Great comment on the Palin-Letterman feud.

[mwb970]

I found this comment by dre7861 among many other comments to an article called Palin Alleges Media Double Standard in Letterman Spat on WaPo's The Sleuth.

Isn't it odd that this whole 'dust up' occured just days after Palin was not allowed to speak at the RNC fundraising dinner. Anyone with half a brain knew that Letterman was referring to Bristol and not the other ones. Before this feud how many people could name any of Palin's children names. Shoot I could barely remember Bristol's name except for the fact that her mother has used her shamelessly for her own promotion and not for the welfare of her daughter. Now she's using Willow to score cheap political points with her base. If she didn't want her children exposed to criticism than stop shoving them out into the spotlight.

Shouldn't we also be asking ourselves as a nation why is everything a feud with this woman? There was the feud with her Brother-In-Law, the State Trooper; there was the feud with Bristol's Baby Daddy, Levi; there was the feud with the McCain campaign, et al. And everytime it's poor little Sarah Palin that has been done wrong and how she wails at the injustice of the world. I know people just like that, constantly embroiled in some sort of feud or dust-up about some preceived slight, involved in petty revenges, refuses to take any apologies because they enjoy the feudin' too much, always constantly the victim - and you do too. They populate the trailer parks and reality shows. If Palin had one bit of class and decency she would accept Letterman's apology and be done with it but she's having too much fun playing the victim.

Posted by: dre7861 | June 12, 2009 1:41 PM

I hadn't really thought about it this way, but Sarah is always a-feudin', isn't she? I just wanted to share this interesting comment.

[malaise]

1. Good comment

of course she clearly had several feuds with all five colleges she needed to complete her degree. Palin is bat shit crazy and just had to find a way to be heard after being ignored by her own party. It serves them right because they made this lunatic believe she was capable of leading anything or anyone.

[mnhtnbb]

2. Somebody has Palin nailed.

[Ikonoklast]

31. That's the dream of the Republican fundy basement dwellers.

They all want to be that "somebody".

[Mojambo]

3. Rednecks LOVE their feuds. n/t

[liberalmuse]

4. Feudin' Palin.

Nice commentary. It seems a lot of Republicans are martyrs, but they don't get as much airtime as Palin. The woman is unstable, which explains why she's so popular among 'the base' (ie: the batshit crazy).

[sutz12]

5. It's a right wing characteristic...

They define themselves in opposition to an enemy of some kind. If one doesn't exist, it must be created.

For Reagan, it was the "Evil Empire."

For Bush I, it was Saddam, but the war didn't last long enough, and he faded after that because he couldn't dredge up another.

For Bush II, it was Osama at first, but after Afghanistan collapsed like the house of cards it was and bin Laden "escaped" another was needed. Presto! "Saddam Hussein is sponsoring terrorism, has nuclear weapons, gassed his own people yada, yada, yada." On and on and on.

If you really want to understand a RWer, look at what he hates.

[cagesoulman]

6. I'd lay a fiver on Newt being behind this latest crap

Newt was her mentor and he's itchin for a fight since no one really cares what he has to say.

[mwb970]

27. Wouldn't Newt see through her though?

Don't tell me he's taken in by all the winky-blinky stuff!

[Blue_In_AK]

7. She's feuding with many, many people in Alaska, as well,

from progressive bloggers, ultraconservative bloggers, Republican legislators, Democratic legislators, and anyone else who dares to question her. When someone is this defensive, you know they're hiding some nasty secrets.

[malaise]

23. Ding ding we have a winner

When someone is this defensive, you know they're hiding some nasty secrets.

[lunatica]

8. This description applies to the whole tea-bagging crowd

They don't have a clue as to what they're mad about, but they're fighting mad anyway and Sarah Palin is their hero and spokesperson. The 'real' Americans.

[NJCher]

25. they don't know themselves

They don't have a clue as to what they're mad about ...

That's it, exactly. They lack introspection and thus they have to act out.

Just what we'd need: another bush, acting out his psychodrama on the world stage.


Cher

[47of74]

9. They can dish it out

But take it? Hell, no. They all forgot all the nasty jokes reich wingers such as that fat ass drug addict made about Chelsea when she was younger than the 14 year old Palin daughter.

[lame54]

10. Republicans are always victims...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :nopity:

[underpants]

11. Yes that is part of the playbook

this is a good point about how everything is an unresolvable feud (like pro-wrestling, she would make a great wrestling "skrit")

Look at how Rush and Beck tried to make a Neo-Nazi killing someone at a Holocaust museum all about how THEY were being attacked

[CitizenPatriot]

12. the most important question to ask

is what does this tell us about Palin's qualifications to lead a nation, let alone a state?

She is clearly unstable, angry, and vindictive. She imagines slights where there were none intended.

How would she be handling foreign relations? How would she be handling domestic relations with her constituents?

The concepts of democracy, free speech, and the law elude her.

She has accused Letterman of being a pedophile (based on a joke about her elder daughter which she deliberately misinterpreted to be about her 15 year old daughter, whose age she lied about to make the accusation carry even more false weight) to the extent that RWers are now grouping him in with Polanski and others. Are we, as a collective whole, going to allow such outrageous slander of Letterman, and more importantly, the use of rape allegations as a political weapon, which desensitizes people to real rape victims?

We dodged a real bullet on Nov 4. I can't thank my fellow citizens enough. We may not agree on all issues, but at least we care enough about this country to keep this narcissistic sociopath away from the red button.

The right is so worried over Obama's lack of tied tie, his feet on the desk, his shirt sleeves rolled up. But they wanted to put this person in the WH, second in command after a 73 year old man with recurring skin cancer. Who hates America?

[rustydog]

13. That's 'cause she's been pallin' with trailer trash too much

You can take the trash out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park outa the trash!

[Contrary1]

14. You can see the venom dripping off her fangs

as she refers to Obama as "the candidate who must be obeyed".

And that's the bottom line. She's still pissed that she and old man McCain got such a thorough thrashing at the polls. Her winking cuteness didn't get her what she wanted for the first time in her political life.

[dmr]

34. That comment troubled me the most

It exudes malicious disrespect toward the president who is the leader of all 50 states, and that includes Alaska.

She represents the State of Alaska. Her lack of decorum and sophistication is beneath the high position she holds, and thus she is disrespectful to Alaskans.

Sarah's an opportunist. She was at the right place, at the right time, pretending to be something she isn't, and became Governor. It'll be interesting to see what role she'll play next; and when she loses, well, she'll play the victim role one more time.

[johnaries]

15. That's because she's a MAVERICK! Mavericks always feud. nt

[mwb970]

16. Here's the comment on the article that I posted.

Wow. I just read every single comment here. It was a long slog, but here are my thoughts after reading this collection of remarks.

1. Many, perhaps most, of the pro-Palin people refer to Letterman as a "pedophile". It seems to me that this is so patently stupid as to undermine the rest of what these people say. A person who reads a joke someone else wrote about a public figure (talking about Bristol here) on late-night TV cannot automatically be assumed to harbor inappropriate sexual thoughts about children under 12 (the definition of pedophilia). Saying so simply makes the person saying it sound unhinged.

2. I was happy that so few of the pro-Palin people posted the tiresome right-wing shrieking point about how LIBERALS ARE TERRIFIED OF SARAH PALIN!!!! I am *so* sick of that one!

3. It seems undeniable that it was Palin who pushed her family (and Levi) into the public eye at every opportunity during the campaign. I don't see how she can whine so when people talk (and joke) about them now.

4. Palin has established a political persona based on an endless series of feuds, constant whining and complaining, the merging of her personal and public lives, and always portraying herself as a victim. She is also dysfunctional in her dealings with others, as we saw in her on-again, off-again appearance at the recent fundraiser in Washington and on many other occasions.

5. I'm afraid that the anti-Letterman folks who see him being fired, condemned by mothers across America, and so on, are in for yet another Big Disappointment.

Notice how I worked the "feuding" idea in. :)

[dorkulon]

17. Always the victim.

"Obama called me a pig!"

[Chemisse]

29. That one was so funny

and quickly silenced by the McCain handlers. I only heard it once, then it was as though she had never said it!

Nobody is out there putting a muzzle on her now when she wants to misinterpret some comment to be a huge insult, so she just goes on and on with this inane commentary that makes her look more unhinged by the day.

[elehhhhna]

18. Angry, wealthy white women are just not gonna take it anymore!

seriesly!!11!!

[chaska]

19. Nobody's nicer than Dave. This is bullshit. And it makes my fuckin' blood boil.

[Toucano]

20. Dead on! n-t

[TahitiNut]

21. America's Reality Show: "Sarah & Tawd Pimp The Kids"

:shrug: The 'politics' of the emotionally dysfunctional.

[rvablue]

22. Kicking for the best analysis I've seen of this yet. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

24. A short sighted comment that will only endear Palin to some by alienating people

with a lower income.

To my understanding Palin is well to do and lives in a nice house and yet the author felt the need to slam people at the lower end of the tax bracket because of their shelter.

It's fascinating what passes for progressive thought in some quarters, or maybe it's not progressive thought?

[Daxxie]

26. I agree.......

you don't have to live in a trailer to be trash, and Palin is walking, talking proof that trash comes from all levels,rich, poor or in between.

[deaniac21]

28. Letterman's comments were completely tastefull.

[undeterred]

30. I don't watch Letterman and I couldn't care less about Palin.

So who cares? Not me.

[DCKit]

32. Does the winner of "The Biggest Victim" get to be spokesmodel for the Republican Party?

She's got a lot of competition among her peers.

[saltpoint]

33. May the lurking freepers spend some time with this thread, because

it will instruct them as to what they are up against in 2012 regarding Palin's quest for the GOP nomination.

Weigh it wisely, you freeperfolk. Palin is symptomatic of the infestation of the Republican Party in modern times: all negative, all feud, all fake conflict and outrage -- and ZERO new ideas, ZERO good ideas, ZERO sustainable ideas.