Robert Fisk 'witnesses the carnage as Alaska's former mom-in-chief touches down in Hong Kong'

[Jackeens]

Robert Fisk: Mangling everything in its path, Typhoon Sarah blows in to Asia

Our writer is there to witness the carnage as Alaska's former mom-in-chief touches down in Hong Kong

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Grotesque, unprecedented, bizarre, unbelievable. Sarah Palin was all of that in Hong Kong yesterday. And more. Dressed in a cutesy virgin-white blouse and black skirt with the infamous bee-hive hairdo, she was a blessing to every predicting spectator.

"There'll be one or two self-deprecating remarks, a reference to healthcare, taxation, out-of-control spending and a poorly told joke," my investor companion muttered when the lady walked on to the stage of the Hyatt conference room. All he forgot was the bit about Islamic terror. Alas, she did not fail us. "No recording, no photography, no video tapes, no mobile phones," they kept shouting over the public address system. And you could see why.

It was Sarah's trip to Asia and her first appearance since her resignation as Alaska's top Mum. In her state capital, she told us, you could see a moose in the middle of the city. It was not a common sight in Hong Kong. Why, in Alaska, where 20,000 square miles of the state was glacial and with only two humans per square mile, "it seems to me that God just chucked this bucketful of resources there". It was then we realised that whoever wrote the Palin sermon for her, they had – mercilessly – allowed some of the real Sarah to show through. Even husband Todd got a mention. He had flown with her into Hong Kong. And – here was a reference to the Alaska fish and caviar consumed in this "beautiful", "magnificent" and "libertarian" part of China – "some of the fruits of our labour, mine and Todd's, ended up on tables here". The caviar at the Hyatt, it should be added, comes from Iran.

Make sure you read the rest: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-mangling-everything-in-its-path-typhoon-sarah-blows-in-to-asia-1792305.html :-)

[Demeter]

1. No Thanks, I'll Pass

I'm allergic to stupid.

[Phx_Dem]

2. I relish reading "furners" talking about the trainwreck that is Sarah Palin!

:popcorn:

[Phx_Dem]

3. Oops. dupe post

[peacebird]

4. "some of the fruits of our labour, mine and Todd's, ended up on tables here".

The caviar at the Hyatt, it should be added, comes from Iran.

:rofl:

[msanthrope]

12. I don't wanna see the fruits of Todd's labour. n/t

[zulchzulu]

5. Denouncing an American President on foreign soil in a communist country in a time of war

Great!

:puke:

[Phx_Dem]

7. It's okay when Palin does it, but when the Dixie Chicks,

a musical group!, say they are ashamed Bush is from Texas during a concert, it's HIGH TREASON!


:puke: :puke:

[noiretextatique]

6. about what i expected

what a deluded fool :rofl:

[PretzelWarrior]

9. she's a cartoon. a rated x really bad cartoon.

[PretzelWarrior]

8. how do you say "WTF?" in Mandarin? I'm sure it was on the lips of many

who attended that shit pile she called a speech. except for the ones saying it in Cantonese. ;)

[Ikonoklast]

10. My God, they serve baby in Hong Kong?

"...some of the fruits of our labour, mine and Todd's, ended up on tables here".

Besided grifting taxpayer dollars, making babies is the only thing those two idiots are good at.

[BlueIdaho]

11. Hanoi Barbi... nt.

[SpiralHawk]

13. Hanoi Barbi - you got it

Traitor to America.

[livetohike]

14. ROFL - good one!

:rofl:

[livetohike]

15. Keep talking Mrs. Palin - keep on talkin' because there is

going to be plenty of ammunition to use against you if you ever decide to run for anything again.

[Hekate]

16. Oh god what an awful review of her "speech." What the hell were she & her handlers trying to...

... accomplish?! I'm cringing with embarrassment just reading about it. Oh my god. :blush:

Hekate