Sarah Palin running for President? I thought she was on McCain’s ticket as the Vice Presidentail candidate.
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