Sarah Palin was a huge step forward for that large America demographic commonly referred to as "White Trash" (also less known by their Latin name Alba Purgeta). Here was a beauty queen who didn't graduate college until her fifth try and then married a dumb hick bro.
So far so good - but it gets better.
She then never had a thought beyond simple conservative ideology, popped out 5 kids and named them some wierd shit right out of model names from the Lands' End catalog, and brought highschool popularity contest tactics to local politics. And not just in any town, but in the meth capitol of the state.
Getting warmer.
Next she really went for it and claimed the holy grail of overachieving hick-dom: she cynically and knowingly put her own ambitions ahead of her abilities (what is it with people of faith and this "I know I can do anything because I believe in God's goodness!" mentality?) and convinced herself that she was ready to be the leader of the free world when she accepted McCain's exploitative invitation to the national ticket. She didn't mind embarassing her teenage daughter on a national scale about her out-of-wedlock pregnancy, not one bit. Afterall, how can you claim the Throne of Trailer Trash without a teenage daughter who's pregnant with the town thug's baby?
Jackpot.
There were other fun white-trashy things along the way (spending hundreds of thousands on her clothes and makeup and decking her kids out in expensive duds on the campaign's dime because "We finally have money now!" was my personal favorite), but a new development today takes the cake: Sherry Johnston, mother of the 18 year-old thug that knocked Bristol up, has been arrested on six felony drug counts for running a meth lab.
Just when you think they're down for the count, the White Trash Brigage known as the Palin Clan marches on...
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