She’s not Cinderella
An Alaska political blogger brilliantly summarizes the fairy tale of Sarah Palin:
Sarah Palin has “fairy tale” written all over her. From her humble beginnings to her humble middlings, to her swift Cinderella rise to fame as Alaska’s first female governor. And now to the surreal celestial realm of national celebrity, riding around in her pumpkin coach with her glass stilleto-heeled slippers trying to be the second-most important person in the land! I had almost convinced myself that this was the Palin metaphor, except for the one glaring problem. Cinderella was nice. Cinderella was humble, and sweet. She loved the little creatures. She sang like an angel. Cinderella was not a diva, or a pitbull, or a hockey mom. Not even close. And she didn’t shoot the little creatures for fun.
This was written in October, before the election and Palin’s latest effort to re-beautify her image, but it’s a great read.
(Hat tip to Leigh Melander.)