This story is significant because Glen Rice is 6’7″, right? Or maybe it’s because Sarah Palin preaches abstinence? Or because it means there are only two degrees of separation between Sarah Palin and The Real Housewives of Miami? I’m trying to figure what it is about this story that has everyone so exercised. Why am I supposed to care about a one-night stand that took place twenty-five years ago? What am I missing?
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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
the point of the story, BooMan, is that Sarah Palin is the PERSONIFICATION of
MISS ANN
and here she is…with a MANDINGO COMPLEX.
Miss Ann? I guess I am missing a cultural reference.
Miss Ann – a noun. 1. A woman of European descent who runs a household which employs female workers of African descent to perform tasks such as cooking, cleaning, ironing etc. These tasks are usually household but are not confined to that category in all cases. 2. As in; ” I gotta go clean Miss Ann’s house” or “She think she a Miss Ann”.
This term is also closely related linguistically by the use of the prefix “mis” to terms such as; mistress, misname, misfortune, misquote, misbehave, etc. Although not strictly related linguistically, it is also related thematically and phonetically to the word miscegenation.
http://www.lightessencedesign.com/art/miss_ann.htm
heh.
You nailed it.
Though I don’t need to point out that having a Mandingo complex is par for the course for Miss Ann.
Did I mention that I used to drink beer in Dakar with a Mandinka man at a gas station that doubled as a cafe? True story. The guy was amazingly cool. Totally off subject, though.
This sh*t is too funny!!!! Did you watch the Sopranos? If so, do you remember when Tony’s daughter was dating that black kid at Columbia. He opened teh cabinet and saw a box of Uncle Ben’s and fainted. I bet you Rush Limbaugh had that same reaction! LMBAO!
Did you read the story Boo? Given that we know the Teahadists are mostly racist jackasses, this story totally ruins her, or should, in their eyes. And given her screeching now, it makes it all the more hypocritical on her part. It’s just like all those GOPers that scream the loudest are often closet cases themselves. I know in the grand scheme things it’s not such a big deal, but give it just proves that every GOPer out there is a grifter. They all sell themselves for the easy money.
She slept with a black man. That violates everything the Tea Party believes in.
Oh. I missed the snark of Boo’s questions, didn’t I?
Idiot.
So, you weren’t distracted by the tap dance? Good for you.
Does this mean Sarah will not run for president?
Well, if not she’ll make another few $million lecturing to idiots on the evils of miscegenation. Love them family $values.
Rarely have I been so disappointed in one of my fellow Wolverines.
Even though I’m a Bronco, I had the same thought.
Hmm, indeed. Glen should have used his clairvoyant powers to look deep into her soul and see beyond the jersey-chasing sideline reporter angling for a one night stand to the reactionary politician she would become decades later.
Back in 87, Sarah was probably (or definitely was) a pretty major piece of tail.
You are ashamed of Glenn Rice for … ??
Remember this video? This would have been the time this story takes place.
Man, nothing is more mind-numbing than watching a twenty-two year old Palin read Iditarod highlights.
The listening part is worse than the watching part. Worse than fingernails-on-chalkboard. I couldn’t make it through the whole clip.
I maintain that the similarity between the sound of Martha Coakley’s voice and that of Sarah Palin played a meaningful role in her defeat.
Disappointed in him for his taste in women, obviously. Trust me, I know exactly what kind of ‘tail’ Michigan athletes pull around here, and I repeat, I am disappointed.
As Spider Man says, with great power comes great responsibility.
Of course if this ends up sinking her political career due to the fundie outrage, then that will ameliorate my opinion of the situation, even if it is based on 25 years of hindsight.
They forgive their own. I’m sure the word is out that he “took unfair advantage” of her already on the righty blogs.
I’m sure you’re right. Which is of course a shame on two accounts, as it’s besmirching Glen Rice’s name and also is a knock on a woman’s right to sleep with whoever she damn well pleases.
Yes.. but you forget one thing .. as Atrios says .. the right is all about controlling a woman’s sexytime
Well, I wasn’t really forgetting it so much as ruing it.
I’d also argue it isn’t really limited to just women. They want to control it for anyone who isn’t a straight white male (or pretending to be).
Maybe he had just listened to that Stephen Stills tune. One has to be resourceful.
Ideally, we would all ignore Palin and let her shrivel up and die, starved of the life-giving attention she seems to thrive upon.
But if that hasn’t happened by now, it probably won’t. It seems she will continue to leech her way into history, like The Thing That Would Not Die.
Booman, please! You know damn well why this is significant. Snow White with King Kong.
I once took a flight out of Havana, Cuba on a small, frightening relic of a Soviet airplane with two Charlotte Hornets basketball players: Glen Rice and Vlade Divac. They had loaded up on boxes of Cuban cigars and cases of premium rum (illegal in the US, and very, very expensive at the airport), shelling out big bucks in increments of $100 bills. I guess this means Sarah is finished, since she had previously done some serious “palling-around” with a guy who later hung out with communists and terrorists.
LMAO
“Why am I supposed to care about a one-night stand that took place twenty-five years ago? What am I missing?”
I guess it’s just not your kind of book, Boo. I’m sure none of this spoils your image of the Divine Sarag in the slightest But really, you shouldn’t be asking what are you supposed to care, you should be asking what people who care about it are supposed to care.
It all feels so Anna Anna Anna Nicole, doesn’t it?
Well, maybe not so extreme, but it’s fun to associate one grifter with another, right? They would be the same in different circumstances, wouldn’t they?