tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134484648120413005.post1929600324577832785..comments2011-11-29T04:11:33.429-08:00Comments on TRUE CONSERVATIVES FOR SARAH PALIN, 2012: ANALYZING A LIBERAL "COMMENT"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134484648120413005.post-21990149568396372942008-11-26T17:51:00.000-08:002008-11-26T17:51:00.000-08:00You're quite welcome. While rhetoric can be an imp...You're quite welcome. While rhetoric can be an important part of strategy for both sides (rhetoric stokes the fires that need to "get lit" beneath the asses of constituents), it's far more important to realize that we must--for the good of the nation--agree to disagree...even if we disagree loudly, at times. There are already too many outside forces that would be quite willing to divide the citizens of the United States. It behooves the citizens themselves to certainly stand by their respective political opinions, while being mindful of the need to pull together in crisis. We're in one. Deep. Much of the ire coming from the right is due to the palpably outrageous levels of dirty attacks heaped upon Palin in every sphere, in comparison with other candidates. It's almost like a bashing, a mob mentality. It's a creepy liberal obsession, and if you don't believe me, just check out the governor on YouTube. I also think that a great many of those bashing Palin (at the street-level) are not even remotely political, themselves, but are irresponsible bandwagon-jumpers, if you will. <BR/><BR/>In any case, what happened to her highlights a potentially catastrophic divisiveness in the nation that is currently being far more exacerbated by the left. Most unfortunate. Elitism has absolutely no place in the fabric of American life, certainly not on such a widespread level--it's a cancer. I think Palin can effect the cure, and if the American left stops to actually ~listen~ to this woman RUN HER OWN campaign in four years, instead of screaming like ninnies, we'll find a great cure for the elitism dogging us in this very perilous hour. Happy Holidays and thanks for your comment.Daniel Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13625251061349174484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134484648120413005.post-16771208087947968672008-11-26T15:15:00.000-08:002008-11-26T15:15:00.000-08:00It's good not to be threatened by liberals. I'm n...It's good not to be threatened by liberals. I'm not threatened by conservatives - I enjoy talking with my conservative friends to see where they're coming from. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I get that it's humor. We (liberals) certainly made Palin the butt of all of our jokes before the election. Some of them were pretty hilarious, but you probably didn't think so, in the same way that I didn't think most Obama humor was that funny. <BR/><BR/>One reason I love how the internet has impacted politics is that it makes your views available to someone like me - I normally wouldn't be on the same mailing lists, etc., so it's just been amazing to read the opposing side's writing this election season. I haven't read anything that would make me stop being a liberal democrat (and I can't imagine I ever would, like you probably wouldn't stop being a conservative), but I know my counterparts are out there - smart, reasonable people who are conservative republicans. I enjoy reading what they have to say. Anyway...thanks for the reasonable response!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134484648120413005.post-69150431447100713762008-11-26T13:00:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:00:00.000-08:00I appreciate the comment and, no, I'm not threaten...I appreciate the comment and, no, I'm not threatened by liberals. On the contrary, I'd likely be considered a person more "threatening" to them. Threats, however, should never be anyone's intention. Too much.<BR/><BR/>It's great that you peruse a variety of sources and seek to maintain a balanced, far more nuanced worldview concerning those who differ from you, politically speaking. Anyone with any sense should have that kind of awareness and, at least, maintain a dignified tolerance for other viewpoints--one that reflects the freedoms of speech, religion, right to bear arms, and so forth, upheld in our Constitution.<BR/><BR/>The reason for the "Analyzing a Liberal Comment" column, however, was rooted in satire. It's humor. Don't read too much (or too little) into it. It has been obvious to me that, during the Presdiential election campaign, liberals (or at least the ones we heard from the ~most~, thanks to the media) were engaging in the most vicious forms of stereotyping and ad hominem attacks possible against Gov. Palin, in particular.<BR/><BR/>I found this hypocrisy to be most unfortunate, but also quite telling, coming as it was from a wing of the American political landscape that prides itself upon extraordinary open-mindedness and tolerance of those who are "different." Right. <BR/><BR/>In any event, the column was written as a satirical reflection of that promulgated hypocrisy, but also (clearly, though in a lesser sense) as a means of scathing rebuttal.<BR/><BR/>Come, come! It should go without saying that I realize that not *all* liberal women are braying battleaxes in Birkenstocks. Angelina Jolie proves that much, though, alas, Sheryl Crow (for example) does not.Daniel Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13625251061349174484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134484648120413005.post-7786039013924144202008-11-26T12:41:00.000-08:002008-11-26T12:41:00.000-08:00You sound threatened by liberals. I'm a liberal, ...You sound threatened by liberals. I'm a liberal, a stay-home-mom, a sunday-school teacher in a Christian church, a former local prosecutor. I dress in J. Crew and Ann Taylor, not unwashed black leggings! I'm relatively cute, and I don't have any facial hair! I read conservative blogs to see what you guys are saying, and I read liberal blogs to see what my guys are saying. I don't assume all conservatives are uptight, white, sanctimonious bible-thumpers who believe in a fictional Norman Rockwell version of America that never existed. You shouldn't assume you know what liberals are like, either - we're all different. Just like you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com