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Tanenhaus: Populism, Politics and the Power of Sarah Palin

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JamesWI12/06/2009 2:01:39 pm PST

re: #147 Big Steve

Let me start with I do not ever plan to vote for Sarah Palin due to her stand on creationism. However, one of the things I thought we were all trying to get past was our “model” of what a great leader should be…i.e. white, male, East Coast educated, well traveled, impeccable spouse, 2.3 children…etc. That a person felt uncomfortable around different people at 18 or whether they did cocaine at 18 bothers me not the least.

Can you imagine the right-wing outrage if Obama dropped out of Columbia/Harvard Law School because they were too white, and went to Howard University instead? How many seconds would it take for people at Hot Air/Pam Gellar to shout “RAAACIST!!!” if that happened?