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No Vice-Presidential Candidate Left Behind

Posted by Emily Farris


We're not going to say what you think we're going to say about Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin. But if you missed Palin on the topic of abortion, you should watch it. It's pretty horrifying—for the obvious reasons, sure, but if we think about those reasons, smoke will begin to pour from our ears. No, we have another issue with this video...

Shouldn't the Vice-President of the United States of America have a good understanding of the English language? We know George W. Bush didn't exactly set the best example, but we imagine the stupid shit that comes out of Palin's mouth probably wouldn't sound so stupid if she used correct grammar.

"I would counsel that person to choose life despite horrific, horrific circumstances that that person would find themself in... "

Okay, so it's definitely not the worst mistake in the history of the political world, and we've certainly fucked up more than that, but maybe it really does go to show that anyone (anyone!) can be president. If "they" want it bad enough. 

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Posted Oct 02 2008, 10:29 AM
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Juan Carlos said:

Feed us fetus fajitas!

October 2, 2008 11:03 AM

Daniel J Dwyer said:

As many things as there are to criticize Palin on, she seems to generally be well spoken. While it's true that "themself" is not a word, English doesn't have another word that works in its place. The grammatically correct phrasing would be, "Person would find himself in." That just sounds silly. As much as the media might pretend otherwise, its grammatically incorrect to use the gender specific "herself" when the antecedent is not gender specific. If, in the interest of gender equality, we're looking to replace "himself" as the gender neutral, doesn't it make more sense to establish neuter pronouns like "themself" than to assign gender specific pronouns to uses that have been ungrammatical for the whole history of the language? Some might say that "themself" is an illogical word because of the mix of plural and singular, but think about the already accepted words "himself" and "themselves." "Himself" is illogical; the logical construction would be "hisself." "Themselves" is illogical; the logical construction would be "theirselves."

So, that's my long winded way of saying "themself" has my vote for filling the void left by the lack of gender neutral pronouns for all cases in English.

Palin is still an idiot.

October 2, 2008 1:30 PM

Mandy said:

Why be gender neutral at all when discussing abortion?

October 2, 2008 1:58 PM

Daniel J Dwyer said:

Mandy - Personally, I wouldn't be gender neutral when discussing abortion. But "person" is gender neutral. Replace "person" with woman, and "themself" with "herself," and you've got yourself a solid sentence.

October 2, 2008 8:13 PM

outatthepictures said:

she would not CHOOSE to participate in that kind of contraception.

WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WOULD CHOOSE. WE CARE THAT YOU THINK OTHERS SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHOOSE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU.

ugh.

October 2, 2008 10:01 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one...so far.

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Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

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