Lemmings have bad press. They really don’t blindly leap over cliffs to their deaths….but they do serve as appropriate metaphors for gullible GOP voters who follow the party line and consistently vote against their own interests in national elections.
What amazes me is that the corporate media pundits and the McCain campaign gurus now view American women as the lemmings of the present electorate. And they’ve given Sarah Palin the go-ahead to claim the role of heir(ess) apparent to the glass ceiling. Nonsense.
My commentary at http://tvnewslies says it like I see it is. Sarah, the moose hunter has gone after the wrong game:
Excerpt from the article:
Maybe it’s genetic, but Sarah Palin sure is good with a gun. It seems that daddy loved bringing down those nasty Alaskan brown bears in a town where little Sarah first learned to alarm the local moose community. But trust me, I’m not knocking moose stew; it might be a really good meal.
Palin grew up in Alaska, where people hunt and fish. So be it. This is not going to be a dissertation on animal rights or a moral critique on her spare time activities. Moose and salmon and wild birds are fair game for hunters in her neck of the woods, and Sarah hunts and fishes with the best of them. Good for her.
But in her new role as the GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin has crossed a line, even for a hunter. This time she has set her sights on a new and unfamiliar target. This time she is not aiming at a herd, or a bevy or a flock. This time she is going after a large group of intelligent, thinking Americans known as women voters. .
And this time, as she hunts in uncharted territory, Sarah Palin has made a strategic error. For some distorted reason, Palin thinks she is hunting lemmings.
Full article:
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/reggies-commentary/3924-sarah-palin-lemming-hunter.ht
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