Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 15, 2011
Transcript:
Roland: Hey, Matt, did you know Palin once had a romantic encounter with Glen Rice? Man: Glen Rice, the basketball star? Roland: Right. Man: No way - who's going to believe that? Roland: Glen Rice, apparently. Man: NBA trash talk. Roland: No, no, he quite complimentary. She'll love this part.
All of these revelations about Sarah Palin seem to boil down to this: she’s human. That means that she’s less than perfectly consistent in her values and ideas, and occasionally indulges in impulsive behavior that would be awkward to make public. So are we all…at best..I’m a not a fan of hers, but it’s no more reasonable to demonize her for being imperfect than it is for her admirers to think that she is.