Time For Another "Liberals Bragging About Their Pathological Hatred For Palin" Post
You can tell that it's become chic to hate someone when liberals start bragging about it in sex columns and on hipster blogs. It's not that the hatred is necessarily classy - it's more declasse in exactly that obnoxious "aren't we all such wacky, viciously neurotic Blue Staters" Annie Hall kind of way. So more like this:
A friend’s late-night call cast light on the undecided’s milieu. She was filling out her ballot at home and had made every choice but one. The presidential ticket. "I just can’t quite bring myself to do it. I hate Sarah Palin. Help me out here." I laughed. I refilled my glass. And why not? Life in these United States, as Reader’s Digest used to say, isn’t perfect, but neither is it Somalia.
Good point Kathleen Parker. We're not in Somalia. But even in Somalia, I doubt that people exasperatedly admit that they've been driven beyond rationality by hatred. Nor do they try to impress their neighbors by sneeringly hanging political opponents in effigy as Halloween displays. When they have hangings in Somalia, I presume that they're are for real - which means that not only are lawless Somalia warlords just as vicious as Palin haters, they're actually more politically serious. And what's the difference between the West Hollywood tool who hung a Palin replica and the two Kentucky cretins who just got arrested for hanging Obama in effigy? I mean other than the obvious one about how the legal system was only brought to bear against the anti-Obama offenders. The two Kentucky cretins had to hide what they were doing. In their political community their behavior is unacceptable. But hanging Palin in effigy in a deep blue California city? Hiiiiilarious.
Anyway, Palin came off looking great after meeting the Israeli ambassador. Some liberal journalists are even starting to admit what's been long been obvious to anyone not filled with pathological resentment: Palin is brilliant and determined:
It's difficult not to froth when one reads, as I did again and again this week, doubts about Sarah Palin's “intelligence,” coming especially from women such as PBS's Bonnie Erbe, who, as near as I recall, has not herself heretofore been burdened with the Susan Sontag of Journalism moniker. As Fred Barnes—God help me, I'm agreeing with Fred Barnes—suggests in the Weekly Standard, these high toned and authoritative dismissals come from people who have never met or spoken with Sarah Palin. Those who know her, love her or hate her, offer no such criticism. They know what I know, and I learned it from spending just a little time traveling on the cramped campaign plane this week: Sarah Palin is very smart.
Most other media establishments - to say nothing of venomous Blue State feminists - of course still prefer to side with Hugo Chavez and against Iranian women. Almost as if their hatred for Palin comes from something deeper than mere political sensibility.
References:
* Charming GOTV Videos: Commercial Icon Repeatedly Slams Palin Into The Ground (Plus: Severe PDS In San Fran Preventing Yuppies From Indulging In Effete Wine) [MR]
* The Final Hours [Kathleen Parker / NRO]
* Polls Being Manipulated Through Statistical Methods, Death Threats (Plus: Obama Supporters Wallowing In Anti-Palin Murder Fantasies, Shooting At Conservatives) [MR]
* 2 Arrested For Hanging Obama Effigy On Ky. Campus [AP]
* Obama Supporters Still Can't Decide Between Legal Thuggery And Physical Violence, Indulging In Both [MR]
* Palin meets Israeli Ambassador to US [JPost]
* Sarah Palin's a Brainiac [Elaine Lafferty / Daily Beast]
* Hugo Chavez Joins US Media-- Bashes Sarah Palin [Gateway Pundit]
* Liberal Media Rips Palin-- Defends Violence Against Iranian Women [Gateway Pundit]
Previously:
* CNN Spends Evening Searching For Democrat Who Can Explain Why Anti-Palin Smears Don't Reek Of Sexism. Fails. (Plus: Guess When "Shrill" Used To Be Sexist)
* Pro-Obama Comedian Jokes About Black Men Gang-Raping Palin, Liberal Outrage Fails To Ensue (Plus: Brief Review Of Other Conservatives Whom Progressives Would Like To See Get Raped) (UPDATE: Nuance Invoked, Video Added)
* New Palin Smear: She Supports Hamas (Plus: Obama's Anti-Israel FP Sensibility, Support From Hamas)
