Does Sarah Palin really represent "small-town values"?

[Ardent15]

If she does, then I'll gladly take "elitist, trendy city values" any day of the week.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. In a word: no.

She's a nut. Period. A certified lunatic who gets by on her great looks.

[Webster Green]

2. Small mind values..

Idiot values. :eyes:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. The Daily Show: Understanding Real America...from Wasilla, Alaska

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/daily-show-understanding-real-america

[ogneopasno]

4. Who?

[burning rain]

5. Not most small towns.

Backwoods self-isolated batshit crazy fundy community, sure.

[Ardent15]

6. That's a relief

[lunatica]

7. I know people like her who live in cities

I've even had to work with some at UC Berkeley (in administration). It has much more to do with IQ and intellectual curiosity. Basically people like Palin are totally self-centered and egocentric. The entire universe revolves around them.

When you work with them they tend to be successful because they're good at manipulating people and situations, know how to kiss up and kick down and get underlings to do all their work, while they take all the credit.

[Ardent15]

8. In other words, people like Geoge W. Bush?

[lunatica]

13. Yup!

They talk a good game, like what great values they have and how patriotic they are, what great parents and workers they are yet they're incompetent but only the people working closely with them see it. They also bad mouth their those people to their superiors causing a lot of grief for those who actually do the work. It's ugly.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. gee. NO. Tis, Smelt own, Val youse.

[anonymous171]

10. In small towns people share things and are supposed to care about eachother.

Since the 60s, "small town values" has been used as a codeword for "all-white, protestant values" by Republicans.

[Profprileasn]

11. most I've been to

[Skittles]

12. she represents repuke values

[JSK]

14. What the hell are small-town values?

Another Republican myth.

[tsuki]

15. Yes, if that small town is Peyton Place. nt

[AndyTiedye]

17. or Twin Peaks

[tsuki]

18. I never saw that, but I read Peyton Place when I was 12 with my

girlfriend under her bed so her Mom would not find us.

[AndyTiedye]

16. Trailer Park Values

[tularetom]

19. "Small town values" are nothing to hold up as an example of what's right with America

I grew up in a small town (like 6000) and even as a kid I saw more dishonesty, fraud, closet alcoholism, cheating on spouses, and generally bad behavior, than I ever saw when I attended college in the evil city of Beserkeley. You didn't have to look too hard just keep your eyes open. And our city dads liked to brag that our town had more churches per capita than any other town in CA. (I never really believed that was anything to brag on).

I don't think they brag about small town values anymore; the town is now the home of among others, Charles manson.

[Mr. Sparkle]

20. She doesnt represent any values, she is an empty vessel. Thats why the republicans like her so much

They can project their own values onto her. While corporate America can cox her into doing just about anything.

A lot like Regan and Bush Junior.

[Ardent15]

21. but not Bush Sr

[Mr. Sparkle]

22. He was disliked by the righties because he had a brain.

He was loved by the corporates but not really liked by your average republican fundamentalist.

even Limbaugh was against him if I recall correctly.

[Ardent15]

23. Reagan had a brain too, he didnt give in to the religious right, for example

Reagan was a uniter among Republicans and even some Democrats. He was their idol that they worshiped at.

Bush Sr was an old school, Nixon-era conservative.

Bush Jr was a partisan neocon.

[Mr. Sparkle]

29. I think you overestimated Reagan way too much. I think he was just a face

and great at giving speeches. But politically, he relied on the same right wing tools as bush did.

[Ardent15]

24. Also, Dan Quayle helped him among the fundies

[RJ Connors]

25. No, Sarah represents "Small Mind Values". n/t

[RadicalTexan]

26. In my experience, yes.

That's why I got the fuck out of there at 17 and came to Austin.

There are a few exceptions, but I'd say 90% of the people in my hometown are Palinbots. My mother (who still lives there - and hates it, but can't afford to move at age 60) and I guffawed the first time we heard Caribou Barbie tout her "small town values" - we both said that wasn't something to be proud of, in our experience. Most of the folks in my hometown are ignorant, small-minded, hypocritical bigots. But maybe they're an exception.

[Ardent15]

27. That's too bad...maybe it varies among different towns?

[TrogL]

28. I grew up in a small town

Yes, her values exactly represent small town values.

homophobia

racism

favourtism towards the "right" people

disdain for education

disdain for culture or anything "high fallutin"

praise for ignorance

town run by bullies

corruption