These ARE the End Times

[oselle]

Twice in the past week I have found myself watching Sarah Palin on television. You who follow my journal know what a fan I am of apocalyptic fiction, yet in all my travels through that genre I have never met a fictitious dystopian villain as over the top as Sarah Palin is in real life. The one that may come the closest is Randall Flagg, Stephen King's grinning, denim-clad antichrist in The Stand. Folksy psychopath (and would-be President of the U.S.) Greg Stillson, from King's The Dead Zone, is also a contender. But none of these characters -- NO fictional character -- even comes close to what Palin puts out there. Her shtick makes the Walkin' Dude look like a two-bit carny hustler. Some people laugh at her but I don't. She scares the living shit out of me.

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[oselle.livejournal.com]

Well, over here, if a Democratic woman were wearing such a thing, Glenn Beck would be showing (via his Blackboard of Doom) how IT PROVES SHE'S A NAZI because Nazis all wore leather. But when a Republican does it she's "spunky!"

I'm glad you're all laughing at our downfall over there. WE'RE TAKING YOU WITH US, YOU KNOW!