Comments on: Be afraid, be VERY afraid… http://onechoiceobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/ Making the case for Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: msabsinthe http://onechoiceobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/#comment-21 msabsinthe Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:15:13 +0000 http://onechoiceobama.wordpress.com/?p=139#comment-21 Ooh, nice. You hit all the right notes, and you identified the scary parts more coherently than any other commentator I've read or heard so far. So true that Palin comes off as a parody of herself, outfeying Fey. And bragging about not responding to the questions was downright arrogant, in the guise of "cute/funny." Here's my worry: Remember when SNL first lampooned W, and how funny it was? I had a nagging worry then, recurring now, that laughing at such people enhances our tolerance of them. As in, "oh, that W! There he goes again." I think the Republicans are savvy enough now to realize this. Making Palin a self-caricature apparently endears her to the great American public. Of course I'll be watching SNL this week all the same. Wish Biden were hosting...and wish Biden had been tougher on the wolf-killer. Who told him he had to be so damned nice? Ooh, nice. You hit all the right notes, and you identified the scary parts more coherently than any other commentator I’ve read or heard so far.

So true that Palin comes off as a parody of herself, outfeying Fey. And bragging about not responding to the questions was downright arrogant, in the guise of “cute/funny.”

Here’s my worry: Remember when SNL first lampooned W, and how funny it was? I had a nagging worry then, recurring now, that laughing at such people enhances our tolerance of them. As in, “oh, that W! There he goes again.”

I think the Republicans are savvy enough now to realize this. Making Palin a self-caricature apparently endears her to the great American public.

Of course I’ll be watching SNL this week all the same. Wish Biden were hosting…and wish Biden had been tougher on the wolf-killer. Who told him he had to be so damned nice?

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