“How’s that workin’ for ya?”
I was in the eighth grade, 1952, when Adlai Stevenson was a candidate for President of the United Sates. Egghead was the label sarcastically pinned on Mr. Stevenson. Many voters castigated him for being an intellectual, for being too brainy. By any measure, he was smarter than a fifth grader. Did that make him unqualified for the presidency?
Sarah Palin walked away from the Governor’s office 17 months prior to the end of her term. 17 months of service to her state handed off so she could do other things, like ‘spend more time with her family‘—– while doing book tours, TV commentary and ramping up for the 2012 election.
Her hopey, changey comment is very difficult to defend. Would she campaign on a promise of no-hope-no-change? Would dropping ending consonants and mispronouncing vowels endear her to world leaders? Would she refuse teleprompters as she campaigned, preferring hand written notes on her hand?
Mrs. Palin is working towards the presidency using the strategy that she hopes will insure her success. Maybe she is ‘crazy like a fox’ and knows her target voters very well. I sincerely hope Sarah Palin is misreading the American voter.
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