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Paglia pretty much says it all…
The Anchoress —
... Hopefully, we’ll be able to discuss this president as we have every other president, without fear of retribution. We’ll have to see. Meanwhile, do read Camille Paglia, who says pretty much everything I want to say - on Obama, on the press, on America and on Sarah Palin - and who wonders, as I do, whether America might, someday, be allowed to see the birth certificate of the man it just elected to the most powerful office in the world. ...
Palin Makes the Rounds
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... about its bias. Maybe. But even if Palin successfully charms the pants off the MSM, it's unlikely to do any good for her political future. Douthat's right that the bias is already "baked into the cake," which means that a 2012 run will only bring 2008's battles right back. Palin's trying to set the record straight right now, not get into the good graces of Matt Lauer. Her political future will rise and fall depending on how she finishes her term in Alaska (and I agree with Camille Paglia that she should avoid the Senate at all costs) and charms the Republican base, if that's ...
I’m Glad I Didn’t Hold My Breath
The Wide Awake Cafe —
... that Sarah’s very careful about cleaning her hands between food preparation and cleanup and in addition that she can discuss politics and policy while slicing cheese.
I taught Home Ec as a long term substitute teacher for six months and it is very difficult to talk to students while preparing food. It takes concentration and talent. I can imagine a very unflappable Sarah Palin in an Oval Office setting after watching her performance in the kitchen.
Camille Paglia writes:
I like Sarah Palin, and I’ve heartily enjoyed ...
Ayers - Now the media is interested
QandO —
... I’ll bet he’ll come off more as Camille Paglia described him when giving her impression of Ayers in a documentary about the Weather Underground: ...
Roger Ailes — Girlie-man Rich Lowry has a competitor for Sharia Plain's affections, and he better butch up or he might be seeing starbursts from a rival's well-placed uppercut. ...
Dick Cavett Plays Grammar Cop
The Wide Awake Cafe —
... gaffes are bigger than his own.
Or Sarah Palin, who expressed herself in a unique Alaskan/Minnesotan dialect, not unlike Marge Gunderson, the persevering but always nice Chief of Police in the movie, Fargo. Palin spoke to the regular, everyday Americans, the unpolled ones, the not so political working Americans the McCain advance teams unbelievably, tried to keep away from her on the campaign trail.
They understood her quite well.
I will take Camille Paglia’s intellectual reasoning over Dick Cavett’s mincing of ...
1998 to Infinity
Comments from Left Field —
... York Times lacks the respect for their history necessary to fire Dowd and put in anyone or anything - the obituary editor, some classifieds, random pictures of squirrels in Central Park - that would restore a modicum of relevance to the space she occupies. I just wonder why Dowd lacks the self-respect to use the great gift she’s been given to do anything worthwhile.
Couple this latest waste of broadsheet with Camille Paglia’s ignoble return to the public spotlight (hooray for reflexively contrarian ...
A few Monday morning links
Maggie's Farm —
... The $639 million loophole Paglia on Palin and the election The Iraq war is over. The good guys won. The UAW is the force behind the auto bailout. Related: The US Treasury's ATM is open for biz. Here's your bailout form. Insty: A LOOK AT subdivision wildlife. Interesting discussion in the comments. I see deer in my neighborhood pretty regularly, and saw an eagle the other day. Google Earth does ancient Rome in ...
How Many MCs Must Get Dissed?
The Poor Man Institute —
... Dick Cavett, like most sentient, hearing-enabled human beings with at least a passing familiarity with English any spoken language in the history of the known universe, hears Sarah Palin and wonders what sonic virus is breaking down his brain tissue with such a grating relentlessness. Camille Paglia, on the other hand, hears…starbursts. Starbursts and jazz: ...
She may not be dumb, but her blogging isn’t smart
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
“I found her quite a capable woman. She asked the right questions on Afghanistan.”
Boston globe pundit Jeff Jacoby:
“I suspect that the loathing of Palin by so much of the opinion elite is driven not by contempt for her brainpower but by fear of her political potential.”
Feminist, author and college professor Camille Paglia:
“As a career classroom teacher, I can see how smart she is ...
Jenny Sanford, Feminist Icon
Pajamas Media —
... ). The sight of a non-liberal, overtly religious, self-possessed woman sends the mainstream media into convulsions. It simply doesn’t compute. Conservative and Christian, but also so smart ? It is as if the laws of physics have been suspended. Or as Camile Paglia put it during the campaign: A shocking level of irrational emotionalism and at times infantile rage was exposed at the heart of current Democratic ideology — contradicting Democratic core principles of compassion, tolerance and independent thought. One would have to look back to the Eisenhower 1950s for ...
