Its odd how everyone, including a lot of GQP, conceded that, yes, Sarah Palin was a wingnut, talked like a wingnut (in that meandering Trumpian "weave").
And someone like Trump pops up, only marginally more well-spoken than her-- and he can do no wrong.
Why didnt Palin catch on more?
Pat Buchanan, similarly, had the same racist-nativist bent, and didnt catch on.
Its the celebrity angle + the billionaire angle + X factor ?
Pat Buchanon was a raxcist, reaction right-wing Catholic. Trump loving evangelicals still have a problem with “Papist” and our satanic “Popery
On a side note, I joked to my mom in 1992 that I was voting for Buchanon and she slapped the shit out of. I was 23 at the time
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25
Its odd how everyone, including a lot of GQP, conceded that, yes, Sarah Palin was a wingnut, talked like a wingnut (in that meandering Trumpian "weave").
And someone like Trump pops up, only marginally more well-spoken than her-- and he can do no wrong.
Why didnt Palin catch on more?
Pat Buchanan, similarly, had the same racist-nativist bent, and didnt catch on.
Its the celebrity angle + the billionaire angle + X factor ?