She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It

As the Republicans’ lone charismatic performer, Sarah Palin has come to represent a dwindling white nonurban America that is aflame with grievances.

Sarah Palin and Al Sharpton don’t ordinarily have much in common, but they achieved a rare harmonic convergence at Michael Jackson’s memorial service. When Sharpton told the singer’s children it was their daddy’s adversaries, not their daddy, who were “strange,” he was channeling the ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via New York Times (Opinion), Memeorandum, New York Times (Most Emailed), Opinion Source
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Jul 12, 2009 - 12:26 AM PDT
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