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Tommy_Carcetti

(44,566 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2014, 10:36 AM Sep 2014

The Palins have long reminded me of some family on a fictional cable TV drama. [View all]

You know, ones that are inherently dysfunctional but completely fascinating, like in The Sopranos or Big Love? And every couple of months, they have some sort of high-profile "episode" that highlights their totally dysfunctional nature.

The key difference is, I think Tony Soprano has more moral scruples than Sarah Palin.

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The Palins have long reminded me of some family on a fictional cable TV drama. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 OP

Not fictional tularetom Sep 2014 #1

The Bundys, with a violent, grifty side vt_native Sep 2014 #2

The Palins make the Bundys look all warm and fuzzy. eom Cleita Sep 2014 #3

Did I miss something new? Atman Sep 2014 #4

Oh, yes...it went right off the radar screen. Atman Sep 2014 #5

More of a black comedy landolfi Sep 2014 #6

The red stuff on the lips is not lipstick but blood. gordianot Sep 2014 #7

The scariest thing about Sarah mainstreetonce Sep 2014 #8

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