Steven Weber: Making Degrade

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During the life of this blog, I've spotlighted the writings of actor Steven Weber (Wings, Studio 60) several times. I've often said that he seems to take his writings directly from my brain, but  writes with much more style and talent than I possess.  I still feel that way, and could post just about anything he writes on this blog and be in near total agreement.  The reason this post made the blog is simple: in reference to Sarah Palin and her followers, he used the word "gormless."  Gormless is one of my favorite words, and has a very simple, unmistakable definition:  lacking intelligence; stupid.  Bravo, Mr. Weber, and keep up the good work!

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Making Degrade

. . .Just because it sometimes feels good to scratch a mosquito bite until it bleeds, let's take Sarah Palin, for instance. The self-styled Mama Grizzly is actually the embodiment of the current fetish for failure, a bespectacled avatar of the mediocre intelligence and misguided ambition that is the hallmark of today's American idol.


While never having been in possession of basic leadership skills, let alone insight into the classic workings of democracy and the awesome responsibility such knowledge should impart, she is instead a facade from a corporate costume shop. Strutting her secondary sexual characteristics and bleating whatever shallow Republican talking point flashes across her staff's iPads, she nonetheless continues to be a leader of the gormless mass who raise fists and rail against that black guy in office and/or anything else she tells them to. . .

Read more at: Huffington Post