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[maseman]

Sarah Palin & the Philistines
The New Media Journal ^ | Sept 2, 2008 | Lance Fairchok

Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:41:40 AM by NewMediaJournal

“If anything were to happen to a President McCain, the destiny of the free world would be placed in the hands of a woman who until the day before Friday was a small-town mayor.” – David Frum, National Post, 29 August 2008

Pundits are pontificating and as usual, they are focusing on Governor Palin’s origins while ignoring her accomplishments, making it all the easier to demean her, openly and outrageously on places like the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post and more subtly in the mainstream press. Even on conservative venues, some of the criticism sounds like it comes from the Obama campaign. The hubris of the chattering class makes it hard to embrace the heartland and even harder to remember that it is the people who are supposed to run this country.

This “small town mayor” is in fact the governor of a very large state with international borders and the largest oil reserves in the nation. Alaska is center stage for the battle between enviro-fanatics and the reasonable use of resources. She has innate ability, not merely political grooming. Her humble origins are troubling for cynical commentators, especially because she is successful. The press wants political caricatures, not elected officials who are honest and principled. Sarah walks the walk and talks the talk, all without handlers and image-makers, or the party operatives that specialize in hiding unfortunate votes, speeches, financial records and relationships. Sarah Palin is what our middle-class democracy is supposed to be about, by the people, for the people, not by the elites for the elites.


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[thoughtcrime1984]

1. The foot-tappers can spin and justify ANYTHING, no big surprise. nt

[maseman]

2. There's spin and then there's SPIN

The spin they are using is so far out that it is ludicrous. I love seeing the hypocrisy in their own writing. The ship is sinking.