Man, what an obnoxious sentence. As somebody who lives in "flyover country," she doesn't touch my heart. My parents, life-long Republicans, think the teabaggers and Palin are ridiculous (although my brother eats it up). Reminds me of last week's 30 Rock, where Jack Donaghy goes to "real America" to find a new comedian for the show and finds out that real America is pretty much the same as New York, a mish-mash of strangeness that defies labels like "heartland" and "liberal New England elite" and "flyover country."
I appreciate you providing the definition of "Astroturfing". All I did was show what an organized protest looked like. Do you really think the tea parties are organized by some central, behind the scenes power? If so, they suck at it. Those tea parties attract a group of disorganized masses with homemade signs all saying different things.
I don't mean that at all. I mean common sense as possessing good judgment based on non-specialized knowledge. For example, I have little common sense and my wife has quite a bit. Where I may need to run the Diamond/Dybvig bankruptcy model to figure out that purchasing ruby-encrusted clown noses isn't a good use of corporate resources, my wife knows it intuitively. But feel free to rant away. She knows that spending $787B dollars on projects that fit your political viewpoint and calling it "stimulus" doesn't help an economy. She knows you can't calculate a figure like "jobs saved". She knows that hundreds of millions of people making decisions independently about their own money spend it more wisely on the aggregate than a small coterie of bureaucrats in Washington. I could go on and on and on and on, but there's no need. You don't like her, and that seemingly blinds you to any positive attributes she may have. I don't find her particularly articulate. Joe Biden is, and he's dumb as a rock. That's the talking point to belittle her ideas.
Do you really want to compare idiot fringes? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w-FjtdChXE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCJz...E6A0BC3E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=44
In other words, she agrees with you. Ergo, she has common sense. You can probably see why I don't find that terribly convincing. After all, you yourself say you don't have much common sense.
Did I say EVERYONE in flyover country? I live in flyover country too, and she doesn't do it for me. However, the crowds don't lie. She and her message speak to a lot of people. That's super duper for your parents. Exactly what do they believe that make them life long Republicans? Do they believe President Obama's spending is out of control? Do they believe in the need for the government to run health care? Do they believe in paying higher taxes? A larger portion of their lives controlled by the government? Labels don't really mean much. I'm glad you find truth through TV sitcoms.
Nice try. Does this thought strike you as "common sense"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFE...8E656242D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7 Again, you ignored the definition I provided. It seems you wish to appoint yourself as the arbitor of common sense. Anyone who disagrees with you must be stupid.
I don't see why you bring up Biden repeatedly. I don't really care one way or the other about him. *shrug* I'm not ignoring your definition. I'm observing your application of your definition. You think Palin has common sense because she agrees with a lot of things you agree with. Shocking.
Because no one questioned Biden's intelligence during the election, and he's a maroon. You also mentioned that you wouldn't want someone that dumb near the Oval Office, and yet you have someone dumber a heartbeat away without complaint. I brought up things that people with no idea of economics, finance or law would know are bad ideas on their face. That I happen to agree with many of them isn't germane. It's common sense I'm highlighting.
Ah, the certitude of ignorance. And just when I think I'm the most arrogant poster on this forum. Thanks for giving me a run for my money.
Sure. First video: "I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know, if I help him, he's going to help me." Why does everyone think she's saying that she won't have to pay for her gas or mortgage? If you look at the text and leave out your preconceived notions about liberals in America, all she is saying is that she won't have to worry. As in, she is worrying now, but she won't have to later. Can you you pay your bills and not have to worry about them? Yes, if you can afford them. Second video: that dude is a spaz and he works at McDonalds. He wants benefits. He is asking if he will get benefits under Obama's plan. Third video: a large group of homeless and very poor people are lining up to try and get government aid at the last minute and there is chaos. This is hardly surprising. I'm still trying to figure out why you call this mob an "idiot fringe." Let's compare. Left idiot fringe: Obama is going to help me pay my bills, get job benefits and receive government aid when I am trying to get back on my feet. Right idiot fringe: Obama is going to round people up and burn them in ovens because he is the second coming of Adolf Hitler. No comparison.
Nonetheless, they saw something in her to elect her. And, I have no doubt she will probably be elected senator at some point in time.
No, do you have a link to it? To be fair, ANY news organization whether the hated liberal media or the despised fascist media would capitalize on anything that was remotely out of bounds of stock answers because it generates viewers. So I expect some dramatics. But her interview was..well..all bad. All. It sounded from the clip I heard yesterday that Palin even said as much. Nonetheless, I'd be interested to see an unedited version to get the overall message. I just don't think editing was making her say those answers.
I'll keep looking. I'm not saying she did well in the interview, but quite some time ago I saw raw footage vs. edited footage, and they really did do a hatchet job on her, and made her admittedly weak and rambling answers seem FAR worse than they were.
