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The Accidental Comic

By rumpole - October 3, 2008, 1:20PM

I laughed out loud at this blurb, written in response to this op-ed:

You do not understand how people (including myself) are drawn to Sarah Palin. Joe Biden did great last night because he lied at every turn. He is a talented truth destroyer. Take the Biden lies out of the debate and Palin was the obvious victor. Just like “The Macarena”, Sarah Palin will be involved in our culture for many years. And, in case you have not noticed Mr. Noon, many people rush to the dance floor when that annoying song comes on.

Now, I'm creeping up on 40 and am pretty much relegated to being a "wedding dancer" at this point, but seriously--where does this happen?

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Hey!, Sarah Palin.

Posted by JohnDoe
October 3, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink

Yeah, there is something perverse but interesting going on there, something I see all the time in comments in the blogosphere, along the lines of demagogic platitudes being truth, and facts being things your ideological enemies string together to craft lies. I see it coming from both left and right, comes from hewing to ideology to sort out a complex world. Populism used to be about promising a chicken in every pot, now it's about ideology as truth?

Posted by artappraiser
October 3, 2008 4:30 PM | Reply | Permalink

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