Five things we learned from Sarah Palin last night
As promised, former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin turned up in Hamilton last night to charm nearly a thousand guests and raise money for Charity of Hope. The reviews were pretty upbeat, except for a few digs by Michele Mandel of the Toronto Sun, who says she isn’t “quite ready for prime time.” Whether we’re welcoming our new Alaskan overlords in January 2013 or not, the event was educational: we already knew Palin could work a crowd, but it turns out she can do it internationally. Here, five lessons gleaned from Palin’s stopover in Hamilton.
1. People are the same all over. Sort of
She came to Hamilton, she says, to talk about the struggles that all families go through, whether they’re from the frozen north of Alaska or, uh, Canada. Of course, she says, “We have found that our challenges play out on the front pages of the newspapers some days. Other people’s may not.” You betcha.
2. She thinks she sounds like us
Palin loves Canada, and the sound of our voices, because it sounds so much like hers—she says she’s been confused for a Canadian because of her accent (though presumably not when she’s talking about guns). Try not to spend the rest of the day being self-conscious about your voice.
3. Everything is about politics
Speaking at a hospital charity in Ontario and encouraging Alberta to “ramp up development” of the tar sands sounds a bit confused, like telling the former governor that you loved her in all those Terminator movies. Oddly, the Star calls this “staying away from politics.”
4. Canada kinda loves her back
There were a measly two protestors, and the Spectator found more than a few adoring fans: “bombshell,” “genuine” and “sex appeal” are sprinkled liberally through the Spec‘s article. Even an article in which Palin is compared to Jessica Simpson, Kim Kardashian and Kate Gosselin comes off as a mash note. Or were those supposed to be compliments?
5. She’s rolling in it
The organizers of the Palin event hotly deny that she was paid $200,000 (as reported by the Wall Street Journal), but she was clearly happy to show up: after leaving the piddling $125,000 government salary behind her, she’s estimated to have made more than $10 million in the past year.
• Sarah Palin charms guests at Hamilton fundraiser [Toronto Star]
• Hamilton and the Sarah Palin show [Hamilton Spectator]
• Palin: Pretty, pleasant, but not so presidential [Toronto Sun]
• Sarah, Inc. [Wall Street Journal]
Pathetic. Just truly pathetic that nearly a thousand people would attend the event and that educated Canadians would have any amount of praise for this uneducated/inexperienced/closed minded/media whore. (Media whore making no reference to her personal life proclivities. just her desire to make a lot of money off of her persona.)
and to hear HER talk about Family Values? yeah, the height of hypocrisy.
To the publications that wrote positive reviews I fart in your general direction to help you smell better.
Shouldn’t this article just be blank?
I will have to say “ditto” with commentator above, TorontoPotato.
Favorite part: To the publications that wrote positive reviews I fart in your general direction to help you smell better.
Sarah Palin is one of the best political figures to come on the scene in my lifetime… and for the liberal dolts to try to smear and demean her simply for speaking about her ideas shows just how unintelligent the left winger are. No good arguments, just crap crap crap and whining whining whining…
I am happy to note that the left wingers will get kicked to the curb in November.
We also learned that Sarah Palin is chic, charming, charismatic, slim, smart & stylish. What a lady, what a star!
$arah goes anywhere for a FEE, and $arah has a donkey bray voice.
$he has made 12 million dollars since she QUIT her job from suckers.
“No good arguments, just crap crap crap and whining whining whining…”
Actually it is quite the opposite you mindless follower. Take a look at the right wing arguments….and there isn’t any content. It’s just the same old empty rhetoric. Wrap something up in god-speak and the right will swallow it hook, line and sinker (right to the bottom of the barrel)
This article should read “Charity of Hope appeared at a Fundraiser for Sarah Palin last night”. 900 Tickets were sold for $200 a piece, the charity charged $25,000 to allow Sarah Palin to use their Name for the event, and raised over $100-200,000 for Sarah Palin!
she should go back to alaska and lay down on couch!!! I want be surprise if one she will win the elction!!!! Americans are stupid>>> Can you believe if she wins… worst than Bush the BUTCHER!!!!