PrintNovember 24, 2009
Sarah Palin and the Low Ebb of the Cultural Left
No serious observer or reader could ever label Sarah Palin as our Pangloss of the North. The former governor's view of politics and of life itself is maturely tragic, as it should be for a true conservative. Starting with a broad-ranging, 5,000-plus word Facebook note, then her recent Hong Kong address to an international investment group, and in more detail in Going Rogue, Palin explains again and again that the very essence of "common sense conservatism" is a recognition of the limits placed on the mutability of human nature. Government can do only so much. We have to figure out how to muddle through the rest as best as we can.But recognizing the tragic human condition is not synonymous with despair. And as we roam about the American political landscape and meet up with the controlling pessimism of Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and their crass, partisan underlings and vicious media enablers, something becomes immediately apparent: where Palin goes, people are usually...(Read Full Article)
