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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[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

She says "Nucular" too, just like our fearless leader. But what can we expect from someone who puts a bounty on wolves' heads and condones aerial shooting of wildlife?

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

That last sentence is more literal than you may think:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html

Among other things:

"In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle. He was more interested in keeping track of the land he owned than the livestock on it, Ms. Maverick said; unbranded cattle, then, were called “Maverick’s.” The name came to mean anyone who didn’t bear another’s brand."

[plattcave.livejournal.com]

Great last line. It's really close to marketing 101: You don't create your own brand, your customers do.

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