From the Anchorage Daily News opinion page: Palin is wrong woman at wrong time

[mtnsnake]

Palin is wrong woman at wrong time

STEVE HAYCOX
COMMENT

Published: October 17th, 2008 12:17 AM
Last Modified: October 17th, 2008 03:03 AM

It is surely ironic that Garrison Keillor, creator of Lake Woebegone, "the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve," where "the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average," has registered his disgust with Sarah Palin, America's new small-town heroine.

In a recent column, Keillor wrote that "dishonest, cynical men" put forward a "clueless young woman" for vice-president, "hoping she could skate through two months of chaperoned campaigning." It is not working, Keillor averred. "The lady is talking freely about matters she has never thought about," and the American people "have an ear for B.S."

Palin has trumpeted her small-town roots and notion of America since her triumphal speech at the convention, appealing to listeners with exhortations of how "we do it up there in Alaska," and in "my little town of Wasilla." But Alaska outdoorsman and writer Nick Jans commented recently that he cringes every time he hears that evocation. Palin, Jans wrote, is not a typical Alaskan. She is genuine, but only of a kind, "the kind that flowed north in the wake of the '70s oil boom" and transformed the state from a "free-thinking, independent bastion of genuine libertarianism and individuality into a reactionary fundamentalist enclave with dollar signs in its eyes and an all-for-me mentality." He particularly resents that Palin "has hijacked our state for political purposes."

Rest of the article here. Check out some of the comments below the article. lol: http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/558736.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Garrison Keillor hit the nail right on the head..

[mtnsnake]

2. I especially love that one line of his...

"The lady is talking freely about matters she has never thought about," and the American people "have an ear for B.S."

[BrklynLiberal]

5. He was, after all an ENGLISH MAJOR..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bluedawg12]

7. She has done nothing for the people of Alaska other than use them. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

10. There is a picture somewhere of Sarah Palin draped in the flag and carrying a cross.

I know it is photoshopped, but the message is clear.

[bluedawg12]

8. Reminds me of the saying: fascism will come to America

wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.

When the polity have an ear for BS, guess what, BS rules.

The editorial was scathing. Of course she has no shame.

[spindrifter]

3. The reader comments are great!

[rug]

4. Her time was the neolithic.

[Old Codger]

6. Absolutely

Hit it right on "a few dishonest cynical men" quite a lot more than a few, but the rest is correct.

[bridgit]

9. No doubt!!