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...Palin Effect I must confess I'd been struggling to understand the recent surge in the popularity of Sarah Palin until Joe Klein put it all into sepia-toned perspective [Sept. 22]. I realized that her appeal reflects a wistful desire for an American abstraction, a wholesome place in our memory that is no more-and perhaps never was. We want to be reminded of who and what we think we were, not who we are. But yearning for our past, real or imagined, will not bring it back. And I fear that after the tribulations of the past eight...
...return to the culture of small-town America-to its appreciation of education, traditional arts, the work ethic, hunting, community spirit and moderate churchgoing? Moderation and mutual cooperation within the international ?community are what we so desperately need in the U.S. That is the change that John McCain and Palin would bring. Jim Clemons, Fredericksburg, Virginia...
...your profile of sarah palin [Sept. 15]: I read in disbelief the petty, malicious comments about her repetitious jokes, her husband (Obama's campaign has no such problems?), her 3-in. heels and her speeches given while "leaking amniotic fluid." What will you write about next? Perhaps more about her fashion sense or-please-her bodily functions? Would it be more acceptable if she wore 2-in. heels? Will all women running for public office now be subject, along with their families, to this level of physical scrutiny and irrelevant analysis? Is there any chance that Time can become once...
...Palin Effect...
...must confess I'd been struggling to understand the recent surge in the popularity of Sarah Palin until Joe Klein put it all into sepia-toned perspective [Sept. 22]. I realized that her appeal reflects a wistful desire for an American abstraction, a wholesome place in our memory that is no more--and perhaps never was. We want to be reminded of who and what we think we were, not who we are. But yearning for our past, real or imagined, will not bring it back. And I fear that after the tribulations of the past eight years...