Posted by
Stuart London on Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:08:12 AM
Liberals learned long ago you don't attack conservatives on the issues. That would require, first, knowledge of an issue and even if mastered, then you have the fact the conservative probably has the viewpoint of a majority of the people and you don't want to give them additional publicity.
So the usual tactic by the Left is simple: Conservatives are not bright. Don't listen to them, they are not intelligent and thus you should not listen to what they say, listen to US.
Think about it: What was the main critisism of the following politicians:
Ronald Reagan? He was stupid!
George W. Bush? He is stupid!
And what is the main problem Sarah Palin is critcized for? She is stupid!
No talk about her record as Governor of Alaska, or her views on the issues. It's attacks on her intelligence and, of course, attacks on her family.
Yep, she's just a blithering hillbilly idiot so tell her to go away.
Well, she has not done that..Guess what? Now that the election is over she is fighting back. She really is not as dumb as her critics wish she was.
Think about it. She became a governor at the age of 42 by beating an incumbent in a primary (almost unheard of) even though she is not rich, not famous, had no organization and had never won an election outside the tiny town of Wasilla.
Yeah, stupid people accomplish that all the time.
In an interview for a documentary on the 2008 election, Palin talked about how unfair she felt the media had been in covering her (and also how the McCain campiagn mishandled her, but that's another post) a portion of which was posted by the documentary maker on You Tube..
Of course, the Left Media (which is almost all of them) called her a whiner and (of course) stupid. Her supporters of course said she was in the right.
The funniest attack on her was Robert Schlesinger on his US News blog saying Palin should get out of the spotlight for a while if she was smart. Um, she just sat for an interview for a documentary. It was the guy making it who posted on You Tube. Not her.
The most interesting part of the interview was when Palin said she would have been better received if Obama had picked her for the Democratic VP spot.
Let's think about this:
If Obama had picked someone who had made perceived racial comments about him in the past, said Obama was not qualified to be president, seemed to be a walking gaffe machine every time he opned his mouth, including being confused about the history of simple events, and was a long-time member of the Washington establishment, would there be lots of criticism by the media for Obama making a poor choice and showing.he had poor decision making qualities and not qualified to be president?
The answer is no because Joe Biden is all of the above and the pick was hailed as brilliant.
Palin, the only person running who actually has run a government. The beloved popular reformer of Alaska. Well, she's 'Caribou Barbie' with the IQ of a walnut. Oh, and her family is a bunch of dumb hicks. (Don't forget Obama said his family is off-limits and the media respected that)
No one questions Obama. He went to Harvard after all (although Bush went to Harvard and Yale and he is still called dumb). Palin's University of Idaho degree does not impress the Eastern-based media.
So, yeah, she is a bit ticked about all of this and - to paraphrase the movie Network - she's mad as hell and she is not going to take it anymore.