Cupp: Liberals fear Palin because she's "authentic" and "The whole point of liberalism is to pull the wool over your eyes"
November 20, 2009 9:12 pm ET
From the November 20 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
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Sorry.
My point is that as long as the talking heads on Fox and AM radio keep pushing the notion that we progressives fear Sarah Palin, we win.
The Palin stuff is just entertainment, it has nothing to do with Democratic success. Your success will be determined by how you govern.
Also Kerry was for the Iraq war so there wasn't a big difference there between the two and the economy didn't really start tanking until after 2004.
The public caught up to the bad decisions by the 2006 midterms.
The Republican party continues to scare moderate voters with their intractability and their willingness to embrace far right factions in the party. Social conservatives - those who seek to enforce their "Christian" values on the population - are slipping from the mainstream. As long as the Republicans continue to fear the far right, kowtowing to them at every turn, Democrats should be able to pull a good many moderate votes.
It isn't a clear path, and it may be difficult for incumbents of both parties, but Republicans will hold a distinct disadvantage if they allow their "bi tent" to continue to shrink.
In addition, with the census approaching and fewer than 20% of Americans willing to identify as Republicans, re-districting could actually shrink the GOP even more. They are in danger of becoming a regional party by 2016.
I agree that the party that appears more moderate will probably win. A majority of people want governing from the center. Clinton did that, I believe that Obama will be reelected in 2012 because he is mainly in the center and he has great comunication skills. I don't see a Republican out there that could beat him at this time.
The backlash of the bad economy and no jobs will likely hit the Congress if things don't turn around soon.
As the Republican Party loses moderates to the Democratic Party, progressives become a smaller faction of the Party. People may be changing parties but they don't change their personal ideology that much. The Democratic Party will naturally want to hold these new voters by becoming more centrist which is fine by me. Whichever party occupies the center is the one I will vote for.
That is why I put it into quotation marks - true Christian values are a positive thing. The Right has hammered Christianity to fit their world view. All life is sacred (unless it is a Muslim, or a murderer, or an innocent baby conceived through rape or incest)...these types of convenient moralities that we see consistently with the Right.
It's one thing to say you don't fear Palin as being a threat to be President; it's quite another to claim she won't be some kind of influence that could be quite positive for the Republican party. But it's absurd to claim liberals don't fear her. Just the number of times she's discussed on this website is a testament to that.
Hm, she was "some kind of influence" in the NY-23 race, after publicly backing the Con candidate -- but apparently not a good one, as the district was won by a Dem {for the first time since the Grant Administration} . . .
LOL -- once again, wingnuts confuse simple amusement with "fear."
Someday, I'd love for one of Sarah's wingnut followers to explain why I'm supposed to "fear" someone who
- couldn't handle being mayor of a town of 5,000 people herself and had to hire a city manager
- ran that same town from zero to $20+ million into debt
- got SMOKED in her lone national campaign for high political office by a nearly 3-1 electoral vote margin and 7+ million popular votes
- resigned her only statewide executive office experience mid-term amidst a slew of ethics violation accusations
Really, someone's gotta explain that . . .
I ask that question, and if I get an answer, it's usually based on her being an influence or a viable candidate. Which is a scary thought to anybody who cares about the country.
The funniest part (and, yeah, it's amusement, not fear, as Palin's popularity seems to decline with every day of exposure) is that the only thing that could make that "fear" real is the possibility of there being enough very stupid Americans to make Palin relevant.
Typical exchange here:
-MMFA item illustrating Palin's incompetence and/or dishonesty, or her fans' ignorance.
- Librul poster : Boy, Palin and her fans sure are morons.
Palin fan: Yeah, but there are a lot of us, so you better be scared!
They're threatening us with teh stoopid.
LOL, Col.; reminds me of the old expression: "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" . . .
Thing is, are they REALLY that large? I realize they're vocal, but merely being loud doesn't necessarily equate to large numbers, as the twenty percenters who were loyal to Dumbya at the end of his reign amply demonstrated . . .
Some of them are pretty large, but that comes with the sitting around watching Fox and eating donuts all day. But there aren't as many of them as they think there are. That's part of the stupid.
They're not very good at math, and if they have a rally with a small fraction of the average crowd for a baseball game, they think they're a majority of Americans.
It's time for a return of the Misery Index. I wonder if the dutiful water boys at the MSM and CNN/MSNBC will start a running report?
Anyone care to translate the above into English from wingnut babble?
All politics is local!
Even though it was "them" that cast the votes.
The wingnut world of fantasy and delusion . . .
But she will be a factor. Her presence will drive every other candidate to the right.
Or maybe we shouldn't underestimate the Bush electorate's ability to bring out the vote. Crap.
And now in the news from Reality......
You may enjoy getting your frustrations out, but remember people you need on your side in 2010 and 2012 are listening to your tone ...
An authentic quitter . . .
All three are arguing to agree with each other.
Who can he be catering to?
Today, I was mostly amused...
Angry supporters boo Palin for leaving in the middle of her book signing: 'Quittin' on the job!'
Coming from somone who thinks GWB policies kept us safe. LOL! Cupp is a joke who would get destroyed if she debated a real conservative or progressive/liberal.
Psst. She stated on a C-Span interview that she likes living in a all liberal area and she an Atheist.
I have the feeling that She would not make it at all. I think the American people would see through her.
I watched this dumb bimbo on Larry King try and go up against Stephanie Miller a few nights ago... what a joke this lady is!
Mrs. Cupp is like Sarah Palin, only not as dangerous, but just as worthless!
You have it wrong again Sean. Liberal women have never been "out of bounds". You can criticize them all you want. The only problems we have are when you guys say stuff about Pelosi doing everything but selling her body to pass something , all the botox in her face, or that her face is like a reptile.
The only person that is out of bound to you, in your little world, is Palin. You're only allowed to suck up to her 24/7 and give her softball questions during interviews like "What is your favorite color?".
By the way, great job on not pointing out that she bailed on her book signing crowd. Yet another example of something that she's quit on!
Yesterday afternoon Michele Malkin was on Hannity. She and Hannity were talking about the pictures of Sarah Palin in Newsweek, and how they cheapened the image of the former Governor.
Malkin specifically cited "page 32" in the Newsweek article of a picture of a doll representing Palin dressed up as a Catholic school girl - buttoned up shirt, tie, glasses etc. Malkin called the "sexualzation" of Palin
Remember Ms. Cupp's dress up from a few days ago:?
In other words, Sarah Palin is authentic, as in she’s a real human being, not an alien lizard disguised as a human being. I think.
Randy
Alaska has a very short history as a State, most of the growth happened during the development of the Trans Alaska Pipeline and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. Oil still drives the economy in Alaska and employs the highest percentage of workers, followed by commercial fishing, tourism, etc. Without the Oil Industry Alaska would experience a collapse of their economy. In this case Industry has a made profound difference in peoples standard of living. Alaska has one of the best education systems in our country, even the remote villages have their own high schools all paid for using oil royality monies.
I think that Sarah believes this model could be expanded througout our whole country to pump up our economy - Hence Drill Here Drill Now!! She does have her supporters in industry regardless of her personality. I don't think we can pass her off just quite yet, just depends on what happens in the economy. If things start to turn around in the job market her chances diminish - if they don't she will gain more and more supporters as people get desperate for work, that's reality.
Let's hope the alternative energy market or manufacturing picks up soon, we cannot rely on oil forever.
Waaah!
Republicans are masters at deception, how else can you justify Bush got elected or we let him stay in office for 8 years?
Sometimes I feel we are just pawns in someones chess game. All the outlandish accusations being made now by the Republican Party serve several purposes - to avert attention from past administration accusations to accusations made against this administration (this buys them time and refocuses what the nation is talking about), and last but definitely not least is the response they receive from posts like MMFA. They evaluate our responses to their actions and use this information to fine tune their strategies - kind of like having a perpetual poll without having to pay for it.