A month-long conjunction of Pauls, Pawlentys, Palins, and Paulsons

If you don’t think the Great Disposer of Events has a whimsical sense of humor, consider this.

A month ago, one of the two likeliest picks for GOP vice presidential nominee was Tim PAWLENty, the governor of the state of Minnesota in which the GOP convention was to be held in the city of St. PAUL. But instead of PAWLENty, the surprise choice, announced three days before the convention convened, was Gov. Sarah PALIN, who instantly became a national obsession. During the GOP convention at which PALIN was nominated in the city of St. PAUL, the capital of the state where PAWLENty is governor, an alternative convention was also held in St. PAUL for libertarian candidate Ron PAUL. Then, two weeks ago, due to the unprecedented financial crisis, Sarah PALIN was eclipsed as the obsessive center of attention in America by Treasury Secretary Henry PAULSON.

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Paul K. writes:

Gosh, that’s aPALLINg.

LA writes:

And the march of the “PAUL-PALIN-PAULSON“-related names is not necessarily over. We’re now having tropical storm Kyle, which, with the letter “K,” is only five storms or hurricanes short of “P.” The pre-designated “P” name for this year is Hurricane (or Tropical Storm) PALoma.

LA continues:

Furthermore, as I just realized, the one reader’s comment in this entry has come from PAUL K.

September 27

Shrewsbury writes:

Oh, I think it’s much, much worse than even you realize. I was called to dinner immediately after I had read your initial posting on this troubling matter; and no sooner had I seated my ungainly carcass, than my daughter began to talk about a young lady at her school, a young lady whose last name is … Paulsen.

I froze; I said nothing.

And have you noticed that Sarah Palin is an anagram of shariah plan?

Attention must be paid.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at September 25, 2008 09:21 PM | Send