Sarah is not smart enough to be a grade B movie actor, so she is dumber.
Bear in mind that by pushing back against the “Reagan was dumb” meme, we’re undermining the Palin’s “Regan was dumb, therefore dumb is good” meme.
But how is it there we’re going, “Reagan…Palin”? Wasn’t there another Republican in the Presidential field for whom stupidity was an issue?
If Palin is no worse than Reagan, than that might be good enough, but she is worse. But if she’s no better than George W. Bush, then that’s very, very bad.
So how does Palin compare to Bush?
Right. Which is the natural rebuttal to Susanann’s argument that Palin’s press attention, book sales, etc. illustrate her exceptional charismatic qualities.
People get the limelight through hard work, talent, importance or happenstance. Palin became nationally important when McCain took a gamble, otherwise I can’t see any route she could’ve taken through her own efforts that would’ve gained her such prominence.
I guess you could credit her with pretty efficiently taking monetary advantage of her fame, though. If you believe that deserves credit of course.
Oh, per the OP: Reagan wasn’t as bright as his Veep or main officers, but he had a definite and consistent structure to his beliefs and well considered reasons for them. Orders of magnitude more capable than Palin.
It’s not clear from your post who exactly mocked Palin for the 1773 comment. For the “fair use” thing, yes, Gawker’s sneering comment obviously backfired, but I thought Palin was mostly being criticized for her tendency to bemoan her alleged exploitation by the the Mean Old Press all the while promoting *herself *via a prolonged, calculated blitz across every medium she can manipulate.
Separated at birth?
I agree.
I find that even my broken clock can tell me the time twice every day.
If Palin looked like Margaret Thatcher she’d be completely unknown, even in Alaska.
I am extremely afraid of having a woman like Palin be elected as POTUS. I’m not sure if anyone else has seen it, but there was a reality TV style documentary filmed about her life after she lost her bid for VP last election.
She clearly said “I’m glad I didn’t win, I would have hated to have been cooped up in that office all the time.”
That is not something a responsible and effective leader would say under any circumstance.
Shut your fat mouth, hippie! That brush won’t clear itself!
-Joe
Rank order:
Reagan>Palin>Quayle>fencepost
You want to have sex with her and if she is not president you think your chances are better?
You joke, but that’s exactly how I banged Walter Mondale!
Is it true about why he is nicknamed Walter “Pringles” Mondale?
If I’m going to fantasize about an unobtainable sex object, it sure as hell isn’t going to be Sarah Palin. I just don’t understand her appeal to some men. She’s not ugly, she’s simply not fantasy stuff. I’d prefer my neighbor who lives across the street.
Or Paris Hilton, washing my car. 
Bad car, all dirty.
Bricker for President! Sure, he might not lead us to prosperity, but he’ll make sure current case law supports the position that he can see Alaska before mentioning it in a speech.
Which is why she’s making a mint ripping off gullible people like you who think she gives a flying fuck about anyone but herself. I can guarantee you that liberals certainly don’t fall over ourselves to see and hear her every word. We have Jon Stewart’s staff to pick the amusing parts, and we ignore the rest.
Palin is categorically not dumb. Her IQ may not be in three figures, but she understands how to maximize her talent, and that takes a particular kind of intelligence. She also has one skill in particular that she shares with Dubya: the ability to portray a downhome, woodsy character while wearing $5,000 glasses and washing down the beating hearts of her enemies with '75 Dom Perignon (or in W’s case, while being the Ivy League educated son of a former President).
In the same vein, Reagan was hardly a chess grandmaster, but he had a talent for picking people who could help him accomplish his goals (or accomplish them for him).
What, did he have scabs all over his body?
Have any evidence that he ever tried to be on the tenure track? The New Yorker article on his background made it quite clear that his goals were elsewhere. And the University of Chicago doesn’t hire people like a community college. With his law review credential, I suspect he could have gotten a faculty job if he wanted one.
Ah, he’s a socialist? This accusation says nothing about his intelligence, only yours.
My take on SP is that she was the most popular girl in her high school and she found a way to make that into a career.
Popular, popular, popular. Popular for being popular. That is, meta popular.
Paris Hilton, we just haven’t see the sex tape yet?
-Joe
I don’t think that was a documentary, per se. I think you’re remembering a quote from a commercial for her TV show. cite