{"id":14138,"date":"2009-11-17T18:08:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2017-03-11T00:49:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:49:27","slug":"palin-on-limbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/11\/17\/palin-on-limbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Palin on Limbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I did not get to hear it, but the transcript is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My take on Palin\u2019s appearance yesterday on the Oprah Winfrey show has generated a pretty rousing and entertaining debate<\/a> in the comments thread, and I have updated it with this link to Melissa Clouthier<\/a>, but I wanted to also quote Melissa here, because her post is very interesting and serious:<\/p>\n

[\u2026] here\u2019s Sarah Palin going into hostile Obama-loving territory on Oprah. She was on edge, and fought defensiveness, much like her interview with Katie Couric. But she did it. Unlike Barack Obama, who has studiously avoided any interview from anyone who isn\u2019t a \u201cfriendly\u201d, Palin demonstrates some gumption.
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\n[But] Palin needs to deal with this den of vicious beasts better. And they are vicious. Camille Paglia . . . says succinctly:<\/p>\n

She also needs a shrewder, cooler take on the mainstream media, with its preening bullies, cackling witches, twisted cynics and pompous windbags. The Northeastern media establishment is in decline, and everyone knows it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rush\u2019s interview, in contrast, made Sarah Palin sound like a wise elder statesman. He didn\u2019t throw softballs. To the contrary, he asked her substantive policy questions. Guess what? She didn\u2019t stumble. She flowed. It was great to listen to, really, and heartening. Rush asked her questions on everything from national security, foreign policy, oil exploration, health care and illegal immigration. Not one stutter. Not one hiccup. She was flawless.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just her form. Her substance was pure, unapologetic small-government conservative. It was like taking a breath of fresh political air, if such a thing exists. D.C. smells gives off the fetid fumes of months dead fish in the still undrained swamp. Sarah Palin is not D.C. She brings the brisk, clean Alaskan air and sends a chill down the spines of Democrats and Republican establishment types. They are right to fear her. She is formidable.<\/p>\n

I want Sarah Palin to succeed.<\/p>\n

Sarah Palin must though, find a way to be at ease answering any question that the superficial, bigoted, condescending North Eastern blue bloods throw at her. Underneath, these people are insecure. It rattles them to their bones that a state college educated, wife, mother, politician and governor could best them. Their insecurity will get more piqued as President Obama continues to waffle, avoid and hide\u2013from unfriendly press, from dictators, from tough decisions, from failure. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spot on, I think, and you\u2019ll want to read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hillbuzz:<\/strong> Reading Palin\u2019s book, all around Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n

Gateway:<\/strong> Libs Hate Middle America<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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