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In what can only be labeled as a stunning yet entirely predictable turn of events, former Vice Presidential candidate and "chief common sense haver" Sarah Palin has stepped down from her new role as Fox News contributor - only minutes after inking the deal.
This is like when peanut butter finally met chocolate, except the chocolate is that cheap, fakey "chocolate-flavored" stuff and the peanut butter is just an old bag of Circus Peanuts that's been left out in the sun.
Seriously, though - that Kos piece seemed just like straight-up sarcasm. Did She Who Cannot Be Named or Understood actually quit the gig right after signing it?
Days like this really make me believe in Clarence from It's A Wonderful Life.
"Every time a Fox correspondent quits, an angel gets his wings!"
I thought the DailyKos article was suspicious because that kind of low-rent straightfaced wish-fulfillment-as-parody-as-diary-entry thing was classic annoying Kos dreck, but I can understand (and kind of envy) folks who haven't already fine-tuned that particular detection system.
In related news, Jon Stewart's writers are having a party.
I've had this exact same thought, octothorpe. I feel like someone I hated in high school has found me on Facebook*, and decided to destroy my country in revenge.
*I'm not actually on Facebook. The nation is safe from evil former beauty queens from MY high school, anyway.
I celebrate this news. CELEBRATE IT I SAY. I would have been willing to fund her TV show out of my own pocket. She belongs on TV- it keeps her away from having any real power. And no, I don't count being a talking-head as having real power.
I agree, teeps, but I would've said that more confidently a few years ago, when Limbaugh was just the guy who dissed Chelsea Clinton and Beck was still doing morning zoo shows.
oh fercrissakes i had the godawfullest stress-induced headache when i came home from work and for some crazy masochistic reason i followed those links and now my fucking HAIR hurts too...
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