tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post6376889198682187331..comments2023-11-30T02:30:42.825-08:00Comments on E a r t h G o a t: Out of Hiding and on to PrimetimeGrendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-41101659422717824482008-09-04T01:21:00.000-07:002008-09-04T01:21:00.000-07:00I watched the last ten or fifteen minutes of Palin...I watched the last ten or fifteen minutes of Palin's speech with an eye simply to her casting and the image she projects: forget the politics, can she do a Chorus Line? Jackie O. outfit and hair, combined with Police Chief Marge Gunderson's accent, pistol shooting, and backhanded insults, combined with Ann Coulter sex appeal and message discipline: one could see Palin's potential as a substance-scrubbed, talking-point issuing icon. <BR/><BR/>I also wonder about the power of the Republican ticket to now mirror and invert Obama-Biden. I will be interested to see if there is an effort from the right to criss-cross references, making it somehow a choice between the young, relatively inexperienced, history-making presences, Obama and Palin; and between the experienced foreign policy guys McCain and Biden--with a goal of making the Democratic ticket seem upside-down: the young, self-serving smooth-talker doesn't know his place, like Palin.HGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312220790359489951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-23081308037349482772008-09-04T00:31:00.000-07:002008-09-04T00:31:00.000-07:00Also she's not going anywhere. She's in to the en...Also she's not going anywhere. She's in to the end. Most states require 60 days' notice to change the ballots, and we're very close to 60 days away from the election.Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-67995877507712834342008-09-03T14:42:00.000-07:002008-09-03T14:42:00.000-07:00Memo to McCain: posing with young people is *not* ...Memo to McCain: <A HREF="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/09/03/mccain-meets-the-daddy.aspx" REL="nofollow">posing with young people</A> is *not* a good idea.cjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037832907654311079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-57069320463283353192008-09-03T13:56:00.000-07:002008-09-03T13:56:00.000-07:00Did you see the stuff in the media today that the ...Did you see the stuff in the media today that the speechwriters were having to rework her speech since it was too masculine? In other words, they wrote it before they knew the nominee. I wouldn't expect anything surprising from a speech like that.SERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373736323966370971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-39235448869184382172008-09-03T11:14:00.000-07:002008-09-03T11:14:00.000-07:00Her voice is like donkeys tied to anvils falling d...Her voice is like donkeys tied to anvils falling down a glass staircase. The more people hear it, the more they will want to tear out their own jugular veins. Speak, Sarah! Speak on!Grendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06664099783685963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10113687.post-81547770914029717912008-09-03T10:47:00.000-07:002008-09-03T10:47:00.000-07:00I wonder if she thinks that McCain was tortured in...I wonder if she thinks that McCain was tortured in Vietnam. Apparently neither <A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/bush-mccain-was.html" REL="nofollow">George Bush</A> nor <A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-truth-that.html" REL="nofollow">Fred Thompson</A> thinks so.cjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037832907654311079noreply@blogger.com