oh, the political commentary

Whether you’ve jumped on the Sarah Palin bandwagon and begun sewing yourself a McCain/Palin 08 buffalo-fir sweater or you’re secretly hoping the wheels on that political wagon fall off their axels, I’m pretty sure you’ll agree that the “satire” used in this pin falls flat on many levels.

For one thing, the makers of this pin have taken Ms. Palin’s words out of context. In last week’s speech, I’m pretty sure Palin wasn’t comparing her service as governor of Alaska to Obama’s work as a community organizer. Am I right about that? If I remember correctly, I think she actually was discussing her work as the smalltown mayor when she tried (quite flippantly I might add) to downgrade Obama’s work in the innercity.

Secondly, I know he attracts huge crowds, gives really good sermons on mountaintops, and overcame the Clinton dynasty to become the first African-American presidential candidate, but Barack Obama isn’t Jesus. However, I must admit that sometimes his campaign managers (and also some of his supporters) treat him as such.

Thirdly (is “thirdly” a word?), while it’s true that Jesus worked on behalf of the poor, he was not a community organizer. That makes him sound like he ran social events, did fundraising, or was mayor of his hometown.

And please, even insinuating that Ms. Palin is Pontious Pilot is way over the top in my opinion. For starters, she’s the governor of Alaska. And contrary to popular opinion, they haven’t crucified anybody up there in years.

(Side note and completely off the topic: I gotta question. OK, so after Palin’s acceptance speech, when the RNC played “Barracuda” by the band Heart–a song that contains the lyrics, “You lying so low in the weeds/I bet you gonna ambush me/You’d have me down down down down on my knees/Now wouldnt you, barracuda?–what do you think was the message the Republicans were trying to send by blasting that song over the loudspeakers? I mean, um, I kind of want to know if she’s the one “down, down, down, down, on her knees” OR if she’s the one who’s causing that person to be down, down, down, down on her knees? Either way, it’s quite the provocative picture, don’t you think? It certainly doesn’t seem like the greatest of messages. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s the kind of mental picture one probably doesn’t want associated with a VP candidate. I could be wrong. **PS: Just this morning, I read that the band Heart has asked Ms. Palin not to use their song. Apparently, they were offended.**)

OK, back to the “Palin” pin: Obviously, I enjoy satire–even the crazy exaggerated kind that is so far over the top it takes a little imagination to connect all of the dots–but in the end the craziest kind of satire has a decent number of “connecting” point. It doesn’t have to make perfence sense, but it shouldn’t take bad information (as in un-fact-checked information) and use that to be funny. Or at the very least least, satire should offer the reader “gettable” commentary to some degree. And I don’t think this does. I mean, I get it, but after I got it, I started poking a bunch of holes in it…

However, maybe it wasn’t meant to be “satire.” Maybe it was supposed to be taken literal, and if that’s the case, it’s just dumb.

Thoughts?!? Did I mess up on my fact checking? 🙂

And please, let’s keep the conversation cordial, shall we?

🙂

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