“Sexy Sarah” Fooling Few

The results are starting to come in, and they are not promising for Johnny.

Clearly, Sarah Palin is able to learn the talking points, but why wouldn’t she be able to? She’s a wingtard of the lowest order, perhaps surpassed in her wingnuttery only by such Gopper luminaries as Tom Coburn and John Cornyn. People wanted to hear what Palin might have to say about GOVERNANCE last night, but what they got was a prefabricated speech written for her by Rove-trained speechwriters. Johnny made a serious mistake in thinking that this would be enough to change any minds, as this interview with Michigan independent voters shows. I am seeing similar results for other independent voters from all over the country, and I understand their feelings. I tried, hard, to not let my despisal of Johnny filter into my own assessment of Sarah. It undoubtedly did, but it would appear that my complaints regarding her boilerplate recitation of talking points are complaints that a lot of other people share.

The Detroit Free Press invited a panel of Michigan voters to weigh in on Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech last night. Their reactions run the gamut, but the independents didn’t seem to care for her very much.

Ilene Beninson, 52, Berkley independent: “Her speech contained few statements about policy or the party platform. … I am not convinced that Palin’s experience as a mayor or governor in Alaska meet the qualifications to be vice president much less one stroke or heart attack away from being commander in chief.”

Mike Kosh, 38, West Bloomfield independent: “The way it looks to me, she’s the Republican vice presidential nominee for one reason: Because Hillary wasn’t selected.”

George Lentz, 66, Southfield independent: “I was completely underwhelmed. She was a Republican novelty act with a sophomoric script. It was not even a speech I would expect for someone running for the local PTA, much less for vice president.”

Diane Murphy, 42, Sterling Heights independent: “It appears that once she makes up her mind, that is the end of it. We live in a gray world, not every answer is black and white.”

Jan Wheelock, 58, Royal Oak independent: “Nothing worked for me. I found her barrage of snide remarks and distortions to be a major turnoff. She is not a class act. The most important point she made is that she will be an effective attack dog.”

I’m not convinced that her “attack dog” role is going to be all that effective. The MSM is tripping all over itself this morning to congratulate her “brilliant” recitation of a prefabricated text, but it has not gone unnoticed that she simply had no substance in her speech. She did nothing but attack not only Obama, but also people like community organizers. According to Sarah, they have “no responsibilities.” However, millions of people who have been helped by them with things like food, electricity, home insulation, payment renegotiations, and the like, are going to take a decidedly different view. I am waiting to see if Sarah Palin can prove that she’s been as helpful to even the same number of Alaskans as Barack Obama was to people in neighborhoods in Chicago.

Sarah Palin did nothing beyond prove that the Goppers do not have a clue as to what life in America is actually like. If this is “brilliant,” give me stupid. The Goppers are trying to build a Berlin Wall around her by screaming “SEXISM!!!” at anyone who dares question anything she’s ever said or done, but the utter hypocrisy of their screeches (especially in light of the way that they’ve maligned every personal detail of Hillary Clinton’s life for 16 years) leaves the impression of a bully that runs home crying to Mommy when he’s finally stood down in the schoolyard. If they think that they can get by with using her as an instrument of character assassination AND keep her own character from coming under increasing scrutiny, they are very much mistaken. With her “brilliant” speech last night, she also slammed the media in general, which has been trying hard to bolster her fortunes. If she continues her present tack (and I do honestly hope that she does,) it won’t be long before elements of the media begin to kick back.

I would hope that  Obama and Biden realize that Palin’s style isn’t going to win her a lot of support in the American political scene, and act accordingly. Since Sarah loves to attack on command, it is only fitting that she be made to answer for her own Napoleonic style as an Alaskan Mayor and Governor. While we’re at it, let us have a closer look at things like her love of earmarks, her coziness with Ted Stevens, her shilling for big oil, and her disdain for the discipline of science. And last but not least, let us also reflect on Johnny’s absolutely creepy embrace of her, figuratively AND literally. He has called her a “soulmate,” and he really does seem to me to be a wee bit too much taken by her physical attributes. Given what we know about Johnny’s relationships with women in the past, you cannot help but wonder if it was Sarah’s rack, or legs, that were the final “persuaders” for Johnny when it came time to make a decision.

Looking at her record, it’d be real hard to argue that Johnny was impressed with what she’s done. She hasn’t really done anything, has she?

Crossposted at Reconstitution.