Comments on: While the whole of the media was investigating the Palin book …

By: trzupr

trzupr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:24 +0000

Well said JS and Widow (and everyone else for that matter). This is what makes the left sound so hollow when they champion “diversity”. They are quite happy to put you into a box – so they can sneer at you – if you shop at WalMart, watch NASCAR, hunt, go to church, or happen to be a strong, attractive woman who speaks her mind. (Among other sins).

By: The College Widow

The College Widow — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:12:03 +0000

“There is a cultural war going on. Not between us dumb hicks and intellectuals, as the press declares, but between elitists (most of them elite only in their own mind) and those of us who live in the real world.”

Excellent! I couldn’t have said it better myself, JS. The majority of people in the US will lead average lives, which some people might consider a pejorative. I do not. Being ‘average’ is no shame.

I’ve had a lot of discussions with my husband and friends about what makes a person a ‘hick’. Some people say it’s education and some people say it’s income. Others say it’s where one lives. Some people seem to narrow it down to consumer choices: shopping at WalMart, Target and watching NASCAR.

I still don’t know why some people have such contempt for other human beings. It really boils down to prejudices based on: locality, shopping, income and education. This is a bigotry that is perfectly acceptable in mainstream culture.

By: JS Lawalin

JS Lawalin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:30:19 +0000

Well said, Widow. There is a cultural war going on. Not between us dumb hicks and intellectuals, as the press declares, but between elitists (most of them elite only in their own mind) and those of us who live in the real world. The elitists use the word “populism” in a tone of contempt to explain why we don’t prostrate ourselves at the very name of Obama; why we resist overt attempts to socialize our economy; why we “cling” to our guns and religion. What’s wrong with Kansas, the elitists say. I say there’s nothing wrong with Kansas, and I have a better name for populism – Common Sense.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:58:27 +0000

I hope “elitism” changes definitions — back to the Founders (and Martin Luther King’s too) version — the content of ones character and not the color of one’s skin, height of their penthouse or last name on their business card.

By: The College Widow

The College Widow — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:25:23 +0000

Feminists hate real women. The elitists despise real people. JS Lawlin commented “Here is a woman who holds no public office, is not running for one, and yet gets the press version of a body cavity search.” Don’t forget about Joe the Plumber’s cavity search – he got the treatment too. Private citizens are the enemy of Obama’s administration.

Rush is a regular recipient of this sort of treatment too. Remember Harry Reid asking Rush’s syndication partners to censor him from the senate floor? Then there’s the more recent example of the NFL piling on.

Sarah Palin’s snubbing by elitists is a battle in the larger culture war.

By: Karen L

Karen L — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:55:04 +0000

It struck me today, and I don’t know if this comparison has been mentioned before, but Sarah Palin is our Elliot Ness. After jumping through several hoops to get my two boys swine flue vaccines, I decided my doctor’s office reminded me of a speak-easy. I had to talk them into giving the vaccine to one, since he wasn’t considered high risk. This is a preview of what’s to come under the public option. Well-meaning and even not so well-meaning folk push for federal intervention under the pretense of “helping” people, and it ends being a corrupt, inefficient, abusive and wasteful disaster. Liberals who promoted gov’t expansion and over-regulation and left-leaning evangelicals pursuing one of many social gospel movements paved the way toward Prohibition. The same type of ideologues that support gov’t-run healthcare supported the Temperance movement. The “public option” is our modern day Prohibition. Curious that Chicago thugs exploited Prohibition for personal gain, and now Chicago thugs have infiltrated our federal gov’t. Whether she pursues public office or not, Palin is our Elliot Ness, and it’s time to gather some more “Untouchables.”

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:28:06 +0000

If this liberal scum think that they hear a thunder on the right,they better get ready for some lightning come 2010

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:23:18 +0000

Spot on,Kevin…the MSM is just about a bunch of libs jerking each other off.And now Newsweek photoshops Sarah Palin

By: JS Lawalin

JS Lawalin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:23:08 +0000

Amazing. Here is a woman who holds no public office, is not running for one, and yet gets the press version of a body cavity search. What is it about this woman that so terrifies the Left and their Renfields in the media?

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:14:38 +0000

Thanks,John,for mentioning Andrew Sullivan…I do need to buy some fruitcakes for Christmas