Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Sarah Palin for President!

Shocking isn't it! Yet, if the political landscape doesn't significantly change, she will be our next president. Why? Several reasons.

1) She is beautiful. Her jaw is strong, her lips are full, her figure slender and fit, her hair full and stylish, her smile broad, her fashion chic, her glasses stylish. We are a visual culture. We are addicted to a Hollywood presence, to surface qualities. Studies reinforce the power of the visual, the influence of the pleasingly beautiful. All things being equal outside of physical attractiveness, who gets the job? Who gets paid more? Yes, there are exceptions, thankfully, but in this political climate we are not necessarily seeking brainpower, but gut power, native power, power that pleases. She plays to the superficial with her physical presence. Hence, beauty power. Palin has it in spades. Palin for President 2012!

2) Media savvy. She knows how to play to the camera. She seems to sense when she is "on". She doesn't overexpose herself. Her public moves are carefully controlled. She has learned to talk only in a restricted, crowd friendly environment, speaking only when she commands attention by the audience. No more Katie Couric interviews. Do you think she will appear with Chris Matthews? Rachel Maddow? Keith Olberman? Big Ed? No, her fare is the soft audience, the book tour, the tight world of the tea partiers. And be sure to restrict the liberal press. Palin for President 2012.

3) Palin is folksy. Her grasp of English is "diner friendly". She will not talk above the average folk. She can tell moose hunting stories with the best of them. Shooting moose from an airplane? Ya, I've done that! Catching fish with a huge net? Been there! Supporting the local turkey farmer who is wringing their necks in the background as she expounds her wisdom. Sure, I've done that! Hockey mom? You betcha'! Mother of a mentally challenged child? I love my baby, and I didn't abort either. I respect all human life! And I can see Russia from my window! Palin for President 2012!

4) Her angry, populist message. Her message is "I'm one of you. We need freedom! We need to take control our lives and not let Washington take away our country. We know what is best for America! Leave us alone! Don't take our money in taxes! Just let us have what we have earned and we'll be alright. We will keep our guns, thank you! Don't tread on me! Terrorists? Give them to us and we'll give them as much justice as they gave our God-fearing men and women on 9-11. Human rights? We have them and don't even think of taking them away. We give everyone their rights as long as they agree with us! Drill, baby, drill! Burn that coal because we have enough of it here in the good ol' USA! Jobs? We'll just stop corporations from going overseas and paying cheaper wages. We need to take care of ourselves first. Foreign aid? We need to take care of ourselves because we are in deep do-do. International cooperation and the United Nations? Only on our terms because we are America, the land of the free, the home of the brave, the Christian light to the world. And so on, and on, and on.... Palin for President 2012!

Do not underestimate Palin Power. Underestimate her at our peril. She taps into the visceral anger within our nation. Indeed, her power is anarchic and fascist. Democracy is at stake. The Constitution is on the edge. And now she has the Supreme Court behind her with the passage of a destructive campaign finance law giving more power to the corporations and less to the people.

The clock is ticking for President Obama, the Democrats, and all Constitution-loving Americans. We are at a crossroads. The Wasilla Tiger prowls!

Peace!
Ron