I'm no fan of Maureen Dowd's but . . .

[realthog]

. . . the concluding sentence of her NYT piece the other day about Sarah Palin's various homicidal attacks upon vocabulary, grammar and (in the larger sense) syntax deserves mention. It is a very simple observation that should be made more often:

True mavericks don’t brand themselves.

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Another wagging tongue with view on Palin...

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

Not always my cup of tea, but ever interesting: Camille Paglia's somewhat surprising take on Palin.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/10/08/palin/index1.html

Re: Another wagging tongue with view on Palin...

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Jeez, it reads like self-parody, doesn't it? I kept waiting for Paglia's punchline . . . until I realized there wasn't going to be one.

Many thanks for pointing me at this piece. I have, natch, spammed it relentlessly onward to others of like mind . . .

Re: Another wagging tongue with view on Palin...

[realthog.livejournal.com]

There's a very good (and very funny) critique of the Paglia piece at http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/102256/.