http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/08-8Published on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 by The Guardian/UK
Aaron Sorkin Brands Sarah Palin TV Show 'A Snuff Film'
West Wing creator accuses contender for 2012 Republican presidential nomination of shooting an animal 'for political gain'
by Jason Deans
West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin today gave Sarah Palin both barrels over her US TV reality show, accusing the contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination of shooting an animal "for political gain".
Aaron Sorkin described Sarah Palin as 'deranged', a 'witless bully' and a 'phony pioneer girl'. (Photograph: Gilles Mingasson/AP)Sorkin, writer of the recent Facebook movie The Social Network, also accused the Fox News contributor of making a "snuff film" after the latest episode of Sarah's Palin's Alaska featured the politician going hunting with her father and shooting a caribou.
He described Palin as "deranged", a "witless bully" and a "phony pioneer girl". He also said The Learning Channel, the US cable network, "should be ashamed of itself" for broadcasting her "truly awful reality show"...
..."And you didn't just do it for fun and you didn't just do it for money. That was the first moose
ever murdered for political gain. You knew there'd be a protest from Peta and you knew that would be an opportunity to hate on some people, you witless bully. What a uniter you'd be – bringing the right together with the far right."...