Yes, it’s true , Palin quoted this guy in what may have been the only innocuous words he ever wrote. She didn’t mention him by name, and I’m sure wouldn’t have used the quote if she knew what a real fascist bigot he actually was. Wonder if she wrote the speech herself, or who it was who fed her the quote. Either way, it does indicate a little naivete on her part. And I’m surprised to hear Westbrook Pegler was still writing and apparently being read in the mid 60s. He was a relic by that time.
There are millions and millions of facts and quotes about all kinds of things in this world today that might come up about countless subjects, political or otherwise. Who can keep track of even an eighth of them. Do you really think that everybody who is not naive would have recognized this particular quote? Sarah Palin was running from one place to the next almost everyday in a whirlwind of activity. She certainly did not have time to research every statement handed to her in her speeches. She should of been able to trust the writers, that they were not putting things into the speeches that were sourced from fascist bigots.
I doubt she ever knew who this “writer” was she quoted in her speech. If she were to vet every word of every speechwriter she’d never make it to the podium.
Yes, she was ‘naive’. She didn’t realize that in politics some on your side are cannibals, they’ll eat their own, for their own reasons.
I think she has realized that now, but it’s too late for 2008. Hopefully, if she plans a further national political career, she’ll be able to find loyal people and she’ll get tough on those who set her up or cause her to stumble, ‘cause those people will still be around next time.
In other words, she’ll have to become a ruthless, conniving old boot, a la Hilary Clinton and all the rest of them. Then she won’t be ‘Sarah from Wasilla’ anymore. But she just might get elected.