George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
Have you ever felt inadequate when trying to describe Sarah Palin? I know I have. She is so obviously incompetent, but exactly how she is incompetent has been difficult for me to put into words. I don't know why - but it has.
This morning, I had the pleasure of reading an article by a guy who NAILS the essence of Sarah Palin. The article is titled: "Palinism 101" It is written by a guy named Jacob Weisberg and may be found in the August 16th edition of Newsweek.
The article opens with a definition of Palinisms:
Does this guy have her down, or what? Listen to this:
At one point, Mr. Weisberg likens Palin to "an unprepared high-school student trying to bluff her way through an oral exam by mugging and flirting."
I don't know about y'all, but that is certainly how I saw (see) her. Let's delve a little further into the article . . .
And finally . . .
There is more to this article. I urge you to read it in its entirety at:
Palin's Gibberish Is Funny but Could Be Dangerous - Newsweek
Now, before you cons waste a lot of space wondering why us Libs are so "obsessed" with Palin, let me cut you short. I admit to being not necessarily obsessed with her, but certainly interested in her - in much the same way I would be interested in a train wreck. I am also interested because enough of you Republicans keep beating the Palin drum to keep the hope alive in my heart that, somehow, she WILL find her way into the Repub nomination for POTUS in 2012. Oh God, how I pray this happens . . .
This morning, I had the pleasure of reading an article by a guy who NAILS the essence of Sarah Palin. The article is titled: "Palinism 101" It is written by a guy named Jacob Weisberg and may be found in the August 16th edition of Newsweek.
The article opens with a definition of Palinisms:
Palinisms occur when Palin expresses one of these views in her idiosyncratically involuted syntax (“It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia” when she expresses two or more of them in combination (“God’s will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that” or when she says anything at all in her imitable my sentence went on the Tilt-A-Whirl and got nauseous way (“And I think more of a concern has been not within the campaign, the mistakes that were made, not being able to react to the circumstances that those mistakes created in a real positive and professional and helpful way for John McCain”.
Does this guy have her down, or what? Listen to this:
But the best Palinisms of all result when the huntress encounters something she wasn’t hunting for—that is, when Palin comes into contact with most anything to do with domestic, foreign, or economic policy. It is this situation that generates those priceless let me tap-dance and also sing for you a little song while you think of a different question moments.
At one point, Mr. Weisberg likens Palin to "an unprepared high-school student trying to bluff her way through an oral exam by mugging and flirting."
Her exuberant incoherence testifies to an unusually wide gulf between confidence and ability. She is proud of what she doesn’t know and contemptuous of those “experts” and “elitists” who are too knowledgeable to be trusted.
she rarely appears to have the slightest grasp of what she’s talking about.
I don't know about y'all, but that is certainly how I saw (see) her. Let's delve a little further into the article . . .
Bushisms, which I collected for many years, often hinged on a single grammatical or factual error. Palinisms, by contrast, consist of a unitary stream of patriotic, populist blather. It’s like Fox News without the punctuation.
And finally . . .
After McCain lost, and after Palin terminated her governorship in the effusion of furious gibberish known as her resignation speech, I have found it mostly funny. To be alarmed by Palin today presumes a Republican Party suicidal enough to want her to do more than run its weekend paintball games.
There is more to this article. I urge you to read it in its entirety at:
Palin's Gibberish Is Funny but Could Be Dangerous - Newsweek
Now, before you cons waste a lot of space wondering why us Libs are so "obsessed" with Palin, let me cut you short. I admit to being not necessarily obsessed with her, but certainly interested in her - in much the same way I would be interested in a train wreck. I am also interested because enough of you Republicans keep beating the Palin drum to keep the hope alive in my heart that, somehow, she WILL find her way into the Repub nomination for POTUS in 2012. Oh God, how I pray this happens . . .
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