On Time's 100 Most Influential People List 2009

I was reading Time's 100 Most Influential People list last night. Majority of them were the usual homages to leaders of the world and written in the usual professional style, like Hillary Clinton by Madeline Albright. Some were a bit surprising like Gordon Brown, written by J. K. Rowling (not a politician nor a political commentator!) but still proved to be meaningful and relevant as she relayed how his political stance helped her when she was a struggling single parent. There was also those surprising and touching ones, like Somaly Mam written by Angelina Jolie, in addition to those written by the most unexpected people like the twitter founders by Ashton Kutcher.

Then there were those that were a bit head scratch worthy, like m00t - written by of all people - Rick Astley. The article had like 1 line on m00t, and everything else about being rickrolled. Epic fail article is fail. However nothing comes close to Sarah Palin, written by everyone's favourite insane hate-filled conservative political commentator cum politician, Ann Coulter.

"John McCain was so preposterous a candidate (at least on a Republican ticket) that Palin was responsible for far more votes than the usual vice presidential candidate."

O rly? Sure it wasn't the reverse?

"The biggest red flag proving her popularity with normal americans is that liberals won't shut up about her. Palin is a threat to liberals because she believes in God, Country and Family-all values liberals pretend to believe in but secretly detest."

I'm surprised Time even passed the article. It's filled so blatantly with her misguided hate filled vitriol (and vice versa ultra defensive 'anyone not with me is against me' stance) that it has been rendered almost incoherent. Nevermind that there is no longer any definition of a stereotypical "normal american" who is just as likely to be a teenage chinese girl like me rather than a white conservative christian man who likes female politician who shoot animals for sport. Oh Ann Coulter. I leave you with her following words to mull on:-

"The only thing I have against her is that she threatens to surpass me in attracting the left's hatred."