[OT] Re:If you need a laugh

[Evan Leibovitch]

Scott Elcomb wrote:
> Trying not to drive this issue any further into the wood, I'd suggest
> cutting her some slack though.
>
> I missed most of Palin-mania (though I've seen a few things that made
> me scratch my head) but still, I don't see "satire" that directly
> hunts (er - targets?) living people as being "fair."

Sorry, but she was absolutely fair game. Her part of the campaign was a 
deliberate and steady stream of anti-science, anti-intellectual 
fearmongering. She exploited the just-plain-folks personna to an absurd 
extreme, bashing "elites" at every opportunity and painting as 
un-American anyone who didn't buy into her party dogma. She mercilessly 
attacked every thread that may have linked Obama to scandal, while 
meticulously avoiding ethics probes from the state she governed -- and 
the revelation of her own campaign extravagances.

The invective launched at Palin to date, at its worst, pales next to the 
nastiness of the campaign she ran. Do you think it was an accident that 
people at her rallies were heard to yell "kill Obama"?

To date, she has been unrepentant and indicated that she will probably 
be a part of future presidential races. So sorry, but she deserves 
absolutely everything that has and will come her way. You don't need to 
be a fan of Obama to see that what she did was harmful to the democratic 
process.

Absolutely no slack ought to be cut. She and her campaign style need to 
be purged from American politics. Her celebration of ignorance may be 
the source of humour, but the tone she brought to the campaign was 
certainly not.

- Evan

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