Cover your keyboard!

[volstork]

From this week's New Yorker:

MY GAL
by George Saunders

Explaining how she felt when John McCain offered her the Vice-Presidential spot, my Vice-Presidential candidate, Governor Sarah Palin, said something very profound: “I answered him ‘Yes’ because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can’t blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we’re on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can’t blink. So I didn’t blink then even when asked to run as his running mate.”
Isn’t that so true? I know that many times, in my life, while living it, someone would come up and, because of I had good readiness, in terms of how I was wired, when they asked that—whatever they asked—I would just not blink, because, knowing that, if I did blink, or even wink, that is weakness, therefore you can’t, you just don’t. You could, but no—you aren’t.



http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/09/22/080922sh_shouts_saunders?currentPage=all

[muntrv]

1. We need to drug test Sarah.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I read that a few times... and still... huh???? Not quite ready for Washington, DC.

:crazy:

[tblue]

4. Not quite ready for Wasilla.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Incredible and leaves me incredulous.

ER: Christ on a bike!
FDR: She's still smarter than that galoot in the White House!
ER: I wish, wish WISH New York State would permit dead people to vote!!!
FDR: Now, Babs, you KNOW that's against the law here, we'll have to move to Texas or Illinois...

[dchill]

5. Wired.

She's wired. She's wired weird. Word.

[uppityperson]

6. Just what we need, a blinker.

[SurfingAtWork]

7. Well duh! Cyborgs don't blink. Everyone knows that.

[Hugin]

8. The fact she 'holds her breath with her eyes' was already pointed out by A_Schwarzenegger.

Saturday.

[BeatleBoot]

9. Self Delete

The old double post thingy got me again....

[BeatleBoot]

10. Wired and Not Blinking - A Recipe for 4 More Years

tooooooooo

funnnnnnnnny

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. *snarf*

[Jade Fox]

12. This is just the sort of snide snottiness that makes them call us elites....

you know, makin fun of how po' little Sarah speaks.

I love it! :evilgrin:

[ContinentalOp]

16. Yes, they would call us that.

If they could even figure out that it was making fun of her. :P

[TheKentuckian]

13. I see her as a solid fit for a Sunglass Hut in a mall

not the manager, but a serviceable sales rep.

[rucky]

14. Next she'll challenge Joe Biden to a staring contest. n/t

[Fran Kubelik]

15. Ok, everyone - this is humor. NOT a quote from Palin.

Seems like a few missed that fine point.

[volstork]

19. This part actually IS

a quote from her: “I answered him ‘Yes’ because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can’t blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we’re on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can’t blink. So I didn’t blink then even when asked to run as his running mate.”

[underpants]

17. Uh yeah-Gingrich and others were talking aobut her as VP months before

Does anyone really think that it is a accident that her son joined the Army ON September 11th???

This woman has been professionally driven since she was mayor (nothing wrong with that) to the point that she was willing to open her teen pregnant daughter up to be ridiculed and ripped apart because mommy's career is why they all get up everyday (there is something wrong with that)

[bunnies]

21. Hwe son didnt join the Army on 9/11,

His deployment ceremony (or whatever) just happened to be on that day. He didnt join that day - and he didnt get deployed that day.

If it bleeds, it leads. :banghead:

[bunnies]

18. roflmao.... my eyes are watering!!!

:rofl:

[mamalone]

20. That was hilarious!

I love the New Yorker.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

22. This is the kind of syntax and logic i'd expect from

a thoroughly strung out cokehead or meth tweaker. :wtf:

[BlooInBloo]

23. (facepalm) There's your UI journalism major.