sex vampire in Minnesota

I think the appeal of Sarah Palin is that she looks like she enjoys sex and has a lot of it. This is nothing to do with her looks or looks in general. It was the same with Bill Clinton. In both cases it tends to make them attractive: you want to get close and see if anything rubs off. It makes your opponents nervous and your friends a bit nervous too: nervous thigh-rubbing all round. It infuses the talking points on both sides. At any rate, it makes people look at you, and look again.

It could backfire in the sense of being fuel to a vicious counter-mobilization. Back in Clinton time, the rightwingers were outraged that some liberal fornicating rogue had conquered the white house and was receiving oral solace in the very room that something dignified once happened. Now the booty’s on the other foot, and Ickle baby Jesus has joined in holy communion with the two backed beast: God’s on our side and all’s right with the world.

If I was the Illinois Wonder Boy I’d deal with the issue by saying “well, I’d fuck her...but back to politics” or some formulation to that effect. Good counter to all those lettuce jokes too. At any rate you can’t just wring your hands and say “well, what about the issues…” in a weedy, piping voice. This is culture war magma – basic frustration and resentment political voodoo - and it needs addressing.

McCain’s got his problems too. Her and McCain together look weird. He looks like her pervy old butler, like she sucked the life force out of him or something. By November he could be nothing but a husk – or rather people will realise that that’s what he is. Dangerous lass, our Sarah.

Comments

[splinteredsunrise]

Well, I definitely would. I wouldn't vote for her though.

He's looking a bit rough, is McCain. You sort of feel a running mate thirty years his junior maybe doesn't make for the most flattering visual.

[Dave Weeden]

Let's face it, Palin's an L-Word fantasy writ large, and the perfect example of why butch straight women set hearts aflutter no matter where they appear. Wow, she's a pinup for lesbians too.

[Cheryl Rofer]

Jamie, I think you've got it just right. Sex has been right up front in this ever since her candidacy was announced. (Have we ever been inundated with so much gynecological information about a candidate's family in such a short time?)

I haven't wanted to blog about it, but I'm beginning to think it's inescapable.

[Alex]

Well, they usually look more as if they think the Anti-Sex League was a utopia. So it's not surprising that, having realised this, they're going to splash it around like oil. Drill, baby, drill...