The Speech

[sleigh]

I just watched Sarah Palin's speech.

I think if anyone is dismissing her as a lightweight and a pushover, they are sadly mistaken. This could be very interesting.

Comments

[daedala.livejournal.com]

I do not want it to be interesting. :(

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Nor do I. But I'm thinking it will be.

[daedala.livejournal.com]

Part of the reason she scares me is that I grew up there, and I know the narrative they'll be relying on with her, and I think it will work really well. As long as you don't think about it -- Alaska is just weird, and I'm not sure there's anywhere else in the U.S. where blue-collar workers can easily make six figures even adjusting for cost of living. Still. A lot of the attacks on her play really well into the "liberal elite" stuff about how Dems are outright contemptuous of working class voters. I think this article (http://www.slate.com/id/2199118/) is pretty good.

"When people think, we win." A lot of the attacks going on right now do not seem to be to be aimed at making people think.