I'm thinking more of ....... someone who thinks she should have minions.
Attractive, airhead, thinks the world revolves around her and everyone ought to be groveling at her feet. (well, that's how the character starts out - she does grow up and get better)
If McCain had run as the man who made his concession speech, the man he ran as (for the most part) in 2000, they might still be arguing over recounts in Ohio and Pennsyltucky and Florida. As it was, by playing to the least common denominator, they dealt themselves out.
I'd like to think Obama would still have won, and I'm glad they made it so much easier, but I hope the GOP isn't going to become the party of Palin and her army of darkness white trash. The country needs a serious, principled, competent opposition to keep the governing party honest.
Problem is, everything they point out about her is going to be revised before 2012. She'll have all the information at her fingertips!
Possibly, but I doubt it. She really only got where she did this year by being dragged up by people around McCain. There are Christian evangelical conservatives who have a lot more power and influence in the party who are going to want to be top dog and not play second fiddle to her, people like Alexander and Huckabee. I would be surprised if she has the savvy (or the backing) to turn what was essentially a windfall into a long-term step up.
I think she knows that too, hence the swift and shabby looting of the GOP's coffers before crawling back to her cave.
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Date: 2008-11-06 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-11-06 10:24 pm (UTC)Attractive, airhead, thinks the world revolves around her and everyone ought to be groveling at her feet. (well, that's how the character starts out - she does grow up and get better)
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Date: 2008-11-06 10:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-06 10:33 pm (UTC)If McCain had run as the man who made his concession speech, the man he ran as (for the most part) in 2000, they might still be arguing over recounts in Ohio and Pennsyltucky and Florida. As it was, by playing to the least common denominator, they dealt themselves out.
I'd like to think Obama would still have won, and I'm glad they made it so much easier, but I hope the GOP isn't going to become the party of Palin and her army of
darknesswhite trash. The country needs a serious, principled, competent opposition to keep the governing party honest.no subject
Date: 2008-11-06 10:54 pm (UTC)(Because it's crammed in, rather than that she is actually curious about the world around her, but still, it will make her a less easy target.)
And yeah, isn't it weird to think we were all once worried about Dan Quayle?
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Date: 2008-11-07 12:03 am (UTC)Possibly, but I doubt it. She really only got where she did this year by being dragged up by people around McCain. There are Christian evangelical conservatives who have a lot more power and influence in the party who are going to want to be top dog and not play second fiddle to her, people like Alexander and Huckabee. I would be surprised if she has the savvy (or the backing) to turn what was essentially a windfall into a long-term step up.
I think she knows that too, hence the swift and shabby looting of the GOP's coffers before crawling back to her cave.
"NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. [As someone else said, "In Palin's closet, lost."] An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books."
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Date: 2008-11-06 11:13 pm (UTC)