The GOP and Sarah Palin

"As G.O.P. Seeks Spending Cuts, Details Are Scarce": http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/us/politics/20spend.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th

"But while polls show that the Republicans’ message is succeeding politically, Republican candidates and party leaders are offering few specifics about how they would tackle the nation’s $13.7 trillion debt, and budget analysts said the party was glossing over the difficulty of carrying out its ideas, especially when sharp spending cuts could impede an already weak economic recovery."

"The parties share blame for the current fiscal situation, but federal budget statistics show that Republican policies over the last decade, and the cost of the two wars, added far more to the deficit than initiatives approved by the Democratic Congress since 2006, giving voters reason to be skeptical of campaign promises."

"The House Republican leader, John A. Boehner of Ohio, has called for immediate cuts in “non-security discretionary” spending to prerecession 2008 levels. Independent analysts say that would require eliminating about $105 billion — or more than 20 percent of spending by departments like Education, Transportation, Interior, Commerce and Energy — a level of reductions that history suggests would be extremely hard to execute."

Um, ENOUGH SAID.


Another really intersting article, about Marilyn Monroe vs. Sarah Palin: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/opinion/20dowd.html?th&emc=th

"At least, unlike Paris Hilton and her ilk, the Dumb Blonde of ’50s cinema had a firm grasp on one thing: It was cool to be smart. She aspired to read good books and be friends with intellectuals, even going so far as to marry one. But now another famous beauty with glowing skin and a powerful current, Sarah Palin, has made ignorance fashionable."


Some interesting thoughts here. Marilyn used her inclination towards literary intelligence to get approval from the public, as a "High-brow Bunny." She struggled to fit in with her husband and his intellectual peers, read various classics that he recommended to her, and even wrote many of her own poems. On the other hand, Sarah Palin prides herself on being just as ignorant as the intellectually-lazy Americans who support her. As this article says, "You struggle to name Supreme Court cases, newspapers you read and even founding fathers you admire? No problem. You endorse a candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate seat who is the nominee in West Virginia? Oh, well."

Read it and tell me what you think

Chloe