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...eight years now, he’s been writing speeches at the core of the modern conservative movement—first as a senior advisor to President Bush and most recently for Senator McCain. Two months ago, he made headlines as the author of Governor Palin??s well-received nomination speech at the Republican National Convention. In some sense, Scully was a natural choice to write the speech: A former literary editor at National Review, he has long been an eloquent advocate of pro-life, faith-based conservatism...
...questions. When asked about media comparisons between Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro, Mondale’s former running mate, Mondale said he thought the biggest difference was that Ferraro was qualified. He said he hoped that the public would “just forget about Palin?? and give women in politics another chance. About 30 students attended the talk and welcomed the Democratic politician with a standing ovation. After the talk, the audience seemed to have had their high expectations met, calling Mondale “an idol?...
...folksy “woman candidate,” but rather as a maverickly mistake. After all, women are relatively new to presidential campaigns and thus are still looking for the right tone to strike—a way, perhaps, to transcend their gender identity without abandoning it. Palin??s overtly feminine, and ultimately disastrous, attempt may have served only to distract this progress and to reinforce the regrettable sexism of our society. All we may hope is that Palin??s candidacy will help provide some perspective on the truly historic (if imperfect) campaign of Hillary...
...those worried about the lack of humor in the oval office, McCain’s vice-presidential pick was a breath of fresh air. Indeed, Sarah Palin??s greatest contribution to the campaign was her evident willingness to take up the Bush comedy mantle. Her incoherent strings of folksy wisdom fell into the laps of impressionists and writers like a godsend. A President Palin would have been everything President Bush was and then some—pregnant teenagers with crazy names! Hunting mishaps! Negligible foreign policy experience! And when American voters said “no?...
...Maldonado, who is also the HRC’s membership and publicity director, admits that Palin??s selection “makes my job a little bit tougher. If you’re here and a Republican, people are going to call you out on the whole Palin thing. People start challenging you and it does kind of bring out the fighting spirit in you and energizes you and make you a little bit more passionate about what she does...