brooklynmutt: The Tragedy of Sarah Palin FROM THE MOMENT SARAH PALIN’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ELECTRIFIED THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, SHE WAS SEEN AS AN UNBENDING, HARD-CHARGING, RED-MEAT IDEOLOGUE—TO WHICH SOON WAS ADDED “THIN-SKINNED” AND “VINDICTIVE.” BUT A LOOK AT WHAT PALIN DID WHILE IN OFFICE IN ALASKA—THE ONLY RECORD SHE HAS—SHOWS A VERY DIFFERENT POLITICIAN: ONE WHO WORKED WITH DEMOCRATS TO TAME BIG OIL AND SOLVE THE GREAT PROBLEM AT THE HEART OF THE STATE’S POLITICS. THAT SARAH PALIN MIGHT HAVE SET THE NATION ON A DIFFERENT COURSE. WHAT WENT WRONG? The Atlantic Finally read this.  Rather surprising, yet not at the same time.

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The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

FROM THE MOMENT SARAH PALIN’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ELECTRIFIED THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, SHE WAS SEEN AS AN UNBENDING, HARD-CHARGING, RED-MEAT IDEOLOGUE—TO WHICH SOON WAS ADDED “THIN-SKINNED” AND “VINDICTIVE.” BUT A LOOK AT WHAT PALIN DID WHILE IN OFFICE IN ALASKA—THE ONLY RECORD SHE HAS—SHOWS A VERY DIFFERENT POLITICIAN: ONE WHO WORKED WITH DEMOCRATS TO TAME BIG OIL AND SOLVE THE GREAT PROBLEM AT THE HEART OF THE STATE’S POLITICS. THAT SARAH PALIN MIGHT HAVE SET THE NATION ON A DIFFERENT COURSE. WHAT WENT WRONG?

The Atlantic

Finally read this.  Rather surprising, yet not at the same time.

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