behind door number not-so-sure

numbers are tricky things and i nearly spat my tea this morning when i saw that according to a usa/gallup poll, 71% of republicans would vote for palin in 2012, and 75% believe she has been unfairly treated by the media.

from the back, i'll say most who admit any party affiliation would say their candidates are treated with negative bias by the press. but for somebody who says she's a tough strong chick, a survivor, a competitor and not a quitter, palin is awfully whiny about her press coverage. wha-wha-wha-wha. i'm supposed to answer your questions? like with a sentence and a grasp of the facts? boo-hoo.

from the front, i got further down the article, exhaled and can thank budget cutbacks for my unnecessary alarm. the sample was only 1000 registered voters. typically these sorts of things ask at least 10,000. (sadly no pie-chart from usa today -- they must be cutting back on color graphics too.) so the pool only held 321 democrats, 323 independents and 316 republicans, with a margin of error of +/- 3%. so within that context we're looking at about 235 people who answered their land-line phone, actually took the time out of their busy day watching their programs and taking metamucil, talked to a telemarketer and said they lerved sarah.

then again, you have to wonder how the question was phrased? "if sarah palin was running against hugo chavez, ted bundy and osama bin laden, would you vote for her?" "if she could help get that brown secret muslim and his pickaninny kids out the WHITE house, would you vote for her?"

i can exhale again remembering who really is sarah's base: they believe that the earth is 6000 years old, that abortion should be banned in all states, all the time, that homosexuality should be banned, that everyone should go to church and parks fully locked and loaded, and that al gore invented global warming. they reject reason and science for hysteria and superstition. they are not interested in understanding the world outside because it's different and thus, scary. and also wrong. everybody that believes what they don't believe is wrong, wrong, wrong. and going to hell to burn forever.

the fringe republican bar is so low, that she can sail along on a wink, smile and a prayer and say nothing even an in-depth deconstruction can translate into sense. it's like she speaks in a high-pitch tone that only biblical dogs can hear it and respond accordingly.

but she's a giver, cuz she said this yesterday:

"Don't know what the future holds," Palin said Tuesday on ABC. "I'm not gonna shut any door. That — who knows what doors open?"

(dear jesus, i hope there aren't any books behind any of those doors! love, sarah.)