I simply love the Blue Collar Bougeois that gets thrown around here on a daily basis. My family were farmers, salt of the earth people, and good for them. But I ain’t voting my father (or my line-worker brother) as President of the United States anytime soon, okay?

Sarah Palin taps into this whole Proletarian Pride thing. And that’s just fine. But it’s no way to run a railroad.

voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 12:25 AM

After this little tirade there is nothing you could say the wouldn’t further my belief that you area a snot nosed little brat. Grow up.

voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 1:08 PM

voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM

voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 1:24 PM

voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 1:33 PM

Damn, you’re just like our dog: when we take her outside after her nap she runs around peeing in all the same places she peed earlier too!

Mrs. Palin will make a better President than any of the other conservative candidates. She actually represents the people.
dogsoldier on November 24, 2009 at 6:29 AM

The problem is, this is what really scares me. Look at 80% of the Palin-mongers on this board. You think their theories on foreign policy are coherent? You think the understand the niceties of economic theory? (Oh, but they’ll tell you their theories all the same.) You think they have a firm grasp on the American legal system and jurisprudence (Oh, they’ll give you their theories on the Constitution, though.)

They know three things:

1. Sarah are hot.

2. Sarah no like abortion.

3. Liberal no like Sarah.

Well, hey HEY! Sounds like we have a world leader in the making, chosen from JUST the kind of people we REALLY NEED to choose our world leaders.

After they we confiscated the citizen’s guns.

Johan Klaus on November 24, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Fixed.

By the way, I disregarded the store’s people who said the line would not be formed until 7am and left home on the other side of the state at 3am CST, arriving at the store about 6:30 EST. I was #277, according to store personnel. By 7:30 EST, store people indicated over 1,000 were already in line for a signing that was scheduled for 12 noon.

And yes, I did score two autographed copies of Going Rogue, one for my mom’s 85th birthday gift (today, the 24th) and one for my nephew’s wife for Christmas. Both are big Sarah fans.

I think any claims that this remarkable woman is largely supported by conservative men and women don’t like her is just more wishful thinking by delusional liberals and fearful members of the “politics as usual class”. I hope they continue to delude themselves and to underestimate her and those of us who support her.

Most things the govt. does now are unconstitutional, that is to say, the federal govt. has grabbed power that they are not authorized to take.

Sporty1946 on November 24, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Oh yes, coming from one of the preeminent Constitutional scholars of our time. LOL

It’s conservative men who built this country and it’s conservative men who protect it. If conservative men are the cohort that view Sarah Palin favorably then all of the rest of you who don’t agree with us just STFD and STFU. Until you can build and defend a country then your opinion doesn’t matter.

How’s that for a poll.
Post of the day.

KH15 on November 24, 2009 at 8:05 AM

Brilliant plan! And it’s been such a winner in the past 4 elections, too!

…

That is all.

I also like Liz Cheney – she addresses many substantive issues but IMO she does not have the same leadership personna Palin has. It’s like the military – there is line and there is staff.

katiejane on November 24, 2009 at 10:36 AM

I am open to be more impressed by either or both. At this point I only know who I don’t want and I am fine with that. Plenty of time.

It really is a matter of commonsense.

AnninCA on November 24, 2009 at 10:53 AM

Common sense would dictate to me that when the government says “trust me” I should do anything but. Does that square with your social liberalism where government says it can solve societies problems if you’ll just “trust it”. They screw up everything they touch. Social engineering isn’t the roll of the federal government, and though you may be socially liberal you shouldn’t look to government for the solution. It’s lazy!

Patrick S on November 23, 2009 at 10:46 PM

Now that’s the QOTD.

AnninCa, it is the left that is conducting culture wars by wanting to use the power of the government to allow anything and everything and make everyone they disagree with pay for the results.

Personally, I’m turned off by the rhetoric of the religious rights on values. I have no problem with her referring to God and her faith in her life. I, too, share a deep spiritual perspective. It’s not her perspective, but I understand living spiritually.

But I’m always going to be annoyed by those who judge others and lifestyles and mistakes that people make so harshly.

That goes for the left, too. The rhetoric over Bristol’s pregnancy floored me. Hypocrites.

Mostly, I’m turned off by those who are simply what I call harsh and mean-spirited. We have a need for good political talent, and that goes for both sides. We need to stop throwing good talent away and claim they “deserve” it.

That is penny-wise and pound foolish.

I think Americans truly need to grow up and learn that compromises are important, that both sides must listen more and we need leadership that is actually spiritually grounded and not just talking nonsense about faith-based initiatives while calling people who are clearly sincere “extremists,” as Obama recently did.

It really is a matter of commonsense.

Damn it AP, I should have known you were going to lead me to another damn Frum vomit fest. Quit that $hit! The only traffic this tool gets anymore is people that you trick into clicking his links.

conservnut on November 24, 2009 at 7:03 AM

I can handle AP linking to the idiot Frumm but I just wish he’d indicate it in the title of the quote so I would know not to waste the time.

As for the accent – it’s funny that people would fault Palin’s – we’ve lived with the Kennedy’s Bostonian accent for years and no one complained about that. If you ever listen to old tapes of JFK you almost couldn’t understand him.

Most things the govt. does now are unconstitutional, that is to say, the federal govt. has grabbed power that they are not authorized to take.

There are a lot of social issues that I disagree with and each person has a right to their own opinion about those but they do not have a right to my money to pay those issues.

Frum (no matter how much you like him or dislike him) has a point.
Men like her, women don’t. Bottom line.

nickj116 on November 24, 2009 at 2:02 AM

People keep pushing that position and yet never seem to want to explain the number of women who are showing up at these book signings. I see a lot of young women as well as older women. I could agree that the “feminist” types may not like her but in their eyes her abortion position is the sin. Untess Palin buys into their perceived right to unilaterally gut their unborn babies she may never win them over. One can only wonder if feminists will abort their numbers into insignificance.

Cindy Munford on November 24, 2009 at 3:08 AM

I also like Liz Cheney – she addresses many substantive issues but IMO she does not have the same leadership personna Palin has. It’s like the military – there is line and there is staff.

My point is that question is pretty much irrelevant to me as a voter. Her stance doesn’t bother me, and she made it clear in her book that she does not share the hard-edged viewpoint of so many on the far right.

Ditto for gay rights. Her story in her book about her good girl buddy who is gay was fine with me. She’s very tolerant and definitely not into gay-bashing like some on the right are. She’s not homophobic.

I don’t see her as a cultural war maven in the least. I do see her as very similar to Reagan philosophically and Clinton pragmatically. Slow down the spending.

You slow down the spending, you are going to naturally get government back to a palatable size for most Americans. We’re not interested in the European socialism that is coming out of Democrats. We’re not interested in going back to the right-wing culture wars, either.

So, no, I’d disagree with you. I think that a lot of us know exactly what we like and don’t like.

Yesterday, Fred Thompson noted to Jerry on their show that Palin keeps proving how important INSTINCT is in a leader, that Palin’s instincts prove consistently that she makes a far superior executive than Obama is being, that her experience as Alaska’s Governor proved as well.

Conservatives can trust Palin’s instinctive discernment between what enables and what disables our strong Constitutional Republic.

+1000 to Fred. This is exactly why I like Palin, and why — unless someone else can prove themselves more worthy — she is my candidate in 2012. Her libertarian-leaning conservative instincts are rock solid and have served her quite well in public office thus far. This is why I feel secure about her even as she “studies up” as she has been advised to do by her detractors. I can trust that, even if she’s not an expert in a particular area, she has the courage of her convictions and will do the right thing after weighing the options. I also feel she has a keen nose for who is trustworthy and who isn’t and would — unlike W. — surround herself with people who are not just competent in their respective spheres of expertise but also of possess good character and sound judgment. Like attracts like. Sarah Palin is honest and hard-working and I trust that her team would share these traits.

People tend to get a little too hung up on the intellect thing. Is Palin an intellectual? Probably not. But then I don’t think Obama is an intellectual either. She is, however, intelligent with a reportedly photographic memory and a sponge-like ability to absorb new information and master complex subjects. She is unafraid of hard work (in fact seems to seek it out). She has integrity, she has principles, visions, confidence. She is not afraid of conflict or making tough decisions. She admits her mistakes. She is optimistic about this country she loves and its future. All of these things are part of a larger package that defines a great leader.

NoLeftTurn on November 24, 2009 at 9:14 AM

I AM FRED THOMPSON AVID SUPPORTER.

IF THE BOSS’ INSTINCT SAYS PALIN IT IS … THEN PALIN IT IS.

FRED T – THE ONLY GUY I TRUST AT THE MOMENT.

Interestingly, I see more connections between Palin and Clinton than between Obama and Clinton.

AnninCA on November 24, 2009 at 9:37 AM

Ah ha.

Returning to accents, what I do find annoying and condescending in politicians is when they attempt to go all folksy with we, the “ignurnt rubes”, by speaking in their hackneyed idea of the local dialect. Hillary and Barack are the two most egregious offenders and they reek of insincerity every time they do this. But that is part and parcel of their personalities and their ethics, both of which are riddled with insincerity and falsehood.

ya2daup on November 24, 2009 at

Yes, indeed.

You’re foolish to continue the divisiveness.

You’re gonna lose doing that.

BUT, my guess is that it will fall on deaf ears. It sure has with the left. They have managed to offend everyone. Guess it’s the right’s turn.

Meanwhile, I think many people like me will reject all of you! LOL*

We’re sick of it.

What did Hewlett-Packard’s balance sheet look like when she was its CEO?

Steve Z on November 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM

The “Peter Principle”.

Socially liberal, fiscal conservative.

Ditto for me.

AnninCA on November 24, 2009 at 9:39 AM

BS, Ann. UHC is neither socially liberal or fiscally conservative. This is where Blue Dogs are the biggest liars.