Albert Brooks finds comedy in Sarah Palin
September 8th, 2008 by Scott Marks
A pair of Kings!
Albert Brooks has a lot of fun raking Ms. Palin’s parenting skills over the coals on his Huffington Post blog. Albert insists that Sarah Palin proved him wrong: “ANYONE can now be president.”
“I like Sarah Palin’s public speaking ability. I think she is fun to look at, certainly the hottest vice presidential candidate in history. But I looked up some facts. The United States has 10,000 nuclear weapons, 100 aircraft carriers, 3,000,000 people in the armed forces, and ten trillion dollars of debt.
I am now hearing from the Karl Roves of the world that having a 17-year-old daughter pregnant out of wedlock will make Palin sympathetic to millions of Americans who know the pain of that situation. But my question is WHERE WAS THE ADVICE? Do we want a president who cannot communicate to their own child that possibly having a baby a year after you get your driver’s license is not the smartest thing to do? Is this the new way for women to break the glass ceiling? To have their daughters throw their babies at it? I want my president to control their children, then they can tell the Navy what to do.”
Sadly, Albert failed to touch upon the opposition’s reaction were Barack Obama’s daughter in a similar situation. One can almost hear Rush Limbaugh spouting off on how “those people” can’t keep it in their pants.
I’ll give Palin credit for one thing: At least she didn’t pull a Joe Kennedy and hide her mentally challenged child from the world. Then again, she doesn’t have to parade Trig around like he’s one of Paris Hilton’s dogs.
I’d still rather Albert was given the funding to make at least 6 movies a year, but until studios realize what a comedic genius he is (and how to market him) we have Ariana Huffington to thank for bringing his wisdom to the world.
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Nicely done Scott, nicely done!
Marty
How can I miss when I quote a God?
And just to think we, as a nation, were this close to having an intelligent discourse regarding our next Commander-in-chief. Like grown-ups. Way to go McCain for choosing a running mate with unscrupulously divisive politics. Let’s see:
Race?
Check.
Abortion?
Check.
Religion?
Double Check.
Taxes?
Check.
The only thing left untouched by Palin is to talk about those damn illegals…which, unless she is Navajo or Cherokee, is a moot point anyway.
So now we are back to the Siskel & Ebert Boolean societal choices that have plagued this nation for decades. This divisive thumbs-up-or-down way of looking at the world makes me sick. I love a good Telluride or Sundance festival because, for at least a few days a year, we can transcend the “two column” thinking and really discuss in depth the elements of a film that make us love the craft. We can come together and savor the warmth and artistry of cinema. Yes, we may disagree about films and actors and plot devices (I’m talking to you, Todd Solondz) but as a whole, filmmaking is revered.
I wish there were some way to do that with our U.S. political landscape. Our discourse must rise above mere hot-button talking points and scare tactics. However, with Palin in the mix, that becomes less and less likely every day. *Sigh.*
Marty