Whats the deal with Sarah Palin?

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Has any politician attracted as many nasty, insulting attacks as Sarah Palin?  I think the answer is a clear "no," but how do you explain it?  Policywise, I don't detect any differences between her and any other of the basic neocon Republican candidates, but the likes of Perry or Christie or even Bachmann will never be treated nearly as viciously as she has been.  I have my theory. First off, she's the antifeminist, doing none of the stuff the feminists require women to do, and has been rather wildly successful at it, staring from basically zero, while good little feminist icons like Hillary have gotten nowhere.  I blogged about this aspect of it all earlier HERE.

And beyond the sex aspect of it all is the sexual aspect.  Palin in many ways is an avatar for the White working class.  The White working class is despised by the pundits, so they despise Palin especially. And, of course, Blacks definitely have been conditioned to hate the White working class, and encouraged to express that hatred with violence, including rape, by the same pundits who remain safe in their gated communities. Sandra Bernhard spoke for them all when she threatened Sarah Palin with rape by her "big black brothers."  If you've forgotten this charming news item, it's HERE.

Sandra just put into explicit words what the rest of the establishment only implies.  If the White working class doesn't behave, they'll send their "brothers" in to rape them or worse. Kathy Shaidle explores this phenomenon more deeply HERE.