Sarah Palin As Lara Croft?

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A reader writes:

It would be a big mistake to dismiss Palin's pop-cultural appeal. It's clear she was chosen solely to game the system, and the Republicans OWN that play. I'm sure they expect her to be a lure for the female (not feminist) vote, and they already have a lock on the over 60 white males.

In addition, I predict a bonus unintended consequence for McCain among middle class/educated/post-college/pre-adult white males. A demographic label that follows many into their late 30s and currently trends for Obama. Basically the gamers/Gen-Xers/Seth Rogen/Will Farrell crowd. The GOP has already rolled out video of Palin in snugly tailored fatigues, combat boots and tight t-shirt brandishing a weapon at a meet-n-greet with the Alaska National Guard in Kuwait. I'm sure they're scrambling to find more. "Sarah Palin as Lara Croft" will leave these guys drooling like zombies.

And if God really is Republican, then she's been photographed straddling the barrel of a tank cannon at least once in her life.

Note to McCain's staff: Forget the Vogue Photo shoot. Somebody needs to find her Rigid Tool Calendar pics, then you can put the union blue collar vote in your win column too.

In a close race, how many voters from how many groups can Obama afford to have peeled off and lobotomized by McCain, Rove et al? More than a few games have been won with Hail Mary passes.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/sarah-palin-as.html

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1. I did not need that picture in my brain movies this morning.

Now I am sad. :(

Seriously, if the Christian Dominionist crowd somehow manages to brand SP as a fanboy goddess I am going to sell up and move to an island.

MPK

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2. Elaine Benes (Seinfeld)

Actually, Palin is Rick Santorum in a skirt. And that's no joke.

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3. Sarah Palin is dead ringer for Sally Fields (with eye glasses) but voice is annoying!

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4. She reminds me more of Megan Mullally

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5. No. Just fucking no.

And actual Lara Croft fans would be gravely insulted by that comparison. Lara is not some stepford fundie do-nothing whose husband pulls the strings. Lara is an accomplished archeologist and travel writer, survived a plane crash in the Himalayas when she was knee high to a grasshopper, and has, over the course of the years singlehandedly:

-stopped an Atlantean invasion
-killed a T-Rex, a dragon, AND a vengeful Egyptian God...with a pair of 45s
-survived a submersible crash, being trapped inside a pyramid
-infiltrated Area 51 AND a Russian military base
-blew up her own house to stop bad guys from stealing her shit
-...lots and lots and lots of other shit I can't think of at the moment...

And did I mention she was in her 40s when she did most of that? This might just offend me more than Palin deigning to compare herself to Hillary Clinton (and that offended the shit out of me). I guess that says a lot about me. :P

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6. Have Gun Will Travel - Palindin Palindin Where Do You Roam?

MaverPrick needs a side kick.