tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post5241981345741444601..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Are Anti-Palin Intellectuals Anti-Intelligence?William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-9117711820993978222009-10-02T01:28:32.878-04:002009-10-02T01:28:32.878-04:00I'm with "Samples". It boggles the m...I'm with "Samples". It boggles the mind when i hear conservatives say that Sarah Palin is "clearly, highly intelligent". Like many people. I've watched her performance closely since she was nominated to be John McCain's VP candidate. And I honestly have never seen any evidence that Sarah Palin is intelligent in any commonly understood meaning of the word.<br /><br />She can barely construct a coherent sentence. She answers questions with meaningless word salads. Her understanding of foreign policy is childish in the extreme. She can't even tell you what newspapers she reads. She winks and wiggles like a beauty queen, but this hardly qualifies as "intelligence".<br /><br />If this is what conservatives consider to be some kind of genius, they are in more trouble than any of us think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-88642637157528688542009-06-15T06:29:28.595-04:002009-06-15T06:29:28.595-04:00Lisette, if there were such a thing as an altar of...Lisette, if there were such a thing as an altar of mediocrity, I would nominate you as the first to be sacrificed upon it. What a lot of paranoid drivel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-73617789249662798372009-02-10T18:51:00.000-05:002009-02-10T18:51:00.000-05:00That last comment was clearly written by someone w...That last comment was clearly written by someone who knows nothing about Gov. Palin beyond what the badly-biased media have told her. Go do a little research on the woman before you write about her, eh? Maybe then you won't be "the very definition of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing."Rob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744370123241743193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-85592351248195451072009-02-09T04:00:00.000-05:002009-02-09T04:00:00.000-05:00Yes ,Sarah may be smart , she is the very definiti...Yes ,Sarah may be smart , she is the very definition of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing . Yes, she can manage a budget and knows how to manipulate emotions out of pure instinct. That is the least and I mean the very least that I expect from my leaders . What she is not however is educated . I have worked with many bright young people on the streets that can manage a budget like crazy , that can run a small buisness franchise better then most millionaires and they too have incredible life experience and uncomprimising gut instincts. But like Ms. Palin they have no real education and can be lead by the nose and convinced of all manner of wrong headed notions like Mother Theresa is an advesary that needed to die or even that witch doctors can controll the morality of an entire town with prayer. it is thier whole hearted embraceing of such Idiotic ideas like "if only the jews could be gotten rid of we would be okay " , or "we only have to fight the whore of baybylon in the Himalayas" that coming shining out of the eyes of the rigteously ignorant that leads the rest of the great unwashed uneducated into folowing a "follower"<BR/> and that is what Sarah Palin is at best, the same as George Bush a follower in emperors clothes . and the Last thing this country needs is another worshiper at the altar of mediocrity .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802636393201805296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-3865704877526566102009-02-06T22:29:00.000-05:002009-02-06T22:29:00.000-05:00Parochialism, what people do to defend thee!Parochialism, what people do to defend thee!HILLBLOGGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-57645345544012834992009-02-06T13:28:00.000-05:002009-02-06T13:28:00.000-05:00Samples, here's this from liberal feminist writer ...Samples, here's this from liberal feminist writer Elaine Lafferty (I posted on it <A HREF="http://the-spyglass.blogspot.com/2008/10/liberal-feminist-says-sarah-palins.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>: <BR/><BR/>"Sarah Palin is very smart. . . . <BR/><BR/>"Now by 'smart,' I don't refer to a person who is wily or calculating or nimble in the way of certain talented athletes who we admire but suspect don't really have serious brains in their skulls. I mean, instead, a mind that is thoughtful, curious, with a discernable pattern of associative thinking and insight. Palin asks questions, and probes linkages and logic that bring to mind a quirky law professor I once had. Palin is more than a 'quick study'; I'd heard rumors around the campaign of her photographic memory and, frankly, I watched it in action. She sees. She processes. She questions, and only then, she acts. What is often called her 'confidence' is actually a rarity in national politics: I saw a woman who knows exactly who she is."<BR/><BR/>And here's the redoubtable liberal feminist college professor Camille Paglia (my post on this is <A HREF="http://the-spyglass.blogspot.com/2008/11/camille-paglia-on-sarah-palin.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>):<BR/><BR/>"I like Sarah Palin, and I've heartily enjoyed her arrival on the national stage. As a career classroom teacher, I can see how smart she is—and quite frankly, I think the people who don't see it are the stupid ones, wrapped in the fuzzy mummy-gauze of their own worn-out partisan dogma. So she doesn't speak the King's English—big whoop! There is a powerful clarity of consciousness in her eyes. She uses language with the jumps, breaks and rippling momentum of a be-bop saxophonist."<BR/><BR/>Dr. Jacobson, I just found your blog through a link from <I>Caffeinated Thoughts</I>; I'll definitely have to spend some time wandering around.Rob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744370123241743193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-10459798970542541532009-02-05T23:22:00.000-05:002009-02-05T23:22:00.000-05:00What's wrong with how she speaks? She says what s...What's wrong with how she speaks? She says what she means, unlike most other politicians. So she may not be as eloquent at The One when he has a teleprompter, but that is the point of the article I quote. Defining intelligence based on a narrow concept of book knowledge and snarky (the liberal phrase of the year) smarts rather than experience and common sense, is narrow minded.<BR/><BR/>And Caffeinated Thoughts, thanks.William A. Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-85043525533342757902009-02-05T22:42:00.000-05:002009-02-05T22:42:00.000-05:00Yes. They are. They are elitist.Samples - she dem...Yes. They are. They are elitist.<BR/><BR/>Samples - she demonstrates skill and knowledge of running a state. She is incredibly knowledgeable of energy policies. She has an excellent grasp on fiscal policies, because under her leadership she was able to build a savings fund which has prevented Alaska from being in as poor shape as other states.<BR/><BR/>She also demonstrates something that many of these elitists lack - common sense, which apparently isn't very common. <BR/><BR/>William - I found you through the Conservative Web Brigade (of which I'm now a member). Feel free to check out my blog, <A HREF="http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/" REL="nofollow">Caffeinated Thoughts</A>. I subscribed to your blog and look forward to reading more!Shane Vander Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737191721551327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-40843286701296158632009-02-05T21:55:00.000-05:002009-02-05T21:55:00.000-05:00I know you didn't write the article, but since you...I know you didn't write the article, but since you cosigned its overall message, please provide an example of how she is "clearly, highly intelligent". It boggles my mind how anyone could listen to her speak and think she's "highly intelligent".Steve Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814844045803919072noreply@blogger.com