Sarah Palin's bizarre speech

[Mister_Chris]

As a citizen of a foreign country, I tend not to be particularly involved in American politics... but I do maintain a bit of interest. And Sarah Palin has come to the fore. Again.

She was delivering a speech... and, we are told, her teleprompter broke. The resulting speech was perhaps best described as 'bizarre'.

I'm not wanting to pick sides, or stir up any dust... but Ms. Palin has never struck me as the most brilliant intellect in the Republican pack. Even so, this speech struck me as threading the fine border between inane, and insane.

The Democrats had a two word reply to Ms. Palin's speech: "Thank You."

Here are a few twitter comments:

"I don't say this lightly. This is the strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver."

"This Palin monologue is basically a celebration of victimhood, much like Scott Walkers, just not as linear or, you know, sane."

"I've heard hundreds of Palin speeches and this is easily in the Top 5 laziest and most frenetically incoherent."

"Palin: "This is to forego a conclusion." lolwut"

"Following Palin, Rick Perry sounds like Pericles"

...Anyway. For those interested in seeing the actual video, you'll find the story and video here:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/...tter-reacts-as-expected/#.VMQ3efb1fw5.twitter

 

[Handley_Page]

1]. I think the Sunday Times reporter should come back to the UK:-
"Washington correspondent for The Sunday Times of London, Toby Harnden, called Palin’s speech, “bizarro.” "
Or is it a mis-print. Face it, it's straight out of a 60s Superman comic.
But perhaps Palin's oration was, too. I loved this twisted piece:-
“It is good that we have a deep bench and its primary competition that will surface the candidate who’s up to the task and unify and this person has to because knowing what the media will do throughout all of 2016 to all of us it’s going to take more than a village to beat Hillary,”
Keep taking the tablets, Sarah.

2] Her critics weren't exactly in the front row, either:
" . . . pushed back against the litany of attacks against her recently; including allowing her son to use the Palin dog, Jill Hadassah, as a footstool. . ."
If that's all the complainants have against Palin, she's well clear. Is it THAT important?
I presume that the dog would have protested if it was uncomfortable.

3] The sayings of several 'elected' (I'd call them MPs, but 'Representative' is a meaningful word, I gather), when quoted on Lit have had me in stitches, roaring with laughter. I mean, some of our lot can be a trifle daft, but . . .

 

[legerdemer]

Wow, she makes Dan Quayle sound like an intellectual! Where's Ann Richards when we need her? (RIP)

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

This belongs on the POLITICS Board.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

As a citizen of a foreign country, I tend not to be particularly involved in American politics... but I do maintain a bit of interest. And Sarah Palin has come to the fore. Again.

She was delivering a speech... and, we are told, her teleprompter broke. The resulting speech was perhaps best described as 'bizarre'.

I'm not wanting to pick sides, or stir up any dust... but Ms. Palin has never struck me as the most brilliant intellect in the Republican pack. Even so, this speech struck me as threading the fine border between inane, and insane.

The Democrats had a two word reply to Ms. Palin's speech: "Thank You."

Here are a few twitter comments:

"I don't say this lightly. This is the strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver."

"This Palin monologue is basically a celebration of victimhood, much like Scott Walkers, just not as linear or, you know, sane."

"I've heard hundreds of Palin speeches and this is easily in the Top 5 laziest and most frenetically incoherent."

"Palin: "This is to forego a conclusion." lolwut"

"Following Palin, Rick Perry sounds like Pericles"

...Anyway. For those interested in seeing the actual video, you'll find the story and video here:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/...tter-reacts-as-expected/#.VMQ3efb1fw5.twitter

If I ever find a REPORT button I intend to report this for transfer to the Politics Board

 

[elfin_odalisque]

This belongs on the POLITICS Board.

Nah! This is comedy that everyone should get a chance to read

 

[JKendallDane]

Ah chill out, James. A little political humor and talk around the AH water cooler isn't gonna kill anyone.

Plus, this is priceless as it is obviously just the prelude to the clown car circus the repubs seem intent on doing yet again with the 2016 primary season.

By the time Huckabee, Santorum, Cruz, Rubio, Perry, et al add in their foot-in-mouth acts, this may well be the best thing for entertainment the next 18 months.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Palin is a skag but this belongs on Politics

 

[desertslave]

I feel kind of sorry for her. She doesn't seem to understand that she's become irrelevant.

 

[sr71plt]

I agree with JBJ on this. There's a political board now. Use it. This has nothing to do with either erotica or Literotica authors.

 

[JKendallDane]

Palin is a skag but this belongs on Politics

When did you take over the hall monitor position from pilot?

(i do believe that qualifies as a "twofer" )

 

[Hypoxia]

I agree with JBJ on this. There's a political board now. Use it. This has nothing to do with either erotica or Literotica authors.

Well, let's say Sarah had intercourse with a were-moose infected with were-Toxoplasmosis parasites that are now eating what's left of her brain and causing her to speak strangely. If only she'd stuck with the were-caribou... and of course the ailment drives her (eventually) to many odd sexual encounters that we LIT authors may write about. Sarah and the were-musk-ox. Sarah and the Sasquatch. Sarah and the Socialist. Sarah and Ann Coulter. (Eww, groady.) Let's just hope Sarah's earworms cannot be transmitted electronically, or we're all doomed.

 

[JKendallDane]

I agree with JBJ on this. There's a political board now. Use it. This has nothing to do with either erotica or Literotica authors.

Neither does the drinking game thread; nor the blizzard thread; or the "Commentary on education" thread...or any one of many other threads that surface occasionally here.

Just put a big red mark beside our names on your little report sheet and go see if you can catch someone smoking in the bathroom.

 

[sr71plt]

Well, let's say Sarah had intercourse with a were-moose infected with were-Toxoplasmosis parasites that are now eating what's left of her brain and causing her to speak strangely. If only she'd stuck with the were-caribou... and of course the ailment drives her (eventually) to many odd sexual encounters that we LIT authors may write about. Sarah and the were-musk-ox. Sarah and the Sasquatch. Sarah and the Socialist. Sarah and Ann Coulter. (Eww, groady.) Let's just hope Sarah's earworms cannot be transmitted electronically, or we're all doomed.

And you'd say that was erotic?

All this does is foster divisive nattering that has nothing to do with this section of the forum--and now there is a board for this.

 

[Handley_Page]

Ah chill out, James. A little political humor and talk around the AH water cooler isn't gonna kill anyone.

Plus, this is priceless as it is obviously just the prelude to the clown car circus the repubs seem intent on doing yet again with the 2016 primary season.

By the time Huckabee, Santorum, Cruz, Rubio, Perry, et al add in their foot-in-mouth acts, this may well be the best thing for entertainment the next 18 months.

Frankly, I think it HAS a place in the AH.
The point at issue here is the unmitigated catastrophe of a gnarled-up sentence which mean almost exactly Nothing.
In other words, 'How not to write'.

 

[sr71plt]

Frankly, I think it HAS a place in the AH.
The point at issue here is the unmitigated catastrophe of a gnarled-up sentence which mean almost exactly Nothing.
In other words, 'How not to write'.

Oh, pluuulezzzz. That's not why it was posted or how anyone's going to discuss it. I think Palin is the anti-Christ myself, but inviting posters to have slug fests over politics on the AH is a misuse of the forum, when a forum now exists for that. Ignoring requests to add boards and categories for topics that actually are about erotica, the Web site added a Political Board. Use it.

 

[Hypoxia]

The presidential campaigns and primaries will be a hyper-expensive waste. The Koch Bros alone are throwing nearly US$1 billion into the 2016 season. To what end? So the Mittster can eventually buy another nomination? For fun, instead of a vote-off, the GOP should run a fuck-off. (Well, they should all fuck off, but that's another story.) All candidates of any alleged gender should compete for the most fucks / orgasms / whatever. Let the good time roll.

 

[JKendallDane]

The presidential campaigns and primaries will be a hyper-expensive waste. The Koch Bros alone are throwing nearly US$1 billion into the 2016 season. To what end? So the Mittster can eventually buy another nomination? For fun, instead of a vote-off, the GOP should run a fuck-off. (Well, they should all fuck off, but that's another story.) All candidates of any alleged gender should compete for the most fucks / orgasms / whatever. Let the good time roll.

Way to go, Hypoxia! You managed to legitimize the thread for AH standards by making it both erotic and about a plot bunny or two. I can already see a story hopping around on my desk about a close, close, CLOSE primary season and a most likely deadlocked convention. Enter the hired studs whose job it is to either screw their assigned female delegates so well they'll agree to switch their votes for just one more romp in the sack; or keep them occupied in bed the night of the balloting.

This has PO-tential!

 

[sr71plt]

And managed boorish behavior at the same time.

 

[Handley_Page]

Oh, pluuulezzzz. That's not why it was posted or how anyone's going to discuss it. I think Palin is the anti-Christ myself, but inviting posters to have slug fests over politics on the AH is a misuse of the forum, when a forum now exists for that. Ignoring requests to add boards and categories for topics that actually are about erotica, the Web site added a Political Board. Use it.

Pilot,
I think it was posted as a humorous piece; it read that way to my mind, anyway.
Whilst I can see your point, I really do think that this sort of writing shows what not to do; or what your character can do in a perhaps humorous manner.

 

[legerdemer]

tempestinateacup

 

[sr71plt]

Sorry, this isn't a tempest in a teacup. The AH has experienced cycles of political content that had posters from the two ends of the political spectrum clawing at each other and blotting out author hangout on erotica. There's a Political Board now. For years some of us have been asking for a better differentiation of gay/bisexual both on the forum and in the story categories--which is directly related to erotica--but instead the Web site jumped right to a GB request for a Political Board. It's there now. Use it.

 

[desertslave]

Frankly, I think it HAS a place in the AH.
The point at issue here is the unmitigated catastrophe of a gnarled-up sentence which mean almost exactly Nothing.
In other words, 'How not to write'.

I loved Jon Stewart's comment, which definitely belongs here:

"It was all going fine, until tragically her subjects stopped talking to her verbs."

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

When did you take over the hall monitor position from pilot?

(i do believe that qualifies as a "twofer" )

Today at noon, I guess you missed the inauguration.

 

[oggbashan]

Posting to a thread you don't think should be in the AH is counterproductive.