Swearing in, 1993.
You know, I don't see it...
Posted on 09/12/2008 11:47:33 AM PDT by pissant
Ta-Nehisi Coates, reacting to Marc Fisher's column on Palin's "everywoman" appeal, makes a smart point:
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As Fisher points out in his column, this is an extension of this idea that expertise, intelligence, and considered opinion are overrated. I'd take it even further--this is about Rocky as God, and the limits of a culture-hero, who in his latest incarnation asked us to believe that a 60-year old man could go toe to toe with championship-caliber boxer.
I don't want to lean to hard on this point, mostly because it bears an eerie resemblance to the way blacks supported Marion Barry and Sharpe James. But this idea that the person who has the means to end civilization should be like "like me" has got to end. This is not the time.
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Exactly. Of course, demographics being what they are, the damage Barry and James could do was relatively limited. Alas, that wouldn't be the case with Palin. You've got to hand it to us white folks. When we screw up, we sure can do it on a massive scale.
--Jason Zengerle
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You forgot two! Pontius Pilate A Pig
Swearing in, 1993.
You know, I don't see it...
What I find hilarious is Dems questioning Palin's knowledge of national security issues. It's probably true that there are other Pubbies who would step into the job with more knowledge and adeptness than Palin has at this moment. This still puts her ahead of every Dem pol on that issue with the possible exception of Joe Lieberman. I would bet that what Palin has learned in the last two weeks and what she will learn in the first year of her term will be greater than what the collective Dem nitwits know about national security.
I agree. Also, if you pay attention to the Democrats who supposedly do have Military expertise, they are mostly anti-military. How is that going to help?
They like crackheads as public officials..
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