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'Turn Your Back On Palin ... You'd Best 'Watch Your Rear-End'
"Attack a woman like Palin, and the result is to make her a victim of machismo, sexism,
prejudice, etc. Turn your back to her and you'll be left with a nice bite on
your rear end. … Obama's must be hurting now: Palin
attacked him in a way that not even Hillary Clinton had the audacity to do. She
didn't even spare Obama's wife Michelle."
By William Waack
Translated By Brandi Miller
September 4, 2008
Brazil - O Globo - Original Article (Portuguese)
You don't have to agree with what
Sarah Palin says to admit that the Republican candidate
for the vice presidency of the United States has been a great sensation for the
Republican convention. At the moment this text was sent for publication, the candidate
for president, John McCain, has not yet spoken - so I'm taking a risk by saying
that his speech will have less of an impact than the words expressed the night
before by his companion on the ticket.
The question that has continued
being asked since last Friday, is whether Sarah will add votes or get in the
way of the Republican campaign, which seems much less organized and aggressive
than the Democrats, at least until now. My opinion is that she will add votes, and
a lot, simply because I believe she has shuffled the cards in a way that is
irreversible.
Is the message of Obama one
of changing the political habits of a country that is tired of "Washington"?
(here understood as the old politics). Palin accuses
Obama of being part of the club that he criticizes. Is it the message of
Democrats that they are closer to the suffering of America's middle class - those
most affected by the current crisis? Palin says that
she still lives the life of a mother of a middle-class family, while Obama …
SARAH PALIN ACCEPTS NOMINATION AS VICE PRESIDENT, SEPT. 3
Palin let out a big joke during her speech: the difference
between a "hockey mom" (mothers that take their children to sports
practice) and a pit bull. "It's the lipstick," she said. The
combination here is very dangerous, and much of the liberal press (in the
American sense) and Democratic activists already realize this.
Attack a woman like Palin, and the result is to make her a victim of machismo, sexism,
prejudice, etc. Turn your back to her and you'll be left with a nice bite on
your rear end. And Obama's must be hurting now: Palin
attacked him in a way that not even Hillary Clinton had the audacity to do. She
didn't even spare Obama's wife Michelle.
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
When I say that Palin shuffled the cards, I also refer to the fact that for
the next nine weeks, she has altered the most highly-charged arguments that the
contenders have thusfar engaged in - namely: a) who
is the most experienced to lead the country; b) who will bring change to
political custom; c) who best knows best what is happening to average Americans;
d) who will fix the economy.
The McCain-Palin ticket reinvented itself as courageous and competent,
not by addressing specific issues, but on the contrary, for taking the risk of
speaking without regard for the political consequences. Palin
attacked a good part of the so-called "Great" American press, accusing
it of bias against someone, like herself, who isn't known at the cocktail
parties frequented by politicians and well-informed journalists in Washington.
COLBERT ON JOHN MCCAIN'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
But irony, sarcasm and good
humor are components of a well-organized speech to a chosen public when one is
playing at home (as is the case for the Republican convention). It's difficult
to calculate how well Palin will be able handle the
pace of the next nine weeks, especially when she's no longer a novelty. The
election isn't lost for the Democrats, but Obama-Biden is still far from a guaranteed
victory on Nov. 4.
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[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US September 6, 6:35pm]
