Wednesday 8 October 2008

Wednesday, 8th October 2008

Great meltdowns from little acorns grow...

12:38am


As an example of the deranged reaction to Sarah Palin and the astounding hatred and bile she has provoked, this article by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone is hard to beat. All the Palin smears are gathered together in one foam-flecked scream of rage – not just at Palin, mark you, but most significantly at John Public who supports her, because she

appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because the image on TV reminds him of the mean, brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning.

What respect for Taibbi's fellow human beings! Showing zero insight into the spitting hatred and vicious characterisation of the American people to which he has just given vent, the author then represents his hero (who he concedes may also be ‘slick’) thus:

The Obama

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