Comments on: Palin’s Resignation: Proud To Be Trash

By: jtfromBC

jtfromBC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:54:56 +0000

Good to know your still around MonsieurGonzo, I enjoy your insightful comments.

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:29:33 +0000

Well, yeah, that too!

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:29:07 +0000

They stroke her ego.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:42:52 +0000

Ironic? Did you read the quote on who is welcome and who is not welcome to post on that site:
“Valley Trash – Recycling the MatSu Valley one piece at a time.
If your email is something like shakti234@gmail.com or ragheadads@indiaonline.com don’t bother to register, your ads will never be posted here.”
See for yourself – http://www.valleytrash.com/index.php
A racist recycler?

By: MonsieurGonzo

MonsieurGonzo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:59:50 +0000

Eskow: "Is Sarah Palin the first Post-Modern Politician?" imho, No; (actually, "post-modern", that distinction being about ~1973, died on 9/11, and is "so yesterday", fwiw). Ronald Reagan was the first post-modern politician: "Let's just drop all pretense, whatsoever: a politician is a performer in a leading role — no longer a real leader acting like a performer." (Wiki: 'A Face In The Crowd', 1957). The "new post-9/11 realpolitik" is quite well described by Todd S. Purdum's Vanity Fair article, "It Came From Wasilla", and his conclusion about Sarah Palin: "It is, at the moment, a [political dynamic] in which the loudest and most singular voices, not burdened by responsibility [moral hazard], wield disproportionate power. She may decide that she does not need office in order to have great influence — any more than Rush Limbaugh does." The NEW DYNAMIC that Eskow should be seeking to describe is that POLITICAL POWER post-9/11 is no longer wielded by POLITICIANS, but by POLITICAL PUNDITS = performers acting like real journalists and/or un-elected "officials" of the public narrative. Wallechinsky: "Let's face it, being a government official is a hassle. Say [or passive-aggressively, rhetorically ask] something stupid and half the country makes fun of you. Say something stupid on television [or on the internet], and your ratings go up."

By: Tena

Tena — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:48:34 +0000

Darn – should have been: Sarah Palin = Tonya Harding.
Hit the shift key accidentally – dang laptop keyboard.

By: Tena

Tena — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:47:46 +0000

I said it all through the campaign and this picture proves it: Sarah Palin + Tonya Harding.
We could have had Tonya in the White House, god help us all!

By: billyjoe

billyjoe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:52:40 +0000

Try debating anyone from of Palin’s base of supporters that she resigned for a reason other than persecution and distortions by the librul’ media.
Impossible.
She’s their St. Joan of Arc of the Trailer Park.

By: Julia Grey

Julia Grey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:31:34 +0000

What might she hope to gain by connecting with the rabid fringe?
Money. Lots and lots of money.
It’s as simple as that.

By: Wayne Dickson

Wayne Dickson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:34:02 +0000

Good follow up, Mum. I admit to having been distrustful, thinking Photoshop. Still, assuming legitimacy, she definitely couldn’t have been thinking big time when that photo was taken.
Of course, considering the unzoned, big-box disfigurement she encouraged in Wasilla, the irony of that tee does cut multiple ways.
But the other point: What might she hope to gain by connecting with the rabid fringe? Obviously they’re too small a constituency to elect her to the White House. But maybe enough to make her a power broker?