Tea at Trianon: Mrs. Palin's Hair

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Mrs. Palin's Hair

Feminine Genius could not resist.

The view from Europe on Sarah Palin, in general.

Pat Buchanan on "The Palin Project." Share

3 comments:

Terry Nelson said...: I can't believe the Europeans do not like her. Must be a sign.; September 17, 2008 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Hi, Terry. The reasons for which they do not like her are very interesting.

A sign of what, pray tell?; September 17, 2008 at 11:06:00 AM EDT
Alexandra said...: Yes, and it's a good sign! ;) If they dislike her, all the better for us as a country. We must hold to our Christian traditions in order to maintain our own identity and guard our faith. We are not Europe and never will be. God bless America, and God protect those countries struggling against religious oppression for the Left.; September 17, 2008 at 5:42:00 PM EDT