Reposting this, because it still fits

[IDemo]

This article from our local alternative paper is over a year old, but timely:

Palin Mania
Smile and say 'cheesy'
by Bill Cope - Boise Weekly

If I were smart, I'd never put the words "Sarah" or "Palin" in the same sentence again. I truly believe her continuing presence in our national awareness is as contrived and ultimately meaningless as John McCain's desperate attempt to invigorate his fizzled-out campaign was when he dropped her in our laps some 15 months ago. The only thing keeping her around is that we are still talking about her. Were we to stop, she would thin out like a dollar store perfume stink and drift away.

Besides, most of us know she'll never be president, don't we? Most of us know she is to human depth what Toby Keith is to music. What cowboy poetry is to poetry. What Chef Boyardee is to fine dining. Most of us know that most of us would have more business being president than she does. Right?

I have struggled to understand why she's still in the nation's eye when there's so little to see. It can't be anything she's said, I tell myself, because everything she says is baloney. It can't be anything she's done, because other than flouncing from one stage to another, she hasn't done anything. It can't be because her ideas are so innovative or overpowering or appealing, because she has no ideas.

I admit, however, she's hard to ignore. For certain Americans, she is the soup du jour. This season's Tickle-Me-Elmo. The lite at the end of the tunnel. She is God speaking to them in an uneasy time, and they don't get that all He's trying to do is tell them a joke.

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[thaddeus_flowe]

1. This needs to stop

I can't even go to DU without being bombarded with palin.
That is saying something.

[elocs]

2. Palin-mania. DU has been obsessed with her since McCain chose her. n/t

[thaddeus_flowe]

3. Remember

When Paris became obsessed with Helen, his blind-lust resulted in the destruction of his entire family and nation.
We can learn from those blinded by vapid beauty.

[emilyg]

5. Most of the time I don't bother

clicking on a Palin post. When I do - I unrec. Too much day after day.

[Tutankhamun]

4. Living in SoCal, I'd never seen Boise Weekly before, but

after a few mouse clicks on its different articles, I'm impressed. Admittedly, I only spent two minutes skimming the paper, but it looks to have some good pieces from the left. Bookmarked so I can read more after dinner.