Letter: American Kabuki

Published 5:00 pm Thursday, October 16, 2008

In reply to E. Robert Nassikas’ letter Sept. 29 (“Palin letters stink,” The Daily Astorian): Republican men love women who talk dirty and carry a big lipstick.

A Sarah Palin rally draws the same hyper-reactionary audience as The Jerry Springer Show – “Sa-rah. Sa-rah. Sa-rah.” This American Kabuki is hosted by a genial and seemingly blameless John McCain. Bouncers are Secret Service agents. Warm-up guest is Cindy McCain, the diminutive, Barbiesque, blond beer heiress.

Enter Palin, the quintessential vitriolic Springer guest, a winking, gun-flaunting, dangerous brunette with a past. Palin’s TV biography is devilishly spiked with a family feud, a shotgun wedding, a small town scandal, a First Dude, an African witch-hunter, a political revenge, a field-dressed moose, a bridge to nowhere and an abuse of power.

Her education in broadcasting ensures her future on Fox News. Perhaps they’ll dress Palin in a leather bustier and assemble guests in a mud wrestling pit.

“Foxy Ewes?” Surreality TV? Bringing in the sheep? Ewe betcha.

Cyndy Lee

Astoria

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