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Saturday, October 04, 2008

Can I Call You Joe Six Pack?

You betcha!

Now I find Sarah Palin as physically attractive as the next middle-aged chucklehead, but that doesn’t mean I want her, in the most overused phrase of the campaign, “a heartbeat away from the presidency”. Here’s a good clip about the governor causing a conservative to shake hands with the mayor.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#27015683

I have to admit that she did surprise me by not falling on her face Thursday. In retrospect however, she did not say a hell of a lot. It doesn’t look like they’ll be letting her do any more interviews so I think we’ve seen the last of Sarah unscripted. As far as her Reagan reference to freedom, here’s what that was about:




Here’s your homework for the weekend:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04herbert.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/looking_for_joe_six_pack;_ylt=ArHwIZJny2JtDI7FCQPWuqHCw5R4

1 Comments:

  • At 10/06/2008 4:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The "sitting up a little straighter" thing happened to me too, but I realized quickly that the hairs on the back of my neck were standing up straight as well, beginning when she talked about a more powerful office of the vice president. If she and the "Great Deregulator" get in, I'll be begging you to shoot me in the face. P

     

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