Sarah Barracuda goes Hunting
I have read many blog posts today on the Sarah Palin speech, from many different political spectrums. A number were critical of Sarah Palin for her attacks on Barack Obama. Many reactions were, to me, irrational.
I ask, isn’t Governor Palin allowed to respond to attacks from the Obama camp (and their surrogates) which are critical of her own experience?
Some of her critiques of Obama and the Democratic left were quite effective – and all done with humor:
- “… I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involved. I guess… a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.”
- “I might add that, in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they’re listening and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening. No, we tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.”
