I really don't like Sarah Palin. Everyone who knows me knows that. However, now that the election is over, and she will not be our next VP, it's time to let her go home to Alaska and slip back into relative anonymity.
She is not to blame for the loss of the election, entirely. That's why I feel bad for the poor woman. No, she's not that bright. No, she was not qualified for the job. But do staff members really have to call her a "hillbilly," and spread stories about Palin in a towel to the press?
No, of course not. Republican's, you chose her. You touted her to be the best person for the job. You sent her across the country with her scripted speeches and partisan tactics. Now take the blame for it, and stop blaming your pretty actress. Every one of her tactics were yours. In the nine weeks Palin was part of the ticket, she did not re-write the rules book for you. But now that you have lost, you want someone to blame so that you don't have to blame yourselves. Poor Sarah Palin, the party scapegoat. I wonder if now she will also realize how much she was used by you, and then thrown away.
I'm not the only one to say this:
See what CNN's Campbell Brown wrote in her commentary this morning,
Conservative columnists have this to say:
Pretty sad if you ask me.
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WE are to Blame
Don't get me wrong - Palin was a disaster in waiting. And obviously Palin was used by the campaign.
All that Sarah Palin IS guilty of is that she allowed herself to be used. Clearly, she didn't have the understanding that moving to the Big Leagues was going to be different than running for Mayor or even for Governor of an insulated, small population state.
There are a lot of people out there who get by with flash over substance - sizzle over steak. (Paris Hilton anyone?) Unfortunately, a run for President will examine and magnify and distort every possible flaw a person has and even those they don't have ... and Sarah either didn't consider that or actually believed that she was qualified (I would bet on the latter). She had stars in her eyes. It's sad to see what is now happening, but it is also so very predictable given how our society falls for the cult of "celebrity".
I once had a boss who told me that "perception is reality" as he "reworked" (ie: lied about) the unpopular profit projections to send to head office. Unfortunately, people like him believe that a good lie is better than the hard truth.
So who is ultimately responsible? WE ARE. We are a society that encourages hubris and overreaching. We egg them on to reach the top and then we gather with stones in our hands to knock them down when they get there.
Sarah will be fine ... she believes in her own PR. That's the really frightening thing.
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