As to Palin, you will see them argue "See, she's so stupid, she didn't even abort her baby when she KNEW that he was going to have Down Syndrome."
We say "Yeah, THAT'S WHY we admire and respect her."
I think you’re right - if you spend any time on blogs where a lot of liberals post you’ll see that the gap between them and us is basically unbridgeable. I think that in general they are less analytical and have a lot more difficulty facing the world the way it really is.