TW: Perhaps this column from the National Review is meant with pure sarcasm, but somehow I think not. Despite the election of Barack Obama being greeted with worldwide acclaim and his entry into actual office regarded as one of the very few potential hopes to lift our nation (and perhaps the world) out of a extremely serious funk (and oh by the way first person of color etc.), this columist makes the case for Sarah Palin as Time's person of the year. The columnist even fantasizes about what a straight up Palin v. Obama election would have been like. To me it just shows once again the alternate universe into which many on the right have let themselves descend.
From Lopez at National Review:
"I suspect that when Time magazine chooses their Person of the Year for 2008, there will be little internal debate. They’ve probably long picked The One — Barack Obama. After all, more than half the country went and elected him the next president of the United States [TW ummm not a trivial fact heh?]...
But Time...shouldn’t ignore the people who were energized by the addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to his ticket...Here at National Review’s post-election cruise, a group gathered for a weeklong post-mortem on the high seas has Palin on the brain. Palin’s not on ship, but neither her absence nor the McCain loss has dampened enthusiasm for her here...
Some will to this day compare her to Ronald Reagan. Why is this? It’s about her simple and clear patriotism, and, frankly, her forthright belief system compared to a now president-elect who was comfortable being friends with a domestic terrorist....
Palin offered something different. For some it was an anti-Washington feel. Many consider her a refreshing citizen-politician in the old mold, one that Thomas Jefferson would be proud to meet. Does that make her just like Obama? I do wonder what the campaign would have been like had they both been at the helm: He wouldn’t have had a monopoly on change, and she would have had her own staff and freedom to follow her instincts, and perhaps better advice than she was given as she ran for vice president. We’ll never know what could have been in a straight-on Obama vs. Palin contest ...Time would make a mistake if it ignored the Palin phenom this year just because the ticket didn’t win in the end"
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTNkNmFjNWFiZDNhZDQxNmM1MWQ3OWU3ZGM1YTg2YmQ=
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