Commenting on Sarah Palin here, regular correspondent Snowman does us all a favour by distilling Palinism to its essence:
Tell me, if you will, what is it that irks you that much? If she is that of a comedian, why does she make you madder than the dogs, ha? You reckon the great unwashed of America have to told by the likes of you what to think of her? Why? Do you possess the capacity to tell us how to rate politicians, how to think, how to live our lives?
Isn’t ‘hopeandchange’ equally glib? Glibness happens to be the trademark of any political rhetoric, it’s the art of talking a lot without saying very much of any substance. I grant you, Obama’s language hints at refinement, erudition and stuff, but this ain’t the key pre-requisite of a politician that gets results, and certainly not the results that move us forward into the uncertain future in a way that would make historians in the years ahead applaud rather than despair.
I have no idea whether Palin has the ability to dissect, synthesise and reach a conclusion on anything from cooking a pie to pushing for a deeper hole to be dug in Afghanistan.
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