The ubiquitous woman of the moment

I ran across this item on the Internet this morning:

Sarah Palin is Everywhere, Criticizing Administration
Posted by Erin on February 9, 2011 in News, U.S. | 0 Comment

Sarah Palin, the consistently negative Fox News pundit and perhaps future presidential candidate, criticized President Obama’s handling of Egypt during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network over the weekend. The former governor of Alaska also delivered a speech at an event honoring former president Ronald Reagan on Friday in celebration of what would have been Reagan’s 100th birthday. Palin was critical of the Obama Administration’s handling of the crisis in Egypt and said they have not been forthcoming enough regarding who is behind all of the protests. "This is that 3 a.m. White House phone call and it seems for many of us trying to get that information from our leader in the White House," said Palin in the one-on-one. "It seems that call went right to the answering machine. And nobody has explained to the American public what they know."

The item caused me to recall days of yore, when other women were the celebs of the moment. One was Elizabeth Taylor. Free-on-Demand is currently offering "Cleopatra."


This "blockbuster" put her on the cover of LIFE Magazine, in the 1960s still a powerhouse weekly publication. When she married co-star Richard Burton, the couple became the hottest item anywhere. Quite literally for years after that you couldn't go into a supermarket without encountering Liz Taylor's face on at least one or two magazines or tabloids, and usually quite a few more. Eventually she aged, as we all do, and in the prcess became the subject of biting satire, notably by John Belushi,who in drag lampooned her mercilessly on Saturday Night Live.


When Liz left the center stage her place was taken by Princess Diana. Yet again, you couldn't buy groceries without encountering multiple images of Di.





As the sixth of these books suggests, her death generated a host of conspiracy theories: she embarrassed the queen, she was unfaithful to Charles, etc.
And speaking of conspiracy theories, the mother of them all is the JFK assassination. But as big as the market for JFK conspiracy theory books and films was the after-market of Jackie O. Like Liz and Di, Jackie was an icon of pop culture, actually spanning the Liz and Di years and having a media life of her own, even after she went to work for a publisher and tried to live a "normal" life in the Big Apple.











Herewith, just a few examples of the books and memorabilia generated by the "Jackie" cult.
And now comes Sarah.
















This may seem like a lot of stuff. But, believe me, this only scratches the surface of what is already available by, about or related to Sarah.
In previous posts I noted that:
--- She has filed to register her name as a trademark
--- Her daughter has competed on "Dancing with the Stars"
--- Her son-in-law has appeared naked on the cover of Playgirl Magazine

--- A TV personality has called her "good masturbation material"
She is in the exclusive women's club whose other members are Liz, Di and Jackie. Of course, none of them ever aspired to be president of the United States. Wonder what they would think of that.