Palin's small-town snobbery is faulty

Mel wrote:

I fully agree, I have been annoyed by the assumption that people in small towns are morally superior to those that live in suburbs or cities. I have lived in both and really find both have their good and bad people and activities.
Thank you for finally pointing this out!

A Blinkin wrote:

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How would you know. What war zones have you been to, chickenhawk?

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Palin is GREAT wrote:

Chapman is an old WASPY FRAUD.
See how name calling gets you nowhere

Dave wrote:

Steve, I think you're being a bit oversensitive in Ms. Palin's 'small town' comments. Let's face it, she's trying to identify herself more with where she's from, with people she knows, and playing against what many view as the big city, elitist mentality.
Additionally, you've taken quite a leap in using her simple quote about small town life and spinning it into an essay about drugs and crime in metro vs rural areas.
I don't think Ms. Palin ever said that city dwellers are worse than rural folks. You did. That was your leap, not hers, and therefore, I think your article was really a cheap shot at her.

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Linda wrote:

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Oh so people who live in a big city are not interested in faith, family friends? Please!!! I am presently living in a small town and over 70% of the people that I have met between the age of 22 and 45 can't wait for an opportunity to get the hell out of these boring, uncultured, closed minded and religious snobbery towns.

bumsteer wrote:

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Well, that was worth your time and energy.
Palin is great comedy and that's all. I'd love to see her college transcripts.. its surprising she graduated at all. The only people that could not name something that they regularly read are people who do not read. I don't mean can't read, because its clear she can read from the teleprompter, but with 5 kids and a busy work day, I can't imagine she ever has time to read, much less keep up with what's going on in the rest of the world.
Unless she's planning on having her teenage daughter raise her other children, she can't do both jobs and expect to do either of them well.

A Blinkin wrote:

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How would you know. What war zones have you been to, chickenhawk?

Dienne wrote:

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Let's pretend your description of Sarah Palin bears remote resemblance to reality. Even so, other than being governor of the "largest" state, that description fits quite a few people I know. What distinguishes Palin from any average Joe or Jane? Or are you satisfied with just any average Joe or Jane running this country?
As far as running the "largest" state, well, if bears, wolves, moose or square miles could vote, you might be right (in which case I doubt Palin would be governor of Alaska - I don't think her approval rating among wildlife is terribly high). But in fact, by population, which is the important measure of size, Alaska is smaller than Lake County, Illinois. So are you agreeing that the commissioner of Lake County is qualified to be VP?

Liberal Losers wrote:

For the past two months, the liberal press has done everything in its' power to attempt to destroy this woman. She is a breath of fresh air, especially compared to Barack Hussein Obama, the supporter of Todd Stroeger and higher taxes. And yes, big city people are extremely condescending of people not from the big city. Steve Chapman and the Chicago Libune are proof of this.
"Sara want to save babies and kill taxes. Barack wants to kill babies and raise taxes."

Linda wrote:

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Oh so people who live in a big city are not interested in faith, family friends? Please!!! I am presently living in a small town and over 70% of the people that I have met between the age of 22 and 45 can't wait for an opportunity to get the hell out of these boring, uncultured, closed minded and religious snobbery towns.

Yee Haw wrote:

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But...she makes it SO easy! She's as dumb as bricks. Let's face it, if she were male she'd have been run out of this election / off of the ticket within days of her being 'in' it to begin with. But, as a woman, it's been a tightrope to walk that would otherwise have been a canon to use to shoot her back to Alaska {or Idaho}. Just like the main export of her home state [Idaho], this spuds for you. Maybe if we stick a couple of electrodes in her at least we could get some electricity out of her, otherwise she's only good for pop'n out babies [all be the last one being defective and another made the 'choice' to get knocked up while an un-wed teenager - like mother like daughter] and to spout mindless religion. No education, training or experience to speak of as qualifications for the executive branch [and it IS the executive branch - no matter what Dick{'em} Cheney says] and, yet - she's on the ticket. Well, it's time to give this Barbie wannabe a new ticket - a ticket back to podunk'sville where she'd be in her element. America's not in the dark-ages - yet, but, give the McCain/Palin ticket a punch and we'll be headed directly forward into the past - where darkness ruled the earth. Of course, Mz. Palin's timelines will be rather skewed, since she believes {'knows'} that fossils are no more than 6,000 years old - from about the time of her running mate. Yee haw!

Len wrote:

I lived in a small town in northern Michigan for 9 years. While it is a beautiful place (my family and I still love it there), it's nearly impossible to make a living in rural America unless your job allows you to telecommute heavily.
Small towns have many drawbacks. One being that it's very difficult to have an opinion that differs from the majority. On ANYthing.

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dulce wrote:

come on people, face the facts. the woman is as incompetent as they come. I wont even go into the thousands of other reasons it is downright dangerous for a woman/person like Sarah Palin to be a heart beat away from being president. Simply stated, she is a hood ornament on the truck that America is about to be thrown under!

Sarah for President wrote:

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Chicago the safest city in the world!
Ask any Cop or crook, hey they got all the guns!
Most any combat zone is safer than Chicago!