Is Sarah Palin dumber than Ronald Reagan?

[Revtim]

@mangeorge

Encouraging her.

Are they? From what I hear, the GOP is terrified that she’ll get the nomination, since she’d likely get stomped like a bug by Obama.

Here’s my prediction: She’ll run as an independent. Which could be very good for the dems, she could be the GOPs Ralph Nader.

[mangeorge]

@Revtim

Are they? From what I hear, the GOP is terrified that she’ll get the nomination, since she’d likely get stomped like a bug by Obama.

Here’s my prediction: She’ll run as an independent. Which could be very good for the dems, she could be the GOPs Ralph Nader.

Okay. I’m tending to associate the GOP with the TEA party. I think the Tea party is a bottle of milk, and the republicans are happy to sip the cream that rises to the top. Sarah gets the skimmed milk.

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

@aldiboronti

I’m on the right but if Palin got the nomination in 2012 and she was running against the pig that the Yippies put up for President in '68 then I’d vote for the pig.

But only if they put lipstick on him.

[onlysanepersonleftontheplanet]

*I want to preface this by saying that I am NOT a republican OR democrat. I voted for Gore in one election and Bush in another. Both times the decision was made under the “lesser of two evils” precedent that so many voters “cop out” to. This past election AND in 2012 I did/will write MYSELF in as a candidate as I believe that I…and indeed most of the people that post on this board…could do a better job than the last 10 presidents COMBINED…Regardless of what their wacked out political views are. Bottom line…if any of us ran the country like we ran our own households then the U.S.A. would most likely have a 10 Trillion dollar surplus instead of a deficit. I think most people who use logic and reason would agree with that. Anyhow…

@gonzomax

At least Reagan came out of California governorship. Palin escapes Wasilla, a hot bed of world politics, to quit as Alaskan Governor. What the hell kind of resume is that?

You are absolutely correct. We can’t let someone with such a pathetic resume to become POTUS. The position of POTUS DEMANDS that an individual have executive governing experience. To that end…what is the resume comparison?

Executive experience:

Obama: NIL

Palin; two years as governor and 10 years as mayor.

I also believe that the characterization of Palin as “Dumb” is totally unfair. If Katie Couric interviewed any of us on this message board…she would no doubt expose our shortcomings as well…despite how dumb Couric is herself. Obama was/is NEVER asked tough questions or called to the carpet on ANYTHING. The bias in the media is painfully obvious and most people just shrug it off as status quo. It wasn’t always like this. Journalists used to repot facts instead of providing political spin and pundit commentary.

Anyhow…

Let us examine the definition of the word “Stupid”;

stu•pid (stpd, sty-)
adj. stu•pid•er, stu•pid•est

1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse. (The U.S. public sent a clear message to Obama this past mid-term election, yet he still proceeds with an agenda that flies in the face of the wants and needs of the American public.)
2. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes. (The list of Obama’s poor decisions & mistakes is far too long to list here…but it stretches from the Guantanamo debacle to spending more than every Presidency in the history of the U.S. COMBINED to counter deficit spending). 3. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake. (See above examples)
3. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied. (are not only Obama’s administration…but the general public that voted for “Hope & Change” and now has their hopes dashed and the change in their pockets stolen.)
4. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job. (is how every poll is currently judging Obama’s performance as POTUS.)

*Again…this is not my opinion, these are the facts. You can’t debate opinion…facts are hard to dispute though. Unlike Rush Limbaugh…I was hoping that Obama would succeed. Just as I hope every administration in office succeeds as if they are true to their word (which they never are) then success only means good things for me and my fellow Americans. Sadly…he (Obama) has exposed himself as not only a Status Quo Democrat Politician…but as a puppet of the far left extremist career politicians like Pelosi, Reid and others. How else would you explain the fact that he PROMISED during his campaign that “earmarks” and “pork” attached to bills that they have no place being a part of would be things of the past…YET…the “stimulus” bill had more pork in it than every single piece of legislation passed in the past 20 years combined! It had every single last pork project desired by democrats in the last 20 years and put it through in one sweeping motion of his pen. I mean c’mon man…is the American Public really as stupid as people in this thread claim Sarah Palin to be that they can’t see the truth in this? Maybe so as there are a lot of hateful, ignorant, ill informed things being said in this forum. Perhaps I hold the general public in too high esteem. Perhaps it IS only stupid people that are breeding and they take everything the talking heads tell them as “Gospel”. (Heavy sigh)
I think that there are a large number of people out there that are silent as far as their political opinion. This is for fear that they will be unfairly judged and persecuted just like Palin. I predict that if she does run for president…win or lose…the number of votes that she will get will be far past most expert’s predictions. After all…if you apply the same logic the left applies to Palin’s legitimacy to the 2004 POTUS election…Bush NEVER should have been anywhere NEAR to being elected.

I’m done ranting…for now anyway…lol! Bless you all on the left and the right! Us regular Americans hope you see past the BS sooner than later and work for a united and successful USA. Currently we are on our way to being another Greece, Portugal…or worse. Personally I would like to remain the world’s Only Superpower. The current administration is pissing it all away currently…let’s hope the new congress can repair some or all of the damage that has been done the past 2 years. Obama is doing a far better job of screwing us up than Bush ever did.

[joebuck20]

@onlysanepersonleftontheplanet

You are absolutely correct. We can’t let someone with such a pathetic resume to become POTUS. The position of POTUS DEMANDS that an individual have executive governing experience. To that end…what is the resume comparison?

Executive experience:

Obama: NIL

Palin; two years as governor and 10 years as mayor.

Oh fuck me, not this tired argument again. You know who else lacked executive experience? John McCain. If Palin’s executive experience was so great, why wasn’t she on top of the ticket.

[El_Kabong]

I really don’t have the time to sort through all the errors in the previous poster’s assertions, so I’ll just let this one symbolize them:

If Katie Couric interviewed any of us on this message board…she would no doubt expose our shortcomings as well…despite how dumb Couric is herself.

Katie Couric asking Sarah Palin what newspapers and and magazines she reads is some kind of gotcha question and shows the leftward bias of the media? Really?

On the other hand, I can always find a bit of time to bitch about people who don’t seem to fucking know what ellipses are for. How about punctuating your fucking sentences with fucking commas, like everyone else in the fucking civilized world, fer fuck’s sake?

[Bryan_Ekers]

@onlysanepersonleftontheplanet

I’m done ranting…for now anyway…lol! Bless you all on the left and the right! Us regular Americans hope you see past the BS sooner than later and work for a united and successful USA. Currently we are on our way to being another Greece, Portugal…or worse. Personally I would like to remain the world’s Only Superpower. The current administration is pissing it all away currently…let’s hope the new congress can repair some or all of the damage that has been done the past 2 years. Obama is doing a far better job of screwing us up than Bush ever did.

The most patriotic thing you can do for your country is abstain from all future political commentary and activity. Please don’t vote again. Ever.

[mangeorge]

onlysanepersonleftontheplanet wasn’t playing with us? That was its first post on the SDMB. I figgered it was a toe in the water.
Welcome newby, now give us a real reply.

[Jack_Batty]

That one is always my favorite:

‘I’m not a Republican or a Democrat. Having said that, here’s a list of talking points from the Right Wing in which I shit on all Democrats and no Republicans … because I’m such a, gosh-oh-golly-oh-gee neutral observer.’

I got ten bucks says our new poster friend voted for Bristol Palin on Dancing With the Has-Beens at least 100 times.

[Lamar_Mundane]

@onlysanepersonleftontheplanet

*I want to preface this by saying that I am NOT a republican OR democrat. I voted for Gore in one election and Bush in another.

That’s as far as I needed to read. If this is actually true, you are the only person I have ever encountered that voted this way. I know plenty who voted for Bush and then Kerry, but none for Gore/Bush.

[Llama_Llogophile]

@onlysanepersonleftontheplanet

Obama was/is NEVER asked tough questions or called to the carpet on ANYTHING.

Well, then I guess this is evidence that Joe Wilson merely has Tourette Syndrome.

[Chefguy]

@onlysanepersonleftontheplanet

*I want to preface this by saying that I am NOT a republican OR democrat. I voted for Gore in one election and Bush in another. Both times the decision was made under the “lesser of two evils” precedent that so many voters “cop out” to. This past election AND in 2012 I did/will write MYSELF in as a candidate as I believe that I…and indeed most of the people that post on this board…could do a better job than the last 10 presidents COMBINED…Regardless of what their wacked out political views are. Bottom line…if any of us ran the country like we ran our own households then the U.S.A. would most likely have a 10 Trillion dollar surplus instead of a deficit. I think most people who use logic and reason would agree with that. Anyhow…

You are absolutely correct. We can’t let someone with such a pathetic resume to become POTUS. The position of POTUS DEMANDS that an individual have executive governing experience. To that end…what is the resume comparison?

Executive experience:

Obama: NIL

Palin; two years as governor and 10 years as mayor.

I also believe that the characterization of Palin as “Dumb” is totally unfair. If Katie Couric interviewed any of us on this message board…she would no doubt expose our shortcomings as well…despite how dumb Couric is herself. Obama was/is NEVER asked tough questions or called to the carpet on ANYTHING. The bias in the media is painfully obvious and most people just shrug it off as status quo. It wasn’t always like this. Journalists used to repot facts instead of providing political spin and pundit commentary.

Anyhow…

Let us examine the definition of the word “Stupid”;

stu•pid (stpd, sty-)
adj. stu•pid•er, stu•pid•est

1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse. (The U.S. public sent a clear message to Obama this past mid-term election, yet he still proceeds with an agenda that flies in the face of the wants and needs of the American public.)
2. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes. (The list of Obama’s poor decisions & mistakes is far too long to list here…but it stretches from the Guantanamo debacle to spending more than every Presidency in the history of the U.S. COMBINED to counter deficit spending). 3. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake. (See above examples)
3. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied. (are not only Obama’s administration…but the general public that voted for “Hope & Change” and now has their hopes dashed and the change in their pockets stolen.)
4. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job. (is how every poll is currently judging Obama’s performance as POTUS.)

*Again…this is not my opinion, these are the facts. You can’t debate opinion…facts are hard to dispute though. Unlike Rush Limbaugh…I was hoping that Obama would succeed. Just as I hope every administration in office succeeds as if they are true to their word (which they never are) then success only means good things for me and my fellow Americans. Sadly…he (Obama) has exposed himself as not only a Status Quo Democrat Politician…but as a puppet of the far left extremist career politicians like Pelosi, Reid and others. How else would you explain the fact that he PROMISED during his campaign that “earmarks” and “pork” attached to bills that they have no place being a part of would be things of the past…YET…the “stimulus” bill had more pork in it than every single piece of legislation passed in the past 20 years combined! It had every single last pork project desired by democrats in the last 20 years and put it through in one sweeping motion of his pen. I mean c’mon man…is the American Public really as stupid as people in this thread claim Sarah Palin to be that they can’t see the truth in this? Maybe so as there are a lot of hateful, ignorant, ill informed things being said in this forum. Perhaps I hold the general public in too high esteem. Perhaps it IS only stupid people that are breeding and they take everything the talking heads tell them as “Gospel”. (Heavy sigh)
I think that there are a large number of people out there that are silent as far as their political opinion. This is for fear that they will be unfairly judged and persecuted just like Palin. I predict that if she does run for president…win or lose…the number of votes that she will get will be far past most expert’s predictions. After all…if you apply the same logic the left applies to Palin’s legitimacy to the 2004 POTUS election…Bush NEVER should have been anywhere NEAR to being elected.

I’m done ranting…for now anyway…lol! Bless you all on the left and the right! Us regular Americans hope you see past the BS sooner than later and work for a united and successful USA. Currently we are on our way to being another Greece, Portugal…or worse. Personally I would like to remain the world’s Only Superpower. The current administration is pissing it all away currently…let’s hope the new congress can repair some or all of the damage that has been done the past 2 years. Obama is doing a far better job of screwing us up than Bush ever did.

If you’re going to post on a message board that is dedicated to fighting ignorance, you would be best served not coming across as a complete 'tard.

[ElvisL1ves]

YOU could help by not *copying *it. Just sayin’.

[Meatros]

@onlysanepersonleftontheplanet

Obama was/is NEVER asked tough questions or called to the carpet on ANYTHING.

What magazines/newspapers do you read is a ‘tough question’?
Really?

[Bryan_Ekers]

@Lamar_Mundane

That’s as far as I needed to read. If this is actually true, you are the only person I have ever encountered that voted this way. I know plenty who voted for Bush and then Kerry, but none for Gore/Bush.

Well, I figure if I were American, I’d’a voted for Gore happily and Kerry reluctantly. It’s not too much of a stretch for me to imagine myself more right-wing (or less intelligent) and voting Gore unenthusiastically and Bush reluctantly.

[Merijeek]

@Meatros

What magazines/newspapers do you read is a ‘tough question’?
Really?

She could have just said “Guns and Ammo” and had thousands of ignant rednecks coming in their pants.

-Joe

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Meatros

What magazines/newspapers do you read is a ‘tough question’?

Well, you never heard them ask Obama that, did you, smartypants?

[Chefguy]

@ElvisL1ves

YOU could help by not *copying *it. Just sayin’.

Couldn’t figure out a good snipping point, as each statement was dumber than the previous one.

[xenophon41]

@Chefguy

Couldn’t figure out a good snipping point, as each statement was dumber than the previous one.

So you endangered all of us by creating the potential for a snowball of idiocy. :mad: Nice one, dude.
It coulda taken half the damn forum once it got going…

[Jas09]

@BigT

I still think we need to be fair:

Reagan>Palin>StarvingArtist>fencepost>Susanann>YouTube commenter.

This is getting complicated… how does this look:

Reagan > Palin > StarvingArtist > fencepost >onlysanepersonleftontheplanet > Susanann > YouTube commenter

I’m really having a hard time comparing onlysane with Susanann, but I decided that to give her(?) bonus points for the sheer quantity of stupid. YMMV.