*Robin (Tolmach) Lakoff (born 1942); a professor of linguistics*
*at the most liberal university in the country: The University of California, Berkeley, and a liberal herself, wrote the following article:*
*WHY THE LEFT HATES SARAH PALIN*
*By Robin of Berkeley **January 19, 2011 *
When I was ten years old, I participated in an act of unadulterated group evil. It happened at a sleep-away camp in the Catskill Mountains .
Starting in third grade, I was shipped off to this summer camp for three months at a time. Although I was in no way ready to be so far from home, my parents wanted the summers free and clear -- so I was whisked away, like hundreds of other Camp Tawonga kids.
I lived in a bunk with a gaggle of other girls, with two teenagers to oversee us. Since our counselors were more absorbed in the male staff than in us, we girls had the run of the house.
One day, my bunkmates decided to punish Barbara, a popular and confident child. The masterminds held Barb down while a few others stripped off her clothes. Barbara struggled and screamed as the rest of us watched, transfixed. The details are blessedly murky, but they involve mocking Barbara and grabbing at her body.
Although I wasn't a major player, I also did nothing to stop the madness, which shames me to this day. I even recall feeling a strange, wicked thrill surging through my body. Now that I analyze it, it was the maniacal power of sadism -- and evil. I've always wondered why Barbara was chosen to be tortured and not a nerdy girl instead.
But after beholding the horrible treatment of Sarah Palin, I finally understand: Barb was a sweet and happy and innocent child. The leaders of the pack wanted to knock her down from her high horse.
My mind flashed to this awful memory after hearing that Palin was being scapegoated for the Tucson Massacre. Palin has been a target of the left's wrath from the moment she wasnominated for vice president. Many conservatives have tried to explain why.
Some say it's jealousy, which is true; Palin is a lovely woman with a handsome husband. She's also a self-made woman; Palin has risen to power on her own, without the coattails of husband or father.
Some conservatives believe that the hatred is a result of brainwashing; this is true, as well. Liberals respond robotically, like Pavlov's dogs, whenever Palin's name is uttered.
But there's a darker reason for the abject hatred of Palin, and the clues can be found in that Catskill Mountains bunk. Because evil can manifest when people project their own badness and shame onto another.
People on the left hate Palin for one simple reason: because she is everything they are not. She is their polar opposite because her life journey has diverged from the prescribed liberal path.
Palin was raised to be self-sufficient and independent since "idle hands are the devil's tools." Little Sarah was up at the crack of dawn, hunting with her dad; in sharp contrast, liberal kids like me were still fast asleep.
Palin didn't have life handed to her on a silver platter, like so many in the ruling class. Instead, Sarah balanced school, chores, jobs, and sports. While liberal girls like me were glued to the boob tube, Sarah had no time for sloth. Palin attended church with her family on Sundays. On Sunday morning, young liberals like me were recovering from Saturday night.
From her devout Christian upbringing, Sarah learned to be a good girl. In contrast, I learned everything I needed to know about how to be a modern girl from the monthly *Playboy Magazine*, which was conspicuously displayed on our living room table.
Sarah dated and then married her high school sweetheart; I learned that my body was a commodity that I "owned." And I could use my body -- and allow it to be used -- to temporarily still the pangs of loneliness.
There's a lyric from a Matt Maher song that always moves me to tears. It's when he cries out to God: "Where were You when sin stole my innocence?"
When I hear these words, an unspeakable pain cuts through me. I feel the ache of something stolen from me -- something precious, never quite recovered. And there are countless others out there, similarly robbed, though they have no idea what has gone missing.
And then, out of the blue, Sarah Palin, like a majestic bird in flight, swooped onto the scene of a depraved and deprived nation. With her children and grandchild, her religion and her patriotism, Sarah is the antithesis of everything the progressives stand for. Palin is not just pro-life, but she emanates life -- and good, clean living.
And what does the left do? They try to drag her through the mud to sully her. The hardcore among them want to *eliminate* her, even if this means putting her life at risk.
The progressives "joke" about gang-rape, make pornographic movies about her, and leer at her legs. (Would any of this be tolerated against Michelle Obama?)
Palin's church was torched during the primary, a vicious crime that was hushed up by the MSM. And now, with the smears about Tucson , death threats against Palin have soared.
The progressives, like that brutal gang of abandoned girls, want to drag Palin down into the gutter with them; they want to spoil her. Of course, their efforts will be futile; Palin is fueled by a Spirit that isn't simply her own.
The left knows only how to point fingers, and threaten, and menace. Why? They are lost, abandoned children as well; they have shunned the only Force who could wash them clean and bring them home again.
*Editor's Comment:* "*A frequent American Thinker contributor, Robin is a liberal and a psychotherapist in Berkeley . "*

Too long to finish, but last sentence rates a solid

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What a flowery POS read....I don't hate her, I just think she has the IQ of a small soap dish. I did like her show however; she has that "Minnesota Nice" accent straight out of the movie "Fargo", and for some weird reason, I think she's kinda hot.

Ike

I didn't read it because of no paragraphs and schit, but I can tell you this...the Left loves Sarah Palin. Yeah, we make fun of her, but to be honest, who can't? She's a fount of comical behavior.

Quite to the contrary, we love Sarah Palin...she's a dumbass, and she has all the dumbass followers, which is a considerable size of the right wing base. The few smart right wingers out there are screwed...they know she's a fruitcake, along with her followers, but they can't say anything bad about her because they need her fruitcakes to win a general election.

If you are on the Left and want to see more progressives elected, then Sarah Palin is a godsend.

If anyone should "hate" Sarah Palin, it's every conservative or Republican who has an IQ over 62...they're the ones she's screwing over.

Fish on...

Todd

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Fixed the original post. It was surprisingly easy and surprisingly accurate.

BTW that trashy bit of hyperbole only served to prove my tag line.


Obama has been a target of the right's wrath from the moment he was nominated for president. Many liberals have tried to explain why.


Some say its jealousy, which is true; Obama is a handsome man with a lovely wife. He's also a self-made man; Obama has risen to power on his own, without the coattails of husband or father.

Some liberals believe that the hatred is a result of brainwashing; this is true, as well. Conservatives respond robotically, like Pavlov's dogs, whenever Obama’s name is uttered.

But there's a darker reason for the abject hatred of Obama, and the clues can be found in that Catskill Mountains bunk. Because evil can manifest when people project their own badness and shame onto another.

People on the right hate Obama for one simple reason: because he is everything they are not. He is their polar opposite because her life journey has diverged from the prescribed conservative path.

Obama was raised to be self-sufficient and independent since "idle hands are the devil's tools." Obama was up at the crack of dawn, doing community organizing, in sharp contrast, conservative kids like me were still fast asleep.

Obama didn't have life handed to him on a silver platter, like so many in the ruling class. Instead, he balanced school, chores, jobs, and sports. While conservatives girls like me were glued to the boob tube, Obama had no time for sloth. Obama attended church with her family on Sundays. On Sunday morning, conservatives like me were recovering from Saturday night.

From his devout Christian upbringing, Barrack learned to be a good man. In contrast, I learned everything I needed to know about how to be a modern girl from the monthly *New Republic*, which was conspicuously displayed on our living room table.

Barrack dated and then married his college sweetheart; I learned that my body was a commodity that I "owned." And I could use my body -- and allow it to be used -- to temporarily still the pangs of loneliness.
There's a lyric from a Matt Maher song that always moves me to tears. It's when he cries out to God: "Where were you when sin stole my innocence?"

When I hear these words, an unspeakable pain cuts through me. I feel the ache of something stolen from me -- something precious, never quite recovered. And there are countless others out there, similarly robbed, though they have no idea what has gone missing.

And then, out of the blue, Barrack Obama, like a majestic bird in flight, swooped onto the scene of a depraved and deprived nation. With his children and his religion and his patriotism, Barrack is the antithesis of everything the conservatives stand for. Barak is not just pro-choice, but she emanates life -- and good, clean living.

And what does the right do? They try to drag him through the mud to sully him. The hardcore among them want to *eliminate* him, even if this means putting his life at risk.


The conservatives “joke" about lynching, make pornographic about Michelle, and leer at his ass. (Would any of this be tolerated against Rush Limbaugh?)

Barracks church was torched desecrated the primary, a vicious crime that was hushed up by the Faux. And now, with the smears about him being a Muslim, death threats against Barrack have soared.

The conservatives, like that brutal gang of abandoned girls, want to drag Barrack down into the gutter with them; they want to spoil him. Of course, their efforts will be futile; Barrack is fueled by a Spirit that isn't simply his own.

The article portrays her as some sort of workaholic. I don't consider someone who attended 5 institutions of high education and never received a degree a workaholic.

And what's up with her Minnesota accent, anyway? She's spent most of her life in either Idaho or Alaska and no one in either of these states talks with a Minnesotan accent... unless they're from Minnesota.

Where's that Puke icon.....

Sarah Palin is the face that drives a political point of view of those who ride the short bus.
Which will inevitably split the GOP and alienate independents, assuring another victory for the Muslim.
Anyone still wondering why America is losing the intellectual edge to other nations only need to look at Sarah, nuff said.

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Teabaggers don't value education. In fact they blame it for brainwashing America's youth.

We've hit a rough patch in our country's history. We used to be leaders in technology and engineering. Now, China and India have more honor students than exist American kids. To top it off, Teabaggers think it's a good thing to cut funding to public schools and mock higher education. Furthermore, they believe that someone who never even got a bachelor's (Sarah Palin) is just as capable of a leader as someone who studied constitutional law at Harvard or someone who was a Rhodes scholar purely because they aren't elitist liberal hippie commies.

". . . they believe that someone who never even got a bachelor's (Sarah Palin) is just as capable of a leader as someone who studied constitutional law at Harvard or someone who was a Rhodes scholar purely because they aren't elitist liberal hippie commies."

Well now, they're sure got a strong point in that one. I read all kinds of negative [censored] written by conservatives about elitists, liberal, hippies, and commies. Idiocracy, it's what's coming to America.

Sg