I have to agree with the mean girl theory Bambi. She reminds me of every mean-spirited $#@!% you would see in the crappy movies about highschool. The kind of person that was spoiled and grew up being popular and wanted to tear apart anyone who disagreed with or challenged her. The whole beauty queen thing just reinforces it too..

Now that shes been rejected by the american electorate, in her latest interview there is a special quality in the tone of her voice. Sort of like in the end of those crappy teen movies when the ugly girl gets revenge on the &$#%! and makes her cry.

I felt kind of bad for McCain after seeing his concession speech.. but i dont feel the least bit of sympathy for her after all those horrible speeches she made.. Karma baby!

Sorry. But not very.

And she’s done for. The wingnuts will tout her for a while but four years from now they are going to want to get back a little real power. They won’t go with so tarnished a brand. This is just huffing and puffing on their part. Down deep they know she’s a loser.

The only way we hear from her four years from now is if the GOP is still deep in the middle of their civil war.

The people who don’t support Palin long ago pegged her for a dummy and don’t need further proof of this.

The people supporting Palin because she’s a) “just like me,” b) a righteous Christian warrior on a mission or c) a hot conservative babe aren’t going to care whether or not she knows anything about geography, politics, history, economics, grammar, current events, legislation, civics or other such niceties. Nor are they going to be anything but titillated by the towel rumor.
Again, the dominatrix boots and red leather jacket she wore in public already told the same story irrefutably.

I see only two reasons why the McCain camp are launching these smears. The first possibility is that they’re trying to drum up sympathy for her. Even Hard-as-Nails Hillary scored points when it looked like the Big Boys were picking on her, so this would work even better for Palin, who, in addition to being a scorned woman, will also be perceived as a persecuted Christian and shunned “outsider.” Millionaire McCain, an old man with dubious Christian credentials, casts himself as the perfect villain if this is his intention.

The other is that Palin is deeply disliked by her staffers, who recognize that in this, the internet age, rumors that previously would have been ignored or buried by the media can gain serious traction and really hurt someone. If the someone it’s hurting is a self-important, verbally abusive and stupid person whose lack of qualifications for high office is even more apparent to those behind the scenes, then why not trash her?

Admittedly, this is mostly a gut-level assessment based on the first time I saw this woman speak and she set off all of my “mean girl” alarms (I attended a private girls’ school for six years, nuff said).

But also, notice her interesting quote: “So if it came from one of those debate preppers, you know, that’s curious.” Subtext: “I know you &#!$ debate preppers are behind this and I’m going to get you treacherous elitist SOB’s!”

Notice also how none of the staffers are coming forward in person to deny the rumors and furthermore inform everyone that Palin comported herself with grace under pressure and an appreciation of the people serving her.

So the story’s not really the smears, it’s the reason they’re circulating, and how long they’re allowed to live before someone from the McCain camp lays them to rest.

Does anyone else see the hypocrisy here?
Am I alone in thinking she does not know who is in NAFTA, she does not know Africa is not a country and she has no clue how ironic what she just said is.

So her ignorance of what “Africa” is may be surprising but not any more surprising than what she has already displayed.

I suspect that, of the smears that actually have any basis, many of them will turn out to be careful cherry-picking of factoids out of context. And most of them will turn out to be complete fabrications. And I say all this as someone who considered her selection a significant reason to vote against McCain.