Think Sarah Palin is stupid? Try again.
Want to understand Sarah Palin’s appeal? Might want to read this Jeffrey Feldman piece about Sarah Palin titled Don’t Get Palin’s Appeal? Try a Little Harder
Frankly, it’s a great must read piece. It is important to understand the appeal and Feldman does a great job. Here is a teaser
“Elites”
Most people who like Sarah Palin have a very strong and well-developed story in their heads about “elites” ruining their lives.These people see the country as being run by powerful, wealthy, Liberals who maintain their power by giving away opportunity and resources for free to lazy people, poor people and foreigners. According to the story in their heads, these people are “hard working” and “normal,” but they have not found success or happiness because the rewards they deserve have been given to someone else.
When these people with this story in their heads hear Sarah Palin they react positively.
When they hear Sarah Palin stumble on her words, botch a policy statement, or otherwise sound unprepared, they do not hear “stupid,” they hear “normal.”
When they hear Sarah Palin complain about being trashed by the elite liberal media, they do not hear complaining, they hear their own story of being defrauded of their success by powerful people.
These people see Sarah as the kind of person they want to be–a person who is just normal and trying to succeed. And the more Palin gets attacked, the more they feel she understands them and speaks for them.
read and comment away - especially if you are thinking of protesting Sarah Palin.
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Why do you care about Sarah Palin? I wrote an article about this very thing, you really proved my point, thanks!
http://www.examiner.com/x-26908-Fairfax-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Why-is-the-left-so-afraid-of-Sarah-Palin
No, you didn’t. I mean you wrote an article but the argument was those pesky liberal elites are afraid of Palin and they keep attacking her. Feldman’s article go to the basic understanding of Palin’s appeal. Sarah Palin is very appealing to a certain audience. Which is why she is destined for the microphone not elected office.
So how did the Tancredo campaign go? Oh yeah.