Saturday, January 10, 2009

Why I Love Sarah Palin

After the election, a Republican strategist described Sarah Palin as "the hubcap that keeps rolling down the road after a car accident."

Now, politicians aren't generally known for being the most self-aware creatures on earth, but in my lifetime I can't recall a less self-aware, more completely narcissitic pol than Sarah Palin. It's clear that she loves it when someone points a camera in her direction, but what she apparently doesn't appreciate is this little technological secret: when the red light is on, the camera is recording what you actually say.

Then, when her interviews are broadcast, yanking back the curtain on her intellectually-challenged ineptitude (thank you, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, et al), she whines after the fact that "the media" are a bunch of big meanies who unfairly target and "exploit" her. I guess when she bitches about being exploited by Tina Fey, it's convenient for her to forget Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton.

What she doesn't realize is that she is not just low-hanging fruit, she's comedy GOLD!

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