Extreemly rich people. Who are not worrying about foreclosures, lost jobs, and food stamps.
Paglia's not extremely rich, or even rich - she's a professor - middle class at best.
Re Palin: Have you checked the population of Alaska recently? It is 790,000. The population of the town in which Palin grew up? Anywhere between 9,000 and 5,000.
I certainly know the population of Wasilla by this point. It's been all over the news. Hard to miss.
I have seen more of the world and interacted with more people than this woman has.
You may have seen more - but interacted with more - how could you possible know that, given her current CV? That's just an assumption on your part. For instance, I went to a large NYC high school - but that doesn't mean I interacted with everyone there. Political people are, for the most part, by nature extroverts who interact with many people all across the board.
And that by itself, scares me. It should scare you. Why?
Thanks for the advice, but it doesn't.
BTW, isn't the transmission of this meme the politics of fear - only, you know, it's the right and their agenda that's scary. All parts of what Paglia defined as the left's current manichaeism. (http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/palin/index2.html)
As you know from watching Obama, who also presents himself well - except I see substance there and unlike Palin or McCain - Obama is not as insular.
I find him fairly insular - he's all about the rhetoric about crossing political lines - but he never does it. Unlike McCain, who has a track record of disturbing his own side intensely for doing so. As far as I can make out, with Obama, it's all talk. Moreover, I think he's spent the last years hiding his actual ideas and political proclivities from the public, because what he really thinks would prove too unpopular.
I wish McCain chose Lieberman or Condelez-Rice, both of whom, I could live with.
Why would he? He would have lost decisively. It would have been a very poor strategic decision. Not generally considered an admirable practical trait. Even if it was high minded.
Personally, I wouldn't have minded Lieberman, but I'm fairly sick of Rice by this point. I don't think her diplomacy is particularly effective. Moreover, she's been in high office for 8 years already and has expressed no desire for the position. There's also a reason there's such a high turnover in high government posts, and that's because the job is exhausting.
My question to you regarding Palin and it is a valid one, considering McCain is 72 years of age, do you really think this woman can do a treaty with China? Or with Russia?
First of all, I'm not fixated on the Dem talking point that McCain is going to drop dead the minute he's elected. The man is an energizer bunny of energy. I was reading an article in Slate, I think, recently, about how Lindsey Graham was running around on the campaign trail with him, and Graham, the younger man, was exhausted by it, but not McCain. Secondly, in the off chance that McCain does die, some years after he's been in office, she'll have had plenty more experience. Thirdly, no one goes in alone to negotiate a treaty. You have a huge staff of advisers at your disposal who do the footwork for you. Fourthly, since I'm in more political agreement with her instincts than either Obama's or Biden's, I'd be far more worried about them negotiating a treaty with Russia or China. IMO, one reason Putin attacked Georgia now is that Bush is a lame duck and he thought that Obama was a sure thing for President. And he's not at all intimidated by Obama, who is a dove.
Palin gives me nightmares.
Apparently you are not alone - the people at Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2200015/") are right there with you.
Reminds me of the fact that during the weeks after the 2000 election, shrinks in NYC (and LA, too, I imagine) were booked solidly with people having anxiety attacks.
Re: Pagilla & Palin
Paglia's not extremely rich, or even rich - she's a professor - middle class at best.
Re Palin: Have you checked the population of Alaska recently? It is 790,000. The population of the town in which Palin grew up? Anywhere between 9,000 and 5,000.
I certainly know the population of Wasilla by this point. It's been all over the news. Hard to miss.
I have seen more of the world and interacted with more people than this woman has.
You may have seen more - but interacted with more - how could you possible know that, given her current CV? That's just an assumption on your part. For instance, I went to a large NYC high school - but that doesn't mean I interacted with everyone there. Political people are, for the most part, by nature extroverts who interact with many people all across the board.
And that by itself, scares me. It should scare you. Why?
Thanks for the advice, but it doesn't.
BTW, isn't the transmission of this meme the politics of fear - only, you know, it's the right and their agenda that's scary. All parts of what Paglia defined as the left's current manichaeism. (http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/palin/index2.html)
As you know from watching Obama, who also presents himself well - except I see substance there and unlike Palin or McCain - Obama is not as insular.
I find him fairly insular - he's all about the rhetoric about crossing political lines - but he never does it. Unlike McCain, who has a track record of disturbing his own side intensely for doing so. As far as I can make out, with Obama, it's all talk. Moreover, I think he's spent the last years hiding his actual ideas and political proclivities from the public, because what he really thinks would prove too unpopular.
I wish McCain chose Lieberman or Condelez-Rice, both of whom, I could live with.
Why would he? He would have lost decisively. It would have been a very poor strategic decision. Not generally considered an admirable practical trait. Even if it was high minded.
Personally, I wouldn't have minded Lieberman, but I'm fairly sick of Rice by this point. I don't think her diplomacy is particularly effective. Moreover, she's been in high office for 8 years already and has expressed no desire for the position. There's also a reason there's such a high turnover in high government posts, and that's because the job is exhausting.
My question to you regarding Palin and it is a valid one, considering McCain is 72 years of age, do you really think this woman can do a treaty with China? Or with Russia?
First of all, I'm not fixated on the Dem talking point that McCain is going to drop dead the minute he's elected. The man is an energizer bunny of energy. I was reading an article in Slate, I think, recently, about how Lindsey Graham was running around on the campaign trail with him, and Graham, the younger man, was exhausted by it, but not McCain. Secondly, in the off chance that McCain does die, some years after he's been in office, she'll have had plenty more experience. Thirdly, no one goes in alone to negotiate a treaty. You have a huge staff of advisers at your disposal who do the footwork for you. Fourthly, since I'm in more political agreement with her instincts than either Obama's or Biden's, I'd be far more worried about them negotiating a treaty with Russia or China. IMO, one reason Putin attacked Georgia now is that Bush is a lame duck and he thought that Obama was a sure thing for President. And he's not at all intimidated by Obama, who is a dove.
Palin gives me nightmares.
Apparently you are not alone - the people at Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2200015/") are right there with you.
Reminds me of the fact that during the weeks after the 2000 election, shrinks in NYC (and LA, too, I imagine) were booked solidly with people having anxiety attacks.