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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Really... this was funny. Good work Gary. If we can't make humor out of the ridiculous, then what's to laugh at? Palin is ridiculous, regardless of her plumbing. Swipe at her with abandon. She richly deserves it. If you want to sell yourself as a stereotype, then don't be surprised when you're objectified.
The Republican "base", i.e., those masochistic evangelicals, will LOVE the idea of a dominatrix.
Yeah, but they'll feel guilty about it later.
O has a great ad out, attacking Palin / McCain.
Now Obama should go the other way, neutralize them on social issues, and the GOP gave him the perfect opportunity:
BO: “The GOP mocked my career as a Community Organizer. John McCain has spent 26 years in Washington. Gov Palin comes from a state with massive subsidies. Perhaps they are just out of touch with the problems of people who are not rich. So here are some Community Organizers.
“Hi. I’m Mary Smith. I organize bringing food to the hungry.
“Hi. I’m John Jones, I organize donations to clothe the needy.
“Hi. I’m Jane Johnston. I organize people to take care of the sick.
We do have real responsibilities.
We have responsibilities to the communities we live in.
We have responsibilities to the people we help.
We have responsibilities to the God we serve.
We support Barrack Obama and Joe Biden .”
Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon does not agree with the new legislation, saying the law will require the city and
communities to come up with more funds to cover the costs of the forensic exams.
Words don't adequately describe this offense.
This happened when Palin was Mayor of Wasilla. They were charging rape victims to get the kit to record the evidence of their own rape.
I have NEVER heard of anything like this, ever, anywhere else. Ever.
That's because you don't get out much. Guess what State still charges for rape kits? I'll give you a hint, it's junior senator is the Democratic Nominee for President.
In Alaska, such charges are now illegal.
Now, in the defense of Illinois, the state will reimburse some people people for the cost of the kits (Sexual Assault Emergency Treatment Act, the Illinois Department of Public Aid will reimburse the costs of ER treatment in the absence of public aid or private medical insurance) which Alaska did as well. Note, the Illinois law will cover more than just the rape kit, but treatment as well up a certain amount.
Previous to the law that Knowles signed, most rape kits where charged to insurance companies, as is the case today in Illinois STILL.
So, if Palin is guilty by association because of this for the earliest part of her term as Mayor, what about Obama's who has represented Illinois for a number of years, and was in a position to introduce state wide laws to change this situation.
I guess change to Obama doesn't include changes to laws that charge women for rape kits.
...you know, not that there's anything wrong with that. The irony and kinkiness however isn't lost on anyone.
Any way the way to dress down Palin and flip her from a dom to a sub is use her radical right wing record (most of it on video tape) and hyper-extreme religious baloney like a whip and butt plug.
This list is long from the Iraq War is God's task Jesus talk nonsense to her anti-feminist stance.
For the Dems to win they must keep Obama on message about the economy and jobs AND turn a full S/M trick on Palin and thus McCain.
Make McCain the old man perv in diapers and Palin the switch who ultimately grovels for approval. That's right, flip the dom..and make the Puritanical evangelicals twist in the wind with her.
I'm not allowed to email any more articles about Palin to my daughter in Canada, because they are "too upsetting." All I can say is, kid, you're all nice and safe up there with universal medical care and a strong dollar, and we are here, having to face the possibility of Sarah Baracuda a heartbeat away... I used to have a lot of faith in The People (back when I voted for Kennedy, Carter, McCarthy, McGovern... and Clinton (oh, Bill, where are you now?) but then I was brought up by real Roosevelt/Truman Liberals, who lived through the Depression and WWII. But I can't believe in The People any more. They elected Dubya twice. He never got any smarter, or more compassionate, or more in touch with the country in 8 long years. And the Republicans love it! Apparently, raping the land and robbing the workers is okay, if they can continue to shoot wolves from aircraft, line their pockets and lie to the citizenry. My head's going to explode!
I can honestly say that I am not surprised that Joan Walsh let this article pass through her scrutiny. Complaining in the letters section about this article will do nothing to stop future crap like this to be printed.
She has and always will be an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter and blamed every misstep Clinton took on Obama. She let her hatred of Obama be felt and heard throughout the primary season and still uses every chance to push for Hillary Clinton that she can get. It took her almost a month to write a positive blog entry for Obama that didn't screech out some blame for him for Hillary losing.
Now she has allowed this picture to hit the cover page, because there is no way she wants Obama to be president. She may feign being a Democrat and a Liberal, but in her heart of hearts, she knows that should McCain win, her candidate, the ONLY candidate to her, Hillary Clinton would have a chance in the 2012 election.
Ever since I stopped being a paying customer, I no longer feel the need to come here very often, and on the rare occasions I do, I am usually suckered in by a tempting headline with a weak, boring story to go with it. As long as Joan Walsh is editor-in-chief, this online blog that was once a great online magazine will continue to go down hill, until finally, no one will pretend to take it seriously. It has lost so much credibility up until now, that showing Sarah Palin as a Dominatrix, should only have been expected. The only surprising part is that there was a modicum of humor to the picture and article, that is usually missing from Salon articles of the past couple years.
The only way to try to bring this place back to it's previous greatness is to stop writing letters and stop being lured in by interesting sounding articles that prove to be less than advertised. Write to the publisher and CEO Chris Neimeth at chris@salon.com to complain. Only by letting your voice be heard and by not clicking on every story and ad will you be able to get rid of Joan Walsh and hopefully allow someone of vision edit this once great magazine.
Don't be shocked by future articles such as this one, do something about it.
Paying customer from 2002 to 2008.
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