https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrzD-zqWwWc
I know- we're not supposed to pick on her or take her seriously. But shit like that....
Have you ever stopped and considered that there is no one like Sarah Palin in the democratic party. Not within the party itself but really anywhere. The closest we have to Sarah is Tina Fey and that's just because she does such a spot-on impersonation of Palin.
In the clip, Palin's teleprompter malfunctioned and she had no choice but to wing it. There's a lot of irony there because teapublicans have long made fun of President Obama for using a teleprompter in his speeches. They call him "The Teleprompter In Chief". Ouch. Republican President Eisenhower was the first to use the teleprompter, back in the fifties. Technology marches on. Republicans in the 1930's probably made fun of FDR's "fireside chats" on the radio, thinking that a better president could have easily delivered news to the public via Pony Express.
It's just idiotic to not use technology that can help you get your message across in the best manner possible. I mean, what are you going to do- write notes on your hand?
If the technology breaks down on you as it did Palin, you still have to be able to speak. Obviously she can't wing it, not coherently. She had no idea what she was talking about before the communication breakdown and that shows in the clip. Honestly, I bet she wasn't coming off too well before it broke. She never does.
So, yeah, she's easy pickens. Every comedian jokes about how they so badly want her to run because she is a veritable joke factory, one that just will not shutdown.
Others in my crowd sigh every time one of us makes fun of Palin. She's no threat. Not any more. At one point, in '08 when she was McCain's VP choice, she was technically poised to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. True, but, that didn't happen and we all know it wasn't even close. Sarah Palin was briefly sorta a threat but, has not been a threat since and will never- ever- be a threat to America again. So, many friends argue, why bother?
Because it's fun! Didn't the clip bring a smile to your face? Part of her appeal is that she does have people who believe that she could be president. She might even be one of those people. There are people on the internet who post- with presumably straight faces- that "democrats fear Palin". They believe that. They don't believe global warming is possible but they believe that she can win the hearts and minds of the entire country.There's no point in fearing her being president anymore than in fearing she could lead the nation's conservative old people in a revolution. These same fear-mongers probably believe she is also a gifted orator. Some might simply think that means she gives good head.
She represents the people who want to be represented by the likes of her and that "base" will never be large enough to either elect or install her. She takes herself seriously though and that's why it's OK to make fun of her. She's so ridiculously Sublime that it's perfectly acceptable to make fun of her. It doesn't make her stronger and it doesn't weaken us to pick on her. It just feels so right...
5 comments:
OMG she sounds a lot like that wet brain over at Topix.
Which one??? LOL!
I know -- all claiming to be in recovery too.
I don't think this is what Bill W envisioned as a spiritual awakening when he said "practice these principles in all our affairs"
lol
If Palin thinks she has any chance at being president, she is more delusional than I thought possible.
I think she knows that she has no chance- I *think*- but it's her delusional base that bothers me more because those people drive our roads, breed etc. She's little more than a con artist fleecing folks for her own living. The teapublicans are big on perception rather than substance. Six years of her inanity later, we're still seeing that those poor bastards think we're afraid of her. It's sad how deluded they are and it begs the question, "Who else could they fall for?"
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