Tuesday, September 02, 2008

The Amazing Mrs. Palin

If life imitates certain art, Sarah Palin may do fine. The fictional precedent is the BBC show “The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard” [picture], about a middle class wife who got fed up with the system and through an extraordinary series of steps, ended up running the United Kingdom. Mrs. Prichard was surprisingly tough, agile, and political, but what most carried through this provincial (Yorkshire) mom were her obviously authentic, “from the kitchen” values and speeches, which resonated with Britain’s electorate.

We’ll know more about Palin’s history-making chances after tomorrow.

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