thesquanderer's Journal - Palin steals one of Obama's lines

From the New York Times today:

Ms. Palin used the term “Sarah-centric” to describe her campaign rallies, arguing that fans were responding to her more as a symbol than as a person. “But not me personally were those cheers for,” she said to Ms. Van Susteren in an interview shown Monday night on Fox News. “But it was just for the representation of a woman on the ticket, a mom, somebody who loves this country so much, somebody very, very committed to policies that I believe will progress this country in the right direction.”

I imagine she hopes the idea works out better for her than it did for Obama.

For those who might have missed it or don't remember, the right called Obama arrogant for the "I have just become a symbol" line... which had been removed from its context. The full Obama quote:

It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have just become a symbol...

(The removal from context was made more misleading through the reading of the word "just" as to mean "recently" rather than "merely.")

The Times article is at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/us/polit...