Spring Break
Lacking in credentials, Palin redeems herself as quality entertainment value
Caity Cudworth
Issue date: 10/28/08 Section: Entertainment
10/28/08 -
Between all the betrayals, shady brokering and scandals that form the underbelly of our democracy, politics is at least as entertaining as your average Lifetime movie.
Take Sarah Palin for example. While she might not be an alcoholic divorcee in love with a former serial killer (oh, Lifetime…what will you come up with next?), Palin is probably the most entertaining vice-presidential candidate we've ever had.
Her perky incompetence and don't-give-a-darn lack of knowledge about world affairs is practically unparalleled. Sure, current V.P./cave ogre Dick Cheney did shoot a man in the face while duck hunting. Obviously, that will be a hard act to follow.
Also, I mean, let's be honest - Cheney looks (and acts) like something dredged up from the bottom of a murky cesspool of crippling, black- hearted despair. He's got the whole snarling swamp-monster thing down pat.
The super villain vibe works for him though. If he were a comic book character, he'd totally be some sort of evil mastermind that eats the souls of young children and gorges himself on drums of crude oil.
So, yeah, the entertainment value is definitely there.
And while Palin is probably a better shot than Cheney (she is, after all, an advocate of "aerial wolf hunting,") I'm sure she's still chock-full of arctic shenanigans. Shooting wolves out of an airplane is probably just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
I mean, First of all, she's a "hockey mom," which is kind of fun. And that's great because, if there's one thing America needs right now (as the War on Iraq decays into an utter shit-show and the economy hovers on the brink of perilous collapse) it's a V.P. who can lace up hockey skates and give you an encouraging slap on the back.
If I've learned anything from Mighty Ducks (I-III), it's that hockey helps people look within themselves and triumph over adversity. And if Palin ends up as V.P., she would be kind of like America's Coach Bombay - and America would be kind of like the down-on-their luck Ducks.
Between all the betrayals, shady brokering and scandals that form the underbelly of our democracy, politics is at least as entertaining as your average Lifetime movie.
Take Sarah Palin for example. While she might not be an alcoholic divorcee in love with a former serial killer (oh, Lifetime…what will you come up with next?), Palin is probably the most entertaining vice-presidential candidate we've ever had.
Her perky incompetence and don't-give-a-darn lack of knowledge about world affairs is practically unparalleled. Sure, current V.P./cave ogre Dick Cheney did shoot a man in the face while duck hunting. Obviously, that will be a hard act to follow.
Also, I mean, let's be honest - Cheney looks (and acts) like something dredged up from the bottom of a murky cesspool of crippling, black- hearted despair. He's got the whole snarling swamp-monster thing down pat.
The super villain vibe works for him though. If he were a comic book character, he'd totally be some sort of evil mastermind that eats the souls of young children and gorges himself on drums of crude oil.
So, yeah, the entertainment value is definitely there.
And while Palin is probably a better shot than Cheney (she is, after all, an advocate of "aerial wolf hunting,") I'm sure she's still chock-full of arctic shenanigans. Shooting wolves out of an airplane is probably just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
I mean, First of all, she's a "hockey mom," which is kind of fun. And that's great because, if there's one thing America needs right now (as the War on Iraq decays into an utter shit-show and the economy hovers on the brink of perilous collapse) it's a V.P. who can lace up hockey skates and give you an encouraging slap on the back.
If I've learned anything from Mighty Ducks (I-III), it's that hockey helps people look within themselves and triumph over adversity. And if Palin ends up as V.P., she would be kind of like America's Coach Bombay - and America would be kind of like the down-on-their luck Ducks.
