Turns Out Sarah Palin Was Really Just Giving Us All a Valuable Life Lesson
It amazes me that conservatives are still apologizing for Sarah Palin, even now that the election is over and nobody has to pretend that she's the brilliant genius of intelligent smartness that conservatives had to pretend she was. Can't we just admit that she's a train wreck and move on to things that are less blatantly obvious?
Apparently, not. Here's Redstate's Dan McLaughlin feigning indignation at everyone's amazement over Palin's recently released turkey slasher film…
Folks, this is how farming works: you raise animals, then you kill them and eat them. Here in New York City, we don't get much exposure to the business end of that process, but people across the country who have farmed or hunted know that it's part of life, and has been as long as human beings have been eating animals.
It's not a bad thing to have some people in public life who aren't shocked by where our food comes from.
That's all true. And I am solidly not opposed to killing turkeys for food. In fact, I'm all in favor of it. If nobody was killing turkeys for food, I wouldn't get to eat turkeys as food. And I really like eating turkeys as food.
The real issue here, obviously, isn't that turkeys are killed for food. It's that maybe turkeys being killed for food maybe isn't the absolute best backdrop for a video interview.
But maybe I'm over-reacting. If you think about it, it is sort of refreshing in a salt-of-the-earth, mavericky way. After all, it is just a fact of life that we all should be able to deal with.
You know what? I've changed my mind! I like this. Seriously, I do. In fact, I'd like to see Sarah Palin give more interviews like this. Like, maybe she could give an interview in front of a hospital patient with severe brain damage being removed from life support by her doctor. Or in front of a child being told that he's been diagnosed with Mosaic Down Syndrome. Or in front of a constipated old lady with hemorrhoids trying to move her bowels.
After all, these are all just facts of life. Nothing to be ashamed of. And why not chose them as appropriate backdrops for the state governors to conduct interviews in front of?
Seems like a no-brainer.
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Hilo,
I guess I'd either contemplate murder or suicide. Car trips hmmmm… if you've never seen Grindhouse, the chase scene in Death Proof is one of the best I've seen since French Connection or Bullet. No CGI bullshit. This is why we can't let the Big 3 go down. F China. F Japan. F Germany. The hell was this post about? Oh yeah. Palin. She sucks. BAILOUT THE BIG 3! Ever have a road trip like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obwzTdarN6I
1. What about murder/suicide? That would make a good scary movie.
2. Speaking of scary movies, I agree, Cube. Bail out Detroit.
3. That Turbaconducken photo from Dennis D. looks like Tarantino's face from your Planet Terror clip! Haha.
4. I have to finish my second large cup of coffe before I click on anymore of your youtube links. I'll respond if I get the courage.
4a. No, can't say I've ever been on a roadtrip like that.
b. That guy on the bicycle…ow
c. What kind of cars are those? Pintos?
d. What in the hell did Kurt Russell do to piss those ladies off?
e. I'm speaking in outlines because I haven't slept well for some reason lately, and it helps me organize my thought processes…
Hi Hilo,
Kurt Russel drives a 1970 Chevy Nova and a 1969 Dodge Charger. The girls drive a Challenger. Kurt Russel does plenty to get them mad, but, I won't tell you. If you like Tarantino, you need to get this. Grindhouse is a double feature throwback to exploitation films in the 70's. Planet Terror is the first one (people walked out of the theater b/c they thought it was over when that ended) and the second is Death Proof. Planet Terror is a crazy zombie flick. Robert Rodriguez did that one. There are also fake trailers (Rob Zombie did one and so did the guy who did Hostel). That part where Tarantino zombies out does look like the turbaconducken. Loved this film. Very unique. Ton of movie references. The Japanese don't make cars like that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindhouse_(film)
Cube, I'm not a big fan of slasher/zombie/vampire films, although I enjoyed Shaun of the Dead. That was very funny. I can appreciate the contributions of Tarantino, but I'm just not made tough enough to watch his movies and not get nightmares. I like the fact they use American cars in these movies. I used to sell girl scout cookies outside the Ford Motor Co. in L.A. many, many moons ago. My parents' families emigrated to the East Coast from Europe, worked in the coal mines, then the automobile industry in Detroit eons ago, so you can imagine I'll always support the Americans…
I have to wonder where you came from with the joke of mosaic Down syndrome? How do you even know about that? I happen to know about it, but I didn't think anyone actually had even heard about it since it was so rare.
Enlighten us!
I don't really like turkey. I wished they had filmed her on a crab boat. Or on a pig farm. They have pork in Alaska, don't they? There is nothing better than a pork and arugula sandwich, with some spicy mustard and a sliced tomato.
Perhaps the best time for an interview with a controversial backdrop would be when her daughter finally gives birth to her grandbaby. Then we can all hear her expound on the advantages of welfare for unwed teenagers of wealthy parentage, while having just hired a nanny to take care of the baby.
Palin could do a whole string of interviews in bizarre situations. The juxtaposition (I've been reading A.O. Scott) of her cheerful casualness and the gore of reality…might spur a whole new genre in news/politics/entertainment.
She'd fund the project herself with the proceeds from book sales! Just so long as the people with cameras, lights, and microphones show up! She's ALWAYS ready for her close-up!