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Time, Here's Your Person of the Year

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 17, 2008 4:45 PM CST

(Newser) – Sarah Palin made such a splash in American politics this year that she deserves consideration for Time magazine Person of the Year, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes for the National Review. “They’ve probably long picked The One,” Lopez writes, referring to Barack Obama. But “like Obama, all you had to do was look at her to see that she offered something different on a national ticket.”

“Palin, like Obama, energized people,” Lopez writes. “And she did it in a heckuva lot less time than he had to do it.” Palin’s appeal is easy to see: “It’s about her simple and clear patriotism, and, frankly, her forthright belief system compared to a now president-elect who was comfortable being friends with a domestic terrorist.” Sure, she lost, Lopez writes, but “Time would make a mistake if it ignored the Palin phenom.”

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.   (AP Photo)
Sarah Palin speaks during the Republican Governors Association Annual Conference.
Sarah Palin speaks during the Republican Governors Association Annual Conference.   (AP Photo)
Sarah Palin and her husband Todd walk to their campaign plane as they leave the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
Sarah Palin and her husband Todd walk to their campaign plane as they leave the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.   (AP Photo)
Sarah Palin votes in Wasilla, Alaska.
Sarah Palin votes in Wasilla, Alaska.   (AP Photo)
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For many folks on the Right, she represented an influx of social conservatism in the campaign. All she had to do was arrive at the scene with her son Trig to demonstrate her pro-life bona fides. - Kathryn Jean Lopez

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skylinesandsunsets
Jul 6, 2009 4:08 AM CDT
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes “And she did it in a heckuva lot less time than he had to do it.” What kind of columnist writes "heckuva" in an article? The spell checker must've gone berzerk! Perhaps she was trying to strike a cord with all of its uneducated right wing readers (IE the most dangerous people in the world). Hey Lopez, what's the color of the sky in your world?
Guest
Nov 25, 2008 5:04 AM CST
honey, she's a pig with lipstick, remember? you can put lipstick on a pig.....
Guest
Nov 25, 2008 5:02 AM CST
if this is all the GOP has to offer, then we democrats will be in power a very, very, very long time!

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