Letter from a Hater: Thank You Sarah Palin

Dear GF,

Just wanted to drop you a note. After watching these interviews with Katie Couric I realized that I owe Sarah Palin some thanks. I feel bad that it took me so long to come around, but as they say, better late than never. So let me take a minute to thank Mrs Palin for jolting me out of my political apathy. Election time has gotten increasingly tense over the years, and in the past I usually sat back and hoped America would see the light. That come election day they would do the right thing. Sarah Palin has made me realize that I must do my part to get the right candidate elected. People SAY she's an idiot, and they SAY they couldn't imagine her as President but come election day will they DO the right thing? So to help insure that they do I've decided that I need to check in with my friends and family who may just get lazy on election day, or who aren't really sure what they are going to do or who they should vote for. I need to remind them that this is just some SNL skit (although the SNL skits are really fuckin funny) but if they don't do something she WILL be moving to Washington and she WILL be the face of our nation to many foreign leaders. And if that happens, I'm not sure we will be laughing.

thanks GF,
beckycity

YEAH! There's the attitude! Everyone get off their butts and do something NOW so we don't have to deal with that woman in Washington!

Letter from a Hater: I'm concerned.

Sent at 2:22am, Oct 1.

I'm concerned. Watching her couric and gibson interviews, I think what has happened is essentially she has too much information fed to her about too many things, and the interview process is more of a "quiz show" format, like answer these things.

If she feels her audience is the american public and not the hoity toity intelligentsia asking her the questions, then I think she can relax and feed a line of bullshit more carefully. And now that her expectations are so low, I am afraid that her just showing up will be considered a "win."

My main reason for saying all of this is this video of her gubernatorial debate.

She has a pretty good grasp of Alaskan issues, but much more importantly, she's easy to connect with at a gut level (if you're not a hunky young asian man, but you know, a walmart mom).

That is all,
Mike

Letter from a Hater: Bgirl Calls for Help From the Big O

Send me a letter and it could end up here. Today's post courtesy of bgirl - thanks for writing, but more - for acting!

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Dear Girl Friday,

I love your blog cause I too hate Sarah Palin. When McCain chose her to be his running mate I was actually excited. The more I heard about her positions on issues and how conservative they were I was sure the people who were floating someplace in the middle would come back to Obama. THEN I started hearing about her personal controversies and scandals and thought for sure McCain did us a favor by choosing her. I think there are infact, many people who were disappointed that Hillary did not win and thinking of voting McCain who are not solidly in Obama's camp. But now my biggest nightmare has been realized. There are masses of women who RESPECT Ms. Palin.

A hockey mom with a 17 year old, pregnant daughter who is headed to the alter rather than college??!! Is she really what American women aspire to be like? Someone who uses her power to ban books in libraries, limit choice of girls like her daughter, and wield her power to have people fired because they cross her? All because she wears 'cute' glasses and has 'nice' hair?! Please! I try to give women credit and fight those who like to pigeon hole us as not smart or strong enough to lead a business let alone a country. But blindly falling for her one liners without really listening to what she is saying is more than i can take.

Obama has enlisted Hillary to campaign, to light the fire she once inspired in people. Unfortunately I think the people Hillary reaches (for the most part) know they need to support the party. There is one goldmine left untapped... OPRAH. So attached is my letter to Oprah.

Dear Oprah,
I am writing to you today to enlist your help. Using all my energy not to beg, but it is close. You have such a strong voice among American women. You have their attention, and have gained their trust. You take care with issues, you open people's eyes to things as small as reading more. Now it's time to open their eyes to the issues at hand.

To the things the Republican party has done a good job of sweeping past these women in a blur. She's pretty, she's fit, she's fun, she's vocal but she's going to strip many of our women of liberties they currently take for granted. It is time women put down the weekly tabloid magazine and start reading the real news. Reading the real facts.

Oprah, you got them to read Anna Karenina surely you can convince them to read a newspaper or tune into Meet the Press to really HEAR these people discuss the issues. Not listen to their neighbors reiterate something they heard around the water cooler. If they listen, really listen to the issues and still choose to support McCain/Palin then I will accept that. But what i am seeing is much different and completely disappointing. Blind faith in an election year is frightening.

Would a mother hire a babysitter for their children without looking into her background? So why elect a President of our country, of our children, without the same attention to detail?

Just a little more reading, that's all we need the women of America to do. I have a feeling the rest will fall into place.

Holding out hope.

bgirl