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[BlueStreak]

What astonishes me is that intelligent conservatives refuse to see this. I can only guess that at the moment, they see her as their only hope for regaining the Whitehouse.

Dudes, please step back and look at her objectively, and you will come to see that your party can do much better. The woman is a ditz. All show, all slogan, all "folksy charm", and little else. There is nothing there. Ask her a tough question and she accuses you of "attacking" her. No. We just want to know what her thoughts on important issues are. And she doesn't appear to have any, outside of parroting the party slogans.

Seriously,
Dave

[whell]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

What astonishes me is that intelligent conservatives refuse to see this. I can only guess that at the moment, they see her as their only hope for regaining the Whitehouse.

Dudes, please step back and look at her objectively, and you will come to see that your party can do much better. The woman is a ditz. All show, all slogan, all "folksy charm", and little else. There is nothing there. Ask her a tough question and she accuses you of "attacking" her. No. We just want to know what her thoughts on important issues are. And she doesn't appear to have any, outside of parroting the party slogans.

Seriously,
Dave

Folks tend to turn a blind eye to the folks on "their team." Obama has gotten a free ride by his supporters, in spite of doing and saying some pretty dopey things. It appears, however, for the time being, due to the "tax deal", he's raised some serious ire on his side of the aisle.

However, I'd suggest Palin has gotten more than her fair share of criticism. She's thrust herself in the public eye, so she's fair game. But i suspect Obama's comment about traveling to all 58 states, or thousands of people being victims of a tornado in a town of 12, or accusing police of acting "stupidly", got far less mileage here.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by whell

Folks tend to turn a blind eye to the folks on "their team." .

That's right.

Now, tell me again about Sarah.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

But i suspect Obama's comment about traveling to all 58 states, or thousands of people being victims of a tornado in a town of 12, or accusing police of acting "stupidly", got far less mileage here.

Yeh, but he's done plenty of things that have resulted in people from both parties accusing him of being too intelligent or too cerebral. He was also a constitutional law professor and editor of the Harvard Law Review. So he gets the benefit of the doubt on verbal gaffes.

AFAIK, Sarah has never come close to showing a lick of intelligence. Accordingly, her gaffes undergird assertions regarding her ignorance. Fair or not, it is what it is.

BTW, admitting you don't know the signatories to NAFTA or who Maggie Thatcher was is not a gaffe. It's an open admission to cluelessness, a trait that seems to endear her to her flock of similarly-minded people.