Palin Derangement Syndrome and Those Who Suffer From It

I made the mistake recently of attempting to debate the election with some buddies of mine, lifelong Democrats who, though they were fans of Hillary’s and voted for her, now have been assimilated into the Borg that is Obama. Well, he’s a Democrat, right???

If he’s a Democrat, I’ll pass. Thanks.

And since I registered as an Independent June 7th, the day Hillary suspended, as a protest to the ‘election selection’, I figure I am immune from the “Obama Collective.”

So there I was the other day, invited into a political debate via email, painstakingly composing all sorts of facts, figures and associations of Obama that would certainly give any reasonable person pause.

You know the litany: 130 present votes, 6 wrong votes, reneging on FISA, NAFTA, public financing, women’s rights, don’t ask don’t tell, Iraq, Israel. Bitter Gate. Sweetie Gate. I mention ACORN, the Fannie and Freddie scandal, caucus fraud, Ayers, Dohrn, Wright, Rezko Auchi, Pleger, Meeks, Pritzker, Khalidi, Al Mansour and the piece de resistance, picking the bloviating, endlessly gaffe prone – Joe Biden. Wow, what judgment, Barack!!!!

I send facts and figures together with, I must say, a rather cogent argument.

They counter with: McCain will croak in office within two months and Palin, spawn of the devil, will be President and ship us all back to the stone age.

I send more info. They reply with: lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala, but he’s a Democrat and we need change.

These are educated people. M’kay.

They tell me I am bitter than Hillary didn’t win. They tell me the people who are for McCain/Palin are from red states and are low-information voters. Oy vey!

I remind them that Howard Stern had an adorable little video out the other day interviewing NY Obama supporters who were very approving of the fact that Obama had selected Palin as his VP! Go listen for yourself. High information, indeed.

Boy, it must be nice to be a big city Dem and think you know every damned thing, huh? I sure found out from my 800+ GOTV phone calls for Hillary, speaking to plenty of red state voters of both parties, there are a lot of very interesting and well informed people out there.

So these big city slickers better get off their high horses and stop treating everybody else like “the fly-over people.”

To that end, one of our readers put up a wonderful comment in response to my story re Governor Palin’s great speech on behalf of women in Henderson, NV the other day.

To LJ, we thank you for a great post. Enjoy…

“Thank you No Quarter! It’s not easy being a young, female liberal-turned-conservative in New York City – your posts and your reader community keep me sane. I can’t wait to cast my vote for McCain/Palin ‘08!! I sincerely hope we use the momentum and inspiration of the 2008 campaign to better our country even after Election Day. Like Sarah said, “never again!” Do not forget how we’ve been duped by party politics and how our economy was wrecked by corrupt politicians and their social-engineering programs. We should scrutinize every politician who wants OUR vote the way we have scrutinized McCain and Obama…freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

I’ve been rooting for McCain since the first debate, when he offered insightful, realizable solutions and showed the depth of his foreign policy experience. He inspired me to get out in my community and help where I can (by volunteering mostly). My boyfriend was also a Navy man and served this country. There is something these boys have – honor, respect for “the office, not the man”, love of country, love of service – they don’t complain, they do something about it. McCain may not be right 100% of the time as President (no one is), but from what I have seen, he will lead our country with courage and pragmatism.

As for Governor Palin, I was intrigued by her at first. I didn’t know anything about her so I didn’t pre-judge. I think her personal story is compelling (despite my fancy education, I have a lot of respect for people who worked their way up and are self-made). I think she has demonstrated experience running an executive office and negotiating with powerful interests, like the Alaska legislature and the oil companies. When you actually listen to her on the campaign trail and read the FULL versions of her interviews (not that travesty of an interview done by Charles Gibson in which half of what she said was cut out so she sounded incoherent), she is insightful and pragmatic on many issues. Faced with the Democratic choice of an inexperienced, machine party politician from Chicago, a run-at-the-mouth career politician, and the triple threat of a liberal supermajority in the WH, Congress and the Supreme Court…I am willing to give Sarah a chance.

However, my office has become inflicted with Palin Derangement Syndrome. Every day, they drag in “news” about her SAT scores, about how many colleges she went to, about her “prom queen hair”, about how she has no “family values” because her daughter is pregnant. It’s constant “Harvard good!,” “state school bad!” I don’t want to shatter their delusions and tell them Obama probably got into Harvard due to affirmative action policies and since he won’t release his scores, you don’t know how poorly or well he did (btw – these are the same affirmative action policies the New Yorkers grumble about because it keeps their prep-schooled, Kaplan-tutored kids from getting into their mommy or daddy’s alma mater. Hypocrisy stinks.)

It is sad that the so-called “educated” New Yorkers who pride themselves on how many degrees they have and how many museums they attend in a weekend can only resort to insults, ridicule and their own brand of fear-mongering (“She’s a redneck! She shoots moose! she believes in creationism!”). The women who hate Sarah because she is a conservative are the flag carriers of the “femi-nazi” movement. They think because she thinks differently, she has somehow betrayed women.

I consider myself a strong, independent women who can fight my own battles and I’ll wear heels and lipstick while doing it – thank you very much.

I appreciate the feminists who have made it possible for us to keep breaking the glass ceiling, but these “femi-nazis” would just as readily tear down any woman or man who doesn’t fall in line with their agenda. They don’t stand up and cry “foul” when those awful shirts about Sarah are worn. They don’t say boo about violence toward women when there is an artist in NYC who has erected a cardboard cutout of Sarah in a gallery and participants can take a SHOTGUN and SHOOT at the cutout.

I am not for stopping their right to act like fools and rabid dogs under the 1st Amendment, but maybe a public condemnation against this exhibit from a WOMEN’S ADVOCACY GROUP might be in order?! Doesn’t this de-sensitize violence against women?! The ACLU brings legal action against Christmas displays and the military’s flag-folding ceremonies…and this behavior doesn’t even get a stern frown or a letter from NOW??!!! They should be called NOW WHAT because they have no idea what to fight for anymore.

The funniest thing is, when I ask these “intellectuals” to debate me on the issues (since I actually KNOW what I am talking about and can give them a run for their money , they don’t bite. It’s easier for them to sit in the warm glow of PDS, feeling oh-so-smart about themselves. Palin Derangement Syndrome is the new Bush Derangement Syndrome.”

Excellent, LJ.

And let us not forget Clinton Derangement Syndrome. Lord knows, we suffered through that one lo these many months. Brave Hillary and her family suffered most of all. How tragic that Hillary opened the door for Sarah Palin to step through, when Hillary, more than anyone, deserved to step through it herself. Hopefully, some years from now, Hillary will.

If McPalin can surmount the Obama Collective’s Money Printing Machine and the MSM, otherwise known as Barack’s personal PR firm, Hillary’s daily flogging may indirectly be an aid to getting them elected. We are now hyper aware and ready to fight back. We will never again be caught off guard.

I am ashamed of men so lacking in self awareness they would vilify a woman, revealing their own insecurity with themselves. Likewise, I am ashamed of women using sexist attacks to degrade yet another woman, not caring that they both degrade and betray themselves, and all of us, in the process.

How gratifying to know that there are high-information voters out there, on both coasts and everywhere in between, who know better than to drink the kool-aid and can think very well for themselves.

More power to you all.