Wonkette, the website that popularized and repackaged JV-grade sarcasm as “snark” published a piece wherein the author crosses his fingers for violence when Sarah Palin speaks in Madison on Saturday. I’m consistently amazed at how progressives, who profess such an open-mindedness and support for women’s rights, forget their shtick the moment a conservative woman decides to embrace the empowerment mantra they preach. Wonkette gives us the latest example in Adventures in Failed Satire by mistakenly published a Myspace journal entry as serious reporting.
The Koch Brothers think it’s hilarious when their dumb puppets have to go face huge, angry crowds of political opponents. Remember the movie Trading Places? It’s the same idea: Incredibly rich old white creeps just torture their own lackeys whenever it gets dull oppressing the faceless poor and destroying the Earth to make Dixie Cups and Brawny paper douche towels. So the Koch Brothers are bringing Sarah Palin to Madison, right there at the State Capitol, for an “Americans For Prosperity” rally. Haha the union people and college kids are going to pelt her with a million pounds of Wisconsin’s famous Fried Cheese Turds. Or curds, whatever. Curdle Rain. Poor snowbilly grifter!
Saturday, as in this weekend, the Wasilla dingbat is comin’ to get her paycheck …
This is what political discourse has descended into? Wishing for violence?
It would have been more interesting to read about the many ways in which bussed-in OFA/DNC folks are hoping to create havoc at the rally. Let’s realize though, this piece comes from an author who thinks calling people “dumb” and “a dingbat” is clever enough to be classified as satire, so no luck on the truth where it exists.
My favorite thing about this is that while Wonkette writes about Palin collecting a Koch paycheck (is she? Or did they practice great reporting by simply assuming?) they miss the irony in having this ad juxtaposed against the headline on their front page:
Grassrootscampaigns.com is an astroturfed organization run by former Clintonistas and DNC hacks (also, who cuts their checks?). They pay people to protest.
This kids, is called irony. And schadenfreude.
Editor’s note: For examples of well-written satire, see here.
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