Poor, Pitiful Palin

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

She is dumb as a rock when it comes to politics on the national level.

Yet, many within the Republican social conservative base just love her!

I guess that makes them "dumb as a rock" as well.

[SamIam]

Republican social consevatives are dumb as rocks? I would like to protest this slander on the behalf of rocks everywhere. RSC's are more closely akin to simple single celled organisms such as blue-green algae. Algal blooms can kill pets and even people. It is an example of a once benign organism gone haywire. Sign of the end times no. 983 - blue green algae take over the earth.

Go here if you want to worry about something today:

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/clmp-toxicalgae.html

[toranokaze]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Republican social consevatives are dumb as rocks? I would like to protest this slander on the behalf of rocks everywhere. RSC's are more closely akin to simple single celled organisms such as blue-green algae. Algal blooms can kill pets and even people. It is an example of a once benign organism gone haywire. Sign of the end times no. 983 - blue green algae take over the earth.

Go here if you want to worry about something today:

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/clmp-toxicalgae.html

I would like to protest on behalf of prokaryotes.

[SamIam]

I'll see your prokaryote and raise you two eukaryotes.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Redux

Yet, many within the Republican social conservative base just love her!

It's not just them, I think that a lot of people are so overwhelmed and disgusted with politics/politicians, they're attracted to her as someone they can identify with. Those people don't see her as being ineffectual in national/international politics, because of their own naivety in those areas.

I don't know anything about bugs or poisons, so I hired that exterminator because he's got a cool truck with a big bug on top.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by Redux

Yet, many within the Republican social conservative base just love her!

A few weeks ago I met someone who aspired to be the senator of Alaska and he thinks something big is going to happen with Sarah Palin. She will be able to rally her base whether she is running for office or not and depending how the next few years go, it may have some strong effects. From my opinion, it is one of the best short-term strategies the Republicans can have since she will have two to four years to practice speeches and interviews and show how much she has grown.

On the other hand, I think this is a very foolish long-term strategy. The demographics of the United States are changing quickly and if the Republicans want to have a chance in twenty years, they have to change their stance to socially liberal. Palin may be effective in the next decade but the Republicans need to start looking for young fiscally conservative socially liberal Republicans to build up or they will be in trouble in twenty to thirty years. It will probably happen naturally but the more they push Palin, and others like her, the more trouble they will have in the future.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It's not just them, I think that a lot of people are so overwhelmed and disgusted with politics/politicians, they're attracted to her as someone they can identify with. Those people don't see her as being ineffectual in national/international politics, because of their own naivety in those areas.

Also people that don't like her speaking style and analogies probably would never vote her anyways so she doesn't have to take them into account. It will be interesting to see if she has changed for 2012 at all.

[Sheldonrs]

I've gotten very tired on trying to figure out what it is about Palin that would make ANYONE think she has what it takes to run ANYTHING.

From now on, all I have to say is "Sarah Palin...what a cunt!"

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Palin may be effective in the next decade but the Republicans need to start looking for young fiscally conservative socially liberal Republicans to build up or they will be in trouble in twenty to thirty years.

They also need to separate themselves from the Christian Right. The stench of theocracy puts off a lot of us middle of the roaders who would otherwise be able to consider a Republican.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Elspode

They also need to separate themselves from the Christian Right. The stench of theocracy puts off a lot of us middle of the roaders who would otherwise be able to consider a Republican.

Amen, the Christian Right is a bigger danger to us/US than all the Islamic countries put together.