Palin Pride and Prejudice
Palin using gender and racial undercurrents to divide America for political gain...
"Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country," Palin told a group of donors in Englewood, Colo. A deliberate attempt to smear Obama, McCain's ticket-mate echoed the line at three separate events Saturday.
"This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America," she said. "We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism."
At a rally in California, Gov. Sarah Palin offered up a rather shallow argument for supporting the Republican ticket. "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women," the Alaska Governor said.
Palin is no position to know what being American is in absolute terms. There is so much diversity in America to imply that she has a corner on that market is beyond reason and runs into prejudice and propaganda. Dividing Americans on gender and race is what she is doing to get her and McCain into power. It is pathetic and if they win on this type of platform it will be a disgrace to this country. How does Palin see America? No diversity? A perfect history with no slavery? America is not limited to a white christianist who lives in a small town. Only her perspective and experience is American? Look at the history of America where some of the main founders like Jefferson, Madison, Paine and Franklin were agnostic or diest. Is Palin aware of this? Are they not American to not believe and think like Palin? Jefferson and Adams traveled much in their lives, France included...should they be disqualified for that?
Thomas Paine the soldier scribe of America would not be accepted by the narrow faction that Palin represents neither Jefferson, Franklin, or Madison. None of these founders were christianists or isolationists and they were well traveled around the globe. Palin cannot relate to the present diversity of America nor its actual past.
This "I am America and you are not" is shallow and should not be respected even in the dirty game of politics.
This is the kind of prejudice that Obama has to contend with in this election...
Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, conservative columnist Peggy Noonan said that the "populist" tactics being deployed by Sarah Palin was "not helpful to the country" and painted her candidacy as built on class warfare.
"She is a natural," said Noonan, "But I will tell you, I feel increased concern about... what she thinks of as populism, as her populist approach. There are two ways, you know, her stuff about, 'I'm main street, you are the elite, I'm Joe six-pack.' She actually says 'I'm the Joe six-pack candidate.' This has me thinking, gosh, would Lincoln say 'I represent the backwoods type?'Would FDR say, 'the New York aristocracy deserves another moment in the sun, vote for me?' There's something weird about it. But there is also something, for me, concerning. Populism as a tactic is justified often in politics. 'I need this program, the people want it.' Populism as a strategy, 'we're the good guys, you're the bad guys,' is not good. And if that's the road they are going, that's not a good road to be on. It is not helpful to the country."
"Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country," Palin told a group of donors in Englewood, Colo. A deliberate attempt to smear Obama, McCain's ticket-mate echoed the line at three separate events Saturday.
"This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America," she said. "We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism."
At a rally in California, Gov. Sarah Palin offered up a rather shallow argument for supporting the Republican ticket. "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women," the Alaska Governor said.
Palin is no position to know what being American is in absolute terms. There is so much diversity in America to imply that she has a corner on that market is beyond reason and runs into prejudice and propaganda. Dividing Americans on gender and race is what she is doing to get her and McCain into power. It is pathetic and if they win on this type of platform it will be a disgrace to this country. How does Palin see America? No diversity? A perfect history with no slavery? America is not limited to a white christianist who lives in a small town. Only her perspective and experience is American? Look at the history of America where some of the main founders like Jefferson, Madison, Paine and Franklin were agnostic or diest. Is Palin aware of this? Are they not American to not believe and think like Palin? Jefferson and Adams traveled much in their lives, France included...should they be disqualified for that?
Thomas Paine the soldier scribe of America would not be accepted by the narrow faction that Palin represents neither Jefferson, Franklin, or Madison. None of these founders were christianists or isolationists and they were well traveled around the globe. Palin cannot relate to the present diversity of America nor its actual past.
This "I am America and you are not" is shallow and should not be respected even in the dirty game of politics.
This is the kind of prejudice that Obama has to contend with in this election...
Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, conservative columnist Peggy Noonan said that the "populist" tactics being deployed by Sarah Palin was "not helpful to the country" and painted her candidacy as built on class warfare.
"She is a natural," said Noonan, "But I will tell you, I feel increased concern about... what she thinks of as populism, as her populist approach. There are two ways, you know, her stuff about, 'I'm main street, you are the elite, I'm Joe six-pack.' She actually says 'I'm the Joe six-pack candidate.' This has me thinking, gosh, would Lincoln say 'I represent the backwoods type?'Would FDR say, 'the New York aristocracy deserves another moment in the sun, vote for me?' There's something weird about it. But there is also something, for me, concerning. Populism as a tactic is justified often in politics. 'I need this program, the people want it.' Populism as a strategy, 'we're the good guys, you're the bad guys,' is not good. And if that's the road they are going, that's not a good road to be on. It is not helpful to the country."
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