Palintology
It is not going to be a pretty few days for poll junkies who favor Obama.
I am going on a self-imposed poll fast until Monday, 9/15, at which point the true contour of the race will be clear...
It is kind of the Schawrzenneger model...he announced so late that by the time the truth of his seamy gropenator info came out, it was too late.
This election will NOT be determined by Palin, but there are dueling narratives.
Narrative A) She is a spunky, gutsy maverick, a very attractive and fiery young woman, who takes the sheen off the Obama as change message, and helps McCain reclaim his "maverick" label, aided and abetted by a complicit corporate media, cowed by the fusillade of "sexism" thrown at any inquiry into Palin's fitness for office.
Narrative B) Palin is a far right, corrupt, thuggish and woefully unqualified creationist flat-earther, aptly self-described a pitbull with lipstick, and once independents, esp. independent women figure this out, and esp. when troopergate explodes, she will bea real drag on the ticket, esp. if the corporate media do their job, be investigative reporters instead of court reporters, and insist she answer some questions off script. I mean, is it even that hard, when she reportedly said, upon hearing that Obama had defeated Hillary "so Sambo beat the bitch?"
If narrative A succeeds, it is a nailbiter to the finish. Narrative B takes hold and McCain is finished...
I am going on a self-imposed poll fast until Monday, 9/15, at which point the true contour of the race will be clear...
It is kind of the Schawrzenneger model...he announced so late that by the time the truth of his seamy gropenator info came out, it was too late.
This election will NOT be determined by Palin, but there are dueling narratives.
Narrative A) She is a spunky, gutsy maverick, a very attractive and fiery young woman, who takes the sheen off the Obama as change message, and helps McCain reclaim his "maverick" label, aided and abetted by a complicit corporate media, cowed by the fusillade of "sexism" thrown at any inquiry into Palin's fitness for office.
Narrative B) Palin is a far right, corrupt, thuggish and woefully unqualified creationist flat-earther, aptly self-described a pitbull with lipstick, and once independents, esp. independent women figure this out, and esp. when troopergate explodes, she will bea real drag on the ticket, esp. if the corporate media do their job, be investigative reporters instead of court reporters, and insist she answer some questions off script. I mean, is it even that hard, when she reportedly said, upon hearing that Obama had defeated Hillary "so Sambo beat the bitch?"
If narrative A succeeds, it is a nailbiter to the finish. Narrative B takes hold and McCain is finished...
posted by Michael Zilber at 12:19 PM
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