Yes, she went to four schools over five years for her degree. That's because she paid her own way through, worked various jobs to earn her tuition, and went where she could afford to.
Posted on 09/06/2010 12:26:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
OK, I think it's time to spell out just why so many people on the right come across as "anti-intellectual" or "anti-elite." And the reason is based on one of the most fundamental rules of science.
Supporters of President Obama like to tout his intellectual credentials. Columbia, Harvard Law, Harvard Law Review Constitutional Law scholar, and so on. (Just don't look too carefully for actual proof of his intellect -- don't ask for his grades, his writings, or stuff like that. Just take his success there at face value.)
They especially like comparing his resume' to that of Sarah Palin's -- four schools, five years, one degree.
Obviously, Obama is a genius and Palin is a moron. Especially if you listen to them speak -- one's a gifted orator (especially with TOTUS at hand), the other's a down-home country bumpkin hick.
Here's where that fundamental rules of science kicks in:
Experiment always trumps theory.
Where Palin absolutely demolishes Obama is in reality. He's got the fancy certificates; she's got a Ph.D. from the School Of Hard Knocks.
Yes, she went to four schools over five years for her degree. That's because she paid her own way through, worked various jobs to earn her tuition, and went where she could afford to.
Obama dabbled briefly in the private sector, a low-end drone at a trading house. Then he discovered the delight of the public payroll.
Palin, on the other hand, helped start a couple of businesses. She's had to make -- and live within -- budgets. She's had to make payroll.
Obama went into public service as a career. Palin went in because she saw things that needed fixing, kept finding more things that needed fixing, and walked away when her enemies found a way to threaten her family's security.
Obama needs to be in office. Palin doesn't.
The fundamental difference between a lifetime academician and theorist like Obama and a lifetime pragmatist like Palin is that Obama is fundamentally incapable of recognizing and admitting that his theories might be wrong. If they don't work, then obviously he didn't explain it well enough, he didn't spend enough money, or the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy sabotaged it.
Palin, on the other hand, understands The First Rule Of Holes and The Definition Of Insanity. When something doesn't work, she looks at it again and, if necessary, tosses it aside.
It's not that the right is anti-intellectual. The right reveres great intelligence. But, to reveal my Dungeons and Dragons background, it also understands that Intelligence is different from Wisdom. And in a crunch, we'll trust Wisdom over Intelligence -- because Intelligence unchecked by Wisdom leads to hubris.
And in the hands of the powerful, hubris often leads to catastrophe. In Obama's case, it's clear that his inability to conceive that he might be wrong tends to make him "double down on stupid" -- witness how his reaction to the overwhelming public disapproval of ObamaCare (to the point where Democrats who voted for it are refusing to acknowledge their support for it) means, to him, that he has to just keep on trying to "educate" us about how wonderful it is. He simply can't grasp that a lot of us already know the details, and still reject it.
It's not the intelligence that turns off conservatives. It's arrogant, all-knowing intelligence untempered by wisdom and experience that turns us off. And we're not that respectful of those who worship that strain of intelligence.
It's a pity that the left can't accept that there is a diversity of intelligence, and the best minds embrace more than one strain.
Yes, she went to four schools over five years for her degree. That's because she paid her own way through, worked various jobs to earn her tuition, and went where she could afford to.
Who paid for BO’s education? Nevermind.
A real clue to his supposed *intellect* would be for him to speak without TOTUS and then compare it to Sarah speaking. Okay, I’ll give him a break...he can jot down some notes on his palm!
LOL.
-- Dan Seamount, one of two commissioners who served with Palin in 2003-2004 on the Alaska Oil & Gas Commission
BTW, just finished reading "Sarah Takes On Big Oil", something I should have done last year. Anyone who thinks Palin isn't smart after reading that book isn't very smart themselves.
Well said. It would serve her VERY well to disappear and take a week or two of intense speech/speaking courses where she'd lose to nasal tones, properly adjust her inflections, and generally "get the balance right" (Depeche Mode).
Please!!....here he go again we a “i don’t like how she sound”....her speech is fine, she’s a woman for God sakes..... only in large audience like outside does she speak in a higher tone, but plenty of times in room or auditoriums we have speeches of her speaking in a nice tone...give it a rest!!!
I spotted that book yesterday when I was looking up the release date of "AMERICA BY HEART" (November 23, 2010), and I thought about ordering it. I think I will now.
This is a gem of a little article that I thought her ping list would enjoy.
I must have missed that story. What was the quote?
We know he taught sedition, Alinsky-style:
You’re not alone in your suggestions. Her voice is her voice and I’ve noticed, over time, she has slowed her delivery and refined her elocution that only comes with experience.
I wouldn’t want her to seek “professional coaching” because Sarah is genuine and natural.
But, notice with Sarah that she often speaks to such large crowds out of doors that she has to almost shout or literally shout to be heard, even with microphones.
You can’t sell deceit in plain English.
LOL.
Some of that discussion is "eyes glaze over" material but overall the book is terrific and has a ton of observations by people in and out of Alaska politics about Palin as a "doer" and a leader. It is outstanding. I will be re-reading the gasline discussion again to understand it further.
Hopefully, by the end of Obama's term (2 more very long years of American destruction) the same people who voted for the polished style of the teleprompter-reading hustler will think twice and abandon the shallow style in favor of more solid, substantive content and vote for someone with a deep commitment to wise, sound political strategies and values.
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About the only thing I think she needs to work on is her tempo. She needs to concentrate on slowing down, although in the world of TV soundbites that's hard to do.
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That's precisely what my husband says.
He wants her to slow down a lot more, and pause to allow for applause.
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Like you, I pray that voters will dump him in a 2012 landslide and hopefully for Sarah Palin.
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