Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin
Can’t remember ever sitting down to read Vanity Fear, but I heard about a “scathing” investigative report on Sarah Palin so I checked it out last night.
A paragraph toward the end really struck me…
“(Palin) has the good fortune to have traction within a political party that is bereft of strong leadership, and whose rank and file often demands qualities other than knowledge, experience, and an understanding that facts are, as John Adams said, stubborn things. It is, at the moment, a party in which the loudest and most singular voices, not burdened by responsibility, wield disproportionate power.”
In other words, Palin is a visible Republican party leader because many in “the base” don’t care about her competence. As long as she votes the right way on guns, God and gays, she’s good enough for them.
I’d be more concerned if I thought she had a legitimate chance to become President. Instead I just mock the Republican party for the pathetic state its in that Palin is influential — the “most powerful woman in the GOP”, according to VF’s poll.
As for the quote from John Adams that was mentioned in the article, here it is in its entirety:
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
- John Adams, December 1770
“Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials”
eventhough there are lots of criticisms against Sarah Palin, i still admire her. she also did a lot of things in the area of politics specially in Alaska.
I admire Sarah Palin because she had also done a lot in the area of Politics specially in Alaska where she was a governor.
i admire Sarah Palin because she had done a lot in the area of politics. she has also a good track record when she was still the governor of Alaska.
actually i like Sarah Palin very much. she is a very good role model for all women. i believe that she is a great politician and did something very well in Alaska.