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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (266321)9/6/2008 1:05:13 PM
From: Nadine Carroll5 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 793964
 
The most striking thing in purely political terms about this hurricane of elite rage is the built-in likelihood that it will backfire. It's not simply that it is highly capable of generating sympathy for Palin among puzzled undecided voters and of infuriating and motivating a previously placid GOP base, neither of which is in the interest of the Obama-Biden campaign. It also created an opening for Palin herself to look calm, composed, competent, and funny in response.

In her acceptance speech last Wednesday night, anyone could see the poise and skill that undoubtedly attracted McCain's attention months ago, when few others were even aware that he was looking. But it was precisely the venom of the left's assault that heightened the drama and made it a riveting television event. Palin benefited from her ability to project full awareness of the volume and relentlessness of the attacks without showing a scintilla of resentment or self-pity.

This is a rare talent, one shared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. For this quality to have even a chance to develop, there must be something real to serve as an emotional backdrop: disproportionate, crazy-seeming rage by one's political enemies.

Yes! Yes! Yes! The MSM made it all possible! She could never have given The Speech to 40 million viewers without their unwitting help. Gerard Baker of the London Times says she was front page news all over Europe too.
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