Hey, Hey, Palin!
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 5:07AM With the addition of Governor Sarah Palin to the mix, this race officially became The Election of States In Little Boxes Somewhere To the Left of Mexico. McCain saw the Democrat's black man from Hawaii, and raised 'em an ovulator from Alaska. For while we've been distracted with oil prices and immigration, the travel agent lobby has stealthily been forming its own shadow government.
On the up side, Palin was introduced on Friday to the music of Rudy. Brother school, holla! Although... for victory-imaging purposes, the Republican party might have perhaps chosen theme music associated with a college football team other than one currently boasting a record of 3-9.
On the down side, however, she is a former beauty pageant contestant. That's a great big libber boooooo, although, judging by her predilection for guns and admittedly impressive basketball resume, she could likely dunk your average Sand Stripper into oblivion in about five seconds. I'm suggesting the formation of a third party, the F With Us And Die ticket, with Palin at the top and thing-hurling Stephanie Brown handling veep and security duties.
She's a rare find, the Governor: Her husband is part Eskimo, she has a child with Down's Syndrome, another who is deploying to Iraq, and she herself, as previously mentioned, is a she. That makes her, in the world of identity politics, a very rare fourfer. She has almost total Identity Immunity. Thrown in a few more issues, maybe a transgendered Jewish brother-in-law who's adopted several Muslim children from Ecuador who smoke and are products of a charter school system, and she's all set.
Yep, McCain's pretty much given Obama the finger and then spun around and stuck it directly in Hillary Clinton's eye with this one. I cannot wait for the debates, when three Senators and an aspiring vice president will get into a big fat argument over who hates Washington the most. The Jonas Brothers will moderate.
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Oh, MB, you crack me up. Matt is, of course, totally all about a hot veep candidate... :D
And, of course, since I'm pregnant, the most pertinent thing I took from your article today was "making popcorn... ooh, popcorn, that sounds good. I think I'll make some too."
Also, did you get her kids' names? Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig. I could not make that up!
:D Love you! Go Irish!
I must say I am totally lovin' a card carrying member of the NRA on any ticket.
I love the kids names too.
she's got my vote.
KB
Well, this election of yours just got way more interesting! ;-)
Hmm. Still not sure. Must google more.
All I can say is that Christmas came early for the Democrats this year. I'm surprised they are not dancing in the streets over this one. I couldn't be more tickled! Who knew the old guy would go ahead and just shoot himself in the foot like this?
A friendly reminder:
A couple of us are rowing dangerously close to the "red-blue argument" line in the comments policy. As always, talk hair, suede, and childbearing decisions here in the Tasting Room, but never "Your side sucks." "No, YOUR side sucks!!" Remember: Only non-shrieky politics talk while clustered about the bar.
Although I consider myself a-political - I would TOTALLY get behind the formation of the F With Us And Die party. But then, I'm from Texas, so what would you expect?
Beautifully written and satirized, as usual MB!
MB, I am excited about the blogs to come! I am not really "into" politics for the sake of politics. I learn about the issues and candidates, I go out and vote at every opportunity, and I did my part on the community appearance commission when the village council wasn't undermining and ignoring it. Uh-oh - I think I'm whining. My real point is that I think this election just got interesting - and I'll look forward to your perspective as often as you care to give it.
Popping popcorn down in NC ....
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As for hair and suede talk, there is a guy on Project Runway who goes by Suede, has blue hair, and is so freaking annoying. I have no idea about his childbearing decisions, but since he's a guy, I don't think he has to worry about bearing any children (unless he's a seahorse).