I can hardly wait to get my copy of “Going Rogue,” what promises to be the most enlightening book of the 21st century.
OK, of course I’m kidding. A book by Sarah Palin, whose only claim to fame is that she spit in the face of Alaska voters when she quit her job as governor, will soon be on the shelves. And the scary thing is: It’s already reached No. 1 on the best-sellers list.
What could she possibly say that would be of interest to any intelligent person? Then again, people who buy books about celebrities aren’t interested in intelligent comments.
I can imagine how it starts:
First I saw Russia from my house, then I shot a moose. Then I spent $10,000 of the Republican Committee money to get my hair done. See you in 2012.
Actually it’s not surprising that the book is so popular already before its Nov. 17 release. Americans for some reason are caught up in reality television shows and her life is like a sick reality show. Fake, but fascinating to anyone who just wants some entertainment without having to think about it.
You can bet there will be some serious name-dropping about how important she is.
Golly gee, America, I wish you could go with me tonight when I go out for a pizza with my good friend Putin. Hopefully he’ll wear pants.
And you can bet she’ll be willing to share some of her wonderful advice on life.
Remember, young people, abstinence is the best policy. Wait, I think I hear my grandson crying.
You know, I’m not going to read that book. However, I am somewhat inspired to think that if someone with her lack of intelligence can write a book, maybe I should too. But upon further thought, I tend to agree with one of the best quotes I’ve ever read:
“Inside every journalist is a novel. And that’s the best place for it!”
The same should go for politicians and celebrities.
• When it comes to “Going Rogue,” maybe that’s what we need to do with the Pennsylvania General Assembly. They still haven’t passed a budget, even though they have hurt hundreds of thousands of their constituents.
A couple of centuries ago, people would have stormed the capitol, tar-and-feathered the politicians and run them out of town on a rail. That approach is starting to look pretty good again.
The problem is that voters are too meek. Despite how many times these politicians stick it too us, for some reason we keep re-electing them. It’s probably time to vote them all out.
No matter how much we may like them, Sen. Bob Robbins and Reps. Dick Stevenson, Mark Longietti and Michelle Brooks have failed the people of Mercer County they have sworn to represent. I’m tired of feeble excuses that it’s the budget committees that are responsible. If any of us were so pathetic in our jobs we would be fired.
Actually it’s time for a whole new system of government in Pennsylvania, but that’s a subject for a future column.
The Herald’s Lynn Saternow writes this weekly column for the Opinion page.
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