GOP Purity Test

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4) She is an easy target with her accent and "folksiness".

In any case, she needs to diminish her publicly facing role in the party, if she cares about the health of her party. She attracts the social/religious base, but damages the attraction to moderates and fiscal Republicans and with the level of media scrutiny she attracts she is a distraction and prevents attention being made for real ideas to be presented by the GOP.

First off, I don't think she has an accent. Then again you're from the east coast and all.


I don't think it has anything to do with the health of the party anymore. She's not hurting Republicans at this point, just herself. She's slowly getting distance from the Republicans by doing what she's been doing for the past year and a half.

I think her main problem is that she's clearly playing up the "White middle class America" role. Constantly talking about how "normal" she is, and how she's just a "hockey mom" and "likes hunting like the typical Alaskan family" and things of the like. I would respect her more if she wasn't such a puppet to trying to get popular. She isn't normal. She was the head of a state. That immediately removes "normal" status.

At this point Sarah Palin is only hurting Sarah Palin. I don't think anyone associates the stupid things she says/gets caught on double-talking about with the Republican party anymore.