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Consider yourselves warned. You can only hide for another week. Because next Friday, July 15, Sarah Palin’s hired hagiographic film The Undefeated (sadly, probably not based on the Iggy Pop song of the same name) will be released in multiple cities across the United States.
If the trailer (see video on the right) is any indication, the pseudo-documentary is chock full of the same unintentional self-parody that has made Palin herself so popular on the left side of the political spectrum. Really, with the melodramatic opening music and silent titles proclaiming “DAUGHTER – WIFE – MOTHER – WARRIOR,” what viewer can help wondering if we’re about learn that Palin is secretly a programmed-from-birth assassin (sort of The Manchurian Candidate meets Hanna)?
You also have to love that first spoken words in the trailer are, “Like a marine, she runs toward the danger” — this about a woman whose most notorious achievement is quitting midway through her term as governor of Alaska to market herself and her family as reality-TV fodder, and who is too terrified of unscripted questions to appear in anything but the most staged public settings.
Meanwhile, in other faux-populism news, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Death to Medicare) — last seen being portrayed as a heroic, humble man of the people attending town halls in Wisconsin — got caught Wednesday night in a fancy Washington, D.C. restaurant sharing a couple of $350 bottles of wine with two “economists” (who may or may not turn out to be lobbyists).
Ryan later claimed not to have realized the wine was anywhere near that expensive, even though the waiter’s presentation of it was so elaborate that it drew the attention of nearby diners (who took photos to document Ryan’s high living). Fortunately, one of the diners apparently confronted the congressman in time for him to pay for one of the bottles — even though he purportedly hadn’t ordered it himself — and thereby avoid trouble for accepting an illegal gift.
Kind of like those fancy clothes the Republican National Committee forced on Palin in the fall of 2008 without her knowledge, I guess. I tell you, there’s danger everywhere when you’re a culture warrior fighting for the common folks. But y’know, leaders like Ryan and Palin are so fearless they can’t help running toward it.
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Swopa!
When all is said and done, both parties are corporatist bastards, but the Republicans are much funnier about it.
Swopa!
The sooner Failin’ (im)Palin flames out, the happier I will be. At this point she is even more annoying than Snooky (and maybe not quite as bright).
I find Snooky, or whatever her name is, much easier to ignore.
It’s coming to The City Beatiful!! The Trial had us mesmerized for 6 weeks. This is quite the come down.
Paul Ryan has a B.A. in economics so when he says Tax cuts for wealthiest 10% of the country will solve everything because it will make them happy and their happiness will trickle down, I believe him. /s :-)
Palin has the depth of Paris Hilton, the maturity of Britney Spears, and the sober judgement of Lindsey Lohan. And those are her good points.
I don’t want her to flame out; I want her to make the “moderate” republicans pay for all of the years that they climbed into bed with the bible-zombies and crazies like herself, and then figuratively went off to the convention and left them $10 on the dresser.
I want her to make them pay by her offering the wing-nuts a REAL knee-jerk jingo, so that she can run and pull lots of votes, and the snake-twirlers can go into the GOP convention with some influence and power, to make the “moderates” kiss their asses and let them write things into the republican platform that will scare the bejeezus out of a lot of american voters. :o)
The only bad thing about Palin is that OUR “moderates” like Digby, etc., use her for herring-dragging to try to scare voters into sticking with Obama and the dems.
Didn’t work too well at the mid-terms, and I don’t think it’ll be any better in 2012.
Paul Ryan is a steaming pile of shit.
Gonna watch Harry Potter instead. Far more intelligent and entertaining.
And those are his good points.
What you got against poop?
Hilarious trailer. (Come to think of it, almost as hilarious as Obama’s bullshit bestsellers.)
I’m sorry to say, because she is unquestionably entertaining, that Sarah is extremely sadly yesterday, her whole existence reduced to the remainder bin of Fox News ADD fuckdoll idiot culture.
Bachmann, baby! She’s hot, she’s got the jesus, she’s the 80 proof distilled good shit with an ice bucket next to Sarah’s 3.2 warm beer.
Sorry, Sarah. It really is unfair how Gabby Giffords killed you and your brand. She’s a bad woman. But that’s how life goes.
Good move.
This is weird. Every time I refresh the page it takes me to some page for “feedburner” or some such. When I go back to the main page and click on the title of the post I get the same thing, but if I click on the “comments” at the bottom of the post, it brings me back here.
DrD, whole site has been pain in booty for days now. I never know what crazy place i’m gonna end up when i merely hit “comments” on a post. I assume somebody’s on it, but still, wtf and stamping my tiny feet.
Yes, the powers that be are aware of the problem (and in fact have been encountering it themselves, I believe). I think there’s going to be some downtime late at night over the weekend to try and diagnose/fix things.
Proposed alternate title for Palin’s autohagiography by proxy:
Triumph of the Shill.
If the trailer (see video on the right) is any indication, the pseudo-documentary is chock full of the same unintentional self-parody that has made Palin herself so popular on the left
People say GOPers don’t get humor unless its mean and hurts people but self parody while unintentional is still humor.
Its a cry from the soul when you don’t recognize yourself in the mirror.
Its somebody please stop me.
I like the weird insights I get opening strange doors at the Lake:)
“Like a marine, she runs toward the danger”
Until Katie Couric shows her skirt ! :)
got caught Wednesday night in a fancy Washington, D.C. restaurant sharing a couple of $350 bottles of wine with two “economists” (who may or may not turn out to be lobbyists).
$350 for 2 bottles of wine? I have never spent that much on booze for a whole weekend. This is a man of the people? He’s from Wisconsin Miller is to good for him?
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“Basically, you have a situation in which the person who bought the meal says I bought it on the basis of a personal friendship and if it’s under $100, you have to show the history of the relationship and some degree of reciprocity,” said Meredith McGehee of the Campaign Legal Center.
He won’t give the names of his 2 economists friends so we can check if they are lobbyists. He wants to cut SS and Medicare but he and the rich can’t pay more taxes to save SS and Medicare?
20 minutes 3 guys 2 bottles of wine thats power drinking they were getting wasted. They were not enjoying the taste of $350 bottles of wine.
Word.
Yup. Just did so myself.
If I ever spent $700 on booze I would be expecting my date to put out I wonder how Ryan thanked his 2 male friends at the end of the night?
Ryan didn’t screw them he offered us instead to be screwed.
There is no way the GOP or Dems can claim cash like that does not buy votes.
I don’t expect a girl to put out because I spend money on her but then again I never spent $700 just on booze in 20 minutes I thought you only spent that kind of cash in less than an hour on high priced hookers.
At what cash level does a date become a business transaction?
You’re treading a line there, sparky. Back off it.
Women should always be treated well, and the fact that they are treated well, sometimes, is never a cause for speculation that they are “open for business.”
Just don’t go there.
In the minds of the corporate class, the Republicans are “The Perfect” and the Democrats are “The Good”. “Don’t let the Perfect be the enemy of the Good” as they say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monyiOsoKxg
I am comparing Ryan to a girl for hire by the 20 minute mark. For that kind of cash people expect things in return.
Also Ryan can blow more than 2 minimum wage people can earn in a week in 20 minutes but he wants to take their and my SS and Medicare so that rich guys can afford keep buying him $350 bottles of wine?
Ryan is for sale but we are the ones getting screwed.
A woman out on a date is one thing but yes trying buying her love with or in this case votes is an issue we should raise.
Poor Guys and Girls have griped about rich folks stealing their dates since forever. Considering Ryan’s votes and just how poor his farm district is I worked there for a summer then yes I know I won’t be the only one raising this line of questioning.
Ryan is selling out the people in his district who he is supposed to represent, who need SS and Medicare for a fancy lifestyle and $350 bottles of wine.
Cash was offered Ryan sold out his District its not like he represents Beverly Hills. Ryan pretending not to be a whore is like Rush Limbaugh saying he can get dates without the cash.
If I had the cash I’d go report on what the locals at the local biker bar think of this. I could buy the entire bar a round of drinks for less than what Ryan bought 1 bottle of wine for.
Oops, I just read through the thread. I didn’t mean for my vid link to act as any kind of commentary on what came before. Apologies if the lyrics are offensive to anyone.
Yeah, we know. Quit doing that.
Well, I find them offensive. As a woman I resent our only power word being usurped into fucking maleness. You can keep Bitch, but don’t even think about stealing cun*.
Fair enough. I just hear the C word, in British English, as an equivalent of “asshole” which, oddly enough, seems to my ears to be gendered male. I suppose females can be assholes, but it sounds odd to me. Anyway, sorry you were offended.
I don’t think language belongs to males or females. “Ass****” and “c****” are precious to all people.
In the new “Undefeated”, does The Divine One get the john Wayne role, or will she be Rock Hudson?
Oh, I forgot the frigging snark tag, I’m sorry. I actually like the song. I wasn’t offended, just clinging to the last great word us wimmens’ own.! I’ll fight to keep Cun* female. raises fist :]
Oh, I didn’t even know there was a snark tag, hehe. Well, I had a good belly laugh from our exchange. It’s too bad they deleted the best of it. You keep fighting the good fight ;-)
Wait…wait…a B.A. ? I thought it was a B.S.
Warrior?
What is it with the right – that it HAS TO declare war?
It seems like violence is an integral part of their philosophy.
If not for the progressive/liberal policies that she, Michelle Bachmann, and Anne Coulter constantly assail, these “conservative women” wouldn’t have a public forum for their attacks.
You omitted the “Shrill” between “the” and “Shill”.