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I do not approve of this. You will hear from my lawyer.

Posted by Urine Enthusiast | September 4, 2008 11:08 AM
2

Bad idea and poorly done.

Posted by Jen | September 4, 2008 11:12 AM
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Ergh... if yer a-gonna write something that could be misused by even one right-winger, it could at least be FUNNY.

Posted by leek | September 4, 2008 11:13 AM
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Most of these "new column" pieces are poorly done. You have to be either 13-years-old or retarded to find them funny.

Posted by 5238 | September 4, 2008 11:15 AM
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Really poorly done. Not a bad idea, but damn, the faux redneck speak is so awful it ends up caricaturing you, not her.

Posted by Terry | September 4, 2008 11:17 AM
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Most Palin satire--this included--falls flat because it doesn't capture her rural Alaskan (almost Fargo-esque) accent and cadence. "lil chitlin", "we all's gonna be"? It ain't Appalachia up there. You guys can do better than that.

Posted by Polka Party | September 4, 2008 11:17 AM
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Whatever haters, that was comic gold

Posted by boyd main | September 4, 2008 11:24 AM
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Suck a dick and die! All of you!

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 4, 2008 11:25 AM
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...well, I laughed...

Posted by MEC | September 4, 2008 11:25 AM
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The Stranger is not The Onion.

Post fake stories under fake names = never make claims to credibility again.


It's really simple.

Posted by Non | September 4, 2008 11:32 AM
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That might just be sexist.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | September 4, 2008 11:35 AM
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Why did she give all her children what sounds like the names of car models or running shoes? Is it commemorating the backseats in which they were conceived, or what?

Posted by Geni | September 4, 2008 11:42 AM
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You people disgust me.

Posted by Chalupa Alcatraz-Bailo | September 4, 2008 11:55 AM
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Dry Cooter - I used to love his music, especially his albums from the late '70's/early '80's. "Bop Till You Drop" was a particular favorite.

Posted by COMTE | September 4, 2008 11:56 AM
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I adore that pink paper clip

Posted by Nixor | September 4, 2008 11:58 AM
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you have to admit the 'Toothbrush Manson Otterback Palin' thing was a little funny

Posted by DC | September 4, 2008 12:00 PM
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That is extremely unfunny. You could have done so much with a fake Palin column. Actually lampooned the reality of who she is and her candidacy in some actual way, for instance. Way to make her supporters think they're justified in their cries of unfair attacks.

Posted by Greg | September 4, 2008 12:00 PM
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I'd say making fun of the names she's given her offspring DOES in fact "lampoon the reality of who she is".

Posted by COMTE | September 4, 2008 12:07 PM
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Running obviously satirical columns doesn't ruin the Stranger's credibility any more than running Marmaduke ruins the Seattle Times credibility.

Plus, this shit was funny.

Posted by ScrewYouRusty | September 4, 2008 12:14 PM
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Stupid and unfunny. I bet none of your comic writers could even get a list published on McSweeneys Internet Tendencies.

Fourth rate. And I can't stand Palin. Don't be so dumb.

Posted by Bob | September 4, 2008 12:15 PM
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Making fun of the weird names is funny, sure. But also totally obvious, and completely beside the point of why she's dangerous. I'd think the lib-rul Stranger would want to land at least one ON-POINT zinger in there SOMEwhere. But I still say it was unfunny, with the possible exception of funny names.

Posted by Greg | September 4, 2008 12:25 PM
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Um.

Well at least that's one thing she wrote.

Cause she didn't write the speech she gave last night.

A man did.

It was written by a man, for a man - they changed it for her later.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 4, 2008 12:29 PM
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That was hilarious. I laughed my ass off.

Posted by Dan Savage | September 4, 2008 12:32 PM
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@4, i'm not 13, but i AM developmentally disabled and i thought it was hilarious, you fascist fuck.

Posted by josh b | September 4, 2008 12:49 PM
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I don't think it was a "Hail Mary" speech, considering that she is a FORMER CATHOLIC who is now an ASSEMBLY OF GOD member (thus assuring that my mother and her friends will never vote for her, regardless of what she thinks about abortion).

Not that my mother would vote for a Republican anyway, but it's the talk of her little group of old Catholic ladies.

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay | September 4, 2008 1:10 PM
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Everyone needs to remember that this election is not about issues, but a coagulation of images into some sort of a feel-good electoral congee-thing.

:|

Posted by NapoleonXIV | September 4, 2008 1:38 PM
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Making fun of funny sounding names is fun! Barack Hussein Obama, his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, and his spawn Malia are great places to start.

It's also fun to make fun of people who think their vagina is a clown car.
Nancy Pelosi springs to mind.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me | September 4, 2008 3:08 PM
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Memes! It's a Festival of Memes!

Posted by NapoleonXIV | September 4, 2008 3:46 PM
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There's more truth in that than anything Sarah Palin's ever said.

Funnier, too -- and that's saying something!

Posted by whatevernevermind | September 4, 2008 4:37 PM
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I am the laughing man!

As for the 'column,' I thought it was borderline funny, but nowhere near as good as "Don't Do Blow, by Sandra Oh."

Posted by Greg | September 4, 2008 6:19 PM
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Put a check next to my name in the That's Funny column.

Posted by MrsBug | September 8, 2008 11:43 AM
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Put a check next to my name in the That's Funny column.

Posted by MrsBug | September 8, 2008 11:57 AM

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