I have purposefully not followed the doings of the good Sarah much since Saturday Night Live. I was up to my neck in lipstick and had enough of the glasses and the beehive set. However, Judith Warner of the New York Times wrote a column every mom could relate to. We spend much of our parental lives trying to teach our kids empathy, sympathy, compassion. And boy, didn’t Judith hit that point, like every mother does, finding a place in her heart to be compassionate for Poor Sarah.
Me, I’m still not there, but I am trying. I missed the exclusive interview with Katie Couric. Didn’t know, didn’t care. But, upon reading Ms. Warner’s column, I felt compelled to re-visit Sarah and see if I couldn’t muster up some compassion. It was a 10 minute interview. Katie lobbed moonball questions at Sarah, about the economy, about her flirtations with Henry Kissinger and the other world leaders. Did you know that she met with the new Pakistani president? His comment about her was “I didn’t know she was so beautiful!!!” Great. Maybe if the other world leaders spend all their time drooling over her legs and tits, they won’t pay attention to the treaties we want them to sign. Maybe they’ll forgive our debts to their governments! Now that would be potent. Hmmmmm.
Or maybe she’ll open her mouth and the fantasy bubble will burst. I digress. I watched the Couric interview with some interest. It only confirmed my belief that Governor Palin is not qualified to represent the United States, and even less qualified to represent the image of women in general. She may continue to represent myopic, biblically literal, small-minded, gun-toting, moose-dressing, clueless mom-types in her church and in Wasilla.
In the meantime, take a look at this very funny video courtesy of comedienne Sara Beninsaca.
