My first was 2008 as well. I wasn't particularly interested in politics at that time (just a first year PhD student) but was stunned by how dimwitted Sarah Palin sounded during her interview with Katie Couric and even more stunned when finding out she was the VP nominee for a major party. That was when I started paying attention.
My first was 2008 as well. I wasn't particularly interested in politics at that time (just a first year PhD student) but was stunned by how dimwitted Sarah Palin sounded during her interview with Katie Couric and even more stunned when finding out she was the VP nominee for a major party. That was when I started paying attention.
I was shocked by Palin's nomination as well, she made Dan Quayle look like an inspired choice. Thankfully by the time she was nominated I was both "Never GOP" AND already sure Obama was winning so I didn't ever have to sweat her proximity to the Oval Office.
I've wrongly gone through this thought process several times. My first election was 1980 (I was almost 22), and I couldn't believe people saw presidential material in Ronnie, let alone twice. Then W Bush came along who I thought was too stupid to get elected.
Then came Trump and he made Reagan and Bush look good.
Yeah, I never thought the late war criminal and plutocrat GHWB was a genius, but by comparison with Raygun, Shrub, and the Oval Office Orangutan he's a gentleman, a scholar, and a statesman.
Wouldn't we be dancing on the tables about a Palin Presidency if it was a choice between her and Trump? At the very least, I don't think Palin is a sociopath.
My first was 2008 as well. I wasn't particularly interested in politics at that time (just a first year PhD student) but was stunned by how dimwitted Sarah Palin sounded during her interview with Katie Couric and even more stunned when finding out she was the VP nominee for a major party. That was when I started paying attention.
I was shocked by Palin's nomination as well, she made Dan Quayle look like an inspired choice. Thankfully by the time she was nominated I was both "Never GOP" AND already sure Obama was winning so I didn't ever have to sweat her proximity to the Oval Office.
I took a different tact with Palin; I just laughed hysterically every time she'd give an interview
I've wrongly gone through this thought process several times. My first election was 1980 (I was almost 22), and I couldn't believe people saw presidential material in Ronnie, let alone twice. Then W Bush came along who I thought was too stupid to get elected.
Then came Trump and he made Reagan and Bush look good.
What in the hell has happened to my country?
Yeah, I never thought the late war criminal and plutocrat GHWB was a genius, but by comparison with Raygun, Shrub, and the Oval Office Orangutan he's a gentleman, a scholar, and a statesman.
And a legitimate vet unlike those other wannabes
Wouldn't we be dancing on the tables about a Palin Presidency if it was a choice between her and Trump? At the very least, I don't think Palin is a sociopath.