Sarah Palin’s trip to Hong Kong last week was promoted heavily, while her speech was kept as little reported as possible (well except for Rich Lowry’s fapping). There were only sketchy reports of her appearance and attempt to acquire gravitas. However, as usual in Palin-land there was a big failing of plans. For who should show up for her speech last week but British professional bs detector Robert Fiske:
It was then we realised that whoever wrote the Palin sermon for her, they had – mercilessly – allowed some of the real Sarah to show through. Even husband Todd got a mention. He had flown with her into Hong Kong. And – here was a reference to the Alaska fish and caviar consumed in this "beautiful", "magnificent" and "libertarian" part of China – "some of the fruits of our labour, mine and Todd’s, ended up on tables here". The caviar at the Hyatt, it should be added, comes from Iran.
Oh dear, looks like Sarah Palin is living the high life with terrorists.
And then there was what passes for wit, at least if you’re Rich Lowry:
"I have a husband," she said. "I think I could have used a wife. He’s awesome." This really floored the Chinese. Poor Todd.
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William Shatner and the Bongo drums would have been a better investment.
The stupid goes international.
Good morning, pups. I hate Mondays… Oh, cripes. If I didn’t already loathe Lieberman having The Pasty Little Putz bring him up would be reason enough. In “A War President?” the PLP says Senator Joe Lieberman is just one of many people waiting to find out if President Obama truly believes that the war he inherited in Afghanistan is a war of necessity. I don’t trust myself to say anything about Lieberman or why anyone would give a flying fuck at a rolling donut about what he thinks… Mr. Cohen, in “The U.S.–Iranian Triangle,” says Iran’s nuclear program is about the restoration of pride, and any sanctions are predisposed to failure. Instead, the U.S. must open talks on a broad array of issues between the two countries. Prof. Krugman discusses the “Cassandras of Climate,” and says as climate scientists have begun reaching consensus that Earth’s outlook is getting worse at greater speed, the need for government action is thrown into sharper relief.
Here they are.
The coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. Sarah never ceased to delight, does she? For a while there were rumors swirling around that she was going to make a move to the lower 48. Any further word on that? Have a great day.
A live fisk-ing, that’s awesome. Kind of like letting Richard Dawkins into a creationism seminar…
The sign on the lectern that the Griftress is speaking behind
needs to be corrected to “Asia-Pacific Marks”.
If you suffer from low blood pressure, you can solve that problem
either by taking a $240/month pharmaceutical,
or more cheaply by reading this health reform dreck from the Fred Hiatt’s litter box liner.
[And please don’t feed the you-know-whats today.]
what is it about her that gets the loyalty she enjoys from here base?
Oh wow. Glenn Beck works in Rockefeller Center (which according to him is the Communist Bastion of New York City and the planet!) and now we’re finding out Sarah Palin enjoyed some caviar from the Iranians, you know, the area of the world that she and Beck believe are where all the Islamofascistterrorists live? Huh.
If we had people like Fisk within our BigMedia, the Paylinpalooza would’ve never happened. BS has a much harder time squeezing through when there’s a good filter. Great smackdown. Short and sweet.
In fact, we usually only see such Fisking when it’s the other way around, sorta like Michael Moore’s latest filleting of Wolf Donner and Blitzen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqRvpBqEgCE
Thing of beauty. I knew Wolf was in trouble when his first “question” was, “So this movie is about Capitalism?” The title of the movie is Capitalism: A Love Story. Jeezus. Having BigMedia gatekeepers like this is why we even know Paylin’s name, and why busting up BigMedia and replacing it with new outlets like FDL is one of the most pressing issues of our time.
(by the way, lurve the “ah…um…line?” Could be the title of Sayrah’s
coloring bookbiography.)I got no problem with Firedogs critcizing the President. But when the WaPooper villagers do it you have got to wonder why. Let us see, exaggerate, simplify and sugar coat, it proves irresistble to me to say who would do such a thing 365 days a year.
The place where the mural talks to him?
I think all women would prefer a wife to a husband; my spouse (who is female) certainly does. I understand the reasons, but how does one get enough wives for everybody regardless of gender? Do lesbian couples have the same issues? I would welcome a discussion of this whole question.
Will Sarah divorce Todd and marry Anne Heche?
The Chronicles of Sarah’s Vapors – Chapter one- My wife ,Todd, has a penis.
I believe Anne Heche is taken. But when I read this in Wikipedia, it makes me thinks she & Sarah could have really hit it off. LOL.
“On Aug. 19, 2000, Heche knocked on the door of a modest Fresno home. Dazed and scantily clad, Heche said her SUV had broken down, asked to take a shower, and then made herself at home. When the cops arrived a short time later, the actress, who had publicly announced the end of her headline-grabbing three-year relationship with DeGeneres the day before, declared she was God and would take everyone back to heaven in her spaceship.”