The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2010 in production). At the same age as Sarah, 44-year old Roosevelt went from VP to youngest president, upon McKinley’s death, as a pro-union, anti-corruption kind of progressive Republican guy. In this scene, Palin shows confidence that her lengthy one- and- a- half years experience as Governor and her “New Energy for America” slogan has her prepared to follow in his conservational footsteps. We watch her, as she sues the Bush government to remove Alaska’s polar bears from the endangered list and meanders through the complexities of allowing wide-spread water and fish contamination from mining run-offs.
That night, she dreamt of Teddy whispering to her, “speak softly but carry a big stick". Instead he shouted, “ Shooting wolves from helicopters is just plain sissy-like.”
The American President (1995) this 2008 re-make is up to America to decide.
So there you have it. Sarah Palin: The Ongoing Movie
What will Sarah Palin’s real future in American politics be?
Though a informal inner circle of conservative young male bloggers launched her, like the political boss machine of old, their netroot liberal counterparts (protest they will) are contextually inexperienced on how to get the better of a DIY hunter mom and MILF – if you pardon that coarse acronym, posted on a growing number of blogs about her – without the chance of disaffecting much of middle America.
“How many houses,” won’t cut it any more.
And discounting her completely? Isn’t that how we got dubya twice? Obama and Biden, both husbands, dads and experienced politicians, will have the right skills to defeat McCain/Palin, if they trust their instincts, over their younger strategists.
Ultimately, the door Palin’s nomination has opened is fascinating.
She’s stunned everyone one of us into conversation.
There’ll be a movie— and the doll, and the big book deal— but the biggest payout just might be for democracy itself. And that Democrats might well thank her for.
