I know, I suck. I should be hoping she finds her voice, kicks ass, and saves the day. That's the way it happens in the movies, right? And wasn't Sarah Palin presented more as a movie character than a real human being? She was Xena, River Tam, and Buffy, all rolled up in a Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington package.
McCain likes stories. His are pretty incredible, so I can see why he might, at some level, believe that a great story, just by virtue of being a great story, has some sort of inherent virtue and inevitability.
But for every great story, there are thousands of stories that turn out to be exactly what they looked like. The hockey-mom turned corruption-fighting governor was also the small-town girl who wandered between 5 unremarkable schools only to get knocked up in her early 20's, marry her high-school boyfriend, and move back to her home town never to bother with the wider world enough to even consider getting a passport for the next 20+ years. Is anyone really shocked that this story is turning out the way it is?
This is not meant to damn Sarah Palin. She's accomplished a great deal in her life, and may go on to accomplish even greater things. But success in national politics depends on more than just grit, authenticity, and, yes, even raw talent.
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