Sarah Palin - I feel sorry for her ...

[crappyjazz]

I don't like her, I certainly don't like her politics, but the more I watch Sarah Palin I feel sorry for her, and her family.

Campbell Brown's comments about sexism by the McCain campaign mirrored my own thoughts, but even more than being the victim of McCain's sexism, I feel like she was kidnapped and thrown into water way over her head without a lifesaver and without anyone to warn her how deep the water was. I realize it's more complicated than that; her own ambition blinded her, McCain obviously didn't vet her, etc. But this woman, not to mention her family, has been used as a political ploy and nothing more. I don't think McCain expected to win. I just think he wanted it to be a closer race and was willing to do anything and sacrifice anyone on the altar of his ego.

They say she lost her confidence? Well of course she did. They started her at the RNC where the audience was sure to give her some love, I mean, they didn't have a choice did they? But not being the brightest bulb in the box, she heard the applause, saw the signs with her name on them and had her own personal Sally Field moment, "they like me, they really like me".

Now, she's a disaster ... even her own party is falling out of love. She is not so stupid that she's not seeing this. She looked scared shitless every time Katie opened her mouth to begin another question. She looked she wanted to cry to Todd "take me home, NOW". I felt like I could see going through her mind the realization of what she had done, and what she had been baited into doing and what the reprecussions will eventually be for her and her family. McCain will lose and will likely blame some of it on her. She will forever be the punchline to jokes about failure. She will go home to a daughter who has had her privacy invaded, not just by a few neighbours and friends, but by the whole world and will blame her mother for that. I could go on and on and yes, some blame has to be leveled at her.

But, this despicable, lying, dishonourable man who calls himself a maverick and constantly reminds us that he is a hero ... this man doesn't care about her. He doesn't care about anyone but himself and his ego.

I didn't enjoy watching her crash and burn, but I am enjoying McCain's campaign crash and burn.

[jpertello]

1. I have 0 Pity for her

"I feel like she was kidnapped and thrown into water way over her head without a lifesaver and without anyone to warn her how deep the water was."

So she can sink or swim. So far she's sinking like a rock. She should've realized she was in way over her head. But she's too stupid and arrogant to get it.

[dkf]

4. She certainly was naive.

Sad. Her poor family.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. i think she was arrogant. she thought she could dupe the american people

just as easily as bush had.

[dkf]

29. I think she has slid too long on looks, charm and charisma and that blinds her.

But underneath all that is a crazy worldview and a woeful lack of knowledge.

[merh]

9. She jumped, she wasn't kidnapped and thrown into anything.

She accepted willingly, she has participated, and from what I have read, she is no angel, she is just in over her head and too stupid to know it.

[dkf]

2. Her Katie interview is being looped like poor Miss Teen South Carolina.

Its amazing she can get herself out of bed to keep on campaigning.

[salguine]

22. Raging narcissism will do that for you.

[dkf]

32. If she is a narcissist, she is in big big trouble.

Its hard to preserve the delusion of self when every stupid thing you do replays constantly.

[Tesla]

3. And the media picks on her by asking her tough questions

they don't ask any other candidate tough questions like poor Sarah.:sarcasm:

[Meshuga]

5. She accepted to take this position

So I don't feel sorry for her.

[mtnester]

6. Why? She said Yes, she would run with him

no one twisted her arm

As a woman myself, I am asking you to reconsider...she made the decision, she lives by it, just like the rest of us do.

[crappyjazz]

12. I know, her arm couldn't be twisted

without her own ambition and stupidity helping that out ...

we do all have to live with our bad choices, but thankfully, most of us don't have to deal with being laughed at by the entire world

It reminds me of those kids who try out for American Idol and get laughed out of the audition room. They come out crushed and have a few friends hugging them and telling them they did great. Hopefully at some point, they have a true friend who will tell them they can't sing.

[mtnester]

24. If I, as a person who has worked in government for nearly 17 years

was asked by a presidential candidate to run for VP, and and I did not take two seconds to think it through and to decide on whether this would be good for my country or not, and chose immediately to say Yes because I am an ambitious fool, then whatever comes down the pike is a decision I made, by MYSELF, and I get whatever I deserve, including laughter at my obvious bone head mistakes and buffoonery.

(and BELIEVE me I think even I MYSELF am more qualified than Sarah Palin to be asked to run as VP)

No pity from me on this at ALL. Same for the people that go on American Idol. The only pity I have for them is that no one loved them enough to stop them which is sadder than Sarah Palin's ambitious stupidity.

[Olney Blue]

7. Deer, meet headlights. This has become very uncomfortable to watch.

But it will be even more uncomfortable if she is sitting in the tie-maker seat in Congress.

[secondwind]

8. you know, we've been tossing that thought around since yesterday. I posted yesterday that if I

were Palin, I would be FURIOUS now.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. well she had the choice to "blink" when he asked her to be vp and she should have

bad judgment on her part makes me not want to have any sympathy for her

no one in their right mind would think that this is easy

palin is one person i have no sympathy with. she has political acumen as experienced by her politicizing alaska. its her arrogance thats her downfall.

which again does not deserve my sympathy

[ncgrits]

11. Because of her "I don't blink" attitude about accepting the job. . .

I don't feel at all sorry for her. She should have thought about the ramifications of accepting the VP spot. She should have anticipated at least some of what's happened. She should have considered her actual skill set instead of her blind ambition. (Hey, she should have actually put country first.)

The only person I truly feel sorry for in this whole Palin debacle is Bristol. Her mother trotted her out in front of the world in the most heartless and cynical way. I was once a 17-year-old girl and I can't imagine the humiliation she must feel.

[Botany]

13. Talk to the Wolf ... she is a heartless piece of crap

[chatnoir]

17. "Heartless" - exactly the word I was looking for.

[Botany]

37. I hunt a little (Deer & upland game)

but the idea of running wolves with planes & helicopters until they are
exhusted and then shooting them is sick.

Also her thought that killing wolves gives more game for hunters to
shoot is just stupid and show a total lack of knowledge of basic
wildlife biology.

A healthy wolf population helps the moose & caribou population.

[stuntcat]

42. right.

I respect those beautiful wolves. But Palin? not so much.

[chatnoir]

14. She's a lying, corrupt, hateful human being

Remember that arrogant, sneering speech of hers at the RNC? She's very mean-spirited, very vicious and self-serving. Only her incredible ego and arrogance could have made her accept that VP slot. She's someone who demands loyalty oaths or else retaliation in being fired, someone who makes rape victims pay for their own rape kit while she herself rapes the environment.

I find her absolutely repugnant and the sooner she crashes and burns out, the better.

[NatBurner]

15. i give < a fuck about her

after all that shit she talked about Obama? Piss on her-

And if she didn't want her whiskey-tango hillbilly goon squad of a family exposed, then she shouldn't have accepted the job- It's not as if she didn't know her daughter was pregnant and her hubby was a creepy dickhead, seriously

And now that her house of cards is tumbling down? I have less than zero sympathy for her- that's what she gets for believing her own hype

[salguine]

16. Some stupid people I feel sorry for, some I don't. The difference, for me,

lies in what effect their stupidity has on others. Paris Hilton, for example, is generally regarded as silly and empty-headed, but for the most part her vacuousness does no real harm to anyone except maybe exasperating people who have to witness it firsthand. I doubt I could stand to be in the same room with her, but whatever.

Everything changes, however, when stupid people are put in positions where they have the ability—and probably the eager inclination—to cause immeasurable harm to not only other people, but entire societies, by doing things like...oh, I dunno—wreck economies, start wars, things like that.

Paris? Bless her silly empty little head. Sarah? Fuck her.

[calmblueocean]

19. I feel sorry for *us*, not her

Sarah Palin has shown herself to be just like Bush. I don't see any remorse or embarrassment on her face. I see only oblivious ambition and ignorant confidence. She doesn't even know what she doesn't know, to paraphrase Rummy.

If this woman gets into office, she'll be an epic disaster. I pity us for being inflicted with her, not her for inflicting herself on us.

[cali]

20. Fuck her. No pity. None. Zero. She's a loathsome person.

[Marrah_G]

21. I do pity her in some strange way- even though I know she would like to see me burning on a stake.

I think I need therapy.

[crappyjazz]

26. I'm gay, she'd probably want me drawn and quartered

but yep, I still feel sorry for her ...

can I get your therapist's number?

[Marrah_G]

33. Soon as I find one !

So gay pagans would have to be drawn quartered and then burned !

Maybe Putin will fly over and save us!

[Tarc]

23. A simple question; do fundamentalist Republicans feel sorry for every time

they have lied, smeared, and cheated their way into office, with a smug look on their faces throughout? Do they feel sorry for the misery they caused for their opponents?

No. No, I do not think so.

Fuck Sarah Palin and the caribou she rode in on.

[riverwalker]

25. victim of her own ego

and willful ignorance. It's obvious she hasn't even a casual interest in the affairs of the world.
Not curious about the war, or other cultures. In a way, she is mirror of some of the electorate.

[Ganja Ninja]

34. Yup! She could have said no to McCain.

She should know she's not qualified and get out of the race for the good of the country.

[PA Democrat]

27. No sympathy from me.

Her stupidity could get us all killed. She is a dangerously uninformed, incurious extremist. Look at what the last SOB who fit that description got us.

[LiberalFighter]

28. I have no sympathy for Palin. Not even her family.

I feel more sorry for Alaska residents because they were so easily duped into electing her as their Governor. But then again, Palin had an advantage in Alaska by not having as many voters to dupe.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. Go watch again her vicious, smug, contemptuous, vile, degrading, loathsome convention speech.

[Lochloosa]

43. Bingo!

[calmblueocean]

65. Yup, that's the cure all right.

Seriously.

"...like a community organizer, but with ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES!"

She hired a city manager, and still somehow left Wasilla $15 million in debt.

Great job with your responsibilities there, Captain Snowmachine.

[southpaw]

31. It was Palin's narcissistic hubris that got her where she is now

I'm quite enjoying the spectacle of her oh-so public flame-out.


She is the quintessential high school 'mean girl.' The pretty and popular queen bee who manipulates the in-crowd to get everything she wants and mistreats the less popular kids for shits and giggles.
Everybody remembers these people. Now we all get to watch one of these despicable ass-wipes being exposed as shallow, vapid and incompetent on the national stage.

I'd like nothing more than to see her break down during an interview, hopefully with a female interviewer... mustn't allow for the inevitable 'sexism' bleats that her sheep will unleash in her defense.

[City Lights]

35. I don't have one drop of pity or empathy for her.

She's a heartless, arrogant opportunist who had no business accepting McCain's offer in the first place. She reaps what she sows. She and McCain deserve each other.

[TheZug]

36. No sympathy. She's a craven, lying nutjob.

[stillcool]

38. She is just as despicable..

and dishonorable as he is. I don't feel sorry for her at all.

[Tutankhamun]

39. She's been spoiled her whole life.

[npincus]

40. DON'T feel sorry until November 5th and they've LOST.

Please. There is no sympathy for Democrats on the other side.

[JerseygirlCT]

41. I don't

That feels condescending to me, as well.

She made a choice - perhaps as reckless as McCain's in picking her. She's led a life of rampant ambition, outsized ego and utter willingness to stomp on anyone who got in her way - including her kids, apparently.

I think she's a nasty, ignorant, selfish person with ridiculously dangerous and unfounded ideas about how our society ought to work.

I'm loving every single minute of her slow and painful downfall. It's the least that's due her.

[FloridaGrl]

44. I totalling agree

The videos are painful to watch. I wish she'd say thanks but no thanks and leave. However since she is in it she has to take what is coming to her after all this isn't the Miss America contest.

[Median Democrat]

45. Feeling Sorry For Her Is Paternalistic

Sarah Palin did not have to accept the VP spot, but she did. As you note, she is ambitious, and her ambitious outstrips her ability, talent and experience. She is an adult, and she has held some political office, thus she should have some knowledge of her limitations. Also, if she is as strong a leader as she is portrayed to be, then there is no way she could have been muzzled unless she acquieced in being muzzled. I listed to the Gibson and Couric interviews, and she just lacks the basic ability to keep quiet when she has nothing to say on a subject. Instead, she insists on pushing inane talking points, or flying by the seat of her pants on subjects she is clueless on, which makes her a perfect match for McCain, but a terrible choice as VP.

Bill Clinton is right. Sarah Palin is a politician, and she is at her best when she is allowed to meander and discuss her quirky biography. However, Palin is not a good leader. She may think she is, but if the Gibson and Couric interviews are any indication of her thought processes and understanding, then she is a horrible choice as VP.

So, I can't feel sorry for her, since she apparently lacks the self-awareness that the job is far beyond her.

[WA98296]

46. You are too generous. She SELFISHLY went where she had no credentials to go.

Now she looks like a high school kid who didn't do their homework and still has to give a stand up report: totally unprepared, totally uninformed, totally out of her league. She chose this and she chose to drag her family through all of it. If this puts an end to her political career, all the better. Her politics are dangerous.

[madwivoter]

47. I don't feel sorry for *her*

But I do *feel* sorry when I watch her responses when legitimate questions are asked.

The fact that she can actually muster the level of condescension she does when responding with non-answer gibberish makes me want more. She can continue her downward spiral along with her running mate and I'll be there, in the first row :rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

48. I feel sorry for her family, her not so much. I don't get any real satisfaction

from watching her crash and burn, however.

She was a very poor choice for McCain to make and she made a very poor choice by accepting. I don't understand the thought process behind either decision.

[TwilightGardener]

49. $150 for a wolf's foreleg...charging women for rape investigations...nope, nothing even approaching

pity in my heart for her. Watch how people behave when they're in a position of power over other people, and animals, and the environment--that's what tells you what's really in their hearts. Hers is coal-black and ugly.

[Bluenorthwest]

50. Sympathy for the Devil? Sure. For Palin? Hell no

She asked for this, she sought it out. Her own hubris will be her downfall, and I for one celebrate that. I hope her bigoted, atavistic fat ass suffers greatly, and deeply. I hope she never forgives herself for the insult that is her campaign for VP. In no way do I feel sorry for her fraudulent, corrupt and amoral self or family.
Palin and her family had zero empathy for rape victims in their 'town'. I think we should go with Palin's method and charge her for the time and effort spent on her ego tripping run for VP.
Palin and her family oppose even the most basic human rights for me and my family. She's a hater, a divider. She mocks good works and holds fine people in clearly spoken contempt. She tells lies repeatedly, even once the entire nation knows it is a lie.
I'll skip the feelings of pity for this monster of ambition and prejudice.

[Max_powers94]

51. I don't feel sorry for her

[HughMoran]

52. She's an empty skirt

& I have no sympathy for someone so filled with bitterness.

[TlalocW]

53. Frmo her history

We know that she will do anything and jump at any chance to gain more power so I can't feel sorry for her. Hopefully though her implosion on the national stage will send her fellow crazies back under whatever rocks they poked their heads out from under. I'm sick of hypocritical backbiters who don't understand economics, believe in magic, foist their religion off on other people.

Yeah, I can dream.

TlalocW

[SeaLyons]

54. no sympathy here for Palin....

if she didn't realize she was being tapped as a gimmick for McLame, then she deserves what she's getting. She had to know she wasn't prepared to step into the VP position, and if she thought she could pull it off, then she's even dumber than I thought.

[tomg]

55. I almost feel sorry for her until I realize

She has power. Even when she loses her bid for VP, she still is running Alaska for two more years. If they steal the election ( the only way I see them winning), she has the power to screw people's lives for four years. Maybe, just maybe Sarah getting her ass kicked from here to Halifax for the next 40 days will make her less vindictive, more humane, less arrogant and self-righteous. But probably not.

[CitizenLeft]

56. for the woman who thought it was cute to mock...

..."community organizers," comapared herself to Hillary Clinton, thought governor = dictator, and advocates the mass slaughter of defenseless animals? Not an ounce of sympathy. Her downfall is karmic and justified and I will enjoy it. She's not going to miss any meals, lose her house or have to go on unemployment, like some of the rest of us. She'll just simply look foolish and be ridiculed... just as she ridiculed Barack Obama.

Not that I don't understand your perspective, but... no. :hi:

[VWolf]

57. I feel sorry for her kids. That's about it. nt

[mscuedawg]

58. She's an embarassment and I dont feel sorry for her at all...

...maybe for her family since she's pulled them all into this mess...but not her...no way

[LynneSin]

59. She knew she wasn't qualified and took the job anyways

I wouldn't be suprised if she's kicked out of office next Governor's election.

And then a year or so later she'll be on E! with her own reality TV show.

[against all enemies]

60. I feel sorry for the people she has, and will, shit on. Pay for rape kits?

[spanone]

61. bwahahaha i have no sympathy for her whatsoever

[zulchzulu]

62. She accepted a position she is not qualified for, so she can go fuck herself

She either is THAT stupid that she thought she could be VP nominee without knowing anything or she is a selfish twit more enthused at honing her career than looking at the whole picture.

I feel sorry for her family that they have her as their mother.

[dbmk]

63. Read up on her Alaskan history

It reads like Animal Farm. She deserves this.

EDIT: Just to be clear: She was not Snowball.

[pipi_k]

64. Sorry...less than zero pity from me...

She's been in local and state politics long enough to know that it can get nasty.

There were a couple of others here who said they felt she was, and still is, so arrogant that she believed she could pull one over on the portion of American people who are too stupid to see through her, and I agree.

As far as her looking petrified...I don't believe that for a minute. She's a shark. I honestly believe that her petrified look was an act, played to an audience that would, and probably did, just eat that stuff up.

I also honestly believe that she is a calculating sociopath, who can be just about anyone they need to be in order to get what they want, and to hell with whomever stands in their way. Under other circumstances, I do believe she could be a cold-blooded killer (of human beings).

The only ones I feel sorry for are her kids...and, God help us if McCain is (s)elected...the American people.

[mamalone]

66. You are very kind.

and that, my friend, is an admirable character trait. Don't lose it.