Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Bring On Todd Palin



Harry Truman was a character. The successor to FDR, he was considered, at the time, unworthy to hold office. Since I was not yet out of the womb when he took office it's not easy understanding how the American people felt about him as President but I think it might be the same as me taking over for Vince Lombardi.
Harry had a temper. There's a verified story that Mr. Truman lost it when a Paul Hume, music critic for the Washington Post, gave a very negative singing review of Margaret Truman, Harry's daughter, following a concert.
Truman, a feisty and loving dad wrote a letter to Hume threatening to "punch him in the nose and called him an SOB". He then went on to write, "when I'm finished with you, you'll need an athletic supporter below". End of story.

Let's move into present day. Bill Maher: supposed funny man has made two comments about Sara Palin in the last week, unflattering to say the least. A week ago he referred to her as a "twat". Hardly a word from feminists groups in the country has been heard castigting Maher. Had Hannity said this about Pelosi----well, I don't even want to go down that road.
Two days ago at a stage show in Texas Maher once again brought himself shame when he outdid the "twat" comment. He called Mrs. Palin the C word. Not even Jerry Lewis could get away with that one.
My wildest, most satisfying dream would be that Maher gets on an elevator with Todd Palin. You know him, Arctic fisherman, oil rigger on the North Face, champion dog sled racer. Wouldn't it be social justice to see the result of this massacre?
One can only dream.

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