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I'm suspicious of this new poll showing that Americans are tired of hearing about Palin,
and that they follow the health care debate more closely than they
follow the news about her. This is a classic in the category of
virtuous self reporting, along with studies about diet and exercise. In
the study, only 3 percent of Democrats say they paid attention to
coverage of Palin's book tour. But there are two big problems with that
statistic. One, paying attention to news about Palin's book tour is not
the same as paying attention to news about her. People may not even
know she has written a book but, as any web site editor can tell you,
they will read any story with Palin or Angelina Jolie in the headline.
Second, if I asked you to rank your preference about stories on
celebrities, child horror or health care, what would you say?
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Make no mistake, my main response to Sarah Palin's book is teeth-gnashing,
because 1) she lies and never admits it. And her death-penalty lie
mattered. And 2) she never acknowledges her debt to feminism ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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Emily Y., Emily B., Hanna, and Jessica: You’re all so on point with your observations of Sarah Palin. Like Emily Y., I would like to see her go away, but not before I add my voice to the chorus of why I believe she is a fraud.
I watched Palin on Oprah yesterday afternoon. I wanted to
hear what she had to say, since I have no intention of reading, let
alone buying, her book. There are enough published excerpts of Going Rogue that I’ve already gotten my fill ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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Emily, Hanna, Jess, Rachael, if Sarah Palin were Sam Palin, would
anyone still be interested in her? Dan Quayle was a good-looking,
young, conservative, politician who, in his roll-out as a
vice-presidential candidate, impressed everyone as being a dope who was
in over his head. After his vice presidency, he blessedly slipped from
public life. Palin has shown that she doesn't think a mastery of—or
even much of a familiarity with—the issues of the day is a requirement
for highest office. I hope her political future will be Quayle-like
oblivion ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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Emily, I think Palin means this as one of her folksy nuggets of wisdom,
and you are supposed to chuckle as you imagine her mediating toddler
disputes over frozen moose pops. And of course it's not that. But you
have to admit that this is a thoroughly radical and maybe even weirdly
feminist notion, particularly coming from a conservative woman. ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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I would really like to drive a stake in the heart of the argument,
repeated once again by Sarah Palin in her book, that “there’s no better
training ground for politics than motherhood." At first glance, it’s
oh-so unobjectionable. But in Palin's hands, the demands of motherhood
aren’t a form of preparation that complements other kinds, like
learning about the rest of the globe before you run for vice-president.
Nope, the motherhood version of the can-do ethic makes it OK to have a
know-nothing ethic as well. Hell, if you've got enough mommy moxie you
can celebrate your lack of intellectual know-how. And you can spit on
feminism every step of the way. ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX).
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Intra-party warfare starring Sarah Palin—who can resist the leaks about the jagged bits of her new book, Going Rogue?
She makes the bizarro accusation that the McCain campaign stuck her
with a $50,000 legal bill for her own vetting. (Convenient confusion
over the cost of defending herself against ethical accusations in
Alaska?) She goes after Katie Couric while at the same time claiming
the McCain people said “right on” about her first interview with
Couric. (Blinded by those lights from Russia?) She was awed by the
clothes and told they were “part of the convention.” That one actually
sounds plausible to me ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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