And Those Tina Fey Glasses!
She looks about right, too. When SNL is on, they’re on.
Sarah Palin
If My Mom Were Sarah Palin
My name would be Bash Budweister Palin. What would you be? (By the way, I broke down and made a “Sarah Palin” category. No “Joe Biden” category yet, though, he’s just not interesting enough. Maybe later.)
Crossfire Didn’t Really Die, It Just Moved On The Internet
P1: Palin makes a rather weak joke about hockey moms being like pit bulls who wear lipstick. Gets big applause from a friendly crowd at RNC. P2: Obama uses the oft-repeated analogy about putting lipstick on a pig in reference… Continue Reading
Ah Ha! The Defense Is Revealed!
In previous posts, I have argued that the McCain-Palin 2008 ticket should stop using the song “Barracuda” because it is contrary to the wishes of the owners of the song. I think that analysis still holds. However, there is an… Continue Reading
News I Can Use
If, like me, you frequent political blogs, you’re probably sick to death of Sarah Palin already. Okay, I understand why people are talking about her. She’s new to the scene. We’ve been watching Barack Obama and John McCain and Joe… Continue Reading
Not A Hockey Mom At All
This post has to be The Best Palin Analogy Yet, and it seems to be pretty much right. She has a job to do and she’s doing it quite well. More than a week later, she’s still dominating headlines. What… Continue Reading
Polls Are Coming
A little bit more than half of all NAPP readers are very, very down on the choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate. Certainly, for liberals and other critics of the McCain campaign, she is the gift that… Continue Reading
Barracuda
I’ve said it before — both in an academic journal and in these pages. A politician should not use someone else’s copyrighted music, like say, the popular song “Barracuda,” without the permission of the copyright owner. Niether the GOP nor… Continue Reading
Quote Proves True
I picked as my quote of the moment an anonymous but ethusiastic GOP staffer who effused that Sarah Palin “completely changes the narrative,” lifted from a report in the increasingly-partisan Political Animal. This has proven true — Sarah Palin is… Continue Reading
Take The Cue
Most people thought it was a good thing that Bill and Hillary Clinton made their daughter off-limits for political purposes during their campaigns and their tenures in office. That was true across partisan lines and it should be true now,… Continue Reading