The Thrill is Gone
I’m beginning to wonder how conservative can remain in such denial over Palin. I watched the Katie Couric interview. It was bad. Plain bad. The SNL skit cut whole sections of it word for word to use in their sketch. In other words, no parody needed. They can fire the writers, and just copy Palin lines word for word….
I know I’ve said all of this before. But I find the denial I see in some conservatives kind of shocking. When McCain, during the last debate, mentioned he now had a maverick partner, I thought his smile looked almost pained, like he had realized he was wrong, but had to just keep saying it, as though saying it would make it true.
According to the Christian Science Monitor:
In our reporting, we have found that Palin is something of a double-edged sword.
Along with “Evangelical Epicenter” and “Tractor Country” communities, she has unquestionably fired up voters in our aging “Emptying Nests” community of Clermont, Fla., and in our “Military Bastion” of Hopkinsville, Ky.
But she seems to have hurt McCain in some crucial swing communities such as the wealthy, largely suburban “Monied ’Burbs” and the growing and diversifying “Boom Towns.”
That dualism shows the danger the McCain camp would face if Palin left the ticket – which still seems a far-fetched idea.
The better bid for team McCain may be to try to win back support for Palin and to try to recapture her original magic. With Thursday’s debate quickly approaching, that’s no small task.
I just don’t believe it will happen.
The thrill is gone, baby. The thrill is gone away.
I’ve just seen that interview thanks to the wonders of Youtube. You’re right. She really isn’t very good. What a shame…
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*Sigh*
Not sure if it’s a hallmark of conservatives, but I, for one, have always been an optimist. There’s no point in living unless we having something to look forward to.
In Palin, it does appear we’re being given an attractively decorated cookie.
In fairness, however, the candidate the Democratic Party is giving us is equally insubstantial.
But it doesn’t build confidence in a way forward at all. Much like the current financial crisis.
We are definitely at a crossroads, confidence-wise. The reasons for this go back to the jettisoning of recognition of our Universal Creator, thinks me, but perhaps that is a subject for another tangent. Whatever, our moral compass is swinging wildly, and unless we bring it back to true north, we’re in a world of hurt.
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Yeah, the options are bleak at best. My problem with the Palin choice, is it does not reflect well on McCain’s security credentials, nor his judgment. I do not see the same man in McCain that I once saw.
C’est la vie. Which weevil will be the lesser of two weevils, no?
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