Since that Friday in August when John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate the Democrats and their willing accomplices in the mainstream media have been on a vendetta against her that makes what they did to Dan Quayle in 1988-1992 seem like reciting nursery rhymes. They have savaged her for everything from her gender and primary job of being a mother of 5 children to her clothing. They chided her about not being accessible to the press while Biden hasn't talked to them in almost 60 days. They attack her lack of experience to deflect attention from Obama's less impressive resume'. Joe Biden's gaffes, which are many, are either not reported or laughed off and played down where if Palin isn't the winner of the geography bee against the reporters her perceived lack of knowledge becomes headline news for three days.
Here is what I see about Sarah that scares them. She has struck a chord with not only the conservative base of the Republican party but also with the regular Americans that work, raise their kids, believe in God and go to church. She is a wild card that they cannot figure out so their approach is to belittle her unmercifully. The lack of respect for her position is apparent by the constant lampooning of her on comedy shows. The media wanted John McCain as the Republican candidate because they felt Obama had the best shot against him. They figured he would just pick some other old white guy for a running mate (like Obama did) and the Dems would coast to victory. Well she changed everything! Sarah made this a race again and I think it will be close on November 4th because of her. I don't believe the wishful thinking of the media polls that show a blowout for Obama, and neither does he. The purpose of these polls is to infect the Republicans with complacency and not go vote. I guess we will know in 10 days whether it works.
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I find her scary, but not for the reasons you cite. I do find it sad that she can't name any of the current event journals she reads. I do wonder if it's $150,000 of campaign or her own money that she's spending on clothes. I do wonder what the hell she was doing flying on a plane while in labor with a special needs child. Are you saying Obama's resume is less impressive than HERS? Uhm, yeah. Here's my favorite comparison video of Obama/Palin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg5tl87rEE4
I loathe the folksy way she talks and tries to endear herself to the public. She is very easy to lampoon(all the current running politicians get ridiculed on the comedy shows, by the way). What scares me about her is that she wants abstinence only sex education, which apparently didn't work so well for even her own daughter(and has been proven time and again not to work in the greater public).
She's not being attacked because she's a woman, she's being attacked because she comes across as stuttering, unprepared, ridiculous and evasive in interviews. I am much more worried about the possibility of her becoming president than I am of McCain becoming president.
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