“The more the New York Times and The Washington Post go after Sarah Palin, the better off she is, because there’s a bigger truth out there and the bigger truths are she’s new, she’s popular in Alaska and she is an insurgent. As long as those are out there, these little facts don’t really matter.”
–John Feehery, a Republican strategist.
This quote struck me for a few reasons. First, it validates what I’ve been saying that Palin has an impenetrable coat of Christian Teflon. The more she’s attacked — a.k.a. persecuted — the more popular she’ll be.
Second, the “little facts” he referred to related to whether she actually opposed the Bridge to Nowhere and earmarks, as they’ campaign has repeatedly declared. So what she actually did is irrelevant compared to her being “new,” “popular” and an “insurgent.”
He may be right in political terms but this strikes me as the ultimate in moral relativism. There’s no such thing as truth or untruth — or at least it doesn’t really matter. What matters instead is energy, emotion, and which team your on.