Comments on: Democrats: beware the backlash to Palinsanity https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: douglas https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-84125 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:29:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-84125 slight correction- not running the first, but the possibility of having the first Female VP. They seek to kill the infant in it’s crib- if they cannot have the baby, no one gets the baby. How civilized.

]]> By: douglas https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-84057 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:04:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-84057 At first I couldn’t understand the apparently irrational hyper-reaction to Palin from the left. Then it hit me- It’s Clarence Thomas all over again. The envy they feel as the republicans yet again ‘steal’ from them the honor of running the first minority (in this case, female VP). We stepped on their toes, and they are wailing. To my ears, it’s a sweet song indeed.

]]> By: R.C. https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83998 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:25:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83998 (I shouldn’t have to specify, but: My above post was with 2012 or 2016 in mind. Yes, I’m perfectly aware that McCain is the Presidential Candidate, and Palin the Veep, on the current ticket. *sigh*)

]]> By: R.C. https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83997 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:22:33 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83997 I don’t have the budget to put $1000 on McCain. Frankly, I don’t have the budget to put $10 on McCain until after I’ve paid off the credit card.

So what’ll I do? Now that Sarah Palin’s the running mate?

Make it $100! No, $150!

She may yet still crumble and stumble; she may crash and burn. There may be another skeleton out there ready to leap from the closet. (Let’s hope it isn’t her *husband* leaping from the closet….)

In short, she may not be up to the pressure of a national election.

But if she IS up to it, then, Lord, may she fly high and far.

‘Cause her policies and attitudes are, in my view, far better than those of McCain, for whom my support was lukewarm to the point of indolence, previously.

I’m tired of being sneered at by cultural elites. Usually Republicans aren’t half so bad about that as Democrats, but McCain comes off as awfully dismissive of me and mine, nearly as much as Biden and ‘Bama.

But not Palin. Apparently, I’m not “the little people” to her.

And wouldn’t it be nice to have the first female president of the United States to be a conservative, gun-toting, intelligent, confident, nice-looking, optimistic, God-fearing, independent type? In other words…the kind of girl we fellows all hoped we could find and take home to Mom…and whom our friends would admire and envy us for managing to get?

Rather than, you know…some ex-leftist-radical chick with a “decent brain and a pair that clang” but also a vicious streak, apparently minimal ethics, and an attitude of contempt or dismissal for most of what we value and hold dear?

When Americans think Mom & Apple Pie, they don’t have Hillary Clinton in mind. When they think first woman president, they want a cross between Margaret Thatcher and Kathy Ireland.

So who knows? Maybe Palin has the chops.

]]> By: Narci https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83994 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:58:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83994 I have a side comment. In exhibit B “…they don’t reflect mainstream thinking in in this country.” Huh? What?
Democrat positions are mainstream? Their stream only goes from one bank to the middle they are not in possession of both banks! Their current contender is not even close to the middle! This is not the first time I’ve seen that comment just slide out as if it’s was obvious to all. Grrrr. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed I guess.

]]> By: Gordon https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83938 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:25:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83938 Keep whistling in that graveyard, Nick.

Six months ago I thought this would be a disastrous year for the Republicans.

Three months ago I thought McCain had a slim chance, and that the Democrats would gain a few seats in the senate and house.

This week I put $1000 on McCain. Or, perhaps I should say, McCain/Palin.

]]> By: Darrell https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83937 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:03:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83937 Nick, step carefully into the trap, these poll results are before anyone has really seen her, or seen her debate etc, all they have heard is that she is some dumb hick.
I have a suspicion that things might shift quickly once she hits the media full time, If she handles this well a lot of people are going to look very foolish, she has a proven record of doing this. I took note of her 2006 debates where her opponents made the same arguments we are hearing today.
The media onslaught is really causing a lot of people to shake their heads as the post implies, laugh if you want, I saw this morning Liz Trotta arguing that she shouldnt have a career outside the home with all those kids, she did it real slick, saying this is just what I am hearing, that argument is radioactive for the democrats, They are going to piss off women and moms in general and that is not good. Not good at all.
I really think you guys are blowing it big time, time will tell and I could be wrong but I don’t think I am.

They are trying to make her quit, why? If it was such a bad pick you would think everyone would just quietly laugh and keep it to themselves, letting Mccain step on his you know what, the exact opposite is happening, why?
Overall theme of the call in shows today is that “she is me” this could turn ugly for obama. It aint over.

]]> By: Trimegistus https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83925 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:02:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83925 Another thing which struck me about those comments: despite the obvious distress and even disgust at the way their own party is behaving . . . none of them seemed even slightly tempted to not vote for Obama. Given the choice between their last remaining shreds of decency and the sweet taste of power, they’re sadly putting their decency down the toilet.

]]> By: Nick https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83912 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:57:11 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83912 Ha! I find it very telling that immediately after Obama’s speech there was no bounce, but once all of this stuff about Palin comes out, the Gallup Poll has him up by eight points, actually hitting 50% for the first time in what has been a very conservative survey. No matter how much you try to spin it, Sarah Palin has been a gift to us Democrats. We don’t even have to discredit her in anyway, she has done that for us already. So enjoy the fall so-cons, hope you have a few bottles of gin by your side as head toward November, because I’ve got a feeling that you’re going to need it.

]]> By: Fat Man https://thenewneo.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83911 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:48:49 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/09/02/democrats-beware-the-backlash-to-palinsanity/#comment-83911 You know, I think Sarah Palin was put forth to the Obama campaign as a koan. I think she is working. I expect that numerous democrats heads will explode within the next few weeks.

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