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As an external observer of the American political situation, and a person with a fondness for the best of American ideas and thinkers, I am consistently shocked that Mrs Palin is apparently seriously considered a possible future president.
If I were asked to compare her to a British political figure, the nearest I could think of is Nick Griffin of the BNP. Over here, he's given his chance to speak, but generally that just serves to remind people what a boor and fool he is.
It seems that every time Mrs Palin speaks, she alienates some of her audience further, whilst at the same time driving many more to greater and greater fervour in their support of her.
What is it in a nation founded by some of the most intelligent and creative political thinkers of the Enlightenment, and existing in a pre-eminent almost unassailable position of wealth and local security that makes America today so susceptible to the idea that you are a nation under siege and surrounded by those that mean you serious harm?
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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