When Nixon selected the unknown governor of Maryland to be his vice-presidential running mate in 1968, Spiro Agnew acknowledged that he was not exactly "a household name." But he quickly accepted the bit from from his boss and began a 41/2 year rampage through American politics that ended in disgrace and resignation.
A Nixon speech writer named Pat Buchanan had been the first to recommend Agnew because he had been impressed with his pugnacity during recent racial disturbances in Baltimore. Buchanan thought that this attitude would fit nicely with Nixon's "Southern strategy" of exacerbating the so-called "white backlash" of the late 1960's.
The same Buchanan has been swooning this week over another governor, Sarah Palin, calling her a "girl" and a "gal" by whom he is much impressed.
Tonight, at the RNC in St. Paul, Sarah did not disappoint Pat. Sarcastic and over-reaching, she fed the baying Republican faces the comfort food they know best. We've seen this skit before and became so sickened by it that the actors were forced to leave the stage. No revivals, please.
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