Comments on: Levi Johnston's Sarah Palin Article Simplified http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:19:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: glendale1 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-21203 glendale1 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:45:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-21203 I LOVE him! Hell, I have friends for clever conversation. I long for straightforward simplicity! I LOVE him! Hell, I have friends for clever conversation. I long for straightforward simplicity!

]]> By: barnhouse http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-21115 barnhouse Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:45:39 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-21115 This sounds weirdly like certain parts of <i>Infinite Jest</i>. This sounds weirdly like certain parts of Infinite Jest.

]]> By: Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20996 Bittersweet Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:45:44 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20996 Thanks for pointing out the Kennedy hypocrisy, Abe. Sarah Palin may be a scary woman, but to everyone's knowledge she's yet to rape someone in a drunken bacchanal or leave someone to die at the scene of a car accident...after a drunken bacchanal. Thanks for pointing out the Kennedy hypocrisy, Abe. Sarah Palin may be a scary woman, but to everyone's knowledge she's yet to rape someone in a drunken bacchanal or leave someone to die at the scene of a car accident…after a drunken bacchanal.

]]> By: Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20993 Bittersweet Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:43:04 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20993 Abe, you are the awesomest. I'm always gobsmacked at how much hysteria Sarah Palin manages to incite in the mainstream media...and in my otherwise fairly sane very liberal friends. She may be a terrible politician with some very misguided policy ideas, but why not focus on that rather than giving fucktard here a platform to spout off about her taking baths and not doing laundry? Abe, you are the awesomest. I'm always gobsmacked at how much hysteria Sarah Palin manages to incite in the mainstream media…and in my otherwise fairly sane very liberal friends. She may be a terrible politician with some very misguided policy ideas, but why not focus on that rather than giving fucktard here a platform to spout off about her taking baths and not doing laundry?

]]> By: Bittersweet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20988 Bittersweet Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:29:31 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20988 *snort* *snort*

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20982 Abe Sauer Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:20:04 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20982 "he best thing to ever come out of Corpus Christi, Texas". To me that sounds like "the best sex you've ever had with your grandma".... "he best thing to ever come out of Corpus Christi, Texas". To me that sounds like "the best sex you've ever had with your grandma"….

]]> By: BoHan http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20965 BoHan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:30:08 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20965 Whataburgers? Oh man, the best thing to ever come out of Corpus Christi, Texas. They could have been In 'n Out. Coulda should woulda, but like Hardee's, couldn't pull it off in expansion. Whataburgers? Oh man, the best thing to ever come out of Corpus Christi, Texas. They could have been In 'n Out. Coulda should woulda, but like Hardee's, couldn't pull it off in expansion.

]]> By: HelloTitty http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20953 HelloTitty Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:46:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20953 Am I in line? Am I in line?

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20950 Abe Sauer Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:42:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20950 Don;t admit this to anyone because it means YOU ARE OLD. Benson.... Ha. Now there's a title in need of a Hollywood "reboot" Don;t admit this to anyone because it means YOU ARE OLD. Benson…. Ha. Now there's a title in need of a Hollywood "reboot"

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20949 Abe Sauer Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:40:06 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20949 So you grew up on the "Why don't you kids go outside" parenting approach? And what the hell is a whataburger? Is that their real name? Sounds horrible. And of course I went to a public U. Why WOULDN'T you? More than a fight about flyover country, this is about Palin haters exploiting this poor dunce to the exact navel-gazing ends we seem to hate so much in political life. Instead of focusing on the specifics of how terrible she is at her job we are in an argument about her "values" which is EXACTLY where she wants us. It's like scientists agreeing to take part in a "debate" panel with some Intelligent Designers; the objective isn;t to win, it's to be given a seat at the table. What? Didn't all wayward youth spend most of the 90s in China? So you grew up on the "Why don't you kids go outside" parenting approach? And what the hell is a whataburger? Is that their real name? Sounds horrible. And of course I went to a public U. Why WOULDN'T you? More than a fight about flyover country, this is about Palin haters exploiting this poor dunce to the exact navel-gazing ends we seem to hate so much in political life. Instead of focusing on the specifics of how terrible she is at her job we are in an argument about her "values" which is EXACTLY where she wants us. It's like scientists agreeing to take part in a "debate" panel with some Intelligent Designers; the objective isn;t to win, it's to be given a seat at the table.

What? Didn't all wayward youth spend most of the 90s in China?

]]> By: TableNine http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20948 TableNine Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:10:10 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20948 I call bullshit on the VF article. No teenager can talk that long and only start 3 sentences with "I". I call bullshit on the VF article. No teenager can talk that long and only start 3 sentences with "I".

]]> By: negative nancy http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20945 negative nancy Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:43:25 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20945 Not as funny as this - http://www.somethingawful.com/d/levi-johnston/ Not as funny as this – http://www.somethingawful.com/d/levi-johnston/

]]> By: BillyMilder http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20942 BillyMilder Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:56:36 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20942 Honestly, I love this. I would love to follow him around for a documentary. I would seriously do it for like, eight years. What we have here is such a perfection, such a diamond sided view of politics interacting with 'the' political hayseed. I know him. I mean, I don't, but I do. All that he was saying, all that he knows. It's the truth He doesn't yet know a reason to lie. There's not the celebrity intelligence yet. It's all beautiful and I actually feel bad for him. It's his mom who is the 'obvious' meth head. Not that it matters. I'm sure he's a moron. But for real, he is just a back woods dude about to strip for Playboy. G-d bless. Drunk, so comment on the jist. Honestly, I love this. I would love to follow him around for a documentary. I would seriously do it for like, eight years. What we have here is such a perfection, such a diamond sided view of politics interacting with 'the' political hayseed. I know him. I mean, I don't, but I do. All that he was saying, all that he knows. It's the truth He doesn't yet know a reason to lie. There's not the celebrity intelligence yet. It's all beautiful and I actually feel bad for him. It's his mom who is the 'obvious' meth head. Not that it matters. I'm sure he's a moron. But for real, he is just a back woods dude about to strip for Playboy. G-d bless.

Drunk, so comment on the jist.

]]> By: BoHan http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20941 BoHan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:48:41 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20941 Mr. Sauer, you are so awesome. Substitute whataburgers for pot pie and we had the same childhood. Keep up the good fight for the 50% of flyover America that has lived your life and that thec coasts can not comprehend. You did go to a public U., correct? The China stint always confuses me. Mr. Sauer, you are so awesome. Substitute whataburgers for pot pie and we had the same childhood. Keep up the good fight for the 50% of flyover America that has lived your life and that thec coasts can not comprehend. You did go to a public U., correct? The China stint always confuses me.

]]> By: J-Mac http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20940 J-Mac Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:08:25 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20940 I used to watch Benson, so I know that every governor has a staff, including a butler played by Robert Guillaume, and a cook. So I don't get this at all. I used to watch Benson, so I know that every governor has a staff, including a butler played by Robert Guillaume, and a cook. So I don't get this at all.

]]> By: gregorg http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20935 gregorg Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:11:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20935 1) love the effort to go multisyllabic where it really counts [hello, Crunchwrap Supreme!] 2) given all LJ's supposed hillbilly hotness, I'm a little surprised/shocked at that photo, which places him on way down on the lower quadrant of the grid, somewhere between pre-rehab Robert Downey Jr and a Boogie Nights-era John C. Reilly. 1) love the effort to go multisyllabic where it really counts [hello, Crunchwrap Supreme!]

2) given all LJ's supposed hillbilly hotness, I'm a little surprised/shocked at that photo, which places him on way down on the lower quadrant of the grid, somewhere between pre-rehab Robert Downey Jr and a Boogie Nights-era John C. Reilly.

]]> By: gregorg http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20933 gregorg Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:05:17 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20933 that's what she said? that's what she said?

]]> By: valet of the dolls http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20932 valet of the dolls Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:00:54 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20932 <i>Cat on a Cold Arena Roof</i> Cat on a Cold Arena Roof

]]> By: BronxWASP http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20931 BronxWASP Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:00:45 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20931 I'd love to believe every word of this, but I bet the kid is a liar. Ask Bristol. I'd love to believe every word of this, but I bet the kid is a liar. Ask Bristol.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20923 Abe Sauer Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:03:29 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20923 Damnit. I may be subconsciously subbing "Plains" for "Palins" Damnit. I may be subconsciously subbing "Plains" for "Palins"

]]> By: RonMwangaguhunga http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20922 RonMwangaguhunga Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:02:23 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20922 It's positively Balkzacian. It's positively Balkzacian.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20921 Abe Sauer Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:00:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20921 Wook: Ideally I'd agree with you. And, speaking more about the "average" Americans to which the Plains like to compare themselves, that's just simply not always possible. Anyway, we don;t know what "making meals" means here at all. My mom used to make ditch-poor 25 cent microwave pot pies for me and my brother EVERY DAY. Was she "cooking" by any standard of a teenager? Probably not. But was she feeding her children by the standards of an harried adult? Yes. I've seen the Plain kids and they hardly look malnourished. Sarah: So true. But then. When are we ever taught to do that and how is it reinforced? We're not and it's not. (Home-Ec no longer being a valued part of no child being left behind.) Everyone is personally responsible for the food-like shit they shovel into their mouths; but then a trillion dollar industry is stacked against said person making that right decision. Who's your money on? But I think this debate on poor nutrition strays from the VF point that this non-issue is one of the reinforcing parts of their argument that the Plains are unloving parents. Wook: Ideally I'd agree with you. And, speaking more about the "average" Americans to which the Plains like to compare themselves, that's just simply not always possible. Anyway, we don;t know what "making meals" means here at all. My mom used to make ditch-poor 25 cent microwave pot pies for me and my brother EVERY DAY. Was she "cooking" by any standard of a teenager? Probably not. But was she feeding her children by the standards of an harried adult? Yes. I've seen the Plain kids and they hardly look malnourished.

Sarah: So true. But then. When are we ever taught to do that and how is it reinforced? We're not and it's not. (Home-Ec no longer being a valued part of no child being left behind.) Everyone is personally responsible for the food-like shit they shovel into their mouths; but then a trillion dollar industry is stacked against said person making that right decision. Who's your money on?

But I think this debate on poor nutrition strays from the VF point that this non-issue is one of the reinforcing parts of their argument that the Plains are unloving parents.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20920 HiredGoons Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:56:18 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20920 Flowers in the Attic? Flowers in the Attic?

]]> By: SarahHeartburn http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20916 SarahHeartburn Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:42:34 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20916 I totally agree. But every time I go home to NY, I'm astonished at how many people live on some kind of takeout every night, and not just well off folk. Somehow, throwing together a protein, veg and carbohydrate seems beyond the capacity of a well educated parent in the city with the most 24 supermarkets anywhere. "It takes SOOOO much time". I really don't get it. I totally agree. But every time I go home to NY, I'm astonished at how many people live on some kind of takeout every night, and not just well off folk. Somehow, throwing together a protein, veg and carbohydrate seems beyond the capacity of a well educated parent in the city with the most 24 supermarkets anywhere. "It takes SOOOO much time". I really don't get it.

]]> By: IBentMyWookie http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/levi-johnstons-sarah-palin-article-simplified#comment-20915 IBentMyWookie Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:42:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=11646#comment-20915 I AM REFRAINING FROM THE OBVIOUS JOKE HERE AND I DESERVE KUDOS FOR SAME. I AM REFRAINING FROM THE OBVIOUS JOKE HERE AND I DESERVE KUDOS FOR SAME.

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