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Title: Sarah Palin, Maverick at Last: Mama Grizzly Becomes the First Real Politician of the Internet Era (Columns)
Author : Reason
Release Date : January 01, 2009
Genre: Reference,Books,Religion & Spirituality,
Pages : * pages
Size : 55 KB

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WHEN SARAH PALIN aborted her gubernatorial career in its final trimester, pundits and political insiders reacted with shock, bafflement, scorn, and dismay. "Resigning strikes me as very strange," National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg offered with charitable restraint. "Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy" New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd echoed, holding the charity. "I wouldn't call this a strategy," Republican campaign strategist John Weaver told Time magazine. "This makes no sense." To anyone who pays more attention to Ben Bernanke than Ben Affleck, walking away from a prime gig like Palin's was virtually incomprehensible, signaling either imminent scandal or incipient dementia. To the rest of America, Palin's move made perfect sense, firmly cementing her status as perhaps the one politician who truly feels our ennui. First she cheerfully admitted that she had no idea what the vice president actually does all day. (Just like me!) Then she stared blankly when asked to reveal her thoughts on the Bush Doctrine. (The what?) Then, after earning even higher Nielsen ratings in her first big prime-time showcase than the American Idol finale, only to return to Alaska and the dull reality of mulling over potential appointees to the Board of Barbers and Hair Dressers, she bailed. Sorry, politics, she's just not that into you.