Diegetics

My view on Sarah Palin is that Democrats cannot possibly allow a woman to win a nomination that isn't a Democrat. A Republican woman as President would be the worst thing that ever happened to the Democrat party--they rely on the "The View" vote, which would be forever damaged by a Republican woman president. They know that that would be the end of the Democrat party if she was a success--it was never about women.

Right as rain. Their treatment of her so far has done plenty of damage so far, hope they keep it up.

Since Sarah Palin, I have encountered moderates of a certain stripe say "well the Democrats are more favorable to women". Now I say "look what they did to Sarah Palin" and they say "well that's a good point". This stripe may only be 2-5% of the population, but may be as high as 10%. More than enough to influence the outcome of an election, if it ever breaks down on this kind of issue.

But for most of their history Democrats were the party of the South.

Sarah Palin has brought out a lot of ugliness in people. Too many people whine about Presidential Derangement Syndrome, but none of it compares to the likes that Palin has faced.

A certain level of intelligence [let's call it IQ for the sake of argument] is a necessary, but hardly sufficient criteria, for a POTUS.

Boy you're telling me.

It is sad that you give an imbecile a pass because she is a woman.

The view from a broad?