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[annlarimer]

The national reaction to Jackson's death was false and overblown, but it didn't hurt anyone. Moreover, at least Jackson could boast of actual achievements. But Sarah Palin's bizarre resignation is another story. Watching her self-serving, celebrity-driven implosion, it hit home more than ever just how terrifying it is that this person actually

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[twigcollins]

But in a culture of celebrity, the very theatricality of Palin's disgraceful resignation immediately becomes part of her résumé.

This. Exactly this. Celebrity is this grotesque ouroboros.

[annlarimer]

I still say she's got a talk-show offer. Because we're that fucked up.

[nitasee]

Is this one of the signs of the apocalypse?