Cohen speaks too soon.
Posted on 07/06/2009 6:28:11 PM PDT by Kaslin
In his novel "The Plot Against America," Philip Roth imagined that Charles Lindbergh, an isolationist and an anti-Semite (but a hell of a flier), ran for president in 1940 and beat Franklin Roosevelt.
In his novel "Fatherland," Robert Harris imagined a Britain that had succumbed to the Nazis. These works are categorized as "alternate history." Here is my contribution to the genre: Sarah Palin becomes president of the United States.
Far-fetched? Not really. After all, Palin really was on the Republican ticket, and the Democratic candidate was both untested nationally and the first African-American to claim the nomination. A significant misstep here or there and the winner could have been John McCain, the oldest man ever elected president.
My brothers and sisters in punditry spent a jolly Fourth of July weekend having a swell time with Palin and her decision to quit as governor of Alaska. Her words were parsed for their meaning and her plans were deduced while political operatives of both parties analyzed her move to see if she is really very clever or as dumb as a mud wall. A good time was had by all.
It would behoove us, though, to consider how close we all came to utter disaster — the "counterfactual" suggested above. A recent Vanity Fair article provides further evidence of just how awful a vice president (or president) Palin would have made.
During the campaign, she proved allergic to briefings and remained determined to stay uncorrupted by knowledge. More recently, she explained her decision to — permit me some GOP talk — cut and run as Alaska governor by lapsing into no known language, explaining herself afterward in a burst of tweets that only raised more questions.
One question, though, has been settled: She is unfit for office.
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Who the hell is Richard Cohen? Does he hang with David Frum?
He’s a left wing lunatic
/Johnny
Cohen speaks too soon.
Oh, wait. That's not a novel. That's our nation today. I know that Richard Cohen is happy to be part of the end of truth.
What’s so scary is that there really was a movie called FATHERLAND with Rutger Hauer..
It imagined the entire world where Germany won the war but the U.S. was unscathed due to an “agreement” (cant remember) and that the US has a relationship with the Germany-ruled Europe. Rutger Hauer played the SS Officer who was the liaison to the American journalist visiting Europe.
I will vote for either one.
“One question, though, has been settled: She is unfit for office”
And Mr. Cohen is unfit for journalism, but we knew that already.
this is more like a double barf alert....
Doesn't he currently occupy the People's House?
No. He's not even close to a neocon. He's a full-blooded leftist. I thought he used to write for Slate and WaPo. I'm surprised to see his crap in IBD, as that's usually a respectable outfit.
My support for Sarah Palin increases every time I read a every whiny boy rant like this. Cohen isn’t qualified to pick up the dog poop in my yard.
The McCain/Palin ticket was pulling ahead in the polls are was on the brink of victory in September 2008. Then Bush strutted onto the national stage and announced to the nation that we had to bail out Wall Street. The election ended that day.
I saw that movie. It had Joseph Kennedy as US President. Now THAT’S a nightmare!
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