I’m not saying she’s my first choice for President but I have to give Sarah Palin mad props for this one. According to TMZ, Sarah Palin came face to face with a bear and two cubs. And she kept her cool. Something tells me meeting with Putin wouldn’t be such a big deal for Sarah.
Look, everyone wonders how they’d react if they were ever face to face with a monster -and make no mistake a bear is a monster. It’s faster than you, stronger than you and would eat you with its big sharp teeth and be looking for your neighbors by brunch. That’s a monster. I think anyone who wants to be President should be forced to face down a monster of some sort. I think it would be very telling to see how they’d react.
I’m not saying something like this is feasible. I’d imagine the insurance on something like this would be pretty high, maybe even prohibitive. And then there’s the chance of a presidential nominee being eaten alive on national television which might be kind of rough. But we could show it at like 10 p.m. when all the kids are in bed.
I’m just saying that now everybody knows what Sarah’s made of. And it’s strong stuff. Now, imagine if before the last election we’d done this. How do you think Obama would’ve done face to face with a bear. I’m just betting Obama would’ve bowed to the bear.
I wonder how John McCain would’ve done. I honestly don’t know. I wasn’t the biggest McCain fan during the election but I’ll admit that the guy might have been as cool as the other side of the pillow or he might have just gone totally wacko and jumped into the water, fashioned a spear out of some fallen sticks and demanded to have it out right then and there with the bear. That was the thing about McCain. Dude kept everyone on edge a little bit.
But what I’m really saying is you can say what you want about Sarah, but how many politicians wouldn’t have had to change their underwear after meeting a bear? And I think that says something. You?
July 28, 2010 at 4:27 am
I imagine McCain would have been like Anthony Hopkins in The Edge.
July 28, 2010 at 7:50 am
I ran into 3 bears, just like this, well sans water, and there were 3 of us and we all had guns. It was scary as can be. Something about being right with your maker, and having a correct perspective on life helps you.
Honestly, I think this does say a LOT about her… you guys are more on target than you think.
July 28, 2010 at 7:52 am
The fundamental difference is that Palin probably knew that it was a bear that she had met. She is much less likely to recognise Putin.
July 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm
As a South African, I have had a number of interesting encounters: mostly with snakes, or danger from humans: I am known for keeping cool, calm and calming other people. That said, animals versus people? Well I am calm with people also, but there is a distinction, she's Alaskan. Obama's what, Indonesian? Hope he wouldn't feed his companions to the bear, like France 24 alleges the Afghan army does with new recruits to de-mine!
July 28, 2010 at 1:05 pm
"M Byrne said…
The fundamental difference is that Palin probably knew that it was a bear that she had met. She is much less likely to recognise Putin."
Hey Leftard! Palin knows Putin and his Russian Bear are the Enemy of the American People – Just like your boy Comrade Obama – who – no doubt – would have pissed his pants if a wild bear got that close to him and ordered his Secret Service goons to shoot it.
July 28, 2010 at 1:44 pm
P.s. The distance from the bears, on a wildlife tour, they were likely in more danger than she was.
July 28, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Ronbo,
A bit of respect for the Secret Service, please?
July 28, 2010 at 4:48 pm
"Something tells me meeting with Putin wouldn't be such a big deal for Sarah."I have to remember that one!
July 28, 2010 at 4:58 pm
He'd probably transport the bear to the Gulf, so it could die quietly in a now ruined ecosystem while the media and the rest of the world ignored the catastrophe. No wait, Obama wouldn't have to destroy yet another life for that to be the case…
July 28, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Palin shows a lot of strength and grit. No doubt about it.
Years ago one spring, I accidentally woke up a very large black bear and it decided to follow my girlfriend and I for nearly 2 miles! (Which is how far I walked backwards watching it.) Clearly it was hungry and wondering. Let me tell you- that will get your blood pumping! But having someone else to protect definitely keeps the fear level down. I was busy trying to calculate how to fight it (Oh yes, I would have gone John McCain on this bear. They would have found my body with bits of bear nose in the teeth.)
But, had I been alone, I know FOR SURE that I would have definitely been scared out of my wits and probably just trying to get up a tree. After it was over I actually was shaking for about 45 minutes! Laughing, but still couldn't stop shaking.
NOTE: I didn't jump around going "Yo bear" or any of that stuff. But I did notice that it didn't like my direct eye contact. Every time I would stop and look straight at its eyes the bear would hesitate, kind of swinging its head around, and then stop until I started backing up again. (Every time I looked at it, I consciously thought "Oh I will fight you HARD, Mr. Bear!" so that my face wouldn't be showing, "Why, Mr. Bear, what huge TEETH you have.") Also, moving my stick around fairly slowly, all around me, seemed to distract it.
…And I'll never again go walking in the forest with peanut butter lasagna in my pockets.
July 28, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Jimbo, Great story. Perfect last line. I assume this is the sane Jimbo I'm speaking to, not the bizarro Jimbo that posts here sometimes.
July 28, 2010 at 5:28 pm
LOL!!! Thanks, yes it's me. And no, "Bizjim" is not my doppelganger, and I don't have mpd. (Good grief that was really starting to get under my skin! HA!) Hopefully that other fellow is resting somewhere comfortably…hate to have to change my moniker to "The Real Jimbo" or something like that. Sounds too much like a terrorist group or defunct rock band. 😉
July 28, 2010 at 6:46 pm
I'm not ashamed to say if followed by a bear he'd be slipping in my poop as I showed nothing but buttholes and elbows heading down the highway.
Props to Palin for keeping cool, she's sounding more like a female Teddy Roosevelt all the time.
July 31, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Sarah Palin will be one day President of the United States, as she is made of to be tough leader. In her time, Sarah Palin shall rule the United States with iron clad bear hands, and American people will once again gain respect from the world.