October 5 at 8:33AM
Tina Fey Returns as Sarah Palin to Debate Queen Latifah on Saturday Night Live
If you were like me, you spent most of yesterday trying to guess whether or not SNL would put Kenan Thompson in drag last night to play Gwen Ifill. Also, if you were like me you were very relieved to see that the role was instead ably handled by Queen Latifah.
Did you think that was funny? Well you're wrong, because according to Sarah Palin, Tina Fey and Queen Latifah are both going to Hell.
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Isn't she condemning* herself to hell? She doesn't support the 'raped' women of her hometown by paying for their 'rape-kits'. If Ms. Palin would spend a bit more time thinking about her remarks, she probably wouldn't be in this situation.
*corrected
Tina Fey is portraying an insipid, pandering, unqualified, incompetent, asinine, inarticulate, whining female vice presidential candidate whereas Sarah Palin is portraying…………..okay, nevermind.
That Shakespeare stuff is somethin' way over my head. Who was he anyway? I've never read trash, or anythin' else for that matter.
I'd like to see more of Sen McCain auditionin' for "the Penguin.' in one of his famous town hall maverick meetings when he kept sayin' "how bout that Gov Palin, ehhh ( or however you spell it) gosh he is one folksy maverick. Eehh! And we will reform everythin' when I am in charge of the Senate or where ever that big bunch of non mavericks hang out. I know that the Constitution only says I will be a tie breaker in votes, but heck I'll be there every day to make sure I can reform because that is what us mavericks do. Ehhh
A cup. Thus far, the only reading source Palin cites to is a fucking coffee cup. Not Dickens. Not Shakespeare. A Goddamned cup where she misquotes Madeleine Albright.
DaveW: If you're right, Palin will be talking about fructose syrup and citric acid at her next stump. Do you really think she can open up a bottle of Snapple all by herself? Palin probably eats the paper in fortune cookies or she'd be quoting Confucius and spewing lotto numbers like freaking Rainman. Perhaps she confused Joe Six-Pack with bubble gum. And I'm sorry, but there's no way she even got that misquote from Starbucks by herself. I give Palin credit for nothing and that's too much.
I don't know, Cube, it seems likely to me. SP: Hey, fellas, look at this cup, here? I mean, it's a great quote. I think we should use it? Whaddya say, fellas? Huh? Handlers and writers, sotto voce: (Geez, can't she just read her lines like we write 'em? Maybe if we use the cup reference she'll get off our backs, especially if it bombs.) Why, sure, Governor. That's a great idea! Let's run with it. Just be sure to read the line from the cup, just as we write it.
Later on: The sound of palms slapping foreheads can be heard for miles coming from McCain headquarters.
Who do you want to run your country? You want a statesmen running things, that's who. Everytime a Republican uses the word elite like its a bad word, I cringe. Why do they do that?
Elite (also spelled Élite) is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect". The position of an elite at the top of the social strata almost invariably puts it in a position of leadership. So you want the elite to run our country. By definition!!! Who else?
There are farmers. Sure, we need farmers. We need men that understand how things grow, the best pesticides to use, how genetically enhanced food will eventually start to effect our physical evolution, how to clean water, how to irrigate, how to make dry areas green, how to effectively fertilize without having any ill affects on local water systems. How to thoughtfully bring the grow areas closer to market so that we save on energy and travel costs. We need farmers. We need smart farmers. But we don't need them to run the country.
We need dentists and doctors . We need people who have spent their years learning to keep our bodies healthy and save lives. Dentists and doctors are essential to prevent the spread of massive disease and thereby head off all sorts of economic and environmental disasters. But we don't need one to run our country.
We need teachers. Someone must gather the mistakes of the past, and teach those lessons to us as children, so we can build on that information and offer a better life to our kids. We need teachers to give us basic skills like reading and math and language in order to function effectively in society. We need teachers to introduce us to imagination, art, and music. And at the very least, we need teachers to watch the kids for a few hours so as parents, you can have some sanity. But we don't need a teacher to run the country.
We need builders. Someone has to know how to make brick and mortar, how to create a home, how to make it safe, bring in plumbing and electricity, and construct a family's home base to return to generation after generation. But we don't need a builder to run our country.
We need sheriffs. Someone has to stop those with mad cow disease from killing, raping, stealing, and swindling the rest of us. But we don't need that sheriff to run the country. We need him to run the legal enforcement system.
We need generals. We need those who clearly see chess-like decisions 30 moves ahead and can instill bravery and duty in their men. But we don't need those generals, skilled in the art of war and destruction, to run our country.
We need soldiers. In a time of crisis, we need them to save and rescue. In a time of fear and intrusion and attack, we need those who will rise and defend us. We need those who will follow orders and trust in their commanders to see the bigger picture. But we don't need them to put down their weapons and lead the country.
Leaders should be leaders. Those who listen and engage those around them. Those who amalgamate and gather information. Those who surround themselves with uninterested parties. And if there are special interest people in our leader's inner circle, let them be the type of people who work for the greater good. A leader should be someone who can compromise and negotiate. Those who understand job creation. Someone who is compassionate. We need a leader who can analyze data. Someone who makes friends and allies. A leader should be able to keep the cost of living down. Our leaders should be those who choose peace and can and will build a framework to keep it. Although I am more spiritual than religious, I feel that those who are pious and moral would make the best leaders. Answering to a higher power is always a good motivation for making the best decisions. Leaders should be hopeful and undamaged. We need someone who is as whole emotionally as possible, not someone who could easily have been deeply affected by being kept in a hole.
Leaders should be leaders. Those who have peaceful homes and respect the constitution of family and marriage. Those who are engaging and endearing. Those without bloodlust. Those who do not wish to instigate (audio of McCain on wanting to be where the guns were firing to be inserted here), We need those who deliberate. Those who know its easier to say no, than to say yes, but still chose to say yes. We need problem solvers, peacekeepers, those who can hire well (Rick Davis et al data here). Those who are well informed and instill loyalty. That is to say, if they don't know something, those closest to our leader make sure they find it out, and quickly, almost before anyone else.
Leaders should be leaders. Those who value education above all. Not someone who puts down anyone with an education. A leader of this country should remember the tired, the helpless, the poor. Our leader should understand the incredibly valuable commodity that our country has to offer, opportunity. Our leaders should hold that opportunity dear and do all they can to keep it accessible, abundant, and contemporary. Our leaders should understand that upholding the availability of opportunity is the best export we have and that channeling that opportunity into the green job market would be for the good of our planet. Our leader should be someone who can get the world to join us in our efforts and maybe even recruit those allies to help us fund worldwide green research and implementation. Our leaders should walk the walk and drive a green car to be a good example for the nation. And when our economy is in trouble, we need someone who will sound the alarm, early on (see footage of Obama) and not try to lull the masses (see video of McCain).
Leaders should be leaders. Those who are willing to admit and point out when others are right. Those who can look you in the eye. We need someone you can innately trust. Those who get involved the minute there is a problem, and start working toward a solution (Bush continued to read to the kindergartners on 9/11, McCain stayed in NY two extra days when the economy crashed and did not participate in negotiations). Our leader should know basic geography. For instance, Spain is in Europe, not in Latin America, not in Mexico, and not in our hemisphere. Iraq doesn't border Pakistan.
Leaders should be born leaders. Those who can unite minorities and raise them up to the level of everyone else. The history of the United States is fraught with mistakes, massive slavery of a people, annihilations of the native Americans, persecution of the native Hawaiians, disregard for the native American Eskimos. This legacy must no longer be passed on.
If you look at all the living ex-Presidents, you will see that the 4 or 8 years really age them. They almost seem to age quicker than the rest of us. Maybe its the stress, the lack of sleep, or the critics, but each time the office seems to take its toll. We need someone who can take the ageing element out of being President, by starting out younger.
We need heroes. We do. We treasure them. We look up to them. We respect them. But in a leader, we need someone who will use their reach to gather solutions, not reach out to their minions and encourage them to "kill the other guy." (See different messages that went out from both campaigns. Barack asking for suggestions, McCain asking his camp to continue to slander and defame the other guy.)
Can you honestly say that McCain is this leader?
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Yes. McCain is fit to be a leader. One of the biggest reasons you have that mess in Washington is because the majority of them are lawyers. Don't you ever listen to Howard Stern? (btw Howie got married. Howie's in love tee-hee-hee).
I have get to get over the fact that Howard Dean did not make a successful run for the presidency. He and his wife are both doctors. I sat by helplessly and watched him destroyed with a soundbite played over and over and over again. And you blame media conglomerates for that bullshit. The same people who bring you the incessant polls and "truth squad" nonsense.
CNN, stop trying to tell me what to think. You can bs other people, but you cannot bs me. To me, these constant polls are nothing but a lead up to a rigged election. It's obvious to me that Obama is their pick this time around.
Btw, Governor Palin looks beautiful in white.
Btw, concernedMILF? your little handle says it all I think.
I just want to add a few more notes here. Diversity = Democracy. My professor taught me that this focus on expertise in any given area is no more than a gate-keeping device to be utilized for power mongering and special interests; to make common people feel intimidated, like anything they have to say on a given subject is irrelevant compared to experts, and to push them out of any the decision-making that affects their lives.
I see it his way.
Palin "looks beautiful in white"? Who cares? We're not electing a bride. So long as the electorate can be distracted by irrelevancies, it won't matter to us that the McCain/Palin ticket has no real plan to address the economy or health care or the energy crunch or any of the problems that real people grapple with. Expect even more ads from the McCain camp dredging up Rev. Wright again and making specious links between Obama and Ayers. And Palin went to such lengths in the VP debate to insist that the other ticket always focused on the past! We're going to be electing leaders, not IMAGES of leaders. Re-read ConcernedMilf's post!
Bride of Frankenstein, maybe.