When Governor Palin, during her nomination acceptance speech, discussed small town values she quoted a writer. Though she did not mention him by name - she said only, "a writer" - the quote added emotional resonance to her speech. That quote was as follows: "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity."The man she quoted, but left unnamed, was Westbrook Pegler, a former FDR supporter who turned rabidly against FDR and became, by all accounts, a full blown anti-communist, McCarthy supporter. As a columnist he warned that the post-war influx of East European Jews was dangerous as they were all likely communists. Eventually he pissed off everyone, lost his column and ended his life writing sporadically for the John Birch Society.
According to Robert F Kennedy Jr., the son of the late Senator Robert Kennedy, Pegler also said something else of note. Upon hearing that the late Kennedy was considering a run for President in 1965, Pegler remarked that he hoped, "'some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before the snow flies."
Pegler died of stomach cancer in 1969, his hope fulfilled.
Much like McCain, Ms. Palin sure knows how to pick 'em.
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that dude looks like Biden
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