Paul Greenberg: Sarah Palin dares to say what so many are feeling

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Greenberg, editorial page editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, was at the Sarah Palin fundraiser for the Arkansas Republican Party last week, and he shared some of his thoughts about the event in his Townhall.com column:

Oh, yes, Sarah Palin also spoke. After she'd been presented with a souvenir of Arkansas -- a .44 magnum. Welcome, Miss Sarah, to another part of the country where folks hold on to their religion and their guns. The former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, should have been right at home, and certainly acted like it.

The lady not only knew where she was but, more important, like Rose in the movie "Moonstruck," knows who she is. And makes no apologies for it. That's something else her oh-so-superior critics can't stand. Other politicians are so sophisticated, flexible, plastic, nuanced ... that they seem to have no backbone at all. Sarah Palin is always Sarah Palin.

If she weren't an Alaskan, she'd make a heckuvan Arkansan.

Greenberg describes Gov. Palin as "a combination of Aimee Semple McPherson and Ronald Reagan." McPherson, who was known as Sister Aimee, was an evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s. She has been credited as a pioneer in the use of modern (for her times) media, especially radio. Greenberg also refers to Sarah Palin as "the Molly Pitcher of our time."

- JP