Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
October 2, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/354/mrs-smith-goes-to-washington

Excerpt:

I admit it: The debate bored me. I even nodded off–something I never do while on duty. And yet: This election has taken up too much space. It has been a cross between a long running soap opera and a personality contest, a spectacle instead of a solution–spectacle as the solution.

But Governor Sarah Palin is truly an exemplary “Mrs. Smith goes to Washington.” She is a genuine provincial outsider and this is part of her considerable charm. She is potentially Karen Silkwood and Norma Jean Rae and she held her own “real well” against consummate insider Senator Joe Biden who kept calling her “Governor” even as he continuously referred to her Presidential running-mate as “John.” (Senator McCain to you mister).

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