On Sarah Palin: "They don't know their asses from their elbows."

"How dare Palin not embrace abortion as the ultimate civilized ideal of modern culture? How tacky that she speaks in a vivacious regional accent indistinguishable from that of Western Canada? How risible that she graduated from the University of Idaho and not one of those plush, pampered commodes of received opinion whose graduates, in their rush to believe the worst about her, have demonstrated that, when it comes to sifting evidence, they don't know their asses from their elbows..."

The above quote is from a marvelous article by Camille Paglia, a Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at of University of Arts in Philadelphia. I came across her article, Obama Surfs Through, dated November 12, 2008, while reading the postings on one of the more liberal websites, Salon.com.

An avowed feminist (some would describe her as a dissdent feminist), Ms. Paglia is a lifelong Democrat who, although possessed of some very liberal views, does not tow the party line and has no problem speaking her mind on any subject.

Ms. Paglia, a staunch Obama supporter, is still is able to sit back and upon reflection note that "Yes, it's true we know relatively about Barrack Obama, and his triumph is a roll of the dice...No one knows whether Obama will move to the center or veer hard left. Perhaps even he doesn't know...In the closing weeks of the election, however, I became increasingly disturbed by the mainstream media's avoidance of forthright dealing with several controversies that had been dogging Obama - even as every flimsy rumor about Sarah Palin was being trumpeted as if it were engraved in stone on Mount Sinai...As for the Democrats who sneered and howled that Palin was unprepared to be a vice-presidentail nominee -- what navel gazing hypocrisy! John Edwards, with vastly less political experience than Palin, got John Kerry's nod for veep four years ago. And Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, for whom I lobbied to be Obama's pick and who was on everyone's short list for months, has a record indistinguishable from Palin's."

I found Ms. Paglia's article to be a forthright, refreshing and surprisingly honest assesment of the mainstream media's bias which was so obvious during this past presidential campaign. I urge all of you to read it in its entirety here. Additionally, you can read more about Camille Paglia by visiting her website.