Reply #49: And if you take this one more step,

[Gregorian]

you will see two things. A Karl Rove move in choosing her. And people she was chosen for.

That last one has me more worried than anything. That last one is why COPS lasted more than one episode. Why Baywatch didn't have he same fate. Why there was no revolt when the so-called war on drugs happened.

The pot of lobsters has slowly warmed up. I don't know how, but I see the results. I feel that I do know how. But if I start spouting particulars it comes across like a raving redneck republican. Even I can't take the sound of my own voice when I start talking about how we got here. But there is one thing that's glaringly obvious. We're too comfortable. That sums it up right there.

Everyone is an armchair genius. No one can make their own soap. So we gaze outward upon a real world, and push our buttons. Feed me.


Edit- I will say something else that has contributed to those who have consciously made Amerrica this way. Immigrants often show up here scared. My grandmother had a marble 3 story palace on a hill. I finally saw the first picture of it a week ago. Beyond my father, there is no history. I know nothing. Never met my grandfather. These people were the lucky ones. They were given a hint. And by night, they left the country. They showed up here to be migrant workers. Scared. Broke. This is how many new Americans are formed. And fear has done the republicans very very well.

So Palin fits the image.