Palin: Now Wooing NASCAR Fans
In a move that will likely inspire in snobby retorts from liberal elites and SNL jokes, Sarah Palin will attend the Daytona 500.
Aside from taking a tour of the country’s WalMarts, I’m not really sure what else Palin could do to court Middle America. Honestly, if Palin didn’t already have the hokey American vibe going, this would come across as pandering. Where this any other candidate, it would be. In the case of Palin, I get the impression that she will actually enjoy herself.
Is Palin’s strategy to distance herself from the political world and ingratiate herself into American culture? She’s on a tabloid and is a Fox News contributor. Next month, she’ll headline the controversial Tea Party Convention in Nashville. She’s doing a good job of keeping her name in news. (Although, I doubt liberals would allow that to happen. They are far too addicted to trashing her. I’m starting to believe she’s the outlet for repressed disappointment in Obama.)
Has any other potential presidential candidate taken that route? I’m drawing a blank. Is 2012 her endgame or is she content in creating a personality-driven empire more akin to Oprah?
Tags: NASCAR, Sarah Palin
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:17 am
I think it has to be clear to everyone that Palin is a feminist, but isn’t she the one who backed away from the label after getting smacked down by the McCain people? I’m progressive and a feminist and don’t see how Palin can be labeled anything else, even though she is not pro-choice. My bigger question is why doesn’t Palin embrace the term?
January 22nd, 2010 at 10:48 am
Thanks for your comment. I appreciate thoughtful debate with those who claim the F label. No one has ever taken me up on the offer thus far.
Palin hasn’t ever rejected feminism. In most interviews she claims to be a feminist, even in the infamous Katie Couric interview. Feminists have largely reject her and represent most of the misogyny towards women, particularly conservative women. Just look at how HuffPo has treated Brown’s daughters this week. Click here to read my post on how Feminists have treated Palin. Many mainstream Feminist bloggers and writers called her extremely derogatory names that would have gotten any man fired for uttering. Click here to read more about my issues with Feminism.
There’s Feminism (special interests, we’re victims, abortion on demand) and there’s feminism (equality among sexes). Palin represents feminism, which as been largely accepted by society. Capitol “F” Feminism or gender Feminism, is what the right rails against. Few understand the distinction, but it explains the problems that the Feminist gals have in achieving their goals. Identity politics never work because they depend on arbitrary government regulations and quotas to make them succeed, and they are constantly changing. Society can’t work that way.