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• Tuesday, September 9, 2008 05:31 AM

  Too clever by half

  Does Mr Kamlya really believe what he writes or did he simply decide that by using the words dominatrix and Palin in the same sentence his little essay was a sure in on this website? I think the latter.

  The left is in a state of irrational frenzy not because Palin comes across as a dominatrix but because she is a Hillary Clinton that women and men actually like. As one of the NYTimes columnists put it, we see Hillary as a politician who happens to be a woman and Sarah as a woman who happens to be a politician. That is what has made her attractive.

  When McCain and Palin talk about change, it is not empty rhetoric. And while many of you will never, ever get it, many Americans do. The Democratic talking point that says John McCain has been in Washington a long time and so can't be part of the CHANGE that is needed falls flat for the simple reason that for years the media has treated him like a maverick who was not well liked by his own party. That is the reputation he has earned for good or bad. In this election, it is for good (for him and the GOP). Just so, Palin has the same rep and her 80% public approval in Alaska makes the other Dem talking point--she is a scary right winger who is business as usual on economic matters, also fall flat.

  Anyway, if Sarah is so terrible and so unattractive to independents, what are you worried about? It reminds me of the line from Shakespeare, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Yes, you all sure do.

  —ehillesum Read ehillesum's other letters
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