Who from history best compares with Sarah Palin?

[rgbecker]

My wife and I think Oliver North is the closest phenomena from history that we can think of. The more lies he told, the more the American public loved him.

Here's a little to remind you of those crazy times: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_North

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. JoAnn Whirley

[HopeHoops]

2. Caligula

[ZombieHorde]

3. GWB. nt

[femmocrat]

4. Ronald Reagan

and Phyllis Schafley

[EFerrari]

28. Your choices made me think how ridiculous it is that people get apoplectic

about politicians' qualifications when we have a history of Ronald Reagan and Phyllis Schafley and Shirley Temple and Anita Bryant. :crazy:

[jwirr]

5. That is very hard to say as they are all forgotten already.

:sarcasm:

[grytpype]

6. Bush. She's basically the replacement for Bush since he can't show his face in public anymore.

[BlueJazz]

7. easy

[EFerrari]

8. Anita Bryant.

And nobody remembers who she is, either.

[Thickasabrick]

23. I do and excellent choice. nt

[niyad]

24. I remember that little sicko well. there was a comment running around that the ultimate feminist

nightmare was that there would finally be a woman president and vice-president--only they would be phyllis schlafly and anita bryant.

by the way, does anybody have a pic of anita in her prime?

[EFerrari]

26. Here's one

[Thickasabrick]

29. Holy crap! If she had bangs it would be a dead ringer. I forgot how

similar physically they were - I just remembered the similar ideology (or lack thereof).

[EFerrari]

30. Maybe we could beg Swampy to do a work up.

He could call it "Heathers".

lol

[Chipper Chat]

35. Here's her publicity photo for Carlton Records (1959)

All she needs are glasses and a wink.

[omega minimo]

39. Except Anita was not a moran. It's hard to think of anyone with the same blank stare as SP

[Thickasabrick]

41. Not a moran? Seriously? nt

[omega minimo]

42. Dunno. She was evil and evangelical. Not an airhead like Meth Palin, was she?

[Thickasabrick]

43. Well...I think Anita actually believed the shit she was spewing...which I think

makes her an idiot/moran. On the other hand, Palin is dumb like a fox. I don't think she believes a damn thing that comes out of her mouth - she just says what she thinks people want to hear. Her manipulative skills (Palin's) are profound. That is what is so scary about her.

The similarities between the two (All American, Wholesome, Religious Right, etc.) is very interesting. After looking at the pictures of Anita....well, I'm just glad Palin can't sing.

[omega minimo]

46. LOL "I'm just glad Palin can't sing."

[EFerrari]

49. Don't give her any ideas!

:rofl:

[omega minimo]

51. To MOR ow To MOR ow there's ALWAYS to MOR row it's ONLY a DAAAAAY A WAAAAAY

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

59. She pretty much was a moran but one that had 3 or 4 hits.

But then, so did Pat Boone. :shrug:

[midnight]

9. Olie's, secretary, and her undergarments, and his fence. Yep.... Sarah has

similar betrayal issues going on in her marriage, using tax dollars for personal use-children's travel and lodging,

[flvegan]

10. Carrot Top.

People willing to pay to see craziness wrapped tightly in stupid, embracing it, and calling it good.

[Joanne98]

11. Sarah Palin!

[DJ13]

12. A dumb hooker who worked for Huggy Bear on Starsky & Hutch

[DavidDvorkin]

13. Shirley Garmbadoolio

You've never heard of her? Exactly.

[treestar]

16. +1

[SharonAnn]

14. Tiny Tim. "Tip-toe Through the Tulips"

[Brother Buzz]

53. Unlike Sarah Palin, Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury) came prepared

Say what you may about his stage performance, but to his credit, he was a walking encyclopedia of early twentieth century popular music. Seriously.

[omega minimo]

15. The Three Stooges

[Blue_In_AK]

17. In a lot of ways,

she's like George W. Bush, the same lack of intellectual curiosity, the same lying with ease, the same nickname calling, the same use of the troops to bolster her own image, the same evangelicism (although I think Sarah actually believes this stuff, unlike GWB, who was just pretending), but as far as shifting all the blame for her failures to others, she stands alone.

Throw in a healthy dash of Anita Bryant, as someone mentioned above.

[EFerrari]

18. She's Junior without the protective coating of mafia.

[omega minimo]

20. you've just described

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Except I'm sure Sarah doesn't believe in astrology.

It's demonic.

[omega minimo]

22. Oh Nancy didn't believe in it, dear. It was good for the tabloid vote.

[omega minimo]

19. wait wait wait

[The River]

25. Any Pushy Avon Lady nt

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

27. Witchipoo from H.R.Puff'n'stuff

[baldguy]

31. Huey Long

[lpbk2713]

32. Krazy Katherine Harris

[ddeclue]

47. +1 for Krazy Katie...

[EFerrari]

55. You have a good point there.

Yikes. Maybe it's a type. :scared:

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[Bitwit1234]

34. Gordon Liddy and he is still one scary mother--

But when he was younger - back in the 80's -- he was pretty good looking. He used to come in to where I worked and I saw him a couple of times. His wife came in one day. This is a public place a DMV. She had her hair in curlers, and it wasn't very tidy wrapped, with a scarf tied over her head. A house dress and some scruffy shoes that looked like bed room slippers. I kid you not. I could not believe she was his wife. But she came in the office and had ID> He was always spic and span.

[Wwagsthedog]

36. Lizzy Borden

[unkachuck]

37. Margret Hamilton....

....as the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz....their voices are identical to my ears....and they both scare me deeply....

[omega minimo]

38. "You betcha my lil purties............"

[noel711]

61. Hey! Be nice! Miss Hamilton was a terrific actress....

that's why the witchy personna still scares after all these years!

She put up with a lot of crap in Hollywood because she was certainly
NOt the beauty queen, but always played the mean lady,
or the ugly stepsister.

I can't compare them.. MIss Hamilton was very smart,
and did herself credit. She certainly was not a wicked person
(AND by the way.. go see "Wicked" or read the book by Gregory McGuire
to learn the backstory of the character)..

But to compare her to Palin is unfair to actresses...
or even witches... love them witches!

[lame54]

40. Ironically he was French...

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/363/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence

[Posteritatis]

44. Heliogabalus, or possibly Caligula's horse. (nt)

[katanalori]

45. Joe McCarthy

[kwassa]

48. William Jennings Bryan

[Catshrink]

50. Marie Antionette: let them eat cake

or whatever she said. $'error has as much compassion for the poor as the French Queen, maybe less.

[XemaSab]

57. This is exactly where I was going

Completely blind to the subtleties of ruling. x(

[Iwillnevergiveup]

52. How about

Dana too-much-Cappucino Perino? Granted, she's a blonde and is more down with valley girl talk over you betchas and winks, but she's as much of a liar and airhead.

[Dramarama]

54. Dan Quayle

[Bluebear]

56. Jerry Lundegaard of "Fargo"

[dysfunctional press]

58. definitely one of my favourite figures from history.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

60. Charlotte Corday.

[kixat2550]

62. GWB definitely

[spiritual_gunfighter]

63. I am reading Nixonland by Rick Perlstein right now

and there is a lot about Nixon especially in the early days that remind me of Sarah Palin with the big exception that Nixon was actually intelligent. The whole victimization thing seemed to permeate the Nixon narrative his entire life. Nixon used the Red Menace to catapult himself to political stardom while Sarah is using the threat of Socialism.

Nixon's hatred of Liberals and those who he thought were immoral and ruining our country is the same narrative that Palin uses.

[NoPasaran]

64. Madge the manicurist

"You're soaking in it!"

[HughMoran]

65. Jack the Ripper

:thumbsup:

[Kievan Rus]

66. Nikita Khrushchev

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. Father Coughlin

Ronald Reagan....

And that is from the top of my head.

Every nation has them... it seems every generation.

Senator McCarthy... there another one.

[hardcoreliberal]

68. People like Sarah Palin because she is a good looking woman

There really is nothing more to it than that. The media focuses on her and people like her because she's good looking. It's human nature.

[rgbecker]

69. I'm not sure about the looks, but she sure talks funny!

Still, the crowds and the attention...Anita Bryant...yeah, but did Anita run for office? I'm still thinking Oli North. Remember everyone tuning in to hear his testimony, and then naming streets after him, running for Senate...Another one going rogue, on his own trading arms for hostages and funding the contra even though congress had passed a law against it!