Sarah Palin - A closer look

[GlobalExplorer]

No, all germans. This woman is dumb as **** and that's what a lot of americans like about her.

[AntEater]

Same here
I actually like McCain, but Palin apparently is there to please the cliche dumb americans.

But Palin is a symptom of something more global than US exclusive.
She's just the typical conservative female politician.
Sarkozy and Berlusconi and other european right wing populists all have such gals as ministers.
Germany has them on state level and in political party posts.
Good looking, producing headlines, but rather dumb, inclined to favoritism and autocratic/hysterical leadership style.
They mostly come in the "bored rich wife" or "bored rich daughter" variant.
I suppose back in the good ole 1980s, when most of our current crop of politicans learned the ropes of their trade, feminism was still rampant.
And conservatives at that time (like today) are male dominated. All parties are, but especially conservatives, as their name implies they're usually not in the vanguard of social change.
So in order to counter all those verbal broadsides from the feminist left, they had to get some chicks, and fast.
But most importantly those chicks were not to interfere with serious business.
Rumour is that the secretary general of the CSU (Bavaria's eternal ruling party) told his female successor: "look, you may become the secretary, but I remain the general".

Well, at least our most famous german conservative politician was definitely not picked for her looks.

[TFatseas]

Here is a thought. Did anybody ask Cheney about Bush's policies as Governor, or Gore about Clinton's? How about Lieberman or Edwards? Katie was trying for a gotcha moment just like Gibson. I don't recall any VP candidate that ever got the pile-on Palin has received and the coverage from criticism her attackers have received from the press.

The media and the left tried this pathetic smear campaign against her, and it turns out most of everything they said wasn't true at all.

Biden has been sticking his foot in his mouth all campaign long. But does the media report it? No, or they down play it.

This is the crap why I find politics, and the media, to be so tiring over time.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by TFatseas

Here is a thought. Did anybody ask Cheney about Bush's policies as Governor, or Gore about Clinton's? How about Lieberman or Edwards? Katie was trying for a gotcha moment just like Gibson. I don't recall any VP candidate that ever got the pile-on Palin has received and the coverage from criticism her attackers have received from the press.

The media and the left tried this pathetic smear campaign against her, and it turns out most of everything they said wasn't true at all.

Biden has been sticking his foot in his mouth all campaign long. But does the media report it? No, or they down play it.

This is the crap why I find politics, and the media, to be so tiring over time.

Most accurate and intelligent post in this thread right here.

-S

[TheBrauerHour]

Originally Posted by TFatseas

Here is a thought. Did anybody ask Cheney about Bush's policies as Governor, or Gore about Clinton's? How about Lieberman or Edwards? Katie was trying for a gotcha moment just like Gibson. I don't recall any VP candidate that ever got the pile-on Palin has received and the coverage from criticism her attackers have received from the press.

The media and the left tried this pathetic smear campaign against her, and it turns out most of everything they said wasn't true at all.

Biden has been sticking his foot in his mouth all campaign long. But does the media report it? No, or they down play it.

This is the crap why I find politics, and the media, to be so tiring over time.

Thank you. Palin isn't perfect....but neither is Biden. What this thread should be about as well, is the low quality of our media these days.

[CCIP]

However I think Palin is more than not perfect. I think Biden's gaffes are of a different nature entirely - not to say they're not dumb, but Palin's are simply otherworldly. In both their cases the mouth often goes faster than the brain, but Biden's brain is at least competent. Palin hasn't said a damn thing so far that made real sense economically or geopolitically. Her sole appeal is her conservative social stance. And I'm sorry but that's just damned scary for someone who could hold the President's office - here you have someone who could wreck the US' position economically and in world politics, or alternatively, become a puppet to more competent advisors elsewhere. Given what the office is or should be, I'm not sure which of these is worse.