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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 07:42 PM
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Peggy Noonan, Jack London, and William Faulkner wandered into the woods with three buttons of peyote
I really like people who have a way with words, and this blogger does..

Sarah Palin's Gradual Descent Into Incoherency

http://gawker.com/5324026/sarah-palins-gradual-descent-into-incoherency

It's like Peggy Noonan, Jack London, and William Faulkner wandered into the woods with three buttons of peyote and one typewriter, and only this speech emerged.
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 08:48 PM
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1. No, they actually write for living
More like Daffy Duck, Roger Rabbit, and Tonto.
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:29 PM
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2. Great link. She uses "word salad" techniques.
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:39 PM
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4. Actually it sounds more like "cliche salad"..
:)
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:59 PM
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7. LOL! "Bumpersticker salad!" n/t
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:33 PM
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3. Mocking Palin's interview with Couric is "impossible"? I don't think so.
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:40 PM
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5. I'm reminded of the Seabees motto..
The merely difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer..

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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 09:57 PM
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6. LOL! I guess in that case impossible took about anywhere from a few weeks to a month. n/t
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 10:07 PM
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8. Did you read the comments?
It was nonstop hilarity!
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-27-09 10:27 PM
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9. Yep.. n/t
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