SARAH PALIN RESIGNS AS GOVERNOR OF ALASKA

[Tone Deft]

wow. there are idiots like that here, there are idiots like that where you are, but you think those were average Americans?

[dhilsabeck]

holy crap, yeah, being in Alaska that would be news. generally speaking are people embarrassed about her actions over the last year or did she gain props?

To some, props. To others, embarrassment.

To be honest, at first everyone just happy to have Frank Murkowski out of office and didn't pay much attention to her until she started doing shady things such as being outspoken on a ballot initiative for tighter water pollution standards (a little step to help keep the proposed Pebble Mine in check so they didn't destroy the Bristol Bay wild salmon fisheries with their toxic open pit mine tailings (again, global implications)).

And then a few days later she was named McCain's running mate and then people started paying closer attention to the finer points of the Palin legacy which turned out to be a good thing.

As a public servant, she abuses her power and needs to be called out for her bullshit.

[Hertz SM]

you think those were average Americans?

According to the election results: yes. Or do you refer to the Borat movie? Then: no. Already said that it was a "smart cut" of collected material.

[UncleAge]

I totally disagree with Republican politics but you have to respect that there are very intelligent, wise, well spoken Republicans

...and i hope they stay away from the microphones

Cheney in '12 !!!

[H20nly]

Who Nailin Palin?

Is that picture really her? Shiiiiiiiiiit I would be doin some imPalin. Damn her politics lets see her plump tits.

I have a new found respect for her... well maybe I won't go that far... a new found use for her... yeah thats the ticket. "No more public speaking Sarah. Its time for pubic breathing." Shoot this gun Sarah. Shoot this gun. Shhhh don't talk.

[Hertz SM]

I heard the b**bs were as cheap as 150.000$. No, wait, it was the wardrobe.

[H20nly]

she wouldn't need the wordrobe at all - until her ass is out on the street.

You're right... tits probably are fake. I hate Barbie. Chicks think that shits cool. Its not the same. NO, its not.

[knotkranky]

Ok, how did Borat do that?

By letting us ignorant (sometimes idealistic) foreigners have a look on the American "average"... But this was partly faked and on purpose. Palin is real and so are her supporters.

Average american? Borat? Palin?

Ignorant foreigners. Yeah, I feel your pain



I think this is what you mean;

MATT TAIBBI of Rolling Stone Oct 08 (excerpt from a 3 page rant):

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.

Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. But more than that, she is a horrifying symbol of how little we ask for in return for the total surrender of our political power. Not only is Sarah Palin a fraud, she's the tawdriest, most half-assed fraud imaginable, 20 floors below the lowest common denominator, a character too dumb even for daytime TV — and this country is going to eat her up, cheering her every step of the way. All because most Americans no longer have the energy to do anything but lie back and allow ourselves to be jacked off by the calculating thieves who run this grasping consumer paradise we call a nation.

[Hertz SM]

Ok, how did Borat do that?

By letting us ignorant (sometimes idealistic) foreigners have a look on the American "average"... But this was partly faked and on purpose. Palin is real and so are her supporters.

Average american? Borat? Palin?

Ignorant foreigners. Yeah, I feel your pain

The analogy may have been to complex to understand. Will try to keep it simple next time.

[knotkranky]

got ya

[Hertz SM]

btw, is it the famous Rolling Stone article we discussed over here in good ol' Europe lately? Matt got some attention with his Goldman Sachs bashing.

[Hertz SM]

No, it's not. Just checked it. However, he has a sharp tongue. Me like it.

[H20nly]

MATT TAIBBI of Rolling Stone Oct 08 (excerpt from a 3 page rant):

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.

This is so true for so many. As an American though... its so sad too.
Still, gotta love the bit I highlighted. I spit Nachoier Cheese all over my monitor when I read this.
Ok not really but might have... had I been eating Doritos. What are we voting for again?

[idl]

As a foreigner that moved to the US (dirty south to boot)... I can now tell you that most Americans really aren't all that dumb. Apart from that one dude that had decided to put an extra set of wheels on his back axel, and just kinda pulverised the rear wheel arches to cover them. I'm pretty sure he was a retard.

[H20nly]

that one dude that had decided to put an extra set of wheels on his back axel, and just kinda pulverised the rear wheel arches to cover them

Yeah, he eats oatmeal through a straw, chews wads of tobacco, probably hasn't had a glass of water in months and should own stocks in Coca-Cola and Natural Ice. He pretends he's not racist and he's not a big fan of "Eee-lec-tron-ick" music and what not. I used to live in the South too. I think I've seen that guy around. Throw him some hot chicken and greens except for that mouthpiece and unless your a dove, a deer, a turkey, or a quail he's harmless.