Sarah Palin is the Maria Callas of the Republican Party. Maria Callas was an American born Greek Soprano who became the greatest bel canto soprano of the 20th century. Maria Callas performed in the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London, England. Maria sang Italian, German and French arias before an English speaking audience that did not really care to understand either the scenario or words of the libretto that she sang. Anyone who is familiar with opera scenarios knows that they are all silly stories that do not make much sense. Maria Callas’ audience cared only for the bel canto sounds that she sang. This was her talent and the art she performed.
Maria Callas was paramour to Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate and by extension, a multimillionaire. Aristotle could not understand why Maria wanted to go off to London and perform for such a pittance when he provided her all the luxuries that money could buy. Maria was passionate about her art and Aristotle did not understand this.
So what does Sarah Palin have to do with Maria Callas? Let me explain. Sarah is misunderstood in the same way that Maria was by Aristotle. It is only Sarah Palin’s audience that recognizes her great talent. All those Aristotles out there should quit trying to figure out what she is saying, because the words and the scenario do not matter. She is a great American who is passionate about her art and plies her craft when she performs in front of a live audience. We should take a moment to listen in order to appreciate her rhetoric because talents like Sarah Palin come along only once in a generation. Sarah weaves her logos, pathos and ethos into an elegant tapestry and then undoes her weaving only to begin weaving the tapestry again before another enchanted audience. There is no need neither to understand the words nor even consider the scenario of which she is speaking for these are not important. Just as we appreciated Maria Callas at a live concert as a member of her audience, we can only appreciate Sarah Palin as she holds a live audience in the palm of her hand.
Why are all the Aristotles criticizing Sarah Palin for quitting her job as Governor of Alaska? It is not because of the pittance she was paid as governor that she has moved on.org. She has discovered her own Covent Garden and is now embarked on a world speaking tour in her mommy jeans with her flirtatious librarian demeanor, sans her beautifully cobbled Italian stilettos, and a license to call Vice-president Biden, “Joe”. Sarah has taken to heart the advice Henry David Thorough, (not the comic strip writer), and gone “in the direction of her dreams” in order to practice her art. We Americans are drawn to her irreverence just like the substance and facts of a Dan Brown novel. You can forget about her words because it is not necessary that they have any meaning and we can disregard any scenario discerned from her speeches because they are irrelevant. Sarah Palin has utilized her own ethos to create a new logos in order to elicit a pathos in American politics that has been long absent.
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