Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

You and JoeRedskins are right. I guess there is some of that tone in my posts and I apologize. It's hard when you see people blinded by stuff that corporate media spews(all types) and they keep doing the same things and voting the same way over and over and over again hoping for different results. I think the two party system is a sham at this point. Neither one of the group is going to fix our country.

No fair though, that comment about Bachman was true though. Come on man, anybody pulling for her or Palin are about as dumb as they come. My parents are Republicans and they even agree....lol

Fair enough. Apology accepted.

As to Palin, I agree - she just sounds like a moron most of the time. That said, those who discount her appeal or who credit it simply to morons attracting morons are,IMO, missing the point. At its essence, the support for Palin and her ilk comes from those disaffected by the intellectual arrogance of many on the left - the concept that "the government" is (or should be) an entity separate from the governed and the people w/in it know what's best for everyone else. I may be way off but, in many ways, just as Bush seemed to denigrate the role of the govt., it seems many on the left see it as the cure-all.

I know their will be vociforous denials and claims of countervailing arrogance from the right. I agree and, in fact, think Palin is the polar opposite of "intellectual" arrogance. To me, she is the "you don't need to be smart or highly educated to provide good govt." candidate. To some degree, she is right. Unfortunately, it comes across more like "We don't want no 'smart' people in government."

For all the moronic statements Palin makes (and there are many), underlying them is the concept government should be of and by the people. This rings true to a lot of people.

Oh yeah, ... And everyone should have guns.