"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The Brits do not (still) understand Americans. The convention that just ended was not the most important in American History. That distinction probably goes to the 1860 conventions.
And here the “myths” again, they do not understand the central thing about Palin: “authentic.”
Not myth.
I will forgive the Brits, one more time, as they are waking up.
Leave it to the British to start this article with a quote from Hamlet.
LOL!!!
Whoopee for Sarah Palin ! A smalltown girl from an ordinary background who believes in self help and aspiration. She is of course despised by the cognoscenti and ridiculed for her small town ways. How could someone who looks like that and who is folksy ever get anywhere and deal with the sophisticated world of the Capitol.
Well - that was Maggie. A small town girl despised by the inherited wealth and those with position as of right - by the Toynbees of this world. Maggie took the World by storm. She faced a windbag called Kinnock too. We even have a parallel in Biden who plagiarised the Welsh Windbag's speech !
The race is still open. But do I want a war hero who will face up to the evil countries/isms of this world (Russia, China, Iran, Islamofascism etc) or a cafe latte liberal - in the White House ? Do I want a self important millionaire who thought Kinnock was worth copying or a pit bull with lipstick as VP ?
I say as an Englishman "Who do I want" even though I have no vote there. My freedom depends on who wins. NATO/EU are busted fluushes - just look at their craven behaviour over Georgia ! I would not have my freedoms today but for US leadership in WW1,WW2, WW3 (Cold War) and now in WW4 ( rogue states and Islamofascists).
God speed to John McCain and Sarah Palin. Posted by Mikea on September 7, 2008 7:27 AM
Whoopee for Sarah Palin !
A smalltown girl from an ordinary background who believes in self help and aspiration. She is of course despised by the cognoscenti and ridiculed for her small town ways. How could someone who looks like that and who is folksy ever get anywhere and deal with the sophisticated world of the Capitol.
Well - that was Maggie. (Margaret Thatcher) A small town girl despised by the inherited wealth and those with position as of right - by the Toynbees of this world. Maggie took the World by storm. She faced a windbag called Kinnock too. We even have a parallel in Biden who plagiarised the Welsh Windbag's speech !
The race is still open. But do I want a war hero who will face up to the evil countries/isms of this world (Russia, China, Iran, Islamofascism etc) or a cafe latte liberal - in the White House ? Do I want a self important millionaire who thought Kinnock was worth copying or a pit bull with lipstick as VP ?
I say as an Englishman "Who do I want" even though I have no vote there. My freedom depends on who wins. NATO/EU are busted fluushes - just look at their craven behaviour over Georgia ! I would not have my freedoms today but for US leadership in WW1,WW2, WW3 (Cold War) and now in WW4 ( rogue states and Islamofascists).
God speed to John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Posted by Mikea on September 7, 2008
I expect that Mr McCain will draw with Mr Obama in the presidential debates and that in a close race decided by a few hundred thousand votes in the key states, Mrs Palin will help her senior partner to win because of her dramatic appeal to the middle America marginals. She will also position herself to become America's first female president.
When one imagines Hillary Clinton's reaction to that prospect, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh.
Myths?
Snarky comment like that in the Telegraph?
Yanks should give thanks for Sarah (Brit tab: “Unlike Barack Obama, she is the real thing”)
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