I want to be fair to a lady whom I know little about at this point. It’s certainly interesting and a little gratifying to see neoconservatives not getting the presents they wanted. I also have no problem rooting for politicians who have the stomach to hang in and fight for right-wing causes.
Given what we know so far about Palin, however, I’ll be careful to keep my noises of satisfaction in a mezzo piano at the very loudest. We have to wait and see how stable her conservative attitudes are. We have to wait and see what Palin will say about immigration. We have to wait and see whether she will fight to keep her right-wing attitudes, knowing that she will do so as an affirmative action hire in the campaign of a leftward-reaching party and a world-saving candidate. To do anything worth our singing about she’ll have to buck around in her party more than a bit, and even if she has the will to do so there is no assurance that she has the resources or the ability. If she wants to try no one will be rooting harder than I. I also root for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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I want to be fair to a lady whom I know little about at this point. It’s certainly interesting and a little gratifying to see neoconservatives not getting the presents they … [Read More]
Posted by Evan McLaren on August 31, 2008
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