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." #ShakesPalin
Dara
DLind
The Much Ado
About Nothing Hour (with Megyn Kelly) #ShakesPalin
Julian
Sanchez
normative
The Merchant of
Venom #ShakesPalinJulian
Sanchez
normative
Wow. RT @chriscesq: "Two households, both totally
devoid of dignity, in fair Wasilla where we lay our scene." #Shakespalin
Chris
Geidner
chrisgeidner
All's Well That
Ends By Quitting #Shakespalin
delrayser
delrayser
I Can See Two
Gentlemen of Verona from My House! #ShakesPalinJulian
Sanchez
normative
Twelfth Night I
Had To Watch Bristol and Make Sure Levi Didn't Spend the Night #ShakespalinChris
Geidner
chrisgeidner
And so, because I
cannot prove a governor to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am
determined to prove a pundit. #shakespalinDara
DLind
Trig's Labors
Lost #ShakesPalinJulian
Sanchez
normative
The Comedy of
Errors #ShakesPalin
Greg
Frayser
ATLGreg1
To suffer the
slings and arrows of outrageous liberals, or to quit halfterm, and by
opposing, rake in speaking fees #shakespalinJulian
Sanchez
normative
Urgent to @SarahPalinUSA: Shakespeare would rather have
died than "coin" the meaningless non-word "misunderestimate."
Roger
Ebert
ebertchicago
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