On Superbowl Sunday, I quickly tired of the stultifying pre-game hype and started perusing channels to see what else was available to kill time until kick-off. It seems like FOX was on a Sarah-Palin/Chris-Wallace-interview-re-run-marathon so I paused in my channel surfing to watch for a few minutes.
With all the rancorous hyperbole being thrown around about Palin’s intelligence, or lack thereof, it seemed to me the real reason Palin will never make the presidential cut is being overlooked. Sure she’s intelligent (she’s making a bunch of money, that’s smart), attractive (I think that ticks certain people off), popular (try to deny it—you can’t) and—–well—-cutesy.
Yeah that’s it she’s just too cutesy.
With her homespun charm and “you betchya” colloquialisms, Palin comes across as — okay, here it comes — un-presidential *gasp*. I said it, let the hate begin!!
Now I know she isn’t running for political office right and might never do so (that would be a relief to Palin haters) but if she does, I believe people will quickly tire of her small town charm and start to wonder if she has what it takes to be a world leader. It’s difficult for me to imagine her sitting down across the table from the likes of Vladimir Putin without chuckling. Would she wag her finger in disagreement and cock her head to the side while saying something like, “Now now Vlad, you can’t have your cake and eat it too! You’re just going to have to get along with Chechnya and learn to play like a big boy!”? That might work for two kids in a sandbox who don’t own missiles and bombers but when it comes to the big leagues, I’m not sure the soccer mom approach holds out much hope of garnering respect. Say what you like, but as for me, I don’t want world leaders to be ogling our president and not really listening to a word she’s said.
I’m not saying she’s too pretty to be president, after all, it would be nice for us guys to finally have a POTUS whose state of the union address was worth watching but pretty, combined with cute remarks, just won’t cut it in the international arena. A perky president just won’t command respect and would be tested for certain. You’d probably have crazed male fans trying to jump the fence of the White House grounds every time she was seen exiting the residence —— yeah, never mind, she isn’t THAT pretty.
Anyway, if Obama was destined to be tested (as gaff a minute Biden predicted), then Palin would be tested to the Nth degree by any and all of the little despots around the world. I can’t say she’d actually perform any worse than the man inhabiting the White House right now, but it’s for certain the Ahmadinejad’s and Chavez’s of the world would interpret her charm for weakness and silliness and rattle their sabers (who has a saber these days?) like crazy. In the dog eat dog world of tin horn dictators and repressive regimes, a rustic chick from Wasilia would look (correctly or incorrectly) like an easy mark. Every foreign policy Palin implemented would be tried and tested, prodded and pushed. Every statement she made would be guffawed and derided amidst the chortles of sexist jokes. Each time Palin would draw a line in the sand, her opposition would be thinking; “I wonder what she looks like in a bikini!” while sticking their toe across the line into and mouthing the words; “whatchya going to do about it cutie?” or something along that line.
The world might respect the power and reach of the United States military but they would have a hard time considering Palin a worthy commander-in-chief.
I like Sarah Palin, I really do, at least what I know about her. She looks great while hunting moose and doing the Tammy Wynette thing and standing by her man while he races in the Iditarod. She has that sexy, 2nd amendment appeal. Her stance on right to life issues is solid. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that she is a strong woman. She has governed on the municipal level and the gubernatorial level and that’s a durn sight more than our current president has done. So while she is technically more qualified than Obama at the very least Obama doesn’t have to worry about other world leaders trying to go in for the groping hug during summit meetings —– well, maybe not anyway.
So, Sarah, while your ideas of limited government, strong defense, low taxation and personal freedom are spot on, maybe you should get a little older and wrinkled before taking a run at the Oval Office.
Sarah Palin's Too Cutesy To Be Presidential
Sarah can't help it, she's just so durn----
On Superbowl Sunday, I quickly tired of the stultifying pre-game hype and started perusing channels to see what else was available to kill time until kick-off. It seems like FOX was on a Sarah-Palin/Chris-Wallace-interview-re-run-marathon so I paused in my channel surfing to watch for a few minutes.
With all the rancorous hyperbole being thrown around about Palin’s intelligence, or lack thereof, it seemed to me the real reason Palin will never make the presidential cut is being overlooked. Sure she’s intelligent (she’s making a bunch of money, that’s smart), attractive (I think that ticks certain people off), popular (try to deny it—you can’t) and—–well—-cutesy.
Yeah that’s it she’s just too cutesy.
With her homespun charm and “you betchya” colloquialisms, Palin comes across as — okay, here it comes — un-presidential *gasp*. I said it, let the hate begin!!
Now I know she isn’t running for political office right and might never do so (that would be a relief to Palin haters) but if she does, I believe people will quickly tire of her small town charm and start to wonder if she has what it takes to be a world leader. It’s difficult for me to imagine her sitting down across the table from the likes of Vladimir Putin without chuckling. Would she wag her finger in disagreement and cock her head to the side while saying something like, “Now now Vlad, you can’t have your cake and eat it too! You’re just going to have to get along with Chechnya and learn to play like a big boy!”? That might work for two kids in a sandbox who don’t own missiles and bombers but when it comes to the big leagues, I’m not sure the soccer mom approach holds out much hope of garnering respect. Say what you like, but as for me, I don’t want world leaders to be ogling our president and not really listening to a word she’s said.
I’m not saying she’s too pretty to be president, after all, it would be nice for us guys to finally have a POTUS whose state of the union address was worth watching but pretty, combined with cute remarks, just won’t cut it in the international arena. A perky president just won’t command respect and would be tested for certain. You’d probably have crazed male fans trying to jump the fence of the White House grounds every time she was seen exiting the residence —— yeah, never mind, she isn’t THAT pretty.
Anyway, if Obama was destined to be tested (as gaff a minute Biden predicted), then Palin would be tested to the Nth degree by any and all of the little despots around the world. I can’t say she’d actually perform any worse than the man inhabiting the White House right now, but it’s for certain the Ahmadinejad’s and Chavez’s of the world would interpret her charm for weakness and silliness and rattle their sabers (who has a saber these days?) like crazy. In the dog eat dog world of tin horn dictators and repressive regimes, a rustic chick from Wasilia would look (correctly or incorrectly) like an easy mark. Every foreign policy Palin implemented would be tried and tested, prodded and pushed. Every statement she made would be guffawed and derided amidst the chortles of sexist jokes. Each time Palin would draw a line in the sand, her opposition would be thinking; “I wonder what she looks like in a bikini!” while sticking their toe across the line into and mouthing the words; “whatchya going to do about it cutie?” or something along that line.
The world might respect the power and reach of the United States military but they would have a hard time considering Palin a worthy commander-in-chief.
I like Sarah Palin, I really do, at least what I know about her. She looks great while hunting moose and doing the Tammy Wynette thing and standing by her man while he races in the Iditarod. She has that sexy, 2nd amendment appeal. Her stance on right to life issues is solid. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that she is a strong woman. She has governed on the municipal level and the gubernatorial level and that’s a durn sight more than our current president has done. So while she is technically more qualified than Obama at the very least Obama doesn’t have to worry about other world leaders trying to go in for the groping hug during summit meetings —– well, maybe not anyway.
So, Sarah, while your ideas of limited government, strong defense, low taxation and personal freedom are spot on, maybe you should get a little older and wrinkled before taking a run at the Oval Office.