Breitbart:
Sarah Palin excoriated Sacha Baron Cohen for disrespecting the military after the comedian posed as a disabled veteran to interview the former Alaska governor for his upcoming Showtime special.
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing a new seven-episode series for the premium cabler called Who is America, where he reportedly dupes famous Americans such as former Vice President Dick Cheney. Palin was just one of those personalities and former government officials the comedian tricks into appearing on camera.
On Tuesday, Matt Drudge Tweeted and deleted a post about Palin and other political figures on the right and left being tricked by the Cohen, specifically naming “Cheney, Palin, Howard Dean, Alberto Gonzales, Bernie, Trent Lott, Patraeus, Ted Koppel, and more.”
“Yup – we were duped. Ya’ got me, Sacha. Feel better now?” Palin said on Facebook.
“I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick ‘humor’ of the British ‘comedian’ Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime,” Palin added.
But Palin went on to explain what she experienced under the guise of participating in what she thought was a “documentary” about American veterans.
This “legit opportunity” to honor American Vets and contribute to a “legit Showtime historical documentary” was requested of me via a speakers bureau.
For my interview, my daughter and I were asked to travel across the country where Cohen (I presume) had heavily disguised himself as a disabled US Veteran, fake wheelchair and all. Out of respect for what I was led to believe would be a thoughtful discussion with someone who had served in uniform, I sat through a long “interview” full of Hollywoodism’s disrespect and sarcasm – but finally had enough and literally, physically removed my mic and walked out, much to Cohen’s chagrin. The disrespect of our US military and middle-class Americans via Cohen’s foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse.
Palin slammed Cohen and CBS Corp., which owns Showtime, as “truly sick” and challenged them to donate the money made from the project to “a charitable group that actually respects and supports American Vets.”
“Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country,” Palin said. (She wasn’t finished)
Cohen likes animals. A SEAL might
pay him a visit.
Pretending to be a disabled veteran is the kind of karma I would avoid exposing myself to. Nothing good will come from that. That BASTARD!!
As a Disabled Vet myself, I can honestly say….Who the Fuck is Sacha Baron Cohen? I don’t have a clue who or what it is or why I should even give a shit about him/her/whatever.
Too bad he can’t be hit with a stolen valor look law.
Same here @Doc I thought it was a rectal disorder.
Cohen’s humor has always skated perilously close to the edge of propriety, many times crossing over the line. This is one of those times.
Making people laugh at the expense of other people is a delicate, tricky business, and you can only run that game for so long without upping the ante so high you offend everybody. Better to make fun of yourself, like Jackie Gleason and Rodney Dangerfield did. Anyone can laugh at that.
@ VietVet – good Gleason and Rodney observation. I would add Lou Costello.
I have never seen Cohen. Sounds desperate, starved for attention.
ROT for being something you are not…Cohen.
So Sarah has learned to go on the attack, good for her, but it doesn’t say much for her to fall for a bogus interview. She keeps hoping to stay relevant when she just needs to go live her own life and get her own foundation in.
But, I hope Cheney enjoyed signing the waterboard kit, that idea saved quite a few lives.
Gosh.
Can I still screw his wife Ilsa while he watches?
Immortal Fish:
I hear leftists are into cuckolding. CNN said so.
Only movie I saw him in that I liked was HUGO. The little boy made that movie great.
He thinks he’s hilarious. I think he’s a major asshole.
Her daughter Piper, who was with her and missed getting back to school on time because they deliberately took them to the wrong airport after the interview, had it right. She said he’s a sack of shit.