Sarah Palin: We're not laughing at you, we're laughing with you
Craig Medred |
Jul 28, 2012
All Wasilla's Sarah Palin ever really wanted was attention, and the
time has come for Alaskans of all stripes -- left, right and center;
conservative, liberal, libertarian, independent and borderline
anarchist; short, tall, fat, thin, ugly and beautiful -- to accept it.
The days of Gov. Palin, and the even shorter days of vice-presidential
candidate Palin, were bus stops on the road to celebrity.
Everyone who knows Palin well knows she had no real interest in politics, or at least not politics as defined in Merriam-Webster's dictionary: "The art or science of government."
What Palin wanted from politics was the same thing she wanted from beauty pageants and television, the two places where her career began. She wanted attention. She got a little as Wasilla mayor. She got more as a candidate for lieutenant governor. She hit the jackpot when she was elected governor. And she shot the moon when Sen. John McCain went off the ranch and into the wilds to pick her as his running mate in a bid for the presidency.
That the McCain-Palin ticket lost at the polls Palin might now have forgotten because she long ago moved on to bigger and better things, like being Sarah Palin and expanding the Palin-family brand to the point where the Palins are today the Kardashians of Alaska. Alaskans need to except this and enjoy the ride. Quit worrying about Palin political agendas, whether they are the stuff of your sweet dreams or nightmares, and just enjoy the show.
Allow yourself to laugh when Sarah, hubby Todd, and other minor-league celebrities join a monkey at a Beverly Hills publicity event. It's Sarahworld. She doesn't care how she looks politically, why should you?
Everyone who knows Palin well knows she had no real interest in politics, or at least not politics as defined in Merriam-Webster's dictionary: "The art or science of government."
What Palin wanted from politics was the same thing she wanted from beauty pageants and television, the two places where her career began. She wanted attention. She got a little as Wasilla mayor. She got more as a candidate for lieutenant governor. She hit the jackpot when she was elected governor. And she shot the moon when Sen. John McCain went off the ranch and into the wilds to pick her as his running mate in a bid for the presidency.
That the McCain-Palin ticket lost at the polls Palin might now have forgotten because she long ago moved on to bigger and better things, like being Sarah Palin and expanding the Palin-family brand to the point where the Palins are today the Kardashians of Alaska. Alaskans need to except this and enjoy the ride. Quit worrying about Palin political agendas, whether they are the stuff of your sweet dreams or nightmares, and just enjoy the show.
Allow yourself to laugh when Sarah, hubby Todd, and other minor-league celebrities join a monkey at a Beverly Hills publicity event. It's Sarahworld. She doesn't care how she looks politically, why should you?
Read it at The Alaska Dispatch: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/sarah-palin-were-not-laughing-you-were-laughing-you
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