If by "unusual" you mean "spot on," you're RIGHT, you hopeless fuckstick.
:grr:
"Matt Carter is a poet, journalist, and screenwriter from Dallas, TX. A former reality and game show contestant, he published his first book, "Storms of Change," in May 2008. He can be reached here: mrchiefie@gmail.com "Sarah Palin, Michael Vick situations compared on MSNBC (video)
* January 2nd, 2011 2:07 pm ET
http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/sarah-palin-michael-vick-situations-compared-on-msnbc-video
Is this situation fair at all? We have seen some rather unusual comparisons drawn on news programs before, but this new one on MSNBC may very well take the cake. Cenk Uyger -- filling in on "The Ed Show" this past week -- decided to use Tucker Carlson's now-infamous comments about Michael Vick deserving "to be executed" on Fox News to draw a comparison to Sarah Palin.
How how did he do it? Really it was quite simple -- he showed the Carlson clip, and then said that anyone who thinks someone should die for killing animals should remember that Palin took out a caribou on her TLC program with a gun.
So is there ultimately a comparison here to be made? While it may be a kitschy "shock value" thing to do, we also have to remember that Vick trained his animals to kill, and then watched them do so for sport. Meanwhile, the act of hunting originally served a purpose -- though the criticism of Palin choosing to exploit this act on TV may indeed be valid.
Ultimately, the message here may be a true one -- eventually, there is a point where a sentence (whether fair or not) is served.
Do you think this comparison steps over a line? You can check out a video to the left.