Imagine If Sarah Palin Put Angelina Jolie On Her 2012 Ticket

by Glynnis MacNicol | 4:30 pm, December 11th, 2009

» 8 comments

425.palin.jolie.lc.100708 It’s unlikely to say the least, but still, Angelina Jolie appears to have struck a decidedly Sarah Palin-esque tone in her Newsweek op-ed (talking about gunning for traffic!) in so far as criticizing President Obama for what he’s not doing. Jolie penned the piece for the weekly mag’s website to mark Human Rights Day and questions the president’s plans for Darfur.

Like many Americans, I support the administration’s willingness to engage diplomatically, even with regimes we abhor. And I believe President Obama and his special envoy Scott Gration will do their best to bring peace to the region. Their policy, though, raises a number of questions. How is the Obama administration’s approach to Sudan an evolution of justice? In addition, when the administration says it intends to work to “improve the lives of the people of Darfur,” I would like to know what that means, besides the obvious point that their lives could hardly get worse.

And what will be the precedent set for future leaders? Will they end up receiving high-level international attention, and remain free to pocket financial assistance and aid relief pouring into their country? Is there incentive for them to act with impunity or will they fear they’ll be held accountable?

Actually, it’s not very Sarah Palin-like at all (though maybe she should consider launching her own Facebook page). Jolie asks good questions and I’m just going to hazard a guess that Palin does not “support the administration’s willingness to engage diplomatically, even with regimes we abhor.” So probably a Palin-Jolie 2012 ticket is really just a Friday afternoon fantasy. But we can dare to dream.

2012 Election, Angelina Jolie, barack obama, Fantasy Politics, Sarah Palin

changemonger

Are you that short on substantial content Glynnis??

Never in my life have I seen media (i use that word loosely) pair together unlikely political teams just to take jabs….

I see a media bubble in the near future. In fact, real news outlets are going to start charging to become members and read real news, and now I see how its going to happen. They’re has to be a way to seperate legitimate news, and the opinions of everyone with internet access.
http://mediaite.com Steve Krakauer

Do you think Glynnis is being serious about pairing the two?
TfT

Just read that Sarah is going to be on the Tonight show TONIGHT! I look forward to Glynnis’s report on her appearance tomorrow.
LNSmithee

As the story goes, legendary pop singer Bobby Darin wrote his breakthrough hit song “Splish Splash” in 1958 as the result of a bet with famed New York disc jockey “Murray The K” Kaufman. Kaufman’s mother had earlier suggested Darin could write a song that began “Splish Splash, I was taking a bath…” Darin, desperate for a hit to save his contract with his record label, gave it a shot, and the record went to #3 on the charts.

I’m getting the feeling that history repeated itself this afternoon in the offices of Mediaite over half a century later. “Hey, Glynn! I’ll betcha this evening’s bar tab you can’t write a piece that gives us an excuse to put both Sarah Palin and Angelina Jolie in the title.”

Well, Glynnis, it looks like you won, with a contribution that is infinitely sillier than “Splish Splash.” Enjoy your free adult beverages tonight. But please don’t write as if you’ve been drinking all day anymore.
MikeLI631

Trivializing someone, just makes the Target, “stronger”, and more formtable.

This is Grammar School 101, but Media Outlets, just don’t get it..
Nachi

“FORMTABLE” indeed! Yup.
http://www.uselessbeauty.com Vidiot

commas! commas! commas!
ireenawagner

i just want to point out that the focus of the study was to prove that focusing on women’s looks leads to objectifying them and can make some people conclude women are less competent.This has less to do with anything Palin did, than people’s reaction to focusing on her appearance.The study’s conclusions come, in part, from comparing the response of people who wrote about Palin’s appearance to the response of people who wroter about Palin as a person.So it’s not really a story about what she did or didn’t do, beyond questioning early assumptions that her youth and beauty may have been a political asset.
vitamin a