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| 'I am a liberal, but I'm blown away by Sarah Palin' | |
| 2008-09-14 | |
| by Rebecca Johnson When my cell phone rang on vacation, I eyed the phone number wearily. It was my employer, Vogue, calling. My four-year-old, just out of the ocean and covered in sand, was whining for a shower. My three-year-old was thirsty. My hedge-fund husband was upstairs on his BlackBerry making plans to buy Dubai. I picked up the phone.
"You're one of the few people who has interviewed her for a national publication," the publicist answered, referring to an article I had written earlier this year profiling the governor of Alaska for the magazine. "Is she dead?" I asked worriedly. Alaska is notorious for small plane crashes - that's how the politician father of the writer and journalist Cokie Roberts died - and I knew Palin owned a float plane. It never really occurred to me that she might be the vice-presidential candidate. With so little time in office, even Alaskans hadn't yet made up their mind about Sarah Palin's job as governor of the state. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 leaving him looking Palin comparison. hee hee |
| Posted by: Betty Grating2215 2008-09-14 16:15 |
| #5 I've heard some say that what they like most about Palin is who they see up thre is who they woudl see at her home or in private. Obama had been able to fake being genuine, until the real thing showed up in Palin, leaving him looking very bad in comparison. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-14 16:06 |
| #4 I knew Palin owned a float plane Okay that should do it. AP know if she has a ticket? |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-14 07:38 |
| #3 Once upon a time, I also would have been contemptuous of Palin's incurable optimism but, having been knocked around by life a bit, I now understand what a gift chronically happy people are given. ------------- Isn't there a new psych course for patients which lasts about 13 weeks and teaches people how to quit obsessing and move on w/one's life and those people are happier? So they don't need the psychiatrists like they thought? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2008-09-14 01:06 |
| #2 I agree with this feminist - she's actually making sense? Someone check my temperature, I think I might have the vapors and not realize it... |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-09-14 00:36 |
| #1 Care about a woman's right to choose her own biological destiny? I thought the majority of abortions was being done by women in their 20s and 30s, so - after having all that experience - I still can't understand why they can't control their bodies? Teenagers are different. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2008-09-14 00:35 |