Does anyone else remember that scene in “Cannonball Run” where Adrienne Barbeau, confident that her cleavage will help her to avoid a speeding ticket, instead meets her match in the person of Trooper Valerie Perrine?
That’s what I was reminded of when watching Gov. Sarah Palin struggle to answer the questions posed to her by CBS anchor Katie Couric this week — right down to the sickened expression on her face when she realized the lady-tools she uses to “charm and disarm” weren’t working:
The footage of Palin in a swimsuit (an eerily-similar color to Barbeau’s jumpsuit) that came out this week didn’t help me move past the thought any faster:
Palin’s “Deer in the Headlights” performance was pilloried immediately by Tina Fey, who sadly only had to repeat a rough approximation of the Governor’s own words to find laughter:
Not so much satire as it is mimickery….but still funny.
Palin’s earlier interviews with Charlie Gibson and Sean Hannity, while not exactly successes for the McCain camp, weren’t totally un-spinnable disasters either. In my opinion, both men seemed distracted.
Hannity by sucking up to the beauty queen:
And Gibson by the effort required to maintain the “Grandfather Effect” with his glasses:
The news isn’t getting any better for Palin. During this week’s VP debate, she will be questioned by Gwen Ifill, a journalist female enough to be immune to Sarah’s spunky charms and smart enough to fact-check her on the spot.
My hope is that the Governor will be pulled over quickly and written up so thoroughly that she isn’t allowed back on the road where she is so clearly a hazard to us all.
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A Post Script:
I’d like to post this highlight reel of the Doctor, just on general principle:
