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Is Sarah Palin secretly a beat poet? Do her words make little to no sense because she is so immersed in language and lyrics that she operates on a plane we cannot grasp? We sincerely doubt it, but that was the implication last night as William Shatner appeared on the "Tonight Show" and read Sarah's resignation speech in his typical Shatner way, with all the lilting and soft drum beats we've come to expect. It was quite magical.

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  remanns
- If you "Beat up a beatnik today"! and the perp is an old wealthy white male,...is it STILL a "hate crime" against poetry?
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  remanns
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  +^ d myself for that one.
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  remanns
- That wasn't a bad poem.
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  remanns
- YES! YES! YES! bongo wowza pom pom,....rat tat tat ,...pow!
  (I would go to that club.) The man wins my poetry SLAM!
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  pjacobs51
- The man spoke, and spoketh well.
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  St_Alia_10191
- That was awesome.
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  nkeg87
- It does make more sense that way. I have to admit that I dont think she intended it that way. I dont understand how people can defend it...it just doesnt make any sense.
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  artemis6
- Willian Shatner is so right on .
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  bluestranger
- Capt. Kirk is a poet. Wish Scotty would beam her up.
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  Argon18
- If he can do it with Mr. Tambourine Man and Rocket Man then he can make poetry with anything.
  
  The thing is with her speech it actually makes more sense when Shatner does it.
  
  I guess Palin needs a lot more stage training to pull it off like it should sound and only has enough talent for soap opera drama
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  metalcookiesxy70
- ....Hm...
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  thecoyote23
- That is so awesome.
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