Best Joke Of Campaign 2008
Like all good jokes, it is built on a core of truth:
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President. The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.”
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain. “You know she didn’t get up there by herself, she doesn’t belong up there, she doesn’t know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.”
Chinchillas to solomother, who hit me with this one while I had a mouth full of coffee.
The monitors and keyboard survived.
Added: why I don’t think this joke is sexist below the jump (so as to not to dampen the humor of the joke for others as much as overthinking it has for me):
- No vice president gets there through their own effort. The VP spot is selected; period. Incidentally, this explains Dan Quayle quite nicely (yes, I know of his previous government experience – he was still out of his depth, probably far more so than Palin).
- The choice of Governor Palin was a poor one not so much because of her, but because three-plus-months that she could have used preparing for this moment that’s happening right now were squandered by McCain. As a result, she is having to learn it all on the fly. From what we’ve seen, I personally do not think she is one of those rare geniuses who can instantly adapt to such a situation and thrive.
- Governor Palin also does not appear to have any idea what she’s supposed to be doing. Generally, when you apply for a job you have some clue what the job is fundamentally supposed to be – if you’re going to twist and corrupt it, you don’t tell the interviewer. See her answer about what she sees as the role of the Vice Presidency in the VP debate, where Cheney’s Vice Presidency is portrayed positively.
- Again, McCain’s choice of running-mate could have been far, far better if he’d made sure that she had time to prepare. It was his call, and his fault for putting her in a shitty sittuation.
