"Godzilla in heels" Edition...
Dan Calabrese:
"[Nate] Silver explains to us that Palin 'just ain’t that bright.' OK. By contrast, I would glean from this piece that Silver is a very bright moron, which is to say that he has a very intricate understanding of notions that are wrong. Here are some basic premises that inform Silver’s piece, paraphrased by me: Palin is obviously seeking the presidency. Anyone who hopes to win the presidency must behave as establishment political consultants recommend. Palin is too stubborn to be willing to do this, or too dumb to know that she should. I doubt Silver would deny that he believes all three of the above. The problem with Silver is that he believes all of the above because he doesn’t know how to do [what] Palin does exceedingly well, which is think for herself."Anthony G. Martin:
"Less than a day after the state-run media engaged in a campaign of mockery against Sarah Palin for using 'palm-notes' during her appearance at the National Tea Party Convention, the White House... joined in the Palin-mockery... Public speakers commonly use 'prompt-notes' written either on paper or their hand while giving a speech. These one-word prompts are meant to jog the mind while under pressure, helping the speaker not only to stay focused but to remember the main points of emphasis. A teleprompter, on the other hand, provides the speaker with every single word that is to be spoken... that is, unless the teleprompter malfunctions. And Obama has clearly displayed on more than one occasion that he doesn't have a clue as to what to say once the teleprompter is no longer feeding him every single word."Another Black Conservative:
"What the left and elites deride as simplistic in Palin is seen to many as the familiar. Palin’s common everyday speak and everyday touch is what so many of us can readily identify with and most importantly trust... What Palin has so easily been able to do, is what Obama seems to struggle with, that is speak about America in a positive light. She inspires and empowers the individual to bring about 'Hope and Change' on their own, rather than place it in one leader. Because Palin speaks with us rather than to us, she is capable of bringing people to action. She has all the tools needed to create a tsunami of populist sentiment to drive Washington to its knees or to drive her into office."Chuck Slowe:
"One minute those closest to the [p]resident are angry at how he is being assailed by the right. The next moment they are mocking Sarah Palin, in a holier than thou manner. What is wrong with that picture? To hear the disparaging remarks being made about Governor Palin by members of both the Obama Administration and the on most of the MSNBC programs, you would think that she is the direct descendant of a Greek God. It is absolutely ridiculous that these people are totally unable to focus on the important matters."Alison Rowat:
"At last, America has its very own iron lady...Palin is the stuff of liberal America’s nightmares on several fronts. She’s a woman, which means she can be roughed up politically, but personally the gloves must stay on. And the woman she calls to mind among American voters is Margaret Thatcher, another big plus. Besides her access to voters via Fox News, there’s her fearlessness. Pilloried from the moment she arrived on the McCain ticket, she keeps bouncing back. Her response to the latest White House jibe was to write 'Hi Mom!' on her hand. This isn’t a normal politician. This is Godzilla in heels."John Nolte:
Just a few weeks ago Jennifer Lopez tried to get her Hollywood A-Ticket out or NowheresVille punched by calling Sarah Palin a 'b***h...' The easiest way to enhance your resume with the Hollywood Frat Boys is to lash out at anything conservative — especially our favorite self-made Governor and mother of five. But look at George Lopez; he’s so desperate to be loved he’s stealing jokes from... J-Lo? And look at the left as a whole. They’re so frustrated with the utter collapse of all-things Obama that they’ve resorted to this kind of mean-spirited name calling... In the rough and tumble of political debate both sides use labels to make a quick point: wingnuts, extremists, nutjobs. I’m partial to dirty filthy hippie myself. But these are mainstream entertainers and journalists, not Internet trolls. just when you think the Left can’t go any further..."Glen Enloe:
"The once foaming-at-the-mouth Bush bashers have now morphed into “Palin Impalers” in what can only be termed a cult of hate of the first magnitude. Not only is she constantly belittled as dumb and stupid (a tactic the Bush bashers honed to perfection), she is also portrayed as leading her moronic followers and fellow conservatives lemming-like off hate-filled, gun-toting, Kool-aid drinking cliffs toward political oblivion... The American public has had enough of this foolishness. Both Democrats and Republicans need to shut up and listen. That is why Sarah Palin scares the Bee Jesus out of both sides."Chris Rowan:
"An ABC News article about Dick Cheney sneaks in a jab at Sarah Palin. I guess the lefties at ABC just can’t help themselves... Agenda first, news second. There was an opportunity to bash Palin, and Saul Alinksy would agree that you never EVER pass up an opportunity to attack the enemy. During the Bush years, Dick Cheney was evil incarnate. Sarah Palin is the new Dick Cheney."Rachel Peepers:
"While Holder, Obama and the rest of the nation-wrecking crew govern by the Saul Alinsky playbook, every chance they get they try to maul Sarah Palin, telling us how stupid and pathetic she is. If she's so incompetent, then why do they seem to be so afraid of her? It's like the Obama administration and the main stream media are all case classic Palin-o-phobes. I, frankly, think she's dumb like a fox. For instance, I think Palin's plenty smart enough to know an enemy combatant when she sees one."CK MacLeod:
"There’s something wrong with any analysis of Palin’s prospects that overlooks her main chance, her main justification for running, and quite possibly her main hope of accomplishing very much if somehow elected: The prospect of a 'sweep the pieces off the board' election, not the traditional chess match... In the meantime, the same factors that are forcing observers suddenly to take Palin seriously have to throw all of their calculations, their very modes of calculation, into doubt. She... rises as they fall, and she doesn’t have to reach orbit to move a lot here on Earth."Stuart Schwartz:
"It is hard for a journalistic establishment engaged in 'a slobbering love affair,' as conservative press critic Bernard Goldberg calls it, to imagine a citizenry rejecting a president so smart that the Washington Post noted in open-jawed wonder that he has pondered the legal implications of Einstein's theory of relativity (never mind that there are no legal implications). Katie [Couric] is only too happy to help a nation stuck on stupid, a nation of Palin-loving simpletons incapable of comprehending the genius that is Barack Obama. After all, as Barack once so wisely explained, 'My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.' Wait -- was that Barack? Or was that God...in that book written by a dead Jew named Isaiah? Well, no matter. God, Barack...same difference, according to Newsweek."Jack Kelly:
"Eve Ensler... snickered with Joy Behar... about how stupid Sarah Palin is for not regarding earthquakes and tsunamis as proof of anthropogenic (man-made) global warming... Earthquakes are caused by sudden shifts beneath the surface of the earth. What happens in the atmosphere has no effect on them. Likewise, a tsunami is a giant ocean wave caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor, not by changes in atmospheric temperature. Ms. Ensler and Ms. Behar are airheads who think they're smart. They are — alas — typical of believers in anthropogenic global warming, particularly of those in journalism."Lori Calabrese:
"Friends and enemies just can't seem to get enough of Sarah Palin. This past week, many were talking about the former Governor of Alaska... Sarah Palin is certainly in a unique position in politics. Even though she currently doesn't hold a title, she continues to rouse her critics and the media continues to focus on Palin and 2012. Whether she runs or not, it's become something that needs to be discussed and sparks much debate. Everyone from two vice presidents to press secretary Robert Gibbs to many in the left wing media spend a great deal of time on Palin, which just goes to show she's become a major distraction and is even possibly seen as a threat."Bob Medlock:
"Until just now, I knew I liked Sarah Palin but I hadn’t thought out my reasons. I just liked her... She was an unknown but hit the campaign like a hurricane of fresh air. She not only said the right things, but I could tell she believed those things. Now as then, she wants to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. She wants to expand drilling and all forms of energy. She wants a strong national defense. She wants to improve our current health care system, not socialize it. She wants to control illegal immigration. She is unashamedly and unconditionally pro-life. She wants to reduce government and taxes. She wants to reduce spending. She is not an East Coast-educated progressive. It doesn’t hurt that Sarah is attractive and presents a positive and cheerful attitude. I get it now. I like Sarah Palin because she is me."Abe Greenwald:
"Frank Rich, today, goes after Sarah Palin’s populism and [claims she's pocketing' $100,000 in Tea Partiers’ money]. What’s astounding about the Left’s penchant for Palin-sliming is the recycled nature of their fibs. Isn’t this more or less the same smear we heard about her wardrobe during the campaign? Then again, maybe Rich didn’t have his facts straight and made an innocent mistake. He might want to keep a little crib sheet handy, like, on his palm or something."Kathryn Jean Lopez:
"[Richard] Cohen writes that 'It's possible that Sarah Palin's best quality is that she has none at all.' Or maybe, simply, she was the governor of our most remote state, who's been given an opportunity and is trying to make the best of it for her family, for some causes, for her country. Meanwhile, the Washington Post seems to have a quota for hyper-anti-Palinized editorial pages. Another check mark for this week there."Jay Nordlinger:
"Interesting about Sarah Palin: She simply refuses to go away and die. She refuses to get out of politics. She refuses to accept the view of the political establishment, or much of it, that she’s a joke, a moron, a laughingstock. I think she has a keen sense of her own worth: of her talents and abilities, which are considerable. They are not total. But whose are? Churchill’s?"Stephen Spruiell:
"Sarah Palin is not a well-known economics theorist. She is a politician who speaks to the base of the conservative political movement in plain language. She is an effective populist leader, and very useful in that role. The appropriate comparison is not to John Taylor but to Pat Buchanan — and, would I rather have Sarah Palin, with her libertarian-leaning brand of populism, in that role than Buchanan, with his Buchanan-leaning brand? Yes. Yes I would."Erin Brown:
"It's no surprise that elitism and a pretentious point of view have a place on The Washington Post editorial page, but even this is a little much. Pseudo-conservative columnist Kathleen Parker asserted that Trig Palin, the Down syndrome son of the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin might one day find his mother's abortion comments 'hurtful...' Parker found it appropriate to suggest that Palin's 'noble intentions' may 'become Trig's exploitation.' But Parker herself may be guilty of exploiting Trig to get her point across when she blatantly suggested that he might wish for his mother to remain silent on the issue."Jules Witcover:
"After weeks of working the book-promotion circuit, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin seems to be getting down to the serious business of selling herself as a viable presidential nominee for the Republican Party in 2012. Now that she has shed the confining requirement of running a state government, Citizen Sarah has hit the political talk circuit full blast, first with her speech to the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville and then with a long interview with Chris Wallace on the Fox network that is her new employer... Sarah Palin may come off as a bit ditzy, but stupid she is not."- JP
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