You know, I didn’t set out to dislike Sarah Palin. I really didn’t. I thought…Hey! New Player! Intelligent! Attractive! Has a family! Is Random (i.e. refreshing or the image of which has not been seared into our retinae by over-exposure).
But while I do think she’s intelligent, I also think she’s a nasty piece of unprepared wackjob work. Nasty? Fine. You’d be hard-pressed to convince me anybody since Lincoln hasn’t been nasty. But ignorant? Unacceptable. Thinks humans cavorted with dinosaurs? Embarrassing.
So I balk at images of Palin fans (see photo, appearing in today’s Los Angeles Times) waving Rosie the Riveter posters that say “We Can Do It!” redrawn to resemble this Alaskan femme. But though the Sarah posters are the symptom, they’re not really the problem.