We all know that when we are spoken of as "being articulate" it is a disingenuous remark. It augurs a surprised stance. The viewpoint startles both the donor and receiver.
I think I can safely say that all lawyers who are black are articulate? The irony of this summary is that we know that when Joe Biden was seeking the nomination of his party he said that Obama was " a nice looking guy,articulate..." Even the media took notice of the racial undertones. But we moved on.
It took a while for it to sink into the hearts of Americans that he is a lawyer, A Harvard Law Review Editor, (the first non-white, of African descent) and a former Professor of Law.
We know that McCain could not pronounce : Saakashvili the name of the President of the Republic of Georgia. If I am not mistaken , he has met with this world leader, and one of his lobbyists was and is very involved with arms shipment, as his foreign relations advisor.
The point I am making is, he should have known how to pronounce this name. You and I? well we are not running for President!
So how does Sarah rate? she talks rambling nonsense, and commits enough grammatical kamikazes to drive any good speaker up the wall. Let's take a quote from Katy Couric's interview..here we go :" IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU CONSIDER EVEN NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES WITH RUSSIA AS PUTIN REARS HIS HEAD AND COMES INTO THE AIR SPACE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHERE--WHERE DO THEY GO?
I don't know, where do they go? Alaska? Is she asking me or telling me? the rest are politically charged words linked together.
This is a bunch of rambling nonsense interjected with key buzz words, uttered by a "politician" running for the nation's second highest office. "Ms. Palin the quick study" no doubt spent hours in preparation for a "Hail Mary" speech.
I already know what to expect from her misty, declarations. No need to make myself barf.
Her insouciant statements about the war which amount to the same self righteous chatter that I hear every morning at Gary's Confectionary Store -(think General store, where a cup of coffee is still 50 cents!)-- where working class, Irish and Italians gather to spew their right wing positions-- while enjoying my Portuguese roll and coffee, really speak to an informally "educated" bunch, whose pronouncements echo, hidden prejudices, racial stereotyping, and the usual, I am an American so I know it all.
They like her. So when I mentioned how "inarticulate" she was, I had to remind them that articulation is the primary tool used to move the masses. "Tell me it isn't so Joe" how cute..America just loves that in your face..tough girl talk ..But 8 years of a grammatically deficient President..has perhaps lowered the expectations, of the American public.
This is why I defend the use of Ebonics, in tandem with the mastery of proper English.
In Governor Palin's case, her "Ivo-nics" (as in ivory) demonstrated in the lack of mastery of grammatical language constructs, does not appear to make her "inadequate." Double standard at play?
Give her a break, 'cause she a dame? Women wanted equality, now take the punches and brush your shoulders off..
Posted By: Marta Fernandez
Friday, October 3rd 2008 at 4:36PM
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