*views expressed in this post only belong to 50% of the traveling duo... or do they...
I've finally sussed out my love for la senora of the north: madam pres... uh, I mean Sarah Palin.
people trip and ask why.
I typically have a long drawn out answer about how I dig people who construct their own boundaries of legitimacy, of how she reminds me of my family, of how she disturbs 'liberal' ideas of merit and rationality, of how she's an entirely accurate reflection of a large segment of this nation, and about how she's not a hoax - she was a democratically elected leader meaning the majority of somewhere that we give a large chunk of decision making power actually wanted her as a leader for real real.
But the answer is shorter. it came to me at a comedy show watching old white presumably monied ladies hiss at the mention of her name:
I like her because she makes people angry. particularly white people. particularly rich white people. particularly the bustier sex.
and while I really TRULY do wish that bridge to nowhere was built (it would have been a route off the island) I can take great pleasure in the fact that most Alaskans I met are of similar mind to the old white ladies in flowy skirts. strange bedfellows indeed.
welcome home.
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