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Okay, so Sarah Palin, being an inexperienced psycho, clearly isn't qualified for the presidency, and is clearly so painfully unserious that I shouldn't be at all concerned (and I'm not really, but there's a small bit of me that worries about this identity-politics stuff and fears that I've given too much credit to the public this year.

But this, via Andrew Sullivan, really left me speechless on the names of her kids (Willow and Piper):

"Willow" was Buffy the Vampire Slayer's best friend and "Piper" was the eldest sister on the series Charmed played by Shannen Doherty.  The governor obviously has a penchant for television shows of paranormal female empowerment.  (I know, it's too gay that I know this).  "Trig?" Don't have clue.

If we don't win this election now, I'm moving to Beijing and joining the CPC.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:31:17 PM EST
You ARE joking about the source of those names, right?

Willow and Piper?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:41:51 PM EST
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Well, I don't know how she chose the names, but one of Sully's readers noticed the coincidence.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:43:53 PM EST
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Who the fuck am I to comment.  My two imaginary sons, Kirk and Spock, are busy brewing a batch of Rommulan ale for Helen and In Wales for this weekend (getting back to the original subject matter) and my imaginary daughter Wonder Woman is expecting her good friend Marg Helgenberger over to play with Barbies.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:54:03 PM EST
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Owww, I laughed so much I got a stitch.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 06:37:49 AM EST
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Hey! I liked Buffy (Charmed on the other hand sucked)
by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:52:00 PM EST
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Oh I don't know. Charmed was trashy but I liked it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 05:59:15 PM EST
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If she's really that much into witchery, that would definitely improve my opinion. Don't know about the evangelicals, though.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:52:57 PM EST
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Oh, that's Willow?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:39:17 PM EST
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Yes. The fictional one.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 09:29:53 PM EST
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Is this about a tv series or what?
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:56:25 PM EST
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I don't understand the question.  Anyone else?

Bueller.  Bueller.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 01:59:57 PM EST
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Well, I don't understand your answer either.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:04:01 PM EST
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Apparently the entire world is not familiar with all of the TV shows that I am (gasp!) so I didn't realize that you didn't immediately recognize the references to the 2 TV shows in question.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:21:53 PM EST
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Well, not all US tv series are shown in Europe - we actually also have some of our own. :-)

Besides I do not have a tv.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:27:44 PM EST
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we actually also have some of our own.

True, though sometimes watching European stations you couldn't tell

by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:31:34 PM EST
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What kind of European stations can you watch?
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:37:37 PM EST
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Depends where I am in Europe, and what cable/satellite system is around. Here I can't watch any stations, except occasionally online - no cable, no reception.
by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:53:25 PM EST
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When traveling I find that the Germans or Italiens have sometimes nice series or movies of their own. I don't know about France, but when I still had a tv there used to be nice series from France too.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:55:33 PM EST
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I do not have a tv.

That's the real reason, stop hiding behind your Europeanness.

Plus, Buffy has been in the news recently here on ET, and I'd be shocked if it hadn't been discussed before in open threads.


A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:37:43 PM EST
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Yes.  
by ATinNM on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:00:18 PM EST
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Yes, West WIng.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:36:07 PM EST
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Willow was also the name of a movie about a dwarf apprentice wizard, starring Val Kilmer.

And the name of a tree, too.


A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:35:39 PM EST
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Well, I know about the tree. :-) but not the movie.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:38:55 PM EST
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It's a great movie.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:46:05 PM EST
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I used to get Willow confused with Star Wars. Feck knows how.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 05:58:41 PM EST
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Perhaps because both were made by George Lucas?

I love little filmic myths, and was a Willow fan despite its flaws.  Pleasantly surprised that George put a nice wooden windmill in the Willow village, constantly turning, back in the days when the Altamont Pass was becoming a reality.  Got to thank him for that at the premiere.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 04:32:26 AM EST
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So far as I can check, BtVS started a year or two after Willow was born. So it's unlikely that's why she picked the name. (Unless she's psychic.)

Piper is a possible, but when her other kids are called Trig, Track and Bristol, it's just as likely she named her after an oil rig or a holiday cottage.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:48:51 PM EST
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