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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2008 / Fake Palin

Fake Palin

by Michael D.|  September 23, 20081:41 pm| 14 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008, Did You Know John McCain Was A POW?

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The New York Daily news hired a “fake Sarah Palin” to stroll the streets of New York. Turns out, she has more foreign policy experience than the real one (if you consider “seeing countries” to be foreign policy experience.) But then, I’ve got more experience than the real one, and you don’t want me anywhere near the White House.

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  1. 1.

    Brian J

    September 23, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    I love good snark as much as the next guy, but isn’t this sort of embarrassing? This isn’t a slam against Michael D, who is just passing this very funny piece along, but against the Republicans, who are turning politics and government into a joke. Are there any fans of “The West Wing” here? That show was one of my favorites, and while it had its particular issues, I always liked how the characters seemed to respect the work they were doing by giving it the proper weight. It wasn’t a joke to them; it wasn’t something to take lightly. To work for the U.S. government and in the White House in particular was not, as the characters said, a line on a resume, but something that would be the first line in an obituary. It mattered; the way people acted reflected it.

    Maybe this isn’t a first in politics–I’m a young guy, so I can’t be sure–but has there ever been a fake candidate walking the streets as a joke sponsored by a major newspaper? Have they ever compared this person to the real candidate, whose resume is barely an improvement on the vote?

    How the fuck did we let it come to this?

  2. 2.

    J. Maynard Gelinas

    September 23, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Everything you need to know about Sarah Palin:

  3. 3.

    J. Maynard Gelinas

    September 23, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    OK, guess I’m not allowed to embed youtube vids. Here’s the link. Having to click on it won’t be as funny though.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPWZ7ASnhiE

  4. 4.

    Michael D.

    September 23, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    I never thought about your point. I think you’re right. It’s a mockery. But then, Sarah Palin is a mockery.

  5. 5.

    Michael D.

    September 23, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    Oh, and to answer your question about how we let it get to this? The same way we let everything “get to this”

    A.P.A.T.H.Y.

  6. 6.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    September 23, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    I was reading sully’s latest rant about Palin’s lies today and was reminded of a rather brilliant quote by the wonderful Mil Millington (when trying to keep up in an argument with his girlfriend) “Margret jack-knifes from argument to argument, jigs direction randomly and erratically like a shoal of Argument Fish being followed by a Truth Shark. It’s fearsomely difficult to land a blow because by the time you’ve let fly with the logic she’s not there anymore.” I am going to use that constantly from now on, I think it fits Palin perfectly, by the time the press have got around to proving yet another lie it is too late because she has already changed her story again (a la Troopergate). Change “argument” to “lie” in the above quote and its spot on.

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    Liz

    September 23, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    Jeez… I visited as many countries on my honeymoon (Canada, Jamaica, Grand Cayman) as she has. (Would have been one up, but the Cozumel dock the cruise ship was supposed to go to was missing thanks to Hurricane Emily/Wilma damage. :( ) +1 if you count the Princess Cays (small island owned by the Princess cruise line.)

    I SAW Cozumel, even waved to it, and I’ve stood in the Gulf of Mexico, so that might count anyways under the “I can see Russia from here!” clause. Fear my foreign policy clout! I can haz diplomatic post in Grand Cayman? (I’m out of my favorite rum, and that’s the only place I could find it!!!)

  8. 8.

    DR

    September 23, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Hell, I’ve got FAR more foreign policy experience than she does. For one, I AM a foreigner, so that makes me a bona fide EXPERT!

    This is really good. Whenever my competency in any field is put in question, I can just say:

    “But at least I’m far more experienced at it than Sarah Palin!”

  9. 9.

    Ed in NJ

    September 23, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    You know you’ve become a total joke when you are mocked in print by the very conservative NY Daily News.

  10. 10.

    nicethugbert

    September 23, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Fake = Palin

    What a weirdo, she has the same name twice.

  11. 11.

    zuzu's petals

    September 23, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Nice take down on the latest NRO crapfest:

    NRO’s Latest Rape Kit Howler

  12. 12.

    zuzu's petals

    September 23, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    So I just saw a post from a New Yorker, saying the Sec. Service had the sidewalk closed off waiting for Palin to come out of whatever consulate she was visitng. When she came out to get into her limo, she was loudly BOOED by everyone from the construction guys to the ladies who lunch.

    I’d pay to see a video of that.

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  1. “The American People Are Vetting Her.” | Comments from Left Field says:
    September 23, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    […] It is possible that she could be an extremely intelligent and well-informed individual.  It is also likely, as pointed out in this post from Balloon Juice’s Michael D, that Palin is less experienced than a street performer paid to impersonate her. […]

  2. Señor J. Sidney McCain Pulls The Ole’ “Bait And Switch” On Mainstream Media — Cheats CBS Into Taking Pictures Of Face-To-Face Discussion Between Sarah Palin And Afghan President Hamid Karzai | THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™ says:
    September 23, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    […] My personal blogger roundup on the topic: Our good buddy Kyle E. Moore of Comments From Left Field says when he (rarely) thinks of Sarah Palin, he prefers to go back and watch the SNL’s Tina Fey impersonation of her; James Joyner of Outside The Beltway points out this act on behalf of McCain might damage his previously decent Press relations; The always brilliant Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Dish (The Atlantic) points out the blatant sexism in the McCain DISS of the Media to “protect” Sarah Palin; Michael D. of Balloon Juice says this just goes to show a Sarah Palin look-alike strolling the streets of NY has more foreign policy experience than “the real one”; Tony Campbell of The Moderate Voice believes this was a good idea; Doctor Steven Taylor of PoliBlog (a fellow Alabamian blogger) says the whole idea of hiding the “Number Two” of a ticket from the Press is INSANE; Last but not least — Michelle Malkin writes about the actual Sarah Palin look-alike Michael D. of Balloon Juice wrote about — apparently, The Big Apple did, INDEED like the fake “Sarah” pretty well… […]

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