A Tale of Two Americas

I can't think of anybody in political history who has rubbed me the wrong way as much as Sarah Palin has. It may be my intellectualist bias; I expect my political leaders to have thought-through positions on issues. Maybe that's asking too much, I don't know. I know some would say that even if she doesn't have thought-through positions, at least she doesn't take the wrong positions. But from the first time she opened her mouth and tried to grasp the mantle of Hillary Clinton and the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, despite complete opposition to everything Hillary stands for, I have found this choice to be an insult to the intelligence of the American people.

http://dangerousidea.blogspot.com/2008/10/on-improving-tone-of-political-debate.html

One of the greatest appeals of Governor Palin, to me, is she isn’t wealthy and she’s the first person in my memory (which dates back to JFK) running for the oval office who isn’t wealthy. I want change as much as the next person and the change I want is to get an honest, straight talking, bright, middle class patriotic American from outside the beltway into the oval office. A fresh faced Governor from the state of Alaska with the highest approval rating of any current governor in the nation, with a hard working blue collar husband, is just what the doctor ordered.

http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/is-obama-a-terrorist/