Saturday, November 14, 2009

Palinesque Cheesecake


"Sadly, this says as much or more about Newsweek and the news shmooze business as it does about Palin, the rag delegating itself as official push-back committee as SP's book tour kicks off another media wave of feigned concern and otherwise cheese ball Palinmania.
She might be bad for the GOP, but she's certainly not hurting the news business any.
Recyling an original photo from the August Runners World interview and slideshow, Newsweek issues Palin a slap -- pretending it's our mother talking -- while simultaneously taking it to the bank. (Like that Newsweek banner doesn't kick up the red any, does it?) And, along the way, we get an ever cheaper take on the underlying Palin themes (pictures allowing statements the media couldn't bluntly say otherwise), including:
1. Ooh la la. (Those legs aren't in Runners World anymore!)
2. US Oh! Of course, sex and patriotism sells a lot better than sex alone. (Read: Army banner on window + pin-up girl pose + the mile of Old Glory).
3. Health and nature sells. Again, you've got that trademark secessionist, call-of-the-wild, Palin-branded "mountains in my back yard" and mukluks thing going on.
4. Technology and "Super Mom" sells -- because she really does run around with multiple cell phones/PDA's."

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