Palin may be taking hits after the tragic Tucson shooting, but that's no reason her original and highly entertaining reality show shouldn't be put back on the air.
Whether you agree with Sarah Palin's politics or not, if you watched the shows a religiously as I did, you had to hand it to Sarah -- she made for gripping television.
The former Vice-Presidential candidate was impossible NOT to watch for multiple reasons. Number one, she IS gorgeous, so whether she was huddling in rain gear next to droopy Kate Gosselin, or in a pink sweatshirt in her Wasilla home, or gutting halibut in a fishline uniform -- she looked non-stop magnetically beautiful. Especially when you consider she's 46 and a mother of five.
Number two, she's jaw-droppingly outrageous. Rosie O'Donnell couldn't do her better. She managed to get a deadly swipe in at Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign, as she hunted for smores fixings. "Where are the smores ingredients? This is in honor of Michelle Obama, who said the other day we should not have dessert."
On her last episode, she gleefully called wussy Kate Gosselin a "city mouse," and she managed many times to guffaw over making liberals "wee wee!"
Number three, she stays on point, and every good television show delivers an enticing on point message. For Modern Family, it's the essential value of family, for American Idol, it's that talent and hard work can take you to the top.
In Sarah Palin's Alaska, she managed to combine the two. She repeatedly spouted off about her love for her wonderful "Alaskan" family AND was pretty much a broken record endorsing the power of a strong work ethic as well as self reliance and personal independence.
The bottom line -- no matter what your political beliefs -- you can't argue with the seductive appeal of the traditional American values of family and independence. And really who wouldn't want to have a fabulous, loving extended family like the Palins, and who wouldn't want to roll up their shirt sleeves and build success from the ground up, like Sarah and her husband Todd appear to have -- that's powerful TV.
Then there is Sarah Palin's unique form of homey self-expression. Americans always fall for the down-home talk that Palin specializes in. I'm "flipping mad," "'it's a big darn deal," "you betcha," are amongst her favorite expressions. Just listening to her, is entertaining.
Finally, Palin is surrounded by a full cast of characters that couldn't be improved by Central Casting -- kindly but gruff grandpa Chuck, handsome rugged dogsledder/fisherman/Mr. Mom Todd, adorable feisty daughter Piper and good girl gone bad gone good again, daughter Bristol.
I'm going to miss Sarah trying to shove her values down my throat while I'm wondering who the Lipstick Pitbull will bite each episode.
She's young enough to keep us guessing about her Presidential ambitions for years, while teasing us on TV for at least another season or two.
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I'm not quite sure what part of my comment was not within the guidelines,whether it was "mother" or "of" or "God" apparently it is more favorable in English. Either way I had fun with the little game and a good laugh. Oh, and, I win.....lol!
Liberals better hope she runs otherwise, enjoy the lame duck season, it will be the last season of your liberal lives you might enjoy.
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-- "...she looked non-stop magnetically beautiful.."
That COULD happen when you have makeup people sitting off camera somewhere;
and camera people deciding on the best shots, best angles, best lighting, etc.
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-- "...she managed many times to guffaw over making liberals "wee wee!"
So, she has the vocabulary (and mind?) of a child! THAT is awe inspiring (especially
to some on the Right)?
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-- "...she stays on point..."
We are all aware of Palin and her "word salad"..?
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-- "...Palin is surrounded by a full cast of characters.."
Indeed. They are people "playing characters". IMO, far from a true reality show!
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Failin Pailn doesn't deserve any of this.
"AND was pretty much a broken record endorsing the power of a strong work ethic as well as self reliance and personal independence."
Yes the strong work ethic that causes you to quit being a state governor because it was too much.. ya know.. work.
Palin has turned herself into a caricature of herself... only she's unfortunately learned only how to amplify the ugly. God knows she resists learning anything else.
But good on you for loving her. She could use a little love after the strenuous hate talk she constantly exerts her energy to secrete. She's exhausted!
The former Vice-Presidential candidate was impossible NOT to watch..."
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Then, I've done "the impossible"..!
I have NEVER watched one single second of her show..!
I've also done the impossible and am happy to say i will continue to do so as long as I am alive.
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What goes around comes around... Sarah reaps what she sows. She's constantly
negative and spouting negative comments; so she (and her followers) should not be surprised when they receive, no less, in reciprocation..!
"...watch the show, you would learn about life in Alaska."
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From her? Why? I already KNOW she is "a poser". I don't need to watch her show
for her to show me [even more].
Prime example?
Sarah, the supposed life-long hunter who clearly knew practically NOTHING when it came to guns (their handling and use for hunting) as shown on the show; as per an article.
"...it's been revealed on her own reality show that she does not even know much about guns or how to use them."
http://wwwÂ.theawl.coÂm/2010/12/Âsarah-paliÂn-the-tv-sÂtar-exposeÂs-sarah-paÂlin-the-faÂke-hunter
As for Palin that's just par for the course. Quit.
Bonnie, if Olbermann kept his "worst person in the world" feature, I'd nominate you for every single thing you've written at HP. Seriously. Every one of your columns displays an absurdly sick sense of priorities and values. In sum, I would never date you.
Right, she loved her Alsaka family so much, that she quit, so much for a strong work ethic. As for self reliance, then why is she in Fox's pocket?
by the way, Sarah was clear of all of them, paid her personal legal bill and will continue to be an example of positive leadership...
double standard by the liberals again......