We thought she was a goner. But then she resigned as governor for her big book tour/I need to pay off all of the legal bills because I have been politically massacred trip across the U.S. of A.
Yup. Palin makes politics interesting (interesting as in, you never really quite know what is going to come out of her mouth at any given time interesting). And that is the real reason she will be around in 2012. Either as a pundit or a candidate, she will be making references to soccer-joes and six-pack-mamas, errr, I mean. . .well, you get the picture. The fact remains that people are just drawn to her--just like the way people root for an underdog. Or the way people watch American Idol, but only for the really really bad singers. I mean come on, who wants to watch Romney and the Newt duke it out over fiscal policy and health care.
The latest editorial from Douthat, claims that Palin's defeat represents the destruction of the ideal that anyone--truly anyone--can become President of the United States. A class war raised by the elites to keep the common man (or woman) down.
Hey Douthat: I doubt that! (Ha!)
I think she was just a pawn in the Republicans sceem to keep the Presidency and she was so strongly embraced by the right because she was rejected by liberals and pundits alike. That ideal was never there to begin with on the Republicans side--it was all an illusion (the true trick of the elites to keep the common man and woman down). Just like that plummer guy. Liberals rejected his journalistic know-how and his in-depth political analysis because he had no qualifications or talent. And Republicans embraced him--to keep up the illusion. Not because his analysis was really that good or that they really cared what he actually said but rather because liberals hated him. Similarily they embrace Palin, not because she is qualified or they believe she could make a good Vice President, but because of liberals' distain for her.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Who cares what she stands for. Republicans will allow a common man or woman to be President, only if they advance the will of the elite. And if you can convince people you are for the common man or woman in the process--all the better.
No real question here. Just a random political rant.
Ok, putting my soapbox away now.
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I liked this front page CNN story:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/palin.spotlight/index.html
It seems to be a news story about how Palin is newsworthy. It's somewhat self-fulfilling, but I have to wonder if this should have trumped the sidelined stories about health care, racial profiling or the stock market.