Last we heard of Jimmy Orr, he was blogging for the Christian Science Monitor, where we enjoyed reading his posts. But that was quite a while back. Now he's shown up at the LA Times' Top of the Ticket, usually the playground of regular bloggers Andrew Malcolm and Johanna Neuman. We don't know if Orr's guest blogging there or what, but he's got a great post up about a hypothetical cage match between Gov. Palin and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). Orr gives Gov. Palin the edge:
Why would you compare these two anyway? Some are saying he's a Democratic version of Palin. Well, in terms of being a forceful speaker. They're both feisty. Not afraid to get in your face. Pit bull -- with and without lipstick.We agree that Sarah Palin is a winner over Weiner, but not by any wimpy split decision. She would beat him like a rented
That's true. But in terms of recent sound bites, Palin has the upper hand.
Her recent charge: "Never retreat, instead reload" is easy to remember and really fires up a crowd.
And sure, she got a lot of criticism over it, but she assures the fretters that images on her Facebook page notwithstanding, it was not a call to violence. It was more loving in nature. Drill, baby, drill -- but with cross hairs.
No doubt 'reload' will be repeated time and time again in political contests all over the country.
Weiner's sound bite? Like an audio hieroglyph. Impossible to understand and not likely to be the Democratic National Committee's slogan for 2012.
Weiner was speaking at a Manhattan bar to a group of young Democrats recently when he came out with this ear-numbing zinger:"Every single moment that we are stroking our beards and gazing at our navel and thinking about the world we'd like to be and singing 'Kumbaya' is another day we're not punching Bill O'Reilly in the nose."And Palin was criticized for her alleged call to violence?
- JP
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