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Richie Waves · 10-15-2008, 09:17 AM

YouTube - PALIN ATTACKS HER SUPPORTERS !!! You Betcha !!

classic stuff!

Vivianne Draper · 10-15-2008, 09:37 AM

eh that's not much of an attack. i don't think we need to stretch this far to attack palin. she's clearly unqualified and makes enough real gaffes that this just seems a little petty.

Richie Waves · 10-15-2008, 10:15 AM

Its funny, thats all that mattered to me when I posted it..

Malachi · 10-15-2008, 11:06 AM

Meh. From the title I was hoping for blood.

Allana Dion · 10-15-2008, 11:26 AM

Bottom line, the woman's just not all that bright.

Redhead · 10-15-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Allana Dion

Bottom line, the woman's just not all that bright.

More like she's not all that sophisticated. Face it, she's a small town hick.

Don't get me wrong here, there is nothing wrong at about being a small town hick per say. But, do you want one as the leader of your country?

Sooz Pascale · 10-15-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

More like she's not all that sophisticated. Face it, she's a small town hick.

Don't get me wrong here, there is nothing wrong at about being a small town hick per say. But, do you want one as the leader of your country?

Um..let's see. How about Lincoln? Truman? Bill Clinton [Hope Arkansas]...to name a few.

So long as the candidate seems honest, honorable and agrees with me on the issues, I see nothing wrong with a small town hick being president. In fact, all othe rthings being equal, I would prefer a small town hick to a snarky, snobby, psuedo intellectual urbanite.

Sooz

Redhead · 10-15-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sooz Pascale

Um..let's see. How about Lincoln? Truman? Bill Clinton [Hope Arkansas]...to name a few.

So long as the candidate seems honest, honorable and agrees with me on the issues, I see nothing wrong with a small town hick being president. In fact, all othe rthings being equal, I would prefer a small town hick to a snarky, snobby, psuedo intellectual urbanite.

Sooz

Lincoln, Truman and Clinton were FAR from being unsophisticated hicks.

Any of those three were extremely intelligent, well educated men.

Asher Bertrand · 10-15-2008, 01:41 PM

The anti-rural area bias makes me cringe. One thing I do agree with Palin on (yuck!) is that some of the East and West Coasters need to get over themselves.

That said, I think it's amazing that she can hear what she believes to be protesters against her and speak out about it, but when someone at her rally yells out KILL HIM she does nothing. Interesting.

Redhead · 10-15-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Asher Bertrand

The anti-rural area bias makes me cringe. One thing I do agree with Palin on (yuck!) is that some of the East and West Coasters need to get over themselves.

It's not about an "anit-rural area bias".

It's an anti "moran" bias. Would you want this guy to be your President?

Asher Bertrand · 10-15-2008, 01:48 PM

Of course not. So why did you add "hick" to the mix?

Arilynn · 10-15-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

More like she's not all that sophisticated. Face it, she's a small town hick.

Don't get me wrong here, there is nothing wrong at about being a small town hick per say. But, do you want one as the leader of your country?

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Originally Posted by Sooz Pascale

Um..let's see. How about Lincoln? Truman? Bill Clinton [Hope Arkansas]...to name a few.

So long as the candidate seems honest, honorable and agrees with me on the issues, I see nothing wrong with a small town hick being president. In fact, all othe rthings being equal, I would prefer a small town hick to a snarky, snobby, psuedo intellectual urbanite.

I agree with Red about the lack of sophistication. It doesn't matter to me what size city/town one is from. Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, but he got his BA from Georgetown and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and worked as a Senate intern in between. He then went to Yale law school and served as governor of Arkansas for more than a decade before becoming the Democratic presidential nomination. He also worked as a lawyer and was the chair of the National Governors Assocation. I can't agree with the idea that he was "unsophisticated".

Sooz Pascale · 10-15-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

Lincoln, Truman and Clinton were FAR from being unsophisticated hicks.

Any of those three were extremely intelligent, well educated men.

I disagree with her on the issues, but, simpleton that I am, do not regard her as unintelligent.

Lincoln an dClinton were well educated. I don;t think Truman ever went to or graduated from college, but he was intelligent. Whether the three examples I cited were actually sophisiticated, I will leave for others to decide. All three revelled in the patina of unsophistication though.

Sooz

Redhead · 10-15-2008, 01:50 PM

Cause that's what she is.

Hick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Asher Bertrand · 10-15-2008, 01:54 PM

OK, use the word if you want. Of course, many of us out in hick country will immediately consider you to be a snob.

Redhead · 10-15-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Asher Bertrand

OK, use the word if you want. Of course, many of us out in hick country will immediately consider you to be a snob.

And?

Richie Waves · 10-15-2008, 02:04 PM

I think the Irish equivalent to "hick" is funnier!

Mucksavage!

Io Zeno · 10-15-2008, 02:06 PM

Asher Bertrand · 10-15-2008, 02:09 PM

Alrighty.

Cocoanut Koala · 10-15-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Redhead

Cause that's what she is.

Hick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's a pejorative.

coco

jacqueline trudeau · 10-15-2008, 02:17 PM

Cristiano · 10-15-2008, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cocoanut Koala

It's a pejorative.

coco

Yes, hick is a pejorative. What is even more of a pejorative is the class warfare game that she is trying to play. Obama hs been about being inclusive - Sarah Palin's rhetoric about "Joe Six Pack" and all this small town values, we see American differently stuff is an attempt to further polarize people, painting educated, urban, progressive people as elitist snobs. The broad brush paints both ways and is hard to stomach when her running mate owns a dozen houses and his wife is an heiress.

10-15-2008, 09:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vivianne Draper witty verbage here Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: DC Area Posts: 3,132 SL Join Date: September 11, 2005 SLShopper Ads: 2 My Mood:	eh that's not much of an attack. i don't think we need to stretch this far to attack palin. she's clearly unqualified and makes enough real gaffes that this just seems a little petty. __________________ ~~~~~

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10-15-2008, 01:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Asher Bertrand Dead Guy Les pantalons du diable! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,571 Blog Entries: 2 My Mood:	The anti-rural area bias makes me cringe. One thing I do agree with Palin on (yuck!) is that some of the East and West Coasters need to get over themselves. That said, I think it's amazing that she can hear what she believes to be protesters against her and speak out about it, but when someone at her rally yells out KILL HIM she does nothing. Interesting. __________________

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10-15-2008, 10:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
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10-15-2008, 11:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
Malachi the bathwater & the baby fish are inherently sarcastic Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,470	Meh. From the title I was hoping for blood.

10-15-2008, 01:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
Asher Bertrand Dead Guy Les pantalons du diable! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,571 Blog Entries: 2 My Mood:	Of course not. So why did you add "hick" to the mix?

10-15-2008, 01:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
Redhead La Vie Boheme Nothing lasts forever Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Salem Oregon Posts: 3,253 SL Join Date: January 2005 My Mood:	Cause that's what she is. Hick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

10-15-2008, 01:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
Asher Bertrand Dead Guy Les pantalons du diable! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,571 Blog Entries: 2 My Mood:	OK, use the word if you want. Of course, many of us out in hick country will immediately consider you to be a snob.

10-15-2008, 02:04 PM	#17 (permalink)
Richie Waves Deus ibi est I haz Pacman! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 5,369 SL Join Date: 27/06/2005 My Mood:	I think the Irish equivalent to "hick" is funnier! Mucksavage!

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10-15-2008, 02:09 PM	#19 (permalink)
Asher Bertrand Dead Guy Les pantalons du diable! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,571 Blog Entries: 2 My Mood:	Alrighty.