All right, Strange, you finally signed on!  I think Kevin discontinued those signing bonuses, though, once the economy went south.  Too bad.  ;-)

As far as Palin, the Wizard of Oz theory makes as much sense as any.  It was coming very close to “pay no attention to that man behind the screen” by this point and she had to make her gettaway somehow.

Um, yay!  KK, how did you get to make Strange say yes? Was there bribery involved?

Who cares.  Yay!

If I ever go looking for hidden Easter Eggs in Palin’s “Adios” address, I won’t look any further than my own backyard, or my 50 Years of MGM DVD box set.

On reading this, I couldn’t help thinking of Palin hopping around in some Darko-esque bunny suit…

Well, it’s early, but here’s a contender for Palin’s 2012 Campaign Theme Song! Or the next time she headlines at a beer-hall putsch. Whichever.

‘Bout fucking time Strange.

And here I was trying to pound that square peg into the round hole of deconstructionism! It was an honest mistake: Governor Palin constantly demonstrates that text does not constitute a discrete whole but rather contains an infinite number of irreconcilable, contradictory meanings. Also. But I think you’ve hit on it with the Wizard of Oz theory. She was but a chance visitor blown onto our fair shores by forces she couldn’t comprehend and just as quickly whisked away.

Hey, I had nothin’ until Bob emailed me that sublime visual metaphor. It even covers Palin’s transfer of power to “trusted deputies” who will guide her programs forward:

And I hereby decree that until what time—if any—that I return, the Scarecrow, by virtue of his highly superior brains, shall rule in my stead…assisted by the Tin Man, by virtue of his magnificent heart…and the Lion,by virtue of his courage! Obey them as you would me! And, ah, well—that’s all.

Dada, dada, dada. And so forth. Till she goes crazy.

The lieutenant governor of Alaska actually does look a little like the Scarecrow.

Well done, my true and faithful servant.

@kre8tr—As it is P-shopped, so shall it be done. This is your thread, bub. I just wrote a rather elaborate photo caption.

Alaskan, Shannyn Moore, journalist and recent Sarah Palin victim will be on the air with me tonight, 10:30 my time, 11:30 East Coast. Grab some popcorn and frozen cheese cake.

@scooter—Crunchy week here, hence my weird sleep schedule and lousy phone etiquette.

I’ll be listening. We must all do everything we can to trivialize this Nattering Nanook of Non-Entityism, since we, like, you know, fear her so much and stuff.

Holy CRAP. The StrangeAppar8tus is operating among us.

Where’d I put that box of seegars?

’Bout fucking time Strange.

Seconded, and as soon as I finish typing, thirded. Being the poor man’s you just wasn’t tenable under the old division of labor.

Bliss Oh Rapture, look who’s finally acceded to the cry of the people to take up the standard and carry it forth.

Your discovery that Sarah was the last, somewhat gulpy breath of the Dadaist movement has come as a great relief to those gullible few of us who thought she might have been serious.

It is indeed all laid out in the Manifesto, just as you observed, and more:

I shall be reading poems that are meant to dispense with conventional language, no less, and to have done with it.

I guess it was there all the time, but if you’d told us before, we wouldn’t have believed you. We had to learn it for ourselves.

Well done, Strange!

Yes, I suppose Dadaism make sense for Palin when all other sense of reason for her being fails.

At least there’s SOME cosmic explanation.

Although, in context, I’d liken her more to poor Toto, mostly ignored and nipping at heels for attention.

Although, in context, I’d liken her more to poor Toto

So does this mean Bill Kristol is the Wicked Witch of the West? I mean, he was the one who was in hot pursuit of her from the start.

So does this mean Bill Kristol is the Wicked Witch of the West? I mean, he was the one who was in hot pursuit of her from the start.

I suppose either he or NRO’s Rich Lowry. :-)

Hey, I just had a thought: if we make up a phony diploma for Bob Somerby and tell him it’s actually a Rhodes scholarship, will he finally STFU about Maddow having one?

Hey, I just had a thought: if we make up a phony diploma for Bob Somerby and tell him it’s actually a Rhodes scholarship, will he finally STFU about Maddow having one?

Comment by Oblomova on 07/10/09 at 11:57 AM

It’s worth a try. Though if he had any notion of how whiny and stupid he sounds (Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!) he wouldn’t need any inducement to STFU.

Did anyone see his piece today about David Brooks’ column and how no one ever tells people Americans pay twice as much for health care as other countries? That sounds like utter bullshit to me. I know for a fact Obama has said it numerous times, and I believe that fact is routinely cited in liberal columnists’ pieces. Of course David Brooks isn’t going to say it, FFS! He’s David Brooks, milquetoast conservative and corporate tool.

As for Somerby’s tiresome blabbering about Maddow wasting time on Ensign, Sanford, etc., I suppose it would be unkind to point out to him that his ceaseless wailing over Gore’s raw deal isn’t exactly topical these days. Feh. What a bore.