Hey Now!

Posted on 11/14/2009 at 3:02 pm by Bob Cesca

Reading about Sarah Palin’s entitled behavior following her triumphant roll-out at the Republican convention, it’s clear that she continues to suffer in the throes of Hank Kingsley Syndrome.

Those of you familiar with the Larry Sanders Show will know what I’m talking about. In the episode “Hank’s Night in the Sun” Hank Kingsley, Larry’s sidekick played by the great Jeffrey Tambor, is asked to host the late night talk show at the last minute. Following a decent performance, Hank “goes rogue” and proceeds to behave like an entitled asshole diva. By the end, he weasels his way into hosting the show for a second night and bombs horribly — in fact, he accidentally uses the word “retard” in his monologue and is booed. One of the audience members shouts, “You suck!”

This is Sarah Palin. One good convention speech and a bump in the polls for the McCain campaign and she transformed from a white trashy Alaskan governor into a white trashy diva who refused to take the advice of seasoned political professionals. Consequently, she made a complete ass of herself.

Seriously, watch the full episode of Larry Sanders here. It’s absolutely the story of Sarah Palin from September 2008 through today.

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  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Teh Train Wreck™ will just keep on rolling til it collapses in Iowa. I guarantee.

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Adding: it happens that this is the ONLY EPISODE of that show I have EVER WATCHED.

  • J M Ashby

    I agree with Matt. She’ll come in 3rd or 4th place in Iowa and then spend the next several months spreading rumors of how the convention could become a war zone… oh wait Ive seen that story somewhere before.

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    J M Ashby Palin’s fail will conclude the teabagger fail and precipitate the crashing end of the modern conservatism. I humbly predict it.

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    Another Palin false fact funny – in her memoir, she has attacked another (Alaskan) “Democratic lawmaker” who “complained that I wasn’t as ‘sparky’” (as before the 2008 election).The problem with that is, the “Democratic lawmaker” who made the statement was Senator Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, who is about as Republican as they come.Well, he’s not a “Teabagger,” and he criticized Palin… so he MUST be a Democrat!

  • ec

    HP is reporting that Palin told Barbara Walters that she did not know that Bristol was pregnant until Sept. 08. She delivered in December.I ask you, what mother does not notice that her daughter, that lives with her, is six months pregnant?Her lies are really brash.

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    ec, you’re assuming she actually pays attention to her children when they all aren’t in front of a camera.

  • ec

    Wolfe, good point.

  • http://politicalpartypooper.wordpress.com/ Political Party Pooper

    Please define “white trashy”, Bob.I get that no one lights your button like Palin, but your immature name calling actually makes her your equal.I realize that liberals like to call people names, but in the end, this type of behavior only increases the impression that most of you are high shool drop outs living in your parents vacation trailer.Grow up.

  • http://oneceltsview.blogspot.com/ Wolfe_Tone

    Point well taken, PPP.Calling her “white trash” is an insult to low-information, poorly educated, and not very bright Americans everywhere.

  • Allonfla

    @PPP: name calling occurs on both sides, so don’t play.And Palin is most certainly not white trash. She just pretends to understand “real” America, like the rest of the GOP has been doing for decades. It amazes me how these people haven’t caught on yet.

  • http://www.dugshop.com pea

    Jeeezus, I love the Larry Sanders Show so much I want to marry it. You still don’t get the full impact of Hank in all his Kingsley-ness unless you watch every single episode so you can truly appreciate his douchebaggery.And yes, that’s Sarah Palin to a T! Good call!

  • http://www.bobcesca.com Bob_Cesca

    Shorter PPP:”Stop name calling, Bob! And now I will call you an immature high school brat who never left home!”

  • Ref

    Jeebus, this tool has no governor on her ego. Governor of a “large state?” ONLY if we’re talking surface area.

  • mrspeel2

    “…and she transformed from a white trashy Alaskan governor into a white trashy diva who refused to take the advice of seasoned political professionals.”

    Just imagine how much advice she’d take from her Cabinet if she did manage to get elected. VERY SCARY to even think about!

  • http://politicalpartypooper.wordpress.com/ Political Party Pooper

    ahh, well done, Bob! I see you discovered my irony!. You’re too smart for me.By the way, how did it feel?

  • Irish Girl

    @PPP I come from a long line of Southern ‘white trash’, ‘rednecks’, ‘crackers’ or as roxsteady likes to say, ‘saltines’…..and Palin is relying on the fact that us liberal elites thinks she’s white trash, that helps her cement her connection with “real people”. But truth is, she is trashy AND she’s not like the “real people” at all.