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November 24, 2008

Thank You, Sarah Palin. No, Really. Thank You.

Get ready to do a cranberry sauce spit-take this Thanksgiving (assuming you eat T-giving dinner on paper plates in front of the TV like most families), when a conservative political action committee starts airing a series of "Thank You, Sarah Palin" commercials nationally. With reverse-psychology being the biggest cliche of the get out the vote ads, it takes a second to realize that this is actually real. Here's the Thanksgiving-themed one, the "oops" timing of which will become obvious:

I really want to know where they got the black guy in the cowboy hat with the lady-voice. I really want to understand what motivates that guy to volunteer for a conservative PAC. He is a mystery.

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Becca

what the shit?

yea.... thanks sarah palin, for providing endless fodder for comedic hilarity.
thank you for being blissfully unaware of how incoherent your nonlinear thought and speech patterns are.

also - who has ever tried to DESTROY sarah palin.... besides sarah palin.

this was too much. who are these people?

Posted by: Becca profile link at 11/24/08 12:10 PM | Reply
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The black guy with the cowboy hat looks like he's doing a community-theater production of "Witness." Or maybe he's doing the whole "epicene-Quaker-vampire-hunter" thing that's really hot this season.

Posted by: Christianxo profile link at 11/24/08 12:16 PM | Reply
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shayne

my theory is that he/she is in black-face.

Posted by: shayne profile link in reply to Christianxo's comment at 11/24/08 4:40 PM | Reply
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CarolineA

Shouldn't they be mad at her for loosing the election to McCain? She even admitted to it!

Posted by: CarolineA profile link at 11/24/08 12:58 PM | Reply
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Yes, I also enjoyed the gay black Amish guy - very funny! Gays for Palin! YAY!!

Posted by: Rezpect profile link at 11/24/08 3:27 PM | Reply
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caringiscool

luckily america's memory is so short, no one will remember who she is in 4 years.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link at 11/24/08 4:57 PM | Reply
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smiles

Thank you, Sarah Palin, for being so utterly ridiculous and making us all laugh. Oh, and all of the people in this commercial, too. Thank you.

Posted by: smiles profile link at 11/24/08 6:37 PM | Reply
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moonmaster

I saw this on the Rachel Maddow show tonight. I reall y thought at the beginning that it had to be a joke. It was going to end with "Thank you Sarah Palin,...for allowing Barack Obama to win. You were truly instrumental in a major historical event." But that didn't happen.

Posted by: moonmaster profile link at 11/25/08 4:19 AM | Reply
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"old lady asking for the ingredients of moose chili" should be insterted at the end of every commercial.

Posted by: snowak at 11/25/08 11:45 AM | Reply
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I had to listen 3 times before I realized he said "sitting down to a turkey dinner, or moose". I swear, he said "booze".

Posted by: aniktwo at 11/25/08 3:22 PM | Reply
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really?

Posted by: ilayda at 11/27/08 4:36 AM | Reply
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thank YOU sarah palin, for helping barack obama win the election

Posted by: big d at 11/29/08 7:29 PM | Reply
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Sarah Palin, you earned that puppy.

Posted by: Perky_Pat at 11/30/08 5:58 PM | Reply
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