Varieties of Anti-Palinism
Scrapbook Varieties of Anti-Palinism The increasing descent into childishness by the mainstream media, under the influence of their loathing for Sarah Palin, is a trend worth...
...defense and diplomatic establishment...
...The Chinese still protested last week, canceling some contacts with the U.S...
...THE SCRAPBOOK is thrilled to announce that two-time (1994 and 2008) Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez has agreed to become a weekly contributor to these pages...
...Diva vs...
...As for their putative royal status, The Scr apbook has some views of our own...
...Turner added—no doubt with a nervous laugh: “That’s how queens are...
...The remarkable thing is she still looks pretty good...
...Her ego must be so big to think she was the only one...
...Those three words, from the voice that spelled out “R-E-S-P-E-C-T,” must surely have wounded the woman who gave us the “nice and rough” version of “Proud Mary...
...Back in Detroit, this did not sit so well with Aretha Franklin, the self-described Queen of Soul, who expressed her displeasure at this public coronation of a rival claimant, calling Beyonc?’s compliment “a cheap shot for controversy...
...Diva THE SCRAPBOOK notes with horror the war of words that has erupted between Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner...
...Those covers showed that the magazine had a knack for aestheticizing its hero-worship...
...Always Look on the Bright Side Watching the stock market and the political market this past week, THE SCRAPBOOK was reminded of the old saying John McCain attributes to Chairman Mao: “It’s always darkest before it’s totally black...
...First, the Bush administration finally approved the sale of defensive weapons to our democratic ally Taiwan...
...Aretha Franklin may be the “queen of soul” in her own mind, but it’s been 41 years since “Respect” hit the charts, and the distinction has grown a bit stale...
...We’re happy to report that both developments had the support of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama...
...Ex hibit A comes from the latest Newsweek, whose editor Jon Meacham (see left) penned a tedious and condescending cover story, the gist of which is: This commoner isn’t fit for the exalted office of the vice-presidency...
...But, on balance, it’s a good deal that will bring India’s civilian nuclear program into the global nonproliferation fold, open a new market to the U.S...
...Scrapbook Varieties of Anti-Palinism The increasing descent into childishness by the mainstream media, under the influence of their loathing for Sarah Palin, is a trend worth chronicling...
...Then, realizing what she had just said, Mrs...
...Welcome Michael Ramirez...
...And the administration gained nothing from the delay...
...Second, on October 8, President Bush signed into law a major civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India...
...Elitism has rarely been so unattractive...
...A couple of months back we showcased the frequent, hagiographic use of Barack Obama’s likeness on the Newsweek cover and suggested they might want to start calling themselves Obamaweek...
...Last week, in a USA Today interview, Mrs...
...The agreement faced considerable opposition in both houses of Congress and almost brought down the government of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh...
...There were so many kings and queens there that night...
...But that was then...
...But the vulgarity and meanness of the Newsweek editors shines through...
...Turner, is the “queen of rock ’n’ roll...
...I really had put her in a different class—higher than that...
...nuclear industry, and solidify ties with a rising democratic power...
...So: America’s allies are stronger, America is safer, and bipartisanship in foreign policy hasn’t disappeared completely...
...And then, wielding her words like a stiletto, she informed USA Today that “no one has been more gracious . . . to their peers than I have, and I am confident and secure enough to do so, unlike some others...
...But we’re happy to report not all is dark, at least not yet...
...This cost the Taiwanese valuable leverage and gave China the upper-hand in crossstrait relations...
...Michael’s cartoons also appear in Investor’s Business Daily, where he serves as coeditor of the editorial page...
...At which point, the plus-sized Aretha exploded—verbally, that is...
...Still, in the end, score one for democracy and for Taiwan’s ability to negotiate safely with mainland China...
...Not bad for a week when everything else seemed to be going down the tubes...
...That’s why we hope that Tina will choose not to respond in kind, and spare us the disheartening spectacle of two Motown divas descending into their golden years —both are closing in on 70—rolling around on the wrestling mat...
...we don’t know what it means, either) handed Tina Turner a Grammy and referred to her (within earshot of millions of viewers in Televisionland) as “the queen...
...This week’s edition shows the opposite: thinly disguised malice in the form of an extreme c l o s e - u p of Palin— every pore and hair follicle unretouched and magnified...
...And as for Tina Turner, everybody knows that Little Richard, not Mrs...
...Tina Turner, to her credit, did not respond...
...The administration could have made this deal better by agreeing to the sale of F-16 fighter jets Taiwan has requested—F-16s that would create many jobs for American workers...
...It began last February on the Grammy awards show, when Beyonc...
...Life goes on...
...That would make Meacham’s magazine, we suppose, an exemplar of mindless elitism...
...Turner was reminded of Miss Franklin’s high dudgeon and—probably in an effort to calm the waters—explained that “she’s the queen of soul and I’m the queen of rock ’n’ roll...
...And while it may be a little early to be making Christmas recommendations, we nonetheless urge readers to stockpile copies of his just-published collection, Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion, for the upcoming gift-giving season...
...I never figured [Tina Turner] to resort to tacky press just to sell a few tickets,” she declared...
...Unlike some others...
...Meacham calls Palin an exponent of “mindless populism...
...Last week two things happened that will buttress global stability and make America more secure for years to come...
...President Bush had agreed to the arms deal back in 2001, but delayed the sale so as not to offend China...
Vol. 14 • October 2008 • No. 6
