Thursday, September 4, 2008
The morning-after round-up
Here are some reactions I've read this morning - reactions that report what actually took place instead of continuing to write as if what's in the writer's head is what's on the screen or in the newspaper. I'm not in agreement with Palin on much except her conviction that government ought to help not hinder ordinary people as they go about their lives. But the slings that have come at her positions are amazing, many without having researched them and others with such a twist of the verbal knife that they end up implying falsehoods. Phrases like "she casts herself as a mayor and governor" make me nuts since, in fact, she was a mayor and is a governor. And what does a phrase like "her churchgoer's smile" actually mean? How do non-churchgoer's smile? And we know very well that Obama is a churchgoer (remember Jeremiah Wright?) so does he have a churchgoer's smile too?
The Anchoress
Betsy's Page (here, here and here)
Fresh Bilge (don't miss this)
Neo-neocon
The New Republic
Obi's Sister (I especially like her Rosie the Riveter poster)
Fergus Shanahan
The real problem now is that the issues and arguments in this election are huge and important themselves (the economy, energy resources, foreign relations, etc.) and need to have the focus on them. It seems entirely possible to me that ridiculous irrelevancies are dangerous partly because they detract so much from the serious issues at stake in this election. One can appreciate and even be delighted by this smart, spirited and worthy candidate and yet disagree with her almost entirely. What is vital now is to effective put issues front and center.
By the way, Rudy Giuliani's speech was wonderful, warming up the crowd for Palin and showing what he could have been if he'd put one-tenth the energy into enthusing over his own candidacy. A missed opportunity for him and, more importantly, for us.
A few people have remarked that Palin's speech wasn't entirely written by her and clearly had input from McCain's speechwriters. No bleeping kidding!? She's running for SECOND position and is meant to be supporting his candidacy so wouldn't it be ridiculous if her speech wasn't reviewed and/or tempered by his people and him? If Biden's wasn't, by Obama, I'll eat my computer. And if Obama or Biden wrote one hundred percent of their speeches, I'll eat my computer and my keyboard.
Here are the texts of Biden's speech at the dnc and Palin's speech at the rnc.
Biden and Palin are scheduled to debate at St. Louis's Washington Univ. on Thursday, October 2nd.
The Anchoress
Betsy's Page (here, here and here)
Fresh Bilge (don't miss this)
Neo-neocon
The New Republic
Obi's Sister (I especially like her Rosie the Riveter poster)
Fergus Shanahan
The real problem now is that the issues and arguments in this election are huge and important themselves (the economy, energy resources, foreign relations, etc.) and need to have the focus on them. It seems entirely possible to me that ridiculous irrelevancies are dangerous partly because they detract so much from the serious issues at stake in this election. One can appreciate and even be delighted by this smart, spirited and worthy candidate and yet disagree with her almost entirely. What is vital now is to effective put issues front and center.
By the way, Rudy Giuliani's speech was wonderful, warming up the crowd for Palin and showing what he could have been if he'd put one-tenth the energy into enthusing over his own candidacy. A missed opportunity for him and, more importantly, for us.
A few people have remarked that Palin's speech wasn't entirely written by her and clearly had input from McCain's speechwriters. No bleeping kidding!? She's running for SECOND position and is meant to be supporting his candidacy so wouldn't it be ridiculous if her speech wasn't reviewed and/or tempered by his people and him? If Biden's wasn't, by Obama, I'll eat my computer. And if Obama or Biden wrote one hundred percent of their speeches, I'll eat my computer and my keyboard.
Here are the texts of Biden's speech at the dnc and Palin's speech at the rnc.
Biden and Palin are scheduled to debate at St. Louis's Washington Univ. on Thursday, October 2nd.
Labels: 2008 election, women
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