palin: tabloid-magazine cover girl who climbed out of her igloo
By American Girl in Italy on January 25, 2010 at 11:00 AM in Current Affairs
You have got to read this essay:
Why I Regret Voting For President Obama
By Jill Dorson
I am a registered Independent. I voted for Barack Obama. And for that, I am sorry.
I’m not sorry for you. I’m sorry for me. Because I voted for Obama for me, not for you. I voted for hope and change and all the intangibles that Obama was peddling in the wake of the financial crisis, Sarah Palin, Sept. 11 and all the other ills that shook our country in the last decade. I wanted something new. Something different. What I got was, I suppose, exactly what I voted for – a spin doctor. And not a very good one at that.
Before John McCain unwittingly picked a tabloid-magazine cover girl for his running mate, I was leaning toward going Republican this time around. I did the second time Bush was on the ballot and I very nearly did the first time, too. But as soon as Palin climbed out of her igloo and onto the national scene, well, there was no turning back for me.
You see, I felt my choice was to risk McCain dropping dead and letting the world’s most well-known hockey mom run this country, or to believe that Obama would surround himself with educated people and that he was smart enough to take their advice.
She was duped by *The One*, ignored all of the evidence that Obama was lacking in experience, but believed because he was a man, he would surround himself with smart people, and she just couldn’t vote for *a cover girl who crawled out of an igloo*….?
Seven years later, I am ashamed to say that I was blinded by charisma. Obama was so convincing that I stopped caring about what he knew and started getting caught up in the euphoria. Imagine having a president who came from a broken home, who had money troubles, who did grass-roots community service? A young father. The first black president. It pains me to admit I got caught up in the hoopla.
Bamboozled by this empty suit, spin doctor con-man, and yet she has the nerve to insult and attack Palin’s intelligence? If she wants to name call, and insult someone, she might want to look in the mirror.
It was clear after just 90 days what a mistake I’d made. My taxes have gone up and my quality of life has gone down. Hope has given way to disgust and I see now that change is simply a euphemism for “big government.”
Like many others, my view is narrow. I vote for the candidate I think will be best for me. I often define myself as a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. But above all, I want to feel safe and I don’t want to feel that I am being ripped off. I want a president who inspires me and cares about my contribution to the fabric of the country. I want a president with experience and savvy, a Commander in Chief who puts our country and its citizens first.
I only hope the Republicans can find him the next time around.”
You can read the entire piece here.
Not only is she the newest member in Obamaniacs Anonymous, but she is a full on misogynistic sexist bigot suffering from Palin derangement syndrome. And the readers at Real Clear Politics didn’t like it, one bit.
What I find most shocking though, are the comments. We have seen Obots in action before. We have seen Palin derangement syndrome before. But, I have never seen such a backlash before. You really have to read the entire essay, and the comments. There is nothing I could add that wasn’t said in the comments. Here is just a small sample:
“Yeah, best not to vote for someone [Palin] who has a proven track record of balancing a budget, creating actual energy jobs, etc. Marxist community organizer with no apparent background is the “safe” bet. Take your @#$%& apology and get outta here fool!”
“So you voted for Obama because McCain picked Sarah Palin – bright! Did your libral mindset ever consider that Biden is an idiot and has been so for the past 50 years??? That Biden was one step away from the presidency? Noooooooo, you were so caught up in the SNL portrait of Palin that you were blinded by all the “great” accomplishments Obama had completed in his 150 days in the Senate. Total – none! Fools like you gave us Obama and I’m glad you’re sorry but that doesn’t resolve the fact that you and other far-left elitists have forever transformed this country the greatest experiment in freedom into a socialists mecca. Don’t write anymore; you make me want to stop reading.”
“You wrote: “I voted for the candidate who would be best for me.”
Try changing your perspective next time and voting for the candidate who will be best for your children, your grandchildren and your country. That perspective might help you see more clearly. As for your Palin-phobia, those of us who aren’t so hung up on having a Harvard intellectual in charge of our country realized that core values count a lot more than where you went to school or how supposedly intelligent you are. Do you think it’s possible that Sarah Palin would have palled around with Bill Ayres, or gotten her religious instruction from the likes of Rev. Wright? Doesn’t that matter? Apparently not, because you say you voted for the one who did. Grow up before you vote next time and try basing your decision on more than “what’s best for me.” And, if you’re still befuddled, just sit the next one out.”
“The writer is so enamored of the Ivy League crowd that she forgets these are the same Harvard and Yale crowd that have us 12 trillion in debt and have created complicated scheme to game the system and rape he middle class. Did she ever think we might be better off with a community college grad who can balance a checkbook?”
“If you are seeking forgiveness from those of us who voted with our head and not our heart — who saw Obama for what he is, an empty suit, — well sorry. I am too busy trying to keep my small business afloat to worry about your conscience.”
“…as Palin climbed out of her igloo ” A woman. A woman politician. A woman Governor. A woman who took on good ol’ boys (corrupt good ol’ boys), and FROM HER OWN PARTY no less – becomes a Vice Presidential Candidate – draws thousands to see her – “climbs out of her igloo”. Jill, you’re dripping all over. Quit while you’re behind.”
“You were not only blinded by a dishonest sales pitch but I think you need to step back from the mainstream media altogether because you apparently buy everything they tell you — hook, line, and sinker. Try doing your own investigations. Have you ever actually looked at Sarah Palin’s record in Alaska or how she actually ran for governor and performed in office. I presume you are believe her 80% plus approval rating (before being picked, she was the most popular governor in the country) was because all Alaskans are inbred morons who couldn’t tell, like the Northeast media establishment, that she was an idiot. I also presume you can’t name a single one of her accomplishments as governor. Maybe she’s not Mensa material, but it’s been my experience that anyone who dismisses her the way you did really knows nothing about her but propaganda. Go find and read the editorial “Misfire at Palin: Associated Press story offers skewed picture of gas line work” at the Anchorage Daily News, a paper that didn’t endorse her, for a good indication of just how biased and dishonest the coverage from the Associated Press and other “news” organizations has been.”
“Wow – great comments, people. Maybe she’ll finally figure out that since she totally misjudged Obama, she also misjudged Sarah. Or maybe not.”
“You started out with regret over voting for Obama and turned it into a hit piece on Palin. Unlike the president you and so many of my fellow citizens so foolishly voted for, Sarah Palin is a fiscal conservative much as you profess to be. Its a sad day when supposedly intelligent people allow MSNBC and the NY Times substitute for their own thought process.”
‘Not only wrong about Obama, but wrong wrong wrong about Sarah Palin–AND yet you still bash her with your liberal ignorance. I don’t feel sorry for the likes of you–people who voted for the “Obamessiah” got exactly what they deserved…unfortunately, the rest of the country had to suffer for YOUR screwup as well!! Massachusetts is just the beginning. This is the year America gets back on the right path, the one the Founding Fathers created, and paid for with their lives, many of them.”
“I agree on most every point except I did not vote for Obama. I looked beyond Palin as a pretty face and looked at her background in her own state as a fiscal conservative not comparing our social views. She gets us small business owners…Obama has no clue. You are right Obama and his advisors have nearly destroyed my small business and I knew the “empty suit” would do nothing for me as we were small enough to sacrifice. I know now for a FACT that he cares diddly squat about the fact that I’m now 10 years from social security and my business is nearly gone after propping it up for the last year with what was left of my savings and 401ks. I feel sorry for me too…that so many others like you bought his snake oil. Who will bail us out?”
“Ms. Dorson, you are myopic and uninformed at best. You completely dismissed a woman who walked in your shoes (small business owner) because you swallowed whole the tripe the media fed you about her. The media can make anybody into who they want them to be…see Tiger Woods. They know the truth and hide it until it’s beneficial to them to make the big reveal…see John Edwards and Harry Reid. Every American should take the time to learn for themselves about the candidates, and not rely on the Evening News to spoon feed them their biased views. Listening to Obama’s pre-presidential campaign speeches and reading his books would have opened your eyes to what was right in front of you. He is no friend to the Middle Class, he is no friend to Small Business, he is no friend to Liberty. He wants to redistribute the wealth and “fundamentally transform” America. And he told you so.”
“Thank you for being honest and sharing your come to Jesus moment. Sadly your animus towards Sarah Palin overshadowed your confession of shear stupidity. Now may be the time to either get back into the sheep pen along with the rest of the intellectual flock or get some lessons on the independent thought process. Sadly for the rest of us you and your ilk voted for a little man in a big suit!”
“So you voted for Obama, yet Palin is the idiot? I hope your wail of self-pity is just a start and Obama ends up like carter. Everyone will be wondering how he got elected since nobody they know voted for him.”
“‘He is smart enough to seek counsel. I’m just outraged at the counsel he’s seeking these days.” Unfortunately, he’s not that smart. How can you be outraged at the counsel he’s seeking these days, when he spent his life in a church with a America hating pastor and was groomed and mentored by a terrorist. These are not new revelations, all of this was known before the election. Who did you think he was going to surround himself with, adults? On the other hand, Palin did have executive experience and REAL accomplishments, but you thought she was Tina Fey. You are QED proof that people who voted for this idiot are too stupid to be voting in public elections, stick with American Idol.”
“Jill, you epitomize so much that has gone wrong with this country: you lack the ability to think and analyze. I’ll bet you can really “feel” though. I’ll bet that you consider yourself “educated” too. I’ll never cease to be amazed by the number of people that could not see through the empty suit, con artist that is Obama. By the way, my children and grandchildren “thank” you for the damage you and your fellow fools have done to their future. Are you smart enough to realize how much you have damaged your own?”
“How interesting that Ms. Dorson disparages Governor Sarah Palin as nothing more than a “cover girl” while bemoaning the loss of the very things Gov. Palin provided for her home state of Alaska – lower taxes, higher employment, small-business friendly environment, etc. Ms. Dorson reminds me of many other liberals who, even when they realize they have been sold a bottle of snake oil, don’t blame it on the snake oil salesman but on the other “fools” who didn’t fall for his scam. I wonder, given Gov. Palin’s remarkable good looks and Ms. Dorson’s obvious bitterness toward the Governor, if there isn’t a liberal amount of jealousy involved in Dorson’s whining diatribe also.”
“”But above all, I want to feel safe and I don’t want to feel that I am being ripped off. I want a president who inspires me and cares about my contribution to the fabric of the country. I want a president with experience and savvy, a Commander in Chief who puts our country and its citizens first.” Too bad you didn’t use this as your criteria when you voted for Obama.”
“For someone stupid enough to vote for Barack Obama, who now realizes how stupid they were, you can’t help but call Sarah Palin stupid? Who did she vote for? So, at least in this one area, she was smarter than you…”
“”I want a president with experience and savvy, a Commander in Chief who puts our country and its citizens first.” That, Ms. Dorson, is and was a more accurate description of Sarah Palin than it was or ever will be of Barack Obama.”
“I hope these comments have shown Jill Dorsen what a misogynist she is. Women are the worst when it comes to other women, especially those who seek out male approval like Dorsen does in this article. The sad thing is that she isn’t even smart enough to realize that men don’t do this. When one of us gets into trouble, the wagons circle. It’s how we preserve power and why women won’t have much of it for a long, long time.”
“Tsk, tsk. Smart enough to think Obama might surround himself with capable people, but not smart enough to think Palin might surround herself with capable people…discrimination or envy?”
And it just keeps going from there. I was stunned. 550+ comments defending Palin and attacking or criticizing Obama. And I couldn’t find one Obamabot in the bunch. (Perhaps the’ve been reassigned to Ellie Light duty?)
We saw a major shift in MA last week, in large party due to the momentum of the tea parties. That momentum grew in part because of the repeated, continuous attacks from the Liberal media – their pompous childish *teabagger* name calling, and dismissive attitudes. It looks to me like the constant Palin bashing has caused a major backlash as well.
I must say, I was quite pleased to see the writer called out repeatedly for her sexism, and bigotry. (There were a few comments that made me wince, but frankly, after an essay like that….).
(By the way, I am reading Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue, and am really enjoying it.)
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