Mind-numbing OpEd from The Tennessean: "Palin's character carries her through adversity"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Richard Grant's column appears Sundays in the Issues section of The Tennessean.

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Palin's character carries her through adversity

January 16, 2011

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110116/COLUMNIST0110/101160338/Palin-s-character-carries-her-through-adversity

The shooting of 20 people in Tucson became the surreal backdrop for a modern witch-hunt, the perfect opportunity to frame and smear a pesky opponent. The media's speedy and drone-like convergence of attention on Sarah Palin was too smooth to be an accident and too incessant to be real.

Palin's accusers, none of whom was morally qualified to cast the first stone, insisted that the shooting was the result of a polarized political atmosphere. Learning the truth about the shooter was apparently a low priority. Palin, and everyone like her, had to be framed.

Facing this, Sarah Palin stood up and responded to her critics firmly, clearly and with an uncommon civility. She might never be president but, in the
face of a media ambush, she certainly set an example for the incumbent.

But maybe she has already had a greater impact on history than her critics will ever admit. The more we listen to her, the more we detect a consistency of thought that improves with experience and refinement. We also see more of what we sensed from the beginning: She has something that runs deeper than love of country. She has more than just a gut feel for who we are and what it means to live here.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. There's a whole alternate universe out there

in which Sarah Palin is intelligent, honorable, reasonable, and qualified to be President. This guy is writing in from that universe. I'd like it very much if the portal to that strange universe would close, and the people who live there would stop bothering us.

[FSogol]

2. +1 n/t

[Pharaoh]

4. Ditto!

[pepperbear]

6. yep. n/t

[yourout]

7. +1....Nice!

[mix]

14. excellent reminder of the freaks among us nt

[Enrique]

3. dude has a crush on Sarah

reminds me of this classic from Rich Lowry:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/palins-superpow.html

I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.

[indepat]

5. Wonder what Richard Grant has been smoking for he must have smoke in his eyes as he tries to blow

smoke up the readers' asses? :shrug:

[Faygo Kid]

8. That's a scary column. That guy is above and beyond a cultist.

Bizarro world, indeed.

[asjr]

9. This is what shames me at times for being a Tennessean. It

truly is a redneck state.

[SharonAnn]

15. I'm embarassed too. I used to tell people I am really from Iowa, but these days, I just don't know.

Iowa's not faring so well these days, either.

[somone]

10. Tennessee Center for Policy Research is a well-known Scaife/Koch outfit

http://mediamatters.org/research/200703020001

[sharesunited]

11. If vanity is a virtue, then she's got it!

[The Second Stone]

12. The woman has never faced adversity in her entire life

as far as I know.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. This guy is in the same fantasy world as Rich Lowry

http://skumora.tblog.com/post/1970021417

http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/rich_lowry_buffs_his_banana_for_sarah_palin_and_shares/

http://www.yelp.com/topic/seattle-rich-lowry-has-a-crush-on-palin

[Paka]

16. Bubble World Nonsense

"Facing this, Sarah Palin stood up and responded to her critics firmly, clearly and with an uncommon civility." Excuse me, but I may have to go barf now.

[mgc1961]

17. In Grant's mind, Sarah's irresponsibility is an asset.

And he invites "everyone like her" to hang themselves on the same cross.

[ensemble]

18. the piped piper has played her tune....

the idiots come out of the woodwork.
So I guess there's that.