Betty Winston Bayé: [SILLY Sarah Failin'] Palin: The Whirling Dervish Of American Politics.
Palin: the whirling dervish of American politics
By Betty Winston Bayé
If ever gold medals were handed out for chutzpa, Sarah Palin would smoke the competition. The lady has stretched her 15 minutes of fame into a dizzying financial bonanza. Palin's become the whirling dervish of American politics. She's here. She's there. She's everywhere, spinning. One minute she's a little old hockey Mom, all big-eyed and innocent, the mother of five, including a young son with special needs. But then Palin whirls around, and voilà, she's a pit-bull politician, lashing out against Democrats, liberals and big government. And she won't be tamed nor shamed by the accusations out of her former political camp — the John McCain presidential campaign — that she's a little nutty, very greedy and not all that bright.
Palin, however, didn't only survive such allegations, but her legend grew.
Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Members of the political far right swoon as the old geezers among them ogle and giggle like schoolboys whenever Sarah Palin is around. Pat Buchanan gets all flushed just talking about dear Sarah, and Palin keeps giving her fans exactly what they want, which is more and more of her.
Last July, Palin resigned the Alaska governorship because, she said, she was spending an “insane amount of time and money” fighting “frivolous ethical concerns” from political rivals back home. Once freed up from the responsibilities and limits of elective office, it was time for payback. Palin wrote her own book, Going Rogue: An American Life that quickly skipped up the bestseller lists, and the “fair and balanced” network Fox sniffed the air and quickly hired Palin to its roster of conservative talking heads.
But the whirling dervish would not be satisfied simply with that.
Palin spun around once again to show off her comedic talents on Jay Leno. Why should Tina Fey get paid for pretending to be Palin when the real Palin can be had for a fee? And speaking of fees, as a public speaker for hire Palin recently was paid $100,000 for a speech, the key points of which she'd written on one hand. Part of Palin's shtick is to feed red meat to her core constituents slamming liberals and Washington and Hollywood elites. But make no mistake, Sarah Palin loves the limelight. She was out in Hollywood during Oscar week posing for photo-ops and scooping up bling at one of those Oscar “swag suites,” where, in exchange for getting their products noticed, vendors give free stuff to celebrities. Palin and her entourage, including her daughters, reportedly helped themselves to lots of “swag” (jewelry, watches, hair care products, organic soaps, cosmetics, sandals, stationary, lingerie and “fashion” items), and as celebrities often do, Palin reportedly did leave a little something for charity; $1,700 for the Red Cross, observers said.
By Betty Winston Bayé
If ever gold medals were handed out for chutzpa, Sarah Palin would smoke the competition. The lady has stretched her 15 minutes of fame into a dizzying financial bonanza. Palin's become the whirling dervish of American politics. She's here. She's there. She's everywhere, spinning. One minute she's a little old hockey Mom, all big-eyed and innocent, the mother of five, including a young son with special needs. But then Palin whirls around, and voilà, she's a pit-bull politician, lashing out against Democrats, liberals and big government. And she won't be tamed nor shamed by the accusations out of her former political camp — the John McCain presidential campaign — that she's a little nutty, very greedy and not all that bright.
Palin, however, didn't only survive such allegations, but her legend grew.
Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! Members of the political far right swoon as the old geezers among them ogle and giggle like schoolboys whenever Sarah Palin is around. Pat Buchanan gets all flushed just talking about dear Sarah, and Palin keeps giving her fans exactly what they want, which is more and more of her.
Last July, Palin resigned the Alaska governorship because, she said, she was spending an “insane amount of time and money” fighting “frivolous ethical concerns” from political rivals back home. Once freed up from the responsibilities and limits of elective office, it was time for payback. Palin wrote her own book, Going Rogue: An American Life that quickly skipped up the bestseller lists, and the “fair and balanced” network Fox sniffed the air and quickly hired Palin to its roster of conservative talking heads.
But the whirling dervish would not be satisfied simply with that.
Palin spun around once again to show off her comedic talents on Jay Leno. Why should Tina Fey get paid for pretending to be Palin when the real Palin can be had for a fee? And speaking of fees, as a public speaker for hire Palin recently was paid $100,000 for a speech, the key points of which she'd written on one hand. Part of Palin's shtick is to feed red meat to her core constituents slamming liberals and Washington and Hollywood elites. But make no mistake, Sarah Palin loves the limelight. She was out in Hollywood during Oscar week posing for photo-ops and scooping up bling at one of those Oscar “swag suites,” where, in exchange for getting their products noticed, vendors give free stuff to celebrities. Palin and her entourage, including her daughters, reportedly helped themselves to lots of “swag” (jewelry, watches, hair care products, organic soaps, cosmetics, sandals, stationary, lingerie and “fashion” items), and as celebrities often do, Palin reportedly did leave a little something for charity; $1,700 for the Red Cross, observers said.
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