A political comparison
from Slate
By Diane McWhorter
Posted Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at 7:07 PM ET
"I finally understand the switch of doom that tripped somewhere deep in my soul during Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention. Her rhetorical star turn-the exuberant snideness, the gut-level rapport with the audience, the frank pleasure at being a yokel on the big stage-reprised the great gifts of the politician who dominated my youth: George Corley Wallace, perpetual governor of Alabama and frequent candidate for president of the less-than-United States."
By Diane McWhorter
Posted Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at 7:07 PM ET
"I finally understand the switch of doom that tripped somewhere deep in my soul during Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention. Her rhetorical star turn-the exuberant snideness, the gut-level rapport with the audience, the frank pleasure at being a yokel on the big stage-reprised the great gifts of the politician who dominated my youth: George Corley Wallace, perpetual governor of Alabama and frequent candidate for president of the less-than-United States."