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Siegel's theory stinks. Liberals are upset about Palin's POLICIES, not her gender. Just like we get upset about Obama's POLICIES, not his race. We leave the race fear to the conservatives. They are clearly so much better at it. #sarahpalin
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All of this is being submitted to STFU, Conservatives toute suite. #sarahpalin
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Although I will say I have a visceral reaction to that t-shirt. #sarahpalin
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When is "Maverick" going to pick back up to being every third word people say about her? #sarahpalin
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You say, "Ben Gibbard called - he wants his shirt back". He says, "I really like Owl City". You say, "Are you being ironic?". He replies, "No. I'm post-irony."
He says, "What do you do?" You reply, "I'm an accountant". He says, "My mom was an full-time accountant and a full-time mom. She really couldn't have it all. Makes you think, doesn't it?"
Later, you find out he told your friends that you seemed wounded in some way, and used anger as a defense mechanism. "She seems like the kind of liberal who really hates Sarah Palin", he mused. #sarahpalin
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Federal Politics: Some experience required. #sarahpalin
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The true outsiders are the people at the grassroots (on both sides) who are working passionately for their issues, but have none of the access to power that political figures do. Or, even better, those who are working to achieve new and exciting outcomes outside of the traditional power structures. Yes, she was a surprise choice for VP. Yes, she's irritatingly quirky. But she's not truly an outsider--she's playing the game as much as the rest of them. #sarahpalin
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THIS IS NOT RACISM, no matter what Madison Avenue, Hollywood, Washington, years of history, people in every city and every state in this country, common decency and morality, or the dictionary tells us! Fixed it for ya there, Lynn Vincent!
Honestly though, this xkcd cartoon? This is how I feel about Sarah Palin. I know it's fruitless to fight it, but all the lying and leaps in logic just drive me CRAZY. #sarahpalin
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Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar and that's what we've got with Palin (and Bush). As Anna writes, there are very good, fundamental, concrete reasons for progressives to dislike Palin. #sarahpalin
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I don't understand, honestly, anyone's contention that she's some kind of maverick. She's anything but. She and her husband are middle-class strivers, maximizing their assets for status gain, while acquiring none of the education or introspection or engagement with culture that would lend dignity to their modes of thought or action. They've tricked themselves into believing that because they've achieved a semblance of superficial importance in a very small society, they are in fact important. And all across the country, people just like them are seeing themselves in that family and making proclamations that their limited perspective and prospects can't possibly back up. This is why rational, thoughtful people don't want to hear from her. She's done nothing whatsoever to deserve a platform, and she's disproportionately appealing to narcissists of average and sub-average intelligence. #sarahpalin
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A more compelling argument than Siegel's is that, now that Palin no longer holds public office, liberals should simply ignore her.
Yes, ignore her, until Spencer leaves Heidi to try to move in and become First Dude. #sarahpalin
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eta: of course the majority of the criticism was completely on point
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