Which cinematic leading lady (character) most reminds you of Palin?

[LeftinOH]

Norma Desmond: "I'm ready for my close-up now, America."

Alex Forrest: "I will not be ignored, America."

Tracy Flick: "Dear Lord Jesus, I do not often speak with you and ask for things, but now, I really must insist that you help me win the election tomorrow because I deserve it."

Suzanne Stone: "It's nice to live in a country where life, liberty and all the rest of it still stand for something."

Rhoda Penmark: "It's all lies!"



-or maybe someone else?

[Captain Hilts]

1. I'm sick of women in politics being called LadyMacbeth, Cruella deVille, etc We don't do that to men

[Vincardog]

3. Darth Cheney ring a bell?

[Captain Hilts]

7. That's about it. And folks did that places like here - not in the MSM as is done against women.

[Vincardog]

10. Well it COULD be that SOME women are such CARICATURES of real people they bring it on themselves.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. Right. No one ever called Chimpy McBunnypants names.

...right?

[Cerridwen]

12. Yes, because women have the exact same amount of clout in

the political arena as do men. Evidenced by their overwhelming majority in Congress and state and local offices throughout the US.

[sandnsea]

8. Darth Cheney? Mr. Burns?

How many have been compared to Alfred E. Neuman? Or even Scrooge? It happens all the time. The sexism would be to claim the delicate flowers deserve kinder treatment.

[LeftinOH]

18. Limbaugh has been (repeatedly) referenced as Jabba the Hutt; Dennis Hastert

as Mr Creosote (maybe that was just me); Karl Rove as MasterBaster.. there have been a few.

[dflprincess]

25. Liebermann = Droopy Dog

[951-Riverside]

40. Bush was often called Chimpy and Commander in Chimp

:D

[lunatica]

43. Presidential nicknames (not a woman among them)

Just to remind you that men get picked on a lot too.

Not all the nicknames are flattering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_nicknames

And the British are even meaner to their Prime Ministers

http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_British_Prime_Ministers_by_nicknames

[GCP]

2. Definitely Suzanne Stone

I just watched that movie again the other night. The complete narcissist and her hell-bent ambition - all Palin.

[EOTE]

4. Tracy Flick minus 60 or so IQ points.

She's got the same sense of entitlement and is equally petty. I'm guessing in high school that Sarah substituted Tracy Flick's countless hours of studying with a good number of hand jobs.

[HopeHoops]

5. Mr. Ed.

Sorry, that's just what comes to mind.

[FSogol]

23. Did you mean the backside of Mr. Ed?

;-)

[HopeHoops]

38. Even better!

[Stevenmarc]

6. Eve Harrington

[RaleighNCDUer]

22. My first thought, too.

"All About Sarah"

[Toucano]

30. That one deserves an image, too.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8xQektQiBgw/SVT-ECuc69I/AAAAAAAAAKs/ZTXwC1PiQlQ/s320/all+about+eve+PDVD_036.jpg

I think it's apt.

[SidDithers]

9. Rec'd for "The Bad Seed" ...

well done! :applause:

Sid

[Cleita]

11. Well, she's part Antie Mame, without the smarts and heart and part

the evil Queen from Snow White.

[dflprincess]

26. Do not defame Autie Mame in that way

Mame was a good liberal who would have made short work of a Palin type (remeber how she handled the Upsons).

[Cleita]

28. Oh so true. I thought I qualified it through the "smarts and heart" remark.

I was really referring more to the theatrics, but maybe that was because of Rosalind Russell's interpretation of Mame, which Sarah is sort of a trailer park version of. She definitely has a lot more of Snow White's evil step mother, the Queen, in her as evidenced in her relationship with near son-in-law Levi. Also, if Levi is to be believed, Bristol is an unpaid maid and nanny in Palin's household much like Snow White was.

[dflprincess]

29. I'm probably overly sensitive.

When Rosalind Russell's version of Mame (which is the only Mame as far as I'm concerned) came out many people, including my grandparents, were convinced Patrick Denis had been spying on my mother and based the character on her.

Mame's theatrics were natural, Palin's are calculated. And, as you pointed out, Mame had a heart and smarts (as well as a sense of humor which Palin is lacking) - you just can't even be a poor shadow of Mame without those.

[Cleita]

31. If your mother was like Mame, I would have loved to have known her. n/t

[dflprincess]

34. She's still with us

but she's nearly 86 and has slowed down quite a bit (no more martinis) but there's still a bit of Mame left in her. And, of course, she never had Mame's money - but if she had I'm sure we would have had dragon headed door bells that blew smoke and Danish furniture that could be "elevated", but at least she had/has the attitude and still does not suffer right wing fools gladly.

[EFerrari]

13. Beulah Gasnick, aka the book burning nazi cow in Field of Dreams.

[monmouth]

14. My Friend Irma....n/t

[L. Coyote]

15. Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.

All fantasy, farm girl stuck on unconscious, something loose from its frame,
swept up in a whirlwind, lands in a magical political Munchkinland she has no clue about,
someone behind the scenes pulling the strings, with witches, strawmen, heartless robots,
Cindy the Wicked Witch of the West, lots of expensive ruby slippers,
and all her followers have no brain, no heart and no courage (the moran herd).

In the end the great and powerful wizard (Bush) proves to be a fraud,
a hot air balloon who destroys a global economy.
Palin says a tearful goodbye to the friends she has met in AK and heads for Kansas.
Chanting "There's no place like home," family and friends laugh and tells her it was all a dream.
Only Uncle John says sympathetically, "Of course we believe you, Sarah."

In the end she tells a story no one believes.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. Suzanne Stone, hands down. n/t

[fishnfla]

17. Hot Lips Houlihan

[freddie mertz]

19. "I have the prettiest mother..." gotta love that Rhoda Penmark...

It's either her or Tracy Flick.

[guitar man]

20. not big screen...TV

Nellie Oleson

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Linda Blair as Regan

"Be joined with us!"

[Sal Minella]

24. Miss Piggy, but lacking Miss Piggy's refinement.

[closeupready]

27. Sue Ellen Ewing.

don't you dare cross me (if you know what's good for you).

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35. K&R to undo the UnRecKKK!1 That said, Zasu PITTS!1

[wickerwoman]

36. Other:

[bridgit]

37. Margaret Dumont

[Blue-Jay]

39. Veruca Salt

[EndersDame]

42. looks like we posted at the same time with the same pic!

[EndersDame]

41. Veruca Salt! I want it Now!

[geek tragedy]

44. Eve Harrington. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

45. The Queen mother in

Aliens







or the Borg Queen