Hilarious review in The New Yorker on Sarah Palin's Alaska

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2010/11/15/101115crte_television_franklin?currentPage=1

SNIP: I’ve seen only one episode of the show so far, but I’m not optimistic. We do meet her parents, but nearly every other moment comes across as calculated—including, in the first episode, the absence of her daughter Bristol—and we find out nothing about Alaska that we didn’t learn in elementary school.

No, not a direct quote - but it wouldn't surprise me.

shit--maybe I should watch this show....I might learn something?

nothing more.

"When it comes to Palin specifically, there is the fundamental problem that some of us don’t want to see or hear any more of her than we have to. And there are those whose objections have a physiological basis as well as an ideological one: the pitch and timbre of her voice, the rhythms of her speech, her syntax, and the way she coats acid and incoherence with cheery musical inflections join together in a sickening synergy that distresses the listener, triggering a fight-or-flight reaction. When Palin talks, my whole being wails, like Nancy Kerrigan after Tonya Harding’s ex-husband kneecapped her: “Why? Why? Why?”

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2010/11/15/101115crte_television_franklin#ixzz15MW6Jm4E

I could never put into words the queasiness I feel whenever I see or hear her, but this describes the sensation perfectly.

:rofl:

Diane
Anishnabe in MI

:shrug:

wiki actually does a good job explaining the various subspecies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear

"...the pitch and timbre of her voice, the rhythms of her speech, her syntax, and the way she coats acid and incoherence with cheery musical inflections join together in a sickening synergy that distresses the listener, triggering a fight-or-flight reaction. "

irritates the hell outta me.

Sid

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