“The Gay Divorcee” had a different meaning, in a different time, when Fred and Ginger slipped out of supervision after singing “Dancing the Continental” - today’s ‘meaning’ of gay is a few galaxy parsecs away from that film’s definition. Seeing this charming duet, courtesy of TCM, brought home another reason the Left hates Sarah. She’s got Ginger’s facial style, body-language literacy and fashion sense, with a faint sheen of Hollywood. And sometimes, a hint of Frederick’s of Hollywood.

But she do pull it off.

Though John & Sarah aren’t yet a thoroughly synchronized political counterpoint to Fred and Ginger, there is a rough similarity. Without the lengthy rehearsal, they are having fun, that term the key encouragement to Palin from her senior pal before entering that debate forum with Biden. It is asserted often, by feminists and feminazis alike, that Ginger Rogers endured the harder job in that dancing duo: she had to perform all the same steps as Fred Astaire, and all the while dancing backwards while wearing heels. Read the rest of this entry »