Mad woman

När man läser New York Magazines mastodont-feature om Sarah Palins storslagna framtidsplaner i senaste numret, är den överhängande känslan att det samhälle som hon vill åter till inte är 1980-talets USA; alla Reagan-flörtar till trots ("And she cites Ronald Reagan in promising the same for the country: 'If we do our part, as President Reagan said … the great confident roar of American progress, growth, and optimism will resound again!'")

Nej, Sarah Palin är ju snarare en karaktär som skulle stortrivts i 50- och 60-talets USA. I Mad Men-samhället.

Så här beskrev Boston Globe Palin mitt under pågående valspurt 2008:

"The vice presidential nominee's fast rise and vast popularity in Alaska owe to her raw charisma, her ability to navigate the system on her own terms, and her way of being many sorts of women at once. She's the devoted mother on a pedestal, who showers her disabled son with the message that he's perfect. She's the beauty pageant veteran who understands how lipstick modulates a tough interior. She's the ambitious careerist who won't let enemies block her path to power. The sort of woman that some other women admire, and some resent."

Skulle lika gärna kunna varit en karaktärsbeskrivning av Joan Holloway, right?