The Sarah Palin phenomena doesn't require interpretation. It's transparently obvious. She's talking to the nation the same way she talks to her children—simplistically, even childishly at times.
The problem is that's the way thinks as well. She can't then turn to a Face-the-Nation audience and change roles, speaking like an adult to other equally well-informed minds. That's because she doesn't have the general-knowledge base we associated with an educated adult. She sees the world through a child's eye.
The problem is that's the way thinks as well. She can't then turn to a Face-the-Nation audience and change roles, speaking like an adult to other equally well-informed minds. That's because she doesn't have the general-knowledge base we associated with an educated adult. She sees the world through a child's eye.
She doesn't know, for instance, what the job of vice president involves. As a result, she assumes, as children do, that no one else knows either. This allows her to fabricate answers without any embarrassment whatsoever. She assumes we'll react the same way her children do. "Thanks, Mom. Boy, you're smart....See, Dummy, I told you Mom would know!"
In other words, she operates on the campaign trail like a kindergarten teacher in a classroom. She takes it for granted that we know less than she does.It's her job to educate us, not the other way around. That's why, in those long awkward moments with interviewers, she can't simply ask for help or admit that she doesn't know. That would undermine her authority as teacher!
In other words, Sarah Palin's not running for vice-president. She's actually running for President Mom...not just in 2012 either, but right now! Having overthrown the principal in Alaska, she thinks she can do the same thing in the lower 48. All she has to do is help Papa McCain a little to kick the bucket. That's why she refers to her husband as First Dud, not First Vice-Dud!...Freudian slip.
The shock is that anyone would take her seriously, especially after eight, disastrous years of President Grade-School-Bully!
In other words, she operates on the campaign trail like a kindergarten teacher in a classroom. She takes it for granted that we know less than she does.It's her job to educate us, not the other way around. That's why, in those long awkward moments with interviewers, she can't simply ask for help or admit that she doesn't know. That would undermine her authority as teacher!
In other words, Sarah Palin's not running for vice-president. She's actually running for President Mom...not just in 2012 either, but right now! Having overthrown the principal in Alaska, she thinks she can do the same thing in the lower 48. All she has to do is help Papa McCain a little to kick the bucket. That's why she refers to her husband as First Dud, not First Vice-Dud!...Freudian slip.
The shock is that anyone would take her seriously, especially after eight, disastrous years of President Grade-School-Bully!
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