Sarah Palin is NOT a populist!

[a kennedy]

by Jim Hightower

"Perfect populist pitch." That's how CBS political pundit Jeff Greenfield described Sarah Palin's VP acceptance speech.

Excuse me, but real populists don't support profiteering schemes of Big Oil or embrace the extension and expansion of tax giveaways to Wall Street speculators and corporate chieftans. Palin might claim to be a pit bull in lipstick, but she's damn sure no populist. As Greenfield must surely know in his less infatuated moments, she is to populism what near beer is to beer--only not as close. Indeed, she's the candidate of the plutocrats. Mary Ellen Lease--a real hell-raising populist from the 1880s and 90s--would be appalled at the media's perversion of this historic and proud term.

Have always admired Jim Hightower :thumbsup: :patriot:

http://www.jimhightower.com/node/6591

[MNDemNY]

1. He must of meant "poopulist."

[tbyg52]

2. Please, Greenfield, get some egikashun! nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I might have guessed Jim would set them straight. :^D