There seems to be a lot of rumors about the new VP pick and the right wing darling. There are two just released on the net which, if true, could turn out to be more explosive than some of the ones that have already been revealed.
The first alleges that despite her husband being part Eskimo, Palin is actually quite racist and extremely vindictive. The vindictive bit seems very believable. In fact, UK blogs are drawing comparisons to Margaret Thatcher. The difference being that Thatcher was definitely an elite aristocrat, whereas Palin is unashamedly 'of the people', and seems to have the same disdain for knowledge that Bush seems to exhibit.
Another rumor is that Palin had an affair with her husband's business partner. The newspaper doing the reporting in the latter case is the National Enquirer, which would have made it completely unbelievable, except that they did get the Edwards allegation right.
Racism is not really news. In fact, the implicit association test suggests that most Americans harbor a certain degree of racism, which even hundreds of attempts to rectify doesn't eliminate. The only confirmed way of reducing racism is having positive stereotypes (the unintended consequence of a potential Barack Obama presidency?) Nor does her sexual peccadilloes have any bearing on effectiveness as a President. After all, Bill Clinton, Johnson and Kennedy were notorious womanizers. However, if these prove to have a semblance of truth, watch the MSM go crazy.
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