Everyone knows Fox News is a major propaganda organ for America’s neo-fascisti and Sarah Palin an attention-hungry dilettante. The two have teamed up to drench the world in a fresh coat of gooey deception to facilitate Palin’s ascent to whatever-it-is-she’s-trying-to-ascend-to. The White House is ostensibly what FNC has in their sights. But the bigger goal may be FNC launching a Sarah Palin talk show to replace Oprah. It’s sort-of worked with Mike Huckabee. But Palin’s bigger.
Oprah’s says she’s going off the air in 2011. (Yeah, and Brett Favre was really retiring for good this time.) It’s an excellent programming idea (if I do say so myself). Others have already theorized that this is real plan. The problem is Palin can’t hold a candle to the Talk Show Queen. However I can see her hosting a reality show about a failed sportscaster in Alaska attempting to pass herself off as a presidential candidate. Actually, that would make a great situation comedy- if it wasn’t so pathetic.
Fox News’ current campaign features using file video of big crowds to create a “groundswell” of popular support for Palin surrounding her new book. Why Fox News is hitching their wagon to Palin is unclear, though I like the Oprah-replacement idea. It seems there are a lot more right-wing stars out there who actually KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT and BELIEVE IT. With Palin it’s all unclear because she’s so fuzzy on facts (as her book proves) and doesn’t appear to have a complete grasp of this whole government thing. She does know TV though. That’s her constituency.
Greater than all of this, it does confirm the continuing motives of America’s right-wing, white, rural, Christian, Republican Party. What do these people have in common?
Reagan. Bush(es). Palin.
They were all ignorant puppets incapable of independent thought and who did the bidding of the ideological and corporate interests who paid for their elections. Reagan was effective because he was such a good actor. The Bushes were less so because they just weren’t that smart or as good actors. Palin’s a lot more like Reagan than the Bushes. She does as she’s told.
And they expect us to do the same now. If we fall for this same, old, tired, right-wing propaganda trick yet again, we deserve them and her.
