No...this goes deeper than RINOs vs. Conservatives...that has been going since Goldwater. No. There was a root of ugliness, a misogyny directed at Palin and Clinton. They both got too close to getting to the White House.
I guess I don’t see it that way. For the dems, you have two candidates who are both energizing and would both be ground-breaking nominees, but only one can be the nominee.
The fact Obama didn’t pick her proves the guy doesn’t want a knife in his back. It isn’t about the skirt. He doesn’t want Hillary anywhere near the White House for political reasons, not because she’s a girl. She is a wicked opponent and to underestimate her would be a lethal mistake.
Plus, Hillary had high negatives. She was a much more polarizing figure to people than Obama. You either loved her or hated her. And a lot of dems hated her. So that was a huge liability. She has a well-deserved reputation of being an assh0le. And I’d say the same thing if she was a guy. She was the brains of the Clinton Machine. And they made a lot of enemies.
And I didn’t see any of this at Palin (except from the press and SNL, but what do you expect?) from other republicans. I would be interested to know from you what were a few examples you could tell me (from repubs) that made you think this was going on with Palin. Everyone I know was really feeling much better because she was picked.