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  • Shatner's Palin Poem Rocks the Web

    by Mike Krumboltz

    Jul 28, 2009

    63 Votes

    Sarah Palin's recent departure speech left some snickering at its seemingly unfocused delivery. Others felt it was a heartfelt and honest farewell and a legitimate precursor to the 2012 primary. But only one dude was inspired enough to turn the performance into a hipster beat poem. That man was William Shatner.

    The actor, writer, singer, and all-around Renaissance man visited the set of "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" on Monday where he delivered his own interpretation of Palin's farewell. Shatner took the stage and sat on his stool. The lights dimmed, and then he recited Palin's speech verbatim while bongo drums echoed from behind. It was a scene, man.

    Naturally, Shatner's poem quickly became a Web phenomenon. Searches on "sarah palin speech," already high from Sunday, soared an additional 89%. Additionally, look-ups on "william shatner poem" and "william shatner does palin" both jumped from nothing into breakout status. We even noticed a few searches on one of Mr. Shatner's other famous poems -- his epic 1978 interpretation of Elton John's "Rocket Man."

    Still, even though Ms. Palin's speech on "Cheechakos" and "merciless rivers" was mocked by many, some political insiders framed it as a first step toward Palin reinventing herself. You can watch Shatner's interpretation below. Not quite the Beatles on "Ed Sullivan," but definitely a moment to remember.

    63 Votes
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Shatner is a wig wearing, bloated pig. He's still in outer space.

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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Shatner is funny. Palin had to insult us and the troops one more time before she left office. Thanks for the insults and we'll keep returning insults.

"Her decision to resign has resulted in an 18-point drop in her approval rating among Americans and a 52-point drop among terrified moose. She says she's going to divide her time between traveling to support conservative causes and learning to pronounce the 'G' at the end of words" - Jimmy Kimmel

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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Have you heard Shatner's album? Have you ever spoken to millions of people without a teleprompter? I respect William Shatner and Sarah Palin, even if I don't agree with all their opinions. And BTW, the media has been completely unfair to Sarah, she's a lot closer to a normal American than most politicians will ever be.

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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Yikes! uldbdave thinks she is close to a normal American? Don't think so, I guess if you live under a rock she is normal.
Trust me all you Palin lovers, she only give a sh!t about you as long as the cameras are rolling away to take it all in.
Maybe now she can go to night classes for English! Maybe squirt out one more kid before menopause takes over (which its dark shadow is looming so start banging that fugly husband of yours Sarah!)

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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Yo- Rob How was your trip in outer space? You must of been thrilled to see William Shatner as your ships passed in the dark of space. You must of been very close to see if he had on a wig or do you both shop at wigs are us. That would be the only way you would know for sure Rob. Now you take care And watch your space speed you may lose your wig. Oh and Rob listen to it again and you will see that Bill didn't in anyway put Mrs. Palin down he just repeated her speech comepletely word for word.

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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re: Winter ,, u can always tell the faux intellectuals (liberal dead heads) they get hatefull and vicious.. and they don't even bother making sense.

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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Just wait & see. Sarah's fan clubs have now added Star Trek to their hate list LOL

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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They will first call Shatner & Conan liberals, liberal NBC and boycott NBC and maybe march outside NBC and boycott their sponsors.



hahahaha

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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Sarah, you are a kook, but we luv ya anyway.

posted Jul 28, 2009 |
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why did Shatner have to make fun of Sarah Palin's speech, because he was born in a stupid tree and hit every limb on the way down. his speech was insultling, stupid, and boring. I hope hke can upgrade himself to do better things. And i wish that the press would leave the lady alone for awhile, she is beautiful, witty, intellegent, and i hate to see the back biting bitches in this world rag her all the time, just because they are loosers

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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Shatner did rock the web AND the house with his rendition of Selfish Sarah's 'speech'.........lol............had me laughing ............she speaks word salads.............pretty much describes poetry...........very bad poetry................lol.

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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And, Sarah.........Democracy does NOT depend on the Media!!!...........OMG............why doesn't someone make her stop?.........lol.............she is embarrassing.

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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If Shatner could make a poem out of BO's speeches he would! Most would sound like this: Hello Folks, um, I'm here today, um, yum, to tell ya um about health care um, yum, I like chocolate do you? um yum, ya it does rhyme huh? um yum

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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O'brien is the one that got beat with the ugly stick, hell the whole tree....

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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Shatner is great. The "spoken word" poem is clever, funny and totally relevant.

Palin cannot give an articulate speech that makes sense to save her life. She puts pauses in places where they don't belong. Her sentences have no flow and she is an idiot.

If I were a republican, I would be enraged every time I saw her on TV because she makes the party look like fools. Plenty of respectable, smart and eloquent republicans and this coo coo gets the limelight.

She and her kin folk should head back to the tundra where they belong. Let them be separatists, I beg of them, separate!

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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am

I agree Palin doesn't sound the brightest. But people that live in glass houses should not throw stones. Palin is nothing so why keep bashing her, but take a look at that idiot you guys put in the white house.

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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Sarah lives in an invisible house.............NO substance at all......lol..............she is not gone yet, so bash we must................Pres. Obama is a genius..............and thinks circles around Selfish Sarah who is not a quitter...........eventhough she QUIT???............and you dolts believe that crap. lol.

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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I LOVE IT! The volume of objections over Palin is equal to the fear liverals have of Palin's relavancy.

Fear her you should since her insights and power are what will drive her into higher office.

Keep complaining all of you, really! It only confirms she's the right one to drive your sorry lack of any ideas that work, written straight from the pages of Orwell, to irrelavance.

Get over yourselves, we're all different and as such can't be dectated our decisions. That's what freedom is BTW, since it appears you missed that part of civics class.

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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Sarah has insights. That is wildlife in her sights. KABOOM, KABOOM

Sarah's twitter: Don't yall worry, nope, I'm gonna shoot all those bad animals. I'm shootin as much wildlife as I can. C'mon up to Alaska, we have plenty to shoot at. KABOOM KABOOM KABOOM. Now for some refreshing Koolaid! Then some nice moose meatballs! With grizzly steaks on cookin on that there grill.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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watch it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/wil
liam-shatner-makes-pal_n_246034.html

youtube
removed it

posted Jul 29, 2009 |
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Wm Shatner just read some of Palin's tweets on Twitter on Conan O'Brien Show. It was funny. The audience went crazy for it.
Go Conan, Go Shatner

Stick it to her, shatner!

posted Jul 30, 2009 |
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who with an IQ above 60 would ever take this woman seriously????? A kook is putting it kindly and mildly. Shatner is just a bloated has-been grabbing some spotlight any way he can.

posted Aug 1, 2009 |
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It is time for Shatner to get face off tv but I fear that that will be hard to do as there are many that like the old sStar Tack program

posted Aug 1, 2009 |
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rob

Shatner rocks!

posted Aug 1, 2009 |
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I just want to stare at Palin's a$$! That doesn 't make me bad does it?
Shatner does wear a wig but who doesn't? Cage, Willis, Travolta?
His "singing" sucks but it's strangely entertaining (kinda like staring at someone's bare butt in a hospital robe). And if the man can make a buck off of it, why the hell not. Maybe I can do the same. Anyone got Ben Folds phone number?

posted Aug 1, 2009 |
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Al

I can't think of anyone else who can be insulted by repeating what they said other than George Bush.
I wish SHE would stop making things up.
Like that rediculous speech.
All Shatner did was repeat it verbatim.
For all you Palin fans verbatim means word for word.
Quitting her job was the best thing she ever did for Alaska.
I doubt if someone who bails out of their responsibilities would make a good president.
If you want to support Palin buy her book when it's released.
It's going to need a lot of editing first to make sense out of her rambling thoughts.

posted Aug 1, 2009 |
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This is just the standard liberal technique to demean and make fun of a conservative in an attempt to manipulate others since they don't really have anything credible to report on. That is why so many Libs are in the entertainment industry. They use their profile and access to the viewing public to influence other weak individuals to join the "party."
Too bad the American public in general seems to be swayed by this type of hate speech. This is the same techinque Goebbels used to sway public opinion in his contrived movies made to influence the people to abandon their own ability to think by accepting his same form of "hate training." I am glad there are some who can see through this technique, just too bad there are more that cannot. The means ruins the joking when it is obviously based on an agenda of "hate and degrade."

posted Aug 2, 2009 |
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Where is the poem about Obama's inclination to have to rely on a teleprompter? What about the 57 states remark? Where are the raps with all of his duhs....ums.....duh.... in the press and media. He has left a lot of untouched material for the comedians. That would be called "turnabout is fair play." That does not apply to a liberal press. They have some easy material with Obama, but they choose to take a pass. What are they afraid of..reporting on credible events? They would rather promote an agenda of hate.

posted Aug 2, 2009 |
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Wow, it amazes me how defensive people get of Ms Palin. You really can't defend her because she can't help herself. If she wants to keep putting this crap out there, don't get mad because people take notice. Now Shatner gets called all kinda of bad names, Why? What did he do? Repeat what she said.
I hope she runs for President. That would be the best way to insure that Obama has another 4 years, So Yeaaaaa Sarah!! You GO Girl!!!

posted Aug 2, 2009 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, please understand that what these publicist want to happen. Some people think that Sarah makes bad speeches, but she doesn't write them. People think Pres. Obama was a bad choice. Think about this. Sarah is playing a very appropriate role right now. She is on everyone's tongue. Many of you are making your comments but she is getting publicity. That is what they want. They want you all talking about her. Whether criticizing or praising, you are watching her speeches and paying attention too.

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