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Thank you, Jezebel, for the much-appreciated link to Todd S. Purdum’s just-published Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin.

The Purdum paragraph that’s exploding my brain:

More than once in my travels in Alaska, people brought up, without prompting, the question of Palin’s extravagant self-regard. Several told me, independently of one another, that they had consulted the definition of “narcissistic personality disorder” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-“a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy”-and thought it fit her perfectly. When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God’s, and signed it “Trig’s Creator, Your Heavenly Father.”

Read the whole long, weird thing here.

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27 replies on “Sarah Palin’s Letters from God”

  1. My fave is that Alaskan political blogger who stated that “she has a jet engine-sized ambition attached to a golf cart-sized intellect.”

  5. “Palin’s life sometimes plays out like and unholy amalgam of Desperate Housewives and Northern Exposure.”

    Sad. True. Hilarious.

  14. From the article:

    She may decide that she does not need office in order to have great influence—any more than Rush Limbaugh does.

    That’s interesting… it seems like “conservative pundit” would the perfect job for her (all flash, no substance). But, I would bet she’s not willing to give up the possibility of political office at the national level…

  19. “narcissistic personality disorder – a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy.”

    I think we final have a diagnosis for Chuckles Mudede’s pervasive malady.

  21. “Sarah is a handsome woman.
    Not too hard on the eyes.”

    Boy, you have a hard-on where a normal person mounts a brain.

    Plus she’s fugly. There are plenty of women outside of politics who look better at her age, and without any of the botox or artificially plumped lips.

  22. After reading that article, I’m not so sure Palin is a hypocrite for her ignorance-only sex ed and anti-choice stances. I don’t think she has the intellectual depth to be a hypocrite. It seems like she just says whatever comes into her very small brain.

    And the birth of Trig still seems very fishy to me… a little too much prime time drama storytelling for someone without the capacity to plan such a thing. Coupled with Bristol’s mysterious case of “mono”, it just looks like a backwater cover story.

  24. Okay, time for a really offensive joke. What’s the difference between Sarah Palin’s mouth and her pussy?
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    Only one retarded thing came out of her pussy.

  25. This confuses me: “It was in this environment that her ambition first found an outlet in public office, and where she first tasted the 151-proof Everclear that is power.” I thought Everclear was 190 proof, not 151 (that’s a rum). (If it were 200 proof it’d contain benzene.)

  27. Regardless of Palin’s status, intention, or polital agenda, this letter carries a very important message. God Loves You and wants the best for you. Give your live to him and you will have eternal life. We do not live for ever. In God’s Love. Rene

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