An inquiry into the Palin obsession of the Hollywood elite
You have to wonder about people in politics who define themselves by their animosities. Some people seem to spend the better parts of their day obsessing about Sarah Palin and other right-wingers who figure prominently in their demonology. If you really hated this accomplished reformer, why would you want to subject yourself to seeing her picture every day on your wall calendar:
WTF stands for Winning the Future, right? We conservatives tend to put up Ronald Reagan Wall Calendars — not those mocking Jimmy Carter.
It’s not just the publishers of this wall calendar who obsess over the former Alaska Governor. As Byron York reported last month, “‘Game Change,’ the movie version of the 2008 campaign best-seller that premieres” next week on HBO, has a peculiarly Palin focus:
The book, by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, focused equally on the bitter contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, and the troubled McCain-Palin ticket that went down to defeat in November ’08.
But the movie is about just one topic: Sarah Palin. Director Jay Roach jettisoned most of the book’s riveting political story so he could focus on the tumultuous period in which John McCain chose the then-governor of Alaska as his running mate.
Despite a few positive touches, no one will be surprised to learn that “Game Change,” the movie, will present an overwhelmingly negative portrait of Palin.
Wonder if they’ll touch on her many accomplishments in her short tenure as Alaska governor. These wall posters in Hollywood pretty much give up the game:
The actors depicted above play respectively Sarha Palin, John McCain and McCain strategist Steve Schmidt. We see none of the characters playing any of the Democratic candidates — or their advisors. Maybe that’s because the script didn’t include them. The film’s IMDB page shows no characters named Obama, Clinton or Axelrod.
Interesting this choice to dwell on the characters the filmmakers dislike — and to exclude those they (likely) admire.
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…you mean how you have to talk about hating liberals, and Obama, and blacks and Leftists, because if you stopped you’d realize that your chosen party, the GOP, has no respect for you as a gay man?
the way that you have to tell yourselves that Liberals are the enemy because the reality that your conservative families don’t actually love or respect you would crush your little world?
the fact that your chosen party is decades behind the rest of the intelligent world in understanding and celebrating diversity, that you can’t actually talk about the Good Things Republican Leaders Are Doing For Gay Americans, so you desperately try to find something “liberal” to complain about?
hearing gays complain about liberals is like hearing Anne Frank complain about attics.
hating liberals won’t make your parents love you. in fact, your lack of spine is why the GOP remains predominantly anti-gay. if you wimps had the balls to demand equality, rather than saying “i’m gay, but i hate liberals! don’t hate me! i’ll do what you say!” then maybe you’d get somewhere.
at what point are you sad gay white boys going to realize that “your way” doesn’t work? take a good look at us gay liberals – we’re affecting real change.
i eagerly await the angry responses from your loyal lemmings, none of whom have the orbs to post links to their own videos, or pages where they show their faces.
your problem isn’t that you’re gay. your problem is that you’re all cowards.
Comment by Little_Kiwi — March 2, 2012 @ 4:36 pm - March 2, 2012
Little Kiwi.
Wow! I had no idea you could type that many words! Now, if you could actually address the topic of any given post… Then I would be REALLY impressed!
Comment by Sonicfrog — March 2, 2012 @ 4:46 pm - March 2, 2012
i eagerly await the angry responses from your loyal lemmings, none of whom have the orbs to post links to their own videos, or pages where they show their faces.
You really aren’t much into research, are you.
Comment by Sonicfrog — March 2, 2012 @ 4:48 pm - March 2, 2012
you aren’t much into healthy eating habits, are you.
no wonder you’re a republican. you couldn’t get fucked if you fell ass-first onto a cock factory.
Comment by Little_Kiwi — March 2, 2012 @ 4:52 pm - March 2, 2012
The thing that really bugs me about this move, is the actress that is playing Palin… She is just so damned wrong for the part. Julianne Moore is a good actress, but she is no where near close to having the charisma that Palin possesses. I mean, god, no matter what you might think of Palin, she has SPARK! In the previews I’ve seen JM is just this side of Kianu Reeves wooden.
Comment by Sonicfrog — March 2, 2012 @ 4:53 pm - March 2, 2012
Sonic, in #4, interesting point. Moore is a good actress, a very good one, but she never really plays larger than life figures–always good (excellent even) in more domestic (and even comedic) roles. . . .
Comment by B. Daniel Blatt — March 2, 2012 @ 4:57 pm - March 2, 2012
Sarah Palin is actually quite a lot like Rick Santorum; they are both conservative Republicans, with large families they dote on, of apparently impeccable personal character, who happen to be very religious.
These are all things the left absolutely despises and cannot forgive.
Add to the fact that Sarah Palin failed to abort two undesirable children, and you have all the makings of a hate-fest.
I also gotta wonder how many of the lefties who have been having conniption fits because Andrew Breitbart supposedly gave Shirley Sherrod a bad rap are the same people who believe Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her House.
Comment by V the K — March 2, 2012 @ 5:25 pm - March 2, 2012
you mean how you have to talk about hating liberals, and Obama, and blacks and Leftists, because if you stopped you’d realize that your chosen party, the GOP, has no respect for you as a gay man?
Comment by Little_Kiwi — March 2, 2012 @ 4:36 pm – March 2, 2012
Sort of like how Barack Obama and the leaders of the Barack Obama Party sexually harass and discriminate against gays to show “respect”.
Now, if Little Kiwi were a true proud gay man, he would publicly repudiate the Obama Party for such behavior and having leaders that so obviously harass and discriminate against gay and lesbian people.
But of course, if Little Kiwi were to do that, his family wouldn’t love him any more. That’s why he supports those who discriminate against and harass gays; he’s afraid of losing the love of his racist parents.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 2, 2012 @ 5:58 pm - March 2, 2012
The movie is getting made now because the interest in her has been losing steam for quite some time. It was a business decision. Personally, I am not looking forward to it. But to spin it any other way then a last minute ratings grab would be incorrect. If you can’t see that, then I feel sorry for you.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 6:08 pm - March 2, 2012
People don’t respect me for being gay, they respect me for other reasons. That is the difference between gay conservatives and gay liberals; to gay conservatives, in general, their sexuality is at most incidental. To gay liberals, in general, their sexuality is an integral part of their identity because it means they are a member of a protected victim class, which makes them important or something. And, contrary to what Little Kiwi repeatedly says, I (and other gay conservatives) do stand up for what I believe in, I just don’t believe in “gay rights” (i.e. gay special rights). That is not because I am self-hating, it is because I believe the government should treat people equitably (i.e. give them equality of opportunity) without regard to race, gender, or sexuality. It’s not that complicated.
Comment by Rattlesnake — March 2, 2012 @ 6:11 pm - March 2, 2012
Actually, I usually put up wall calendars with pictures of kittens, not politicians.
Comment by Rattlesnake — March 2, 2012 @ 6:13 pm - March 2, 2012
I like kittens, too. Well, the nic sort of gives that away.
Comment by V the K — March 2, 2012 @ 6:21 pm - March 2, 2012
Speaking of, here in the Bay Area, a woman who was the diversity teacher of the year (whatever the hell that means) in 2010 has been arrested for having sex with a 12 y/o boy. If that’s the kind of “progressives” that we’re decades behind, I thank God for it.
How’s that “evolving” working out for you? How about your oh-so-enlightened liberal buddies using gay as an insulting slur on a regular basis?
That’s what passes for wit amongst folks from Toronto.
Little Creepy hasn’t favored us with his bizarre daddy obsession in this thread yet.
Comment by TGC — March 2, 2012 @ 6:36 pm - March 2, 2012
Little kiwi is just as much of a troll on liberal sites.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 6:51 pm - March 2, 2012
I fail to see how, given that liberal sites like Box Turtle Bulletin, Truth Wins Out, Rob Tisinai, Good as You, JoeMyGod, Pam’s House Blend, and the like say the same things as he does on a regular basis.
You really should come to grips with how liberals, especially liberal gays and lesbians, treat gay conservatives and Republicans, Cinesnatch. Little Kiwi isn’t saying anything different than the vast majority of gay and lesbian bloggers, gay and lesbian organizations, and gay and lesbian commenters.
He represents nicely what the gay and lesbian community, gay and lesbian leaders, gay and lesbian publications, and the Obama Party at large think and believe — gays and lesbians who dare disagree with liberalism and the Obama Party are scum.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 2, 2012 @ 6:58 pm - March 2, 2012
This I would love to see. Can you please link to an example, Cinesnatch?
Comment by Rattlesnake — March 2, 2012 @ 7:08 pm - March 2, 2012
Me too! I’d love to see it!
Comment by Sonicfrog — March 2, 2012 @ 7:48 pm - March 2, 2012
I haven’t been to towelroad in the last few months. But, whenever I have been there, he’s often an instigating presence. But I’m sure you can find examples by googling his name Along with [insert gay liberal blog] here.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 7:50 pm - March 2, 2012
FYI ND30. I’ve stopped reading your comments. There are more productive and fulfilling ways of wasting one’s time. But, by all means, don’t let reality stop you.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 7:54 pm - March 2, 2012
Does Little Weewee tell liberal blogs their parents hate them and wish they were dead?
Comment by V the K — March 2, 2012 @ 9:19 pm - March 2, 2012
If you disagree with him, he’ll tell you all kinds of things. The venue doesn’t really matter. He doesn’t have a filter, nor respect for human beings in general.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 9:43 pm - March 2, 2012
Well, duh. We’ve known since day one you ignore any facts that disagree with your predetermined view of reality.
Fortunately, we’re not disappointed, because no one here ever really saw you as much more than a partisan shill. We had low expectations already, and it’s not really a surprise that you couldn’t even meet them.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 2, 2012 @ 9:53 pm - March 2, 2012
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how everytime, littlekiwi, shows up on “gaypatriot” the discorse takes a nose dive?
Comment by Richard Bell — March 2, 2012 @ 10:38 pm - March 2, 2012
LK certainly doesn’t elevate the discourse. And, there is another poster that doesn’t elevate the discourse, who also happens to over-stuff the threads up with drivel, making the threads needlessly longer to read through.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 10:56 pm - March 2, 2012
If you want shorter threads, Cinesnatch, another way to do it is for you to stop commenting.
But as we see from the typical Hollywood types you worship who preach at us about reducing our consumption and carbon footprint from the windows of their private jets and limos as they zip between their Malibu beach house, their Beverly Hills estate, and their ski chalets in Gstaad, it’s all about “do as I say, not as I do”.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 2, 2012 @ 11:21 pm - March 2, 2012
Let’s see… Because Reagan wasn’t known for for saying a lot of stupid things like Palin does?
For me, her infamous interview with Katie Couric takes the cake. Not only because she said a lot of stupid things, but when she was spoofed by Tina Fey, Fey just using much of it verbatim.
Comment by Kevin — March 2, 2012 @ 11:30 pm - March 2, 2012
I *rest* my case.
But, it is refreshing to have material whipped out which I haven’t seen in a while. Especially without all those OBNOXIOUS links! LOL
As if anyone clicks on them anymore!
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 11:35 pm - March 2, 2012
Sometimes conservatives will relent, “I’d take CLINTON back over Obama in a heartbeat.”
And, frankly, despite his flaws, I’d take Reagen over any Republican running for president after him. Too bad Huntsman wasn’t still in the race. I guess we’ll have to wait until 2016.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 11:39 pm - March 2, 2012
One also has to remember that Kevin is so super-smart that he demands NASA take pictures of the flag the astronauts left on Mars, wants Guam depopulated because he’s afraid it will tip over, thinks there’s a language called Austrian, and insists that he’s visited all 57 states.
Hence, as we can see, it’s not a problem for him and his fellow liberals to create a reality in which Sarah Palin is stupid, especially since he and his fellow liberals believe that women are objects for them to rape at their OWS gatherings in exchange for allowing them to commit infanticide.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 2, 2012 @ 11:44 pm - March 2, 2012
Comment by Bastiat Fan — March 2, 2012 @ 11:50 pm - March 2, 2012
Ummm…don’t you have to actually have a case in order to rest it?
Comment by Bastiat Fan — March 2, 2012 @ 11:54 pm - March 2, 2012
The case goes from Post #24 to #25.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 2, 2012 @ 11:59 pm - March 2, 2012
And once again, Little Kiwi has favored us with what gay liberals like Cinesnatch, rusty, Countervail, Levi, Rob Tisinai, Evan Hurst, Joe Jervis, Pam Spaulding, Towleroad, Dan Savage, and others truly believe:
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 3, 2012 @ 12:44 am - March 3, 2012
And also, in regard to that, I think it’s interesting that Little Kiwi shows the perspective of the Obama Party and Barack Obama himself to gays: either they do exactly what the Obama Party says, or Barack Obama and the Barack Obama Party want them dead.
I mean, we already have the example of gay liberal leader Dan Savage ranting that he wants all Republicans dead, but really, to have such an obvious Obama mouthpiece like Little Kiwi state that any gay or lesbian person who disagrees with Obama should kill themselves or be killed really drives the point home.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 3, 2012 @ 12:58 am - March 3, 2012
Just don’t remind you of the Katie Couric interview with Biden, eh?
Comment by TGC — March 3, 2012 @ 1:58 am - March 3, 2012
23.Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how everytime, littlekiwi, shows up on “gaypatriot” the discorse takes a nose dive?
24.LK certainly doesn’t elevate the discourse.
Richard and Cinesnatch, unfortunately, your remarks are true. I tried to civilly engage Little Kiwi. I mentioned that I am a liberal with a conservative father who fully accepts me, and asked how that squared with his narrative. He apparently had no interest in defending his position. Maybe he does have something positive to add, but we’ll never know.
It is unfortunate when Little Kiwi, and any other poster/troll poisons the blog with repeated mantras, lies, name-calling, and even tries to claim their behavior is justified or somehow moral. As long as these persons don’t include me in their screed, these individuals are simply ignored.
My suggestion is to ignore any poster who engages in the above behaviors, even if you agree with them politically and/or any point that they may trying to make behind their screed, these posters should not be rewarded with any kind of discourse. Once these posters realize they have an audience of zero, they will either clean up their act, or leave and pollute another blog.
Comment by Pat — March 3, 2012 @ 8:43 am - March 3, 2012
But Mom…. I Love Playing Wit Trolls!!!!
Comment by sonicfrog — March 3, 2012 @ 10:33 am - March 3, 2012
Applauds.
Now I remember when I was a kid I had a book, “Plains English, a guide to understanding the new administration.” It always seemed tongue in cheek, like Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck schtick.
Comment by The_Livewire — March 3, 2012 @ 1:21 pm - March 3, 2012
Pat >> We all could ignore him from here on out. However, I suspect some like having him around to make fun of, so getting that audience of zero might be challenging.
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 3, 2012 @ 2:16 pm - March 3, 2012
Or you could, you know, act on principle and say that it’s wrong to tell people to hang themselves.
But then again, voting present is a lot better than contradicting or risking the wrath of your fellow liberals.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 3, 2012 @ 7:54 pm - March 3, 2012
… but when is that ever going to stop you …
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 3, 2012 @ 8:17 pm - March 3, 2012
Looking at that picture of Palin accompanying this post, could you have posted anything more suggestive?
Comment by Cinesnatch — March 4, 2012 @ 5:53 am - March 4, 2012
Or you could, you know, act on principle and say that it’s wrong to tell people to hang themselves.
But then again, voting present is a lot better than contradicting or risking the wrath of your fellow liberals.
NDT, your assumptions have no basis in reality. Once again, please do have yourself a wonderfully blessed day. Thanks.
Comment by Pat — March 4, 2012 @ 10:32 am - March 4, 2012