Why does Palin insist on talking like a high schooler?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

"Like" "shout out" etc. It's embarrassing that so many people think she did well. I cannot think of one other country that has a head of state like that.

[Iris]

1. please let me know when you figure it out. Between that and the fake smile...it's clear she hasn't

grown up at all.

[bdamomma]

30. just like bush

[JackBeck]

She's mobilizing the Tween vote. n.t

[Historic NY]

2. Because she hasn't progressed beyond that emotionally and mentally...

she is still living as the high school queen.

[Richard Steele]

12. Exactly. nm

[Debi]

3. Hey now, like, I really enjoy the fact that at 44 she can be like all the youngsters out there

you betcha ;) <- check out the wink!

[Naturyl]

And "you guys" one too many times (n/t)

[yourout]

4. Cause she thinks like a high schooler.......vindictive and patronizing.

[eleny]

5. Reaching out to the immature

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. Because she's no more qualified to be President....

than your average fourteen-year-old.

What in the hell is wrong with this country? Why would we allow a joke like this to even be suggested as qualified to be VP?

[knowbody0]

7. she is still in high school

and she's a cheerleader and she plays the flute.


50% of us are just finishing up the first six pack. that's who she's talking to. wink

[kestrel91316]

11. She never could play the flute worth a good god damn. I know.

I played for MANY years, and played well. I saw that video of her "talent" in the 1984 Miss AK pageant. Truly,embarrassingly deplorable playing.

[knowbody0]

26. it was hillarious

all that moving around regardless of the notes. ha

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. It's a way to cover up the fact that she knows literally NOTHING

That's how she got elected, flirting, winking, touching herself all over, saying, "GOTCHA!!!" and trying to be cutesy to distract from the fact that she is not intelligent and that she has no knowledge or wisdom.

[MichDem10]

9. Maybe she thinks she is running for class president?

[RTFirefly]

10. Physically, three years younger than Obama.

Mentally, three decades younger.

[global1]

13. You Know - She Would Probably Make A Good First Lady - But Certainly Not....

VP or Pres material.

[pnwmom]

14. Because she has an arrested personality that stopped developing

sometime in her teens. That's typical of a narcissist like her, by the way.

[bluethruandthru]

15. She tried hard not to be the valley girl she is.

I've watched video of her in more relaxed moments and her speech is full of "she's like, and I's like and we's like....like, like, like". She says "like" more than my teenager!

[Clio the Leo]

16. because she is in no way qualified to lead this country. NT

[NotThisTime]

17. Because she is LIKE a Valley Girl

[1corona4u]

18. because she's stoopid.

[bdamomma]

19. an alaskan valley girl

sounds like dana perino too.

[casus belli]

20. It wasn't presidential.

But, if conservatives have proven anything it's that presidential isn't one of their requirements for POTUS or Veep.

[jberryhill]

21. Okay, I'm officially too old...

I gather that a "shout out" is some sort of public acknowledgment of something or other.

What, specifically, is a "shout out"?

[csziggy]

31. A shout-out is a greeting or acknowledgment of a person, group, or organization of significance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shout-out

[political_Dem]

22. She doesn't have a good diction or speech coach. /eom

[Okie4Obama]

23. Because that's where she stopped maturing intellectually and emotionally.

[leftofthedial]

24. because her base are mental 7 year olds

all of whom think high schoolers are hot.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. no other country would put up with something like this

[Chovexani]

27. She's preparing for her new job after they lose the election

A starring role in High School Musical 4.

[TNMOM]

28. she's the high school cheerleader who hasn't figured out that

no one in the real world cares that she was the homecoming queen.

[dorktv]

29. Like you know, yeah I talk like that.

However I back it up with being able to move from the impact that our recent moves in Pakistan will have on our ability to actually effect change in Afghanistan to how important it is that we actually fund research into ideas such as solar power (especially in a state like Arizona where we get more than a little sunshine to use as well as wind and the fact that switching to a more diffused power grid gives more targets to the terrorists and makes it harder for them to do damage to our infrastructure) to the need to remember that the Supreme Court is going to be facing a clear change in the next four years-one that has a greater impact than just Roe V Wade but possibly overturning things such as Miranda v Arizona, Gideon v Wainwright, and most important (although a bit obsecure) United States v Butler.

[Rocknrule]

32. What's next, running Britney Spears at the 2012 Republican candidate?

She is a * supporter, just saying...