What Enneagram type is Sarah Palin?
Ben here.
First off, I love the debate and the various views already shared about Barack Obama’s type. Check out the two previous posts to see for yourself.
Now let’s move on to Sarah Palin. Many people have asked me about her. Particularly, what happens if she becomes Vice President, McCain can’t fulfill his obligations as President, and she ends up running the country? How is she likely to respond if she gets tweaked by the leader of a foreign country?
In the beginning, as I watched her acceptance speech and early interviews, my thought was she’s a Type Three. She impressed everyone in the first few days… she was the hot soccer mom with the coy wink that everyone could connect with, or at least wanted to connect with, and it looked like McCain had pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
As I continue to watch Sarah Palin and get under her surface, things are not so pretty. The image starts to fall apart. But it’s not that. It is the particular WAY that it fell apart which leads me to Type Six.
I’ve been debating this for the past few weeks with David Daniels, and I think I’ve got him convinced.
When I feel into Palin, I find the jittery anxiousness I associate with a Type Six. Unlike a Three, her delivery is not smooth under pressure. There is a confusing, circular logic when she speaks. Thoughts come quickly, often tumbling out one on top of the other.
For an example, check out this video of her interview with Katie Couric. By the way, you’ll see the Saturday Night Live version first. The real interview follows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2gE-VVjBI
There is a wild streak in Palin. She is a “maverick” from way back. Breaking the rules and pushing the edge comes naturally to her. Helicopter gunner… moose obliterator… this is counter phobic Six behavior all the way!
Whatever you believe let your voice be heard.
We are on the edge, the tipping point. Our world will change tomorrow. Be part of that change.
Know that the consciousness you act with tomorrow will have an impact on how this nation changes over the next four years. When you cast your vote, please do it as an act FOR something, rather than an act that comes out of fear.
Be deliberate as you bring your consciousness, your thoughts, your intentions and focus on what you are creating with your vote, as opposed to rebelling against the alternative. When you give too much attention to what you resist, it just gets bigger. Take a stand for the future you want to live in.
It’s your power. Use it.
Ben
November 4th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Thanks Ben! I totally agree with you… We need to move TOWARD what we WANT!
(Personally, in addition to wanting Obama in the White House, I want to be in three places at once! Luckily, the first of those is totally achievable, and IS going to happen tomorrow!)
Big hug,
Nancy, fellow 7
November 4th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Alright, so initially I thought she was an 8 (sexual sub-type). It was her display of strength, the don’t mess with me attitude, and her seductive ways. Now, I’m looking at the Counter Phobic 6 (sexual subtype). It is called “Strength and Beauty”. There was the purchase of 150k in clothing recently, the beauty queen history, and photos with the dead moose (An attribute of strength???). She is highly aware of using her physical attributes to charm, create security, and disarm others (”Can I call you Joe?”). It can look 3 like, but it’s not. Lastly, her attempt to logic and reason her way through some of the interviews. As a six, I would have expected a clearer line of logic, but she’s new at this stuff. So, my hit is a Counter Phobic 6 of the sexual subtype.
January 24th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I’d say she is an 8 all of the way. I’d have to ponder whether she has a 7 or a 9 wing. I think that mavericks are typically associated with the 8. She has done things in Alaska that people have only talked about since I arrived there in 1970. She also refers to her “Mama Grizzly” side.
April 12th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Hi,
I loved the hoopla over Obama, The Abraham Lincoln and a nine, when in fact he is a poseur 3, with a 2 wing, a charmer!
McCain the wounded hero, a 8. Palin, an 8 also. I would love to see Russia invade Alaska, she will eat them for breakfast, that’s her sex appeal! But her fixations are actually as a puritan 8.
Palin’s mind is not running a million miles a hour, like a 6, a loyalist, oh please, counter-phobs wanna be her! She is given her smackdown about McCain and Obama behind close doors and her mouth and thinking is not missing a beat. That’s an 8!
June 14th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Sarah Palin is a TWO. Her Pride the TWO’s weakness is evident in everything she does. Being unprepared for running for office never phased her because she saw her self as so important the rules didn’t apply. There’s much more later.