Left Liberals on Sarah Palin

The above photo comes from a Times article, linked to by the LewRockwell.com Blog, which mentions "her beehive hairdo and retro specs" as a part of her "naughty librarian vibe" — Sarah Palin: conservatives find the girl of their dreams. The article quotes Camille Paglia:

We may be seeing the first woman president. As a Democrat, I am reeling. That was the best political speech I have ever seen delivered by an American woman politician. Palin is as tough as nails.

Not all are that conciliatory, as Stephan Kinsella notes in describing the reaction of the "the condescending limousine liberals, the middle-America and normalcy-hating 'urbane' and cosmpolitan condescending types" — Palin "Reeks of Local" -- The Dumb, Dumb Demonrats. An excerpt:

A good example of liberal condescension (and hypocritically sexist, at that) from Jane Smiley: "If the red phone rings in the middle of the night and she's breastfeeding, will she answer it?" The contempt for normal America--the bizarre, sneering sexism--just oozes out of this liberal vitriol, doesn't it? Think middle America won't pick on up on this? Why vote for those who feel they are superior to you and who relegate normalcy to peon status?

And another, by "Michael Seitzman":"She's never actually used the word Shiite in a sentence before. She's never had to. She's never given any thought whatsoever to nuclear proliferation. She's never had to. She's never thought about Israel, Russia, Korea, or Iran. She's never even thought about Mexico."

How in the world does he know? He's implying that unless you are a federal politician, or some savvy DC Denizen, you haven't "thought" about .... Russia, Korea, etc. Hell, even mere state governors are peons and not worthy to sit at the table with the benighted Beltwaytarians--if you are only governor of "small state", that is. Gee, I wonder what citizens of, say, most states outside Yankeeland, California, and DC think about that snub? These condescending attacks on Palin, small-town america, "small" states, and normalism are just amazing to behold.

And what's that say about, say, housewives and career women? I guess they've never "thought about" these weighty matters either? I guess they're too busy breastfeeding or running in beauty pageants or merely being mayors of "small" towns.

Hell, Alaska is even more backward and lacking of culture and interesting people than Auburn, Alabama. And forget about liberals for a sec--how could the Kochtopus support this ticket? Jesus. Listen to these cackling hypocrites. Is dissing Alaska as some hick backwater supposed to help them with voters?

Seitzman continues: "There is not a fireball's chance in Alaska that Sarah Palin could make that argument in a debate with Joe Biden. She lacks the gravitas, she lacks the knowledge, she lacks the experience. If she were a news anchor we'd say she reeks of local."

"Sarah Palin may be more of a threat to Obama than Democrats are recognizing," acknowledges AlterNet's Heather Gehlert — An Ex-Beauty Queen for VP: Political Risk or Political Genius? The authoress makes the following assertion:

Voters -- some of whom dissect policy issues daily, but most of whom don't -- ultimately cast their ballots based on emotion. Not logic. Not knowledge of "the issues."

That may well be true, but it is no less true of Obama supporters. The idea that "dissect[ing] policy issues daily", "logic," and "knowledge of 'the issues'" will lead one to vote Democrat is absurd.