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Bristol Palin has written a book. I won’t ever criticize anyone for wanting to make a dollar. It’s their absolute right. What I do wonder about is the idiot who is going to purchase her book. Why? For what possible reason would anyone dish out $20 and waste a couple of days of their lives reading the 304 page memoir of a 20 year old who by all indications has the intelligence level of her mother.
Is this what the Age of Stupid looks like? Have we arrived…and if so, how long does it last?
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Yes, I know it’s Palin-free February and I will to do my best to follow along…but I could not resist passing along the following quote.
Palin, a strong proponent of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, explained what to say to a caribou bitching about the destruction to his stomping grounds.
“If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, ‘Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the team.’”
And she wants to be president of the United States.
(h/t: Foolocracy)
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Dana Milbank might have something going here.
Though it is embarrassing to admit this in public, I can no longer hide the truth. I have a Sarah Palin problem.
I have written about her in 42 columns since Sen. John McCain picked her as his vice-presidential running mate in 2008. I’ve mentioned her in dozens more blog posts, Web chats, and TV and radio appearances. I feel powerless to control my obsession, even though it cheapens and demeans me.
But today is the first day of the rest of my life. And so, I hereby pledge that, beginning on Feb. 1, 2011, I will not mention Sarah Palin — in print, online or on television — for one month. Furthermore, I call on others in the news media to join me in this pledge of a Palin-free February. With enough support, I believe we may even be able to extend the moratorium beyond one month, but we are up against a powerful compulsion, and we must take this struggle day by day.
That is a tempting challenge. I’ve done my best to keep the likes of O’Reilly, Beck and Limbaugh down to minimum coverage on these pages, at least of late. It takes some restraint to not jump all over each and every utterance from these clowns and rip their arguments to shred (not a difficult task) but I sense that this is precisely what they would want us to do. Limbaugh especially is a master hate-baiter whose thought out plan is to be as outrageous as he possibly can with the expressed purpose of pissing off liberals and increasing ratings. He has been successful at both.
My decision is to now lay back a bit and mention Limbaugh and Beck only when I can accompany the story with an inspired imaginative humorous decent acceptable illustration. Otherwise, I now prefer ignoring them.
Palin though, is a different kettle of fish. She is more than just a pundit expressing her twisted political views as a means to increase her riches. Yes, money is a big part of what Palin does but it is not the entire story. I am of the firm belief that her level of ignorance reaches such depth that it has her believing much of what she says. It’s not an act. Palin simply has no awareness of how truly ignorant she is.
Regardless of whether she decides to run in 2012 (probably not), I’m convinced that Sarah Palin views herself as a preeminently qualified candidate to be president of the United States. And that being the case, it saddens me to write that I am unable to join Mr. Milbank’s call for a Palin-free February even though, I am sure, it cheapens and demeans me beyond measure. My apologies.
UPDATE:
After further reflection, I’m now considering the month-long Palin ban. We’ll see how it works out.
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There’s been a ton of criticism over Palin’s ‘they’re-attacking-poor-little-me’ video she chose to release on Wednesday – the same day they held the memorial for the Tucson shooting victims, the same day President Obama gave one of the best speeches of his career. The overriding sentiment can be summed up by this piece from First Read:
While Obama tried to uplift, Palin tried to settle scores. While the president called for more civility, the former Alaska governor talked about duels and “blood libel.” And while Obama’s message was, well, presidential, Palin’s was not. We’ll say this: If Palin has ambitions for the White House — and we’re still not sure she does — then her tone, message, and timing from her eight-minute video was a serious miscalculation.
Ah yes, and what about those presidential ambitions? David Frum nails it with this this.
“She’s like a big melting iceberg in warm water, and I think a big chunk of ice just slipped off the side.”
See? There is some positive effect to global warming.
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What do you think? Does Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) have the hots for Sarah Palin or is he just plain crazy? Whichever it is, this guy has just moved the wingnut bar one notch higher.
“If every person in the world was like Sarah Palin, there probably wouldn’t even be need for government because no one would be in danger of any kind. If every person were like Sarah Palin, this world would be a peaceful, beautiful world to live in.”
Actually, there would be all kinds of dangers in a Palin-cloned world, not the least one being the thrashing that common sense, honesty, intelligence and the English language would take.
Best line goes to the Politico reader who wrote of Franks:
Ooooooh. Another customer for my famous Sarah Palin Scratch and Sniff Calendar.
I’ve got a prize for the person coming up with the best ending to, “If every person in the world was like Sarah Palin, then [...]“. Take your best shot.
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