When Faced with the Absurdities of American Politics, The Taoism Helps

We have reached that moment in American presidential campaigns when I realize just how far out of the mainstream of the indigenous political cultural I am.  The precise instant was last night, as I suffered through Sarah Palin's speech.         What struck me was my divergence with the general view, splashed across the television and print media, that her delivery of the speech was excellent.   That is not what I heard or saw.  Here is what I wrote in a comment on another blog: "OK, call me an elitist, but her delivery was terrible. It lacked fluidity. The cadences were all wrong.