rssDavid Broder is Easily Impressed
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 9:07 am
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A lot of people are gobsmacked by this David Broder column on Sarah Palin’s “pitch-perfect populism,” which praises Palin for some pretty unimpressive blather about her hatred of elites. Count me among the gobsmacked. The conclusion just throws me.
When [Chris] Wallace asked her about resigning the governorship with 17 months left in her term and whether she let her opponents drive her from office, she said, “Hell, no.”
Those who want to stop her will need more ammunition than deriding her habit of writing on her hand. The lady is good.
Wait, that’s it? What about the ammunition of her quitting the governorship with 17 months to go — something that would give her the skimpiest public service resume of any candidate since Wendell Wilkie — and giving a weak non-answer as to why? Obviously, Palin was driven from office by her opponents. She said as much!
Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I’ve been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations – such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters’ questions… Life is too short to compromise time and resources… it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: “Sit down and shut up”, but that’s the worthless, easy path; that’s a quitter’s way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and “go with the flow.”
Translation: Political opponents were mean to her, so she decided to quit. If Broder thinks that can be dismissed with a “hell, no,” his political radar is badly damaged. And I’m not even getting into the farce of a columnist obsessed with bi-partisanship who is finding virtue — perhaps heroism — in a candidate who seems to physically recoil at the though of the other political party.
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Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:36 am
Uh, maybe Broder should start reading the Washington Post. A Post-ABC News poll finds that Palin's favorables have plummeted & 71% of Americans say she is unqualified to be President. Could it be that the unwashed masses are smarter than the Dean of Washington Brahmins?
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Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:43 am
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:43 am
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:43 am
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:43 am
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:43 am
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:43 am
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 9:59 am
Reason #2 why Palin quit: Easier ways to make more money.
That's okay, being Governor was only a “title” to her like “Miss Alaska” — not a job.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 10:03 am
TBogg has an appropriate response to Broder's goofy post (and I never get tired of that hilarious Waterston robot insurance skit TBogg uses). This one is even worse than Broder's usual tripe.
FYI/FWIW, Broder (aka Matlock!!!) is a favorite regular target for blogger Attaturk, both at his own site (for example) and in his weekday pre-dawn morning posts at FDL.
*[the Broder-Matlock reference used by Attaturk is based on the Matlock-adoring character Grandpa Abe Simpson from the animated TV show The Simpsons (see "The Simpson" section in this page). Attaturk's implication is the similarity between Broder and ol' Abe.]
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 1:06 pm
Sarah Palin has succeeded where the entire GOP has failed by making Dan Quayle look intelligent.
What does this say about David Broder who backs both?
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 1:54 pm
Ditto. Pitching her woo to a bunch of conspiracy theorists, fringe politicians, and outright racists at a teabagger meeting is not the way to win the Presidency.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
Uh, maybe Broder should start reading the Washington Post. A Post-ABC News poll finds that Palin's favorables have plummeted & 71% of Americans say she is unqualified to be President. Could it be that the unwashed masses are smarter than the Dean of Washington Brahmins?
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 2:43 pm
It's not that I have any real interest in the health and well-being of David Broder, but after reading his column on Sarah Palin, I really wonder about his mental status.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 2:59 pm
Reason #2 why Palin quit: Easier ways to make more money.
That's okay, being Governor was only a “title” to her like “Miss Alaska” — not a job.
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 6:06 pm
Sarah Palin has succeeded where the entire GOP has failed by making Dan Quayle look intelligent.
What does this say about David Broder who backs both?
Comment posted February 11, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
Ditto. Pitching her woo to a bunch of conspiracy theorists, fringe politicians, and outright racists at a teabagger meeting is not the way to win the Presidency.
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