More Sarah Palin. Better yet, more Darragh Murphy

The slightly deranged anti-Obama Hillaryite and head PUMA, Darragh Murphy, has gone completely gaga over her new feminist hero, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. 

In her latest blog post, Darragh portrays Palin as "populist" and "working class", a dynamo who has completely reframed the debate and left the Democrats "undone, outmaneuvered, and straight-up outclassed... ."

"Holy smokes, Folks. I think Sarah Palin may have delivered the tagline for a new era of political populism in her address to an “electrified” Republican party last night. ...

"This is called reframing the debate, Folks, and the Republicans have done it again. They have successfully painted the DONC as the political haven for sexists, hypocrites, weaklings, and elitists."

Folks, Darragh has been snookered.  Willingly snookered.  Not only does she recount every over-the-top stereotype thrown at the Democrats by Palin, she fails to challenge any of the many lies the wannabe veep used to burnish her image as a "reformer". 

Like opposing the "Bridge to Nowhere".   She didn't.  She was for it.  But then Palin realized the "Bridge" was a political turkey, and that opposing it would redound to her own political benefit.

Or her opposition to earmarks.  As Mayor of Wassila, Palin hired a lobbyist --a lobbyist, for god's sake-- to steer millions of dollars of earmarked pork to her small municipality with a population of probably no greater than 5000 at the time.  

The way I see it, a lie, regardless of the gender of the person who utters it, is still a lie.  And lies need to be challenged, refuted, shot down. 

Here's the alarming thing.  Darragh's post thus far has generated nearly 700 comments.

In fairness, Darragh's post is probably less about the virtues of Sarah Palin than it is about the failures of what Darragh calls the DONC.  What does that mean?  I assume it refers to the Democratic Obama National Committee.  

And Darragh has no use for Obama.  She can't forgive him for beating her beloved Hillary.  She despises the man.

How much does she despise him?  Enough to propose selling Barack Obama, in addition to Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Donna Brazile, and Joe Biden, on E-Bay.

Cute, Darragh.  

ADDENDUM:  Here's a comment from one of Darragh's sycophants.

"Hillarys positions were moderate, not far left liberal like O’s [Obama]. Hillarys positions are closer to McCains than O’s.  Far left or Far right- thats no way to govern when 90% of Americans are actually moderate."

OK.  Here's another.

"The political landscape has changed and Gov. Palin is the new star. I feel the country will be in good hands with McCain/Palin. It was also nice to see the Republicans stand up for her when the media started the sexist attacks. Hope the Democrats were watching!"

Comments

[Steve R.]

Terry, I'm not sure why you take this person seriously.

I'm not paying any attention to her, so maybe this is well known, but is there any evidence she was ever a true Hillary supporter? Even if she was, is there any evidence that any of her 700 followers were? What did she blog about before Hillary lost the primary? What did she blog two years ago?

Even if she's not a 100% hoax, her "movement" certainly is. Pure, unadulterated fiction.

Come on, let's talk about Palin instead. What good Democrat isn't salivating over this? I think a lot of Hillary supporters are excited about Palin, just not for the reasons the PUMA gals think.

I'm just waiting for the revelation of one of those big oil kickbacks that bubble up like sweet crude in the backyards of most every Alaska politician, especially the Republicans. Or, barring anything better, the Alaska legislature's report on "troopergate" -- her attempt to fire her brother-in-law whilst he was engaged in a bitter divorce with her sister -- a few days before the election.

This is shaping up to be a very entertaining election.

[marcia]

"feminist hero?" She may be female, but she is no feminist.

[Terry]

As you say, Steve, this election should prove to be entertaining, and Darragh Murphy, for me, is part of the entertainment.

Why do I take her seriously? I don't. But she is one smart cookie with a huge following. I mean 700 (now over 800) comments on a single blog post is stratospheric, and we both know that commenters represent a fraction of a blog's actual readership.

I don't think that Darragh had a blog before the defeat of Hillary. All these PUMA's claim to be good Democrats. So it's shocking to see them embrace a rightwing nutcase like Palin all because their candidate --Hillary-- was treated unfairly.

Truth be told, some of Darragh's criticisms of the Dems and the DNC I can buy into. But that said, the Dems look mighty appealing after witnessing the Palin mania evident at the Republican Convention.

I heard Arianna Huffington last night call Sarah Palin a distraction. I agree. So I probably won't devote much more blog space to her extreme right wing positions and her frequent fabrications.

Our friend Rick Seifert over at The Red Electric predicted a couple of days ago that Palin would be gone from the ticket soon.

We'll see.

For your amusement, here's Darragh's latest offering.

[Terry]

By the way, I don't believe for a second that the PUMA movement is a hoax. These women are pissed!

[trueblue]

Actually, I'm pissed too. Obama screwed up not naming Hillary as his VP, with her 18 million votes. Now we have to sweat through an ultra close election with a real risk that a right wing nutcase becomes one 72 year old heart beat away from holding the keys to the car. Now THAT's scary. I do not believe that an Obama/Hillary ticket could have been beaten. Presumably, you have now abandoned any thought of entering a protest vote in favor of any 3rd party candidate? This is too important, right?

[Steve R.]

Part of me also thought that Obama/Clinton would have been unbeatable.

My take on Palin is that she's far more of a liability to McCain than an asset. PUMA, hoax or not, is not a movement. Does anybody know an actual Clinton supporter in real life who thinks McCain/Palin would be anything like Clinton policy-wise?

I think by choosing Palin, McCain made the race Obama's to lose.

Now, I will never, ever underestimate the Democractic Party's ability to blow a gimme election (like 2000 and 2004, for example). But unless pictures emerge of Obama peeing on the US flag or hugging on Osama bin Laden, he ought to coast to a victory over this self-caricature of a GOP ticket.

[trueblue]

I hope you're right!

[Steve R.]

Right about the ability for the Democrats to blow a gimme? Or right that Obama ought to be able to coast to a victory?

These are diametrically opposed forces, and I suspect they will lead to another unnecessarily close presidential election and the Dems blaming Ralph Nader (or PUMA) if their candidate fails to clean up.

[RichW]

We still haven't seen the full force of the Obama campaign. Lets us not underestimate his abilities in this area.

I think it will come down to turnout. If the youth vote materializes (as it has not in previous elections) then Obama will win. He already has an advantage in the general Hispanic vote which will help him win Colorado. If he can energize the youth vote, so goes Ohio.

[trueblue]

Obama made a big mistake not putting Hillary on the ticket, but its far from limited to the PUMA problem. The evidence indicates that Obama will not capture a significant percentage of the 18 million Hillary votes. Nader's trivial by comparison to the blown opportunity for a winning Obama/Clinton ticket.

[Liz]

Those 800-strong comment threads read exactly like sock puppets. There might be a few real bloggers in there, but it's a thin web of astroturfing, much like the hillaryis44 site. It does not stand up to a careful analysis.