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Palin is the Mae West of politics when this country need an FDR

By Patricia Marshall - October 4, 2008, 9:52AM

Since Biden had to be on his best behavior to refrain from any comment that could be construed as sexist I found the sexual overtones of Palin's correction of the phrase "drill, baby, drill" said with her most come-hither smile an affront. We already have the Rich Lowrys of the Right wing drooling from just her winks. Palin is the Mae West of politics when this country need an FDR. Advertisers say sex sells. I guess that was McCain's only hope. Country first? What a joke.

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Bob Herbert makes a similar point this morning:

" Where is the evidence that Governor Palin even understands these complex and enormously challenging problems? During the debate she twice referred to General McKiernan as “McClellan.” Neither Ms. Ifill nor Senator Biden corrected her.

But after Senator Biden suggested that John McCain’s answer to the nation’s energy problems was to “drill, drill, drill,” Ms. Palin promptly pointed out, as if scoring a point, that “the chant is ‘Drill, baby, drill!’ ”

How’s that for perspective? The credit markets are frozen. Our top general in Afghanistan is dialing 911. Americans are losing jobs by the scores of thousands. And Sarah Palin is making sure we know that the chant is “drill, baby, drill!” not “drill, drill, drill.”

Read the rest here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04herbert.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1223128851-4xpecINh3GZ7g93eVGaIdw

Posted by TheraP
October 4, 2008 10:03 AM | Reply | Permalink