Will, I actually liked Sarah Palin’s Op-Ed quite a bit.
She’s a much better writer than she is a speaker. (Or she has very good editors.) I wish she’d offered up a bit more substantive an alternative than the boilerplate “market-oriented, patient-centered” reform-speak – which, though I agree with it, is awful short on details. But I must say, what jumped out at me the most was the byline at the bottom:
Ms. Palin, Sen. John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election, was governor of Alaska from December 2006 to July 2009.
That last bit will haunt her every move.
I like Palin. I wish she would take the libertarian dive.Report
She’s a lost cause, Mike. And she’s far too divisive.Report
She’s Barr, dude.
She’s a female Barr.Report
What libertarianism needs more than anything is a smart, charismatic, articulate spokesperson. Palin is arguably only one of those things, although her approval ratings at this point suggest she is none of them. Populist firebrands have their value, but I find it hard to imagine selling libertarianism that way.Report
Feel free to tell me my advice is unwelcome. 🙂Report
The smart, charismatic, articulate folks generally do pretty well in the private sector.Report
I think it is more likely that she has good editors this time. Her resignation speech, which she is reported to have penned herself, is now infamous for bad grammar, structure, sytax, flow — you name it, it was bad. I don’t think it is likely that she wrote the op-ed, which is no big deal. I suspect that most pols who submit op-ed (or make speeches, certainly) don’t write them.Report
Oh, I know she’s a barr, now — I was hoping for an epiphany — a wild night of drugs, sex and NarversonReport