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Visceral Has Its Value
New York Times website ^ | November 22, 2009 | Maureen Dowd

Posted on 11/22/2009 6:12:09 AM PST by RayChuang88

It’s easy to dismiss Sarah Palin.

She’s back on the trail, with the tumbling hair and tumbling thoughts. The queen of the scenic strip mall known as Wasilla now reigns over thrilled subjects thronging to a politically strategic swath of American strip malls.

The conservative celebrity clearly hasn’t boned up on anything, except her own endless odyssey of self-discovery. And she still has that Yoda-like syntax.

“And I think more of a concern has been not within the campaign the mistakes that were made, not being able to react to the circumstances that those mistakes created in a real positive and professional and helpful way for John McCain,” she told Bill O’Reilly.

Yet Democrats would be foolish to write off her visceral power.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dowd; nytimes; palin
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To: B-Chan
Holy cow... that photo could make a doorknob sweat.

I dunno. I see two doorknobs, but no sweat...

21 posted on 11/22/2009 7:45:17 AM PST by bcsco (Hey, GOP: The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration...)
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To: RichyTea

Maureen, Dwell upon the words of your spiritual therapist, Judith Doctor: “She’s alive inside, and that radiates energy, and people who are not psychologically alive inside are fascinated by that.” This may explain your fascination with Palin.


22 posted on 11/22/2009 9:33:02 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: RichyTea

Maureen, Dwell upon the words of your spiritual therapist, Judith Doctor: “She’s alive inside, and that radiates energy, and people who are not psychologically alive inside are fascinated by that.” This may explain your fascination with Palin.


23 posted on 11/22/2009 9:33:08 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: RayChuang88

I will raise, at minimum, $2 million dollars for Governor Sarah Palin, should she decide to run for president, and there are millions like me that will do EVERYTHING they can to see that she is elected and Mr. Obama sent back to Chicago/Hawaii/Indonesia/Kenya/wherever...


24 posted on 11/22/2009 12:19:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2 million for Sarah Palin: What will you do?)
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To: RayChuang88

Heaven forgive me, but I just love the way Palin drives Dowd crazy ... there is something sooo right about that.


25 posted on 11/22/2009 1:57:38 PM PST by militanttoby
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