The best of Sarah Palin from around the Web this weekend.
First, another pitch perfect take on Palin by Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live. Even the Joe Biden character is hilarious.
A brilliant Kos contributor gives an inside look at Palin’s debate strategy:

At a rally yesterday in California, Palin pretty much told women who don’t vote for her that there’s a special place in hell for them. Well, not pretty much. That’s exactly what she said.
She claims to be quoting Madeline Albright, but of course the quote is wrong. So either Palin can’t keep her facts straight (again), or she really thinks threatening women with hell is a winning strategy.
In other news, in what has to be the most embarrassing political writing this year, Rich Lowry the editor of the National Review wrote this about Palin’s debate performance:
[Sarah Palin] projects through the screen like crazy. I’m sure I’m not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, “Hey, I think she just winked at me.” And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can’t be learned; it’s either something you have or you don’t, and man, she’s got it.
Yeah, it’s called an erection, Rich. And I think the last time a guy got that worked up over a wink was back in 1952.
And just in case we’ve forgotten the deadly serious consequences of the Sarah Palin circus, Brian Williams brings us back to reality on Letterman (and probably kills his own chances for a Palin sit-down interview anytime soon):
The money quote:
It’s September 11, 2001. The President is airborne. The Secret Service won’t yet let him land, because we know that little about what has just happened to us. The Vice President has taken hold of the machinery of government inside the White House. He’s in a secure tank. That’s also the job description we’re talking about here. And that’s part of this choice we get to make in 32 days.
Michael Crowley at the New Republic echoes Williams:
President! Remember that’s what we’re talking about here, not some high-stakes reality show. In theory, Sarah Palin could be signing executive orders, appointing Supreme Court Justices, and even ordering air strikes on Iran by the time Super Bowl XLIII kicks off in Tampa on February 1.
But, but, but the wink! The starbursts!!

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