Boulder is a Stoopid Place

Larry Kudlow notes…

The louder the Left screams the better the Alaska governor seems to do.

Simple observation tells me this is true.

Betsy comments on how the nomination of Sarah Palin is driving liberals “absolutely nuts”.

What has been striking to me in the past couple of weeks is how the nomination of Sarah Palin to being McCain’s running mate has driven some liberals absolutely nuts. I’m not talking just about those lurking at Democratic Underground or Daily Kos, but professional writers and analysts have just gone round the bend and they’re not embarrassed to put their hatred out there for all to see. They just can’t seem to be able to get over that she comes from a small town, has five children, hunts, and doesn’t seem embarrassed about all this, but rather seems proud. And the fact that many Americans have responded to her positively is just making her critics even more ferociously angry.

Betsy concludes…

She has triggered the type of hatred it took George W. Bush years to engender. It’s only going to get worse. Can you imagine how angry Obama supporters will be if he should actually lose? The post-2000 election anger will be nothing compared to what will face McCain and Palin if they should win in November. We’ll be told about how racist America is because it had the temerity not to vote for the first African-American candidate on a major party ticket. And what if, as seems quite possible, McCain wins the Electoral College vote and Obama wins the popular vote? The vitriol that will be unleashed will be something mighty depressing to observe. That’s why I am skeptical of any promises that McCain is making about changing Washington. The environment there will be just too ugly for anything productive to get done.

Why do they hate her so much? Because she, undeserving hick that she is, may actually have provided the necessary excitement to defeat their guy, Barack Obama. And that they just can’t forgive. And so, like rabid dogs, they go on the attack and they don’t care what deranged things they say.

I think her note about McCain being unable to change Washington after such a bitter election are worth noting. (assuming he wins of course!)

Instapundit has a roundup.

According to the Wall Street Journal, even adjusted for inflation, Bill Clinton’s budget while Governor of Arkansas doesn’t match up to Sarah Palin’s Alaska budget. Not to mention the Governor of Alaska is unusually powerful.

In Alaska, the Governor has line-item veto power over the budget and can only be overridden by a three-quarters majority of the Legislature. In 1992, the year Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected President, his state budget was $2 billion and among the smallest in the country. Compared to that, Sarah Palin is an executive giant.