People Hate Sarah Palin Because….. Does She Have A Chance in 2012?
July 6, 2009 / 3:10 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierIf you had to choose one reason for the Palin-hatred what would it be?
And another poll:
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14 Responses to “People Hate Sarah Palin Because….. Does She Have A Chance in 2012?”
July 6 2009 / 5:25 pm
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Hmm…
The answer I wanted to select wasn’t available in the first poll. The people I know who “hate” her do so because they think she isn’t particularly intelligent, or at least, not smart enough to be VP. Those who like to point out how often Biden puts his foot in his mouth will laugh at such a statement, I’m sure … But I really know life-long, anti-union, pro-gun, pro-life Republicans who even said they liked John McCain – but didn’t vote for him because they didn’t think Palin was smart enough for the job.
I’m not saying I agree with them, just that it’s worth pointing out. We’re not talking about independent voters in this instance; these are registered Republicans who voted for Obama.
July 6 2009 / 5:36 pm
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I don’t get that argument. I mean, she’s more experienced than Barack Obama. And can anyone credibly argue she’s dumber than Joe Biden at this point?
I’m not questioning that people believe that about her, but it seems to not go with the evidence. She is running a state after all. It seems to me that some people think she MUST be stupid. And the thing is, she was thrown into the spotlight–remember how they savaged Bush for his foreign policy answers. And the press/Left called Reagan stupid, too. That’s a knee-jerk reaction.
In Palin’s case, her femaleness must be part of the criticism. Heaven forbid the woman was blond.
And is it a matter of style? Sometimes I could hardly stand to listen to Bush. I sometimes feel the same with Palin. I thought her statement and delivery was strange on Friday and, like the Anchoress, wished she had a better speech writer.
And what are her policy positions? She parroted McCain’s ever-changing opinions, but which were her own? I got the feeling that she often disagreed with him, but where?
Anyway, all this to say, I still don’t know what to make of this woman, but she had every right after how things have gone to quit to protect her family. I feel bad, though. If decent people get pushed out, America will be stuck with the likes of Obama.
July 6 2009 / 5:41 pm
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I agree with you 100% of all those counts–most of all, your last paragraph.
Thanks for posting these polls. I’m interested to see what the results are in another day or so. You’ll have to write a follow-up.
July 6 2009 / 6:33 pm
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My experience has overwhelming been people who “hate” her do so because they think she isn’t intelligent, and… certainly not smart enough to be VP. But I heard the exact same thing about GWB. I remember asking people in 2001 if they really thought someone could really be “dumb” and become a successful Governor of a state as large as Texas.
Most of the Republicans that I know, who believe that she’s “dumb, not “intelligent,” don’t spend anywhere near as much time reading and thinking about politics as I do, nor as anyone who is reading this blog does.
Informed people can certainly question her judgment, but to question her intellect seems pretty narrow minded to me.
Ever notice how some people seem to feel that “they are smart” when they’re tearing someone else down.
I know for sure that I am not smart enough to get elected to be a Governor.
July 6 2009 / 6:39 pm
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I hope that you’re not serious in thinking that people hate Palin. That’s not the right emotion to assign to her detractors and/or opponents.
July 6 2009 / 6:52 pm
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Fuster, I DO think that a lot of people do HATE her. Those folks I know, who are usually pretty solidly Republican don’t “hate” her, but many don’t think highly of her.
I don’t think she’s ever been given a real chance for us to find out. She was only in the spotlight for 60 days and was attacked from day one. I still have an open mind about her.
As to many Liberals & MSM elites, they really do hate her. I’ve only seen that level of visceral emotion towards GWB & Clarence Thomas. Very sad stuff.
July 6 2009 / 9:43 pm
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Doctor, please understand – we don’t hate Palin! We LOVE Palin! We want her to run in 2012!
Sincerely,
The Left
July 6 2009 / 11:17 pm
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Fuster–
Hate is the right word.
The left wants us to believe they want her to run, because they want to tear her apart again. The last person the left really wants to run against them is an intelligent, capable conservative like Palin. That’s why they spewed such unrelenting hatred at her.
I think the question of whether she might be electable is moot. I doubt she will ever want to run again, the way the hatemongers have savaged her.
I expect she resigned so that she can do the things as a civilian that she could not do as governor.
July 6 2009 / 11:32 pm
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Trish and tom, I really don’t think that people HATE Palin.
There’s a lot of scorn forher sometime inability to speak in a clear, coherent (and coached) manner, and a good deal of heated rejection of her ideals.
There’s a whole lot of nastiness sent to her and her family, but she’s not really hated. She has certainly done nothing worthy of bringing out hatred. True hatred from the left still belongs to Cheney, followed by Bush.
July 7 2009 / 1:13 am
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I do not understand anyone that has heard Obama speak without a teleprompter can say with a straight face that Palin can’t speak.
I also do not understand why people cannot see that the Democrat’s fake ethics complaints have put the Palin family a half million dollars in debt. Fifteen ethics complaints, all having to be investigated, costing the State of Alaska millions. Each, after investigation, judged meritless. Due to some peculiar twists in Alaska law these complaints require little or no evidence to start.
While Governor Palin is in office she can do little to earn extra money to pay these legal bills. And there is a legal limit to how much one person can donate to her legal defense fund. Unlike a certain, unnamed political party that ignores these rules, the Palins take them seriously. Probably another reason she is unqualified for national office.
I do not know if Governor Palin has a future in electoral politics as a candidate. I do suspect she will be extremely helpful as a speaker and fund raiser for a whole bunch of candidates in the 2010 elections.
How well she does in that role will have much to do with her political future. If she can help a significant number of conservative candidates to win election, she will have a future. If not, she won’t. It’s that simple.
July 7 2009 / 1:29 am
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Fuster–
The left hates anyone who shows them up for what they are.
The left has no scorn for those who do not speak in a clear and coherent manner. They worship those people, as evidenced by the great praise for Obama and Biden. The left does scorn those who have true ideals, and can express them well.
That’s why they hate Sarah Palin.
July 7 2009 / 2:37 am
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What delicious nonsense.
Perhaps none of the Palin supporters can read, but “the Left” is the least of Palin’s concern. It wasn’t the Left that was quoted in the Vanity Fair article last week, savaging poor Sarah’s lack of intelligence, integrity, and child rearing techniques.
The Right did their own version of a circular firing squad.
Other “leftists” like Karl Rove, Mike Huckabee, George Will, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, National Review’s Rich Lowery, the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial page, etc, chimed in on Palin’s loony wackiness.
What does any of this have to do with the Left?
Not a damn thing. That’s why reading these comments is so very, very strange.
Let me again reaffirm the Left’s full support for Palin. Hers is a channel I do not want to change. Please, please, please support her Presidential bid in 2012.
Sincerely,
The Left
July 7 2009 / 12:29 pm
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After looking at the polls and the comments, I am somewhat distressed by this entire mess. It seems clear to me the media, which is documented to be farther to the left than most of the population, has engaged in a purposeful campaign to influence the population’s perception of Mrs. Palin. Judiciously edited sound bites and interviews have all been skewed to make Mrs. Palin appear to be a stupid, incompetent woman, mother, and leader. If she plans to seek the oval office in 2012, she will again be treated as an unintelligent pariah bent on setting society back into the stone age. She faces an uphill battle all the way. While I do not know her, the resignation makes her appear not to be made of tough enough stuff and that is probably not a good thing in this political climate where perception is reality. Mrs. Palin may be taking this time to measure her strengths, revist and clarify her core values, and other such introspective endeavors so she can clearly determine whether or not she wants to submit herself to what will be unrelenting attack should she seek office in 2012.