Catching Palin fever

[john_b_cannon]

Okay, not really, but I was procrastinating tonight and decided to listen to her speech (which was an interesting experience in and of itself due to no TV and a sketchy internet connection).  I thought she came across well, and for Democrats there will be a danger of overreaching in expecting her selection to be a big mistake.  Yes, there are

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Good analysis

[anonymous]

I've seen your stuff on the Solidarity webzine and came across the livejournal from clicking the link you provided in a comment on Louis Proyect's blog. I've added you to my blog reader, so I guess you have one more regular reader (no pressure!).

Anyway, this analysis is spot on. I have to admit that I almost see the GOP picking Palin as a trap for Democratic pundits and politicians to say something classist or sexist about her. You put it best when you said, "I think the GOP uses Palin to paint Obama as out of touch, not just a celebrity but elitist, and tries to turn critiques of her to her advantage not by 'crying sexism' in some abstract and easily waved-off way, but by pointing out that women who are feminine in certain ways and identified as mothers and small-town people get taken lightly, at their peril."

I have yet to readWhat's the Matter with Kansas?, though I will at some point. Why people who "should" be supporting leftist politics of some sort don't and go even further and support the other side is a vital question

Re: Good analysis

[anonymous]

The above comment is by me, Nathaniel. I forgot to sign it.

Re: Good analysis

[john_b_cannon]

Hi Nathaniel, thanks for adding me! You're threatening to push my readership past the ever-intimidating single-digit frontier

[john_b_cannon]

In case anyone happens to look back at this post, and is curious what the real Thomas Frank has to say: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122161053317045669.html