Roger Cohen: Presley, Palin and the Heartland
Roger Cohen continues his tour of my native Missouri with a stop in Branson, Missouri.
"I never imagined that a Republican mayor from Bible-belt Missouri would revive my faith in American democracy, but Raeanne Presley did just that.
"I never imagined that a Republican mayor from Bible-belt Missouri would revive my faith in American democracy, but Raeanne Presley did just that.
As a high-energy brunette running a small town, she’s been ribbed since Sarah Palin became her party’s nominee for vice president. “Guess you’ll be moving on to governor soon,” she gets told. “And up from there.”
But Presley’s not interested. She’s Midwestern practical . . ."
Read the rest of the article at this link.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/opinion/16Cohen.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
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