{"id":4785,"date":"2018-06-15T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:22:19","slug":"sadly-accurate-predictions-from-sarah-palin-to-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/15\/sadly-accurate-predictions-from-sarah-palin-to-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadly Accurate Predictions – from Sarah Palin to Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE:  I wrote this in 2004, in the era of Sarah Palin.  Sadly, I was far more correct than I’d realized – just a little early.  So take a look.  We need to change the ending of our story.<\/p>\n

Of course by now we’ve all seen this.<\/p>\n

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I wrote much of what appears below without knowing just how to begin it – and those wacky Republicans<\/a> solved my problem.  The response to this boilerplate Obama statement was to issue a vicious attack accusing him of sexism because of Palin’s convention speech “lipstick\/hockey mom\/pitbull” quote.  This despite the fact that the metaphor has often been used by Republicans including Dick Cheney – to say nothing of John McCain – look here:<\/p>\n

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The McCain campaign, not only in its choice of Sarah Palin but in how they use her, is leaning on very scary  tactics that are similar to the successful exploitation of voters illustrated by some of the most <\/del>memorable characters in American political films.  Watch this trailer for Tim Robbin<\/a>s’ Bob Roberts<\/a>; see if it isn’t more familiar than you wish:<\/p>\n

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Creepy, isn’t it?  A demagogue making his way to the top by lying about his opponent and manipulating the alienation of the American people for his own ends.  That<\/em> could never happen in real life, right?<\/p>\n

Much, much earlier in film history, the beloved Andy Griffith<\/a> played one of the scariest public personalities ever in A Face in the Crowd<\/a> — written by Budd Schulberg<\/a> and directed by On the Waterfront<\/a>‘s Elia Kazan<\/a>.  He’s not a politician but watch the trailer and see if it doesn’t seem familiar.  You have to watch until the end to get the full impact.<\/p>\n