Palin will play great in small towns and with working class women. There are two potential negatives - working class white men will be turned off by her 'mouthiness'. They don't like women who are sarcastic and put you down. They will see her as the emasculating popular girl in high school who wanted nothing to do with them. And I don't think her tone, accurately described as shrill and sarcastic, will play well at all in the South, where politeness and manners are more important. McCain isn't big in the South to begin with. So this does give Obama an opening. Same with upper middle class neighborhoods. She sounds a bit like what she is, the hot cheerleader/in-group clique leader who got away with being petty and catty because she looked good and was popular.
Richard
Wonder what's the story behind Sarah's "attending 5 colleges in 6 years? And pretty undistinguished schools at that: Hawaii Pacific College (attended fall semester as a freshman), North Idaho College (2 semesters), University of Idaho (2 semesters), Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska (1 semester), then back to University of Idaho (3 semesters and graduation).
Let's forget all the trivia, though, and start asking her some hard questions to find out things like what's her capacity for diplomacy? Can she negotiate or only demand and then fire people who don't do it her way? Does she have any grasp of the lessons of history? What are her ideas about the separation of church and state? Does she have a working knowledge of the Constitution?
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I'm a working class woman and Sarah could not be my friend, ally or president dare John dies in office! I felt that her speech last night tried to pull Obama down so she'd look good--an old cheerleading, prom queen tactic. She's obviously not for zero population growth with five kids and she's obviously for Right to Life with her Down Syndrome baby. Not that I fault her for that, but watch out R vs W.
I want to know if Levi is up there with Pumpkin (daughter #1) on his own free will.
The nomination of Sarah Palin is an insult to all the women in both parties who have paid their dues, gotten elected to office year after year, supported their party year after year and done the work. She is McCain's trophy wife. Younger, skinnier, prettier. Perky,one might say. That does not make her qualified to be a heart beat away from making decisions that require a degree of intellectual rigor she does not possess. And her nomination speaks volums about McCain's lack of respect for women and for the office he seeks.
-Janice Farringer Chapel Hill, NC
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