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| Bill Whittle: the Anti-Obama |
| 2008-09-06 |
| Sarah Palin is the anti-Obama: not a victim, not a poser, not riding a wave but rather swimming upstream — and most of all, not having run for president her entire life. She is the first politician I have ever seen — and I include Ronnie in this, God bless him — who strikes everyone who sees her as an actual, real, ordinary person. Immediately came T-shirts saying I AM SARAH PALIN. HER STORY IS MY STORY. There is a lot of Obama swag out there, too, but none of it says HIS STORY IS MY STORY. Hold that thought till November 5. She is so absolutely, remarkably, spectacularly ordinary. I think the magic of Sarah Palin speaks to a belief that so many of us share: the sense that we personally know five people in our immediate circle who would make a better president than the menagerie of candidates the major parties routinely offer. Sarah Palin has erupted from this collective American Dream — the idea that, given nothing but classic American values like hard work, integrity, and tough-minded optimism you can actually do what happens in the movies: become Leader of the Free World, the President of the United States of America. (Or, well, you know, vice president.) Sarah Palin has done more than unify and electrify the base. She’s done something I would not have thought possible, were it not happening in front of my nose: Sarah Palin has stolen Barack Obama’s glamour. She’s stolen his excitement, robbed his electricity, burgled his charisma, purloined his star power, and taken his Hope and Change mantra, woven it into a cold-weather fashion accessory, and wrapped it around her neck. ...and strangled him with it--metaphorically speaking, of course. A candidate who is young, funny, well-spoken, intelligent, charming, drop-dead gorgeous — and one of ours? Is this actually happening? Go read the rest. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 or his positions. See: "Surge" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-06 22:03 |
| #5 Even she is getting impatient for The Big 0 to discuss what he plans to change. His underwear, mostly, nightly. |
| Posted by: badanov 2008-09-06 21:56 |
| #4 My wife is a life-long Dem. Even she is getting impatient for The Big 0 to discuss what he plans to change. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-09-06 21:53 |
| #3 It isn't necessarily an "anti-obama" feeling, its that he is a poser and a lot of people do not want to work for a fake. That asshole boss who plays office games and talks behind your back, yeah that is obama. Want proof? bo's latest talking point is he has a funny name and doesn't look like President Ben Franklin - his change is his same line from months ago and that is all he has. I swear watching the d-ticket is like watching the KC Chiefs ever since herm "the 9-iron" edwards came to town. You KC fans know what I'm talking about admit it (and that nickname no longer works because even I can move a ball 80 yards with a 9-iron). |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-09-06 11:43 |
| #2 Good stuff, and it strikes very close to what my own feelings have been this past week or so. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2008-09-06 09:25 |
| #1 woven it into a cold-weather fashion accessory, and wrapped it around her neck. The image of her putting his antle |
| Posted by: Betty Grating2215 2008-09-06 04:01 |