First we had Matt Damon (MATT DAMON!) compare Sarah Palin’s presence on the Republican ticket to a really bad Disney movie. I can see that (oh, and so can all you, too). Well played, sir! Top drawer.
However, now John Cleese has thrown down the gauntlet by referring to Palin as a well-trained parrot followed up by the rather keen observation that her rapid ascension is exactly the kind of skit material Monty Python could’ve dreamed up back in the day. And boom goes the dynamite.
Only 11 days left! Do we have time for another challenger? Take your shot now, this could be your last chance. I wouldn’t expect to see SNL’s favourite punching bag stick around in public after the GOP ticket has finished its long downward spiral.
Just in case you’re wondering how this little cameo happened in the first place, the owner of the Philadelphia Flyers is Edward Snider, a well-known Republican corporate grunt. This is just one more example of how far out of touch the suits tend to be with their most loyal customers. However, do keep in mind that the fans at the Wachovia Center will boo just about anything.
A few interesting notes from the video description:
The arena had to raise the music volume to drown out the booing. Some have claimed they also piped in cheers. Palin has said she put her 7-year-old daughter Piper in a Flyers jersey to discourage some of the booing.
Nice. For the curious, the Rangers went on to thump the Flyers 4-3.
I have never been one to suggest that words or phrases should be censored, and there have been some pretty nasty words in the past. Still, this current election with Old Balls and Prince Hope is forcing me to rethink this issue. Should words be banned? Well, they can if they happen to be the following.
Change: Remember when Obama represented something new and somewhat refreshing? Well, it turns out that the word has become McCain’s new slogan as well. For you see, after picking Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee, McCain started to mention asinine crap about how he and his partner are the real harbingers of change. Feeling threatened, Obama and Biden started to say that they were the real change candidates and changed (sorry) their campaign slogan from “Change We Can Believe In” to “Change We Need.”
I will make no apologies for supporting Obama. In fact, if one’s idea of “change” is voting for someone who happens to be the oldest candidate in history, eats moose, and can see Russia from their house, I feel that these voters shouldn’t be allowed to vote. However, to be fair, the word “change” is so overused by both parties that it has on occasion forced me into a Hulk-like rage. In fact, if a bum so much as asks me for “spare change,” I don’t know if I will be able to control my emotions. [Read more]
We keep this up, and people are gonna think that us C-F folk hate conservatives.
Which, uh… anyway…
On the heels of every other fuckup Republican VP pick Sarah Palin has on her so far there’s a much lesser known scandal lurking in the shadows. One which, I think, says more about her character then most other stories out there. Many talk about her daughter, but you can’t necessarily hold that against Palin. This, on the other hand…
Apparently, during her time as mayor of Wasilla, Palin went about poking at the idea of getting books banned, even going as far as firing a librarian and then reversing the action when residents of the town became outraged. More, after I get on my fireman uniform.
Despite it having been a scant four days since Palin was announced as McCain’s running mate, the woman is already up to her ass in slung shit. It’s understandable for left-wing pundits to be denouncing her lack of expertise, particularly since their own candidate is often on the recieving of such criticism, but why stop there? Honk your horn if you loooove drama!
First was insinuations that the recently-born Trig Palin was actually Sarah’s grandson rather than her own boy, based loosely on a couple of photos and a few things that seemed to be too odd to be coincidental. This, however, isn’t what’s important.
The important part is that for whatever reason, Palin decided the best way to negate these rumors was not with something like medical records, or even by showing photos that prove otherwise, but rather by saying that the four-month-old baby had to have been expelled by her womb because her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant. Saddle up for a wild ride, buckaroos.
