Frank Rich. NY Times
Culture is politics. Palin is at the red-hot center of age-old American resentments that have boiled up both from the ascent of our first black president and from the intractability of the Great Recession for those Americans who haven’t benefited from bailouts. As Palin thrives on the ire of the left, so [...]
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Palin, resentments, and populism
Why is the left so bizarrely obsessed with Sarah Palin?
Sure, she’s news. But too many liberals and lefties foam at the mouth at the mere mention of her name. I’m sure she appreciates the free publicity.
Here’s a tip, don’t try to understand her. It’ll just make your head hurt. She sometimes doesn’t make much sense and appears immune to logic. It’s like trying [...]
Dobbs and Palin for President 2012: last gasps of obsolete GOP
A couple of days ago, I was enjoying a visit with two friends at Starbucks and a well-dressed man in passing, said hello. On his way out he commented offhand about the “nightmarish health care bill” that just passed the US House. He was afraid he’d lose his Medicare, and hated the idea of socialized medicine. [...]
Colin Powell attacks Palin, Limbaugh
In a wide-ranging CNN interview, former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell lashed out at ex-vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and said the Pentagon should reconsider the policy barring gays from serving openly in the military.
Colin Powell seemingly never makes a misstep. This ultimate DC insider / survivor / chameleon is virtually [...]
Pass the popcorn, it’s Republican Fight Week
Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says
“[Palin] is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.
A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to “bust free” of what she believes was a damaging [...]
Pew Research: McCain collapses in latest national poll
The latest Pew Research poll shows Obama with his widest margin ever over McCain, 53% to 39%.
Failin’ Palin must have been sleeping during 8th grade civics class because yesterday she said the vice president is “in charge of the United States Senate.”
What a freaking moron.
The angriest man in America
From Margaret and Helen. Margaret does most of the blogging, she’s 82.
Joe the Plumber? Joe Six Pack? The new McCain strategy seems to be banking on a lot of guys named Joe with a beer in one hand and a pipe wrench in the other. Is this a political campaign or a dating service for [...]
Failin’ Palin
Palin is controversial even in Alaska, her popularity is sinking there as her unfavorable rating soars nationwide. One reason: Her extremist ties.
The debate. Biden took the swing voters
As with the first presidential debate, the Democrats appear to have won among the swing voters.
And that’s really all that matters. The hard core on either side aren’t going to change and their votes aren’t in play. It’s the undecideds that both sides want.
BTW, McCain gave up on Michigan today, pulling resources out. That used [...]
Palin and dinosaurs
Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing twitters BB comments on Palin
BB commenter describes the would-be VP’s “dinosaurs and men once coexisted” fundamentalist beliefs as “Palintology”
“Don’t be silly. Their candidacy is crystalline evidence that a dinosaur and a primitive human can coexist.”
On McCain suspending his campaign
Pelosi: “We have to be able to do a couple of things at once. That’s what leadership requires.”
Barney Frank: “It’s the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys.”
Sen. Schumer: “Just weird…”
Harry Reid: Stay away. “We need leadership; not a campaign photo op.”
David Letterman: “You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t [...]
Florida swing voters now trending towards Obama
The reason why can be summed up in one word: Palin.
Palin, class, and liberals
Socialist Unity
Just because she is religious and right-wing doesn’t mean she is stupid, or incompetent. She is a hard-boiled professional politician, with a high domestic approval rating. When she eventually starts giving media interviews she will do well, and she will talk directly to the anxieties of middle class Americans in small towns.
America stands as [...]
Why rednecks may rule the world
Joe Bageant
We [rednecks] all understand that there is a political class which dominates in America, and that Sarah Palin for damned sure is not one of them. And the more she is attacked by liberal Democratic elements (translation: elite highly-educated big city people) the more America’s working mooks will come to her defence.
Liberals really need [...]
When Barack’s berserkers lost the plot
In an age when politics is choreographed, voters watch out for the moments when the public-relations facade breaks down and venom pours through the cracks. Their judgment is rarely favourable when it does. Barack Obama knows it. All last week, he was warning American liberals to stay away from the Palin family. He understands better [...]
