Palin Means "Again"

Palin means "again" in Greek - e.g., John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin means a major party again picks a female for Veep, a true breakthrough Democrats first engineered 24 years ago.

Or - e.g., A major Alaska paper again says Palin is a total beginner on national and international issues.

A Palinode is a recantation - e.g., Rev. John Hagee, a McCain spiritual adviser, first says God sent a hurricane to New Orleans to punish the city for allowing a gay conference, then recants.

Palindromia is a return of a disease - e.g., Karl Rove hands have returned to run McCain's campaign.

Palingenesis means rebirth - e.g., Maverick senator is reborn as orthodox Republican.

Palindrome - a word or group of words that can be read backward or forward, or both - e.g.:
- Re Sarah: a raser?
- Dame Veep - a peeve, mad?
- Pish! Sarah a rash sip.

Take your choice, or write your own.

Comments

[rsaillant1]

Here's the "playbook," as written by Karl Rove:

All this furor and hubbub is meant to transpire while the nation blabs on and on about her capabilities, her lack of experience, whose child it might be, her daughter's latest pregnancy, ad nauseum. Distractions all, from the real issues at hand....this whole melodrama has Rove's fingerprints all over it, down to his alleged desire for Lieberman to be the choice. Face it, they had no one. Whoever they might select had some detractors within the party.

Palin was a wrong choice...but an important and very much intentional "wrong" choice.

Sarah Palin's name will be withdrawn from the nomination for reasons that will appear relevant; family/health issues. The Repub party will be in disarray, but "intentional" disarray. They can't go back to Giuliani. Lieberman, Pawlenty or Mitt. What to do/ What to do. Who fits the bill?
Who has name recognition, a decent resume? Who has occupied a significant office in a major state?Who could reunite the Repugs.....? Who knows hurricanes?

Anyone seen Jeb Bush recently?

[gloryoski]

An irresponsible and cynical and crazy choice by McCain to be sure, but I don't really understand the juxtaposition of the two photos. Doesn't even show her as beauty queen, which still wouldn't disqualify her in and of itself. So what's the point? We're supposed to be more disturbed because Palin was once young and (more?) attractive. I've never seen pictures of a younger, (even) cuter Obama used for quite this purpose. Why the difference with female candidate?

[NYCEconomist]

A fair question. Should Sarah Palin's pursuit of beauty-contest titles be something that should bother a voter? Why can't a woman be both attractive and smart? No reason.

McCain supporters have not stinted in using pictures of a younger Obama dressed in various outfits in Hawaii or Kenya. Their purpose has usually been to portray Obama as un-American, an outsider if not an outcast.

The photo of the young Sarah Palin captures her background as the Wasilla, AK beauty queen, an all-American or at least all-Alaskan. Certainly, this should not brand her as invincibly frivolous. But her education is limited to an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Idaho.

The fact that Obama went on to excel as a student and became the first person of color to head up the Harvard Law Review suggests someone better prepared to take on complex national and global issues as President.