What a phoney-baloney he turned out to be. "We report, you decide," my ass! He's going to report things that support his conclusion she's a loser. He'll ignore things that confirm that she connects with Americans regardless of race, class, or sex, on a level that hits home.
One of the things I like best about Palin is there's nothing of the "mommy" or "grown-up" or "daddy" about her, despite the stupid "Mama Grizzly" references. I hate it when the left or the right (most often seen among Romney supporters, incidentally) throws around terms like "Let the grown-ups take charge!" It's condescending, presumptuous, and counter-productive. We none of us are children. I like that Palin comes across as a person equal to all of us. I believe she comes across that way because she is humble enough to realize that it's true.
I absolutely agree with you: I hate the “grown up” stuff too. It comes from the overly-educated elite in this country who either have kids in top colleges or who never got over their own elite college experiences. So they use college metaphors no matter how old they are. Juvenile expressions like the Mom party and the Dad party, smartest person in the room, Obama’s I.Q. is off the charts, kitchen table and water cooler discussions (stupid Beltway people don’t even realize water coolers have long been replaced in offices by small kitchens!) Expressions no one outside Washington or New York ever use. Chris Matthews really embodies this stupid style of speaking.
Sarah is incredibly eloquent in her use of everyday language. I thought her “blood libel” speech was brilliant. But neither Hume, Sour Kraut, Liasson, or Juan Williams will ever see that. Sometimes, I wonder if they are all blinded by her beauty.