Her name will become synonymous with the anti-intellectual, intolerant, theocratic, base of the former GOP. She will be the candidate of choice for those who do not read, those who still look under their beds for communists at night, those who wish to limit the freedoms that most of America wants. — James from Chuckey, Tennessee.
Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger — a Republican and supporter of John McCain — told national public radio yesterday that Alaska governor Sarah Palin is not prepared to take over the job of President if she had to. He said, ‘I devoutly hope that [she] would never be tested.‘
But the fact is that if some people in the Republican Party get their way, she could be tested one day. Should John McCain lose the race for the White House, you can bet your last dollar this moose huntin’, gun totin’, pro-life hockey mom will not fade from the political spotlight. She’s a huge hit with a group of social conservatives who embrace her values and see her as a fresh face for a divided partyâ?¦ to them, a 2012 Palin run for President may be on the horizon.
Jack Cafferty: Palin a mistake?
But a lot of other people feel quite differently. Sarah Palin quickly became a national joke for her lack of experience, failure to grasp the issues and inability to handle herself with the media — especially those awful interviews she did with Katie Couric. Recently she’s gone off script and off message on the campaign, angering several of McCain ’s campaign advisers. She’s been called everything from a ‘diva’ to a ‘whack job,’ and yet through it all she remains remarkably unphased.
In an interview this week on ABC’s 20-20, Palin said, ‘I’m not doin’ this for naught.‘ Yet another pithy utterance.
Here’s my question to you: If John McCain loses, what’s next for Sarah Palin?
Some Answers:
Anne from Seattle, Washington writes: With that pushy personality, we will unfortunately see more of her. I won’t be watching though. And if the Republicans see her as part of their future, I see the U.S. as a one party system. My wish is that she’d spend her life gazing at Russia quietly, very quietly.
Sherry from Pennsylvania writes: She will go back to Alaska, a state that we in the lower 48 should stop casting such a dim view on, and she will continue to govern the energy rich state, be herself, and a mom. There is no job in the world more important than being a good parent. I wish everyone would give her a break and stop demonizing her.
Dennis from Cleveland, Ohio writes: Hopefully, obscurity!
James from Chuckey, Tennessee writes: Her name will become synonymous with the anti-intellectual, intolerant, theocratic, base of the former GOP. She will be the candidate of choice for those who do not read, those who still look under their beds for communists at night, those who wish to limit the freedoms that most of America wants. She will hopefully be required to repay the state of Alaska for flying her family around as if they were royalty.
Roy from Chicago writes: With her comedic delivery, she is well suited to situation comedies. How about ‘Third Rock from Russia’? Political mother of pregnant teenager with snowmobiling husband deals with the trials and tribulations of Alaskan life in the midst of a hilarious impeachment!
Jeff writes: What’s next for Princess Palin? Nothing.
Toni writes: She and Joe the Plumber can hook up and get a reality TV show on MTV.
Race is arguably the biggest issue in this election, and it’s one that nobody’s talking about. If Barack Obama loses this election, it will not be because of John McCain’s superior “political pedigree” but just plain old White-Racism.
McCain is a hopeless candidate — a sleazy, lying opportunist, worse than Bob Dole.
He is a tired, old and archaic relic of the bitter past of Jim Crow racism.
Teaming him up with an unqualified “moose hunter” is the biggest joke since Indiana’s Dan Quayle. The Palin pick clearly reflects McCain’s gambling tendencies a.k.a “Maverickism” — something he might resort to in a crisis, if elected president.
Selecting Sarah Palin, another opportunist “dimwit” and an anti-intellectual, who attended five colleges before graduating, is an alarming dis-regard for America — after eight years of another anti-intellectual idiot named Bush.
The job of president of the United States requires top-of-the-line smarts, and not “arrogant puppetry” propped up with “beauty queen” shallowness.
McCain is a grumpy old belligerent man who thinks he knows it all, and that America owes him something because the VietCong broke his arms, legs and nearly castrated him during the Vietnam War.
Yet, in a year when the ReTHUGlicans should be running for the hills, he is consistently polling even with Obama, and in some cases he leads.
Why?
The plain and simple answer is — RACISM. A huge chunk of white America still wallows in excruciating and hysterical racism — steeped in extreme ignorance, and far-right “Biblical Superstition.”
The McCain campaign is the beneficiary of America’s ubiquitous malediction — racism. Racism is McCain’s covert ally; it is his campaign’s secret stealth weapon.
Unlike his predecessors — Nixon, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II — McCain has no need to actively inject race into the presidential campaign. Obama’s skin color does that spontaneously. McCain can afford to take the high road because the low road is well paved with our nation’s tarnished racial history, a history which for too many people is insuperable.
Hillary Clinton’s “Hard Working” a.k.a RACIST Whites who would rather vote
for McCain than Obama — Usually poorly educated and filled to the throat
with crippling ignorance
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:
The differences between Barack Obama and John McCain couldn’t be more well-defined. Obama wants to change Washington. McCain is a part of Washington and a part of the Bush legacy. Yet the polls remain close. Doesn’t make sense…unless it’s race.
Time magazine’s Michael Grunwald says race is the elephant in the room. He says Barack Obama needs to tread lightly as he fights back against the McCain-Palin campaign attacks.
He writes, “Over the past 18 months, Obama has been attacked as a naive novice, an empty suit, a tax-and-spend liberal, an arugula-grazing élitist and a corrupt ward heeler, but the only attacks that clearly stung him involved the Rev. Jeremiah Wright - attacks that portrayed him as an angry black man under the influence of an even angrier black man.”
The angry black man, he goes on to say, doesn’t have broad appeal in White America. And even though the makeup of our population is changing, whites are still the majority in this country. How ironic that the giant step forward of nominating an African American for president may ultimately keep us mired in the past.
Mr. Cafferty posed this question to his viewers last night: Will Barack Obama’s race cost him the White House?
Some Replies:
Jack, I’m a 60 year old white guy who once was a racist. That was many years ago and I am now a supporter of Obama. Sad to say that there may very well be enough ignorant racists who will prevent this man of vision and inspiration, a true leader, out of the White House. — Terry, Chandler AZ
Probably. If he were white and Palin was a man (with the same resume) the democrats would be a shoe-in. My dad is the perfect litmus test of American politics; he’s always voted the candidate, not the party, but he now says he’d vote for a corpse before he’d vote for Obama, simply due to his race. He’s my dad, I love him, but there you go… — Kenny in Va.
No his race is not a factor but his color is, he’s as red as Joseph Stalin — Sarah, indiana
Yes, Jack- If Obama doesn’t win the “White” House, it’s because he’s a “Black” man. With the Economy falling apart and the American people are loosing jobs along with other crisis, and if the American people put their trust back in the Republicans hands again, yes, it will be because of race. Ask the people of VA. — Bit, Alabama
It grieves me deeply to say this, but I do believe it will cost him the White House. People too ashamed to say it to your face will vote their prejudices in the privacy of the voting booth. — Judi Goldsmith, Lenox, MA
Obama’s race won’t cost him the election if enough first-time voters, young people and newly registered voters come out to vote on November 4th. I believe it could effectively counter balance the racist voters (new demographic for pundits to punt around). But if these people stay home, or are denied their right to vote because of home forclosures - we’re in trouble. — Christie, Michigan
Hopefully not, but a definite maybe. The USA is NOW at a major ideological multicultural crossroad. Will we move forward to a new reinvigorated redefined America or live the glory and prejudices of the Past? The real choice, however, is who will structure itself to be the leader of the 21st Century…USA or China? Don’t answer too quickly….nothing is certain. — George Smith, Dallas, TX
Sad to say it is….younger people are not interested in a person’s skin color but many older people are stuck in racism..interesting that he is half white and we do not hear much about that influencing voters…dont you think that is strange? — Annie Kraft, Naples FL
With everything the “RepulsiveCan’ts” have done to working people and the middle class in this country the last 8 years, IF Obama was to lose I would think his race would be THE major factor. — Billy G in Las Vegas
There can be no doubt it. Unless a lot of voters are lying and vote different than they say they will. As much as they want change I believe a lot of whites will not vote rather than vote for a black man. America has a long way to go in actually accepting the fact that there are good, decent, smart, hard working Blacks in every community in America. I’m a white, southern live and let live redneck that cannot stand to see what Bush and Co. have done to our future generations. How anyone with half a brain could let race prevent getting change to DC is beyond me. By the way, Jack I agree with you. McCain looks like some fool just off the turnip truck. — Bill Howell, Jackson, TN
2.Closet Racists May Cost Obama The Race — AP-Yahoo Study — Analysts have long presumed that racism was underreported, as some who factor race into their vote would not be willing to admit that prejudice to pollsters. AP’s study, which tries to find these closet racists, as it were, by comparing more loosely associated racial attitudes to…[Read More]
