Notwithstanding claims that the former half-term governor of Alaska is a real go-getter, she is in fact a chump, which distracts her from being a successful grifter, which she's just too stupid to be. Which is to say that Sacha Baron Cohen has apparently made a fool of her. In fairness to Palin, though, lots of people have made a fool of her before, including the known assassin Katie Couric, the comedian Tina Fey, and Palin herself.
As Rich Lowry once memorably described the ignoramus Palin's appeal to the Republican intelligentsia:
As Rich Lowry once memorably described the ignoramus Palin's appeal to the Republican intelligentsia:
A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It's one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O'Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy. I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.
All of which is to say that it's completely inexplicable that Republicans would fall hard for Trump.