This Is Not A Sarah Palin Post
3 October 2008 | 11:01 PM
OK, yes it is.
But only in as much as it contains links to silly stuff about America’s favorite winker. The fact is, irrespective of her qualifications (or, truth be told, lack thereof) for the job, her presence in the race has made the veepstakes more interesting to the general public than perhaps they ever have been. Trust me, nobody got this worked up over Fritz Mondale or Dan Quayle (even after Quayle proved he hadn’t mastered English, no less). Now, don’t get me wrong – I think people are right to get freaked out that this intellectual dullard could well be a dwindling John McCain heartbeat (let’s face it, there aren’t too many of those left, are there?) away from the presidency. Heck, we’ve had eight long years of an administration that abhors thinking and favors governing from the gut (read, hip) rather than from the brain, so I think we deserve a chance to thoroughly kick the snow treads on this candidate if it can help us avoid a repeat of that mess. That said, I’ve got no interest in devoting any blog time to a dissection of her abilities and views, since I’ve already made up my mind that they are sub-rate, sub-literate and in some cases even sub-human. No, instead I’d rather cast my net around the social phenomenon that is Sarah Palin: she can’t govern worth a damn but she is good grist for the mill. Exhibits A through G, if you please:
- Of course Larry Flynt is producing a Palin-themed porn film, and of course the actress they picked is far too hot (and smart) to actually play the role convincingly.
- Apparenly, Governor Palin did such a good job at the debate that she garnered herself an endorsement from a famous person “Famous Person”. Well, that sure swayed my vote. Stay classy, McCain campaign.
- Before I saw this line of Palin-inspired wigs and hairpieces, I was sure that Lindsay Lohan’s line of leggings were the height of ridiculousness. Silly me.
- This thingy would be far more amusing if it weren’t quite possibly accurate. Oy.
- Holy bajesus: this is brilliant!
- Now this story is essentially cynicism defined. But after all, it’s not hard to believe, since John McCain’s pen is kind of old. No, I have no idea what that means, but I do like saying it.
- And finally….Zing!
Posted by Andy in Politcally Incoherent