Shun the nonbeliever! Shun!

[riot_nrrrd]

Like most Americans, last week I watched the excerpt from Sarah Palin's interview with Charles Gibson, in which Palin all but admits that she has no fucking clue what the Bush Doctrine is:

And like many Americans (I'd like to also say "most" there, but I'm too cynical to believe that to be true), I find it pretty alarming that the person who, if her doddering old running mate is elected, could literally be one heartbeat away from the presidency, is someone who a) has no idea what the Bush Doctrine is, b) doesn't seem to have any clue that the U.S. government has, of late, literally been overstepping its bounds in Pakistan, c) appears physically incapable of giving a direct answer.

But upon reflection, that is not the only thing about this clip that disturbs me. I also find the way Palin calls Charles Gibson "Charlie" every three seconds really creepy. Not only is it obvious filler, but it strikes me as an attempt at excessive friendliness as a means of deflecting from the issues. It's as if Palin honestly believes that if she successfully turns on that ol' charm that landed her the Miss Congeniality title so many years ago, nobody will ever realize that she has no idea what she's talking about, or that she's a big, scary, neofascist right-winger theocrat who literally believes that most of this country is going to hell in her lifetime.

Besides, the more I watch this clip, the more it reminds me of yet another YouTube classic:

OMG SARAH PALIN IS GOING TO STEAL MY KIDNEYS

Comments

[werewolf-lib.livejournal.com]

I saw the best macro of her the other day. It said 'We're on a bridge to nowhere, CHAAARLIE!', but now I can't find it!

[leatherfemme.livejournal.com]

She's scary, but I wish focus would get back to the fact that they are BOTH scary. Johnny-boy perhaps even more so than Ms. P.

[logodaedaly.livejournal.com]

Dude, why are you so cynical about what US Americans have done in the Iraq? Sarah doesn't need to know things to be the Preznit — she's a hockey mom! She can see Russia from her tanning bed! Sounds like someone got up in the reality-based community this morning...

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

She truly, truly frightens me on a very profound level.

But don't tell me she has no idea what's going on in the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY5f-qjczFQ

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

What's scary is that I know people who are going to vote for McCain just so they can see a woman, ANY woman, hold a high political office. It's so ass backwards.

[daver40.livejournal.com]

Oh... and she thinks would be an excellent idea to go to war with Russia if they decide to do anything else in Georgia.

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

She just wants to go to war with Russia because then she'd be able to see the destruction from her house. =P

[daver40.livejournal.com]

While she's shooting at moose from a plane!

[biolabchick.livejournal.com]

I am probably the only American that did not watch this. And I actually wanted to. With several beers. And a drinking game.

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

I've only seen the clip. There will probably need to be a drinking game in place before I'm willing to watch the whole thing.