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Sarah Palin for... ... ...Pakistan!
Reading Michelle Cottle's piece in The New Republic about Sarah Palin's odds as a potential leader of the Tea Partiers, I suddenly felt I knew what it must have been like to be the careers guidance people at my old university.
I realise, i know little about American politics, and I definitely know little about Sarah Palin. But i know I know (a bit) about the politics of Pakistan, and I know a career opportunity when I see one.
Cottle lists the attributes a potential leader needs to become the new shining light of the Tea Party people. Namely:
1. Anger. The more the better.
2. Paranoia that the other side is out to get you.
3. A self-righteous conviction that the other side is not merely wrong but irretrievably evil. (To be fair, this is pretty much a requisite for leadership in any political party these days.)
4. Sympathy (or, better still, empathy) for the victim mentality, ideally coupled with burning resentment that the other side looks down on you.
5. Major-league charisma and near-blinding star power to overcome the movement’s petty jealousies, feuding factions, and general disorganization.
Tea Partiers?!... Forget that! Pakistani politics (hearts) anger in a big way. And as for paranoia, self righteousness, resentment (victimhood)... yep, check all that. And charisma? Well, I always thought Ms. Palin kinda looked like Benazir Bhutto:
So, if Sarah Palin does decide to walk away from the Republican Party, I for one would advise her to broaden her horizons. Americans aren't the only people who hate taxes, love guns and go hunting a lot.
And if she's wondering where in the Pakistani political landscape she might carve a niche. My career advice folder would contain the following info:
1. Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Jammat e Islami (religious and right wing)
2. Alfat Hussain of the MQM (firey maverick)
Altaf bhai (Altaf brother) as he's known is my personal favourite. The MQM is a political party based in Karachi claiming to represent native Urdu speakers. You don't need to understand Urdu to know why Ms Palin should be going head to head with this guy:
"Despite all the talk of ideological purity, Tea Partiers aren’t defined by their ideology so much as their attitude.." says Cottle. In Pakistan, it's ALL about attitude.
Palin for Pakistan!!
The only hole in your plan?
The only hole in your plan? You forgot Levi! He's like the Frodo of politics. Just can't shake the dude and the closer Sarah gets to the mountain the more annoying and fun for the rest of us he gets.
AM Given the intellectual
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Given the intellectual and emotional condition of the electorate, it is likely that in 2013 you will be saluting SP as C-I-C.
You've got a couple of years so don't waste time.
Get ready. For God's sake get ready. BTW you'll be hearing His name a lot more.
Familiarize yourself with Leviticus and the Book of Revelation. They will replace FM3-24 as military doctrine.
By all reports the Air Force Academy has an excellent Biblical studies program. Enroll under ICEOP - the Inter-service Christian Education Opportunities Program. I'd suggest a major in the Rapture. It's coming one way or the other!
*crickets* I didn't get a
*crickets* I didn't get a single one of your jokes.
Be prepared to understand that maybe Sarah just isn't that into you? :)
This is the most substantive
This is the most substantive post I have ever read. The way that you read through the entire recently voted on Health Care Bill and broke down its thousands of pages into potential pros and cons - the long-term potential ramifications of each layer of regulation. You really know how to get down to the substance of an issue. It's like I'm reading the New England Journal of Medicine.
Oh wait. Another progressive blog making fun of everyday people taking part in democratic life in our great Republic.
Am I to take it that you can't argue substance, so you must make fun of people? Like a recent Frank Rich column?
*BTW, I'm not really into Palin as a politician, I just dislike the way upper or upper middle class journalists make fun of everyday people. Shame on some of you.
**I'm fairly typical of the political tribe you are ridiculing. Where in all of my comments over the past several years here, or on other COIN-y blogs, have I displayed any of the stereotypes some of you like to peddle? You know what? I think you are afraid to engage with the likes of me because you are afraid you might lose the argument on substance.
I bothered to skim that
I bothered to skim that article you linked. Poor me.
Good grief. It's all fluff. Where's the substance? And yes, you see such fluff all over the ideological spectrum these days. Infotainment for dullards.
No wonder I - sorry to say this - generally prefer more wonky COIN blogs these days. At least there are people discussing substantive issues whether I agree with them or not.
Have you ever given any thought the the issues being brought to fore by Tea Partiers? Any serious thought at all? Given Greece and the debt crises? You don't have to agree, but can't you make an argument on the facts as presented?
As I said I know little
As I said I know little about domestic US politics. I can't though help to see the similarities between some politicians regardless of what country they operate in.Palin may already be spoken
Palin may already be spoken for in Pakistani politics
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\26\story_26-9-2008_pg1_10
Okay, okay, fair enough.
Okay, okay, fair enough. Politicians!
Besides, that video needed
Besides, that video needed to be posted.
Mrs. Palin does not have the
Mrs. Palin does not have the depth of experience with Pakistan that she has with Russia. I was thinking she might make a pretty good front for Putin if this whole Mevedev thing doesn't work out.
You agree you nothing of
You agree you nothing of Palin yet you mock her. I realize that her political opponents here in the US do this, on the theory that mockery substitutes for engagement on the issues; I wonder what your excuse is, or even your reasoning? Is this the same insight you bring into your other posts?
I guess I won't find out, because there are other RSS feeds in the cloud.
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So, if Sarah Palin does
So, if Sarah Palin does decide to walk away from the Republican Party, I for one would advise her to broaden her horizons. Americans aren't the only people who hate taxes, love guns and go hunting a lot.
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