Oprah Pretends That Sarah Palin Is An Actual Human Being
Look, let's be real for once. Regardless of who you voted for in the last election--John McCain or that TERRORIST--or which political party you believe has the best ideas to lead our country through the converging tidal waves of 2012, there is one person who emerged during last fall's historic election about whom none of us should be confused: Sarah Palin. Political ideologies, economic models of communal or individual prosperity, and virulent hatred of certain minority groups' desire to be in love with each other aside, that woman is one of the worst assholes in the entire world. Period. When it comes to that, we are purple*! So what is concerning about yesterday's interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show is not so much having to look at this animatronic nightmare's face spewing some of the worst lies anyone has ever heard, although that is difficult, but it was the simple legitimacy that Oprah's extended interview with her offered to the concept that she is a normal human being who deserves attention and dignity and respect. Nope!
Ugh. Just unbearable. It's like watching a female George W. Bush talk, except without the tinge of borrowed seriousness that is bestowed by actually being the President, and without the modicum of internalized intelligence that comes from being surrounded by a group of serious and well-educated advisers. Someone seriously flipped her "aw shucks" switch to "high" and then snapped it off at the base. Her false modesty and her practiced "normalness" is the worst part. She is just a normal lady with a cold heart full of unapologetic bigotry, dead eyes full of blind ambition, who hunts wolves from airplanes in $10,000 dresses picked out for her by handlers, and still actually somehow believes that she is qualified to be the President of the United States**.
Again, that's fine! We live in America. It is everyone's Constitutional right to be a destructive robot hell-bent on terminating the rights of human beings and also the truth. The shame here is really on Oprah for pretending like all of this is real. Be careful, Oprah! She'll be back! It IS a tumor!
*I know that when it comes to that we are not purple. I reconize that Sarah Palin is incredibly popular, her book is a best-seller, and she is, even if only foolishly, seriously considering a run as a 2012 GOP Presidential candidate (AKA our last election). But I do feel strongly that we SHOULD be purple. She's awful. Just awful.
**It is possible that Sarah Palin doesn't actually believe she is qualified to be the President of the United States. It is possible that she is now playing a character because that character has proved popular and lucrative. It could be that she, like many humans, suffers moments of self-doubt and gets into situations for which she is unprepared. But as a horrifying monster and fucking liar, she presents no alternate self-conception to the boldly ignorant self-appointed leader of the Dumb World, so we don't need to give her this humanizing credit.
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Interviews, Politics
Tags: Assholes | Books | Election 2008 | Oprah | Sarah Palin
I'm sorry, what were you saying? I was blinded by her awesome Kim Zolciak wig.
Oh yes, I went there.
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Tardy to the (republican) Par-dy
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I know a Bumpit when I see one.
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What are the odds she will make a stop at Letterman? That's one interview I'd want to see.
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NO IT'S not. To some, HER ACCUSATIONS of sexism and HAVING an "old boy" ATTITUDE or whatthefuckever HAVE ALL BUT been confirmed BY HIS allegations of sexual MISCONDUCT. THAT interview would SPIRAL INTO some downright nasty SHIT.
YOU know what INTERVIEW I would LIKE TO see? HER INTERVIEWING one of those WOLFS she wanted people TO SHOOT from planes.
Dear Palin,
GET INTERVIEWED by a wolf, Sarah Palin. IN the WILD. Alone.
Lots of LOVE,
AN AMERICAN Patriot
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But their is no female equivalent to Letterman, unfortunately. And by that, I mean someone who will try to ask her tough questions. The closest we've had so far was Katie fucking Couric!
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*there
Have I really become one of those people I hate?
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I do that a lot now, too... I think it comes from seeing it used wrong so often. Thanks, internet!
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I thought you really liked Sarah Palin. If you're going to stick with this all caps thing can't you at least stick with the character.
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LOOK, hlebtastic, before you START TESTING me, let me just POINT OUT that it's OKAY FOR SOMEONE'S opinions on SOMETHING TO shift. FUCK, IMAGINE IF we all sat around CIRCLE-JERKING OUR beliefs over and OVER AGAIN. I once LIKED PALIN BECAUSE I was under THE IMPRESSION she was LIKE ME: SOMEONE who wants a smaller government THAT JUST DOES its job.
AFTER READING THINGS AND educating my fuckin self ABOUT THIS chick, I have come TO THE CONCLUSION that she IS A GIANT fuckin fake. AND I HATE that. So I apologize IF YOU THINK I'm some fuckin "character" that CAN ONLY act in some predictable PATTERN, but--guess what?--I can change what THE HELL I think, DIAPERFACE, AS I am an INTELLIGENT, HUMAN capable of MAKING RATIONAL decisions.
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I in no way think you are a dumb person Patriot, its just sometimes I am impressed by your dedication, and sometimes you break my heart.
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WHEN YOU get GO THROUGH a divorce AND THEN get hit by A CAR, SON, your perspective ON SHIT changes.
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Sorry, I was still focused on that ass graveyard.
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D'oh
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I still see it when I close my eyes!
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UH OH someone HAS GWYNETH legs on THEIR ass!
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THIS SHIT is crazy, GABE, AND IF you think it SHOULD HAVE ended already YOU ARE sorely FUCKIN mistaken. This BATSHIT broad has BEEN ALL OVER the news LATELY. Even TIME IS WRITING articles about "THE REINVENTION of Sara PALIN."
Um, did WE ALL forget HER absurdity LIKE A YEAR ago? Oh wait, THIS IS modern America? FUCK YOU are RIGHT. We are so WILLING TO BE blinded BY a smile THAT WE'LL give anything A SECOND CHANCE (our FASCINATION WITH redemption probably isn't helping this SHIT EITHER). What's WORSE IS that the teabaggers ARE EATING this shit UP. It's pretty blatant SHE IS prepping for ANOTHER run.
How ABOUT RATHER than be PURPLE WE all be RED, WHITE, AND blue, but just NOT, YOU know, a SACK of dumbasses.
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"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth to this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all Americans will not a a sack of dumbasses. Fuck you, Sarah Palin."
- Abraham Lincoln, 1863
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I love YOU.
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PART 3???
Just kidding. I'll never watch any of this.
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agreed and i salute the constitutions of people who can stomach this but i don't care about this bitch. I was just disappointed to find out Levi isn't going full frontal for Playgirl.
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You and my gay roommates both, Mr. Hausfrau.
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I was going to watch this, and then I was like, No I would rather keep the food in my stomach, so I didn't.
Also re: Levi Johnston: :-(
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Two of my least favorite women on Earth? Together? Is 2012 here already?
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Nothing says vice presidential like verbally cat-fighting with a 19 year-old. Stay rogue, sister!
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Can't we just make her a regular cast member of SNL and maybe she'll forget about the presidency?
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"Yeah. You're very pretty." -Jason Sudeikis, November 14, 2009
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I like this lady. Thanks for uploading the interview in its entirety. You've done all of Sarah Palin's fans on this board (me) a real favor.
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IZ U really A person?!
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Yep, I'm a real person. Sarah Palin fans who read Videogum actually do exist.
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whatever, just as long as they don't get married.
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palin/prejean 2012
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I think Palin is running for president of Facebook.
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I'm holding out for the Chelsea Handler interview. I want to hear how Palin responds to being asked if her pikachu ever goes rogue.
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I'll let you see my pokemon if I can take a pikachu.
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Ok so Palin is a bit vapid, given. But what is up with the vitriol? This is the one part of videogum that just bums me out. It's so easy to get into a big hate circle jerk in here. I appreciate that Gabe is aware that people may have different opinions but he still goes on to say those people are evil and or stupid. It's like Prejean. She's an asshole (she really is) but not because of her political views, it's because she a self important rude eejit. I suspect that Palin has lived in the bubble her whole life (like Prejean) and doesn't really know how to deal with not having her ass kissed. But I think we gummers are better than this kneejerk "everybody knows we are right even if they disagree" attitude.
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I'm sorry but her views on policy regarding homosexuals as second class citizens is a pretty gosh darn good reason for all the "vitrol".
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This is actually exactly what I'm talking about. You can't allow for someone to disagree about a political position. I assume you say that because she's against gay marriage. Is that really saying they are second class citizens? I think it's open to disagreement. Obviously you don't. It also seems you are assuming all kinds of motivations of hers of which you do not actually have any knowledge. Say she's wrong all you want. I think she wrong on lots of stuff. But to get so worked up about her only makes you look petty. If she's so stupid why would you give a rat's ass what she thinks? I just think the videogum world is better than that.
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PCBOWEN YOU know I like YOU. But c'mon! THERE IS A difference between BEING AGAINST gay marriage AND THINKING HOMOSEXUALITY makes someone a subhuman DEMON THAT WILL burn in hell FOR ALL eternity because THEY ARE COMMITTING a crime on PAR WITH murder.
THE HATE FOR Palin over the GAY ISSUE (and PREJEAN FOR that matter) is not BECAUSE THEY let it drop at 'THIS IS what I fuckin' BELIEVE" but BECAUSE THEY take it ONE STEP further and say "Because I believe this shit, I am a moral rolemodel." SO WITH that stance THEY MAKE the claim that homosexuality is MORALLY, FUNDAMENTALLY wrong--even if THEY DON'T outright state it they SURE FUCKIN' claim IT.
To think THERE'S ANY kind of disassociation BETWEEN writing THAT SHIT out word-for-word or DEMONSTRATING IT through actions is NAIVE AT best, son.
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Fair enough AmPat.
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" I assume you say that because she's against gay marriage. Is that really saying they are second class citizens?"
Try substituting "black people using the same water fountains as white people" for "gay marriage" in that sentence. But hey, that was just a "political issue".
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This is a disingenuous bullshit line of argument. Gay people can use any water fountain they want. AmPat makes a good argument that Palin/Prejean demonstrate with their actions bigotry against gays. I don't think I agree with him though. I don't automatically assume they have hate in their hearts against gay people. Well, I'm not so sure about Prejean, I'm new to her brand of shittiness. I never gave her much thought, actually I don't give Palin much thought either. They don't deserve that much of my brain. Or yours for that matter.
I just I like it when videogum is funny with jokes and not an unfunny echo-chamber.
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"I don't automatically assume they have hate in their hearts against gay people." Well, that's a good point... I think bigotry and prejudice really come from fear, not hatred. I don't think you necessarily have to have hate in your heart to be a bigot, or to act in a bigoted manner, but fear of the unknown can be a big factor.
The water fountain example was just a way of saying that if x's are in power and say, "x's can have this, but y's can't, or have to have something else", then that's unfair, and saying it's just a political issue isn't really excusable.
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Fine, it's inexusable to think there is a lot of room for differing thought about whether gay marriage is the same thing as having the right to speak your mind, believe/or not in God, etc. No problem. Consider me properly chastised.
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That is not what I said at all.
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Yeh, I didn't really mean to be that much of a dick about it. My bad. That was kind of an accidental post. I was editing it and hit "enter" instead of "delete." I'm not backing off my position, I can take the downvotes, I don't mind. But my tone there was harsher than I really feel.
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Here's the thing, though, I actually am more upset by Barack Obama's homophobia than Sarah Palin's. I actually understand Palin's: she's a homophobe because she represents homophobes (hey, white supremacists aren't going to lead themselves). But the fact that we liberals and gay people in particular voted for Obama and he's still spewing this "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman" bullshit is a 100 times worse. And why? Because he thinks if people don't think he's a homophobe that he's going to lose the 4 or 5 Religious Right members that actually voted for him? What a coward. That's where our outrage should be. If the politician we like the most can't even bring himself to say gay people should be treated like equals, what chance do we have to convince anyone else?
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I think it's a fair beef you've got with Obama but I think it's time to admit that he's just a politician like all the others. He's aware that pro-gay marriage initiatives have never won when put to a vote and he hasn't really shown the guts to take responsibility for an unpopular view.
The margin is getting smaller so time may be on your side. I've never been a fan of Obama but I had hopes that he would be "post-partisan" like he said but I am increasingly disappointed in him. So I hear ya but get used to it. He's not gonna get much better.
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Cool... in retrospect, I could have worded my post a lot better. Sorry if I came off as inflexible.
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Yikes, these posts are getting skinnier and skinnier... I wonder how far over the page we can go?
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No worries. We can all get along. I wonder if it's possible to get the posts down to one character wide.
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Bigotry isn't a "political position" on which we must agree to cordially disagree. It's bigotry.
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You're not going to help your case if you can't talk to the other side in a rational, reasonable manner. You can tell someone they are wrong without getting into name-calling.
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I agree! That would be why I did not indulge in name-calling.
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I want to forgive you because I love Bernard Black, but the fact is, I think everyone here is capable of making their own decision (and have) about whether Sarah Palin is horrible. I'm just pretty sure that this particular blog does not cater to a pro-Palin demographic, or a very political one at that. Nobody comments here to express their thoughts on politics in a balanced, well-constructed manner (well, except for An American Patriot). They do it to be funny and get upvotes. Because it's the Internet.
Also, a lot of people think Prejean is an asshole because of her political beliefs, as well as her smug, self-important attitude. And guess what? Even at videogum we're actually smart enough to figure that out on our own.
Gabe is not the boss of me! Except during "me" time.
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I'm not pro-Palin either I just don't hate her or enjoy reading the otherwise awesome and hilarious v'gum commenters get all hatey in an unfunny way. I am not suggesting that Gabe dictates what people say. He obviously let's us do whatever we want. In fact 99.9% of the time I think Gabe is way more thoughtful and fair and logical in his opinions than most people and the level of commentary on videogum is the best of any site I read as a result. The fact that a lot of people agree that her political views make her an asshole doesn't make that a logical or correct position.
Sorry about not being funny or anything. Uh. . . fuck Palin and her dumb ass, she really just wants to make out with Prejean with her mic off.
That's funny right?
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Dude, I get the appeal of this whole "voice of reason/the truth is somewhere in the middle"-jive you've got going on here, but a) I don't think you're gonna succeed in making anyone here feel bad about making fun of Palin b) between Palin & sane people, the middle is not where you want to be.
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Yep, I was not trying to get into a whole thing about it. Especially on the merits of Palin et al. I read this site everyday and love it. Usually if I comment people leave me alone. I have a hard time not responding. That's my fault.
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OK so my lesson is be as big a dick as possible? Even if I like the people I'm disagreeing with?
Fuck all y'all!!!!
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YOU SKIPPED MY points. And pete^3's FOR THAT matter.
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OK which ones are those? I'm not being sarcastic. I'll address it if you want but, I'm getting tired of all the condescension. Let's get back to the jokes.
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I just don't see why you would expect a rational discussion here as it's not the point of this place. Not every comment is a winner, but I don't assume anyone here is going to express their serious thoughts about Palin either. I assume they're going to use bad words and post silly gifs.
But if you're looking for an actual discussion, I suggest that rather than deriding others, you simply begin a conversation by expressing your opinion in a thoughtful way. I bet people would jump in if they had the time or inclination.
For example, I am ambivalent on Sarah Palin. Do I think she is fit to be a leader of this entire nation? No. And I don't agree with her stance on many issues. But do I think she's relatable and can I see how many American women would feel that way? Of course! She is young, energetic, strong values, has a lovely family, and juggles them and a career. On that basic level, she's is like 80% of America. Do I blame her ambitiousness? Also no! Because that would be against my opinion that women should not be forced to give up their other goals because they are married and have children. She is correct in saying that to do so, you need a strong support system in place so that your career does not come at the expense of your family, and married men have that in a wife, but if you're the wife, you need to find someone, be it your husband or otherwise, to be the wife.
Nor do I want to deride her religious beliefs, because a) I come from a very respectful religious background, and b) I don't believe it is any more appropriate to deride someone's Christianity than it is to deride someone's Jewish or Islamic beliefs. I just don't agree with extremism or religious beliefs interfering with decisions about society as a whole. So I don't like when she or anyone does that, but I'm not going to say her faith in God means Sarah=The Worst.
So it's hard to completely hate Sarah Palin (although it's easier when she's running opposite the candidate I very much wanted to be President) when she is like most of the people I encounter every day. Heck, she is a lot like my mom, who doesn't believe evolution is real. Do I want my mom to be President? No! But do I hate her? No! She's good with kids and bakes cookies and works really hard at her job. And she's my mom!
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I also enjoy asking and answering my own questions as a rhetorical style. Me and Kate + 8 are BFFs.
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Also pcb, the nonstop idiocy and frankly obvious lies in the first clip alone warrant a lot of hate. She honestly thought getting a D in college was her only controversy? She thought the teenage kid of an anti-choice VP candidate being pregnant wasn't newsworthy? So she wanted to tell America they were pissed at their pregnant daughter, not super supportive? And there was a double standard because the media didn't spend as much time on Obama's 7-year-old? And then, outright lie: the media "obeyed" Obama when he said "My kids are off-limits" (awesome that Oprah calls her on that -- it was YOUR kids Obama was talking about, Sara -- the look on Sara's face is GULP/busted/cry). Sara Palin is bad for America.
I like America. I can't like both!
Also, [insert charming cat photo here].
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Yeh, I couldn't bring myself to watch the clips. I think I was clear I'm not a big fan of Palin either. As for Oprah, (uncontrollable gross out shudder) I just can't take it.The only interview of hers I've seen in the last 5 years was Cormac McCarthy and she almost ruined THAT for me. But give her credit she's the only person with the power to pull him out of his hide-out. Shit! There I go hedging my hatred again. FUCK!!!
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Found this yesterday: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529703577274572.html
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Nice find!! I didn't know that the director of The Road is the same guy that did The Proposition. That was a very McCarthy-like movie and was awesome.
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Nice. Cormac on Blood Meridian: "It would be very difficult to [put on screen] and would require someone with a bountiful imagination and a lot of balls. But the payoff could be extraordinary." Paging Peter Jackson? Mr Jackson, please pick up a white courtesy phone...
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I'm so with you on that one hotspur!! I actually posted that quote on my facebook profile.
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Her claims of a media double-standard regarding the candidates' families just baffles me. She paraded her family through hockey games and stood them up as props for a huge number of rallies. She was using her family as a political tool from day one, and I really don't blame her. She's got a very nice looking family, and I'm sure they secured a decent chunk of votes for the GOP. They never said they felt exploited, so it's ridiculous to assume they were. It was probably a lot of fun for the kids to get up in front of the cameras and have everyone in the country know their names.
Still, why decry the media for paying attention to your family when you've consistently placing them in the public eyes since the dawn of your campaign? It doesn't make any sense. If I had to guess, it seems like she had a chance to expose voters to her beautiful family and at the same time, attack the "liberal media". Right there, you've hit on two key spots for your base. I'm not trying to be cynical, but regardless of what everyone thinks, Sarah Palin isn't dumb. She may be completely uninformed a myriad of issues, but she wouldn't have been Governor of Alaska if she didn't have the political savvy to play both sides like that.
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I think the problem a lot of people have with Sarah Palin is that she doesn't give opposing sides the respect they deserve. While the AP was fact-checking her book for lies (known lies - obvious lies from her VP candidacy and earlier), she accused them of attacking her and wasting resources on "opposition research." She's not simply vapid - I'm pretty sure she believes and has very strong conviction behind everything she says, whether or not it makes sense and whether or not it is a horrible lie.
It's one thing to allow for someone else's political opinion or even moral views (however wrongly skewed), but it's another thing to treat someone's very, very passionately delivered misinformation with the respect that she won't give to any other viewpoint. It's impossible to have a debate with someone who is plugging her ears and screaming "BLAH BLAH BLAH I CAN'T HEAR YOU" over and over.
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I think the press and Sarah Palin are the pots calling each others kettles black. Neither quite have the truth or the attempt at seeking it without bias mastered.
That's why I only watch Fox News! J/K. For real, though, the media is just as biased against Palin as Palin is biased against the media. But the same is for Obama, and everything else.
"Everyone's an idiot! Except people who agree with me!" -Everybody
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I would upvote you a thousand times if I could.
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I hope gay werewolves attack her and pull her apart.
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maybe one day she'll accidentally shoot jacob black whilst aerial hunting, thus galvanizing an entire generation of twilight fans to avenge his werewolf death. the hunter becomes the hunted, miss palin.
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HOW FUCKING DARE ANYONE MAKE FUN OF SARAH PALIN, AFTER ALL SHE'S BEEN THROUGH!!! ALL YOU PEOPLE CARE ABOUT IS READERS AND MAKING MONEY OFF OF HER!!! SHEEE'S HUUUUMANNN!!!!! LEAVE SARAH PALIN ALOOOOONE!!!! OH GOD
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I remember life before Sarah Palin, and it was beautiful. If only we could return to those halcyon days...
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How about if we could have now, but with her and everything connected to her neatly erased from our collective memories? I don't really support mass mind control, but I'm willing to make an exception for this.
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Nicely done. :-) See! That is why I come here everyday. Gummers is good people.
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Shit!! I've be struck down by the videogum version of murphy's law. Cross the monsters and your comments will be put where you did not intend them. (Or double posted) This was supposed to be a reply to Lulubelle.
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All I can say is this. Have fun turning the conservative movement into nothing more than a minor nuisance, Sarah. Your liberal counterparts are rootin' for ya!
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I'm just going to say this about the whole wolves issue. I am not Alaskan, I live in California. I don't live every day with the threat of being mauled by a wolf. I honestly don't even know how great of a threat that is. As a Californian I have a hard time telling Alaskans what they should do about the wolves in their state. Also, shooting things from helicopters is generally fucking awesome.
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There are varying accounts, but most records show that in the last 30 years, two people have been killed by wolves in the U.S. One in Minnesota, one in Michigan.
This is generarllyfucking awesome. WARNING: That link is a very real, very sad image that gives this a bit of context.
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I just read that Levi Johnston isn't showcasing the junk in Playgirl, which for some reason just pisses me off. Seriously, what's the point of posing as a centerfold in a nudie mag if you're not gonna show the goods? This pretty much confirms that Levi Johnston shares at least one thing in common with the Naked Wizard from Coachella. Why the hell else would you pose
in Playgirl and not whip it out?
What I'm trying to say is that Levi Johnston has a small cock.
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I have no idea why that was a reply to my own post, but I'm seriously creeped out right now.
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It turns out that’s what most celebs do? Even the ladies? Except for Marge Simpson because she’s a real person with real integrity (and really big hooters? Wtf?)
Maybe someone told Levi that Playgirl is actually for dudes. He better at least be in tighty-whities and not cover his junk with a prop or something (see google + david duchovny + teacup. What? Find it yourself. I’m not going to hand feed someone porn even if it is softcore). And I say that not because I WANT to see a 19 year-old baby daddy’s package but I because I am a horrible pervert.
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Really, shooting wolves from helicopters is basically as awesome as stepping on an ant.
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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34234
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Who'd a thunk Eddit Hitler would be the voice of reason. Can I now smash you over the head with a frying pan custard pants?
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please, please, pretty please let this lead to a "Sarah Palin views Levi Johnston's Playgirl Photos" You Can Make This Up. Helicopters! Wolves! Assault rifles! Palin's nagging realization that is her own need for attention and to be right at all times that has pushed her grandbaby daddy to pose ass out with a hockey stick!
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I can't watch all of this! I need a partialized, agenda-driven, highlight YT clip that shows me the most important sound bytes.
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Let's not forget all the race-baiting she did at all her campaign rallies that went totally unaddressed during this "interview." All that "palling around with terrorists" stuff was nightmarish, the behavior it incited in her supporters. Remember that monkey doll? Remember the "He's-- he's an ARAB" lady? Remember those drunk people on a tractor (or whatever it was)? Sarah Palin's speeches encouraged this kind of stuff; she encouraged this divisiveness, and continues to support scary fringe candidates and positions now. Never has she engaged in or even stood for an intelligent exchange of ideas. She's this shining star of insanator stupidity who is dragging the political discourse even further into the xenophobic, illiterate muck.
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Can I just say it? Why are liberal blogs (or blogs run by liberals) so obsessed with Sarah Palin? Can't we end this shit already? I don't get it. We all agree that this person never has anything good to say? Then why do we spend so much time talking about what he says? I can't visit a liberal blog anymore without coming across 3 new Sarah Palin articles (The Daily Beast even has its own Sarah Palin section, which, I shit you not, has literally around 50 Palin articles written in the last couple months alone). When she was a VP candidate, it made sense. When she lost and was simply a Governor again, it made less sense. Now, it makes no sense. She isn't anything. Which means it's very easy to pretend she doesn't exist at all, so why don't we? The most infuriating thing about this is that at this point, every anti-Sarah Palin article only helps Sarah Palin. The people that hate her aren't going to change and the people that love her aren't to change, so any article bashing her just fuels her "they are all out to get me!" victimization. So, for the good of humanity, can we stop this insanity already?
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Funny thing. . . this is pretty much what I've been wondering. Why do you guys care? I just want her off my TV, I'm sick of hearing how great/terrible she is.
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One more week. Tops. She's on a media blitz right now because of the book tour. As soon as the tour ends, FOX will still be splicing footage of crowds from 2008 rallies with current book-tour signing lines (True, but not surprising), but every other channel will let her fade back into the dull roar of Tea Partiers.
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I have a horrible feeling the obsession lingers on because she's viewed as a genuine threat for 2012. I still can't quite grasp how passionately she's adored by her supporters - she's today's Queen Esther, apparently.
On a sort of unrelated note, I still miss this: http://sarahpalin.typepad.com/
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ugh. epicpostsgum. shut this down.
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