What’s “unhealthy about it”?

Damn, Barry….how’s that obama chump working for out for you? Did you have any reservations about someone LESS qualified than Sarah Palin prior to Nov.08??

And, your condemning Palin supporters for being, uh…supportive?

Many on the left hate her because they can’t stand her choices, and so she holds up a mirror to the notion of feminism being about choice. She has chosen differently from the northeast liberal intelligentsia. That makes them indignant, since she didn’t make the choices they have decreed are the only worthy choices. Camille Paglia explains quite clearly why Palin is vilified.

I do think the hero worship is partly a reaction to the attacks. Some of that is understandable. But to date she is no Reagan, a candidate who spent 2 terms as governor and had written and lectured on all of the policy matters of the day. Yes, Reagan was belittled by the same liberal pseudo-intellectuals. But that does not make them equivalent in all other important respects, and it sounds as if many of her supporters want to lump them together..

It is not basic support of Palin that I’m pointing to. Rather it is the over-the-top stuff about how brilliant her resignation was as strategy, and how she’s out-thinking everyone, and she plays by different rules, etc. and the bad-mouthing of McCain. It is the “untouchable” quality that too many of her supporters espouse. Criticize her, and you can be called a turncoat or whatnot. It has a similar feel as Ron Paul supporters. I appreciate her positions on taxes, defense policy, free speech, etc. I have significant reservations about what it would be like for her to govern.

The ONLY way to vote against someone effectively is to vote FOR the opposing candidate most likely to win.

In other words, if you didn’t vote for Mcain, you voted for Obama. If you’re at all bothered with his ‘performance’ and didn’t vote FOR Mcain, you have yourself to blame.

I’m ready and willing to throw her and any other candidate or personality under the bus if they are shown to be weak, socialistic, fascistic, sleazy, etc… So far that hasn’t happened with Palin. If it ever does, I’ll cut her loose. Most on the right are like me in that sense. Much more likely to demand more from our candidates than Democrats are.

So far, except for among the ill informed, Palin passes the test of a pretty fair candidate for many of the voting public. Would I like more from her as far as eloquence and ability to squash a bug like Couric is concerned? Yes. But as far as honesty and goals beneficial to the US — she fits the bill at this time. And that’s better than most politicians out there. Why that pisses the left off so much is a question they definitely don’t want answered.

Having said all that, I voted McCain for numerous reasons, especially considering the competition. I was afraid what is happening now (profligate spending, increasing the scope of government, etc.) is what would happen. Even with his flaws, McCain has many virtues and was the better candidate IMO. The operative word being “better”.

One of the things that bothers me about the Palin phenomenon isn’t Sarah per se, but that too many of her supporters are picking up where Ron Paul supporters left off. The U.S. (or any place else) will not produce perfect candidates. These are all flawed people, who have big egos. The near worship of a political candidate is a sign of something negative in the culture IMHO. Hero worship got us into the current mess with this administration, as far, far too many Obama voters drank Kool-aid. Too many Obama voters didn’t simply go to the polls picking the lesser of two evils or deciding on balance Obama was better. Rather they went into the voting booth like Stepford wives. Palin has strengths and weaknesses. Better that her supporters and detractors see both. Her supporters do her and her potential candidacy no favors by pretending that a bad performance in an interview was really a wonderful and subversive performance.