How is it that searches for Sarah Palin have topped those of Gossip Girl? Take a look at this release from Lycos.
And I think it is a terrific sign. People want to know, “Who is this woman from Alaska?” The blogs are abuzz with the pros and cons of a candidate who seems to have so little experience. Sarah Tops Searches
Though I am one of a few people who think she held her own last night while Charles Gibson did some exasperated squirming. But she represents an oddity for Feminists, which is why Feminist writers are defending her as a woman even as they oppose her politics.
However, for me — the best story of all comes from Camilla Paglia in an article called “Fresh Blood for the Vampire.”
The Calf story: Perhaps Palin seemed perfectly normal to me because she resembles so many women I grew up around in the snow belt of upstate New York.. . Here’s one episode. My father and his visiting brother, a dapper barber by trade, were standing outside having a smoke when a great noise came from the nearby barn. A calf had escaped. Our landlady yelled, “Stop her!” as the calf came careening at full speed toward my father and uncle, who both instinctively stepped back as the calf galloped through the mud between them.
Irate, our landlady trudged past them to the upper pasture, cornered the calf, and carried that massive animal back to the barn in her arms. As she walked by my father and uncle, she exclaimed in amused disgust, “Men!”
from Salon.com from Camille Paglia
I have some really strong opinions, some of which I have written about, some which I haven’t published yet. But I am putting my thoughts together because I am feeling both anxious and relieved. We will have a president in the fall — but just who, right now, seems to be the big question. So I am glued to the polls, can’t get enough of them. Go to the link on this blog to Real Clear Politics — for articles from both sides of the aisle.
Copyright 2008 Rita Watson