[ClearCase_guy]

The media says we cannot like Sarah Palin because she "lacks polish". I'd say that is a huge point to her credit. She's a real person. Her husband is a real person. She understands Americans.

It's hard to believe this essay is copyright 2011. The author seems to not be familiar with our current president. He knows Bush and Kerry, but he takes no swipe at the guy who is riding a unicorn through life.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

He doesn't mention Obama because the article was written before 2008, I just don't know exactly when.

And even though Palin is a "real person," I reject the idea that she's anti-intellectual. She is very, very much a deep thinker, a deep person, with life experiences and beliefs that only a thoughtful, reflective person can apply and live out as well as she has. As a mother of 5 including one with Down's Syndrome, as an Alaskan who grew up amidst its wonders, and a CHRISTIAN --> she has had the kind of education and mind-expanding, spirit-fulfilling journey you can't buy your way into.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

and most importantly, Sarah Palin thinks for herself. She’s not some blind, brain-dead conformist interested in just perpetuating the routines already set in motion. Another reason why she is a REAL intellectual, rather than a wannabe.