A heretic on Eighth Avenue
The New York Times, which keeps professional and compulsive Sarah Palin haters such as Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich on its payroll, is sometimes good for a surprise and none was bigger than the review of Going Rogue by Stanley Fish yesterday. Instead of the usually pissing on Palin that dominates the leftist/liberal mediasphere, Fish went rogue, as it were, and told his readers in "Sarah Palin Is Coming to Town" that only fools would write her off:
"In the end, perseverance, the ability to absorb defeat without falling into defeatism, is the key to Palin's character. It's what makes her run in both senses of the word and it is no accident that the physical act of running is throughout the book the metaphor for joy and real life. Her handlers in the McCain campaign wouldn't let her run (a mistake, I think, even at the level of photo-op), no doubt because they feared another opportunity to go 'off script,' to 'go rogue.'..."
...The message is clear. America can't be stopped. I can't be stopped. I've stumbled and fallen, but I always get up and run again. Her political opponents, especially those who dismissed Ronald Reagan before he was elected, should take note. Wherever you are, you better watch out. Sarah Palin is coming to town."
Last year, Sarah Palin was attacked unmercifully by a corrupt and dishonest press. Last year, Barack Obama got 53 percent of the vote, with the total, unquestioning backing of the same corrupt and obsequious press, but now he's slipping in the polls and Palin is rising. She's also topping the bestseller lists. Unlike Obama, Sarah Palin is a natural politician and would be a much stronger leader. The Obama sycophants in the press know it and despise her for it. But she's running.
