<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Postmodern Palin]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A reader writes:</p><blockquote><p>I certainly understand your impulse to draw Sarah, the bull in the GOP china shop, into your ring so you can wave the red flag in front of her and perhaps pierce her with a few banderillas. But really, what is the upside for her in telling the truth? </p><p> She has constructed a perfect dynamic for herself with the media: she says whatever she wants, scripts herself into her own fantastical world where she is the heroine, and then, after thorough coverage on every network, is rightly]]></html></oembed>