The High Calling of a Low Brow

He we go again.

Knowing that you can fool some of the people all of the time, Sarah Palin is clubbing American politainment (New Coinable Phrase Alert) like it was a baby seal.

Without a team of Machiavellian neocons to pull her strings, The Vanilla Guerrilla from Wasilla is a marionette without a master, making a bold, maverick move and stiffing her constituents, sparing them the expense of having an elected leader and demonstrating the efficacy of smaller government.

Gosh, she's purty and, I dare say, strikingly similar to another recently unassed Republican ex-white hope, George W. Bush. She's got about the same I.Q. as W, though not the pedigree. She's got the same vague ambition but no compass. She's got legs and she knows how to use them (whereas W, in his flight suit, had crotch. Nocturnal emission accomplished!). It's possible she's even more devolved than W, which is saying a lot. Boiled down to the tar, she's all dimple and no depth.

She's Darwins Darlin', proving that on her private Galapagos it is survival of the prettiest.

Given how low the bar has been set by her party's compadres, this two-dimensional pop culture warritrix certainly can do what she wants---badly, of course, but that's not the point. When you live in a labelocracy you can call yourself anything and if you have enough sloe-eyed bucktooth cork-brains who pop wood whenever this particular milf in mukluks winks at them then, gosh darn it you're a winner! If Sarah insists she's a political superstar who represents some vague Christian morality and personifies the myth of American white bread normalcy, yet is still incapable of delivering anything but half-baked bromides and useless legislation, then by Republican standards she is the leader in 2012.

Forget that she's as qualified to run a government as a year old box of raisins.

Forget that she telegraphs her ignorance every time she opens her pie hole and oozes rote generalities.

And by all means forget the sketchy goings on within her own family circle and soon-to-be-forsaken administration. Just remember her inane assertions that she cares about her country and then ask yourself: if she cares so much, where's she goin'?  

For too long we've been subjected to the whims of the booboisie and its corrupt representations, determined to build a world reflecting their boneheaded and backward-marching theories on life and liberty. For Sarah Palin, that world is her oyster. And what's a gal like Sarah to do when she's got oysters? Shuck 'em all!

Comments

[DallasCraig]

Talk about "coinable phrases." This blog was full of 'em. Outstanding!!!

[TRYKER]

Wow Steven, you outdid yourself with this one! Your wordsmithing is at an all time high.
The question she supposedly asked her children..­.something about Mommy doing more for all children but not from the gov desk...what the hell was she palming off on her kids? AS IF her kids have any say in anything she decides to do, and haul them along in fancy dress, at the expense of someone else. Pulleeeeze.
Is she going full tilt against abortion and Roe V Wade? ...because the world needs more Trigs?
Did Trig say "Hell Yeah?" They were his first words? He learned them at her church?
I can't wait to hear what Letterman will have to say...how can he ignore this gem -- to be mined for months no doubt. She's got her recorder ready to capture his one-liners so her lawyer can get busy with some sue-stuff also. She probably has several speeches written and ready to respond to him and claim more media bias.
First she was against crying about media coverage before she was against it.

[taptaptap]

Soooo tired of Eskimo Pious. Really enjoyed this post Steven.

[theaterdoc]

Steven, you are the master of epithets that resonate with potency, wit, and truth. Bravo!

[Dan Beyer]

Well said, well played your take on things politic is too oft delayed. I so much like to read words by Weber as they are by all accounts so very cleber...please don't make me, my breath bate...pen another comment before it gets too late...

[studioh!]

Glad to have you and your wordsmithin back, Steven!

[haval2]

Now the teabaggers will have a place to go, Palin rallies...the teabagging effort seems to be fizzling out and the great base stimulator is now free to legitimately do nothing...they can pal around with her.

[tangelan]

Steven, be sure to let us know when you get your subpoena. You know Sarah's going rogue and suing everybody.

[-0013]

I think most people can agree that Palin is not too bright and certainly at this point not qualified for national office.

I still fail to see why there are so many posts on Huffpost tearing this woman apart. If she's so stupid and unqualified why must we treat her as a threat?

[Clavis]

Nobody thinks she's a "threat". Maybe we just find it entertaining to poke fun at someone who seems to hold themselves in such undeservedly high regard. Haven't you ever watched a Bugs Bunny cartoon? We sympathize with Bugs even as he torments his antagonist because the antagonist first acts like a prideful jerk and earns our emnity!

Sarah Palin acts like a blowhard and a hypocrite and thinks she's a lot smarter and more knowledgable about policy details than she is. She has earned a reputation as a walking punchline. Nobody needs to "attack" her, and they don't.

[Steven Weber - Huffpost Blogger]

The reality is that many of us are disappointed at the caliber of some of our higher profile leaders. Americans have lost faith in government due, in no small part, to the proliferation of politicians like Palin. This disappointment has led to a national sense of disenfranchisement and disaffection, the people having allowed such persons to take the reins of power by parading superficial qualifications and doing the bidding of their corporate sponsors. The attacks might appear to be ad hominem; in truth the are the barbed anger of a people betrayed.

[Konnie]

dear wordsmithie,

our disallusionment comes from the powers inside the beltway(both political and msm) who go for the lowest common demoninator instead of the highest. They offer us phoney
popes, instead of smart people. they shove cute down our thoats, when we
would jump at the chance to vote for ugly brilliance. i want to vote for the person who
says i will not spend one minute of my time in office running for re-election, re-elect
me for what i have accomplished.

keep writing what we are thinking and feeling. you speak to us and for us.

[Schmanet]

God, I wish I was this witty. Excellent!

[JoyinAZ]

This was great!
As I read this, I kept hearing it in my head in Alan Shore's voice [Boston Legal].

[Konnie]

omg - wouldn't that have made a neat scene.....­........al­aska vs palin........

Love my wordsmithie! Steven is the best.

[luziannagirl]

LOL, literally.

Thanks!

[medici]

Thanks, Steven, for giving us another great article. The weird thing is, loads of people just love Palin. When a couple of her female supporters had some of her shortcomings pointed out to them during Palin's vice presidential campaign, they said something like "Oh, you just don't get it". I don't get why they like her at all.

[aramos]

Who cares about Sarah Palin??!!!

Its the economy stupid. Markets trade ahead of econimic growth by as much as 6 months. What they are saying today is that Obama hasn't a clue on how to grow our economy and reinvigorate the job market. His policies are not growth orineted, and are not helping.

So instead of barking about what needs to be done about our most pressing issue (the economy), you're worried about Sarah Palin. Tell that to the people who are unemployed!

[nogurunomethodnoteacher]

I think many of us are capable of doing more than one thing in any given day.

[rjmiller]

You do realize there is an entire section of this site devoted to that subject, right? Not ALL politically related articles have to be about reviving the economy.

[patriccio]

Ah Steven once again your words raise my hopes that the truth has a chance. I especially liked the new term "politainment". I was one of those who; upon hearing Palin in Minneapolis feeding red meat from a menu for the paraniod, gutless, and privileged, immediately made a contribution to Obama. That total was I believe $20 million in one day.

Why do we put up with this corporate sponsored politainment. Turn off you TV sets folks, and read books and get your info from the internet.