I’ve never watched Smallville, so that reference would be lost on me. And as someone who hopes to see her on the national stage, I hope she is more laconic than to say ‘you know’ ‘in season five’..... That the devil comes around to collect is an adage that exists in every language because it is a truth.
I would also say that when she says things like ‘melting into the arms of Washington’, for me, she evokes the covers of those trashy romances in gas stations where some helpless, dishevelled woman is held against the massive chest of the hero, who has it all together. It is invariably so. He is auto-sufficient, she is a wuss who needs to be rescued. In her phrasology, the absurdity strikes me instantly. Words are supposed to paint pictures. To me, her words painted the very essence of absurdity. And she was not verbose. That kind of verbal economy appeals to me. I suspect the same goes for others as well. But thank you for showing me a different perspective.
If Governor Palin had made such a reference, a) I would not have been able to identify with it, since I don’t watch TV of that sort, and b) my estimation of her would have been lowered.
I think the words she used were well chosen and made her points simply and eloquently.