On Sarah P.T. Palin

By Sean Cruz

Portland, Oregon—

Sarah Palin is the 21st century political epitome of P.T. Barnum’s classic dictum “Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.”

In this sense, and to paraphrase the great huckster and circus master Phineas Taylor Barnum, Sarah Palin is never going to a lose a dollar by underestimating the intelligence and common sense of a diminishing percentage of the American public.

The moose-fed former half-term governor of Alaska is having way too much fun and making way too much money to ever want to have a real job with real responsibilities ever again.

And, in the real world, the only set of circumstances in which Sarah Palin could ever be elected President of the United States would be if she happened to be the last person surviving the apocalypse. Even she understands this fact.

And, even if she does eventually enter the presidential race, it will be all part of the riff.

She doesn’t need the job; in fact, Palin doesn’t want the job. The job means work; and she hasn’t had any of that to do since she quit the governorship mid term. What she is doing right now is much better than actually being President, where she would have to think and read actual books and stuff. You can’t lead a nation by “going rogue” day after day, after all, even if God is drawling in your ear (this is a note to Bachman and Perry as well)….

She’s getting paid real well, crazy well, just for talking, and that is where she has found her niche, talking, nattering really, about practically anything that falls into her mind, anything that sets her dim bulb to gleaming, to gatherings of nitwits, and no one attending is any the wiser; that, she can (and does) bank on….

While it is likely that Barnum never said “there is a sucker born every minute”, he appears to be stuck with it in the collective American memory, and this is where Sarah Palin really shines, because there is definitely at least one sucker born-again in this country every minute, which is where Bachmann and Perry come into the picture. For all of their glaringly obvious faults, Bachmann and Perry
actually want to put in a day’s work, although not necessarily good or sensible work. This may be their one actually positive quality….

Sooner or later, the crowds she draws will find something better to do back at the trailer park, but Sarah P.T. Palin is going to milk this baby to the last drop of tea.

Sarah Palin: Greatest Hits from Blogolitical Sean

Portland, Oregon--

“Moose-fed Sarah Palin stands poised to take the helm in 2012, ready as she will ever be. The mere thought brings cheer to millions; guffaws and foot-stamping warm the most threadbare spots in the soul, protect against winter’s chill, a place for her towards the end of the book (see link), splayed unpunctuated against the tide of reason…. What, me worry…?”

--Sean Cruz, November 2008

http://blogoliticalsean.blogspot.com/2008/11/decline-and-fall-of-american-empire.html


“Notes on the Vice-Presidential Debate:

“Governor Palin’s sentences are mostly unpunctuated by commas or periods, words fly out by the bucketful....

“She changes direction mid-paragraph, mid-sentence, mid-thought, without appearing to notice that she is genuinely superficial across a wide spectrum of issues....

“For the first time in my life, I feel reasonably qualified to assume the duties and responsibilities of the Office of the Vice President of the United States of America….”

--Sean Cruz, October 8 2008


http://blogoliticalsean.blogspot.com/2008/10/portland-oregon-sean-cruz-thanks.html


“You heard it here first! Sarah Palin's new book will be bundled with crayons! Recognizing that the people most likely to appreciate "Going Rogue" are unfamiliar with actual books, the publishers are tossing a box of crayons into the deal. The thing is, all of the colors are red....

--Sean Cruz November 13, 2009

http://blogoliticalsean.blogspot.com/2009/11/breaking-news-sara-palins-book-to-be.html


“According to her new book, “Going Rogue”, Sarah Palin is planning to find a suitable cabinet post for Joe the Plumber, ‘where he can do lots of thinkin’ and stuff’.

“In a late breaking development, still steaming from her prank telephone conversation last year with 'the President of France', the former Governor of Alaska is reported to be in discussions with Carrie Prejean, on the short list to join the Palin team as press secretary.” --Sean Cruz, November 14, 2009

http://blogoliticalsean.blogspot.com/2009/11/sarah-palin-prospective-cabinet-taking.html

Sarah Palin prospective cabinet taking shape

By Sean Cruz

Portland, Oregon--According to her new book, “Going Rogue”, Sarah Palin is planning to find a suitable cabinet post for Joe the Plumber, “where he can do lots of thinkin’ and stuff”.

In a late breaking development, still steaming from her prank telephone conversation last year with “the President of France”, the former Governor of Alaska is reported to be in discussions with Carrie Prejean, on the short list to join the Palin team as press secretary.