Comments on: Proved My Point & Class Politics

By: charlene

charlene — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:16:19 +0000

I’ve always liked Laura Bush. I would love to sit down and have a conversation with her. I think she’d more interesting than any of the above mentioned.

By: Red

Red — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:09:17 +0000

Inger;
I don’t know about Cindy McCain but I think Laura Bush would be a more interesting conversationalist than Sarah Palin.

By: Red

Red — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:17:56 +0000

Jay;
So true. People like her foksy ways. If we mention accomplishments like graduate of Harvard Law school and editor of Harvard Law review then we say the person is elitist.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:14:57 +0000

Sarah Palin is just so gosh darn adorable! We always say that we want politicians who identify with us, but when you think about it (at least in my case) it would be unwise to wish for a politician who is LIKE us. We found that out after we elected and reelected the last guy. I know a lot of people who will vote for Sarah Palin because they feel she is a lot like them (they are voting for Sarah Palin, not John McCain, go figure).

We criticize elite politicians for being rich… and, well… successful; but they got to the top somehow. Maybe they are out of touch, but I can at least respect someone who has double or triple the education that I have in a subject that counts, public service experience galore, and demonstratively sound reasoning capabilities.

By: Inger-Lis

Inger-Lis — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:02:49 +0000

That said, I would probably feel more comfortable holding a conversation with her than the Cindy McCains or Laura Bushs of the world.

By: Inger-Lis

Inger-Lis — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:59:44 +0000

I believe the term for Sarah Palin and her family is nouveau riche (not totally sure how to spell that). New money, no class.

By: Red

Red — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:58:44 +0000

Debateur;
I don’ t really think she is trying too hard. And I don’t think she is as dumb as some people would like to think. It is just her way.

I believe she is incapable of any sort of thoughtful consideration to an issue beyond her own position. We have had too much of that in the past 8 years, especially when it comes to our foreign policy. She is capable of calculated thinking but not analytical thinking.

By: Debateur

Debateur — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:42:55 +0000

Sometimes I just wonder if she’s trying too hard and honestly sometimes woman are their own worst critics. Tragic but true.

By: RBK

RBK — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:43:07 +0000

Amy,

I am with you in that “folksy” is a trite term being used to camoflauge lack of proper usage of the language- I was being polite as I have to make a special effort on that when talking about Palin as I agree with Red, she had circumvented answering tough questions exactly as Red has pointed out. It really really makes me scared to think of someone like her being a heartbeat away from the Presidency should McCain win…

She reminded me of a programmed robot mouthing cliched campaign rhetoric regardless of whether it was applicable or not-one got the feeling that if she forgot one word or sentence, her whole act would fail.. All rhetoric and almost no substance…

By: Red

Red — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:13:23 +0000

I don’t have a problem with “foksy” in general. But it’s overuse by Palin to avoid hard questions and cover her ignorance gets old. Okay call me sexist when I say this but I couldn’t stomach the debate and I turned it off. I got so sick of her smirking and the beauty queen smile as her way to manipulate and avoid discussion just really aggravated me.

Interestingly I saw a story about those dial polls where they record actions of viewers in real time as they watch the debate. It was interesting that women had more negative reactions to Palin then men when she did this stuff. Does that mean she was and is using sex to manipulate and get her way? Another sexist comment there…lol