January 29, 2011

Is Michele Bachmann the new Sarah Palin?

Gail Collins explains in the aptly-titled "Don’t Know Much About History" in the NY Times.

And do we really need a new Sarah Palin? Shouldn’t the first one be made to go away before we start considering replacements?
Considering? {shudder}
If Palin and Bachmann were your co-workers, Palin would be the one sneaking out early to go bowling, while Bachmann would stay late to reorganize the office seating chart to reflect her own personal opinion of who most deserves to be near the water cooler.
Wrong about history, wrong concerning current events, taking satiric novels as personal affronts, being completely unread and possibly batshit crazy, that these twin airheads get any newstime at all is shameful. If I wanted to listen to utter crap I'd spend the rest of my life watching B-movies on Netflix.

Hmmmmm....

2 comments:

Big Em said...

"...these twin airheads get any newstime at all is shameful" - - - EXACTLY RIGHT, Maru! And of course you can add the truckload of batshit-crazy male comentators, lead by Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, etc.

Recall when we were younger in the 60's-70's how the Republicans generally tried to at least POSE as being more 'responsible', with an air of gravitas, NOT being the enablers of the 'irrational' hippies/yippies/self-indulgent youth, etc? Of course it was 98% bullshit back then too, but at least it subtle... it was SLIGHTLY less than obvious that they were just looking out for their own narrow interests. Now, there's just no doubt of what they're doing, no real pretense of the public good - - - only the schizophrenically naive or 'faith-based' can't see through the ruses of the Repukes.

Anonymous said...

Right on, Big Em! (Fingers raised with peace sign overhead)

Ya know...the "right" used to be thoughtful, despite the opposition to the Dems "socialistic" tendenties. It aisn't socialism, it's preventing the Right from "freedom" to screw the next guy with impunity.

If there was a phrase the Right could say without forethought, it would be "I want my AMERICAN RIGHT to fuck you over!"

The last gasp of a dying party...but DNA can be resequenced. So be careful.