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    Sunday, October 5. 2008

    Memo to snobs: Go suck an egg.

    Brit media snobs look down their noses at Palin. But it's not just Eurosnobs. We hear the same thing around here - entirely from women. (Is this about the Narcissism of Small Differences? Is it because hating happy, normal, well-adjusted people makes you feel smart? Or is it envy of her studly husband, her self-made success, and her obvious femininity and good cheer? Or is it all - probably - just because she's not a bien-pensant angry Chardonnay-and-Brie Limousine Lefty?)

    Some examples we've heard lately:

    - She's too feminine (I think that means she's trim and sexy)
    - She didn't go to the right schools
    - She takes religion too seriously (that's from church-goers)
    - She talks with a funny accent
    - She's not well-travelled
    - She says "nucular" and "I-raq."
    - She has too many kids, she's like a farm animal
    - A woman who likes to kill animals? That's sick!
    - She likes oil. Nobody likes oil. (said by a Lexus SUV driver.)
    - Alaska is nowhere
    - Nobody we know in Washington knows her
    - She wouldn't fit in at our cocktail parties (actually, I think she'd be the life of the party)

    In other words, "She's not really one of us." These, I would contend, are all class-related, "We're so sophisticated" attitudes. When you think about it, it's funny how class-conscious and intolerant Liberals can be when they want to.

     Below is Palin in Carson on Saturday. Thank goodness for all of those non-snobs. They are the heart and the heartbeat of America, and we Eastern elites should thank God for them.

     As Jungle Trader links:

    Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News: "Some day, we will look back with disgust at the abuse Palin has taken and wonder how it could happen in this great nation, circa 2008."

    Posted by Bird Dog at 11:22 | Comments (25) | Trackbacks (2)

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