Gary J Carter
2008-09-05 15:44:34 UTC
Sarah Palin May Be a Pit Bull in Lipstick, but She's No Populist
Posted by Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com at 6:06 PM on September 4,
2008.
Mary Ellen Lease would be ashamed.
"Perfect populist pitch." That's how CBS political pundit Jeff
Greenfield described Sarah Palin's VP acceptance speech.
Excuse me, but real populists don't support profiteering schemes of
Big Oil or embrace the extension and expansion of tax giveaways to
Wall Street speculators and corporate chieftans. Palin might claim to
be a pit bull in lipstick, but she's damn sure no populist. As
Greenfield must surely know in his less infatuated moments, she is to
populism what near beer is to beer -- only not as close. Indeed, she's
the candidate of the plutocrats. Mary Ellen Lease -- a real
hell-raising populist from the 1880s and 90s -- would be appalled at
the media's perversion of this historic and proud term.
Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker,
and author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And
It's Time to Take It Back." He publishes the monthly "Hightower
Lowdown," co-edited by Phillip Frazer.
Posted by Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com at 6:06 PM on September 4,
2008.
Mary Ellen Lease would be ashamed.
"Perfect populist pitch." That's how CBS political pundit Jeff
Greenfield described Sarah Palin's VP acceptance speech.
Excuse me, but real populists don't support profiteering schemes of
Big Oil or embrace the extension and expansion of tax giveaways to
Wall Street speculators and corporate chieftans. Palin might claim to
be a pit bull in lipstick, but she's damn sure no populist. As
Greenfield must surely know in his less infatuated moments, she is to
populism what near beer is to beer -- only not as close. Indeed, she's
the candidate of the plutocrats. Mary Ellen Lease -- a real
hell-raising populist from the 1880s and 90s -- would be appalled at
the media's perversion of this historic and proud term.
Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker,
and author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And
It's Time to Take It Back." He publishes the monthly "Hightower
Lowdown," co-edited by Phillip Frazer.