Nothing sounds more like elections than Iowa, and no other name is as speculated as hers when talking about 2012. And when these elements are combined, the equation is solved: President Palin. She fosters the confusion, and some sectors within the Republican Party get very tense with the mere idea. The most recent case is that of Barbara Bush, wife of former President George Bush, Sr., who, during an interview with the eternal Larry King, flatly said: "I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful. I think she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there." As Americans would say: "Ouch." That hurts.
But Palin is deaf to this music. She conducts her own media orchestra, supported by Fox and ultraconservative Glenn Beck, and uses her two books as intellectual score. The former governor of Alaska between 2006 and 2009, 46 years old, was yesterday complimented by her faithful fans in a bookstore in Des Moines, Iowa, where she went to promote her latest literary legacy, “America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” (the three big Fs of family, faith and flag that matter in the life of the former Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008). "This is my America, from my heart and by my heart," the politician says on the book released Tuesday.
"I give it now to my children and grandchildren, and to yours, so they will always know what it was like in America when people were free." It appears, according to the illustrated Palin, that nowadays the United States is not a nation where its citizens are free.
Palin weighs "the state of things." Or in other words, the creator of the term "mama grizzly" states that "here in Alaska, I always think of the mama grizzly bears that rise up on their hind legs when someone is coming to attack their cubs, to do something adverse toward their cubs." She has not yet defined her view regarding 2012, but all her moves point in that direction — so much so that President Barack Obama has been questioned on the possibility of having to compete against the uncrowned queen of the ultraconservative tea party. "I don't think about Sarah Palin," Obama, self-controlled and confident as always, told ABC journalist Barbara Walters.
Supposedly, this week was expected to be calm and focused on giving thanks. But the long Thanksgiving weekend has offered information about Korea, with the extra contribution from Ms. Palin who, in a slip-of-the-tongue, mistook south and north and declared that the U.S. should stay with its "North Korean allies." "They couldn’t resist the temptation to turn a simple one-word slip-of-the-tongue of mine into a major political headline," Palin was quick to write on her Facebook page.
In an entry on her social network profile entitled "A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States," the former campaign mate of John McCain wryly referenced the error Obama made when he said during the election campaign back in 2008 that he had visited the 57 states, when in fact there are only 50 (plus the District of Columbia, or the nation's capital, Washington). Palin says the liberal press has it out for her. Maybe. But she can't deny she makes it really easy.
Nada suena más a elecciones que Iowa y con ningún nombre se especula más con vistas a 2012 que con el de Sarah Palin. Si se juntan los elementos anteriores, la ecuación está resuelta: "Palin presidenta". Ella juega al despiste y a algunos sectores del Partido Republicano se les tensa -y mucho- el gesto con solo escuchar la idea. El caso más reciente es el de Barbara Bush, esposa del primer Bush presidente, que durante una entrevista con el sempiterno Larry King dijo simple y llanamente: "Creo que es preciosa, que es feliz en Alaska y espero que se quede allí". Como dirían los norteamericanos: "Ouch". Eso duele.
Pero Palin no tiene oídos para esa música. Ella maneja su propia orquesta mediática, respaldada por la cadena Fox y el ultraconsevador Glenn Beck, y con la partitura intelectual de sus dos libros. La ex gobernadora de Alaska entre 2006 y 2009, de 46 años, se dejaba piropear ayer por sus fieles seguidores en una librería de Des Moines (Iowa), adonde acudió para promocionar su último legado literario, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag (las tres efes en inglés de familia, fe y bandera que importan en la vida de la ex candidata republicana a la vicepresidencia en 2008). "Esta es mi América, desde el corazón y por mi corazón", asegura la política sobre el volumen que salió a la venta el martes.
"Se lo doy a mis hijos y a mis nietos, y a los vuestros, para que sepan cómo era América cuando la gente era libre". Parece ser, en opinión de la Palin ilustrada: que Estados Unidos no es hoy un país donde sus ciudadanos son libres.
Palin sopesa "el estado de las cosas". O lo que es lo mismo, la creadora del término mama grizzly (mamá osa) -"en Alaska, lo único que nos tomamos más en serio que un oso grizzly [pardo] es una mamá grizzly con cachorros que proteger", Sarah dixit- no se acaba de definir con vistas a 2012, pero todos sus movimientos apuntan es esa dirección. Tanto es así que al presidente Barack Obama se le ha interpelado sobre la posibilidad de que tuviera que competir contra la reina sin corona del ultraconservador Tea Party. "No pienso en Sarah Palin", declaró a la periodista de ABC Barbara Walters un siempre autocontrolado y seguro de sí mismo Obama.
Supuestamente, esta semana debía de haber sido tranquila y centrada en dar gracias. Pero el puente de Thanksgiving se ha escrito informativamente en clave coreana y con aportación extra de la señora Palin, quien en un lapsus verbal confundió el sur con el norte y declaró que EE UU debía permanecer junto a sus "aliados norcoreanos". "No pudieron resistir a la tentación de convertir una simple confusión de palabras en un titular político", se apresuró Palin a escribir en su página de Facebook.
En una entrada en su cuenta de la red social titulada "Un mensaje de Thanksgiving para los 57 Estados", la ex compañera de cartel de John McCain recordaba con ironía el gazapo que cometió Obama cuando señaló durante la campaña electoral de 2008 que había visitado los 57 Estados de la Unión, cuando en realidad solo existen 50 (más el Distrito de Columbia, o capital de la nación, Washington). Dice Palin que la prensa liberal le tiene ganas. Quizás. Pero no puede negar que lo pone muy fácil.
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