I become more and more frightened about how close Sarah Palin came to the WH.

[xultar]

It is obvious that she is mentally ill. She is clear that she suffering from Narcissistic personality disorder and some other shit.

If you guys aren't concerned that she has managed to get and keep followers you are nucking futz because she is going to use the money from her show to try and launch an bid for President.

I'm hoping she'll get sidelined by the influx of all the dough and her followers begin see her for the money grubbing attention hound that she is and kick her to the curb. A money grubber is the only thing that will get her followers to kick her to the curb because they'll never see her mental illness because I bet they are suffering from Narcissistic personality disorder as well.


Seriously folks, this is getting quite scary, she is the first openly mentally ill person to really get the cult of personality to this level in the US. She has that "hitleresque" hypnosis effect on her followers and it will only get worse before it gets better.


I do not see this ending well at all.

[Stuart G]

1. Never, never, never underestimate your enemy...a lesson learned

the hard way so many times.
Perhaps the the most glaring example of underestimating the evil of the enemy was learned by another evil person.
... Mr. Joesph Stalin..who somehow believed that Hitler would keep his word about a "non aggression pact"
.... 20 - 30 million lost their lives because of that particular "mistake"

While Palin is indeed clownish, stupid and mentally il, don't underestimate her till she is completely off the political scene. I too believe she probably is "nothing" but I am still afraid..and will be..

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Could she be more dangerous than Bush with his wars, Supreme court appointees and rulings?

[xultar]

4. Ahhh yeah. First she cannot be controlled. Bush was at least. Palin will unleash

shit right in your front yard.

Americans killing Americans. So instead of far and distant places it will be far and distant places and @ your front porch.

DUers have a one track mind where W was concerned. With Palin @ the helm Bush will look like a little school boy in knickers kickin a can to the park.

[iceman66]

54. Hell yes!

If elected president, she would make Bush look like FDR!

And the corporate media is doing everything in their power to make it happen!

[rfranklin]

3. Hitler had a better speaking voice...

I can't stand her screeching delivery.

[xultar]

6. That's you. You aren't her audience. Her audience loves her. I hated Hitlers voice but that

doesn't matter, I wasn't his target audience.

[rfranklin]

23. Xultar, you take my comparison too seriously...

I didn't say I like Hitler's speaking style. It was horrible. But she is worse.

[xultar]

28. I got what you meant...I didn't take it that seriously. There are people who LOVE

her she could sound like a frog and they'd still flock to her.

Maybe it is that I just don't like how German sounds in general. I had to take that shit and I got a D. I think that is the root of my issue with the German language :rofl:

[troubledamerican]

58. STALIN was afraid of public speaking because of his voice & accent.

Stalin's voice revealed that he was a "hillbilly" from Georgia (the equivalent of Alaska) and thus he became mocked, a figure of ridicule.

Likewise, Hitler and the NSDAP were ridiculed as buffoons by the Weimar Republic intelligensia & artists of the 1920s.

The joke is on DUers.

[NNN0LHI]

5. Fuck yea I am concerned

That is why when I see some LaRouche cultist here on the board bad mouthing Dems I want to order them a pizza.

They either have no idea or don't care how bad things could have been. They are fucking nuts.

Don

[caty]

7. I just don't get the attraction.

I've never understood how anyone can take her seriously. It just goes to show how people who vote republican have been brainwashed by Fox News, Limbaugh, and other conservative speakers. I saw her for what she was the first time I saw and heard her on TV. Are there really that many weak minded people in this country?

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

12. "Are there really that many weak minded people in this country?

The short answer, YES !

[xultar]

56. Long answer...HEL YES!

[xultar]

13. That is because you are intelligent. The people who aren't so intelligent

are the ones who love her. The problem is that if anyone on the right has a bit of intelligence they are afraid of her as well but they are more afraid if they don't bow to her so they can garner the batshit crazy vote.

The fact that you don't get her is totally immaterial. The material part of this is that there are people who do.

[rfranklin]

24. It isn't even about intelligence....

It's an emotional reaction to Palin flinging her poo at all those nasty liberals who tell their anger and racism and xenophobia is pathological and immoral. They believe they are the salt of the earth, the real Americans, who are being persecuted.

[xultar]

55. Then why isn't Ann Coulter as big as Palin? She flings poo like the best of 'em.

But she at least sounds intelligent in a crazy way.

[pinboy3niner]

59. "Intelligent in a crazy way"?

Would that make her one of the "Nutsigentsia"?

[rfranklin]

65. If she had run for VP she would be just as popular...

and it's probably killing her to see Palin in the spotlight.

[hlthe2b]

8. Her support of McCain in the AZ primary will split some of her followers

I think even the most ignorant of her supporters may, with time, start to see through her or at least question a few things. But, I agree that to discount her return to politics as any kind of threat would be folly.

[xultar]

11. First, think about the fact that McCain called her in the first place. She isn't doing shit.

She quit her office.

SECOND,

The MSM carried her bullshit LIVE. What other campaign rally for a senator have they covered? Hell, they barely cover what the current President of the United States has to say live.

That crazy ass loon is getting free air time to spread her nonsense far and wide. The fact that the media is covering it gives her followers some sort of false sense of credibility in the madness she spews.

[hlthe2b]

16. True, that...

One can only hope that the moneyed power players in the RETHUG party are able to step in. I certainly think her loose cannon tendencies would terrify them enough to do whatever is necessary to stop her.

[anigbrowl]

26. I don't think so...that's just settling up old accounts

It's the political equivalent of paying off the credit cards - doesn't mean you're in love with the bank.

[brewens]

9. I think she is just one open mike away from going down.

Her folksy act could be exposed at any time. I'm waiting for her to get caught making some contemptuous remark about her supporters. She may eventually piss off one of her staff. They would be in position to get a recording of the real Palin.

[HipChick]

10. President Salary won't be enough for her..

and she's too thin skinned to take the criticism that goes along with the job..

[xultar]

15. But the damage she can do on her way to that job is catastropic...

plus if she manages to get in, the damage she does before she quits will be unfix-able.


that's the problem,
make no mistake she can win a presidential nomination and maybe an election.

[kestrel91316]

19. Palin is a bible-beating Nixon in drag. Think on THAT.

[pinboy3niner]

14. Palin could earn $2 million from her show . . .

. . . which will be sort of a travelogue with her touring AK by chopper, according to The Daily Beast. However, some are not optimistic about the show's chances for success. The pertinent excerpt (ending with a quote that is priceless):


" . . . the show's premise may be inherently flawed. According to one programming source, other shows with the upper reaches of North America as a backdrop, such as Ice Road Truckers or Deadliest Catch, work because there's a sense of adventure and jeopardy baked into them-people's lives are at risk in these shows. Last month, for example, Captain Phil Harris, who starred on Deadliest Catch, died of a stroke while helping unload crabs.

"'Palin isn't going to be in any danger at all,' says this source, with a touch of sadness."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-25/palins-alaska-pay-day/

[xultar]

18. I thought she was getting a million an eppy.

[pinboy3niner]

29. At least half of the million per episode that TLC will pay goes to ..

production costs, with the remainder going to Palin and Burnett.

[Bluerthanblue]

17. I agree. I only hope she overplays her hand.

And loses her 'base'.

The concept that a woman with almost NO credible experience in anything- who takes a job as a pundit on Fox, is going to have her own "reality show" and who campaigns with John Mccain dressed as a dominatrix or some kind of weird biker babe having ANY hope of going on to become president SHOULD be even too out-there for even a SNL skit, but it just could happen- given the kind of crazy we are living today.

:shrug:

it is scary-

[xultar]

20. +1

[Kahuna]

21. She only uses that presidential bid threat to keep her suckers...er fans...

dishing out the cash. She doesn't really want to be president. But she is just cynical enough to use it to make more millions.

[xultar]

49. I think she'll convince herself of her own self-importance in that area and run.

[Kahuna]

62. Oh sure, she'll run, knowing that it will enhance her marketability. She would

even serve for a year or two if she won... But the only motive that woman has is $$$$$$$. Period. I had he numbers way back when.

[Kahuna]

67. Of course she will. That creature can convince herself of anything. nt

[muffin1]

22. She scares me, too.

I just do not see her ever reaching the White House. She would have to be interviewed many more times than she was in 2008 if she ever made it past the primaries (which I doubt), and she would likely have to have more than one debate. Can you just imagine a debate between Palin and Obama? There is no way she would be able to study that much - she is still just as uninformed as she was in 2008. She talks in sound bites and bumper stickers - there is NOTHING of substance there. I mean, I know America is lousy with morons, but do you really think she would ever get more than 30-35% of the vote?

On top of that, I think the reality show thing will work against, not for her. Reality shows are usually the last stop in one's career - Rod Blogojevich, Anna Nicole, Jessica Simpson, etc.

Also.

;)

[pinboy3niner]

25. You're right--she'd shoot herself in the foot. nt

[muffin1]

27. Yet another possiblity...

Oh, you mean FIGURATIVELY...:evilgrin:

[ThomThom]

44. Yes, she is laughing all the way to the bank.

It is all about the money, nothing more.

[xultar]

30. I don't know none of the idiots you mentioned really had fans.

Unfortunately she still does.

[muffin1]

31. Well, I guess you're right about Rod, unless you count Rod, himself.

But I'm pretty sure Anna Nicole and Jessica Simpson do - I wouldn't want to run into any of them, though.

I just don't see Palin having enough 'fans' to win her the White House. Teh stupid is bound to come out in a big way should she actually run for President. The b*#@& doesn't even know the difference between North and South Korea. She thinks Africa is a country, and not a continent. Shit like that. It will all come out during interviews and debates. She will not be able to hide from hard-hitting interviews like she did when Gramps was protecting her.

[tularetom]

32. As much as I love you xultar (and your avatar) you are off base here

Palin does not really give a rats ass about anything but MONEY.

I'm not discounting her hypnotic effect on her mentally defective followers but she wants the financial rewards that come with notoriety, not the responsibility that comes with political office.

Sure there are a lot of dumshits that would vote for her for president (not enough to win IMO) but she ain't interested in anything but making a ton of dough which she can't do in the WH.

[xultar]

46. I didn't say that she didn't. As a matter of fact I think I said that the only thing that will

get her kicked to the curb is if her supporters see her as a money grubber or something to that effect.

Anyways...What she cares about is being a rock star and money. She is mentally ill and she'll want more and more attention...
That is where convincing herself of her own self importance comes in and I think she'll run because of the mental illness.

That is why I think we need to be careful and not underestimate her because she is mentally ill and she'll want more and more and she'll ride that train to the dead last stop.

[tekisui]

33. She didn't get close at all. McCain new he had lost

by the time he picked her. Luckily, we all got to know her then. She isn't a threat in 2012, because she is known.

[xultar]

47. Maybe not 2012 but she'll fucking run. Watch her.

[spanone]

34. shes' dangerous as hell...the fact she was chosen shows what a shallow gene pool politics is

[xultar]

48. +1

[upi402]

35. Media more dangerous than ever, Giving her WAY to much airtime

She quit governor, was VP candidate nominee of the losing party. She is known to be an airhead. Yet the media has her book sales high and the free advertising is only increasing. I'm not not sure if they want to ruin the Republican Party or America itself.

[xultar]

53. +1

[Ikonoklast]

36. She was as close to being president as I was.

People are underestimating how many votes turned against McCain because of Palin being a total loon, and scaring swing voters away from the Rep ticket.

She makes a lot of noise out on the fringe with her blathering, but she will never hold a federal elected office in this country.

[unkachuck]

37. I don't want to shock you....

....but there's a damn good chance she's going to be our next president....after all, we're talking about a country that elected raygun and W, twice....she fits the role completely....

....I'm watching for her running-mate, who will more than likely be the next real president....

[pinboy3niner]

41. She has rabid fans, but her popularity's down in polls . . .

The WaPo/ABC poll Feb. 11 had her at 37/55 (fav/unfav), with 71 percent finding her unqualified to lead the nation (versus 60 percent last Nov.). If I were her, I wouldn't quit my day job . . .

[unkachuck]

42. not to worry....

....there's plenty of time for the right-wing corporate media machine to turn her into an over-qualified intellectual....

....and Welcome to DU!

[pinboy3niner]

45. Don't scare me! . . . and thanks, unkachuck nt

[xultar]

57. +1

[xultar]

52. Straight up cuz if she gets in she'll last maybe 8 months to a year.

[virgogal]

38. I remember EXACTLY where I was when I heard on my car radio that McCain

had chosen her as a running mate.

One of those moments like 9-11,the JFK assassination,and the great Northeast blackout.

I was "What the helling?" all the way home.

Every time I go through that intersection I think of it.

[muffin1]

40. Thankfully, I was on DU.

There was lots of comic relief to see me through that dark morning.

[xultar]

51. Yup! I have an intense recollection of the whole thing too. Scary.

[bluethruandthru]

39. Nah...she's too lazy.

She doesn't want to be president...it's too much work. She's getting her TV show and she'll make a few million and then quit because it's too hard. I don't think she gives a rats ass about politics. She just wants to be rich and famous.

[xultar]

43. But that is just it. She will get the rockstar treatment as a candiate, nominee, and Prez...

don't get me wrong if she does get into the WH she'll quit.

But the key point here is that she just may do it and there are enough idiots that can put her in a good position to win.

You are underestimating her...don't do it.

[gratuitous]

50. Nominated in September, expired in October

Candidate Palin has an extremely abbreviated shelf life. There is no way she will be able to get into the give-and-take of a nomination free-for-all among the Republicans. And if she somehow survives to be their nominee, President Obama will carve her up into moose bite-size pieces and feed her to Bo.

There are many things to be frightened of or worried about. Sarah Palin should be far down anyone's list.

[caty]

60. I can't see her

making it past the primaries. I don't really know of a repub that is fit to run. I think that a lot of republican voters will just stay home on election day rather than chose between a Democrat and a weak republican nominee.

[Neecy]

61. I can see this scenario....

We're watching the Republican party splinter like the Whigs in the 1850's.

The country club Republicans and uber-wealthy are still with the main party. The religious right has more or less stuck with them (for now).

They've lost the batshit crazies, the birthers, the Libertarians, the militias, the anti-Christ crowd. This group isn't huge but it's big enough that they *must* carry a healthy percentage of them in 2012. This means they need to nominate someone who can carry both groups in the next presidential.

Because they need the NutBags, a mainstream GOP candidate will never make it in the primaries. Scratch Romney, who was probably one of their stronger candidates especially if employment continues to be weak into 2012. Scratch Jindal - the NutBags are racist. Unless Pawlenty suddenly becomes a man of the people and starts ranting and raving he'll never make it.

It's going to be a hell of a fight between the two camps to carry the Republican banner. And since none of the candidates will be acceptable to the other side - mainstream Republicans will never accept Palin - I'm expecting a three-way race in 2012 that will allow Obama to cruise to victory without breaking a sweat. Sarah Palin will never make it to the White House, but I expect she'll play a part in handing it to Obama for a second term.

And remember, the more the right-wing nutcases attacked Bill Clinton, the more support he had in the country. They overreached then and they're waaaaay overreaching now. Their hysteria is just going to continue strengthening not only Obama but the Democratic party. These people are truly frightening the middle.

[AlinPA]

64. The republican base will not tolerate anyone but her on the ticket for president. They will

go nuts at the convention.

[AlinPA]

63. It Can Happen Here.

[Zorra]

66. She's definitely a totally gross narcissistic wacko, no doubt about it. n/t

[cemaphonic]

68. I dunno - she has her true believers, but I think that she scares a lot of people on the right too

My grandpa voted for Obama, and he was right in the core McCain demographic, a white, 85-year-old WWII vet from Colorado who never voted for a Democrat for president in his life (and who during the early primaries was constantly forwarding those stupid "Obama is a Muslim" chain emails).