If you need a laugh

[Gary Layng]

I'm back to thinking Michael instead of Sarah when someone mentions "Palin", 
especially when one is talking about going in search of things.

On Thursday 29 January 2009 14:20, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 01:41:46PM -0500, 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."  (Phrase-only:...
> > ) Lord knows I've made plenty of mistakes myself and sure as HELL I
> > try to learn from them.
>
> After the thing I saw a couple of days ago where someone was asking how
> being in charge of a state with borders to other countries gave her any
> experience relevant for dealing with foreign affairs, I have concluded
> she really does in fact not have a clue.  It's not like she actually
> ever had any negotiations with either neighbouring country (canada and
> russia that is).
>
> Now if any satire is fair, well that's a different issue.  To a large
> extent if you want to be a public figure, you have to put up with it.
> That's a price to pay.  Those that put up with it and play along a bit
> tend to be much more popular with the people that those that are
> offended by it.

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