“More than once in my travels in Alaska, people brought up, without prompting, the question of Palin’s extravagant self-regard. Several told me, independently of one another, that they had consulted the definition of “narcissistic personality disorder” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—“a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy”—and thought it fit her perfectly. When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God’s, and signed it “Trig’s Creator, Your Heavenly Father.
Less is Mohrer.TUMBLR
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Jul
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Regarding Palin's rapid departure
“Nobody suddenly announces a resignation on the Friday evening before a holiday weekend if it’s a positive thing.
This isn’t a bid for the presidency. It’s a scandal.” (via marco)
This isn’t a scandal or a anything negative at all. Palin’s resignation on July 3rd guarantees her a front page spot on basically every American newspaper on the most America-focused day of the year (and international media too… she’s all over the BBC here in London). She is playing on the emotions of her supporters and its a brilliant move. The x < 50% of the population that hates Barack Obama wants to get behind something, and right now she is it. This isn’t a scandal. This is her implicit 2012 announcement. It’s a wink to the republican base that absolutely adores her (Yes, New York and California: millions of people LOVE Sarah Palin). She’s playing on the emotions of her supporters who will be all about beating the secret-Muslim-deficit-spending-baby-killer on this Independence Day.
This isn’t a scandal. It’s our worst nightmare (well, not our WORST nightmare… I have a worse nightmare regarding our 44th president). Hopefully the minds at the DNC are on this. But make no mistake, this is not a scandal. It is a shrewd political move. If we don’t take this seriously, she can win. Do not brush this off.
Re-elect the President in 2012.
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Jul
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“The view along Wasilla’s main drag is of Chili’s, ihop, Home Depot, Target, and Arby’s, and yet the view from the Palins’ front yard, on Lake Lucille, recalls the Alpine splendor visible from Captain Von Trapp’s terrace in The Sound of Music. It is culturally conservative: the local newspaper recently published an article that asked, “Will the Antichrist be a Homosexual?
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Musical
My favorite musical is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Billy Elliot.
Saw it tonight in London. Three hours felt like 20 minutes. It was amazing.
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If Sarah Palin steps down early from her first term as Governor to run for president, would she step down partway through her first term as president to run for Miss Universe?
I can understand being tempted to make jokes about Palin’s resignation, but there is nothing funny about it. Sarah Palin as POTUS is a frightening proposition and I do not put it past the American People to be tricked into make it so.
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Jul
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Thank you, facebook
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Jul
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