tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post7899258251723936145..comments2024-03-28T15:24:53.579-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Conservatives and the Palin Distraction/Problem...Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-72014780194521407162015-01-28T09:39:35.269-05:002015-01-28T09:39:35.269-05:00Now, in all fairness, the Dems then were trashing ...Now, in all fairness, the Dems then were trashing her, and would have trashed her, regardless of her qualities. Just because she was on the other team.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-42078129570846824282015-01-28T09:38:29.256-05:002015-01-28T09:38:29.256-05:00I don't find myself often agreeing with Shaw K...I don't find myself often agreeing with Shaw Kenawe's assessments of Palin.... but this time, I can't find much to quibble with!dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-25946140007895580942015-01-27T21:18:17.232-05:002015-01-27T21:18:17.232-05:00'..think with some nuance..' from Will? ...'..think with some nuance..' from Will? Hmm.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-70441876797584657102015-01-27T19:18:36.211-05:002015-01-27T19:18:36.211-05:00Will, can you engage in conversation with anyone w...Will, can you engage in conversation with anyone who isn't one of your droogs without impugning their ability to think? Or are you under the impression that only you have a lock on rational cogitation? <br /><br />This is about Sarah Palin, not Obama, and the HUGE blunder the GOP made in believing she was a viable politician, instead of what she really was and is: an incoherent attention grabber. Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-91509098962975155562015-01-27T19:00:13.098-05:002015-01-27T19:00:13.098-05:00Read this article, Shaw, and for God's Sake le... Read this article, Shaw, and for God's Sake learn to think with some nuance for a change ("saw her for what she was" - as opposed to Obama who was every bit as good as we thought) - http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/the-tragedy-of-sarah-palin/308492Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-870155829889596712015-01-27T15:38:34.652-05:002015-01-27T15:38:34.652-05:00"Wasn't there Tea Party survey a few year..."Wasn't there Tea Party survey a few years back when even a majority of them said that Palin was unqualified for President? I seem to recall one."<br /><br />It took them, what?, 3 or 4 years to realize what a majority of Democrats understood when she was off script? In the run-up to the 2008 elections, the Democrats were accused of trashing her, when in fact they saw her for what she is, and the people supporting her were looking at her through what they wanted her to be, not what she really was. Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-44138852852764738602015-01-27T14:06:47.737-05:002015-01-27T14:06:47.737-05:00Could it be irrelevant experience is a becoming a ...Could it be irrelevant experience is a becoming a requirement to be considered a good and viable conservative in today's GOP? Eisenhower and Goldwater would be spinning in their graves; were that possible.<br /> <br />Although I suppose Ernst's military service is relevant. As is Palin's experience as 1/2 term governor of Alaska. I guess experience certainly isn't everything after all.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-10630460071639139872015-01-27T13:23:58.272-05:002015-01-27T13:23:58.272-05:00Ms. Palin received relatively tepid applause, but ...Ms. Palin received relatively tepid applause, but a polite standing ovation. Could it be that the Iowa conservatives who just elected Joni Ernst Senator, relate more to hog castrating women than moose<br />shooters?BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-10467276601239600882015-01-27T00:26:36.226-05:002015-01-27T00:26:36.226-05:00Wasn't there Tea Party survey a few years back...Wasn't there Tea Party survey a few years back when even a majority of them said that Palin was unqualified for President? I seem to recall one.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-23022229908355312112015-01-26T22:27:22.844-05:002015-01-26T22:27:22.844-05:00Stunning is what this is... and what's worse i...Stunning is what this is... and what's worse is for years her conservative defenders were convinced that her demise was the media.<br /><br />They so wanted her to win, and Obama to lose, that they could not see she had no business being a heartbeat away from the presidency...Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-38482153453871796402015-01-26T20:51:06.188-05:002015-01-26T20:51:06.188-05:00I agree Shaw. It isn't she is really dumb or i...I agree Shaw. It isn't she is really dumb or incapable of learning but like you pointed out she chose lazy and took the road of least resistance (intellectually) after 2008.<br /><br />Ultimately she will be just a footnote to history. Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-89106390300262638772015-01-26T20:29:36.441-05:002015-01-26T20:29:36.441-05:00She had an opportunity to grow and educate herself...She had an opportunity to grow and educate herself after the 2008 campaign and become an important conservative voice, but her major flaw is her love of celebrity more than anything else. She's an intellectually lazy woman, interested in enriching herself and basking in the fleeting celebrity she's been able to attract to herself and family. What is astounding is the fact that so many still think she's a viable political player. Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.com