Sayonara Sarah

Yesterday we had a parade in downtown.  Naturally I assumed it was in celebration of the resignation of Sarah Palin, so I went down to join the festivities decked out in a particularly fierce Palin costume.  I spent hours on my hair alone, wanting it to be spot on, so you can only imagine my surprise when I got there and everyone else was dressed in various forms of Pirate garb. Pirates...I was so confused.  Admittedly some people might not be comfortable dressing in drag, but they could have gone as John McCain, or at least a Russian.  But no, they chose pirates?  And they all chose pirates?  Was there something about Palin I didn't know?  Turns out, it wasn't a Palin Parade at all.  It was a pirate themed parade called "Torchlight" to ring in Seattle's annual "SeaFair" festivities.  Oh well, lesson learned.  

Nonetheless, today is the day that Sarah steps down from the high office of Governor of Alaska to pursue a full time career of fear-mongering, mean spiritedness, and wacky incompetence.  With new ethics probes on the horizon, mounting legal debts, and faltering popularity, she has decided that the current political landscape is not for her.  While I'm not a fan, I do have to give it to the girl, she made for one incredibly humorous election, and was singlehandedly responsible for the funniest season of SNL in recent memory.  

Who knows what the future holds for her.  She will no doubt make a bajillion dollars on the speaking circuit, gabbing incoherently to anyone crazy enough to listen.  And let's be honest, there are plenty of crazies out there who will.  I'm certain that NBC and Lorne Michaels are personally funding a re-election campaign for her in 2012...they haven't seen ratings like that in forever.  Perhaps she will make a go at the top seat in '12.  She could chose James Dobson as her running mate.  A "Focus on the First Family" of sorts.  For me, though, she will always be the Susan Boyle of American politics.  Brought out from obscurity, rushed into the national spotlight, impressing some, and then cracking under the weight on the popularity she had achieved.  

In her honor, I've posted two of my favorite Palin-esque videos.  Happy Palin Resignation Day to you all!