Right wing patriarchal slang and a winning smile always go hand in hand.
In launching one of the most remarkable book tours in American political and publishing history, Palin is becoming a dizzying mix of celebrity and politician. Her folksy blend of right-wing rhetoric, uber-patriotism and winning smile is as heady a brew as ever for those millions – and they do number in the millions – of Americans for whom she is a hero.
For them Palin is not a liberal media joke or a stumbling backwoods politician who fluffed her chance at the big time. She is a truth-teller and their last best hope against the encroaching horrors of socialism. She is St. Sarah of American Capitalism.
Nothing else could explain the utter devotion and enthusiasm of the thousands of people (almost all of them white) who showed up at the first stop of Palin’s 14-state, three-week tour of the American heartland.
They queued for 24 hours just to be first in line, bringing tents and camp chairs to a gigantic mall on Grand Rapids’ outskirts.
Interesting, the Guardian can barely keep it’s sanity cap on. But then again who said the world was sane. Continues the report-
A CNN television truck pulled up, triggering a round of loud boos from a crowd that almost certainly trended towards watching Fox.
But that was the only angry emotion at the event. The atmosphere was more of a rightwing carnival. People wore Palin hats, Palin T-shirts and Palin Power stickers. They read avidly from her book and often broke out into opposing chants of “Sarah! Sarah!” as if at a good-natured football game.
In the end, the world will continue spinning. Only difference may be how fast Alaska spins with it. Well, that and where Sarah Palin vaults her ocean of money.
The Guardian Sara Palin Book Tour Kicks Off
