When Palin Thought Wasilla Wasn’t Cosmopolitan Enough

Huffington Post

Sam Stein

September 4, 2008 07:44 PM

When is being cosmopolitan a bad thing? When you’re in the bowels for the Republican convention.

One of the many memorable lines from Rudy Giuliani’s convention speech Wednesday was the dig he took at Obama for an alleged condescension towards small town America.

Said Hizonner:

“Gov. Palin represents a new generation. She’s already one of the most successful governors in America and the most popular. And she’s already had more executive experience than the entire Democratic ticket combined. She’s been a mayor. I love that. I’m sorry — I’m sorry that Barack Obama feels that her hometown isn’t cosmopolitan enough. I’m sorry, Barack, that it’s not flashy enough. Maybe they cling to religion there.”

Some Democrats I talked with after the speech drew racist undertones from the remark – the idea being that Obama, as Rudy was hoping to paint him, was the product of the inner city. Others simply noted the irony that the former mayor of New York was ripping the city life. But the most potent rebuttal offered was this email from another source. Source Article