Comments on: Cool Mom Poll Results: You Know Your Country!

By: kendall

kendall — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:14:39 +0000

I do think, though, that she embodies what the GOP looks for in a nomine, which is style over substance. And that has been my major problem with that party…….I thought that about Reagan as well, but the GOP remembers him as one of the greats and will spontaneously orgasm at the mere mention of his name. My memory of that era was high inflation, and housing out of reach for the average family. Plus there was a major study that just came out (forget from where) that more Americans prosper under a Democratic president……heres hoping that holds true now!!!!

By: Beth in SF

Beth in SF — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:02:59 +0000

I agree with both of you–with Lisa because Palin was so very much not qualified to be the Vice President of the United States of America. She knew less about current events, geography and the democratic process than I do, and I don’t know that much. I also agree with Daphne though because I think that blaming the Republicans’ failure on her is going too far. There are a lot of things wrong with that party, and how they handled things over the past 8 years which is why I think Obama won by such a large margin. Palin didn’t help things for them, but she surely was not the only cause of their downfall.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:28:53 +0000

But, don’t you think it’s harsh that McCain’s people are unloading on her on a variety of petty stuff. As if she is the reason for their undoing…she was with the campaign for 6 weeks. Bush had 8 years and McCain had a few of his own.

I think the the clothes scandal was really stupid. if there is a bailout for banks, why not Neiman Marcus?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:00:35 +0000

As always, enjoy the blogs — but I have to disagree about Palin (and the idea that women unload on women disproproportionately). The woman is an uninformed, power-hungry, mean-spirited (watch her RNC speech again sometime), manipulative, spectacularly unqualified for public office, hubristic, POW (piece of work). As a woman, I feel especially protective of the image women project, on a national level, and think she represented a dangerous threat to women and their individual rights. In contrast, I have almost never had much negative to say about Hilary — because good bad or otherwise, all possible faults in evidence, she is an intelligent woman of substance. Palin is a joke by comparison, and on a standalone basis. If she didn’t want the scrutiny, perhaps she should have stayed in Wasilla.

Sorry to get bitter on you, but I utterly resent her nomination — and the GOP party’s cynicism in doing so. More than anything, Obama’s election represents their failure on that front and means the most to me, I think, for demonstrating that the American people are not as stupid as the GOP thought.