Salon.com > Frederic C. Rich http://www.salon.com Wed, 03 Jul 2013 01:14:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Our theocracy nightmare: President Palin’s martial law http://www.salon.com/2013/06/29/our_theocracy_nightmare_president_palins_martial_law/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/29/our_theocracy_nightmare_president_palins_martial_law/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13338140 It is obvious in retrospect that only an external attack like that on 7/22 could have saved the Palin presidency. Without it, would any of what followed have happened? I doubt it. The Democrats would have recaptured both the White House and Senate that fall. The culture wars would have simmered on, but the evangelical movement’s momentum on the path toward political power would have been lost. I would be installed in my corner office downtown, practicing law. I would probably have children with Emilie. I might be having dinner with Sanjay tonight instead of sitting here with people I really don’t know, trying to remember and record all that happened since then.

But 7/22 did happen. It was truly horrible, and the American people were understandably scared and angry. 7/22 opened a door, and Sarah Palin walked through it.

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