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omg. I watched part of Giuliani's speech last night, and saw all of Palins and all I can say is "no, no, NO, nonononononononono PLEASE no! We've had enough!"
Oh, and this (below), which I left in an extremely long ranty comment on a Chicago Sun-Times article about "Pit bull Palin," (oh PLEASE, people, PLEASE! Do you NOT SEE what is being done??) signed with my other other pseud, Voltairine. (I never register with newspapers with my REAL name or email. God no.)
Although I tuned in halfway through Guiliani's audience prep speech for Palin, and yelled back at the television several times, I have to hand it to Palin. She had an incredibly slickly written speech, all sound-bites and one-liners and well-chosen barbs at Obama/Biden.
I think we're doomed to see a McCain/Palin victory.
Palin's speech could EASILY sway all the undecideds who who simply want to vote for the LESSER of two evils, and who will no doubt see media investigations of Palin's political (and personal) past as an unseemly "attack" on Palin by a "liberally biased" media (a view which Guiliani helped foster in his speech).
Unfortunately, for all that we don't yet know about Palin (and all we do), there is one thing I can definitely say: the woman can speak in public, and she has charisma. I don't know who wrote her speech -- whether it was her, or (most likely) some professional speech writer -- but it fit our "sound bite" media perfectly. (Of course, she *was* preaching to the choir.) And so does her image.
Someone commented earlier here that we are in a world where the media affects politics, and people should just get used to it. I agree. We've been in that world ever since the Nixon vs. JFK debates where Nixon sweated like a pig and JFK appeared cool, calm, and collected. Like it or not, personal appearance, being photogenic, and being able to speak in sound bites play heavily in current politics. W himself is proof that when you have the right writers, the right handlers, the right clothes and the right make up, and you refuse to take questions that weren't pre-approved before your press conference, you can make fascism sound like patriotism and make your lies sound like truths.
What worries me are all the undecided voters who also watched Palin's speech. ( the analytical rant, or rant-y analysis, continues here... )
It's sad that we have to choose lesser evils, but that's the two party trick bag we're in, here in the US. And no matter what either of them say about reform, both parties would really like to keep it this way. You can tell by the way each becomes more and more like the other.
Oh, and this (below), which I left in an extremely long ranty comment on a Chicago Sun-Times article about "Pit bull Palin," (oh PLEASE, people, PLEASE! Do you NOT SEE what is being done??) signed with my other other pseud, Voltairine. (I never register with newspapers with my REAL name or email. God no.)
Although I tuned in halfway through Guiliani's audience prep speech for Palin, and yelled back at the television several times, I have to hand it to Palin. She had an incredibly slickly written speech, all sound-bites and one-liners and well-chosen barbs at Obama/Biden.
I think we're doomed to see a McCain/Palin victory.
Palin's speech could EASILY sway all the undecideds who who simply want to vote for the LESSER of two evils, and who will no doubt see media investigations of Palin's political (and personal) past as an unseemly "attack" on Palin by a "liberally biased" media (a view which Guiliani helped foster in his speech).
Unfortunately, for all that we don't yet know about Palin (and all we do), there is one thing I can definitely say: the woman can speak in public, and she has charisma. I don't know who wrote her speech -- whether it was her, or (most likely) some professional speech writer -- but it fit our "sound bite" media perfectly. (Of course, she *was* preaching to the choir.) And so does her image.
Someone commented earlier here that we are in a world where the media affects politics, and people should just get used to it. I agree. We've been in that world ever since the Nixon vs. JFK debates where Nixon sweated like a pig and JFK appeared cool, calm, and collected. Like it or not, personal appearance, being photogenic, and being able to speak in sound bites play heavily in current politics. W himself is proof that when you have the right writers, the right handlers, the right clothes and the right make up, and you refuse to take questions that weren't pre-approved before your press conference, you can make fascism sound like patriotism and make your lies sound like truths.
What worries me are all the undecided voters who also watched Palin's speech. ( the analytical rant, or rant-y analysis, continues here... )
It's sad that we have to choose lesser evils, but that's the two party trick bag we're in, here in the US. And no matter what either of them say about reform, both parties would really like to keep it this way. You can tell by the way each becomes more and more like the other.