Sarah

I can’t help liking Sarah Palin at the same time I’m appalled at the prospect of her being one-heart-beat-away from the Presidency.

This is a charitable post from someone who is rooting for her. He says in part:

“If Palin’s smart – if she’s the politician I hope she is, rather than an Alaskan Goodling with snazzy glasses – she’ll push back against this tendency, and try to use the next two months as an opportunity to define herself substantively as something more than a careful memorizer of the briefing books she’s handed.”

I for one am not that confident that she is as good as Ross Douthat hopes and the more I see of the McCain ads the less straight I hear in his talk. If Palin remains simply a “me too” then she’s worse than Dan Quayle.

About the author

Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

https://duluthreader.com/contributors/h/84/284-harry-welty