“We may be seeing the first woman president. As a Democrat, I am reeling,” said Camille Paglia, the cultural critic. “That was the best political speech I have ever seen delivered by an American woman politician. Palin is as tough as nails.”
Oh my!!! Camille forgot her talking points!!! Or maybe she just didn’t get them yet....
I don’t follow Paglia closely but I have read a number of her books and articles through the years — I don’t think Camille Paglia follows any liberal talking points too obediently. She is actually more radical than most in the Democrat Party, but she does not hesitate to rip into them, especially all the Stalinist feminists she despises.
She will VOTE pretty reliably for the left, sad to say, but her observations and reasoning can often be refreshing. Even when I disagree with her (just about all the time) she is interesting, which is a lot more than one can say for the Fembot left.
So I’m not at all surprised to see Camille praise Sarah Palin’s speech so highly, because Camille reveres truly strong women with courage and convictions, and loathes the simpering whining airheads that the Democrat Party tends to churn out.
Say what you will about Camille, she has NO talking points that are not her own, minted by her and her alone.
I hadn’t thought about it, but it’s no surprise to me that she likes, or at least understands the potential significance of Sarah Palin.
Paglia is a free spirit. She happens generally to be sympathetic to the left. A lesbian who appreciates the masculine man, her signature work Sexual Personae is a classic. She doesn't need talking points. She just speaks her mind.
LOL!