This is what we are up against!My MIL said this to me about Palin

[southernleftylady]

I asked her what she thought of the V.P. pick and she said "I dont know much about her but I like the fact that she can shoot a gun.. thats kinda neat right?" but this the same woman who said "I like what bush has done for us"
ugh:banghead:

[lonestarnot]

1. Yeah well she is an idiot! I'd bang my head to if I were you.

:banghead:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I can shoot a gun, too.

And my state is right next to Canada.

Can I be VP, too?

[1Hippiechick]

10. And I can shoot a gun! Can I be your Secretary of Defense!?! lol

[knitter4democracy]

13. Darnit, those are my qualifications, too!

I can fish, too. Does that help?

[gateley]

3. I would like to ship all these STUPID people off to an island far, far away, so

we can get on with helping our country heal.

[Hawkeye-X]

5. The stupid people ought to live in the Bikini Atoll

and taste radiation for years to come.

Hawkeye-X

[Arugula Latte]

21. We're gonna need a bigger island.

[billyoc]

4. Well, I like the fact that she can shoot a gun too!

But I'm not hiring a gun shooter, I'm picking people to operate the most complicated government in the world.

No shooting involved. :hi:

[Imalittleteapot]

6. I haven't asked relatives what they think about Palin because

I'm afraid of their answers, probably similar to your MIL. I'm the looney left treehugger of the family.

[zbdent]

7. remind her that a 4-year old kid in Detroit killed his grandpa with a gun ...

and a dog wounded its owner with a gun ... some accomplishment ...

I could shoot a gun, AND hit the broad side of a barn ... does that impress your MIL?

[knitter4democracy]

15. I went to church with the guy whose dog shot him.

I read it in Michilaneous, and when I was laughing about it at church once, his wife told me the whole story. He almost died.

[rosesaylavee]

8. She's rather easy to please.

There are too many people in this country that still think of their politics as they do football and other team sports.

Did some phonebanking the other night. Talked to a few just like your MIL. More people were pro-Obama however so take heart.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Wow. If I'm not mistaken, they can teach monkeys to shoot guns, too. n/t

[zbdent]

18. if you talk to a real old-time conservative, they'd tell you

that's what they did in the army ...

[ColbertWatcher]

23. Touche. n/t

[malaise]

11. Then why do all women voters prefer Obama n/t

[mrreowwr_kittty]

12. WTF? Plenty of people can shoot guns.

Shockingly, many of them are women.

[unkachuck]

14. agree with your MIL....

....that shooting a gun '...is kinda neat' but then go on to define palin....define her as the lying scumbag she is....

....why would you trust an inexperienced liar in these difficlut times?

[sam sarrha]

16. its her Dominionism they love... that shit gives Rethuglicans Hard-Ons...>link>>

http://doggo.tripod.com/doggchrisdomin.html

"snip...Leo Strauss was born in 1899 and died in 1973. ... He is most famous for resuscitating Machiavelli and introducing his principles as the guiding philosophy of the neo-conservative movement. ... More than any other man, Strauss breathed upon conservatism, inspiring it to rise from its atrophied condition and its natural dislike of change and to embrace an unbounded new political ideology that rides on the back of a revolutionary steed, hailing even radical change; hence the name Neo-Conservatives.

Significantly, Dominionism is a form of Social Darwinism.<48> It inherently includes the religious belief that wealth-power is a sign of God’s election. That is, out of the masses of people and the multitude of nations, wealth, in and of itself, is thought to indicate God’s approval on men and nations whereas poverty and sickness reflect God’s disapproval.

(It was not until I read this article that I realized that this is a fundamental tenet of Dominionists.

Worldly wealth and power are signs of God's favor -- to attempt to limit or decrease one's wealth and power is to disrespect God.

On the contrary, God's elect on Earth are called upon to increase their wealth and power.

It is not sufficient for a man to be a millionaire, or for a country to have sovereignty within its borders -- a man must strive to increase his wealth as much as possible, and a Dominionist government's behavior toward its neighbors must be "invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity".

Furthermore, any attempt to decrease a person's or a country's wealth and power -- to take from the rich to give to the poor, to reduce military spending and power -- is a direct attack on God.)

If “Secular Humanists are the greatest threat to Christianity the world has ever known,” as theologian Francis Schaeffer claimed, then who are the Humanists? According to Dominionists, humanists are the folks who allow or encourage licentious behavior in America. They are the undisciplined revelers.

Put all the enemies of the Dominionists together, boil them down to liquid and bake them into the one single most highly derided and contaminated individual known to man, and you will have before you an image of the quintessential “liberal” -- one of those folks who wants to give liberally to the poor and needy -- who desires the welfare and happiness of all Americans -- who insists on safety regulations for your protection and who desires the preservation of your values -- those damnable people are the folks that must be reduced to powerlessness -- or worse: extinction. ..snip"

[gratuitous]

17. Sheesh

Although, I have to say that the ability to shoot a gun and not blast your partner in the face would be a step up from the current occupant. I'm just not sure it's real high on my list of qualifications to be vice president. Your mother-in-law might be educable, though; let her know "what Bush has done for us" a little bit each time you see her. Maybe start with the economy?

[seabeyond]

19. tell her she may shoot a gun, but hubby sits in on her meeting and makes her decision

shoot a gun but cant make decisions.... being just a woman

[Ishoutandscream2]

20. Yes, they are out there. I am so sorry

My in laws are the same way. These people really frighten me.

[madokie]

22. At some point you have to just give up

with people like her, methinks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I can shoot a gun too...that's not that special

I'm sorry

[RandomKoolzip]

25. Is it elitist to dislike stupid people? Because I do.

[undeterred]

26. There are lots of stupid women out there.

I heard a Republican woman call in to a talk show and say she was going to vote for Hillary Clinton if she were the nominee and now she is going to vote for Sarah Palin (who is not even the nominee). There is not a single significant position I can think of that these two women have in common, and Clinton is obviously a much more experienced candidate. It gets you nowhere to try to reason with people like this.