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Nov. 18th, 2009 09:57 am
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-- Somewhere in heaven, PT Barnum looks down on Sarah Palin and sheds a single proud tear.

-- John Rogers, co-creator of Leverage

Date: 2009-11-18 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paka.livejournal.com
I swear I don't understand the Sarah Palin phenomenon. We already had "a devoutly Christian just-plain-folks politician (completely owned by major oil interests)" running the country.

And we all saw how well Dubya's regime worked out.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that if there'd been somehow a choice between McCain and Dubya, this last Presidential election, the guys who voted for McCain would have voted for Dubya instead. So maybe it's not such a mystery after all. There's a Japanese folk saying, "Medicine can't cure idiots."

Date: 2009-11-18 09:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pseudomanitou.livejournal.com
Oh gods, it's hilarious.

Palin's book is one big blame and complaint track -- but in the intro, she writes, "I don't like complainers." She credits herself for several projects that failed horribly. She calls herself a 'uniter' for proposing a energy policy that would satisfy ecological and business concerns -- neglecting to mention her energy policy went no where because both environment and economic lobbies called it ludicrous. The 'most helpful' ranked review for her book on Amazon.com was complete sarcasm written by satirical blogger, Jesus General. The book was claimed a masterpiece before it was written, and a 'best seller' before it was available for sale. Meanwhile, the publishers are mostly giving the books away.

Seriously though -- if we gave the Palin political disaster a serious sociological study, we might be able to find some sort of cure for what is destroying democracy in America.

Date: 2009-12-17 01:50 pm (UTC)

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