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Friday, October 24, 2008

At Least They Have Experience

posted by on October 24 at 9:10 AM

From our friends at Fox News:

Palin Look-A-Like Strippers Vie For Title

Winner Gets To Go To Washington For Inauguration

LAS VEGAS — There has been no shortage of Sarah Palin imitators since the Alaskan governor became Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential candidate.
But Thursday night brought a new twist for Palin look-a-likes.
Tina Fey is enjoying new-found celebrity status playing Palin on Saturday Night Live. What’s good for Fey is also good for dancers at Club Paradise Gentlemen’s Club.
It was uncanny how some glasses and a little bit of makeup transformed some Las Vegas dancers into Palin look-a-likes….

This is fitting. Palin’s role in the election was wrought and is propelled by sexism (see the piece in this week’s New Yorker about how she got on the national radar because a bunch of conservative magazine gentlemen visited Alaska on a cruise ship and thought she was hot). She wears red patent fuck-me spike heels. Dudes love her. Does her failure as a tactic—as a distraction, as human Viagra for the GOP—signal the failure of sexism or its success? The latter: She’s set smart AND sexy women back immeasurably by being a goddamned cartoon.

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I know plenty of smart and sexy women, and they're nothing like Palin. Any perceived resemblance is due to insufficient exposure to the real thing.

Posted by Greg | October 24, 2008 9:14 AM
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Michelle is a pretty good anti-Palin. And she's no slouch in the hotness department either.

Posted by Chris | October 24, 2008 9:17 AM
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"Tina Fey is enjoying new-found celebrity status playing Palin on Saturday Night Live"

Yeah, I'd never heard of this chick either until she started playing Palin on the teevee.

Posted by Chris in Tampa | October 24, 2008 9:19 AM
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Thanks for noticing the real Palin's penchant for stripper shoes.

Posted by It's Mark Mitchell | October 24, 2008 9:31 AM
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palin reminds me of the character nicole kidman played in "to die for." (breathy bimbo voice) "i'm happy to say that we still live in a country where truth, justice...and all the rest of it, still mean something." i might have not gotten it exactly, but pretty close. kidman plays a woman who was formerly a tv weather woman, whose only desire is to be on teevee.

Posted by ellarosa | October 24, 2008 9:33 AM
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"life, liberty...and all the rest of it." actually. oops.

Posted by ellarosa | October 24, 2008 9:34 AM
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"dudes" do NOT love her. they'd hate-fuck her, sure. especiallly in those red pumps.

Posted by max solomon | October 24, 2008 9:49 AM
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It was uncanny how some glasses and a little bit of makeup transformed some Las Vegas dancers into Palin look-a-likes….

Maybe so, but many strippers could afford the $150,000 wardrobe necessary to portray her with her clothes on?

Posted by flamingbanjo | October 24, 2008 10:29 AM
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Coming soon to a Halloween near you.

Posted by Trevor | October 24, 2008 10:36 AM
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Clever as a Faux: It's "Look-Alike." (And "Sing-Along.")

Boy, am I in a pissy mood today.

Posted by rob | October 24, 2008 11:12 AM
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"She wears red patent fuck-me spike heels. Dudes love her. Does her failure as a tactic—as a distraction, as human Viagra for the GOP—signal the failure of sexism or its success? The latter: She’s set smart AND sexy women back immeasurably by being a goddamned cartoon."

I'll make a note to spread this new update around my vast-majority-liberal town. 'Low heels only, my sisters, and you'll also have to make your self unlovable to dudes.'

Posted by Seajay | October 24, 2008 12:03 PM
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"Tina Fey is enjoying new-found celebrity status playing Palin on Saturday Night Live"

Should read:
"Palin is enjoying new-found celebrity status being played by Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live."

Posted by njoy | October 24, 2008 12:16 PM

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