I’ve been pondering saying something snitty about the whole Sarah Palin thing, but have resisted the urge. After all, I claim that I don’t care about any of that stuff.
That said, I do appreciate a good snark … and there’s so much to snark about with this one. Fortunately, it’s been said – with more bile and vigor than I could possible have mustered. The Rolling Stone published Mad Dog Palin, which is arguably the most vicious piece of mainstream political snark that I’ve ever seen. I feel that all the nastiness I might have mustered may now safely pass me by. It’s been said, and more nastily than I ever could have:
In that moment, the rank cynicism of the whole sorry deal was laid bare. Here’s the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.
And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she’s a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed middle-American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin’ Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her. Not because it makes sense, or because it has a chance of improving his life or anyone else’s, but simply because it appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because the image on TV reminds him of the mean, brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning.
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Okay, fine. One little bit: In her own words.
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