July 4, 2009

What, Did She Give Her Speech in a Barnyard?

I finally got around to watching Sarah Palin’s entire resignation speech — described universally as “disjointed” and “rambling,” and rightly so — but what had my lovely wife and me in stitches was the background noise. First, there was the kid (”Why doesn’t somebody shut that squalling brat up?” I asked, adding: “And then maybe they could get the baby to quiet down, too”).

But it’s the sound of animals, both seen and unseen, punctuating the speech that nearly had me losing control of certain bodily functions.

Palin made the unfortunate choice of speaking on the shore of Lake Lucille, where the waterfowl flapping behind Caribou Barbie’s pointy head were enough to elicit a chuckle from this corner, but when what sounded like chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, and even cattle began chiming in, I lost it completely. (No, I didn’t lose control of any bodily functions, other than the Spray-Your-Screen Laughter Mechanism.)

So, if you haven’t watched Governor Train Wreck’s self-destruction, do, if only for the riotously hilarious (and strangely appropriate) Animal Farm soundtrack (mainly throughout Part 1, and at the beginning of Part 2):