I personally favor the sardonic tone of Dowd's article which explicitly makes a mockery of vice presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. Dowd shrewdly draws a parallel between the far from soigne Eliza Doolittle of "My Fair Lady", and the inexperienced Palin who remains the subject of increased scrutiny as she sheds the taciturnity that has thus marked her political 'career'.
Attention is additionally drawn to the hypocrisy displayed by the Republican Party. After devilishly mocking Obama-and successfully getting into his head-with ads about how he was just a frothy celebrity, like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, it turns out all the McCain camp wanted was an Obama of its own. Now that they hace the electric Palin, they have ceased to negatively comment upon celebrity.
As Rich Davis, a top McCain adviser said: "This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates." Palin, who is preparing for a compelling first interview with Charlie Gibson, is depicted as almost a marionette- a puppet who reamins manipulated, tutored, and guided by those more seasoned politicians pf the Conservative arena.
Indeed, with every pull of the marionette string evinces what is Palin's ultimate inability to govern without the choreography of another.
Yours in politics,
Christina
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Ahh, yes, nice to find another religious reader of Maureen Dowd. Do you have her books?
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