Why DO liberals hate Sarah Palin so much?

[catamount man]

I really want a good answer. I don't care either way as I have accepted my role in life as being a slave to the grind, a mere number for the pundits in Washington, somebody who has absolutely no role to play in this grandiose drama, so intrigue me.

What IS it about this woman that gripes liberals? I would think, again that's dangerous I know, women would love seeing another woman stand up and be counted in the world of politics? Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

[Ibanez]

I'm not really liberal, but Sarah seems to be full of it. She was mayor of a town that, she admitted, had no power other than to have meetings and write checks. She was governor and her term was frought with ethics violations. She has all these morals yet couldn't instill them in her kid, but wants to impose them on the rest of the country. And, what else. Oh yeah, she quit her job as governor. She QUIT! She's quit college many times, and even quit that commission prior to being elected governor. She's a professional quitter. Her quittings lead me to believe that she will quit when the Presidency gets too much for her.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going.
That's just my opinion.

[AshevilleApp]

I really want a good answer. I don't care either way as I have accepted my role in life as being a slave to the grind, a mere number for the pundits in Washington, somebody who has absolutely no role to play in this grandiose drama, so intrigue me.

What IS it about this woman that gripes liberals? I would think, again that's dangerous I know, women would love seeing another woman stand up and be counted in the world of politics? Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

I don't know why liberals hate her so much. I hope she gets the GOP nomination in 2012.

[AZGrizFan]

I really want a good answer. I don't care either way as I have accepted my role in life as being a slave to the grind, a mere number for the pundits in Washington, somebody who has absolutely no role to play in this grandiose drama, so intrigue me.

What IS it about this woman that gripes liberals? I would think, again that's dangerous I know, women would love seeing another woman stand up and be counted in the world of politics? Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

I don't know why liberals hate her so much. I hope she gets the GOP nomination in 2012.

I would think liberals would be salivating at that prospect.

[BlueHen86]

An equally good question is: Why do some conservatives like her so much?

And I suspect that most liberals would be thrilled if she won the 2012 GOP nomination. She is not electable to the Presidency, there is no way that moderates will vote for her.

It doesn't matter how bad Obama screws up, if he runs against Palin he will be reelected (look what happened in 2004 when the Dems put Kerry against W). Moderates won't vote for a clown, and Palin is a clown.

[BlueHen86]

I don't know why liberals hate her so much. I hope she gets the GOP nomination in 2012.

I would think liberals would be salivating at that prospect.

You posted as I was typing, as you can see, I agree 100%.

[AZGrizFan]

I would think liberals would be salivating at that prospect.

You posted as I was typing, as you can see, I agree 100%.

Agreed. Palin is the conservative John Kerry/Michael Dukakis. If THAT'S what we put up against Obama in 2012, we get exactly what we deserve.

[ASUG8]

I'm not really liberal, but Sarah seems to be full of it. She was mayor of a town that, she admitted, had no power other than to have meetings and write checks. She was governor and her term was frought with ethics violations. She has all these morals yet couldn't instill them in her kid, but wants to impose them on the rest of the country. And, what else. Oh yeah, she quit her job as governor. She QUIT! She's quit college many times, and even quit that commission prior to being elected governor. She's a professional quitter. Her quittings lead me to believe that she will quit when the Presidency gets too much for her.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going.
That's just my opinion.

I'm a fiscal conservative, and it frightens me that she appears to be the best the GOP has to offer. I was OK with McCain, but Palin scared me worse than Obama/Biden. It might be time to go after Ron Paul if he's still interested in 2012. I'm going to stop straddling the fence and just go full independent if Palin remains the frontrunner in '12.

[AZGrizFan]

I'm not really liberal, but Sarah seems to be full of it. She was mayor of a town that, she admitted, had no power other than to have meetings and write checks. She was governor and her term was frought with ethics violations. She has all these morals yet couldn't instill them in her kid, but wants to impose them on the rest of the country. And, what else. Oh yeah, she quit her job as governor. She QUIT! She's quit college many times, and even quit that commission prior to being elected governor. She's a professional quitter. Her quittings lead me to believe that she will quit when the Presidency gets too much for her.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going.
That's just my opinion.

I'm a fiscal conservative, and it frightens me that she appears to be the best the GOP has to offer. I was OK with McCain, but Palin scared me worse than Obama/Biden. It might be time to go after Ron Paul if he's still interested in 2012. I'm going to stop straddling the fence and just go full independent if Palin remains the frontrunner in '12.

+1

[BlueHen86]

I'm not really liberal, but Sarah seems to be full of it. She was mayor of a town that, she admitted, had no power other than to have meetings and write checks. She was governor and her term was frought with ethics violations. She has all these morals yet couldn't instill them in her kid, but wants to impose them on the rest of the country. And, what else. Oh yeah, she quit her job as governor. She QUIT! She's quit college many times, and even quit that commission prior to being elected governor. She's a professional quitter. Her quittings lead me to believe that she will quit when the Presidency gets too much for her.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going.
That's just my opinion.

I'm a fiscal conservative, and it frightens me that she appears to be the best the GOP has to offer. I was OK with McCain, but Palin scared me worse than Obama/Biden. It might be time to go after Ron Paul if he's still interested in 2012. I'm going to stop straddling the fence and just go full independent if Palin remains the frontrunner in '12.

I might vote for Ron Paul even if he isn't running.

[AZGrizFan]

Ron Paul tied for third behind Mitt Romney and Bobby Jindal in a recent CNN poll of conservatives considered front-runners for the nomination in 2012.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/28/cpac/index.html

Romney received 20 percent of the vote and Jindal got 14 percent.

Close behind were Texas Rep. Ron Paul and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who each received 13 percent of the vote.

On Friday, Romney and Gingrich packed the ballroom.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul also drew a big crowd and lots of applause. Paul said the conservative movement has struggled to define what it means to be a conservative

He may be gaining some traction....

[Cap'n Cat]

I'm as liberal as they come, but I don't "hate" Sarah Palin. Hate's a toxic word. Just think she's cartoonish and lacking what it takes to lead anything. She's a product of the media. Caribou Barbie.

[ASUG8]

I'm as liberal as they come, but I don't "hate" Sarah Palin. Hate's a toxic word. Just think she's cartoonish and lacking what it takes to lead anything. She's a product of the media. Caribou Barbie.

Can't disagree with you Bill - she's far from credible in her extreme right stances on everything. She needs to embrace the fact that most of the US is within +/- a standard deviation from the center - the outliers tend to not fare very well. She's nice to look at, but I can't deal with that voice/accent.

[OSBF]

I just don't think she's very bright. That might just be because she doesn't interview or speak well, but she just appears to be dummer than a bag of hammers.

The breaker for me was when it was revealed that she was charging rape victims for the cost of their own rape kit. That kind of extreme thinking none of us can live with.

[Franks Tanks]

I am a fiscal conservative and social liberal. Generally consider myself more of a Liberterian these days.

1- Palin is just plain stupid. The lady has a low IQ and no intillectual curiosity.

2- She is a bible thumper who thinks if the bible says its so it must be true ..see number 1

3- She has little experience (Alaska has 500k people and gets a pile of money from oil taxes, its too easy) and no discernable talent.

The only people that like her are the idiots who vote for republicans because they are pro-religion and anti-abortion etc. She appeals to rednecks and bible thumpers.. if the Republicans put her on the ticket in 2012 they are idiots.

[Franks Tanks]

I'm not really liberal, but Sarah seems to be full of it. She was mayor of a town that, she admitted, had no power other than to have meetings and write checks. She was governor and her term was frought with ethics violations. She has all these morals yet couldn't instill them in her kid, but wants to impose them on the rest of the country. And, what else. Oh yeah, she quit her job as governor. She QUIT! She's quit college many times, and even quit that commission prior to being elected governor. She's a professional quitter. Her quittings lead me to believe that she will quit when the Presidency gets too much for her.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going.
That's just my opinion.

I'm a fiscal conservative, and it frightens me that she appears to be the best the GOP has to offer. I was OK with McCain, but Palin scared me worse than Obama/Biden. It might be time to go after Ron Paul if he's still interested in 2012. I'm going to stop straddling the fence and just go full independent if Palin remains the frontrunner in '12.

My thoughts exactly.

We need a guy who understands true fiscal conservatism. Steve Forbes has great ideas, but no way he gets elected.

[Appaholic]

I'm not really liberal, but Sarah seems to be full of it. She was mayor of a town that, she admitted, had no power other than to have meetings and write checks. She was governor and her term was frought with ethics violations. She has all these morals yet couldn't instill them in her kid, but wants to impose them on the rest of the country. And, what else. Oh yeah, she quit her job as governor. She QUIT! She's quit college many times, and even quit that commission prior to being elected governor. She's a professional quitter. Her quittings lead me to believe that she will quit when the Presidency gets too much for her.

When the going gets tough, Sarah gets going.
That's just my opinion.

I'm a fiscal conservative, and it frightens me that she appears to be the best the GOP has to offer. I was OK with McCain, but Palin scared me worse than Obama/Biden. It might be time to go after Ron Paul if he's still interested in 2012. I'm going to stop straddling the fence and just go full independent if Palin remains the frontrunner in '12.

Nailed it....

But to answer C-Man's question, liberals hate Palin because she is Republican. The more pertinent question, & one she needs to be concerned with, is why so many moderates (fiscally conservative, socially progressive) factions of the Republican & Independents (like ASUG8, FranksTanks, AZ, myself) can't stand her....were the ones that are going to decide the next election....

[AZGrizFan]

1- Palin is just plain stupid. The lady has a low IQ and no intillectual curiosity.

I'm not normally one to wordsmith, Tanks, but I do have to laugh when someone criticizes someone else for being "stupid", then misspells a word like intellectual in the same paragraph.

[mainejeff]

Moderates won't vote for a clown, and Palin is a clown.

[mainejeff]

You posted as I was typing, as you can see, I agree 100%.

Agreed. Palin is the conservative John Kerry/Michael Dukakis. If THAT'S what we put up against Obama in 2012, we get exactly what we deserve.

Have your party put up a fiscal conservative that is strong on national defense, immigration control (not only from Mexico!!!), and not married to the religious/social conservatives and i will gladly vote for him/her.

[DJH]

IMO liberals hate Palin because she is everything that they would want in a candidate and they feel threatened by her. She is a strong, opinionated woman with a lot of celebrity. And we know how important celebrity is to liberals.

[mainejeff]

IMO liberals hate Palin because she is everything that they would want in a candidate and they feel threatened by her. She is a strong, opinionated woman with a lot of celebrity. And we know how important celebrity is to liberals.

[DJH]

IMO liberals hate Palin because she is everything that they would want in a candidate and they feel threatened by her. She is a strong, opinionated woman with a lot of celebrity. And we know how important celebrity is to liberals.

[Franks Tanks]

1- Palin is just plain stupid. The lady has a low IQ and no intillectual curiosity.

I'm not normally one to wordsmith, Tanks, but I do have to laugh when someone criticizes someone else for being "stupid", then misspells a word like intellectual in the same paragraph.

I knew it was spelled wrong, just didnt feel like fixing it.

[Ivytalk]

Agreed. Palin is the conservative John Kerry/Michael Dukakis. If THAT'S what we put up against Obama in 2012, we get exactly what we deserve.

Have your party put up a fiscal conservative that is strong on national defense, immigration control (not only from Mexico!!!), and not married to the religious/social conservatives and i will gladly vote for him/her.

Could it be... I actually agree with mainejeff on something besides caffeine?

Actually, if Sarah is being compared to a bag of hammers, fairness dictates that Joe Biden's intellect be likened to a box of rocks.