Posted on Jan 26, 2016
Sarah Palin’s American lobotomy: The Republicans keep making us dumber, and not even Stephen...
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This last election cycle has revealed an increasing divide over how segments of the population understand political issues. According to Pew, “Partisan polarization – the vast and growing gap between Republicans and Democrats – is a defining feature of politics today.” The problem is not simply connected to opposing ideologies, though. Today polarization is the defining feature of Tea Party politics. From the Bundy gang to Donald Trump’s rallies, we are witnessing a rise in aggressive and divisive politics.
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All of this was on display as Sarah Palin reemerged on the national stage this week to endorse Donald Trump. She is, after all, the poster girl for just this sort of rhetoric. Remember that she had Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a crosshairs on her website telling supporters to “reload” and defeat. After Giffords was shot, Palin still wouldn’t back down from her violent rhetoric.
But here’s the thing: Palin incites violence, but she is also incredibly dumb. So dumb, in fact, that she doesn’t seem to be able to speak in complete sentences.
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All of this was on display as Sarah Palin reemerged on the national stage this week to endorse Donald Trump. She is, after all, the poster girl for just this sort of rhetoric. Remember that she had Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a crosshairs on her website telling supporters to “reload” and defeat. After Giffords was shot, Palin still wouldn’t back down from her violent rhetoric.
But here’s the thing: Palin incites violence, but she is also incredibly dumb. So dumb, in fact, that she doesn’t seem to be able to speak in complete sentences.
Sarah Palin’s American lobotomy: The Republicans keep making us dumber, and not even Stephen...
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"It is time to take seriously the role that stupidity is playing in shaping GOP politics. We have followed the rampant lying of candidates, and we have followed the rhetoric of anger and hostility. Maybe it is time to look more closely at the role of stupidity. And there is no better figure to help us think about that problem than Sarah Palin.
Throughout her entire career she has surprised us with her stupidity. Remember when she couldn’t answer Katie Couric’s questions about which magazines she reads or when she wrote on her hand to help her remember her talking points at a Tea Party Nation event? And yet, in comparison to the nonsense that came out of her mouth at her Trump endorsement speech, those moments seem relatively lucid.
Almost everyone covering the story of her Trump endorsement was absolutely astonished by her incoherent blathering. The New York Times covered “the most mystifying lines” of her speech.
Of course it has to be said that seemingly on Fox News, Palin gets treated like a serious statesman rather than an incoherent wingnut. Megyn Kelly might have had a hard time choking back chuckles when she interviewed Brit Hume about the speech, but she still conducted a straight interview where Hume simply talked about how the endorsement would affect the Ted Cruz campaign."
Throughout her entire career she has surprised us with her stupidity. Remember when she couldn’t answer Katie Couric’s questions about which magazines she reads or when she wrote on her hand to help her remember her talking points at a Tea Party Nation event? And yet, in comparison to the nonsense that came out of her mouth at her Trump endorsement speech, those moments seem relatively lucid.
Almost everyone covering the story of her Trump endorsement was absolutely astonished by her incoherent blathering. The New York Times covered “the most mystifying lines” of her speech.
Of course it has to be said that seemingly on Fox News, Palin gets treated like a serious statesman rather than an incoherent wingnut. Megyn Kelly might have had a hard time choking back chuckles when she interviewed Brit Hume about the speech, but she still conducted a straight interview where Hume simply talked about how the endorsement would affect the Ted Cruz campaign."
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