November 03, 2008
You Have To Be Kidding.
No, seriously, this has to be a joke.
Actually, the entire Palin thing has to be a joke. A terrible, horrible act of depraved fuckery foisted upon people who make it a priority to pay attention to politics and the issues and reality. Why? Because a woman who could potentially end up in the presidential seat PROBABLY shouldn't glorify things like this, especially a song that prides itself on being low-class and somewhat nit-witted.
Don't get me wrong, I think the song works well for Sarah, but it's not fitting for anyone who aspires to a career in politics or plans on using common sense or logic in the near future.
If this entry comes off as hateful and condescending: Good. I'm sick to death of the people who would champion a song like this as emblematic of who they are having lots of political clout. I'm tired of hearing politicos pandering to the common folk by throwing all thought processes out the window. If this election doesn't give us an Obama presidency, I at least want it to be a referendum on politicians dumbing - nay, retarding - issues and their personalities down for the masses. I want it to show politicians that it's okay to talk to Americans like grown-ups. That there's nothing wrong with having a president that's smarter than you. All of the Joe Sixpack Hockeymom Lipstickpig bullshit needs to be jettisoned from our cultural landscape, because in the end it's just dragging us all down into a mire of dumbness that overcomes people like quicksand.
And Palin, to me, is a representation of that dumbness. She's an avowed anti-intellectual who never seems to connect her brain with her mouth, she's basically the antithesis of a feminist, and can't even seem to decide whether or not she wants to play homegrown country gal mom-type or big-time rabble-rousing politico. Every time she shows up with McCain, he's glaring around with a forced grin that makes him look like someone shat in his coffee and he's trying to play it off as cool. She trips over her words as often as he does, directly contradicts herself on multiple occasions, and seems to be dumbly skulking her way through our cultural landscape as if she were blindfolded. Even the likes of Nancy Pfotenhauer can't carry enough water to put out all the fires that she starts.
And people absolutely ADORE HER. Why? Because she reminds them of themselves. They see this perky, somewhat goofy housewife giving stump speeches and think "Wow, if I quit my job cashiering at Wal-Mart and finally got my GED, that could be me!"
Yeah, don't do that.
I can't wait until tomorrow.
Posted by Jake at November 3, 2008 12:47 PM
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