Posted on 6/17/2010, 3:40:02 PM by 2ndDivisionVet
Liberals have never liked former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. They don’t like that she didn’t go to an Ivy League school, that she doesn’t follow the usual protocol of not speaking until a liberal says it’s okay to do so, and that she chose to carry her Down Syndrome baby to term instead of aborting it. (That last one really drives them crazy.)
They dislike her political support for smaller government, tax cuts, and a strong military. They are outraged by her ongoing push for drilling in ANWR, her participation in hunting sports, and the fact that she’s a card-carrying, Life Member of the NRA.
But all these reasons are trumped by the fact that they despise her beauty. It pushes them over the edge to know that she doesn’t just shoot an assault rifle, but makes an assault rifle look good when shooting it.
This was obvious when she was running for Vice President on the McCain ticket and it became known that she’d taken part in beauty pageants to get money to pay college tuition. How dare her that she is not only beautiful, but she used that beauty for profit.
It was even more obvious when she was criticized for allegedly spending $150,000 on her wardrobe during the presidential campaign. While I’m not saying that’s not a lot of money, I’ll never forget how the press fawned over Michelle Obama and relished the opportunity to proudly report the outrageous price of every piece of clothing she wore.
The double standard resides here: When Palin dresses in nice clothes reporters act like she’s being ostentatious, but when Mrs. Obama does it reporters are taken aback by her glamour. Yet the dirty little secret is that Palin could don a $90.00 dress from Wal-Mart and steal the show from a diamond covered Mrs. Obama any day, and the media knows it.
The coverage of Palin’s trip to this year’s Belmont Stakes proved the hatred for her beauty all over again as media outlets like the Boston Herald seized on the fact that she wore jeans, a “form-fitting T-shirt,” and a baseball cap to the track. The T-shirt alone caused bitter bloggers to ponder whether the former governor had had some type of cosmetic surgery performed. (To them, it’s just not fair that she looks so good all the time.)
So when a Keith Olbermann-type moron refers to Palin as an “idiot” again, or a Chris Matthews-type repeats his belief that she’s “frightening,” we just need to remember that the left criticizes that which they fear. We also have to keep in mind the fact that all the names they throw at Palin are really code words for “Dang, that woman looks good.”
And who can blame them for noticing? After all, since the 1930s they’ve spent their time supporting women who looked like Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton, Janet Reno, Tipper Gore, and Elena Kagan.
Suffice it to say there isn’t a lot of pinup potential in that list.
Things would go a lot easier if liberals would just admit Palin is not only conservative but also beautiful. And while they’re admitting that, they should also take the advice one of my friends frequently gives me when he says, “Hawkins, don’t be a hater."
They hate her because she has the ability to get people fired up and excited and get out to vote.
A $90 dollar dress from Walmart?
The point is well taken, however. Sarah Palin would look great after shopping garage sales, whereas Michelle... well, the proof is in the pictures. Money doesn't help.
I’ve looked through the first 3-4 pages of your recent posts.
Every single one was an insult about Sarah Palin.
I’m not Palinista, but you are clearly deranged.
Liberal women are almost always overweight, blowzy, baggy eyes, mannish, and make sure their hair hasn't been washed in months. They do this because they think it makes them appear more intellectual. After all, a woman has to be like a man to get anywhere. The libs are about as bad as the Taliban. The lib is so archaeic that they still buy into the old belief that a pretty woman is always stupid.
Yes, they are jealous because the conservative woman is truly liberated. They are smart, proud to be good looking and can even do things men do and still be feminine and sexually attractive. The conservative woman can even have her baby with pride and do not see it as a burden.
Sarah, Michelle, conservative women arouse their ire alright. They are moving up and they don't even have to fit the lib stereotype to get respect.
BobJ has all of the rope he needs.
He is going to hang himself with his own words.
Mark my words..
Sometime before the spring of 2011, BobJ will get himself banned from FR for good. He will self destruct.
Somehow I just knew that you would show up.
Never heard of you....
What makes you think..what you said?
Liberals are just plain envious.
They assume others are racists, others are unfair, others have too much, and NO ONE, should be prettier than ‘them’.
Covetousness. Plain and simple. Covetousness is the whole rational for the liberal mindset. Their never ending jealousy makes their minds sick.
Suffice it to say there isn’t a lot of pinup potential in that list.
First off, I don't think Tipper belongs in this list, she's always been an attractive female.
As for the rest, again leaving out one of the mentioned, Roosevelt, from my next point, I'll add Donna Shalala to it ... these lefty women have all needed some advice, it's come from both male and female advisers, as to how to make themselves look better to the public in order to keep popular support. The story of Hillary Clinton going blonde and dumping the heavy glasses for contacts, both Reno and Shalala had major makeovers, clothing, hair, makeup. I don't know about Kagan, not around long enough yet, but remember, Sotomayor had to be taken on a shopping trip in order to get better, more attractive clothing.
Just sayin' is all.
A bonus for her staying in the public eye, politics game is that Todd is photographed with her all the time, I get to look at him while men are checking out Sarah. ;)
I just love his manly chin!!
Because it’s true. Anybody who isn’t creeped out by the incessant obsession that Palin supporters have with her legs, hair, general looks, etc.,(as if that has much to do with her ability to lead, govern or uphold basic conservative principles) needs to re-examine their political priorities.
It makes me sick because if anything it shows some conservatives are as shallow and misguided as many liberals.
Appearance over ability, symbolism over substance, doesn’t matter what side you’re on, it’s creepy.
Agreed, and everybody knows the pretty ones are smart ...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.