SOCIAL: The Wild Wordsmith of Wasilla

[Tom Radulovich]

Dick Cavett on Sarah Palin's "Victory Tour", and her war on grammar.

A few snippets:

"It’s admittedly a rare gift to produce a paragraph in which whole  
clumps of words could be removed without noticeably affecting the  
sense, if any."

"A cynic might wonder if Wasilla High School’s English and geography  
departments are draped in black."

"Matt [Lauer], I bequeath you what I heard myself say once to an  
elusive guest who stiffed me that way: 'Were you able to hear any part  
of my question?'"

"Could the willingness to crown one who seems to have no first  
language have anything to do with the oft-lamented fact that we seem  
to be alone among nations in having made the word “intellectual” an  
insult?"

"I do not wish her ill. But I also don’t wish us ill. I hope she  
continues to find happiness in Alaska."

Enjoy!

http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/the-wild-wordsmith-of-wasilla/?em
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