Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sarah, You Kidder, You!
I'm going to write this once again, since somehow people who really like Ms. Palin don't think it's fair that some people hate her. Well, I don't speak for anyone but me, but here's my issue with the woman, not that I hate her. I have to meet someone before I can feel that strongly about them.
I live in an urban area on a coast. The West Coast, to be precise. Don't believe me? No less an authority than Mark Twain, in Roughing It, called Nevada the West Coast. Certainly, in terms of attitude, we, for example, drive more like people in Los Angeles than people in Omaha or Dallas. I don't call that good or bad, it's just the way it is. Also I don't see anything at all wrong with people living in Omaha or Ft. Worth or Wasilia, Alaska, for that matter. I don't even care if somebody from Alaska wants to shoot wolves out of a helicopter. I mean, there are lots of wolves in Alaska, and even though I wouldn't do that, it's fine with me if somebody does. I don't think it makes her any less an American because she doesn't live like I do.
But, and this is the big-old but folks, she bills herself as a "typical American," which is just a gratuitous insult to the majority of the citizens of this great country who live, as I do, in an urbanized area on one coast or another. I'm less of an American because I live in a city, and have city problems to deal with, than somebody who does things that almost nobody in America does, and who lives in a place where almost no Americans live, and who has a husband who has advocated secession from the Union for Alaska? Oh, really? That's why Sarah Palin frosts my shorts. I don't give a hoot about her political positions, because I doubt that they'll get much traction with most of us, who live in, well, you know it by now. Just calling herself "typical" is a slap in the face to those of us who actually are. And for the record, insulting a majority of Americans is no way to get your point across, no matter how loudly Glen Beck shouts it out for you.
I don't go around bad-mouthing solid conservatives from Texas or Alaska or Idaho, even though they take tax money from those of us on the coasts and never give it back. A country works by people helping each other out. If Alaska needs extra help, that's okay. I do not appreciate, however, being told that I'm less of an American because I live in a "blue" state that actually pays more than its share.
There you have the reason I have an issue with Sarah Palin. Thank you.
Steve
I live in an urban area on a coast. The West Coast, to be precise. Don't believe me? No less an authority than Mark Twain, in Roughing It, called Nevada the West Coast. Certainly, in terms of attitude, we, for example, drive more like people in Los Angeles than people in Omaha or Dallas. I don't call that good or bad, it's just the way it is. Also I don't see anything at all wrong with people living in Omaha or Ft. Worth or Wasilia, Alaska, for that matter. I don't even care if somebody from Alaska wants to shoot wolves out of a helicopter. I mean, there are lots of wolves in Alaska, and even though I wouldn't do that, it's fine with me if somebody does. I don't think it makes her any less an American because she doesn't live like I do.
But, and this is the big-old but folks, she bills herself as a "typical American," which is just a gratuitous insult to the majority of the citizens of this great country who live, as I do, in an urbanized area on one coast or another. I'm less of an American because I live in a city, and have city problems to deal with, than somebody who does things that almost nobody in America does, and who lives in a place where almost no Americans live, and who has a husband who has advocated secession from the Union for Alaska? Oh, really? That's why Sarah Palin frosts my shorts. I don't give a hoot about her political positions, because I doubt that they'll get much traction with most of us, who live in, well, you know it by now. Just calling herself "typical" is a slap in the face to those of us who actually are. And for the record, insulting a majority of Americans is no way to get your point across, no matter how loudly Glen Beck shouts it out for you.
I don't go around bad-mouthing solid conservatives from Texas or Alaska or Idaho, even though they take tax money from those of us on the coasts and never give it back. A country works by people helping each other out. If Alaska needs extra help, that's okay. I do not appreciate, however, being told that I'm less of an American because I live in a "blue" state that actually pays more than its share.
There you have the reason I have an issue with Sarah Palin. Thank you.
Steve
Labels: Politics, Social Commentary
