Madam Palindrome

Like the Greek etymology, and economy for that matter, she is more of a running back than a quarter back. Again and again, she is running, but only to keep in shape. She is the body beautiful for the body politic. Her words, phrases and even sentences read the same backward and forward - I am, who am I?

Madam Palindrome, like a country music star, lulls you with her down-home brand of regular folk. She also fleeced you of over a million in contributions which is now down home as well. Don't complain - she took us for a ride and is ready to take us to the cleaners if we let her.

As Americans, we all grew up with the thought that we could become president some day. Some of us, went for beauty queen and/or TV celebrity as a lead-in to the presidency. Heck, here in the good ole US of A, you gotta be able to afford to be president first and, shucks, look the part too. So, oil's well for ending well. Come on now, stand tall in that pinstriped shirt; it enhances your slender constitution.

Though not happy, I'd imagine, in a barrio; she makes a big splash at a tea party. Seemingly, there's no place she won't go to rally support to keep others from going places. She is more like the worm in your tequila than the fly in the ointment. Yet, Madam Palindrome has supplied a needed service. She made herself available to an old man and that offered a hopeful inheritance. But once she got a taste of the city life, there was no keeping her down on the farm, or glacier as it were. She hooked her star to a maverick and refused to be branded anything but a mom with leather balls.

Dare I say - she put the ice in sugar and spice, and made us want to drink her cool-ade. Madam, you made us believe in you, even as we went against our better judgement. As your name suggests, Madam Palindrome, you can always run again. But what I'd like is to hear you speak into a dead microphone at a rally of papists. Then perhaps, when you are forced to utter the ritual explanation, "There's something wrong with the microphone", I can answer, "And also with you".

Till then, Madam, your date with Destiny, well, he's going to be a little late. Feel free to busy yourself with more parlor games.