The sneering disdain from an alleged conservative continues. Kathleen Parker needs to take a long hard look at herself and wonder why she is so hateful towards another successful conservative woman.
Her snarky comments in her latest hit piece on Governor Palin include the oh-so-witty remark about her upcoming book:
Fortunately, Palin has hired a writer to help with her tell-all.
She also tells us that Palin is not “curious” and is the same as George W. Bush. Once again parroting the robotic rhetoric of the left that anyone who doesn’t go to Harvard or spend their lifetime sucking up to the media elites like Ms. Parker is an absolute idiot. The utter disdain with which Parker speaks about ordinary Americans reeks of an elitism and narcissism typical of those dwelling in ivory towers far from the reach of reality. In that respect, there is very little to separate Parker from Obama and the seething, hate-filled, condescending liberal movement.
Parker, who one assumes makes her living, however meager, from writing about and discussing politics, somehow sneers at the evil of Palin pursuing the same path:
Insiders confirm that Palin felt she couldn’t accomplish as much as a besieged governor as she can as a private citizen working behind the scenes. While those facts may be true, the sidebar reveals a convenient rationale. The usual rule applies: Follow the money.
As a public speaker, Palin will be golden. Other rumors circulating suggest a television show, a possible newspaper column (but remember, Palin hates the mainstream media), and fundraising gigs where the erstwhile vice presidential candidate can retain her hot spot on center stage.
If that is altruism, there’s a lakeside house in Wasilla with a fabulous view of Russia you’re just gonna love.
I think we can all guess what would happen if Palin and Parker released a book at the same time.
Some elites in the media, including many conservatives, overestimate their own intelligence and grasp on what is going on at the grass roots level. They also overestimate their own influence. The conservative movement as a whole has rejected Parker’s nonsensical drivel. We see her for what she is, an elitist who is more interested in getting the establishment types to like her than in genuinely advancing any core principles.
The GOP and the conservative chattering class underestimate the will of the people at their own peril. We are fed up with those who look down upon us for not attending Ivy League schools, or who think less of us because we prefer cheeseburgers to escargot. When a talking head insults Palin’s intelligence, they insult the intelligence of millions of Americans across the country. Palin may be a populist in some respects, but many of us in the conservative field find ourselves heading in that direction as the supposed leaders of our own party and political movement continue to talk down to and belittle us.
What makes America great is “ordinary barbarians” like Palin and many of us at the grass roots level who fight for what we believe and don’t take ourselves too seriously. We may not drink deep of the mind-numbing propaganda found on many Ivy League colleges and universities, but believe it or not, we are capable of rational thought. We still challenge the status quo and refuse to accept things just because they have always been. We “the people” are the foundation to this nation and any successful political, social or philosophical movement. A movement or nation that loses sight of that willingly embarks on its path to irrelevance and ultimately, its own demise.
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Telling Parker to shut up is
Steph C (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 1:55PM EST (link)like telling the sun to stop rising.
Although I have to say I’m really tired of Palin and the media in spite of the fact that I continue to have a somewhat favorable view of her. However, it’s getting to a point of overkill and we’re in as much danger of suffering from PFS (Palin Fatigue Syndrome) as the moderate left is now suffering from OFS (Obama Fatigue Syndrome)… can’t remember where I saw that term but if I remember I’ll come back and post the link… Anyway, it’s time to quit knawing the bone of the why’s and wherefores of Palin’s resignation and the media response and, simply, get the popcorn ready. It’s going to be real interesting in the near future.
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Better Yet: Why Don't We All Just Ignore Her?
IJB Wednesday, July 8th at 3:29PM EST (link)And Frum, and Brooks, et al.
They’re irrelevant anyway.
If we just ignore them, they have no power over us, and the Left will drop them as they will no longer be useful.
The best way to handle people like this is with silence.
"The usual rule applies: Follow the money."
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 3:46PM EST (link)So does Kathleen Parker write for free?
Or did she just call herself a media whore?
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Ha!...Dead on eburke...as usual! nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:00PM EST (link)Is Kathleen Parker even "in" our Party?
ColdWarrior (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 4:08PM EST (link)Is she a registered Republican?
Is she an elected precinct committeeman?
Does she vote in every election?
Has she held ANY elected office?
Ever serve in the military?
Ever own a business?
My guess: she’s accomplished nothing in her life other than being a writer with not-very-logical ideas.
Like Frum and Brooks.
Let’s look at their bios.
Parker:
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Parker started her column in 1987 when she was a staff writer for The Orlando Sentinel. Her column was nationally syndicated in 1995 and she joined The Washington Post Writers Group in 2006. Along the way, she has contributed articles to The Weekly Standard, Time, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan and Fortune Small Business, and she serves on USA Today’s Board of Contributors and writes for that newspaper’s op-ed page. She is a regular guest on “The Chris Matthews Show” on NBC. Her book “Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care” was published in 2008 by Random House.
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Didn’t see city councilman, small business owner, mayor, governor, or V.P. candidate in there.
But we’re supposed to listen to HER.
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Frum was born in Toronto, Canada in 1960. He received a simultaneous BA and MA in history from Yale in 1982. He was appointed a visiting lecturer in history at Yale in 1986; in 1987, he graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Federalist Society.
Frum was an editor on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal from 1989 until 1992. In 1992-1994, Frum wrote the law column at Forbes magazine. Between 1994 and 2001, Frum was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Public Policy Research.
Frum lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, journalist and novelist Danielle Crittenden Frum, and their three children.
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Mr. Brooks graduated from the University of Chicago in 1983, and worked as a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service owned jointly by the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times.
He is also a frequent analyst on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and the “Diane Rehm Show.” His articles have appeared in the The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, the Washington Post, the TLS, Commentary, The Public Interest and many other magazines. He is editor of the anthology “Backward and Upward: The New Conservative Writing” (Vintage Books).
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I started ignoring this trio long ago.
Thank you.
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David Hinz (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 4:29PM EST (link)Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein were brilliant.
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This all depends on which MR Brooks you talking about
Richard Mullins (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 4:38PM EST (link)not forget History of World Part I,High Anxiety,SpaceBalls, and a few others.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
Brook is brilliant!!..
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 4:50PM EST (link)I mean really who else could come up with that sort of stuff?
;^)
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Hah...You've got the wrong Clown David...LOL nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:03PM EST (link)Why, of *course* she is, CW. I mean, after all,
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 4:56PM EST (link)the media*said* she is…and that settles that!
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Hey you were on NCIS last night
Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 4:59PM EST (link)Well, not you, but that sig quote came up and Burke was mentioned by name.
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Ok, in a demonstration of how far out of the mainstream culture I am,
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 5:06PM EST (link)what is “NCIS”?
(And if I was on….I want my royalty check
)
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Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 5:19PM EST (link)It’s a show by the guy who created Magnum PI and Quantum Leap.
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Stars Mark Harmon, I think. n/t
Pomme (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 5:37PM EST (link)n/t
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views” William F Buckley Jr.
Yes...it's Mark Harmon nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:12PM EST (link)I may actually have to check this out.
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 5:41PM EST (link)So…how did Edmund Burke’s most famous, pro-American, pro-freedom quote make it past the MSM’s gestapo censors? Are they even allowed to utter such things in prime-time?
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If You Do, Stick To The First Two Seasons (nt)
IJB Wednesday, July 8th at 6:04PM EST (link)I wouldn't go that far
Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:03PM EST (link)The Director Shepard/La Grenouille plot is tiresome, I think, but once you get past that it’s fine again.
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It rocks through all the seasons...watch them all
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:11PM EST (link)Some don’t want to go past season two because one of the early main characters was killed off…but her replacement is as good or better.
You can catch the reruns on USA network…
I think it’s a better show than most because the left wing political preaching is kept to a minimum…and there are some conservative values in the tenor of the show.
Yeah, Gibbs is no lefty
Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:16PM EST (link)And everyone on the show is tough on foreign policy and criminals.
And eburke, as for the quote, it’s hard to say without spoiling it, but the quote was given in a contect where it was directly applicable: A man was under duress because decades ago, he didn’t stand up against evil quickly enough.
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Be warned though
Neil Stevens (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:18PM EST (link)I’m told by a guy who actually has fought in the WoT that the military aspects of the show are dreadfully unrealistic. I find the science rather good though, so what I don’t know doesn’t hurt me.
Spoiler in white:
Though even I wince at the idea of a Mossad agent getting the access Ziva gets
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I DON'T CARE
David Hinz (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:22PM EST (link)Ziva is HOT!
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Neil...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 8:18PM EST (link)teach me white text please…you got my email.
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That's an understatement...
AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 12:06AM EST (link)and there’s nothing to peak a man’s interest more than a good lookin girl who can kick his AXX!
On this we agree, David;
Achance (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 2:39AM EST (link)I’d write bad checks for her. Actually, she’s from Chile or Argentina, but she does the Sabra thing pretty well. She does the byplay with Tony pretty well, but you know if they ever did it, she’d hurt him.
In Vino Veritas
Yeah...I haven't been in the WOT...and my investigative skills
AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 12:03AM EST (link)in my law enforcement experience isn’t really all that extensive…but I know enough to know the show is more science fiction/fantasy…it’s the interaction between the characters that make the show
Ok...that did it! I'm sold. Anything that Neil, Ace & David all agree on
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 9:36PM EST (link)and promote *has* to rock.
Although I’m still trying to figure out how a right-leaning show that actually quotes Edmund Burke snuck past Joe Goebbels MSM minions.
I’m half-expecting the sun to rise in the west tomorrow and Al Franken to morph into an intelligent, thoughtful, respectable human being.
Nah!
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Easy eburke...some things are just too much to be believed...
AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 12:10AM EST (link)I can see how it could be possible for the sun to rise in the east…but Franken to morph into an intelligent, thoughtfull, and respectable human being stretches the realm of the possible beyond any conceivable limit!
in the west I mean nt
AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 12:12AM EST (link)West, East, North, South,..
gekster (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 12:16AM EST (link)Your words would still hold true.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
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It's been 8 months and I'm still can't wrap my arms around the fact
eburke (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 10:13AM EST (link)that there are enough morons in this state to have elected this buffoon to the US Senate. This is beyond the fact that Franken is a marxist, commie totally worthless waste of human flesh. Paul Wellstone and I couldn’t have agreed on the color blue but at least the man had some dignity and prniciples.
Beyond Franken’s wacko leftist policies, the man is a vile, disgusting, foul-mouthed, hateful, immoral, flea-infested, scum-sucking miscreant pig.
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Actually I'll tell you what it is
Neil Stevens (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 2:29AM EST (link)The lefties who saw the script thought it was a message about enhanced interrogation techniques.
Nevermind that the torture was literally killing the person in question, and was being performed by a literal sadist with a pathological inability to feel compassion.
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NCIS Rocks...You have to start watching it...nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:07PM EST (link)even as we speak...
David Hinz (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:09PM EST (link)…err, type
The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB.tv — MFOB “Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.”
LOL nt
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 7:13PM EST (link)I agree 99.999% with this post...
AceInTX (Diary) Wednesday, July 8th at 6:55PM EST (link)the .0001%
This statement makes the false assumption that there are two Conservative women in the picture you paint.
Truth be told…Parker owes her notoriety to Sarah Palin since no one would know who Kathleen Parjer was had it not been for her snarky columns posted almost every single day beginning with Palin’s being named McCain’s number 2!
BTW,
This is the new talking point from the left apparently since I heard the…”Palin did it for the money” meme on Fox News and several other media outlets today.
They’re going to try to paint Palin as a money grubbing opportunist who shirked her duties and obligations to the people who elected her in search of the all mighty dollar!
Help
Kate_Shanahan (Diary) Thursday, July 9th at 3:57AM EST (link)I can’t take these people any more.
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