# Is Sarah Palin dumber than Ronald Reagan? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453 "2010-11-21T17:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/401 "2010-11-25T05:26:31Z")
> [@yola](#): > > I bet you give no women respect. Except for 3 seconds. You know what I mean. And I’m sure countless others do too. Perhaps you can explain the relevance of this to his point? Or, for that matter, what the fuck Sarah Palin has to do with women in general? ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/402 "2010-11-25T10:32:13Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Perhaps you can explain the relevance of this to his point? Or, for that matter, what the fuck Sarah Palin has to do with women in general? I assume it was a wild over-reaction to the word ‘cunt’. As if there aren’t plenty of male-specific insults. In my view Sarah Palin harms the credibility of other, much more capable, female politicians. Her constant harping about ‘moma grizzly’s’ (I have no idea how to spell that 🙂 ) and ‘hockey moms’ is an embarassment to those who share her sex but stand on poilcy. Palin is in many ways how a chauvanist would expect a female politician to be. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/403 "2010-11-25T15:36:57Z")
[Mama Grizzlies](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/newsweek-mama-grizzly-cover.jpg) [MoMA Grizzlies](http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=28778) 😃 Sarah Palin is an excellent barometer of the credibility of the people around her, both male and female. In general, the people around her who aren’t frantically looking for the exit have no credibility. She is in no way representative of approximately half of the population, any more than any particular man is. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/404 "2010-11-25T22:09:22Z")
Palin was on Beck yesterday explaining because of treaty, we have to stand with our North Korean allies. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/405 "2010-11-25T22:14:28Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Palin was on Beck yesterday explaining because of treaty, we have to stand with our North Korean allies. How many threads are you going to post this in? Are you auditioning for the left-wing counterpart of ralph124c? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/406 "2010-11-25T23:05:30Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > How many threads are you going to post this in? Are you auditioning for the left-wing counterpart of ralph124c? Pish posh. Did you that Ronald Reagan (aka Raygun) would be 99 years old now?. That’s it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/407 "2010-11-25T23:21:58Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > How many threads are you going to post this in? Are you auditioning for the left-wing counterpart of ralph124c? In each and everyone that discusses her qualifications for president or how smart she is . There are several going on.,I hope I have not missed any. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/408 "2010-11-25T23:26:15Z")
So, yes, then. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/409 "2010-11-25T23:27:17Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Pish posh. > Did you that Ronald Reagan (aka Raygun) would be 99 years old now?. > That’s it! 😛 Heh. Weird coincidence, but I can definitely confirm that it’s not a tribute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/410 "2010-11-25T23:33:13Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Heh. Weird coincidence, but I can definitely confirm that it’s not a tribute. 🙂 I did wonder. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/411 "2010-11-25T23:44:50Z")
**Raygun99** ’s username is a tribute to Ronald Reagan, who would be 99 now! I couldn’t let it go. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/412 "2010-11-26T00:25:23Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > In each and everyone that discusses her qualifications for president or how smart she is . There are several going on.,I hope I have not missed any. Have you posted it in any in which it hadn’t already been discussed? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/413 "2010-11-26T03:13:46Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > **Raygun99** ’s username is a tribute to Ronald Reagan, who would be 99 now! > I couldn’t let it go. Shows remarkable prescience on his part, considering he signed up in '02. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/414 "2010-11-26T03:55:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Shows remarkable prescience on his part, considering he signed up in '02. A genuine prophet, he is. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/415 "2010-11-26T10:59:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Have you posted it in any in which it hadn’t already been discussed? I think when a serious contender for President reveals she has still no grasp of the complexities of the whole North-South Korea thing her gaffe should be raised at every opportunity until her supporters slink away and if at all possible, die of shame. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/416 "2010-11-26T17:24:22Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > I think when a serious contender for President reveals she has still no grasp of the complexities of the whole North-South Korea thing her gaffe should be raised at every opportunity until her supporters slink away and if at all possible, die of shame. Her supporters will dig their heels in even deeper and defend her to the death, they are _that_ stupid. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/417 "2010-11-26T17:57:29Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > What specifically do you think she _can_ say? She isn’t in office, she isn’t getting briefings and advice from advisors and lawyers knowledgeable in foreign affairs and treaties, and at this point she has no idea what her options would be. Neither would anyone else. What has happened in reality is that she has shown herself to be unpolished in giving the types of non-answers that would be coming from a more seasoned politician. On the contrary, I think she’s raised the nonanswer to a high form of art through careful and studied practice of the craft. What do I expect her to say? _Anything_. Seriously, _any freaking thing_. Anything that shows there’s some substance behind her carefully crafted public persona, anything that’s not a platitude, literally anything. Say something about sanctions, say something about China, say _something_. I don’t expect her to be an on the spot think tank, but I expect her to show the same sort of off the cuff analysis on subjects that informed laypeople make here every day. I’m not setting a high bar, just a move from nonanswers to semi-answers. If you’re hinting that you want to be the President of the United States, at least show me that you read the paper. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/418 "2010-11-26T18:14:22Z")
What? _People_ doesn’t count? Typical liberal elitist! ---
**Author:** ![IdahoMauleMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71c47a/32.png) [@IdahoMauleMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IdahoMauleMan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/419 "2010-11-26T19:25:07Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Her supporters will dig their heels in even deeper and defend her to the death, they are _that_ stupid. I agree. But she’s not alone in that regard. Other, more recently elected public officials, have the same type of support. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453/420 "2010-11-26T19:33:01Z")
> [@IdahoMauleMan](#): > > I agree. > > But she’s not alone in that regard. Other, more recently elected public officials, have the same type of support. I know, right? I can’t believe people keep voting McCain in, and that any Tea Party candidates made it into office at all is just sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453.md?page=22)