Gosh Golly Gee. She’s got wrinkles too
By NewHampster on October 8, 2008 at 7:00 AM in Current Affairs, Sarah Palin
I came ho
me tonight to this week’s Newsweek and quite frankly I’m getting close to calling it NewsWEAK.
I mean, disclaimer I’m a guy, is it really necessary to have a cover that seems to be peering through a dermatologist’s magnifying glass? Would they, could they put such a close-up of purple lips on the cover?
I sure hope that isn’t a racist comment by your host?
The Palin Problem
Yes, she won the debate by not imploding. But governing requires knowledge, and mindless populism is just that—mindless.
Jon Meacham | NEWSWEEK
A key argument for Palin, in essence, is this: Washington and Wall Street are serving their own interests rather than those of the broad whole of the country, and the moment requires a vice president who will, Cincinnatus-like, help a new president come to the rescue. The problem with the argument is that Cincinnatus knew things. Palin sometimes seems an odd combination of Chauncey Gardiner from “Being There” and Marge from “Fargo.”
Is this an elitist point of view? Perhaps, though it seems only reasonable and patriotic to hold candidates for high office to high standards. Elitism in this sense is not about educational or class credentials, not about where you went to school or whether you use “summer” as a verb. It is, rather, about the pursuit of excellence no matter where you started out in life. Jackson, Lincoln, Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Clinton were born to ordinary families, but they spent their lives doing extraordinary things, demonstrating an interest in, and a curiosity about, the world around them. This is much less evident in Palin’s case.
Pardon me but would a governor of lets say Arkansas have been questioned about his fitness for the job because he’s not an expert on Somali Pirates? I think not.
Would any man get a closeup centerfold like this?
A little more because I know the ladies just eat this stuff up.
What do we know about Palin after, as she put it with a wink, “like, five weeks”? That she can be a superb political performer (she held her own against Biden, projecting an image of warmth and toughness) and she can be a poor one (too many questions in the debate went completely unanswered, and the Couric interview is full of moments no candidate would like to have out there). But that is only human. Everyone has good days and bad days. Her syntax is sometimes a world unto itself. But George H.W. Bush occasionally sounded as though English were more foe than friend, and he was an astute president who managed complexity with skill and balance. The arsenal of folksy phrases—”doggone it,” “you betcha”—grates on some, but seems just great to others.
Is it just me or has the world of journalism turned upside down? I thought Hillary’s one supporter, Katie Couric, asked questions she never would have asked the Governor of Arkansas who spoke real funny too. She would not have asked those questions of most other woman Governors, but this one talks funny and didn’t go to Yale.
I’ve had it. I don’t really care who wins anymore. I’m done with the ASShoelite Party.
On to the debate in the slim hope that McCain knocks Barry to the floor.
Another post from the hampster cage. Live Debate Chat at Partizane.com
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