Posted on 12/23/2009 9:17:17 PM PST by Brugmansian
. . . Desiccated expertise, of the kind possessed by economists, environmental scientists, and overinformed reporters from the lamestream media, clouds good judgment; Palin's life, by contrast, is presented as one of passion, sincerity, and principle. Going Rogue, in other words, is a four-hundred-page paean to virtuous ignorance . . .
Her sarcophagous appetite for flesh and slaughter goes hand in hand with her scorn for vegetarians—more, it seems, because of their presumed social class and education than because of the food on their plates . . .
Palin showed her form in her first big race, in 1996, when she challenged the three-term incumbent mayor of the town, John Stein, who seems not to have known what hit him . . . In Going Rogue, Stein is described as "relatively new to the community." "He wasn't a born-here, raised-here, gonna-be-buried-here type of hometown guy." Those darned wandering Jews . . .
Most people I know, myself included, can't readily follow the algebraic equations that explain the "Keynesian multiplier," which, in its turn, is needed to explain TARP and the stimulus package. Belonging to a tribe different from Palin's, I simply take it on trust as a matter of faith that Paul Krugman, in his columns for The New York Times, is more likely to be right about such things . . .
For Palin, it's simple. The national economy is a straightforward macrocosm of the domestic economy of the average god-fearing family of four. What's good for the family is good for the nation, and vice versa; and the idea that the family should spend its way out of recession is an affront to common sense, conservative or otherwise . . .
"... Going Rogue, in other words, is a four-hundred-page paean to virtuous ignorance ..."
The man missed the point because the book is clearly written. He looked for symbolism, for deeper meaning beyond the words, and finding nothing hidden he concluded the book had no meaning. The effete snob should have read for the direct meaning, which is how real people communicate, but understanding a woman he already dismissed as a hick because she's not from New York and doesn't want to be was not his goal.
Her sarcophagous appetite for flesh and slaughter goes hand in hand with her scorn for vegetarians—more, it seems, because of their presumed social class and education than because of the food on their plates . . .
This is what he takes pride in - he uses obscure vocabulary (yes, I know all those words too, and I don't need to look them up, but they interfere with communication if most readers need to look them up) but uses it awkwardly and redundantly. He should try putting as much thought into good ideas as he puts into shoehorning clever words into his articles.
Most people I know, myself included, can't readily follow the algebraic equations that explain the "Keynesian multiplier," which, in its turn, is needed to explain TARP and the stimulus package. Belonging to a tribe different from Palin's, I simply take it on trust as a matter of faith that Paul Krugman, in his columns for The New York Times, is more likely to be right about such things . . .
Again, this is just sad. I can follow the Keynesian multiplier and a whole lot more math than 99.9% of his readers would recognize by name. What he misses is that the multiplier for government spending is a whole lot less than for the same dollars left in private hands. The reason the economy is worse now than predictions for "if there is no Stimulus" is in large part because of the Stimulus, which reduced the multiplier for those wasted dollars. "I trust a NYT writer more than my own thinking" is not an intellectual attitude to be proud of.
For Palin, it's simple. The national economy is a straightforward macrocosm of the domestic economy of the average god-fearing family of four. What's good for the family is good for the nation, and vice versa; and the idea that the family should spend its way out of recession is an affront to common sense, conservative or otherwise . . .
This moron hasn't ever considered the idea that a family should live within its means, whether it is a "God-fearing family of four (or in Palin's case far more), or the nation.
Dunno, I'd already been stunned by "overinformed reporters"
I bet the the NY Review of Books editors freaked when Stanley Fish wrote a flattering review of “Going Rogue” in the NY Times and so they ordered up a hatchet job here.
It means that the limp wristed puce colored scribbler who wrote this had used up most of his thesaurus.
A sarcophagus is a place for the dead. It is also very large. Get it??
She has a cavernous capacity for eating dead things.
This people are too precious by half.
Now the inmates are writing articles and getting them published!
Look mommy. I used a big word.
This says so much...
For starters, writer is admitting he can't manage algebra. Next, the Keynesian multiplier is dramatically overstated, to be generous, which succinctly explains the failure of TARP and the stimulus package.
Trust Krugman on faith. Where does one begin. This is like trusting Marx on faith.
Clearly, this guy's "tribe" includes Che, Marx, Pol Pot, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and the current "tribe" squatting in the White House.
No offense, but you're dead wrong. He's blindly following Krugman on "faith." He's not thinking at all.
No. But they are smarter than a 2nd grade government employed and educated teacher.
Well, ok, clearly, I've fallen off the wagon. So, I'll just say, "No comment."
Whenever I want to witness the worst writing in American newspaper history, I read the New York Times - All the Snooze That’s Written by Nits.
Not good. But this is a special thread. The New York Review of books is the merde de la merde of coprophagous liberalism.
Sarcophagus appetite? What the heck does that mean? ................................ Its just an impressive big word to impress the NE Liberals. Its meaning means nothing to most, since more than half of NYC voters, probably can’t even pronounce it. This is a NYC origin column, don’t expect them to support anything related to Palin. The metro populous can’t relate to her nor can they think outside the Liberal box..
"nattering nabobs of negativism."
“threadbare homilies about free enterprise, tax cuts, patriotism, and the evil of government spending”
This statement along with his idiotic reference to the “Keynesian multiplier” which he completely mischaracterizes before saying he doesn’t understand it shows that he is a lot stupider than Sarah. Sarah also writes better than he does. He tries to cover this up by using big words and nasty insults.
the guy is a very typical liberal, dressing like a little boy who went to an elite prep school in the early 50's ... where he now wishes he had gone ... a Ralph Lauren preppie. "Sorry old man, Choate doesn't have openings for 65-year old students, Try Andover?"
If I see one more 60-something with a gay pink ball cap (note that nothing is written on it) with his Ralph Lauren shirt sticking out of his Ralph Lauren Sweater and Calvin Klein blue jeans, I just may puke ... all over his Sperry Topsiders ... right before I key his Volvo ... and offer his Lab who just crapped on my lawn a chocolate bar.
Shouldn't really complain. The Summer People drop a lot of money around here, and you can make more pulling the boats they can't operate off the rocks.
I really like this as a title for Palin and supporters. It has a Celtic feel about it.
. He attacks her for words she never even said. They came out of his mind, not hers.
How juvenile. They just make stuff up.
And Stein isn’t Jewish anyways. The sentiment in small towns about “born-here, raised-here” being an advantage is the norm. Heck its the norm in big cities too. Worldwide. We elected a guy in his 30s selectmen this year. His family arrived in town in the 1640s. Did he have an advantage? You betcha. Even among those who got here this decade.
. . . the shock of recognition at how much like tabloid gossip so-called intellectual writing has become.
IMHO, when folks like the author of this hit-piece (not to mention all those in the MSM) call themselves “journalists,” it’s like highway bandits calling themselves “Asset Re-allocation Specialists,” or hookers calling themselves “Genito-urinary Rehabilitative Therapists.”
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