Ain't afraid of no Vietcong king,
November 17, 2009
By Gen. JC Christian, patriotThere are many kinds of truth. There are truths based on facts, truths based on faith, and truths based on something that sounds as if it should be true (truthiness). Then there's the kind of truth we find in Sarah's book: stories and concepts that become truths simply because she states them. She's a lot like our Lord and Savior, Glenn Beck, in that respect.
Sometimes, she states truths that would be considered ludicrous if uttered by someone else. Her claim that the McCain campaign forced her to spend $150,000 in RNC funds to dress her family in designer clothes is one example of that. Although it might be easier to believe that she acted like a trailer park Zsa Zsa who'd found a credit card left behind at a possum feed, she blames McCain staffers. That's good enough for us, because we have faith; we want to believe her truths.
But the book isn't perfect. As much as I enjoyed the few short paragraphs in which Mrs Palin laid out her policy objectives, she could have condensed it all into one sentence: "I'm going to grab an Oxo Good Grips Stainless Serving Spatula and go all mavericky on your non-white, non-Christian and non-heterosexual butts."
The book also fails to expose Mrs. Palin's intellectual brilliance and keen grasp of foreign policy issues. Why wasn't the text of her recent speech in Hong Kong included? Although it remains secret, it's rumored that she viciously rebuked the Vietcong king for his assault on the Empire State Building. That's a speech we've been waiting for nearly 75 years to hear. It's big news and should have been included.
As you read other reviews of this book, please remember that Mrs. Palin has many enemies who are eager to pan her work. The Palin family's most potent nemesis, Levi's johnston, is no doubt fully erect and ready to spew globs of misfortune upon them for a third time. And reason-adoring intellectuals are certain to point out that an interview on Good Morning Topeka doesn't qualify as a policy summit in the Far East.
But a few bad reviews won't stop her. She's seen much worse from her kitchen window. It can't be pleasant to gaze upon Antichristograd every morning as you brew your coffee.
My review isn't complete, but I think I'll quit anyway, because writing reviews, like governing, is just too darned hard to finish.
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Excellent satire, though the fact that it's gotten so many positive reviews does send a pretty amusing statement. Then again, if conservatives had a sense of irony, Karl Rove wouldn't be able to complain about Obama running a permanent campaign and spending too much.
ReplyDeleteHamhanded satire based more on Tina Fey than on Sarah Palin. (Point out to me where she ever said she could see Russia from Wasilla or Juneau.)
ReplyDeleteIt gets a bonus Fail for the class snobbery ("a trailer park", "possum feed").
Extra credit bonus Fail for the ironic "patriot" and "christian" in the title. Because patriotism and religion is for scoundrels; no-one really loves their country or believes in God, least of all Palin fans.
Palin claimed to have foreign policy experience because of Alaska's proximity to Russia, and mentioned that you can see Russia from the remotest part of Alaska.
ReplyDeletePoliticizing patriotism and religion is for scoundrels, yes.