Comments on: GOP Superstar? http://johndmart.in/2009/07/09/gop-superstar/ Do you know what you're doing? - Web Home of John D. Martin III Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: johndmartiniii http://johndmart.in/2009/07/09/gop-superstar/comment-page-1/#comment-5810 johndmartiniii Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:43:33 +0000 http://youcantmakemistakes.com/?p=443#comment-5810 "...she seems to bring out the absolute worst in Americans." Amen, brother. You are right about the death rattle. I'm just being optimistic. It just seems to me that the dumbing of American politics is progressing ever more rapidly as it is fed by near-instantaneous misinformation and punditry. "…she seems to bring out the absolute worst in Americans." Amen, brother.

You are right about the death rattle. I'm just being optimistic. It just seems to me that the dumbing of American politics is progressing ever more rapidly as it is fed by near-instantaneous misinformation and punditry.

]]> By: Connor http://johndmart.in/2009/07/09/gop-superstar/comment-page-1/#comment-5809 Connor Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:33:46 +0000 http://youcantmakemistakes.com/?p=443#comment-5809 I'm not as cynical as all that, although maybe cynical isn't the right word: a GOP death rattle is rather romantic right now. For all that it has narrowed-in-focus and tossed its weight rightward, the GOP is still a party of startling diversity. Don't get me wrong (please, I'm a socialist), they still aren't bringing anything to the table on the magnitude of Democratic initiatives, which themselves don't live up to what the circumstances permit. But the contingent of that party that looks on Palin longingly, as a beacon of morality and idolatry, blessedly akin to a Ron Paul or a Relph Nader), there are others, not necessarily in the party leadership, who are trying hard to get back into the game. I would agree with your assessment, however, that Palin is shooting herself in the political head. It's a development that makes me happy, not so much because I ever thought that she was a viable threat to competent democrats, but because she seems to bring out the absolute worst in Americans. I'm not as cynical as all that, although maybe cynical isn't the right word: a GOP death rattle is rather romantic right now. For all that it has narrowed-in-focus and tossed its weight rightward, the GOP is still a party of startling diversity. Don't get me wrong (please, I'm a socialist), they still aren't bringing anything to the table on the magnitude of Democratic initiatives, which themselves don't live up to what the circumstances permit. But the contingent of that party that looks on Palin longingly, as a beacon of morality and idolatry, blessedly akin to a Ron Paul or a Relph Nader), there are others, not necessarily in the party leadership, who are trying hard to get back into the game.

I would agree with your assessment, however, that Palin is shooting herself in the political head. It's a development that makes me happy, not so much because I ever thought that she was a viable threat to competent democrats, but because she seems to bring out the absolute worst in Americans.

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