No more about Sarah Palin, says Charles Blow of the New York Times.
This is the last time I’m going to write the name Sarah Palin until she does something truly newsworthy, like declare herself a candidate for the presidency. Until then, I will no longer take part in the left’s obsessive-compulsive fascination with her, which is both unhealthy and counterproductive.
Some agree, some don’t. Stacy sneers (as he does so well), and House of Eratosthenes prefigures the declaration, though from the opposite POV:
…some whiny pussykins writing a meandering screed — thereby proving she’s relevant AND electable — is not going to get any notice from us for the foreseeable future. This is just stupid. Someone wants attention so they write “Palin Go Away!” and they just…get it? Enough is enough.
If it comes true, which I very strongly doubt, I’ll miss it.
Sarah Palin has an uncanny, almost supernatural talent, shared by the rest of her family if in lesser degree: the ability to tempt the leftoids into spittle-spewing polemic that reveals them for the vicious, cruel, petty little s*ts they really are under all the loveycaring BOMFOG. No one — not Beck, not Levin, not even Limbaugh, certainly no politician or blog-pundit — can generate a wave of id-sourced preadolescent namecalling from editorial boards and teevee pundits the way Palin can with a single tweet, much less a 500-word Facebook essay, and as for public appearances, well… Daughter Bristol seems to be following in mama’s footsteps, and Todd just sneers and hugs his ladies, which confuses people no end.
It’s entertaining to the point of fascination, and revealing as all Hell. What makes it pure f*ing hilarious to boot is that it’s become clear that she does it on purpose, with malice aforethought, and despite warnings from people like Blow, who appear to dimly appreciate the situation, the leftoids simply cannot help themselves. Palin chirps cheerfully, and the New York Times reacts automatically and predictably. It’s like she had hold of the remote for a robot, with a button labeled [ALA] (= “Act Like A*holes”]. Just push, and out it streams. It’d be a real pity to see that go away.
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8 December 2010 at 5:26 pm
bobbelvedere
Your theory makes an awful lot of sense. Bravo to you and to Mrs. Palin!
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10 December 2010 at 12:09 pm
Elf Radio
Gosh, Ric, you seem to be the brightest bulb over at Protein Wisdom — don’t tell me that you’re in the Sarrahcuda fan club? It’s cute and fun to think that your enemies’ distaste of her is some indisputable proof of her magnificence, but i don’t think it works that way. As a liberal, how would i sound if i claimed that the only validation of Obama i need is that right-wingers despise him? My peers would urge me to judge his actions, his policies, his decisions…. but if i just sat back and said “Nope, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck can’t shut up about him, that’s good enough for me!”
Exactly.
Of course, like all D-voters, i’m hoping and praying that Saint Sarah can somehow win the Repub primary in 2012, just for the lulz. Since you guys use the winner-take-all system, it’s actually statistically possible for her supporters’ enthusiasm to push her ahead of someone like Mitt Romney, who is more qualified but less, you know, zazzy.
Please help it happen.
10 December 2010 at 12:44 pm
Ric Locke
How very clever and amusing of you to demonstrate my point for me.
You might look back at the post and tell me just where in it I endorsed Palin for the Presidency. It will be news to me, and a useful critique of my abilities or lack thereof as regards expository prose; on the other hand, it might be useful to you as a test of your reading comprehension.
It might also be useful to you to grit your teeth and consult the racist and h8-filled works of Joel Chandler Harris.
10 December 2010 at 9:16 pm
Elf Radio
Sure, you didn’t specifically endorse her for the presidency, you were just heaping admiration on her for “pissin’ off dem lib’ruls.” And that’s a terrible reason to like someone.
I believe that i was the one endorsing her. I need to see if Tennessee allows for open votes in primaries.