The Truth About Sarah's Ruby Slippers: There's No Place Like the White House

Somewhere behind a desk at the New York Times, someone watched the tape of a very long line of people standing in the cold to have a book signed by an insignificant author. He watched as an old lady shuffled forward with her books. The line is so long. The man at the Times picked up the phone, gave the order to print the story about the ruby slippers, and elected the next president of the United States of America.

Everywhere in America, people are reading that Sarah Palin didn’t run an Iditarod through Neiman Marcus, after all. She wasn’t a diva. Ms. Klein, the New York fashion consultant who outfitted the entire Palin family, has told the true story. Sarah wasn’t a diva who loaded her sled with high-end fashion while posing as an average PTA mom. There really was a brilliant magician who shook her head at the family when they arrived in their, “real-life everyday clothes,” and, after pulling the last pin out and tugging on the last loose thread, sent the altered Palins onto the stage of history.
Ms. Klein described the candidate herself as, “…a size 4 or 6 and very attractive, with beautiful skin, if a bit dowdy before the transformation. She was very, very sweet. I felt comfortable right away with her. She definitely had an opinion about the clothes, but it was a gentle opinion. If she didn’t like something, it was, ‘Oh, I don’t think so.’ ”

The Time’s article is a turning point in our country’s relationship with Sarah Palin. It proves that life really is all about the shoes. In this case, Sarah Palin’s shoes. “If the media got the shoes wrong, what else did they make up about her.”

What, nobody told me that the Stanley Cup playoffs would be in Hades this year! And that Toronto would beat Pittsburgh!

C’mon guys let’s keep up here. When the Slimes runs a story like this, 2012 has to take a back seat.

I don't get it.
I read the linked post - but did the NYT recently write something positive about Mrs. Palin? Since I don't read the Times, this article didn't make a lot of sense... Some background info would have been useful for those of us in a cave (...For me, an article in the Times is usually equivalent to a tree falling in an empty forest -- I never hear [or read] it...).

Don't get me wrong, the linked article was well written - and a good read - I just didn't understand the background/context...

Another great blog, Jeanette - keep up the good work! This is my favorite part - the contrast between the liberal/socialist elites and we Americans...

Unemployment is at 10%. The First Lady’s tennis shoes cost $500.00. Sarah borrowed her shoes and gave them back. The First Lady asked the President of France to keep shops in Paris open on Sunday, even though it’s against the law, so she could go through the $200 sundresses for her daughters. Sarah still pulls smelly fish out of a small family business net every year so she can save money. The First Lady shut down the beltway to buy eggs at $5 a dozen at the D.C. Farmers’ Market. Sarah buys her baby’s diapers at Wal-Mart. The First Lady is seen sporting Fashion Week clothes to commiserate with women who can’t afford to take their children to the doctor. Sarah said, “I don’t like to shop.” One of these women is starting to look like a better model for an America staggering under twelve trillion dollars of debt.

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