What (some) Women Know About Sarah
by John Wesley Harding, Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 05:24:29 PM EST
Hold on to your hats. I thought I had read and heard every possible take on Sarah Palin. I don't need to review the reasons she's reprehensible. But then Maxine Albert, a friend of mine, offered what can only be called a fresh insight on the Vice-Maverick nominee.
Bear with me and Maxine. What she writes has nothing to do with policy. You can take this as satire, or as a profound analysis of the emotional, non-verbal communication all of us engage in unconsciously all the time.
And as we know, more and more research confirms that voters' decisions are made largely on an emotional, not a rational, level. Maxine Albert's commentary after the jump.
Maxine Albert writes:
Besides all the obvious reasons to dislike Sarah, there's always been something else about her that bothered me, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It became clear when I was watching the Palin-Biden debate with my boyfriend Bob. Sarah has such self confidence. She came out and blew a kiss to the audience like it was second nature. I could tell Bob liked that. The Vice-Maverick went right up to Senator Biden and asked if she could call him `Joe.' You could see she felt really comfortable around men.
When she proceeded to wink at the audience as she spoke, Bob really appreciated those winks. And I knew why - I've used them myself to get my way with men.
Sarah reminds me of someone... someone we women know all too well. She's that girlfriend you can't trust with your man - not even for a second. She's ruthless and heartless and will do and say anything to get what she wants. Sarah's not your true girlfriend; she's all about her. We women are an intuitive bunch. We love our girlfriends - and we can smell a phony a mile away. You've seen the type in "All About Eve."
Sarah - we don't like you and we don't trust you. When we look at you we see that bad girl all the guys would cheat with. Get away from our men. And guys - she's all smiles, kisses and winks until it turns to `Fatal Attraction'. Women understand Sarah all too well. And we don't want her around.
(Maxine Albert is a speech coach, writer and consultant based in Manhattan.)
Tags: women, sarah palin, election 2008 (all tags)
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