Sarah Palin spoke at Tea Party Nation on Saturday night. I thought is was a pretty good speech. You can watch it here The left side of the opinion media reacted in its usual multi-mood manner. Bob Shrum represented the “Evil Sarah” crowd, with his comment that she’s a “merchant of hate.” Too many pundits represented the “Dumb Palin” crowd. Here’s an example from The Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen: “I realize right-wing activists adore the former governor, but her conspicuous unintelligence should be obvious to anyone above the age of 4. There hasn’t been a more ridiculous figure to hold American political prominence in a very long time.”
My favorite is the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan, who represents the “Sarah to be feared crowd.” He writes on his blog: “… she is capable of generating a personality cult – much, much more so than Obama, because she can harness Christianism to her divine destiny. The power of this kind of appeal – of a charismatic, beautiful woman, an icon of the pro-life cause, persecuted by the evil elites, demonized by libruls, and commanding the biggest military on earth – should not in my view be under-estimated. Know fear.”
There are 5 comments.















Newest Comments