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Originally Posted by Deckard
I agree with you Sean that Palin probably even lacks the ability of introspection in that sense. I still feel uncomfortable 'hounding' a relatively wet-behind-the-ears (ex-)candidate, but it truly beggars belief how moronic this one turned out to be.
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i think it's okay to hound an inexperienced candidate when that inexperienced candidate is willing to put her quest for power above the welfare of the nation she intends to represent in the second highest office in the land. her machiavellian attempts to bypass the necessary experience one should gain before striving for that seat of power leave her totally open to whatever valid criticism you can lob her way, regardless of how harsh it may be.
she knows she's inexperienced. she knows she's sneaking in the back door of a club she would never be admitted to otherwise. she deserves to be raked over the coals for her actions.
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Originally Posted by Deckard
I honestly have to wonder if Republican strategists deliberately chose the most foolish, dimwitted female candidate they could possibly find as a way of sticking two fingers up to the prospect of breaking through the glass ceiling and womens representation in politics generally. The whole thing almost seems like a tasteless joke by them.
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i honestly think the republican strategists thought they would get away with it. the modern republican party is marked by one distinct quality: hubris. i think they knew they were trying to pull an eliza doolittle here and pass off a mealy-mouthed backwater hillbilly as a seasoned statesman. they were overconfident in their ability to use spin and the social psychology of party-wide victimization to manipulate the public into believing the illusion they were trying to create.
and i honestly think they had no idea that she would be too headstrong and arrogant to submit to their image control. not to mention that after this many years of republican style-over-substance shenanigans the public has gotten suspicious of their spin.