Re: The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

On Thu, 12 May 2011, Karl Swenson wrote:

>>> Yes, of course, because Alaska being the last American frontier, they
>>> don't have tv yet.
>>
>> TV, schmee-vee.  The question is, how involved in national political 
>> affairs can you be when you govern a sparse and barely-populated 
>> territory that is physically cut off from the rest of your nation?
>
> **and the point is that in the modern age, that is irrelevant.  She has 
> all the same communications devices as any other governor.  It is an 
> insulting question, like Alaska is filled with hicks who use string and 
> cups.

I've got lots of devices too; always have.  And I would *kill* to work in 
an office again.  Working at home just isn't the same.  (And it wasn't the 
same, even when I was single and didn't have a family distracting me.)

> ***she was a well known politician, she had been tagged as a rising star 
> before, and had been a keynote speaker.  At least I had heard of her 
> prior to her being tagged as a possible running mate.

Yeah, well, you're a politics junkie.  :)

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