Comments on: Sarah Antoinette Palin

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:15:05 +0000

Those glasses are almost impossible to see, at least without blowing it up 200%. Without them, there is no joke..

By: Dan V

Dan V — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:26:22 +0000

Okay, I just looked again in a higher resolution…
I think the glasses are there, very subtly drawn.
The joke still doesn’t work for me.

By: Dan V

Dan V — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:48:58 +0000

Oh, and Boyd is a guy - Lila’s gay best friend. They’re going trolling for men together.
And I agree, without the glasses this lame political joke is even worse - no one would ever guess that’s what he’s supposed to be.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:38:08 +0000

How can it be Sarah Palin with no glasses? It looks more like the Bride of Frankenstein.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:14:55 +0000

Lame attempt at a political joke. I got it, but the joke fell flat.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:45:16 +0000

Stronger resemblance to Michelle.

By: This guy I know

This guy I know — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:36:48 +0000

As “let them eat cake” is demonstrative of Marie Antoinette’s ignorance of the suffering of the French commoners, I believe the intent is to show that Sarah Palin is similarly distanced from the average working-class American citizen. The comic is not so much a traditional gag, but more of a “let’s make fun of a prominent political figure because it’s election time again” sort of thing.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:22:23 +0000

Maybe the cartoonist is saying that Sarah Palin is completely and totally out of touch with what’s going on in the country?

By: dd

dd — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:58:01 +0000

Maybe it’s a reference to all of Palin’s super-expensive suits bought by the RNC for the campaign.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:53:45 +0000

Right. She’s dressed as Sarah Palin dressed as Marie Antoinette and she’s saying “Let them eat cake.” What’s the joke, though?