[Sadly this ad is no longer on the internet.] Oh, man, it’s finally that time in the political cycle where we get back to some quality advertisements. Here we have Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa who is running for the Senate. In this spot, she basically says that she knows how to castrate pigs, so she’ll know how to stop spending, all while we hear the squeals of pigs in the background. It’s all kinds of creepy. Enjoy. And she was just endorsed by none other than the Killa from Wasilla.
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Sarah Palin's late, great planet earth
The Awl yesterday had an enormously important piece by Maud Newton, “Sarah Palin’s ‘Planet Earth’ and the End Times,” in which she (Ms. Newton) uses her own experiences with the Pentecostal and Evangelical movements to decipher Sarah Palin’s recent moves, from running for vice president, resigning the governorship, to her coming documentary series, which is likely coming to the Discovery Channel. Now, perhaps Sarah’s become (or should have become, at least) irrelevant at this stage, but she likely isn’t. If nothing else, it’s a way to see other fundamentalist/Pentecostal public figures and their motivations. When Sarah Palin...
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