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Friday Night Open Thread: Separated at Birth

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 09:22:37 PM EST
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I don't really care whether Sarah Palin used cocaine, had a pre-marital affair with Todd's business partner or a one night stand with an athlete she was interviewing for her college radio show, or is feuding with Bristol over her relationship with her DWTS costar, now roommate and reality show co-participant, Kyle Massey or Bristol's latest tattoo.

But I do think it's funny that Sarah Palin looked just like the caricature of the secretary from Staten Island portrayed by Melanie Griffith in the movie Working Girl -- an image Griffith spent the whole film working to shed. (Melanie succeeded at the end of the film.)

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    Also, Melanie has an interestingly (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by jeffinalabama on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 12:48:07 AM EST
    quirky voice, not a nails-on-chalkboard voice. And I don't think I've ever hear Ms. Banderas-Griffith use the "Momma Bear" metaphor.

    I just count my blessings (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by nycstray on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 01:21:15 AM EST
    I so never went there with my hair!

    1987, when I first came to the US (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by vml68 on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:59:07 AM EST
    and every girl/woman I saw had hair like that. Boy, did I feel like an unstylish, dorky foreigner.
    What's worse is that I decided to get my hair cut short before I came here since I did not know how long it would take me to get settled and the hairdresser I went to decided short meant Sinead O'Connor short!!  Luckily, I've never been the kind to be too concerned about my looks (not always a good thing... :-)) or I would have had a really hard time.

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    Fine flaunt it (none / 0) (#13)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:42:21 AM EST
    I went there.  My hair was perfect for it too.  It was beginning to get curly, I looked like a lion.

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    My sister... (5.00 / 4) (#12)
    by kdog on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 09:54:24 AM EST
    coulda gave 'em both a run for their money circa 1985 in the big hair department...I can still smell the Aqua Net.  Funny sh*t J.

    Softball update...we took the Game 1 conclusion 7-6 in 9, and after falling behind 7-3 in the 5th of Game 2 we exloded for 13 runs and won 16-9.  With the help of my hitting guru Dadler (and Jobu) I went 3-5, stroking line drives again.  I'm back!  Onto the semis and hopefully back to back titles and another trophy for my bro's station.  This sh*t means way more than it should to me:)

    Life was so much easier then (none / 0) (#16)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:48:16 AM EST
    The only bad hair day was getting up late and having so much Aqua Net in your hair that you couldn't fake that you hadn't slept in because your head was so full of shellac your hair had solidified and you couldn't see or imagine individual strands anymore.

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    Atta baby (none / 0) (#21)
    by Dadler on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 12:33:58 PM EST
    It's all about the hardware. Nothing like a trophy to motivate a man. ;-)

    p.s.) wait, wait, wait...boom!

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    You all (5.00 / 2) (#19)
    by Ga6thDem on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 11:48:30 AM EST
    are going to laugh at this but I never knew that there was a "big hair" thing going on the 80's outside of the hair bands I saw on MTV. At that point in time, I had spent most of my life in SC and since big hair had been going on the 60's, 70's so the fact that it was actually stylish in the 80's never dawned on me. When I go there even now, big hair is still going on.

    Might be the hair of that period, but (1.00 / 1) (#1)
    by Gerald USN Ret on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 09:39:23 PM EST
    Sarah is much better looking!

    I am with Doonesbury's BD/LT on that one.

    I also agree with him that Sarah is more busty than Michele Bachmann also.

    Jeralyn, (none / 0) (#2)
    by Gerald USN Ret on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 09:40:45 PM EST
    try to keep first things first!

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    Too funny. (none / 0) (#3)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:01:42 PM EST
    Ah, the teased out, can of hairspray, pre-bumpit days.  Good times.  

    A couple seconds with the jumper cables, (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by scribe on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 08:39:48 AM EST
    one in each hand, and Sarah could have gotten the Melanie Of Staten Island hair, too.

    And, having been in that area during that time frame, I can say that Melanie's hair was not the extreme example.

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    Ann Richards (5.00 / 3) (#11)
    by Rojas on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 08:49:39 AM EST
     
    "All I know about it is that my hairdresser says that women have big hair to balance a big behind."


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    We didn't tease much (none / 0) (#14)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:44:04 AM EST
    Aqua net superhold.  Man did we stink if a little rain hit us.

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    I blame Madonna (5.00 / 1) (#15)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:44:29 AM EST


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    You should have (5.00 / 3) (#23)
    by Zorba on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 02:03:42 PM EST
    come of age in the late 60's.  Long, straight hair.  Usually parted in the middle.  No hair spray.  Little if any make-up.  Tie-dye and jeans or flowing, brightly printed dresses.  Head-bands. (Of course, that was mainly true for those of us who were into the hippie, flower-child look.)

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    The one time my hair was always (5.00 / 1) (#31)
    by MO Blue on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 03:40:53 PM EST
    perfect and in style. Long hair down to my waist. My hair was naturally straight as a board and for once I could laugh at all the antics my peers went through to get that "naturally straight" look. Wash, brush, let dry naturally and ready to go.

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    Janis Joplin hair. (5.00 / 1) (#33)
    by caseyOR on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 04:35:08 PM EST
    In the '60s my hair was long (natch). It was also so incredibly thick and wavy that when I washed it and just let it air dry it looked like Joplin's hair, all wild and frizzy.

    Since I hated fussing with anything about my appearance ( I was better suited to the '60s than to following decades), my hair was often left to air dry.

    Now it short enough that I wash and comb through with my fingers and let it dry. That's it.

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    Could not get entirely straight hair then. (none / 0) (#25)
    by oculus on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 02:32:20 PM EST
    Now?  Simple.  Brazilian Blowout.  But might die of excessive formaldehide.  Can't win for losin.

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    Many of us (none / 0) (#26)
    by Zorba on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 02:38:49 PM EST
    ironed our hair.  Ah, yes, I remember it well.....  ;-)

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    I remember my Aunt (none / 0) (#27)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 03:18:38 PM EST
    having this perfectly done at all hours bump under her perfectly smoothed hair.  And now they make bump-its to try to do that again without having to do all the work.  And I remember dippity-do and that pink tape and my mom making dippity-do curls on the sides of her head and taping them down and sleeping in them.

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    Guess what the preferred hairstyle (5.00 / 0) (#32)
    by oculus on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 03:41:55 PM EST
    of the exceedingly well-dressed woman of a certain age (or younger)@ Salzburg Festival:  French twist.  

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    How funny (5.00 / 1) (#34)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 05:07:00 PM EST
    I wear that all the time now.  It just gets it out of the way no matter what condition it is in.  For going out I will iron my hair or plump up the curls with a collagen product and gently dry them in.  They have such amazing products now.

    I don't know why that Brazilian Blowout is so popular when we have the great flat irons and silk oils.  Why risk your health, it seems silly?  I use Argon oil on my hair for a hair conditioner now.  And then I tried it on my dogs too.  The poodle gets washed a lot and their hair needs a lot of conditioning.  But the last dog show I went to I started using it on my German Shepherds and wow the black on them was so vibrant and knock out shiny.  Both of my dogs won their classes that day, and one of my competitors who did very poorly as it was an AKC show came up to me and asked me if all I was using on my dogs was Isle of Dogs.  She noticed how nice their coats were, but I wasn't saying NUTHIN man.  She wouldn't give me any big tips like that, she'd die first :)  We go up against each other all the time in the UKC :)

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    Sorry, typo, Argan oil (none / 0) (#35)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 05:08:54 PM EST


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    How did you guys... (none / 0) (#18)
    by kdog on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 11:09:29 AM EST
    ever run your fingers through that mess?

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    IIRC (none / 0) (#24)
    by Rojas on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 02:27:21 PM EST
    They were not inclined to take things lying down.

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    there are so many (none / 0) (#43)
    by CST on Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 10:58:37 AM EST
    inappropriate answers I could give to this...

    A lot of people do not have naturally straight hair, you work it out.

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    Experience with... (none / 0) (#44)
    by kdog on Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 11:07:46 AM EST
    very curly hair, but at least you can pet it without getting slimed.

    I guess 80's big hair is akin to the preference of some black women, just don't touch it under any circumstances!  I'm just glad it was outta style by the 90's:)

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    Good movie (none / 0) (#4)
    by cal1942 on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:47:33 PM EST
    Bad picture of Melanie Griffith.

    Disagree with Gerald.  I'll take Melanie.

    Agree, Melanie was way more attractive (none / 0) (#5)
    by Jeralyn on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 11:08:22 PM EST
    in her day. And I don't think Palin is pretty -- I don't like her nose. She's just photogenic.

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    Agree (none / 0) (#45)
    by cal1942 on Sat Sep 24, 2011 at 05:24:43 AM EST
    Photogenic only.  Perfect assessment, IMO.  Good jaw line.  Eyes and nose are not very feminine.  

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    I don't care either. That's why I looked (none / 0) (#8)
    by oculus on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 01:24:42 AM EST
    at the photos and read the diary.

    Not quite a "separated" thing, but.... (none / 0) (#9)
    by EL seattle on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 05:35:32 AM EST
    Yesterday morning over at the Drudg# site, they had a link to  the Bloomberg story (headline - "Clinton Popularity Prompts Buyer's Remorse"), accompanied by a non-flattering photo of HRC.

    Later in the day, that link had been changed to read "Most Popular!" (even though the Bloombrg story headline was the same), and the HRC photo had been swapped to one that's noticably more dignified.

    Of course, this probably means nothing signficant.  Sorta like Jimmy Carter saying something nice about Mitt Romney.

    But when I saw the phrase "Most Popular!" referring to HRC on Drudg# of all places, I just had to wonder... did he ever run a HRC headline asking "Why won't the stupid bit## quit?" during the primaries?

    Ugh, I saw that HRC photo, too (none / 0) (#22)
    by Towanda on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 01:10:23 PM EST
    with that story and had to wonder how much time someone took to find such a terrible photo of her.

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    Classic (none / 0) (#20)
    by lambert on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 11:59:53 AM EST
    Any class or cultural markers other than creative class markers are derisory. See Chris Bowers for the classic expresion of this view:
    Culturally, the Democratic Party will feel pretty normal to netroots types. It will consistently send out cultural signals designed to appeal primarily to the creative class instead of rich donors and the white working class.

    So, nobody serious wants to have a PBR with Sarah Palin. Great.

    * * *

    Of courser, Bowers was almost comically wrong that D signals don't appeal to rich donors; if they had not, Goldman Sachs would never have been a top Obama donor, and all the hedgies in Manhattan would never have held fundraisers for him.

    oh boy...Bowers is back in (none / 0) (#28)
    by ruffian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 03:22:11 PM EST
    unintelligible mode...he had a year or so there when I could almost understand what he was talking about.

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    Ha - never mind, I see the post is from 2008 (none / 0) (#29)
    by ruffian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 03:23:48 PM EST
    I thought it seemed like familiar word salad.

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    Bowers (none / 0) (#36)
    by lentinel on Sun Sep 18, 2011 at 07:16:39 PM EST
    will go down in my hall of quacks for a post he wrote after Obama had secured the nomination.
    The title:
    "Wow, We Nominated The Black Guy."

    Mind-numbing.

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    Palin looks like my sister did back then (none / 0) (#30)
    by ruffian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 03:26:38 PM EST
    I could never get my bangs to do that. I have no forehead.

    The Working Girl film used that look because that is how working girls looked. It was only slightly overdone for effect.

    I was born in the wrong decade (none / 0) (#42)
    by CST on Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 10:55:37 AM EST
    these ladies ain't got nothing on me.  No aqua net (?) required.

    Also no mullet though.  So there's that.

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