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Sarah Palin, Accidental Poet

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2008 6:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – The past month has seen Sarah Palin become a vice presidential candidate, anti-feminist or feminist icon (depending on whom you ask) and ... a poet? Hart Seely, in Slate, transforms excerpts from the Alaska governor's interview transcripts into verse. Check out "Good and Evil":
It is obvious to me / Who the good guys are in this one / And who the bad guys are. / The bad guys are the ones / Who say Israel is a stinking corpse, / And should be wiped off / The face of the earth. / That's not a good guy.

"Challenge to a Cynic": You are a cynic. / Because show me where / I have ever said / That there's absolute proof / That nothing that man / Has ever conducted / Or engaged in, / Has had any effect, / Or no effect / On climate change

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Students demonstrate in support of the Republican ticket outside the site of tonight's scheduled vice presidential debate between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden. (AP Photo)

John McCain, left, smiles as his choice for his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, pumps her fist during a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo)

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"Small Mayors"

You know,
Small mayors,
Mayors of small towns—
Quote, unquote—
They're on the front lines. - Sarah Palin

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