October 3, 2008


The Poetry of Sarah Palin

Hart Seely over at Slate had the odd idea of arranging sections of Palin interviews into poetical form. For example:

“You Can’t Blink”

You can’t blink. 
You have to be wired 
In a way of being 
So committed to the mission,

The mission that we’re on, 
Reform of this country, 
And victory in the war, 
You can’t blink.

So I didn’t blink.

(To C. Gibson, ABC News, Sept. 11, 2008)

UPDATE: MGS, apparently, beat me to the punch on Monday (I was sick, unwired, and watching the best of terrible TV, Gossip Girl. What’s your excuse?)

posted by Andrew Simone in poetry, politics 

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3 Responses to “The Poetry of Sarah Palin”

  1. Deron Bauman on October 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 am

    MGS posted on Monday, I think, but brilliant.

  2. Andrew Simone on October 3rd, 2008 at 11:22 am

    So he did.

  3. Michael Grant Smith on October 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Worth looking at twice, although now I don’t sleep so well.

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