From the
Globe and Mail:
1. The Palins
Are they Alaskan hillbillies or down-to-earth folks with values grounded in old-fashioned virtues and experiences? Who cares what they are. Enough already. Sarah Palin traipsed through this nightmare of a TV year, squawking about this and that, like a fame-seeking reality-TV contestant afraid of being forgotten. And then daughter Bristol on Dancing With the Stars, awkwardly hoisting herself toward the saddest sort of entertainment fame. Do you get the feeling it will all end in tears? The sooner, the better.
As has been pointed out by others, it has become abundantly clear that the real reason that Sarah Palin decided to do a reality show was in this totally transparent attempt to address every single one of her pet peeves about the media coverage she has received.
She has shooed boys away from her daughter's room to show that Levi CERTAINLY was not having sex with Bristol right under her nose. (However the boy's familiarity with the Palin home and his dismissal of Sarah's warnings, suggest that he has been in the home unsupervised numerous times before.)
She has referenced the ability to see Russia from Alaska in a joking manner to prove that SHE is in on, and not the butt of, the joke. (Of course ignoring the real revelation during Couric's interview, which is that Palin completely lacked any foreign relations experience and desperately used Alaska's proximity to Russia to cover that fact. And clearly expected that to suffice.)
She has repeatedly gone out of her way to point out that the oppressive presence of Joe McGinniss upset her family, and kept them from enjoying their usual summer activities. (Apparently forcing them instead to play tourist in their own state for millions of TLC dollars. The poor thing!)
She has taken great pains to show the world that she CAN use a gun and DOES go hunting, in order to prove that Levi Johnston was "just making things up" in his
Vanity Fair article. (Of course all that she has done, based on her clumsiness and discomfort with the firearm, is to PROVE to real hunters, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that young Mr. Johnston was indeed speaking the truth.)
And if all of that were not bad enough, Palin then forces her daughter to go on DWTS in an attempt to put rumors of a pregnancy to rest. And we all know how THAT worked out.
Instead the whole world was suddenly watching as, for the first time ever, a contestant on DWTS continued to balloon in size despite the rigorous practice schedule.
The Grizzled Mama has shown a bizarre and self destructive ability to take rumor and innuendo, highlight them, and then convince everyone, even those not aware of them, that they are based in fact.
She also does the same thing concerning the babygate rumors. Think about it, WHO brings that story to national attention more than Palin herself?
Nobody.
I only WISH I could reach as many people with the questions surrounding Trig's birth as Palin can. (Of course I am certain I have reached far more people than Palin has been made aware of.) You just know that when Palin brings up the controversy of Trig's birth story on national television that numerous people, who have never even heard of it, fire up their Google and start researching just what in the hell she is talking about. (Thanks?)
Those are the signs of somebody with a very definite and destructive personality disorder, and Palin has done her level best to put a spotlight on it for the entire country to see.
When many of you ask me how I am so sure that Palin will never be elected President, my response to you is that the reason I know she can't is because she is up against a very powerful opponent. And that opponent, who is working her ass off to keep Sarah Palin from being electable, is Sarah Palin. All that the media, and the bloggers, have to do is provide her the ammunition. She is virtually guaranteed to shoot herself in the foot with it.
You know I was talking to somebody just the other day, and they mentioned that if anybody were to write a movie script with this many convoluted plot points, it would NEVER sell. It would in fact be considered to unrealistic and bizarre for the average movie going audience to accept. And yet it is the very real story of Sarah Palin.
And that is why she still draws so much attention. She believes, and is told by her sycophants, that she is being admired, but in reality people are staring at her in shocked disbelief.
