Thursday, September 4, 2008
P.S.
Alan Sullivan is never inarticulate but the strength of his feeling in this post is stunning. I hope he won't mind my quoting his final two paragraphs. If you don't know him, I should add that Alan is not even remotely part of the so-called base one might expect.
The cultural contrasts of Obama and McCain are stark enough, but those of Palin and Obama are even more revealing, because these two are contemporaries: their clash will define America in the Twenty-First Century, while Biden and McCain are figures from a receding past. From this point on, it will really be Palin versus Obama. And she will win, because she is a formed and grounded grownup, while Obama is only a character in his own memoir.Which goes a bit of the way toward explaining why so many writers and so-called pundits have been focusing on Obama vs Palin. But read the whole thing, enjoy and ponder.
I am so glad I have lived to see this moment in the nation’s history. For the last few years I feared that America was losing its heart, and its way. Now I have hope again, thanks one gutsy old fighter pilot, and a moose-hunting gal from Wasilla.
Labels: 2008 election, politics, writing
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