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If Shakespeare Wrote a Play About Sarah Palin

Max Fisher 172 Views Jul 19, 2010

Former governor Sarah Palin, struggling on Sunday to walk back her controversial demand that Muslims "refudiate" a community center in downtown Manhattan, compared herself to William Shakespeare. Her point is that both she and the greatest playwright in English-language history both make up new words and that English is a "living language." Unsurprisingly, Palin's many critics are having a bit of fun with this unusual claim. What if Sarah Palin's life was written as a play by Shakespeare?


"Why dost thou lead these men about the streets?" "Truly, sir, to get some good b-roll, to get myself onto Fox News." #ShakesPalinless than a minute ago via web


The Much Ado About Nothing Hour (with Megyn Kelly) #ShakesPalinless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone



Wow. RT @chriscesq: "Two households, both totally devoid of dignity, in fair Wasilla where we lay our scene." #Shakespalinless than a minute ago via Seesmic


All's Well That Ends By Quitting #Shakespalinless than a minute ago via twidroid


I Can See Two Gentlemen of Verona from My House! #ShakesPalinless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone


Twelfth Night I Had To Watch Bristol and Make Sure Levi Didn't Spend the Night #Shakespalinless than a minute ago via Seesmic


And so, because I cannot prove a governor to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a pundit. #shakespalinless than a minute ago via web




To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous liberals, or to quit halfterm, and by opposing, rake in speaking fees #shakespalinless than a minute ago via Twittelator


Urgent to @SarahPalinUSA: Shakespeare would rather have died than "coin" the meaningless non-word "misunderestimate."less than a minute ago via web

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