One of the discouraging things about American politics is that we don't vote for people who we think will be good at their jobs, we vote for people who remind us of ourselves.
The left believes that we on the right like Sarah Palin because she's attractive. But as much as we may agree with them about her appearance, it's not the kind of thing that drives decision making on the right. For the left who have cast aside the pedestrian trappings of western morality, attractive = virtuous, famous = competent. That's how Paul Krugman avoids public ridicule, and how anyone takes a boob like Joe Biden seriously.
Now Sarah Palin is taking the new morality of fame and making them eat it. She is everything they have trained themselves to like...she's attractive, and famous. And it was one thing to attack her when she was a threat to their annointed one, but now that she's just an author and ex-governor, I'm quite sure they find themselves reacting to her differently than before.
I hope it's enough to rehabilitate her image with the media, but I'd bet against it. The truth is, in their heart of hearts, they know they're full of $4it too. and they would sooner be accused of hypicrosy than admit they were wrong.
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I just wish she was taking the opportunity of being on all of the self-important TV shows to talk about the issues and the conservative solutions to those problems rather than talk about her daughter's baby daddy, or the cover of a magazine, or interviews past.
For example, it would have been great to hear conservative ideas discussed on lefty Oprah's show. It was her chance to tap into that female demographic that is sitting home watching day-time TV and usually votes along with the Ds. Instead of seizing the opportunity, it seems that she just entertained those people with topics better suited for Jerry Springer.
Then again, I suppose if she was talking about issues, those shows wouldn't have her on nor would people be talking about it.
Yeah... that's a liberal show catering to a liberal audience... they just don't care about what works and what doesn't.
If she wants to have a serious policy discussion she has to go on talk radio or fox news like everyone else.
(Isn't that the whole reason talk radio is there in the first place?)
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