Why I'm not in the least concerned about Palin

[Cronus Protagonist]

McCain is hiding behind her apron, hence not only has he given up his strongest arguments about experience, he's also conceding strength of character to a woman. He may gain his fundie base, but he's going to lose the misogynist males from his base, and that's an awful lot of Republicans who, I predict, will not vote in November.

Why are you not in the last concerned about Palin? Share!

[FrenchieCat]

1. Because she is more like Bush than Bush.

And that will be made clear sooner than later.

[d_b]

2. here's the misogynist/racist rationalization

"well, at least Barack is half white; but she's ALL woman!"

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. lol

You KNOW some people will use that!

:headbang: :headbang:

[Sugarcoated]

3. She's not likable

Some women, staunch Repubs, fundies, uninformed women, she's wonderful. But I found her to be snide, catty, sarcastic and mean. You either like her or you hate her.

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. True, she is polarizing and that's never good for a candidate

n/t

[SuperTrouper]

4. I am concerned about the media...they are propping her up, bur as soon as she starts falling

down, they will abandon her since the narrative will be Obama Comeback, just watch and see.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. "he's going to lose the misogynist males from his base"

I'm wondering why Todd Palin seems to accompany his wife everywhere she goes. He's not back in the shadows, far behind the cameras taking care of the kids. He's right up there, always somewhere in the picture. In fact, I believe he's been sort of a co-Governor of Alaska along with her in Alaska. I wonder if his presence is supposed to send some kind of message to the fundamentalist psychopathic would-be misogynists who infest the lower bowels of the Republican party (i.e. that he's the real power behind the throne).

[treestar]

8. I agree, and the misogynist base includes right wing women

To energize them with a fundie, McDope should have picked a male fundie nutball. Some part of every conservative has limits on the role of women in society. They may be OK with her views but they know it is the role of the male to be the leader (in their messed up minds). So it doesn't fit.

Black men got the vote long before women did. There are black generals. That's got to be better than a woman, to some of the fundie nutbase. They are racist of course. But a black man is still a man. A force to be reckoned with. A woman is supposed to be nurturing, and one who is not is defective, to them, so that's got to bother them.

[Cronus Protagonist]

13. I agree - misogyny trumps race wth the GOP base

They HATE Hillary MORE than Bill Clinton - why? Because she's a woman. And because she presumes the ability to lead men into battle. Heaven forbid!!!!111

[treestar]

19. They hated her when she was just First Lady

Remember their vile joke: I hate the President, and her husband, too. It shows their view of ambitious women when it's even just they had a career.

[Cronus Protagonist]

20. Yup!

I think there's a sizable portion of the GOP base that won't show up for a woman on the ticket.

[JuniperLea]

9. Naw, she's "just a rock star"

That's a bad thing, remember? It was a bad thing when the RW said it about Obama, so I'm sticking with what they said first. No Mulligans!

She's an idiot who didn't know what a VP did until she was asked to run for that office, and she lied about the bridge to nowhere deal too... kept the money and LIED to the American public. She makes me sick.

What's this I hear about her eyeglasses being bogus, non prescription? Anyone? Anyone?

[cameozalaznick]

10. Because Charlie Gibson will lull her into a false sense of security...

with a softball interview and she'll get the big head and start talking to actual reporters with impunity and before you can say "John McCain doesn't speak for the McCain campaign," the press corps will start scrubbing the shine right offa her. They can't help themselves. It's the pack mentality.

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[DangerDave921]

12. LOL

McCain is getting trumped by his own VP! I guarantee more people are fired up because of her than because of McCain.

On a serious note: If McCain wins, he will run one term only. That leaves Palin sitting pretty as the VP to run on her own.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. The only appeal is to the fundie extreme...

and there are not as many of those as some think. Also not all of them will like her, for a long list of reasons, some having nothing to do with her viper like ways, and having everything to do with their own sexism.
Plus she sounds like a table saw stuck on a nail, but that is another thing.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. Because they always appear together.

She's too stupid to venture out on her own, while Obama and Biden can always split up.

[jberryhill]

16. She can't just keep repeating the same crap and stay "fresh"

Flash in the pan.

Her 15 minutes of fame will be up before the end of the month.

[Cronus Protagonist]

17. Yup, but I think she's more like herpes than gonorrhea

If I may use an STD metaphor... She's the gift that keeps on giving. I don't think we've scratcehd even half the scabs off yet!

[mscuedawg]

18. So far...she's memorized her speech from the RNC well...

...but I'm looking forward to her and Biden head to head...reminiscent of Bentsen and Quayle... She's gonna have to do some homework